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• false 8 Nov 2024 12:00 UTC

  1 point

  −3

  on: Should CA, TX, OK, and LA merge into a gi­ant swing state, just for elec­tions?

  I feel that the goal here is to reproduce the effects of choosing a president by popular vote without abolishing the electoral college. Wouldn’t an electoral reform to abolish the electoral college be a more realistic goal?

• false 5 Apr 2022 19:34 UTC

  5 points

  on: Best non-text­books on ev­ery subject

  Book

  Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst

  Description

  Behave explains how neurochemical and genetic factors cause the best and worst behaviours of our species.

  Positives

  1. Self-contained: Behave provides the necessary background knowledge in neuroscience, endocrinology, and biochemistry through apendices.

  2. Good narrative: despite discussing complex scientific topics the author has organised the material into a narrative structure that makes the book feel more like a novel than a textbook.

  3. Evidence-based: all scientific claims have appropriate citations and cases of conflicting credit are appropriately discussed.

  4. Connects theory and practice: reading Behave teaches one about genetics and endicronology while connecting these concepts to cognitive biases and group behaviour.

  Negatives

  1. One dense book: despite presenting all the necessary background information it takes a significant amount of effort to go through it all and understand it for a reader without a background in the field.

• false 1 Jan 2022 18:41 UTC

  1 point

  on: Omicron: My Cur­rent Model

  Note that this post mostly does not justify and explain its statements. I document my thinking, sources and analysis extensively elsewhere, little of this should be new.

  This is my first encounter with your writing, could you or someone else recommend a starting point that does justify and explain these statements?