https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning–Kruger_effect seems like a decent entry point to rabbit hole similar phenomenon
Pat Myron
shut your phone off
Leave phones elsewhere, remove batteries, or faraday cage them if you’re concerned about state-level actors:
Studies keep showing sugar does not cause hyperactivity in children.
I assume the sugar myth is because food dye causes hyperactivity:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32006369/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9573786/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4321798/
Marginal charity
Free static page services offer previews:
Lots of related concepts like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analysis_paralysis
+1 to be able to check notifications, messages, and specific posts here without seeing newsfeeds:
https://github.com/jordwest/news-feed-eradicator/issues/253
https://github.com/ForumMagnum/ForumMagnum/issues/6640
opened Github issues to track / +1:
https://github.com/jordwest/news-feed-eradicator/issues/253
https://github.com/ForumMagnum/ForumMagnum/issues/6640
+1 for these forum logos to be added to FontAwesome:
https://github.com/FortAwesome/Font-Awesome/issues/19536
Pat Myron’s Shortform
wackier stuff
mind elaborating?
Only saw this event:
https://www.lesswrong.com/events/AhzqngXFmiSiC3wtw/pittsburgh-pa-acx-meetups-everywhere-2022
UPDATE: there is an active Pittsburgh group: pghacx@gmail.com and discord- 2 Jan 2024 21:09 UTC; 1 point) 's comment on Effective Altruism in Pittsburgh, PA by (EA Forum;
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57906379-extra-life tackles similar questions and claims fertilizers, sanitation, and vaccines saved billions of lives each:
https://www.workersliberty.org/story/2022-01-25/20000-days-history-life-expectancy