Michelle Zajko

@Respa92

I'm a biology student who's interested in epistemology, ethics, art, writing, and effective altruism

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Joined October 2011

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  1. ...it may or may not be a good thing, since it's difficult to weigh out the likelihood of each of these possibilities.

  2. If A = evidence of aliens and B = the existence of aliens, then P(B|¬A) is always less than P(B). Reading this...

  3. Personally I've found this blog helpful, especially when used with trigger action planning.

  4. Quick piece I did the other day.

  5. Pet peeve: when people spin a dislike of X as a "fear of X", e.g: "You're afraid of outspoken women" or "You're afraid to discuss emotions"

  6. "I fear for what we don't yet know that we don't know." Oh, Night Vale.

  7. I'm working on annotating the genome of one bacteriophage, and looking at orphan peptides in another phage.

  8. I've learned to read the publications of people I disagree with, in an attempt to understand their values.

  9. You know, biology is really neat! Especially bacteriophages :D They're viruses that infect bacteria! They may someday treat infections! :D

  10. Re-watching Sherlock. This television show is great. I recommend it.

  11. Painting again. :)

  12. I've heard enough. The world isn't fair? Fine. Then let's change the world.

  13. A free and open world depends on a free and open web. And a free and open web depends on me.

  14. Studying chemistry. Yes, on a Friday night. Four days to learn the material. This will be fun.

  15. 222+ flash cards and counting for my chem test.

  16. Guild wars 2 tomorrow! Yes! Freakin tomorrow! Getting my shopping done so I can nolife it for a few days.

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  18. is the center for applied rationality. They just launched their site today. Its really impressive!

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