Julia Galef

@juliagalef

Co-founder of the Center for Applied Rationality, and host of the Rationally Speaking podcast. My video blogs:

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Joined January 2009

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  1. So it's unclear how many of those Trump fans honestly think she's a demon. But still depressing they're professing agreement w/ it.

  2. ... Of course many ppl will just profess agreement w/ ANY negative statement about the "other side"

  3. 40% of Trump supporters in FL think Hillary Clinton is an *actual demon* from hell:

  4. TFW you're in the middle of the woods and stumble upon a half-dug grave (someone plan a murder and then chicken out?)

  5. Scott () imposes a temporary ban to punish several rude commenters on his blog -- including himself:

  6. look at the terrifying civility and decency of these polite-ass canadians GOOD LORD

  7. Twitter why you gotta play me like that? So many "yup, he's finished" & "this is it, his meltdown" tonight, I got all excited for nothing :(

  8. Sophisticated take on why most theories of consciousness are "not even wrong":

  9. Um I feel like Scott Adams may not be so well-calibrated: "My prediction of a 98% chance of Trump winning stays the same" -Adams, yesterday

  10. The 2005 tape isn’t costing Trump support bc it’s surprising, but bc it creates common knowledge. His supporters lose plausible deniability.

  11. Nice study by : Sweatshop jobs given to random subset of applicants in Ethiopia. Are those ppl better off?

  12. Media tip! Avoid the phrasing "[Evil thing] would work, but obv that's unethical" ...because the journo WILL interrupt you at the comma :-/

  13. My brother fondly calls The Great British Bake Off "the most Hufflepuff show on the air," and illustrates why with this sweet story:

  14. It's hard to FEEL what odds mean. This site simulates election outcomes (from the odds) to make the odds feel real:

  15. "The parties are advised to chill." - Final line of judge Kozinski's ruling in Mattel v. MCA Records, 9th circuit court of appeals

  16. This has got to be on purpose:

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