I should spend more time in Critical Thinking class on cultivating an intellectually honest mindset, specifically the virtues of curiosity and thoroughness, not just open-mindedness. (chapter 2 - Mindset - of Reason Better by David Manley)
Wednesday, December 30, 2020
Curious, Thorough, and Open
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academic,
logic,
philosophy,
rationalist,
reasonable,
teaching
Saturday, December 26, 2020
Counting Cancels
Based on the testimony of a relevant expert (FIRE's Greg Lukianoff) who documented a noticeable uptick in campus-related incidents related to free speech starting roughly 5 years ago, arguments that "cancel culture doesn't exist" are probably less plausible than I thought.
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academic,
biases,
cancel culture,
college,
ethics,
oppression,
philosophy
Wednesday, December 9, 2020
Bayes As Odds
An intuitive way to understand Bayesian updating is via odds instead of probabilities or percentages. (chapter 8 - Updating - of Reason Better by David Manley)
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academic,
logic,
math,
philosophy,
reasonable,
statistics,
teaching
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