Slate Star Codex Props

I've gotten many insights from Slate Star Codex. (Scott Alexander deleted his blog to prevent a New York Times reporter from revealing his name.)

Sontag on Camp

I finally have a decent understanding of what 'camp' is.

Abolition Over Reform

I align more closely with #8toabolition than #8cantwait.

Collider Bias

There are more complicated correlations that don't equal causation, such as collider bias. (I learned this reading chapters 4-6 of The Book of Why.)

'Neutral' Laws Favor Cops

The critical race theorist's claim that neutral laws are biased in favor of the powerful applies especially to cops.

Radical Reform

Police reform should be far more radical than my uncritical alief about the subject. (I learned this watching the mass protests surrounding Black Lives Matter throughout the weekend.)

Scalable Adequacy

Elite institutions designed to get "the best of the best" aren't scalable. Instead, there's value in setting up systems that succeed with mediocre participants.

Cardiologists Aren't Immoral

An intuitively overwhelming number of examples is often still a small sample.

Colleges Mostly Aren't Elite

I need to do more to fight the tendency to conflate "colleges" and "elite colleges."

Wisdom from Error

Philosophers aren't wise. People who've learned from a bunch of mistakes are.