The con artist who impersonated a priest and delivered a sermon called “Honesty” nytimes.com/2024/04/19/nyr…

Don't fall for cherry-picked data. The 'Possibility Grid' by Daniel Simons and Christopher Chabris helps see beyond the surface for critical evaluation. Avoid biases, and make smarter decisions: behavioralscientist.org/how-the-possib…

Poor Alireza Firouzja is having a bad week in blitz as well as classical chess ...

It makes little sense to use IQ tests to measure LLM abilities, let alone to compare LLM to human intelligence levels. IQ tests are deliberately made up of questions that are in the narrow range where some humans can do them and others can’t. Even if the answers weren’t already

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A very nice surprising tactical pattern. Black has a winning position here!

Culture Critic I'm probably approaching this from a slightly different angle than most, but honestily? Invisible Gorilla by Christopher Chabris and Daniel Simons. I think the subtitle - And Other Ways Our Intuitions Deceive Us - tells pretty well why I think it's important. Know thyself!

Where has this image been all my life??

Great advice from ⁦⁦Leonard Cassuto⁩ that applies far beyond dissertations and academic writing chronicle.com/article/on-the…

Important detective work here by Crémieux on the recent exercise/depression meta-analysis-- worth a read👇

WRITING IS A WAY OF FIGURING OUT WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT SOMETHING AND WE NEED TO KEEP THIS IN MIND WHEN DECIDING WHETHER TO OUTSOURCE OUR WRITING TO A CHATBOT.

The popularity of brief interventions intended to enhance some form of capacity, be it brain training or growth mindset, doesn't seem to dampen with mounting stacks of failed replications. Why do the myths persist despite contradictory evidence? IMHO this comes down to 3 factors:

Whoa! These flight insurance ads have become so overwrought that I’d be surprised if they really worked

So ironic that an account calling itself “Fact” is peddling myths. The richest people have more than average educational attainment. See: theconversation.com/the-myth-of-th… by Jonathan Wai

There will be a Turkish edition of NOBODY’S FOOL, published by Say, but we don’t know yet when it will be released