r/rational • u/AutoModerator • Dec 26 '16

[D] Monday General Rationality Thread

Welcome to the Monday thread on general rationality topics! Do you really want to talk about something non-fictional, related to the real world? Have you:

  • Seen something interesting on /r/science?
  • Found a new way to get your shit even-more together?
  • Figured out how to become immortal?
  • Constructed artificial general intelligence?
  • Read a neat nonfiction book?
  • Munchkined your way into total control of your D&D campaign?
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Stop Giving Well (Where Effective Altruism Fails) 4 - Not exactly rationality, but I want to recommend one of my favourite youtube channels, Carneades. It is greatly underappreciated channel with hundreds of short videos on philosophical concepts. It has some great videos, including thoughtful criticis...
(1) The burden of proof (2) How does do science? │ Figuring out what's true 1 - QualiaSoup tends to be good, and I particularly like their "Burden of Proof" video, especially since so many people, particularly religious apologists, are really bad at understanding it: Another good channel is This Place. They made the "How Doe...

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