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Alexander Kruel

Transhumanist, atheist, vegetarian who's interested in science fiction, science, philosophy, math, programming, language, consciousness, reality...
Alexander Kruel
World War I in Photos: Introduction "One hundred years ago, in the summer of 1914, a series of events set off an unprecedented global conflict that ultimately claimed the lives of more than 16 million people, dramatically redrew the maps of Europe, and set the stage for the 20th Century." Link:... - https://picasaweb.google.com/1068082...
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The statisticians at Fox News use classic and novel graphical techniques to lead with data Graphical "persuasion" techniques: Truncating the y-axis Numbers that don't add up Changing the units of comparison Changing the magnitude of units at different x-values More:... - https://picasaweb.google.com/1068082...
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Visually deceptive “proofs” which are mathematically wrong More: http://math.stackexchange.com/questio... - https://picasaweb.google.com/1068082...
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Source: http://www.1111comics.me/comic... - https://picasaweb.google.com/1068082...
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Visually stunning math concepts which are easy to explain Link: http://math.stackexchange.com/questio... - https://picasaweb.google.com/1068082...
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Ukraine: Where is it? …the median respondent was about 1,800 miles off — roughly the distance from Chicago to Los Angeles — locating Ukraine somewhere in an area bordered by Portugal on the west, Sudan on the south, Kazakhstan on the east, and Finland on the north. Link:... - https://picasaweb.google.com/1068082...
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The five kinds of nanotechnology "I count five kinds of nanotechnology, of which only three are called by that name. Of the three, one is a revolutionary prospect, one is a fantasy, and the third is mostly materials science. As for the other two kinds, one is the heart of today’s greatest technological revolution, while the other is the basis for... - https://picasaweb.google.com/1068082...
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Autohaemorrhaging or reflex bleeding is the action of animals deliberately ejecting haemolymph or blood from their bodies. If the animal has toxic compounds in its blood, then it may be an effective chemical defence mechanism. At least four species are able to squirt an aimed stream of blood from the corners of the eyes for a distance of up to... - https://picasaweb.google.com/1068082...
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More: UN blasts Israel, Hillel Neuer calls out hypocrisy of Russia, Sudan, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Turkey - https://picasaweb.google.com/1068082...
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AIs, Goals, and Risks http://kruel.co/2014...
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AIs, Goals, and Risks - http://kruel.co/2014...
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The economic power of the Golden Rice opposition - 1.4 million life years lost http://journals.cambridge.org/action...
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Must you be religious to be moral?: A worldwide survey, and its lesson "Many people around the world think it is necessary to believe in God to be a moral person, according to surveys in 40 countries by the Pew Research Center. However, this view is more common in poorer countries than in wealthier ones." Source:... - https://picasaweb.google.com/1068082...
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The rise and fall of personal computing Link: http://www.asymco.com/2012... - https://picasaweb.google.com/1068082...
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How a “90% accurate” Alzheimer’s test can be wrong 92% of the time Link: http://ampp3d.mirror.co.uk/2014... - https://picasaweb.google.com/1068082...
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What is the path that will carry a point-like body from one place to another in the least amount of time? The body is released at rest from the starting point and is constrained to move without friction along the curve to the end point, while under the action of constant gravity. Link: http://www.datagenetics.com/blog... See... - https://picasaweb.google.com/1068082...
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I am currently reading Grinstead and Snell's Introduction to Probability (free book: http://www.math.dartmouth.edu/~prob...) and have a question about how to evaluate the double integral on page 59 (see the screenshot below). The example is about figuring out the probability of hitting an area of a dart board of unit radius. For... - https://picasaweb.google.com/1068082...
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Three LessWrong posts and a LessWrong Wiki entry that together with a little bit of imagination equal Roko's basilisk (http://rationalwiki.org/wiki...): (1) http://lesswrong.com/lw... (2) http://lesswrong.com/lw... (3) http://lesswrong.com/...... - https://picasaweb.google.com/1068082...
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3D GIFs Are A Thing Now, And They’re Really Quite Cool More: http://www.buzzfeed.com/robined... - https://picasaweb.google.com/1068082...
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More: http://rsf.org/index20... - https://picasaweb.google.com/1068082...
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Jelly Donut Shaped Rock Appears on Mars Explanation: What if a rock that looked like a jelly donut suddenly appeared on Mars? That's just what happened in front of the robotic Opportunity rover currently exploring the red planet. More: http://apod.nasa.gov/apod... - https://picasaweb.google.com/1068082...
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The Birth of Philosophy Source: http://www.sadanduseless.com/image... via +Kaj Sotala - https://picasaweb.google.com/1068082...
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Beware of high IQ individuals making sense of nonsense - http://kruel.co/2014...
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Quick update on my health (especially blood pressure). The image below shows my blood pressure from since I left the hospital up to yesterday evening (http://kruel.co/files...). As you can see, it has been fine during the past few days and then went pretty high again yesterday evening. I took 10mg Diazepam, but that did not... - https://picasaweb.google.com/1068082...
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Noah's Ark via http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyng... Also check out the following documentation: Part 1: http://youtu.be/j_BzWUuZN5w Part 2: http://youtu.be/XLr5vl-n0Bo - https://picasaweb.google.com/1068082...
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Mushroom cloud over Europe in the scenery background painting of the Chinese Lunar Rover exhibit. Source: http://imgur.com/a/JpMnH More: http://www.reddit.com/r... - https://picasaweb.google.com/1068082...
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"I Wore the New Oculus Rift and I Never Want to Look at Real Life Again" More: http://gizmodo.com/i-wore-... "You're not just observing a virtual world, you're immersed in it. There's a table in front of you, there's a world around you. I played a simple tower defense game demo built in Unreal... - https://picasaweb.google.com/1068082...
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The dark scientific method. by Scott Alexander "[T]here are lots of tricks unscrupulous or desperate scientists can use to artificially nudge results to the 5% significance level. ... The image demonstrates that by using all four tricks, you can squeeze random data into a result significant at the p < 0.05 level about 61% of the time." Link:... - https://picasaweb.google.com/1068082...
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This is how big the Andromeda galaxy would actually look in our sky if it were brighter. More: http://www.slate.com/blogs... via +Pedro J. Hdez - https://picasaweb.google.com/1068082...
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The glory of Saturn. More: http://sci-universe.tumblr.com/post... - https://picasaweb.google.com/1068082...
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Official logo of spy-satellite NROL-39 More: http://marginalrevolution.com/margina... German speaking people use the word 'Datenkrake' (http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki...), data kraken, in dicussions related to privacy violations. Similar logos: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... - https://picasaweb.google.com/1068082...
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