Author Archives: E

Empirically assess your time use

Posted on 2016-12-27 by E

Core knowledge: List of common human goals Part 1: Exploration-Exploitation Part 1a: The application of the secretary problem to real life dating Part 1b: adding and removing complexity from models Part 2: Bargaining Trade-offs to your brain. Part 2a.1: A strategy against … Continue reading →

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book me!

Posted on 2016-12-17 by E

I finally set this up! https://bearlamp.youcanbook.me/ I think I would still prefer that you get in touch with me to plan something, but in lieu of that I am provisioning for my future where I need to book people like … Continue reading →

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Should you share your goals?

Posted on 2016-12-15 by E

It’s complicated. And depends on the environment in which you share your goals. Scenario 1: you post on facebook “This month I want to lose 1kg, I am worried I can’t do it – you guys should show me support”. Your … Continue reading →

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2016: a year in review in science

Posted on 2016-12-11 by E

As another year comes around, and our solstice plans come to a head I want to review this year’s great progress in science to follow on from last year’s great review. The general criteria is: World changing science, not politics. … Continue reading →

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Cholesterol in the body

Posted on 2016-11-15 by E

I measured my cholesterol.  It’s a bit high at 5.5mmol/L.  But I was wondering what that means… So I figured I would run the numbers. I weigh 73.2kg today.  If you make the assumption that humans are a homogeneous blob … Continue reading →

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Learning to sing

Posted on 2016-10-11 by E

I wanted to test out the skills of learning that I have gathered over time.  I wanted to be better at singing.  What better way to see if I know what I am talking about when I say “here’s how … Continue reading →

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Mistakes bad enough you learn, but not bad enough they kill you

Posted on 2016-10-08 by E

When we suggest to learn by doing, what we tend to mean is learn by making mistakes.  Or teach your system 1 to be better calibrated by making mistakes and adjusting.  Which is fine for the little mistakes: you learn which … Continue reading →

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Good and bad ways to do Comfort Zone Expansion (CoZE)

Posted on 2016-10-07 by E

From the CFAR syallabus, (which may in time change) is a suggestion to take actions that put you outside of your comfort zone even though you might not want to.  Their rational is something along the lines of encouraging you … Continue reading →

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Good and bad ways to do Comfort Zone Expansion (CoZE)

Posted on 2016-10-06 by E

From the CFAR syallabus, (which may in time change) is a suggestion to take actions that put you outside of your comfort zone even though you might not want to.  Their rational is something along the lines of encouraging you … Continue reading →

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Qualia of the problem

Posted on 2016-10-06 by E

I have a generic rant about the qualia of the problem.  It goes something like this: Qualia are a philosophical concept, they refer to subjective personal experience that can not be described, they are personally experienced and cannot be communicated. … Continue reading →

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