Letters Remain

Category: learning

  • List of Logical Fallacies

    First cognitive science, now logic: a list of logical fallacies. A fallacy is a component of an argument which, being demonstrably flawed in its logic or form, renders the argument invalid in whole. I prefer the many informal fallacies: an important one of which is that correlation does not imply causation (cum hoc ergo propter…

  • List of Cognitive Biases

    I love lists, and so every day this week I’ll give you one to chew on. To start us off is this wonderful list of cognitive biases. To try and become a better thinker I’m studying cognitive biases in order to (attempt to) overcome them. This in itself is attempting to overcome the bias blind…

  • Book Lists

    I’ve been updating my reading list lately and my Amazon wish lists are growing exponentially (even with significant culling). These book lists are great: Eliezer S. Yudkowsky, AI researcher (writer of The FAQ on the Meaning of Life) Ryan Holiday, writer Kevin Kelly, Wired’s Editor at Large and board member of The Long Now Foundation…

  • Online Lectures from Around the World

    I’m a huge fan of the MIT Open Courseware site. Full of great material and insightful lectures, it helped me immeasurably when I decided to brush up on my Spanish. Thanks to the hive mind over at MetaFilter, a great list has now been produced linking to similar collections around the world. Check out the…

  • Incredible Photos of Cambridge (UK) & Some Great Tutorials to Boot

    If you’ve ever visited Cambridge (UK) you’ll know that it’s a rather amazing place: its rich history, culture, and natural and structural beauty make it an absolute pleasure to visit. For photographers, I can think of no better place. That said, Cambridge in Colour – the website of Sean McHugh – contains not only some…

  • Books That Make You Dumb

    BooksThatMakeYouDumb is a little ‘statistical’ graph on how average SAT scores correlate with what books people read. Accepting it’s unscientificness Virgil (the creator) lists the most notable things about the data: Harry Potter is the most popular book. The Bible is the second most popular book. At least among college students, Harry Potter is, like…

  • Y Combinator and Starting a Startup

    Y Combinator is a seed-stage startup venture capital firm with a refreshingly novel outlook on venture capitalism. Their Startup Library provides a wonderful selection of links to stories, articles, and many other resources. Be careful; once you start thinking about going ‘startup’ you’re likely not to go back for a long, long time.

  • Lying for Education

    “Now I know some of you have already heard of me, but for the benefit of those who are unfamiliar, let me explain how I teach. Between today until the class right before finals, it is my intention to work into each of my lectures … one lie. Your job, as students, among other things,…

  • Obsolete Skills – Talking Face-to-Face

    Scobleizer recently asked people to come up with a list of obsolete skills. Someone duly registered ObsoleteSkills.com, created a wiki, and put up a huge A-Z list: Cranking up or down a car window Inserting a game cartridge at just the right angle to make it work Loading film into a 35mm camera via kottke