Full Width [alt+shift+f] Shortcuts [alt+shift+k]
Sign Up [alt+shift+s] Log In [alt+shift+l]

Improve your reading experience

Logged in users get linked directly to articles resulting in a better reading experience. Please login for free, it takes less than 1 minute.

More from Overcoming Bias

My Status Circles

Most of us have circles of concern, where we care more about folks from our inner circles than our outer circles.

4 days ago 4 votes
UFO As Aliens Odds, Spending

The following are some (lognormal fit) median estimates from some X polls I just ran.

6 days ago 7 votes
Federal Futarchy

Futarchy is a new financial-market-based form of governance.

a week ago 10 votes
Celebrity v CEO v Politician

Why are celebrities, CEOs, and politicians three different types of people who don’t overlap much?

2 weeks ago 72 votes

More in history

‘I say the Americans really won the war’

Vietnam’s victory over communism

8 hours ago 1 votes
Our Defenders (1976)

Even if a bit inappropriate, given politics, here is a cool Russian pop-up book. Not really space flight oriented but still interesting. Our Defenders was a book illustrating the Russian military including battlefield rockets. The images are stereotypical of Soviet times and an interesting choice for a children's book. Mihalkov. Sergei. Illustrated by Beslik, A. НАШИ ЗАЩИТТНИКИ (Our Defenders.) Moscow: Baby Publishing (Mayysh) House. (16 p.) 1976.

yesterday 4 votes
Collections: The Strange Armor of Dragon Age: The Veilguard

This week we’re going to have a bit of fun looking at some of the interesting armor choices for the recent Dragon Age: The Veilguard. In a way, this is an extension of the post on “The Problem with Sci-Fi Body Armor,” because I think Veilguard provides a pretty exceptional example of visual character-design armor … Continue reading Collections: The Strange Armor of Dragon Age: The Veilguard →

yesterday 4 votes