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Comment by ErisApprentice on Shard Theory - is it true for humans? · 2024-06-15T00:06:14.591Z · LW · GW
Comment by ErisApprentice on [deleted post] 2024-06-14T23:11:07.809Z

Thanks for letting me know! The issue was on my side; I'll be deleting this post (hope this comment still reaches you).

Comment by ErisApprentice on Which skincare products are evidence-based? · 2024-05-04T14:50:40.003Z · LW · GW

An important thing to keep in mind is that cosmetics companies don't necessarily have the money that e.g. pharmaceutical companies do to push large-scale studies on their products, so lack of evidence usually means a study wasn't done, rather than a study was done and found inconclusive.

If you haven't heard of it before, the subreddit 'SkincareAddiction' has some great recommendations for what's evidence-based and what works. 

Comment by ErisApprentice on Book Review: How Minds Change · 2024-05-03T15:12:36.348Z · LW · GW

Old post, but wanted to comment because I just read this book and was thinking of writing a post on exactly the same topic! What are the chances? I wonder if I have anything to contribute - even though this article was written a year ago, I don't feel like there has been much of a shift in the rationality community overall.