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LessWrong Mar 17, 2026 at 02:39 AM
www.lesswrong.com/posts/xWTSHJASRaLABgHWc/neuroscience-basic...
- This sentence reverses the direction of the cue. If a sound reaches the right ear first, that indicates a source on the right, not the left.
- This overstates the role of visual experience. Ocular dominance columns are not present in all mammals, and in primates such as macaques they can still form without visual experience, including after dark rearing.
LessWrong Mar 17, 2026 at 02:32 AM
www.lesswrong.com/posts/k8mwvvvpjMGcZLAKH/the-case-for-lifel...
- This reverses the established risk relationship. Better cardiovascular and lifestyle health is associated with a lower later-life dementia risk, not a higher one.
- The hippocampus is vital for forming and consolidating memories, but long-term memories are not primarily stored there. Long-term storage is distributed across cortical networks.
Wikipedia Mar 17, 2026 at 01:43 AM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regular_polyhedron
- Plato did not assign the five regular solids to “earth, air, fire, water and spirit.” In the Timaeus, four solids are assigned to the four classical elements, while the dodecahedron is linked to the cosmos as a whole.
Wikipedia Mar 17, 2026 at 01:20 AM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Jesuit_educational_institution...
- Loyola Public School in Guntur is a school for classes I–X, not a university.
- The Beijing Center is a study-abroad and research center, not a university.
- Collège Notre-Dame de Jamhour is a secondary school, not a university.
- The University of Buenos Aires is a public autonomous university, not a Jesuit-run institution.
- The Catholic University of Táchira is a university, not a secondary school.
- Loyola College, Chennai is a higher-education college, not a secondary school.
LessWrong Mar 17, 2026 at 01:14 AM
www.lesswrong.com/posts/CYN7swrefEss4e3Qe/childhoods-of-exce...
- This is too absolute: Woolf did attend formal classes at King’s College London’s Ladies’ Department from 1897 to 1902.
LessWrong Mar 17, 2026 at 12:40 AM
www.lesswrong.com/posts/fdEWWr8St59bXLbQr/zombies-zombies
- This misidentifies both Hameroff’s field and the Penrose–Hameroff view. Hameroff is an anesthesiologist, and Orch OR is presented by its authors as a physical theory about quantum processes in brain neurons, not substance dualism.
LessWrong Mar 17, 2026 at 12:31 AM
www.lesswrong.com/posts/7HMSBiEiCfLKzd2gc/quantum-mechanics-...
- This bundles together several different cases, but acceleration and rotation are not like absolute position or constant velocity: they are locally measurable. Accelerometers detect proper acceleration, and gyroscopes detect rotation/angular rate.
LessWrong Mar 17, 2026 at 12:22 AM
www.lesswrong.com/posts/4ftQmSDujzgiEujwA/epstein-and-my-wor...
- This is contradicted by the publicly reported findings in John Barnett’s case: Charleston police concluded he died by suicide, and even his family’s later wrongful-death lawsuit described Boeing’s conduct as leading to a foreseeable suicide, not an assassination.
LessWrong Mar 17, 2026 at 12:03 AM
www.lesswrong.com/posts/aaHDA4X6cTzFrvuSX/harms-and-possibil...
- The linked article is about a school case in Ireland, not the UK. It references Irish institutions including Gardaí and Tusla and uses Irish school terminology such as “fifth class.”
LessWrong Mar 17, 2026 at 12:01 AM
www.lesswrong.com/posts/JnKCaGcgZL4Rsep8m/schools-proliferat...
- This absolute claim is incorrect: by the late 20th century, psychotherapies such as cognitive therapy and interpersonal psychotherapy had already been tested in many controlled trials and shown efficacy for some conditions.
- This is too absolute. Controlled trials have found statistically significant differences between psychotherapies for some disorders—for example, CBT and prolonged exposure have outperformed supportive therapies in randomized trials.
Substack Mar 17, 2026 at 12:00 AM
minicities.org/p/how-miniature-cities-can-interact
- This absolute claim overstates how KidZania works. KidZania’s own materials describe citywide links between activities through a shared currency and bank, and links to the outside world through official brand partnerships.
LessWrong Mar 16, 2026 at 11:54 PM
www.lesswrong.com/posts/qzaKfDyQSezeLgFea/mini-munich-succee...
- KidZania’s own current pages place it in roughly 18–22 countries, not “around thirty countries.” The article appears to have confused countries with cities/facilities.
LessWrong Mar 16, 2026 at 11:13 PM
www.lesswrong.com/posts/ybYBCK9D7MZCcdArB/how-to-measure-any...
- This formula is wrong. Expected opportunity loss is probability × loss/regret for that segment, not probability × the segment’s midpoint value.
Wikipedia Mar 16, 2026 at 09:21 PM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Mara
- This is no longer to be announced. Apple lists Imperfect Women as a 2026 series with a March 18, 2026 debut date.
Wikipedia Mar 16, 2026 at 09:19 PM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Cards_(American_TV_series)
- This Emmy total is outdated. The Television Academy lists House of Cards with 56 Primetime Emmy nominations, not 33.
- The Australian Netflix launch date is wrong here. Netflix launched in Australia on March 24, 2015, not March 28.
- This is no longer correct. Kevin Spacey was charged again in the UK in 2022, so the 2019 case was not the last related criminal charge.
Wikipedia Mar 16, 2026 at 03:25 PM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARC_Raiders
- Embark’s official patch notes date update 1.18.0 to March 3, 2026, not March 6. The official site also shows patch 1.19.0 published on March 10, 2026.
- Embark’s official Server Slam announcements say the event ran from October 17 to October 19, 2025, not through October 20.
Wikipedia Mar 16, 2026 at 03:20 PM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valve_Corporation
- Steam was announced in 2002, not launched then. Valve’s own records say Steam was created in 2003 and the Steam client was released on September 12, 2003.
Wikipedia Mar 16, 2026 at 03:19 PM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabe_Newell
- The Heart of Racing was not created in 2020 by Gabe Newell and Yahn Bernier. Official team history traces it back to a 1997 fundraising campaign, and motorsport coverage shows the team had already raced in IMSA from 2014 to 2016 before returning in 2020.
- This is overstated. Forbes lists Gabe Newell at about $11 billion, but also lists NetEase founder William Ding—whose wealth comes from online games—at roughly $39 billion, making Newell clearly not the wealthiest person in the video game business.
LessWrong Mar 16, 2026 at 02:47 PM
www.lesswrong.com/posts/Y8c4kh6fjkWu7Auxp/monthly-roundup-40...
- This is incorrect: paper non-cEDH Magic events outside the Pro Tour and Arena do offer cash prizes. Wizards’ own 2026 Spotlight Series events have $50,000 prize pools, and Regional Championships also have cash prize pools.
Wikipedia Mar 16, 2026 at 12:36 PM
ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%B5%9E%E3%82%8A%E6%9F%93%E3%82%81
- WSNは『2年後』ではなく、1992年の第1回国際絞り会議の開催中に組織化されたと公式サイトが説明しています。
- 第1回国際絞り会議の日程は公式のWSN日本版では1992年11月21日〜23日で、記事の『22日〜23日』は1日短くなっています。
- 第4回国際絞り会議の日程は公式のWSN日本版では2002年11月21日〜24日で、記事の『10月21日〜24日』は月が違います。