<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Julia Galef]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[http://juliagalef.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[Julia Galef]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://juliagalef.com/author/juliagalef/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Older writing]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>A selection of some of my older blog posts and articles, grouped loosely by theme:</p>
<div><strong>On life and death</strong></div>
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<li><a href="http://www.3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdaily/2011/05/is-there-an-answer-searching-for-the-meaning-of-life-in-the-hitchikers-guide-to-the-galaxy.html">Is there an answer? Searching for the meaning of life in The Hitchhiker&#8217;s Guide to the Galaxy</a></li>
<li><a href="http://rationallyspeaking.blogspot.com/2010/05/on-gardner-and-immortality.html">On Gardner and Immortality</a></li>
<li><a href="http://rationallyspeaking.blogspot.com/2010/10/human-know-thy-place.html">Human, know thy place!</a></li>
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<div><strong>Ethics</strong></div>
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<li><a href="http://www.3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdaily/2011/08/pushing-the-right-beliefs-for-the-wrong-reasons.html">Pushing the right beliefs for the wrong reasons</a></li>
<li><a href="http://religiondispatches.org/does-atheism-have-a-misogyny-problem/">Does Atheism have a misogyny problem?</a></li>
<li><a href="http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/2011/08/11/want-to-kill-fewer-animals-give-up-eggs-not-meat/">Want to kill fewer animals? Give up eggs, not meat</a></li>
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<div><strong>The alleged limits of science</strong></div>
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<li><a href="http://rationallyspeaking.blogspot.com/2010/05/insane-clown-posse-and-miracles-of.html">Insane Clown Posse and the Miracles of Nature</a></li>
<li><a href="http://rationallyspeaking.blogspot.com/2010/03/relabeling-our-ignorance.html">Relabeling Our Ignorance </a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdaily/2012/01/my-little-pony-reality-is-magic.html">My Little Pony: Reality is Magic!</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.csicop.org/sb/show/heralding_the_end_of_discovery/">Heralding the end of discovery?</a></li>
<li><a href="http://rationallyspeaking.blogspot.com/2010/07/should-non-experts-shut-up-skeptics_14.html">Should non-experts shut up? The Skeptic&#8217;s Catch-22</a></li>
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<div><strong>Strategies for becoming more rational</strong></div>
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<li><a href="http://rationallyspeaking.blogspot.com/2010/02/how-to-want-to-change-your-mind.html">How to want to change your mind </a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2015/01/surprise_journal_notice_the_unexpected_to_fight_confirmation_bias_for_science.html">Surprise! The most important skill in science and self-improvement is noticing the unexpected</a>.</li>
<li><a href="http://lesswrong.com/lw/m0m/16_types_of_useful_predictions/">16 Types of useful predictions</a></li>
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<div><strong>The intersection of art and logic</strong></div>
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<li><a href="http://www.3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdaily/2011/06/a-crab-canon-for-douglas-hofstadter.html">A crab canon for Douglas Hofstadter</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdaily/2011/02/paradigm-shifts-in-art-humor-and-science.html">&#8220;That&#8217;s funny&#8230;&#8221; Incongruity in humor, art and science</a></li>
<li><a href="http://rationallyspeaking.blogspot.com/2011/04/perils-of-metaphorical-thinking.html">The perils of metaphorical thinking</a></li>
<li><a href="http://rationallyspeaking.blogspot.com/2011/07/fallacy-of-difference-in-science-and.html">The fallacy of difference, in science and art</a></li>
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