- AGW
- Anthropogenic Global Warming
- Aretae
- One of several possible phonetic translations of the Greek ἀρετή. The word means both excellence and virtue, and suggests that they are the same thing. Wikipedia, among others suggests it was originally pronounced a - ru - tay (at/run/stay), though my readings have suggested many possible other choices. Sometimes Englishified into (Ar uh tay) on this blog.
- AFAICT
- As Far As I Can Tell
- AFAIK
- As Far As I Know
- BBdM
- Bruce Bueno de Mesquita
- CAS
- Complex Adaptive Systems
- Cowen's Maxim
- Every time you tell yourself a good vs. evil story, you lose 10 points of effective IQ. (here)
- ESE
- Evolutionarily Stable Environment
- ESR
- Eric S. Raymond
- ESS
- Evolutionarily Stable Strategy (or Evolutionarily Stable State)
- EV
- Expected Value -- when dealing with probabilistic outcomes, your expected value is the chance of outcome 1*value of outcome1 + chance of outcome 2 * value of outcome 2, etc. For instance, EV of a $1 craps bet is, I think, $0.994. EV of 1 roll of a six-sided die, paid $1 per pip, is $3.50
- Eudaimonia
- Happiness/Human flourishing. Again, Greek denies the separation from the two, and would call happiness without flourishing false and temporary.
- FOIA
- Freedom Of Information Act -- government funded agencies must release most documents if asked for them -- US and UK each have versions
- FWIW
- For What it's Worth
- Hanson's Razor
- Irrational Positions are usually Rational signaling devices. Coined by Blunt Object.
- HBD
- Human Biodiversity -- the idea that humans are differently genetically gifted in ways that both matter, and vary significantly by race. On average West Africans have more fast twitch fiber lower bodies. White boys have stronger upper bodies. Kenyans have better lung capacity for long races. Jews have higher IQs.
- HNU
- Human Neurological Uniformity -- the notion that human brains are almost identical between people.
- HT
- Hat Tip -- blogspeak for I found it because of:
- HIT
- High Intensity Training, an exercise theory suggesting that short bursts of highly intense work is the ideal workout routine (and that many other approaches stink)
- IIRC
- If I Recall Correctly
- IMHO
- In My Humble Opinion
- IMO
- In My Opinion
- LUE
- Life, the Universe, and Everything
- memeplex
- The set of ideas, beliefs that you have. From meme--a reproducing unit of culture
- NAM
- Non-Asian Minority -- they tend to be rich, assimilating, low crime and high IQ -- so talking about Asian minorities isn't what anyone who brings up race really cares about.
- Noob (Newb/Newbie)
- Someone who is inexperienced or new at a particular activity. Very frequent in online gaming.
- otD (oTD)
- of the Day
- QoLY
- Quality of Life Year -- common term in economics of health. 1 year on an iron lung is not the same quality of life as 1 year as a spring chicken.
- QotD (QoTD)
- Quote of the Day
- Rationalization Hamster
- A term used to describe the human mind's need to build a pattern/explanation which corresponds to the thinker's biases, often where none exists. Coined by Roissy, used originally to describe this process in women who are attempting to (a) understand men or to (b) justify their own behavior.
- RTWT
- Read The Whole Thing
- Second Sigma
- Term coined by blogger Jehu, referencing those people with IQs between the first sigma and the second sigma...most of America's intelligensia
- STEM
- Science Technology Engineering & Mathematics
- STFU
- Shut The F*** Up
- SWPL
- Stuff White People Like. This website. A particular category of politically correctness highly associated with unreality and pale skin.
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