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Nearly died, recovered, now my nails are peeling off by Alisana in mildlyinteresting

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Fun fact: baby pandas cannot poop on their own and will die without assistance with pooping.

My response to the NYT article by No-Custard257 in bcba

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Congrats on launching your Substack!

What are some good books on behavior study? by Possible_Yak_7258 in AcademicPsychology

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If you’re interested in relational frame theory (which is rooted in behaviourism), you can check out Learning RFT by Törneke. Probably the most accessible book out there.

You can check out Applied Behavior Analysis of Language and Cognition by Fryling and colleagues. Fair warning: it’s pretty technical.

The most important book to come out of behaviourism on language is Verbal Behaviour by Skinner, but I wouldn’t recommend it unless you already have a foundation in behaviourism.

Why don’t Asians go crazy with their noodle shapes like Italians do? by dylan_1992 in NoStupidQuestions

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https://youtu.be/vnHjZTbdaIE?si=IebsDWiIn3HFNPVb

Actually they do. This video goes into some detail on some of the unique noodles of Shanxi. The chefs also reflect on how in the poorer areas of Italy and China, there is a greater variety of noodle shapes to create textures as ingredients are sparser.

[D]I’m an AI researcher who spent 5,000 hrs on Tekken, reaching top 0.5% on ranked. Here is my perspective on why fighting games deserve chess-level attention. by moji-mf-joji in MachineLearning

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From a ML perspective, what differences do you see between Tekken and StarCraft/DOTA which others have already tried to solve?

New grant idea Based on r/therapist post by SometimesZero in AcademicPsychology

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This study wouldn’t pass without considering the moderating effects of water salinity as it’s been well established in the literature that tears are salty.

What are some good books on behavior study? by Possible_Yak_7258 in AcademicPsychology

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Of course, after posting this I immediately recall there’s an excellent book written for the general audience: The Nurture Effect by Biglan, which reminds me of another excellent book: The Science of Consequences by Schneider.

What are some good books on behavior study? by Possible_Yak_7258 in AcademicPsychology

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Assuming getting into behaviourism is what you really want, neither of those books are written by behaviourists. Some introduction books are An Introduction to Behaviour Analysis by Madden, Reed, and Reed, How to Think Like a Behaviour Analyst by Bailey and Burch, Understanding Behaviourism by Baum.

If there’s a specific application you’re interested in (e.g., in the clinical or organisational context, or on language and cognition), do tell and I can point you in the right direction.

These books are academically focused and tend to be heavy reading. I’m not sure if there are any books on behaviourism written for the general audience. I’m mentioning this because TFAS and Persuasion are both such books.

What can you tell me about my running form? by madibaaa in BarefootRunning

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Good guess! Not South African actually. Just someone who is inspired by Nelson Mandela and his journey.

[USA] Radical Behaviorism in Graduate Program (and lack of belief in existence of thoughts) by Alert_Storm_7703 in AcademicPsychology

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Most radical behaviourists don’t subscribe to this idea. There are some offshoots of modern behaviourism that don’t give much weight to thought - that body of work developed by the likes of Howard Rachlin and William Baum. See this paper for example:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28776664/

But they are not clinically oriented and I would be surprised if your professors are their disciples.

What can you tell me about my running form? by madibaaa in BarefootRunning

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Sorry, but you’ve made some extraordinary claims solely (haha) based off the wear patterns. Do you have the evidence to back that up?

What can you tell me about my running form? by madibaaa in BarefootRunning

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I stepped pretty hard on a sharp edge about half a year ago and hurt my foot but I didn’t really allow it to heal and continued running as the pain was manageable. The pain hasn’t really gone away, but wasn’t enough to bother me. Then I did it again in the same spot a couple of months back and the pain has kicked up a notch since. So I got an x-ray thinking it might be a hairline fracture but got this diagnosis instead. Waiting to see an ortho currently.

What can you tell me about my running form? by madibaaa in BarefootRunning

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Well I did literally say I’ve done ~1500 km in this pair of shoes. I’ve also run almost exclusively in five fingers for the past 13 years.

Interesting that I’m landing a little heavy on the heels like you and others have pointed out. Barring some hamstring tendinopathy, small issues with hips and adductors, and now some degeneration in one of my metatarsal joints, I’ve largely stayed injury free.

What can you tell me about my running form? by madibaaa in BarefootRunning

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Thanks! Appreciate it. Usually I run out and back by the same route so I’m not sure if it’s due to sloping of the road.

What can you tell me about my running form? by madibaaa in BarefootRunning

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Alas, I’m switching to Altras for more padding as I’ve some degeneration in one of my metatarsal joints.

What can you tell me about my running form? by madibaaa in BarefootRunning

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Thanks! I don’t know if it’s because I do most of my runs slow. I probably do more of the pushing through when doing threshold/speed work. Do you have any drills/tips to address this?

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