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Is bad air quality slowly harming us? (with Richard Bruns)
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How bad is the air quality in the US and around the world? What's the evidence that certain kinds of particles in…
2 years, 6 months ago
Journalism in the age of AI (with Dylan Matthews)
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Will large language models (LLMs) replace journalists any time soon? On what types of writing tasks do LLMs outpe…
2 years, 6 months ago
Experiments for enlightenment and fundamental wellbeing (with Jeffery Martin)
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Is enlightenment the same as being happy all the time? Or being at peace all the time? Or something else? What is…
2 years, 6 months ago
Mothers who harm their children for attention (with Andrea Dunlop)
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What is Munchausen syndrome? How does Munchausen syndrome differ from malingering? Does Munchausen usually correl…
2 years, 6 months ago
Is evolutionary psychology just a bunch of "just so" stories? (with Geoffrey Miller)
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Why do even people who accept evolutionary explanations for most biological phenomena often push back against evo…
2 years, 7 months ago
Systems of governance built on prediction markets (with Robin Hanson)
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What is futarchy? Why does it seem to be easier to find social innovations rather than technical innovations? How…
2 years, 7 months ago
Using metacognitive therapy to break the habit of rumination (with Pia Callesen)
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What is metacognitive therapy? How does MCT differ from CBT, DBT, and other mental health therapy paradigms? How …
2 years, 7 months ago
How quickly is AI advancing? And should you be working in the field? (with Danny Hernandez)
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Along what axes and at what rates is the AI industry growing? What algorithmic developments have yielded the grea…
2 years, 7 months ago
Can we choose who we are? (with Gavin Leech)
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Can we really deeply change who we are? Can we choose our preferences, intrinsic values, or personality more gene…
2 years, 8 months ago
Normalizing catastrophes and catastrophizing normalcy (with Mike Pesca)
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Besides the need to attract attention, what are some other drivers behind the news media's tendency to "catastrop…
2 years, 8 months ago