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Rationality Education and Dating (with Jacob Falkovich)
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What's the best way to teach rationality? How do you communicate rationalist principles to people who aren't alre…
5 years, 1 month ago
Preference Falsification and Postmodernism (with Michael Vassar)
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How much preference falsification is occurring in society? What's the difference between conflict theory and mist…
5 years, 2 months ago
Moral Foundations Theory and Constructive Dialogue (with Caroline Mehl)
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What is the Moral Foundations Theory? Is the MFT a model that's only intended to describe human behavior and psyc…
5 years, 2 months ago
Past / Future Selves and Intrinsic Values (with Simone Collins)
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How well do we identify with our past and future selves? What are some of the ways we can develop self-awareness …
5 years, 2 months ago
Happiness and Hedonic Adaptation (with Rob Smith)
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Why do we seem to get less and less pleasure from some things over time? And what can we do about it? Are there d…
5 years, 2 months ago
Decision-Making Under Uncertainty and Entrepreneurship (with Miles Lasater)
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How can we better make decisions under uncertainty? What are some of the different ways of being uncertain? What …
5 years, 2 months ago
Sexuality and Dominance Hierarchies (with Malcolm Collins)
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Are our brains equipped to handle the increasing velocity of information exchange? What's going on psychologicall…
5 years, 3 months ago
Self-Improvement and Research Ethics (with Rob Wiblin)
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What are the best strategies for improving ourselves? How are line managers useful? Why does Rob prefer long-form…
5 years, 3 months ago
Antagonistic Learning and Civilization (with Duncan Sabien)
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Why do "antagonistic" teachers exist in popular culture but not in the classroom? What happens to student outcome…
5 years, 3 months ago
Worldviews and Framing (with Elizabeth Kim)
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How are ideologies like snowglobes? What is "convert communication"? What are some algorithms for creativity? How…
5 years, 3 months ago