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Buspirone Shortage in Healthcaristan SSR

Episode 185

(Epistemic status: Unsure on details. Some post-publication edits 5/1 to make this less strident.)

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There is a national shortage of buspirone.

Busp…

7 years, 3 months ago

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1960: The Year the Singularity Was Cancelled

Episode 384

[Epistemic status: Very speculative, especially Parts 3 and 4. Like many good things, this post is based on a conversation with Paul Christiano; most…

7 years, 4 months ago

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Highlights From the Comments on College Admissions

Episode 183

HalTheWise discusses a factor I missed (until I sneakily edited it in, so you may have read the later version that included it):

One very powerful …

7 years, 4 months ago

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Increasingly Competitive College Admissions: Much More Than You Wanted to Know

Episode 182

0: Introduction

This is from businessstudent.com

 

Acceptance rates at top colleges have declined by about half over the past decade or so, raising c…

7 years, 4 months ago

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Pain as Active Ingredient in Dating

Episode 181

Reciprocity is a simple dating site, created by some friends of mine. You sign up and see a list of all your Facebook friends who also signed up. You…

7 years, 4 months ago

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Short Book Reviews April 2019

Episode 180

Timothy Carey’s Method Of Levels teaches a form of psychotherapy based on perceptual control theory.

The Crackpot List is specific to physics. But if…

7 years, 4 months ago

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