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1 year, 6 months ago
Highlights From The Comments On Lynn And IQ
Shaked Koplewitz writes:
Doesn't Lynn's IQ measure also suffer from the IQ/g discrepancy that causes the Flynn effect?
That is, my understanding of…
1 year, 6 months ago
How To Stop Worrying And Learn To Love Lynn's National IQ Estimates
Richard Lynn was a scientist who infamously tried to estimate the average IQ of every country. Typical of his results is this paper, which ranged fr…
1 year, 6 months ago
Bureaucracy Isn't Measured In Bureaucrats
I was surprised to see someone with such experience in the pharmaceutical industry say this, because it goes against how I understood the FDA to work…
1 year, 7 months ago
On Priesthoods
Some recent political discussion has focused on “the institutions” or “the priesthoods”. I’m part of one of these (the medical establishment), so her…
1 year, 7 months ago
It's Still Easier To Imagine The End Of The World Than The End Of Capitalism
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No Set Gauge has a great essay on Capital, AGI, and Human Ambition, where he argues that if humankind survives the Singularity, the likely result …
1 year, 7 months ago
H5N1: Much More Than You Wanted To Know
What is the H5N1 bird flu? Will it cause the next big pandemic? If so, how bad would that pandemic be?
Wait, What Even Is Flu?
Flu is a disease cause…
1 year, 7 months ago
Why Worry About Incorrigible Claude?
Last week I wrote about how Claude Fights Back. A common genre of response complained that the alignment community could start a panic about the expe…
1 year, 7 months ago
Claude Fights Back
Greenblatt et al investigate: if Anthropic tried to turn Claude evil, would Claude fight back?
(if you're just joining us - Claude is an AI model si…
1 year, 7 months ago
Links For December 2024
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1 year, 7 months ago