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Back to SearchChoose Book Review Finalists 2024
It's time to narrow the 150 entries in the Book Review Contest to about a dozen finalists. I can't read 150 reviews alone, so I need your help.
You'l…
2 years, 3 months ago
Profile: The Far Out Initiative
Suffering is part of the human condition, except when it isn't.
I met a man at an ACX meetup once who claimed he has never felt anxiety, not even the…
2 years, 3 months ago
Mantic Monday 5/13/24
Manifold pivot || Lab leak hindcasting || CFTC extra-double-bans prediction markets
https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/mantic-monday-51324
2 years, 3 months ago
Highlights From The Comments On Hanson And Health Care
Most recent post here.
Table Of Contents:
1: Comments From Robin
2: Comments About/From Goldin et al
3: Comments From The Rest Of You Yokels
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2 years, 3 months ago
The Emotional Support Animal Racket
If you’re from a country that doesn’t have emotional support animals, here’s how it works.
Sometimes places ban or restrict animals. For example, an …
2 years, 3 months ago
Asterisk/Zvi on California's AI Bill
California’s state senate is considering SB1047, a bill to regulate AI. Since OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and Meta are all in California, this woul…
2 years, 3 months ago
Highlights From The Comments On "The Origin Of Woke"
Original post here.
Table Of Contents:
1: Response From The Author
2: Attempted Fact Checks
3: People With Personal Experience At Their Workplace
4: …
2 years, 3 months ago
Book Review: The Origins Of Woke
The Origins Of Woke, by Richard Hanania, has an ambitious thesis. And it argues for an ambitious thesis. But the thesis it has isn’t the one it argue…
2 years, 3 months ago
Response to Hanson On Health Care
Robin Hanson replied here to my original post challenging him on health care here.
On Straw-Manning
Robin thinks I’m straw-manning him. He says:
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2 years, 3 months ago
Survey Results: PMS Symptoms
In November 2022, Aella posted this Twitter poll:
19% of women without pre-menstrual symptoms believed in the supernatural, compared to 39% of women …
2 years, 3 months ago