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Recently Claudine Gay resigned as President of Harvard over plagiarism accusations and a fumbled Congressional testimony on anti-Semitism.
The pla…
2 years, 6 months ago
Mantic Monday 1/29/24
Election problems // Trump odds // AI worlds
https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/mantic-monday-12924
2 years, 6 months ago
The Psychopolitics Of Trauma
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Everyone knows politics makes people crazy. But what kind of crazy? Which page of the DSM is it on?
I’m only half joking. Psychiatrists have spent…
2 years, 7 months ago
Some Unintuitive Properties Of Polygenic Disorders
E. Fuller Torrey recently published a journal article trying to cast doubt on the commonly-accepted claim that schizophrenia is mostly genetic. Most …
2 years, 7 months ago
Should The Future Be Human?
Machine Alignment Monday 1/22/24
Business Insider: Larry Page Once Called Elon Musk A “Specieist”:
Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Google cofounder Larry Pa…
2 years, 7 months ago
Subscrive Drive 2024 + Free Unlocked Posts
Astral Codex Ten has a paid subscription option. You pay $10 (or $2.50 if you can’t afford the regular price) per month, and get:
Extra articles (u…
2 years, 7 months ago
Links For January 2024
[Remember, I haven’t independently verified each link. On average, commenters will end up spotting evidence that around two or three of the links in …
2 years, 7 months ago
Against Learning From Dramatic Events
Does it matter if COVID was a lab leak?
Here’s an argument against: not many people still argue that lab leaks are impossible. People were definitely…
2 years, 7 months ago
AI Sleeper Agents
Machine Alignment Monday 1/15/24
A sleeper agent is an AI that acts innocuous until it gets some trigger, then goes rogue.
People might make these on…
2 years, 7 months ago
Highlights From The Comments On Capitalism & Charity
[original post: Does Capitalism Beat Charity?]
1: Comments Where I Want To Reiterate That I’m In Near Mode
2: Comments Directly Arguing Against My Ma…
2 years, 7 months ago