Podcast Episodes

Links For March

Episode 442

https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/links-for-march

 

Warning: I haven’t independently verified each link. On average, commenters will end up spott…

5 years, 5 months ago

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Shilling For Big Mitochondria

Episode 441

https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/shilling-for-big-mitochondria

 

In the 1930s, a shady outfit called Isabella Laboratories made a popular over-…

5 years, 5 months ago

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Mantic Monday: Scoring Rule Controversy

Episode 440

https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/mantic-monday-scoring-rule-controversy

 

Metaculus scoring rule controversy

Zvi considered using some Metaculu…

5 years, 5 months ago

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Bay Area Plant-Based Meat Reviews

Episode 439

https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/bay-area-plant-based-meat-reviews

 

By this point you’ve probably tried Impossible Burgers, and you know that …

5 years, 6 months ago

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A Modest Proposal For Republicans: Use The Word "Class"

Episode 438

https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/a-modest-proposal-for-republicans

 

Read this first: Book Review: Fussell On Class

Dear Republican Party:

I he…

5 years, 6 months ago

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Book Review: Fussell On Class

Episode 437

https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/book-review-fussell-on-class

 

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Paul Fussell wants to talk about class.

(well, wanted, past tense, it's a 19…

5 years, 6 months ago

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Mantic Monday: Judging April COVID Predictions

Episode 436

https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/mantic-monday-judging-april-covid

 

Since this is getting broader than just Metaculus, I'm changing the name t…

5 years, 6 months ago

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A Look Down Track B

Episode 435

https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/a-look-down-track-b

 

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Depression probably has something to do with decreased synaptogenesis in the brain, ma…

5 years, 6 months ago

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Ezra Klein On Vetocracy

Episode 434

https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/ezra-klein-on-vetocracy

 

In my review last week of Ezra Klein's Why We're Polarized, I linked to a related Vox…

5 years, 6 months ago

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Highlights From The Comments On Cult Of Smart

Episode 433

https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/highlights-from-the-comments-on-cult

 

DeBoer argued that charter schools succeed through selection effects: t…

5 years, 6 months ago

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