Progress Studies Conference - I'll Defend Fusion
The progress studies conference didn't have anyone to defend fusion energy, so I will.
Topic
Science
A collection of 16 issues
Magic Cutoffs
There's nothing magic about six berries, specifically
Evidence (p=.05) that ≥15% of Super-intelligences are Safe?
It’s strange but at least temporarily come with me to crazy town.
Your Personality Is Temporally Mismatched
You should be young when you're old and old when you're young.
I’m an Independent Thinker —Just Like Everyone Else
If we all think we are, how do we actually know?
Procrastination: It’s the Age not the Size of the Monster
Every time you run, it grows stronger.
In Praise of Jock Values
In high school there are jocks and nerds, and if you're reading this I'm going to assume you were the latter.
One of the Biggest Stories of the Century Happened, We Just Don’t Know Which
There's only 3 possibilities, and all of them are bananas.
Book Review: Yąnomamö: The Fierce People
Napoleon Chagnon's book was so poorly received that he was accused of committing genocide via measles. Needless to say, I was intrigued.
We Picked Right with Einstein
Our intellectual role model should be the most moral person we can find that’s at least passable as a “smart person”.
What we got is a moral sage that’s passable as the most influential mind of all time.