The Origins Of Woke, by Richard Hanania, has an ambitious thesis. And it argues for an ambitious thesis. But the... more

Robin Hanson replied here to my original post challenging him on health care here. On Straw-Manning Robin thinks I’m straw-manning... more

In November 2022, Aella posted this Twitter poll: 19% of women without pre-menstrual symptoms believed in the supernatural, compared to... more

One of the most common arguments against AI safety is: Here’s an example of a time someone was worried... more

Robin Hanson of Overcoming Bias more or less believes medicine doesn’t work [EDIT: see his response here, where he says... more

[previously in series: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5] When that April with his sunlight fierce The rainy winter of the... more

Lumina, the genetically modified anti-tooth-decay bacterium that I wrote about in December, is back in the news after lowering its... more

Original post here. Table of contents below. I want to especially highlight three things. First, Saar wrote a response to... more

[I haven’t independently verified each link. On average, commenters will end up spotting evidence that around two or three of... more

Many cities have regular Astral Codex Ten meetup groups. Twice a year, I try to advertise their... more