rationalnewsletter

Issue #4

Experiment about honesty in 15 countries: online participants asked to flip a coin, report the result & receive $3-5 if it's "head". Who resisted temptation? Every country reports more than 50% heads. British were the most honest, reporting 52% // www.sciencedirect.com

# Favorites

Weird question: could we see distant aliens? // paulfchristiano, 4 min

You Are Being Underpaid // T3t, 10 min

SSC Survey Results: Sexual Harassment Levels By Field // Scott Alexander, 11 min

Gupta On Enlightenment // Scott Alexander, 11 min

# Instrumental

You Are Being Underpaid // T3t, 10 min

Some Simple Observations Five Years After Starting Mindfulness Meditation // lionhearted, 9 min

# Epistemic

Dire Bullshit // Alicorn, 1 min

# Ai

Announcement: AI alignment prize round 2 winners and next round // cousin_it, 2 min

My confusions with Paul's Agenda // Vaniver, 7 min

Understanding Iterated Distillation and Amplification: Claims and Oversight // William_S, 11 min

Believable Promises // Douglas_Reay, 6 min

NYT: A.I. Researchers Are Making More Than $1 Million, Even at a Nonprofit // Rain, 1 min

# Books

The Case Against Education: Foundations // Zvi, 13 min

An Undergraduate Reading Of: Macroscopic Prediction by E.T. Jaynes // ryan_b, 5 min

Prediction Machines // Robin Hanson, 7 min

# Ea

Oops Prize update // Benquo, 2 min

[Preprint for commenting] Fighting Aging as an Effective Altruism Cause // avturchin, 1 min

# Misc

The Case Against Education // Zvi, 9 min

Humans need places // Benquo, 3 min

Funeral Ritual // Raemon, 9 min

Good News for Immunostimulants // sarahconstantin, 3 min

Multi-winner Voting: a question of Alignment // Jameson Quinn, 14 min

# Podcasts

#124 — In Search of Reality // Waking up with Sam Harris, 118 min

57 – Community Talk with Bayesed and Confused // The Bayesian Conspiracy, 108 min

Rationally Speaking #206 - Kal Turnbull on "Change My View" // NYC Skeptics, 49 min