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Issue #60: Full List

Effect sizes in psychological research are larger in studies without pre-registration than in pre-registered studies, highlighting potential biases due to p-hacking and failure to publish when studies are not pre-registered. // www.frontiersin.org

# Instrumental

Integrating disagreeing subagents // Kaj_Sotala, 26 min Favorite

Why I've started using NoScript // benwr, 2 min

The Geography of the Room — impact of position, orientation, and visibility on how often extraverts start conversations // less_penguiny, 1 min

# Epistemic

Physical linguistics // Yuxi_Liu, 3 min

How to improve at critical thinking on science/medical literature? // hereisonehand, 1 min

# Ai

Flashcards for AI Safety? // Søren Elverlin, 1 min

# Decision theory

Coherent decisions imply consistent utilities // Eliezer Yudkowsky, 33 min Favorite

"UDT2" and "against UD+ASSA" // Wei_Dai, 8 min

# Math and cs

Type-safeness in Shell // Martin Sustrik, 2 min

# Books

Eight Books To Read // Samo Burja, 8 min Favorite

What are some "Communities and Cultures Different From Our Own?" // Raemon, 1 min

# Community

The Relationship Between the Village and the Mission // Raemon, 22 min

Announcing my YouTube channel // Samo Burja, 3 min

European Community Weekend 2019 // DreamFlasher, 1 min

Epistea Summer Experiment // Jan_Kulveit, 1 min

Data Analysis of LW: Activity Levels + Age Distribution of User Accounts // Ruby, 7 min

Cambridge LessWrong / SSC Meetup // AspiringRationalist, 1 min

# Culture war

Narcissism vs. social signalling // Chris_Leong, 1 min

A Critical Period For Lactation Fetishes // Scott Alexander, 2 min

Who Likes Simple Rules? // Robin Hanson, 4 min

# Fun

Why exactly is the song 'Baby Shark' so catchy? // DonyChristie, 1 min

# Misc

Ed Boyden on the State of Science // Benito, 11 min

Yes Requires the Possibility of No // Scott Garrabrant, 2 min

Kevin Simler's "Going Critical" // habryka, 1 min

Which scientific discovery was most ahead of its time? // ricraz, 1 min

"One Man's Modus Ponens Is Another Man's Modus Tollens" // gwern, 1 min

Thinking Fast and Hard // Jacobian, 2 min

Emotional valence as cognition mutator (not a bug, but a feature) // Slider, 3 min

What makes a scientific fact 'ripe for discovery'? // mr-hire, 1 min

Age Gaps And Birth Order Effects // Scott Alexander, 6 min

# Podcasts

Rob Wiblin on human nature, new technology, and living a happy, healthy & ethical life // The 80000 Hours team, 138 min

#156 — The Evolution of Culture // Waking up with Sam Harris, 97 min

Rationally Speaking #233 - Clive Thompson on "The culture of coding, and how it’s changing the world" // NYC Skeptics, 57 min

# Videos of the week

A personal air-quality tracker that lets you know what you're breathing | Romain Lacombe // TED, 5 min