Overcoming Bias

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Betrayed By Culture
Like most humans ever, I love my culture.
 • Robin Hanson
Women As Worriers Who Exclude
This is an excellent 2014 book on how men differ from women:
 • Robin Hanson
A Fertility Reckoning
Those who consume too much alcohol or other recreational drugs often make excuses.
 • Robin Hanson
Polymaths Are Late Bloomers
There is a big literature on the ages at which intellectuals peak in life.
 • Robin Hanson
Our Big Oops
Humanity has a huge problem, of which few are aware.
 • Robin Hanson
Response to Scott Alexander on Medical Effectiveness
Scott Alexander on Wednesday:
 • Robin Hanson
Visiting Death
I haven’t posted as much lately as it is summer, and I’ve been doing a lot of family trips.
 • Robin Hanson
Pre-Sputnik Earth-Orbit Glints
IMHO, the strongest evidence so far that (some) UFOs are aliens just dropped.
 • Robin Hanson
My Status Circles
Most of us have circles of concern, where we care more about folks from our inner circles than our outer circles.
 • Robin Hanson
My Politics
Not sure why I didn’t notice before, but I’ve just realized that my key ask re cultural drift, namely let’s try to save cherished parts of our culture…
 • Robin Hanson
Status Is Your God
Education reformers find it harder to change classes for younger students, as later classes depend on earlier classes, and still later classes depend on…
 • Robin Hanson
Gender Norms Are Complex, Opaque
Wondering how to make clear our cultural drift problem, it occurred to me that historical fiction, especially using time travel, could make vivid how…
 • Robin Hanson
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