Scoring my forecasts for 2021 — unofficial Metaculus superforecaster?
It is a test of true theories not only to account for but to predict phenomena. (William Whewell, 1840) No one has done more in recent years to spread…
Backstabber Brennan knifes Scott Alexander with 2014 email
Backstabber Brennan AKA Topher Brennan (@TopherTBrennan) is some guy you wish you aren't friends with. Nor even a casual email acquaintance. In an already deleted email thread that was luckily…
23andme’s updated algorithm: January 2021
Prior results: 2019 Personal genomics company 23andme has a new preprint out describing their current approach and results: Durand, E. Y., Do, C. B., Wilton, P. R., Mountain, J. L.,…
Missing Arthur Jensen videos: money if you can find them!
We are always looking to expand our Arthur Jensen coverage (https://arthurjensen.net/). Recently, we got a tip that some video material exist somewhere that we don't have. Specifically: While critical of…
Lost Jensen 1969 debate video published!
Head on over to the Arthur Jensen site for details, but here's the video! Stay tuned, we also have a copy of the 1980 Phil Donahue Show, coming up shortly!…
How to find free books on the internet
Gwern has a tutorial like this, which you can find here. This is just a redundant guide so more will see it. So you want some ebook and you don't…
Gregory Cochran’s Big Grant
This story has been floating around for a while, but no one seems to have written it up for a post (I tweeted it in February). Well, I believe in…
Alternatives to Reddit et al
Big Tech is increasingly censorious, essentially an online oligarchical police state spreading to the offline world. With that in mind, you might want to avoid some of their services. Reddit…
Magic the Gathering for free, online, 2020
Magic cards are an interesting but expensive hobby. Wizards (the developer, very woke too) does provide various computer versions of this, but they are obscenely monetized to get those nerdbucks.…
Panjabi MC
Very random post, bear with me. So while waiting for some genomics to run... ... I was listening to old music from my teenage years. Had a particular foreign song…