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Sep 17, 2020 25 tweets 2 min read Read on X
In each of 24 polls, I’ll give 4 factors by which people vary, plus an example or two of putdowns based on each factor in parenthesis.

In each poll, pick the factor where you care the most what other people think about how you rate on that factor.
For which factor do you care the most about what other people think regarding how you rate?
For which factor do you care the most about what other people think regarding how you rate?
For which factor do you care the most about what other people think regarding how you rate?
For which factor do you care the most about what other people think regarding how you rate?
For which factor do you care the most about what other people think regarding how you rate?
For which factor do you care the most about what other people think regarding how you rate?
For which factor do you care the most about what other people think regarding how you rate?
For which factor do you care the most about what other people think regarding how you rate?
For which factor do you care the most about what other people think regarding how you rate?
For which factor do you care the most about what other people think regarding how you rate?
For which factor do you care the most about what other people think regarding how you rate?
For which factor do you care the most about what other people think regarding how you rate?
For which factor do you care the most about what other people think regarding how you rate?
For which factor do you care the most about what other people think regarding how you rate?
For which factor do you care the most about what other people think regarding how you rate?
For which factor do you care the most about what other people think regarding how you rate?
For which factor do you care the most about what other people think regarding how you rate?
For which factor do you care the most about what other people think regarding how you rate?
For which factor do you care the most about what other people think regarding how you rate?
For which factor do you care the most about what other people think regarding how you rate?
For which factor do you care the most about what other people think regarding how you rate?
For which factor do you care the most about what other people think regarding how you rate?
For which factor do you care the most about what other people think regarding how you rate?
For which factor do you care the most about what other people think regarding how you rate?

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More from @robinhanson

May 18
"explanation for the absence of widespread prediction markets [PM] … 3 groups … each is largely uninterested …
Savers: who enter markets to build wealth. …
Gamblers: who enter markets for thrills. …
Sharps: who enter markets to profit from superior analysis."
worksinprogress.co/issue/why-pred…
I agree regulation isn't main obstacle to PM, & that valuable markets have subsidies, coming from 4th group: those willing to pay for info to inform decisions. Main obstacle is usual one in innovation: not enough concrete trials to work out practical details, show success.
Yes there is "free rider" problem if many value the same info, which is why early trials should focus on cases of concentrated info demand. There are many such.
Read 7 tweets
Apr 21, 2023
The most popular explanation I see of UFOs/UAPs is that personal testimony just can't be trusted, and if you ignore that you always find a mundane way to explain all videos, etc. Yet we trust personal testimony in courts all the time; should we stop doing that?
Yes of course non-testimony evidence also matters a lot in courts, but the testimony often makes a big difference to the final verdict. But they why not let that also make a big difference re UFOs/UAPs?
Roughly one in a thousand people are murdered, and maybe a thousand people who might have done it. The prior in UFOs/UAPs cases can't be much less than in murder accusations.
Read 4 tweets
Dec 10, 2022
In order to promote diversity, cut homogenization, & get better data, we could, some % of the time, randomly replace winners with losers or with random candidates. In the next 14 polls, say what random % of time to make such replacements in each case.
In elections, what % of the time should the candidate who got the fewest votes be the one who takes office?
When employers rank candidates for a job, what % of the time should they have to hire their worse ranked candidate?
Read 15 tweets
Dec 14, 2021
Why don't old retired people do more drugs than young people? After all, the risks of physical harm and social unreliability or shame seems less for them. Are the potential gains from feeling good smaller by an even larger ratio?
“illicit drug use typically declines after young adulthood” drugabuse.gov/publications/s…
“most popular functions for use were using to: relax (96.7%), become intoxicated (96.4%), keep awake at night while socializing (95.9%), enhance an activity (88.5%) and alleviate depressed mood (86.8%)” academic.oup.com/her/article/16…
Read 4 tweets
Jul 30, 2021
After working in tech in Silicon Valley for 9 yrs (’84-’93), I went into academic econ. I figured that when tech folks sought out econ academics, my tech background would give me advantage. But it hasn’t turned out that way, & someone recently explained why to me.
Tech was once not that respected, & mostly full of nerds who were just way into tech. But then tech rose in status & income, & was invaded by top school kids seeking such things, who took over the top slots. These new kids didn’t much respect older tech folks from wrong schools.
They cared less about your tech experience than your status symbols. So these new young top school tech folks put a big premium on youth and top school status, of which I had neither. End of story.
Read 7 tweets
Jul 29, 2021
"understanding the brain … little … to do with … computing power, because brain function doesn’t …resemble any form of … computation we know of. … we don’t even know what kind of computer the brain is yet, much less how to approach emulating it"
au.rollingstone.com/culture/cultur…
Come on. We know that what brains do is take signals in, send signals out, based on cells sending signals to each other. So w/ detailed brain scans & models of cell-to-cell signaling, we can emulate a brain, without needing to understand higher level algorithms.
By "cell-to-cell signaling" I mean models of how each brain cell type takes signals in, changes internal state, and then sends signals out.
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