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New article on in vitro iterated embryo selection

The article by Robert Sparrow: A series of recent scientific results suggest that, in the not-too-distant future, it will be possible to

Why do theists, undergrads, and Less Wrongers favor one-boxing on Newcomb?

Follow-up to: Normative uncertainty in Newcomb's problem Philosophers and atheists break for two-boxing; theists and Less Wrong break for o

Normative uncertainty in Newcomb's problem

Here is Wikipedia's description of Newcomb's problem: The player of the game is presented with two boxes, one transparent (labeled A) and

[Retracted] Simpson's paradox strikes again: there is no great stagnation?

ETA: The table linked by Landsburg has been called into serious question by Evan Soltas [H.T. CronoDAS]. I edited the post to leave only the

Satire of Journal of Personality and Social Psychology's publication bias

Follow-up to: Follow-up on ESP study: "We don't publish replications", Using degrees of freedom to change the past for fun and profit As

Using degrees of freedom to change the past for fun and profit

Follow-up to: Follow-up on ESP study: "We don't publish replications", Feed the Spinoff Heuristic! Related to: Parapsychology: the control

"The Journal of Real Effects"

Luke's recent post mentioned that The Lancet has a policy encouraging the advance registration of clinical trials, while mine examined an ap

Feed the spinoff heuristic!

Follow-up to: Parapsychology: the control group for science Some Heuristics for Evaluating the Soundness of the Academic Mainstream in U

Robopocalypse author cites Yudkowsky's paperclip scenario

In this Bloggingheads clip. Apparently the book is going to be made into a big movie by Steven Spielburg.

Follow-up on ESP study: "We don't publish replications"

Related to: Parapsychology: the control group for science, Dealing with the high quantity of scientific error in medicine Some of you may