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Perception of the Concrete vs Statistical: Corruption

a year ago
Douglas_Knight
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People react to statistics very differently than they react to concrete examples, even though statistical generalities mean that there exist
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Would you notice if science died?

a year ago
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Would you notice if science died? Science is a big deal. It would be worth knowing if it stalled, regressed, or died out, whether the body
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Actually existing prediction markets?

2 years ago
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What public prediction markets exist in the world today? Have you used one recently? What attributes do they have that should make us trus
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The Cold War divided Science

3 years ago
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What can we learn about science from the divide during the Cold War? I have one example in mind: America held that coal and oil were fossi
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Games People Play

7 years ago
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Game theory is great if you know what game you're playing. All this talk of Diplomacy reminds me of this memory of Adam Cadre: I remember
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