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Jaan Tallinn: A Skype founder on biomonitors, existential risk and simulated realities

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324412604578513472554236916.html By ALEXANDRA WOLFE As we try to talk by Skype, Jaan Tallinn

Nick Bostrom: Moral uncertainty – towards a solution? [link, 2009]

http://www.overcomingbias.com/2009/01/moral-uncertainty-towards-a-solution.html

Japan Weighed Evacuating Tokyo in Nuclear Crisis [link]

An independent report shows Japan was much closer to nuclear disaster than previously reported. “Prime Minister Kan had his minuses and he

Fissure opens in chess AI scene [link]

http://boingboing.net/2012/01/19/fissure-opens-in-chess-ai-scen.html

Details of lab-made bird flu won't be revealed [link]

http://news.yahoo.com/details-lab-made-bird-flu-wont-revealed-223114982.html

Spend Money on Ergonomics

Warning: This is an applied rationality post, about rationality applied to a specific area of life, not a generalized rationality post. Er

Larry King: I want to be frozen

I know celebrities cryocrastinate just as much as anyone else, but King seems like the kind of guy to go through with it. http://www.cnn.c

Kickstarter fundraising for largest Tesla Coils in history

"If the government is not willing to fund the building of two 10-story tall Tesla Coils, then why the hell do I even pay taxes?" This seem

One pixel electronic contact lens tested on rabbits [link]

http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/onepercent/2011/11/electronic-contact-lens-displa.html http://iopscience.iop.org/0960-1317/

The nocebo effect [link]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2011/nov/13/nocebo-pain-wellcome-trust-prize