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[Link] Hacking Technological Determinism for Fun and Profit

An article by Nyan Sandwich on More Right. I’ve recently encountered and more fully grokked some ideas that invalidate my previous unders

[Link] On Saving the World and Other Delusions

A blog post by Athrelon on More Right. 1. I recently had a conversation with a friend of mine who suffered a crisis of faith of sorts.

[Link] An argument on colds

Source. It's illegal to work around food when showing symptoms of contagious diseases. Why not the same for everyone else? Each person wh

[Link] The Coming Plague

Related to: Forty Days , Low Hanging Poop From professor Gregory Cochran's blog West Hunters. Laurie Garret has an article out in the

[Link] Changelings, Infanticide and Nortwest European Guilt Culture

Related: The Psychological Diversity of Mankind, An African Folktale, many of the more interesting infanticide & abortion debates on this si

[Link] Lost and Found

Related: Son of Low Hanging Fruit, Low Hanging Poop A post by Gregory Cochran's and Henry Harpending's blog West Hunter. Marcus Terent

[Link] Trouble at the lab

Related: The Real End of Science From the Economist. “I SEE a train wreck looming,” warned Daniel Kahneman, an eminent psychologist, i

[Link] Cosmological Infancy

A post by Nick Land who some of you are probably already following either on his blog Outside In or at Urban Future. There is a ‘problem’

[Link] Selfhood bias

Related: The Blue-Minimizing Robot , Metaethics Another good article by Federico on his blog studiolo, which he titles Selfhood bias. It r

On private marriage contracts

Warning: First Read Everything Here, only participate or read on if you are sure you understand the risks. Based on the commentary and e