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It’s been a few months since my last links post, so here’s three months worth of catch-up. (formatting works better on substack) Physics: https://bigthink.com/surprising-science/physicist-creates-ai-algorithm-prove-reality-simulation “Physicist creates AI algorithm that may prove reality is a simulation” pretty sure this way oversells the paper (as with most of my physics links, see...

Prediction markets are fun, at least if you're making money. I've only been into them for a few months, but have already collected a bunch of interesting tales. Note: I may have been involved with some of these, but I'm telling these tales from a third person perspective. One general...

Note: some of the formatting was lost, see substack for full experience Favorites: https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2021/02/19/health/what-is-simp-teen-slang-wellness/index.html I’ve finally gotten a third article in my collection of classic Gen Z journalism. For reference, here are the first two articles in my collection: https://www.theverge.com/2018/9/23/17882996/teens-electric-scooter-age-requirement-bird-lime and https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2019/06/why-teens-try-airdrop-you-memes-concerts/591064/. Every sentence in all of these articles is...

Previously: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/avqqNvhiZPkq5wQJW/links-for-dec-2020 Favorites https://www.lynalden.com/ethereum-analysis/ A really good economic analysis of Ethereum. Worth reading even if you don’t know much about it. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/01/25/have-we-already-been-visited-by-aliens “An eminent astrophysicist argues that signs of intelligent extraterrestrial life have appeared in our skies. What’s the evidence for his extraordinary claim?” tl;dr: Loeb, though, explicitly rejects the...

Nov post: Facebook, LW post Based on feedback, I’ll put a few favorites in the front, and the rest gets categorized as usual. For several, I just copied the title if that seemed like enough of a description. Favorites: https://slate.com/human-interest/2014/06/nicholas-kristof-wants-to-save-the-world-with-his-new-york-times-columns-why-are-so-many-of-them-wrong.amp Old article but good. Money quote: Kristof feels lousy when...