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Sorry Dr. Coughlin, “aging” and “old age” are real, and they suck

Aging denialism must be overcome

May 23 •

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How to treat Long Covid as a brain-based (psychosomatic) illness

Oddly, there are no other articles online about this?

May 7 •

Psychosomatic contributors to Long Covid suffering

“Lots of people act like psychosomatic = not a real problem. Unfortunately, having a symptom for psychosomatic reasons sucks just as much as having it…

Apr 9 •

The "false fatigue alarm" theory for Long Covid fatigue

Epistemic status: speculative In this post I’m going to discuss and elaborate on a specific theory for Long Covid fatigue. I got this theory from Dr…

Apr 9 •

What AI ethicists get wrong – and right – about AI safety

Backstory - on December 1st I wrote a thread on Twitter responding to Timnit Gebru’s article in WIRED which criticized EA-funded AI safety work. Someone…

Mar 19 •

Could S-modafinil be the new caffeine?

S-modafinil is the shorter half-life enantiomer of modafinil

Jan 3 •

The world in 2072

The future will be wonderful

May 31, 2022 •

Kidney stone pain as a potential EA cause area

Note: At the Effective Altruism Global: San Francisco conference in 2017, Prof. Will MacAskill implored the audience to “keep EA weird”. As the EA…

May 1, 2022 •

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