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Imagine two men: Toby and Alex. Toby is the son of a teenage single mother called Jane. Jane dropped out of secondary school, and relied largely on…
Mar 4, 2022 • 
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Most advice is pretty bad
I think that lots of advice given is bad - it isn’t practical, it isn’t insightful, and it is often something that is amazingly obvious to the person…
Dec 23, 2021 • 
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All Placebos are not created equal
Have you ever heard of a Perkins Tractor? If you lived in London in the 18th Century, you could buy a pair of Perkins Tractors (shown above) for the…
Nov 16, 2021 • 
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The Case Against Public Intellectuals
A higher-than-you-might-expect number of people I know have the opinion that education probably basically doesn’t do anything that will benefit society.
Mar 9, 2022 • 
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Decoupling as a Moral Decision
You may have heard of the dichotomy drawn between ‘high decouplers’ and ‘low decouplers’. High decouplers are people who are able to isolate an idea…
Jan 17, 2022 • 
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Hot and cold takes
Some bad news: I’m travelling at the moment and have had to chuck away my ADHD meds because apparently they’re extremely illegal in Japan (jail time…
Feb 19, 2023 • 
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Weird people doing good things
Scott Alexander and Freddie DeBoer both published articles on Effective Altruism in the past few days.
Nov 29, 2023 • 
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Stuff I found interesting in December
1) How often does correlation equal causation? One neat example is Wilde and Hollister (2002):
Dec 31, 2023 • 
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Stuff I found interesting in October
Note: This links round-up (and all future links round ups) also doubles up as an Open Thread, so comment whatever you want, no need to make it relevant…
Oct 30, 2023 • 
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Why do you guys hate school so much?
Loads of people I meet seem to really, really hate schools.
Nov 6, 2022 • 
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Why Do Girls Do Better At School?
In most developed countries, girls do better than boys at school.
May 3, 2022 • 
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Stuff I found interesting in November
Welcome to the monthly ‘Stuff I Found Interesting’ post.
Dec 2, 2023 • 
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