How much do statins extend lifespan? An analysis based on a meta-analysis of six peer-reviewed papers.| DYNOMIGHT
After decades of research, we now have a huge body of studies and meta-reviews to summarize it. What do they say?| DYNOMIGHT
They’d have to be messing with us.| DYNOMIGHT
(a blog post based on a market based on a blog post based on an earlier blog post)| DYNOMIGHT
Can optical illusions take you outside the human color gamut?| DYNOMIGHT
What I really want to know is: What benefit would I get from making my diet better?| DYNOMIGHT
make something you would actually like| DYNOMIGHT
Why did the Asian flush evolve? What does this say about alcoholism? What does this have to do with Odysseus?| DYNOMIGHT
While answering how much information is in DNA may seem straightforward, it actually requires a wild odyssey through information theory and molecular biology.| DYNOMIGHT
humans and social punishment| DYNOMIGHT
wolves, mold, WTO, chili dogs, intelligence, evolution, glue, taurine, typing, Hall, Meitner| DYNOMIGHT
Some claims that test scores don’t predict college success don’t add up.| DYNOMIGHT
Why it’s better not to use an ultrasonic humidifier| DYNOMIGHT
Observations on the dynamics of writing and commenting.| DYNOMIGHT
Designs for a quieter, more energy efficient purifier, and data proving it really works.| DYNOMIGHT
(“make LLMs play better with one weird trick”)| DYNOMIGHT
It’s just adding a variable to a regression.| DYNOMIGHT
Why the air you breathe matters, and what to do about it.| DYNOMIGHT
The Wirecutter’s review of the IKEA air purifier is a mishmash of scientific errors, shoddy testing, and self-contradictory logic.| DYNOMIGHT
A review of the thought experiments in Reasons and Persons by Derek Parfit (part three)| DYNOMIGHT
Like it or not, there’s a clear scientific consensus| DYNOMIGHT
You lose glycogen before fat. Glycogen is heavy.| DYNOMIGHT
AI will make some old-school philosophical thought experiments seem much more relevant| DYNOMIGHT
ice, chess, tractors, railroads, swords, sword fighting, mass production, pre-fab homes, photography, Segways, scissor doors, pornography, calculators| DYNOMIGHT
Unless you’re careful, conditional prediction markets have all the same problems as observational studies.| DYNOMIGHT
Why are prestigious outlets often so mediocre, and why do we read them anyway?| DYNOMIGHT