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If candidates from group A perform more strongly on average than those from group B there are other possible causes than bias in the selection process itself. For instance, members…

Comparing sociology to biology in particular ends up unflattering for the former. Biology is a lot more obviously successful than sociology. Sociology has so far failed to produce …

Of course, it has to be noted that academics lean left, and sociologists overwhelmingly so. See, e.g., http://www.criticalreview.com/2004/pdfs/cardiff_klein.pdf .

It is unusual to claim that programming in a statically typed language is more error-prone than in a dynamically typed language, even if only when dealing with HTTP requests specif…

Would you say the same about Metasploit or Wireshark? If not, where do you suggest the line be drawn?

This seems like a feature that would be generally selected for in types of social organization.

I believe that democracy does not scale beyond roughly several hundred voters of roughly equal expertise and ability. I decide whether or not to vote accordingly, which means sayin…

>I just feel like this is the one thread where there are much bigger things at stake. I have no objections to your cause but your current headline is, whether on purpose or not, cl…

Urbit embodies Moldbug's politics. Speaking of politics, one of the most interesting practical user-facing things about Urbit that I saw in an earlier video demo was the user choos…

Off the cuff, I agree with you, but I also wonder if it isn't an approach only used by a minority of people involved in hiring, primarily those with a technical background. This is…

>The sooner we shift from labor to education as our source of social dignity the better. Twin studies suggest educational achievement is highly (over 50%) heritable. If you succeed…

I think it is only a matter of time until MOOCs start eating into high school and even middle school-level education. Considering that many adults do not remember their high school…

>He also says people with strong accents are bad founders More accurately, he said that people who fail to improve their accent over time are likely to be bad founders. I don't hav…

>how much a person is willing to question the hand that feeds them can reveal the strength of their character to others. Careful! You are straying into fundamental attribution erro…

>But how do you do that? It boils down to keeping your identity small ( http://www.paulgraham.com/identity.html ), which may or may not be truly possible in practice for humans who…

My impression of [4] is that it amounts to a protection racket scheme: "Your business is racist and sexist! I will continue to denounce it until you hire me." Of course, a lot of c…