Scott Alexander
Essayist; writes Astral Codex Ten, previously Slate Star Codex.
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19 Nov 2019 · held 6 years
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Held this Technological progress did not slow down from 1970 to the present, compared with its pre-1970 speed
Then said Since then, research by a bunch of people finds strong evidence that it has. Despite its confidence and snark, my 2014 post was wrong.
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22 Aug 2019 · held 1 day
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Held this Psychedelics work by strengthening the brain's top-down priors
Then said A more recent paper by Carhart-Harris and Friston provides compelling evidence that psychedelics probably work by weakening the brain's top-down priors, meaning I got this one maximally wrong.