Stories by paulpauper

A simple theory of which thinkers support the elites, or not

Self-Help Is Like a Vaccine

Slashing calories: Can it lengthen your life? (2003)

Weekly Scroll: Money Ain't Free

Kipping on Grabby Aliens

How to Write Real Good Words, According to Stephen King

ESYudkowsky on Salt Altman UBI

The UBI Paper

Marijuana Is Too Strong Now

The Sharecropping Problem, and Optimal Innovation

Andrew Gelman: Is marriage associated with happiness for men or for women?

Liberality

Eternity

The Group-Status Lens

Statistical Consequences of Fat Tails [pdf]

Restricted-calorie society finds better living through less eating (2006)

The Smartest Man Who Ever Lived

The Less-Efficient Market Hypothesis

Sometimes people overrate "marginal value" and underrate "average value"