Guest Post from an Iranian(scottaaronson.blog)

24 points by Tomte 8 months ago | 8 comments

Hymn to be recited for the next thousand mornings(scottaaronson.blog)

5 points by nabla9 1 year ago | 1 comments

The time I didn't meet Jeffrey Epstein(scottaaronson.blog)

353 points by pfdietz 8 months ago | 488 comments

Scott Aaronson's blog post explaining why his name appears in the Epstein Files despite never meeting Epstein, involving a proposed 2010 research funding meeting.

Guess I'm a rationalist now(scottaaronson.blog)

287 points by nsoonhui 1 year ago | 869 comments

Raymond Laflamme (1960-2025)(scottaaronson.blog)

22 points by stmw 1 year ago | 2 comments

The Mathocalypse(scottaaronson.blog)

361 points by 6bitquant 19 days ago | 380 comments

Scott Aaronson blog post reacting to OpenAI releasing hundreds of AI-generated math results, including a claimed proof of Khot's Unique Games Conjecture.

A lot of population numbers are fake(davidoks.blog)

362 points by bookofjoe 9 months ago | 295 comments

A blog post by David Oks arguing that many national population figures are unreliable or fabricated, questioning how well we know the world's population.

The US government is buying troves of data about Americans(wired.com)

417 points by benwerd 3 years ago | 198 comments

Wired article on a declassified ODNI report revealing that US federal agencies are buying large amounts of commercially available data about Americans.

We need scientific dissidents(chronicle.com)

355 points by Georgelemental 3 years ago | 848 comments

Chronicle of Higher Education opinion essay arguing that the early artificial consensus on Covid's origins shows the need for scientific dissidents.

The FBI proves again it can’t be trusted with Section 702(eff.org)

321 points by freedomben 3 years ago | 123 comments

EFF Deeplinks post arguing the FBI's misuse of Section 702 surveillance powers shows it cannot be trusted with the authority ahead of reauthorization.

IRS tests free e-filing system that could compete with tax prep giants(washingtonpost.com)

693 points by elicash 3 years ago | 349 comments

Washington Post article reporting that the IRS is testing a prototype free government e-filing system that could compete with commercial tax preparation companies.

Personal data storage is an idea whose time has come(blog.muni.town)

341 points by erlend_sh 1 year ago | 234 comments

A 2007 Coding Horror post by Jeff Atwood explaining why he avoids private social networks like Facebook and LinkedIn and prefers the public web.