Links for 2022-01-11
Brain Efficiency: Much More than You Wanted to Know https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/xwBuoE9p8GE7RAuhd/brain-efficiency-much-more-than-you-wanted-to-know
As the "western diet" spreads, autoimmune diseases are becoming common in countries where they were never seen before. https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/jan/08/global-spread-of-autoimmune-disease-blamed-on-western-diet
Superbug MRSA arose in hedgehogs long before clinical use of antibiotics https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2022-01-05-superbug-mrsa-arose-hedgehogs-long-clinical-use-antibiotics
Physicists watch as ultracold atoms form a crystal of quantum tornadoes. The new observations record a key crossover from classical to quantum behavior. https://news.mit.edu/2022/ultracold-atoms-quantum-0105
“China is planning at least 150 new [nuclear] reactors in the next 15 years, more than the rest of the world has built in the past 35.” https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2021-11-02/china-climate-goals-hinge-on-440-billion-nuclear-power-plan-to-rival-u-s
Scientists didn’t discover that the cause of the 1918 influenza pandemic was a virus until 1933. “At the time most microbiologists believed that influenza was caused by a bacteria.” https://www.theguardian.com/science/the-h-word/2013/jul/08/influenza-virus-discovery-mrc-nimr
Mammals can breathe through anus in emergencies https://phys.org/news/2021-05-mammals-anus-emergencies.html
"This is a rare opportunity where just playing a fun game in your head even if you're not deeply read in the AI alignment literature could actually be helpful." https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/Q2BJnpNh8e6RAWFnm/consider-trying-the-elk-contest-i-am
AI alignment research links https://www.cold-takes.com/ai-alignment-research-links/
From the NYT about China's new regulatory crackdown: “To prove their loyalty, many tech firms are positioning themselves to help build key technologies that will help the country break free from what Mr. Xi described as “stranglehold” weaknesses that the United States can exploit. That includes semiconductors, new energy and other advanced technologies.” https://archive.fo/iNXD6
Are the axioms in some standard reference texts for axiomatic set theory are ill-founded? https://blog.plover.com/2022/01/09/#jech