Links for 2022-11-28
"On the prediction of human intelligence from neuroimaging: A systematic review of methods and reporting", Viera et al 2022 (fMRI now predicts general intelligence at r = 0.42) https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160289622000356
The Transistor of 2047: Expert Predictions https://spectrum.ieee.org/the-transistor-of-2047-expert-predictions
How the First Transistor Worked https://spectrum.ieee.org/transistor-history
What you hear about “Meta” (the company that used to be called “Facebook”) may not align with reality https://stratechery.com/2022/meta-myths/
Researchers build a working camera out of atomically thin semiconductors https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/11/researchers-build-a-working-camera-out-of-atomically-thin-semiconductors/
The Arrival of Tree Roots May Have Triggered Mass Extinctions in The Ocean https://www.sciencealert.com/the-arrival-of-tree-roots-may-have-triggered-mass-extinctions-in-the-ocean
Marginal Charity: “…if you aren’t already doing it, by far the most cost-effective way to help the world is to shade your selfish choices just a little in the direction of making the world a better place. If you have market power when you sell a product, lower your price just a tad. If you have market power when you sell your labor, lower your wage a bit. Instead of choosing the profit-maximizing quality for your product or labor, increase that quality a little. If twenty floors would be the most profitable height for your apartment complex, add one more floor. And so on.” https://www.overcomingbias.com/2012/11/marginal-charity.html
Zoonotic Origin Evidence We Don't Have https://alexwasburne.substack.com/p/zoonotic-origin-evidence-we-dont
“Debate about such [Laboratory Origin] accusations would unnecessarily distract top researchers…and do unnecessary harm to…science in China in particular.” [The Telegraph] https://web.archive.org/web/20221125235424/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/11/23/uk-experts-helped-shut-covid-lab-leak-theory-weeks-told-might/
"For about a year, scientists who..secretly thought that the virus..escaped from a lab..colluded in telling the media..this was a debunked conspiracy theory. Despite instructing..us to 'follow the science', these scientists were not doing so themselves." [The Telegraph] https://archive.ph/eA5uw