debates

technology

Everything worth inventing has not, in fact, already been invented

Jan 3, 2026

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4 min read

Everything worth inventing has not, in fact, already been invented

There are good reasons to believe that education could be a lot better than it currently is in most school systems. Freddie deBoer is, as he often is, confused about this.

Alex Libre

openAI o3

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Dec 22, 2024

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7 min read

Rebutting Sean Carroll on LLMs and AGI

New evidence from the past week (e.g. Anthropic's "alignment faking" paper + OpenAI's new o3 model scoring 87% on ARC-AGI) gave me the courage to speak truth to podcast.

Alex Libre

debates

How (and why) to get MDMA-assisted therapy approved by the FDA

Dec 14, 2024

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4 min read

How (and why) to get MDMA-assisted therapy approved by the FDA

Recommendations for Lykos Therapeutics (formerly MAPS), and arguments for the Food and Drug Administration.

Alex Libre

debates

Mar 23, 2024

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6 min read

Critical thinking is not an illusion

A writer recently argued that what we call "critical thinking" is actually just knowing more facts about a topic. I think he is deeply confused about this, and not thinking critically.

Alex Libre

debates

Everything worth inventing has not, in fact, already been invented

Rebutting Sean Carroll on LLMs and AGI

How (and why) to get MDMA-assisted therapy approved by the FDA

Critical thinking is not an illusion

Orca & Fishbowl