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Eight: Prof Hilary Greaves on moral cluelessness, population ethics, & harnessing the brainpower of academia to tackle the most important research questions

Effective Altruism: An Introduction – 80,000 Hours

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How to Rescue Probability in Quanto Mechanics?

Physicists have been trying to work out why probability is important in quantum mechanics. They believe that if the universe splits into two, then it's more rational to put one half of a chance of happening on each branch. But many physicists are not happy with this interpretation and think there should be no such thing as 'a' or 'b' The new book by David Wheeler explains how they came up with their own solution.

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