Undertone

Alexey Guzey

Feb 14, 2024

Alexey Guzey, science enthusiast, discusses topics such as the accessibility of research papers, cultivating intellectual taste, Russia's commitment to communism, utilitarianism, high IQ vs. genius, starting a blog, going outside to increase morale, and exploring alpha and low status.

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Making scientific research papers accessible requires balancing accessibility for the public and compressing information for other scientists.

Cultivating good intellectual taste involves being curious and finding things interesting.

The connection between accessible scientific papers and public access to scientific knowledge highlights the importance of accessibility in spreading information.

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The importance of accessibility in scientific research papers

The speaker discusses the trade-offs between making scientific research papers accessible versus compressing information for other scientists.

Introduction

2min

The Accessibility of Writing and Cultivating Good Intellectual Taste

5min

Russia's Idealistic Culture and Commitment to Communism

7min

The Seduction of Utilitarianism for Smart Individuals

2min

Exploring the Difference Between High IQ and Genius, and Recursive Self-Improvement in AI

4min

The Changing Landscape of Blogging

23min

Increasing Morale by Going Outside

13min

Exploring Alpha and Low Status

4min

Alexey and I talk about science, productivity, and utilitarianism.

Timestamps

(00:00) Intro

(00:23) How accessible should a good research paper be?

(03:47) Good taste

(07:07) What does Russia get right?

(12:05) Favorite Dostoyevsky novel

(14:16) Utilitarianism

(16:42) High IQ v genius

(17:59) Tyler Cowen's advice

(20:13) Bad science

(31:25) Productivity

(32:55) Updating beliefs

(35:18) Meditation

(37:53) Religion

(40:02) Starting a blog

(41:20) Video games

(42:48) Go outside

(45:19) David Goggins

(49:23) Advice

(51:04) True Detective

(56:05) Alpha in low status

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Undertone

Alexey Guzey

Episode guests

Podcast summary created with Snipd AI

Quick takeaways

Deep dives

The importance of accessibility in scientific research papers

Cultivating good intellectual taste

The impact of accessibility in scientific writing

The unique idealism of Russian culture

The allure of utilitarianism for smart people

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