Ryan Beren idea blogFix the Replication Crisis in 9 Easy Steps[tldr: see the summary at the end]Nov 27, 2017Nov 27, 2017
Ryan Beren idea blogMotivation and Reasoning for OpheliaI view a capitalist market economy as setting up a set of incentives that optimize for economic growth. Individuals with spare wealth are…Nov 25, 2017Nov 25, 2017
Ryan Beren idea blogOphelia against Moloch[The current draft is moved here and slightly updated versus the material below.]Nov 8, 2017Nov 8, 2017
Ryan Beren idea blogInterpreting Constitutions and BiblesNeil Gorsuch was recently installed as a new U.S. Supreme Court justice on the basis that he would be a highly conservative judge in the…May 9, 2017May 9, 2017
Ryan Beren idea blogRisus DicesThere’s no ousting D&D from its place atop the RPG hierarchy, but Risus isn’t trying to topple the Ponderous One from its massive throne…Apr 20, 2017Apr 20, 2017
Ryan Beren idea blogInequalities About LibertyA friend was challenged to provide the shortest argument for libertarianism that he could. I have to admit his effort was successful and…Apr 19, 2017Apr 19, 2017
Ryan Beren idea blogAttacking AIXI via its memoryCan we really define something as abstract as “intelligence” in order to state what an idealized Artificial Intelligence would do?Apr 19, 2017Apr 19, 2017
Ryan Beren idea blogA Pleasing Proportion In All ThingsThere is no perfect voting method, but there is a best method. Score Voting, also known as Range Voting, has by far the best claim to being…Mar 30, 2017Mar 30, 2017
Ryan Beren idea blogIf We Wanted to Fine-Tune a UniverseJust look at the universe as we know it. It’s almost entirely frozen, irradiated vacuum. Virtually all the material in it is lone hydrogen…Mar 30, 2017Mar 30, 2017
Ryan Beren idea blogSort binary vectors with FFT[Skip to the bottom for the pretty pictures.]Mar 23, 2017Mar 23, 2017