Around the Blogs, Vol. 72

1. "When a person is placed under cognitive load (by having to memorize a string of numbers while making a moral evaluation), the individual does not express the usual bias toward self." (Robin Hanson/Robert Trivers)

2. "[T]here are a non-trivial number of potential states of the world in which all human life is extinguished. It's not immediately clear how we ought to expend resources in insuring against all of the different risks." (Eric Crampton)

3. "Questionable Research Practices Are Rife in Psychology, Survey Suggests" (Christian Jarrett/Leslie et al.)

4. "How to Fix Science" (Neuroskeptic)

5. "On Famous People Telling You to Become Who You Really Are" (Nick)

6. "First-hand Experience of Kitchens" and other fun conference papers (Eric Crampton/various authors)

7. 'The very existence of a sovereign regulatory body suggests that powerful actors (occasionally) need to be bullied into behaving themselves, but the only provision for bullying that sovereign body into behaving itself is a vague wave of the hand at "elections" and "democracy".' (Matt)

8. "Here’s an interesting general way in which a group of people can start burning all kinds of utility." (Paul Gowder)