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How to make Superbabies
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/DfrSZaf3JC8vJdbZL/how-to-make-superbabies posted 4w ago with no replies 5 5

How to make Superbab 5 5

Breeding octopuses
Our last common ancestor with cephalopods dates back 600 million years. For reference, dinosaurs roamed Earth only 252–66 million years ago. ... posted 2mo ago with 5 replies 10 10

Breeding octopuses 10 10

It's self-organization that's the magic of life, not reason or intelligence. ... 1mo ago 1 1

It's self-organizati 1 1

Ranking Socio-Economic Factors
I understand this tweet thread as saying there is some feature F that is mostly innate that determines the wellbeing and health of a society. Some people have F and when they're with others who have F, they naturally create the Good Society the way beavers... posted 2mo ago with 7 replies 4 4

Ranking Socio-Econom 4 4

Two more for good measure: ... 2mo ago 4 4

Two more for good me 4 4

Was "going steady" a positive or negative
When I read biographies about people who came of age in the first half of the 19th century, I notice something very different about their courtship. ... posted 11mo ago with 11 replies 15 15 2 2

Was "going steady" a 15 15 2 2

I increasingly find notions of rational evaluation of compatibility leading to consent amusing, since there are underlying physiological mechanisms like prolonged eye contact that can spur the kind of mirror neuron self-other dissolution which operationali... 7mo ago 2 2

I increasingly find 2 2

Clear guidance for women
Although I expect that most here will be men, I want to ask: What should we encourage young women to do? ... posted 11mo ago with 31 replies 20 20 1 1

Clear guidance for w 20 20 1 1

I like to use this framing if you're a woman: ... 10mo ago 6 6

I like to use this f 6 6

The Dolphin Question
Now that there are some more people on here I think the hour has dawned to unleash the DQ: the Dolphin Question. ... posted 12mo ago with 22 replies 15 15 2 2

The Dolphin Question 15 15 2 2

There will be space for many different species and subspecies of cetaceans, and therefore many kinds of dolphin culture, in our civilization. For instance, the Yangtze River dolphin and Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin occupy different ecological niches. Resp... 11mo ago 3 3

There will be space 3 3

Strong genomic selection is almost feasible, and no one cares?
Strong genomic selection is the ability to create people who have genomes that are strongly selected--by several standard deviations--for some trait. Strong genomic selection would be a civilizational game-changer. For the price of a car, or less, accordin... posted 12mo ago with 5 replies 9 9

Strong genomic selec 9 9

There was an interesting post related to this and the prospect of a Biosingularity a few weeks back: ... 12mo ago 3 3

There was an interes 3 3

Book Club: Selective Breeding and the Birth of Philosophy.
Dr Alamariu dropped his groundbreaking dissertation last year and by now you have all had a chance to read it. Let's read it again and discuss. This book really hits hard doing two related things that I think are of supreme importance: ... posted 14mo ago with 37 replies 17 17

Book Club: Selective 17 17

Agreed, the cover is what provides security, and provides a barrier to external threats (impeccability). For an internet community, especially considering possible threat models, this sort of barrier is far stronger than material security, say, in the form... 13mo ago 4 4

Agreed, the cover is 4 4