187 – GitLab & Review Bounties to Save Science, with Richard Acton

Richard Acton returns to denounce pre-publication peer review, and propose a replacement building off the open source software ethos, and review bounties Richard’s extensive notes for this episode, which include a ton of great links at the bottom Contact him at [email protected] Other Links: Richard on Showing Our Work and Multi-Panel Figures Richard’s podcast XenoThesis, and the Aging & Immortality Episode in specific Richard + David from Guild of the Rose’s podcast The Oasis of Rest Scott Alexander’s ACX Grants and update on results Richard Acton’s previous appearance on our show – All About Aging Richard Acton’s book Data: Inception to Publication & Beyond Our reaction to FTX episode John Q 0:00:00 – Richard Acton & The Issues 0:50:54 – The Scheme to Fix It (Review Bounties+) 1:20:04 – Guild of the Rose Update 1:21:04 – Less Wrong Posts 1:47:18 – Thank the Patron  We now partner with The Guild of the Rose, check them out. Hey look, we have a discord! What could possibly go wrong? Our Patreon page–your support is most rational, and totally effective. (also merch) Rationality: From AI to Zombies, The Podcast LessWrong Sequence Posts Discussed in this Episode: Trust in Bayes Something to Protect Next Sequence Posts: Newcomb’s Problem and Regret of Rationality The Parable of the Dagger The Parable of Hemlock