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May 01, 2014
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14 min 2,059 words 68 comments
Scott Alexander proposes a utopian scientific system using prediction markets and impartial researchers to eliminate bias and efficiently resolve controversies. Longer summary
Scott Alexander describes a utopian scientific system in the fictional culture of Raikoth. In this system, anyone can do exploratory research, but confirmatory experiments are funded through prediction markets and conducted by impartial consultant scientists. The system includes pre-registration of experiments, public statements of predictions by experts, and financial incentives for accurate predictions. This approach aims to eliminate bias, increase transparency, and efficiently resolve scientific controversies. The post ends by highlighting the benefits of such a system, including the elimination of pseudoscience and the creation of a comprehensive, dynamic list of scientific hypotheses and their probabilities. Shorter summary
May 15, 2013
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Scott Alexander provides an index of his blog posts about Raikoth, a constructed society he created, covering various aspects of its culture and structure. Longer summary
This post serves as an index for Scott Alexander's series of blog posts about his constructed society called Raikoth. The index lists seven posts covering various aspects of Raikoth, including laws, language, society, corruption, priesthood, cities, land, symbolic beads, economics, relationships, history, religion, and science. The post also includes a link to a related article titled 'Five Thousand Years In An Alternate Universe'. Shorter summary