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ErickBall

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Nuclear engineer with a focus in nuclear plant safety and probabilistic risk assessment. Aspiring EA, interested in X-risk mitigation and the intersection of science and policy. Working towards Keegan/​Kardashev/​Simulacra level 4.

(Common knowledge note: I am not under a secret NDA that I can’t talk about, as of Dec 1 2024. I intend to update this statement at least once a year as long as it’s true.)

Book Re­view: Safe Enough? A His­tory of Nu­clear Power and Ac­ci­dent Risk

ErickBall9 Jul 2024 1:12 UTC
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Red Pill vs Blue Pill, Bayes style

ErickBall16 Aug 2023 15:23 UTC
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33 comments1 min readLW link

Link Sum­mary: Top 10 Repli­cated Find­ings from Be­hav­ioral Genetics

ErickBall19 Apr 2020 1:32 UTC
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Oper­a­tional­iz­ing New­comb’s Problem

ErickBall11 Nov 2019 22:52 UTC
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Is the World Get­ting Bet­ter? A brief sum­mary of re­cent debate

ErickBall6 Feb 2019 17:38 UTC
35 points
8 comments2 min readLW link
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