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Oct 30, 2025ACX

Links For October 2025

Scott Alexander presents 51 links covering AI progress and safety, political developments, scientific research, cultural oddities, and ongoing philosophical debates about miracles and education reform.

42 min read 6,423 words

AI progress AI safety Anthropic

Feb 21, 2013SSC

A defense of logical positivism (yes, really)

Scott Alexander defends logical positivism, arguing that despite its flaws, it points to useful ideas about dividing meaningful statements into scientific and logical categories.

8 min read 1,217 words

David Hume debate epistemology