ACX
Quests And Requests
Scott Alexander proposes various project ideas for ACX Grants, ranging from scientific research to social initiatives, and encourages readers to pursue them.
27 min read 4,106 words
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Implicit Association Test
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Essays on Implicit Association Test
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Implicit Association Tests and Suicidality
Scott Alexander reviews a study using Implicit Association Tests to measure suicidal intent, expressing both excitement for the research direction and skepticism about its methodology and practical applications.
8 min read 1,191 words
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Social Justice For The Highly-Demanding-Of-Rigor
Scott presents evidence for the reality and high economic costs of racial and gender discrimination, arguing that fighting prejudice is important and potentially effective.
17 min read 2,509 words
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Fight Biases, or Route Around Them?
Scott distinguishes between bias as a cognitive process versus bias as a faulty belief, then proposes using the Implicit Association Test to empirically test whether debiasing techniques work by either fighting bias directly or routing around it.
10 min read 1,518 words
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The Implicit Association Test
Scott explains the Implicit Association Test (IAT), which measures unconscious associations by testing reaction times when categorizing concepts, and argues it's better understood as measuring distances in conceptual space rather than as a simple test for prejudice.
15 min read 2,183 words