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 



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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