Talk:Robin Hanson

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"Widestream" appeal? What is that? Mike Linksvayer 19:23, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)

In his tenure statement he states he won a national academy of sciences but after searching the net for 10 minutes via google, the databases via my local library and the national academy of sciences website i find no mention of his name. Only a susan hanson. Can anyone elaborate? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.103.57.104 (talk • contribs) 13 August, 2005

interesting, relevant link
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2003/08/05/meet_the_transhumanists_behind/ —Preceding unsigned comment added by Espoo (talk • contribs) 28 March, 2006

Source requested
Please provide a reliable source that describes Hanson as a futurist. There are more than 200, none of which seem to describe him as a futurist. Hanson does not seem to use the term either. Viriditas (talk) 10:56, 9 February 2010 (UTC)

[2019 ctwardy]: Probably any review of his Age of Em would do. But it's been a consistent theme of his work for awhile.

Is this person really notable?
He runs a blog and works at a university. Is that really notable? He has certain (whacky or not, depending on your point of view) ideas, but so what? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.224.84.46 (talk) 11:04, 24 June 2013 (UTC)


 * The answer to your question is, in my view, quite clearly "yes." Article definitely meets WP:GNG.  The prof is known for, among other things, his work on prediction markets, but the proponent he is on the whole man/machine "upload a brain" singularity has also had considerable coverage in reliable sources.  Cheers.  N2e (talk) 06:14, 12 October 2014 (UTC)

Source(s) for improving the article
There was a reasonable-depth biographical piece on Hanson in the Cypress Mail earlier this month: Of machines and men. Definitely a secondary source that could be used to add info, and source other statements, WP has on Hanson. N2e (talk) 06:09, 12 October 2014 (UTC)

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Missing controversies
Reading this entry one would have no idea Hanson has advocated sex be provided to incels and argued that some types of slavery aren't bad or that "silent gentle rape" is no worse than infidelity.


 * Which is good, since those are highly distorted views of what his actual position is. &#42;Dan T.* (talk) 19:36, 5 May 2019 (UTC)

What about his Juneteenth tweet? Nicmart (talk) 12:28, 13 June 2021 (UTC)

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161.185.151.51 (talk) 18:00, 29 June 2022 (UTC)


 * Most of the content in question is supported by reliable sources. If there's continued disagreement, as to whether it violates WP:BLP, there's an appropriate noticeboard to take this. 2601:19E:4180:6D50:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 (talk) 23:57, 26 September 2023 (UTC)
 * "Ask yourself whether the source is reliable; whether the material is being presented as true; and whether, even if true, it is relevant to a disinterested article about the subject." 161.185.151.50 (talk) 15:35, 3 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Nothing in WP:BLP would require or recommend that we omit criticism from the likes of the Financial Times, Slate, and The New Yorker. These are not 'small minority' views. PS: edit warring to delete criticism from a government IP is deeply unwise. Consider the Streisand effect. MrOllie (talk) 15:43, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

IARPA ACE / ForeST?
[2019 ctwardy]: The following may be relevant, though as I was also on the DAGGRE and SciCast teams, any changes should be added by a neutral third party.

Hanson was instrumental in George Mason U.'s efforts on the IARPA ACE and ForeST programs, which finally developed the Bayesian network combinatorial prediction market originally proposed for FutureMAP. Probably the best archival paper is Graphical Market Maker for Combinatorial Markets in JAIR 2019.

The DAGGRE project was Mason's entry for IARPA ACE, placing a distant second behind the Good Judgment Project. After two years DAGGRE became SciCast the project was moved to the IARPA ForeST project and pivoted to Science & Technology forecasting. The site has been shut down, but a farewell page and the SciCast blog remain.

There are several popular articles during this time, such as Mason SciCast announcement, Kurzweil AI, and on Hanson's blog.

72.66.83.177 (talk) 00:51, 26 July 2019 (UTC)