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Machine Bias Julia Angwin technologylaw	article	4.8	9/10	Deep	Jul 2026
The Man Who Tried to Redeem the World with Logic Amanda Gefter historyscience	article	4.8	9/10	Deep	Jul 2026
The housing theory of everything John Myers economicspolitics	article	4.7	9/10	Deep	Jul 2026
Why Correlation Usually ≠ Causation Gwern Branwen sciencemathematics	article	4.7	10/10	Extreme	Jul 2026
The Gervais Principle, Or The Office According to "The Office" Venkatesh Rao societypsychology	article	4.6	8/10	Deep	Jul 2026
The Fermi Paradox Tim Urban sciencephilosophy	article	4.6	8/10	Moderate	Jul 2026

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