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Evolutionary psych professor; wrote some books. Into the deep past & far future, esp. genes, minds, civilizations, sex, freedom, families, & Effective Altruism.

New Mexico
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    Geoffrey Miller‏Verified account @primalpoly Oct 20

    Benign aliens come to Earth and endow a research center with $5 trillion/year for the next 20 years. Through a random lottery, you're appointed director. What do you tell the research center to research?

    10:16 AM - 20 Oct 2018
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      2. P. D. Mangan  🇺🇸‏ @Mangan150 Oct 20
        Replying to @primalpoly

        Aging. More potential for saving lives than anything.

        5 replies 5 retweets 69 likes
      3. Kevin D. Mackay‏ @KevinDMackay Oct 20
        Replying to @Mangan150

        Aubrey de Grey talks about this a lot.

        2 replies 1 retweet 11 likes
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      2. Bridget Phetasy‏Verified account @BridgetPhetasy Oct 20
        Replying to @primalpoly

        How and why dogs decide to poop where they poop.

        11 replies 2 retweets 155 likes
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      2. ACAP‏ @acap00000 Oct 20
        Replying to @primalpoly

        Environment restoration. Resource renewal. Materials science. The optimization of capitalism without sacrificing core principles of property ownership and self determination. How to achieve maximum individual freedom without sacrificing the freedom of others.

        2 replies 3 retweets 93 likes
      3. Navyblue_chef‏ @ChefNavyblue Oct 20
        Replying to @acap00000 @primalpoly

        Dude, you nailed that!

        1 reply 0 retweets 4 likes
      4. ACAP‏ @acap00000 Oct 20
        Replying to @ChefNavyblue @primalpoly

        Only because I’ve been thinking about it for years haha. But thx.

        0 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
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      2. Dave Grawoig, Ph.D.‏ @grawoig Oct 20
        Replying to @primalpoly

        Antibiotics. "SAR by SHAPE: Towards Small Molecules that Target RNA"https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/sar-shape-towards-small-molecules-target-rna-david-grawoig-ph-d-/ …

        1 reply 3 retweets 10 likes
      3. Dave Grawoig, Ph.D.‏ @grawoig Oct 20
        Replying to @grawoig @primalpoly

        Also, check out my Ph.D. thesis.https://www.researchgate.net/publication/263965099_SAR_by_SHAPE_Towards_Small_Molecules_that_Target_RNA …

        0 replies 2 retweets 6 likes
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      1. KZalew‏ @KZalew Oct 20
        Replying to @primalpoly

        Why hot dogs come in packs of 10 when hot dog buns come in packs of 8.

        0 replies 2 retweets 49 likes
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      2. Wrath Of Gnon‏ @wrathofgnon Oct 20
        Replying to @primalpoly

        If there is one thing I have learned it is to make sure you have good mecha for when the less benign aliens inevitably show up.

        1 reply 2 retweets 42 likes
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      2. Outsideness‏ @Outsideness Oct 20
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        Panhandling from aliens.

        1 reply 2 retweets 24 likes
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      1. Quantum Ryan‏ @Oscillian Oct 20
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        How we defend ourselves against benign aliens who are filthy rich (why do they use USD anyway?) and then usurp them as top of the food chain. This of course in secret. What we tell them is we are researching “Universal Peace and Tranquility” 😎

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      1. Liberty‏ @LibertyRPF Oct 20
        Replying to @primalpoly

        Aging (SENS), friendly-AGI, existential risks, advanced nuclear energy (thorium, fusion), space colonization tech stack, advanced solar & advanced grid-scale energy storage (liquid metal batteries?), brain-computer interface, brain scanning, growing new bodies/organs, grown meat

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      2. Rian Schmits‏ @rianschmits Oct 20
        Replying to @primalpoly

        A better procedure to appoint their director.

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      2. Bojan Tunguz‏ @tunguz Oct 20
        Replying to @primalpoly

        Easy - artificial general intelligence. Once we figure that one out, all other research flows from it.

        2 replies 0 retweets 14 likes
      3. Slick Willie‏ @thereal_willsav Oct 20
        Replying to @tunguz @primalpoly

        I think by “benign aliens” he’s referring to AI

        1 reply 0 retweets 5 likes
      4. Bojan Tunguz‏ @tunguz Oct 20
        Replying to @thereal_willsav @primalpoly

        There are probably many conceptually problematic issues with the first premise. I just focused on “$5 trillion for research” part.

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