Astral Codex Ten

Robin

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Robin

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Robin is a recurring person in the Astral Codex Ten archive, appearing 6 times across 6 issues between September 19, 2023 and August 29, 2025. The archive places it in contexts such as “a sidekick named Robin”; “Robin says he has a book where they discuss 23 to 30 outcomes”; “Even Robin admits this is a real effect; he just classifies it as more physics than medicine”. It most often appears alongside India, Oregon, Scott.

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  • Category: People
  • Mention count: 6
  • Issue count: 6
  • First seen: September 19, 2023
  • Last seen: August 29, 2025

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Recovered passages from the original issue text. When the raw archive preserved outbound links inside the source passage, they are listed directly under the quote.

Book Review: The Alexander Romance
September 19, 2023 · Original source
Mass culture follows somewhat different rules than its more prestigious relative: War And Peace sits perfect and untouchable in the temple of genius, but Batman is invented anew every few years. Really Batman is less of a specific book or movie and more of a genre. The genre has some conventions: the protagonist must be a man named Bruce Wayne with a secret identity as a bat-themed superhero; he should be accompanied by a butler named Alfred and a sidekick named Robin; he should live in a city called Gotham. And it has some suggestions: if you need a villain, how about the Joker? If you need a style, how about dark and gritty? Beyond that, anything goes. You can write a story of his origin only tangentially related to anyone else’s, you can add in new adventures, you can shift the tone from gritty to campy and back.
Contra Hanson On Medical Effectiveness
April 24, 2024 · Original source
Robin Hanson of Overcoming Bias more or less believes medicine doesn’t work [EDIT: see his response here, where he says this is an inaccurate summary of his position. Further chain of responses here and here]
Inline links: Overcoming Bias, here,, here, here
Or, even more clearly:
Inline links: even more clearly
Examined more closely, the three experiments Robin cites don’t really support his thesis
Response to Hanson On Health Care
April 30, 2024 · Original source
Robin Hanson replied here to my original post challenging him on health care here.
Inline links: replied here, challenging him on health care here
Robin thinks I’m straw-manning him. He says:
We seem pretty clear to me there. There’s also my 2007 article Cut Medicine in Half where I say:
Inline links: Cut Medicine in Half
Highlights From The Comments On Hanson And Health Care
May 10, 2024 · Original source
1: Comments From Robin 2: Comments About/From Goldin et al 3: Comments From The Rest Of You Yokels
1: Comments From Robin 2: Comments About/From Goldin et al 3: Comments From The Rest Of You Yokels 1: Comments From Robin In response to my most recent post, Robin quoted more of his CATO Unbound article, then wrote:
Inline links: Robin
In response to my most recent post, Robin quoted more of his CATO Unbound article, then wrote:
Inline links: Robin
Open Thread 344
August 26, 2024 · Original source
1: Robin has made a database of all SSC/ACX posts, searchable by topic, length, popularity, etc. Also some good associated stats. Thanks! He says he’s open to feedback; you can reach him at the About page.
Inline links: Robin, stats, About page
Meetups Everywhere 2025: Times and Places
August 29, 2025 · Original source
Contact: Robin Contact Info: robinh[period]backup16[a t]gmail[period]com Time: Friday, September 19th, 6:00 PM Location: Augarten Graz next to the Calisthenics Park on the grass, I will be sitting on the grass with a Volleyball, a book, and a black cap Coordinates: https://plus.codes/8FVQ3C6P+3C Notes: Feel free to bring kids/dogs/friends, would be nice to pass the Volleyball a bit (but Volleyball skills are not mandatory) Maybe later we can move to a bar/cafe/ Alternatively for bad weather: Cafe Bali (its near Augarten)
Inline links: https://plus.codes/8FVQ3C6P+3C