IN THIS EPISODE: Stripe Press’s Tamara Winter talks through the broad range of scientific funding institutions with guests Professor Tyler Cowen, Arc Institute Co-Founder Professor Patrick Hsu, and Convergent Research CEO Adam Marblestone. They pay special attention to the renaissance in new, exploratory scientific funding models.

“Metascience 101” is a nine-episode set of interviews that doubles as a crash course in the debates, issues, and ideas driving the modern metascience movement. We investigate why building a genuine “science of science” matters, and how research in metascience is translating into real-world policy changes. 

Chapters

(00:00:00 ) Introduction

(00:01:53 ) Why now?

(00:06:16 ) Focused Research Organizations

(00:12:15 ) Arc Institute

(00:16:15 ) Fast Grants

(00:22:26 ) Convergent project selection

(00:27:31 ) Counterfactuals and when they matter

(00:35:43 ) Type of person for FROs

(00:41:29 ) Is OpenAI an FRO?

(00:45:30 ) Dealing with risk

(00:51:55 ) Underinvested weird science

(00:56:13 ) Government’s role

(01:00:20 ) Reasons for excitement

(01:07:12 ) What’s next?

(01:12:32 ) Get involved

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