Evan Murphy

1 month ago | lesswrong.com | Evan Murphy

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1 month ago | ocecho.com | Evan Murphy

Biomedical Engineer, Thomas Talavage, says that “Over one million young men play high school football annually, with approximately 67,000 diagnosed concussions each year." Talavage explains that Functionally-Detected Cognitive Impairment (FDCI) in high school players results from repeated head impacts, even without diagnosed concussions. This will affect memory, attention, and reaction time.

Nov 13, 2024 | ocecho.com | Evan Murphy

In the spring semester, the fraternity Phi Alpha Pi created a intramural basketball team that competed throughout the beginning of the spring semester. Photo provided by Evan Murphy. At the beginning of this fall semester at The University of Olivet (UO), there was an email sent to all students explaining that intramural sports would be postponed for the entire school year. In a meeting with Dan Hayes, some light was shed on the situation.

Jul 11, 2024 | squaremile.com | Evan Murphy

As a child who enjoyed bed and TV, my comedy career can be traced to my mother’s desperation to get me to participate in something, anything. She found a camp that did not include swimming, hiking or making friendship bracelets. Instead we spent the week eating snacks and writing jokes. At the end of the week we did a little show for family and friends andI killed! I had found my thing. So I voluntarily signed up for another week. Miracle! I wrote a whole new set of jokes and absolutely bombed.

Dec 5, 2023 | techpolicy.press | Anthony Barrett |Jessica Newman |Brandie Nonnecke |Dan Hendrycks |Evan Murphy |Krystal A. Jackson

Anthony M. Barrett is a researcher affiliated with UC Berkeley’s AI Security Initiative (AISI) at the UC Berkeley Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity. Jessica Newman is Director of the AISI. Brandie Nonnecke is Director of the CITRIS Policy Lab at UC Berkeley. Dan Hendrycks is a recent UC Berkeley PhD graduate. Evan R. Murphy and Krystal Jackson are non-resident research fellows with the AISI.