Scott Alexander

@slatestarcodex

I have a place where I say complicated things about philosophy and science. That place is my blog. This is where I make terrible puns.

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    Aug 4
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    Hey y'all—Based on feedback from scientists I'm retracting. I'm not going to delete the tweet bc I don't do that but consider this retracted

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    Aug 1

    Understated wikipedia

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    Jul 31
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    I agree the statistics say what they say, I'm just a little wary there's something else going on here.

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  4. Jul 28

    It took all my willpower not to subtitle latest SSC post "...An Eternal Golden Djed"

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    Jul 21

    My kids made a freestanding ring out of Pringles using only the laws of physics to hold it together. Take that, internet!

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    Jul 17
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    (From same piece) Knowing that our political beliefs are likely partly genetic gives us all the more reason to question them.

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  7. Jun 29

    23&Me says my genes were used in study on male baldness. Always wanted to be one of those "your suffering paved the way to a cure" patients.

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  8. Jun 26

    If GOP had consulted any doctors on health bill, maybe they wouldn't have picked a name that sounds so much like a cancer-causing mutation.

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    Jun 24

    "There's no way to tell which choice is higher value!!" feels paralyzing "The expected value across choices is similar" feels liberating 🤔

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  10. Jun 19

    Reverse nominative determinism, Puritan edition:

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  11. Jun 12

    A walking stick for the disabled is named a "cane" after the Biblical Cain, who was the first person to be dis-abled.

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    Jun 2

    How to change the world.

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  13. Jun 5

    I'm 3 for 3 today in terms of people saying "Everyone in society believes X" describing the opposite of what I thought was social consensus.

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  14. Jun 5

    Overheard at a conference: "My collaborators did this statistical analysis since I wasn't capable of it myself - technically or ethically."

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    Jun 3

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  16. Retweeted
    May 26

    Same study packaged for different audiences

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    May 16

    . with a nice criterion for insider critiques of outsider commentary:

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  18. May 18

    No. They can publish as many bad articles as they want, & I lose reputation each time I try to review them. Effective Gish Gallop strategy

    I read "what Murray says is true; what he means isn't." A review would be very helpful! (please?)
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    May 18

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  20. May 9

    Jon Haidt voice: "You see, conservatives, unlike liberals, understand the importance of the Loyalty foundation."

    So…one of the reasons the White House is giving for firing Comey is the Comey letter, which probably put Trump in the White House. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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