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Scott Alexander

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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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    Scott Alexander‏ @slatestarcodex 5 Dec 2015

    Modern comedy churns out Daily Show clones to pander to the masses. It's a Jon Stewart mill bringing greatest happiness to greatest number

    12:00 PM - 5 Dec 2015
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      1. NoRetweetNoSurrender‏ @JasonProvis 5 Dec 2015
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        @slatestarcodex I guffawed so heartily my monocle fell into my teacup!

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      2. declamare‏ @declamare 5 Dec 2015
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        @slatestarcodex you're a bad person

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      3. declamare‏ @declamare 5 Dec 2015
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        @slatestarcodex ;)

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      1. Bo Bayles‏ @bbayles 5 Dec 2015
        Replying to @slatestarcodex

        @slatestarcodex Dan Dennett hosts a Daily Show episode while Stewart is away, but denies that he's "filling in."

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      1. Puerto Rico Still Exists‏ @cauthonesque 8 Dec 2015
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        @slatestarcodex You have won punning. The rest of us can now go home.

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      1. Marc Whipple‏ @WhippleMarc 6 Dec 2015
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        @slatestarcodex You. Are going. To Hell. Save me a spot.

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      1. Max Nanasy‏ @MaxNanasy 5 Dec 2015
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        @slatestarcodex Any examples?

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      1. jordan bates‏ @_jordan_bates 5 Dec 2015
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        @slatestarcodex @ckhonson

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      1. Andre ArnetZargarian‏ @arnetzargarian 5 Dec 2015
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        @slatestarcodex @colbycosh Apparently the free market of ideas is somewhat...gauche.

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      1. Larry Garfield‏ @Crell 5 Dec 2015
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        @slatestarcodex ... Dude, ouch.

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      1. The Feather‏ @YellFeat 5 Dec 2015
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        @slatestarcodex get off the stage

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      1. Saradin‏ @Saradin1337 5 Dec 2015
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        @slatestarcodex *chortles*

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      1. Null Vector‏ @clkunzang 5 Dec 2015
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        @slatestarcodex Reminds me of a joke only Nazis find funny: you tell it to Aryans.

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