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Welcome to Slate Star Codex, a blog about science, medicine, philosophy, politics, and futurism. (there’s also one post about hallucinatory cactus-people, but...
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Slate Star Codex and Silicon Valley’s War Against the Media | The New Yorker
Jul 9, 2020 - Gideon Lewis-Kraus writes about the tension between Scott Alexander, of the rationalist blog Slate Star Codex, and the New York Times.
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https://slatestarcodex.com/2018/03/04/god-help-us-lets-try-to-understand-friston-on-free-energy/
God Help Us, Let’s Try To Understand Friston On Free Energy | Slate Star Codex
I’ve been trying to delve deeper into predictive processing theories of the brain, and I keep coming across Karl Friston’s work on “free energy”. At first I...
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https://slatestarcodex.com/2013/09/12/the-life-cycle-of-medical-ideas/
The Life Cycle of Medical Ideas | Slate Star Codex
I. About five years ago, an Italian surgeon with the unlikely name of Dr. Zamboni posited the theory that multiple sclerosis was caused by blockages in venous...
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https://slatestarcodex.com/2020/06/14/open-thread-156/
Open Thread 156 | Slate Star Codex
This is the biweek-ly visible open thread (there are also hidden open threads twice a week you can reach through the Open Thread tab on the top of the page)....
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https://slatestarcodex.com/2015/08/17/the-goddess-of-everything-else-2/
The Goddess of Everything Else | Slate Star Codex
[Related to: Specific vs. General Foragers vs. Farmers and War In Heaven, but especially The Gift We Give To Tomorrow] They say only Good can create, whereas...
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https://slatestarcodex.com/2016/03/01/2016-nootropics-survey-results/
2016 Nootropics Survey Results | Slate Star Codex
[Disclaimer: Nothing here should be taken to endorse using illegal or dangerous substances. This was a quick informal survey and you should not make any...
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https://slatestarcodex.com/2018/03/25/ot98-vauban-thread/
OT98: Vauban Thread | Slate Star Codex
This is the bi-weekly visible open thread (there are also hidden open threads twice a week you can reach through the Open Thread tab on the top of the page)....
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https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/12/24/there-are-rules-here/
There Are Rules Here | Slate Star Codex
[source: sowhatfaith.com] Patheos’ Science On Religion points out that liberal Protestantism is dying even as more conservative Protestant movements thrive....
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https://slatestarcodex.com/2020/06/01/book-review-origin-of-consciousness-in-the-breakdown-of-the-bicameral-mind/
Book Review: Origin Of Consciousness In The Breakdown Of The Bicameral Mind | Slate Star Codex
I. Julian Jaynes’ The Origin Of Consciousness In The Breakdown Of The Bicameral Mind is a brilliant book, with only two minor flaws. First, that it purports to...
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https://slatestarcodex.com/2018/11/13/preschool-much-more-than-you-wanted-to-know/
Preschool: Much More Than You Wanted To Know | Slate Star Codex
I. A lot of people pushed back against my post on preschool, so it looks like we need to discuss this in more depth. A quick refresher: good randomized...
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https://slatestarcodex.com/2019/01/02/bay-area-ssc-meetup-1-6/
Bay Area SSC Meetup 1/6 | Slate Star Codex
Join me at 3:30 PM on Sunday, 1/6 for the traditional once-every-three-months big SSC Bay Area meetup. Meet on the Berkeley campus at the open space beside the...
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https://slatestarcodex.com/2015/01/31/the-parable-of-the-talents/
The Parable Of The Talents | Slate Star Codex
[Content note: scrupulosity and self-esteem triggers, IQ, brief discussion of weight and dieting. Not good for growth mindset.] I. I sometimes blog about...
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https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/07/30/meditations-on-moloch/
Meditations On Moloch | Slate Star Codex
I. Allen Ginsberg’s famous poem on Moloch:What sphinx of cement and aluminum bashed open their skulls and ate up their brains and imagination? Moloch!...
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https://slatestarcodex.com/2017/06/28/why-are-transgender-people-immune-to-optical-illusions/
Why Are Transgender People Immune To Optical Illusions? | Slate Star Codex
[Epistemic status: So, so speculative. Don’t take any of this seriously until it’s replicated and endorsed by other people.] I. If you’ve ever wanted to see a...
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Slate Star Scratchpad — Something I believe but you should be skeptical...
Something I believe but you should be skeptical about: charisma has reverse effect on me. Be skeptical because I used to believe that makeup had reverse effect...
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https://slatestarcodex.com/2015/05/29/no-time-like-the-present-for-ai-safety-work/
No Time Like The Present For AI Safety Work | Slate Star Codex
I. On the recent post on AI risk, a commenter challenged me to give the short version of the argument for taking it seriously. I said something like: 1. If...
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https://slatestarcodex.com/2013/02/18/typical-mind-and-gender-identity/
Typical mind and gender identity | Slate Star Codex
Ozy Frantz introduced zirself to me by saying that “I major in gender studies, but I am not that kind of gender studies student. Promise.” So far this claim...
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https://slatestarcodex.com/2017/09/05/book-review-surfing-uncertainty/
Book Review: Surfing Uncertainty | Slate Star Codex
[Related to: It’s Bayes All The Way Up, Why Are Transgender People Immune To Optical Illusions?, Can We Link Perception And Cognition?] I. Sometimes I have the...
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https://slatestarcodex.com/2020/09/11/update-on-my-situation/
Update On My Situation | Slate Star Codex
It’s been two and a half months since I deleted the blog, so I owe all of you an update on recent events. I haven’t heard anything from the New York Times one...
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https://slatestarcodex.com/2017/03/16/book-review-seeing-like-a-state/
Book Review: Seeing Like A State | Slate Star Codex
I. Seeing Like A State is the book G.K. Chesterton would have written if he had gone into economic history instead of literature. Since he didn’t, James Scott...
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https://slatestarcodex.com/2020/06/04/problems-with-paywalls/
Problems With Paywalls | Slate Star Codex
I. I hate paywalls on articles. Absolutely hate them. A standard pro-business argument: businesses can either make your life better (by providing deals you...
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https://slatestarcodex.com/2020/03/02/coronavirus-links-speculation-open-thread/
Coronavirus: Links, Speculation, Open Thread | Slate Star Codex
[Epistemic status: Very weak – I’m still trying to figure all of this out. Some things in here will almost certainly be wrong. Please don’t let this overrule...
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https://slatestarcodex.com/2013/10/25/list-of-fictional-drugs-banned-by-the-fda/
List of Fictional Drugs Banned By The FDA | Slate Star Codex
PROTOZOSIN: PROFILE: Alpha blocker notably effective against Pre-Traumatic Stress Disorder BANNED BECAUSE: Banned on request of DARPA, who are trying to use...
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https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/03/24/should-you-reverse-any-advice-you-hear/
Should You Reverse Any Advice You Hear? | Slate Star Codex
Suppose a lot of that stuff about bravery debates is right. That lots of the advice people give is useful for some people, but that the opposite advice is...
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Gideon Lewis-Kraus: Slate Star Codex and Silicon Valley’s War Against the Media
Gideon Lewis-Kraus in The New Yorker:
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https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/04/11/going-loopy/
Going Loopy | Slate Star Codex
[content warning: mild ideohazards about rumination that might make people who have anxiety disorders have anxiety disorders more effectively, in the bad sense...
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https://slatestarcodex.com/2020/06/15/the-vision-of-vilazodone-and-vortioxetine/
The Vision Of Vilazodone And Vortioxetine | Slate Star Codex
I. One of psychiatry’s many embarrassments is how many of our drugs get discovered by accident. They come from random plants or shiny rocks or stuff Alexander...
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https://rootprivileges.net/2021/02/25/slate-star-codex-no-time-for-malice/?ref=slightlyacidic.com
Slate Star Codex: No time for malice – Root Privileges
This post benefited from valuable input and feedback from Thomas Manuel. To the uninitiated: Scott Alexander Siskind is a noted member of the international...
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https://slatestarcodex.com/2019/02/19/gpt-2-as-step-toward-general-intelligence/
GPT-2 As Step Toward General Intelligence | Slate Star Codex
A machine learning researcher writes me in response to yesterday’s post, saying:I still think GPT-2 is a brute-force statistical pattern matcher which blends...
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https://slatestarcodex.com/2016/03/16/non-shared-environment-doesnt-just-mean-schools-and-peers/
Non-Shared Environment Doesn’t Just Mean Schools And Peers | Slate Star Codex
[Epistemic status: uncertain. Everything in here seems right, but I haven’t heard other people/experts in the field talk about this nearly as much as I would...
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https://slatestarcodex.com/2021/01/21/introducing-astral-codex-ten/
Introducing Astral Codex Ten | Slate Star Codex
Thanks for bearing with me the past few months. My new blog is at I’ll try to have a less unwieldy domain name working soon.
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