Scott Alexander

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Building Intuitions On Non-Empirical Arguments In Science

Scott AlexanderNov 7, 2019, 6:50 AM

56 points

27 comments11 min readLW link

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Book Review: Ages Of Discord

Scott AlexanderSep 3, 2019, 6:30 AM

36 points

1 comment21 min readLW link

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Book Review: Secular Cycles

Scott AlexanderAug 13, 2019, 4:10 AM

62 points

10 comments16 min readLW link 1 review

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Book Review: The Secret Of Our Success

Scott AlexanderJun 5, 2019, 6:50 AM

164 points

20 comments25 min readLW link 2 reviews

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1960: The Year The Singularity Was Cancelled

Scott AlexanderApr 23, 2019, 1:30 AM

104 points

15 comments11 min readLW link 1 review

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Rule Thinkers In, Not Out

Scott AlexanderFeb 27, 2019, 2:40 AM

235 points

67 comments4 min readLW link 4 reviews

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Book Review: The Structure Of Scientific Revolutions

Scott AlexanderJan 9, 2019, 7:10 AM

104 points

30 comments19 min readLW link 1 review

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Bay Area SSC Meetup (special guest Steve Hsu)

Scott AlexanderJan 3, 2019, 3:02 AM

27 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

Is Science Slowing Down?

Scott AlexanderNov 27, 2018, 3:30 AM

129 points

77 comments9 min readLW link 1 review

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Cognitive Enhancers: Mechanisms And Tradeoffs

Scott AlexanderOct 23, 2018, 6:40 PM

43 points

3 comments8 min readLW link

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The Tails Coming Apart As Metaphor For Life

Scott AlexanderSep 25, 2018, 7:10 PM

161 points

39 comments7 min readLW link 4 reviews

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Melatonin: Much More Than You Wanted To Know

Scott AlexanderJul 11, 2018, 5:40 PM

122 points

16 comments15 min readLW link

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Varieties Of Argumentative Experience

Scott AlexanderMay 8, 2018, 8:20 AM

101 points

11 comments18 min readLW link 2 reviews

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Recommendations vs. Guidelines

Scott AlexanderApr 13, 2018, 4:10 AM

77 points

18 comments5 min readLW link

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Adult Neurogenesis – A Pointed Review

Scott AlexanderApr 5, 2018, 4:50 AM

55 points

17 comments11 min readLW link

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God Help Us, Let’s Try To Understand Friston On Free Energy

Scott AlexanderMar 5, 2018, 6:00 AM

54 points

44 comments14 min readLW link

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Does Age Bring Wisdom?

Scott AlexanderNov 8, 2017, 7:20 AM

37 points

9 comments4 min readLW link

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SSC Meetup: Bay Area 10/14

Scott AlexanderOct 13, 2017, 3:30 AM

4 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

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SSC Survey Results On Trust

Scott AlexanderOct 6, 2017, 5:40 AM

7 points

2 comments2 min readLW link

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Different Worlds

Scott AlexanderOct 3, 2017, 4:10 AM

73 points

16 comments14 min readLW link

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