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Study: Ritalin Works, But School Isn't Worth Paying Attention To

Scott Alexander analyzes a study showing Concerta improves ADHD children's attention but not their learning, and speculates on the reasons behind this unexpected result.

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Jul 6, 2022 1,488 words 130 likes 186 comments Listen · 13 min Read Read

Links 6/19

A diverse collection of links covering recent studies, unusual historical events, technological developments, and various curiosities across multiple fields.

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Jun 26, 2019 3,405 words 0 likes 572 comments Read Read

Links 1/19: Linkguistics

A diverse collection of news items and interesting links covering science, technology, politics, and culture, with brief commentary on each.

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Jan 29, 2019 2,584 words 0 likes 542 comments Read Read

Links 7/16: Grad, Div, and URL

A collection of interesting links spanning drug policy, scientific studies, historical oddities, and current events, with Scott's commentary on each.

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Jul 28, 2016 1,210 words 0 likes 933 comments Read Read

Links 2/16: N-Acetyl Selink

A collection of interesting links and brief commentary spanning topics from scientific research to cultural phenomena, including updates on various studies challenging previous beliefs.

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Feb 16, 2016 2,865 words 0 likes 469 comments Read Read

Links 8/15: Linkety-Split

Scott shares and comments on various news articles and studies, covering topics from police tactics and Trump's campaign to behavioral genetics and dietary research.

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Aug 16, 2015 1,976 words 0 likes 416 comments Read Read

E-Cig Study: Much Smoke, Little Light

Scott Alexander criticizes a study on e-cigarette effectiveness for quitting smoking, explaining potential sampling bias that could skew the results.

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Mar 25, 2014 829 words 0 likes 25 comments Read Read

Links for February 2014

Scott shares and comments on various interesting links from February 2014, covering science, medicine, education, technology, and politics.

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Feb 10, 2014 2,981 words 0 likes 83 comments Read Read
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