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Highlights From The Comments On "The Origin Of Woke"

Scott Alexander summarizes and responds to comments on his review of 'The Origins of Woke', covering various aspects of civil rights law, workplace discrimination, and the spread of 'wokeness'.

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May 7, 2024 14,255 words 103 likes 374 comments Listen · 74 min Read Read

Links For May 2023

Scott Alexander shares a diverse collection of links and news items, covering topics from architecture and history to AI developments and scientific studies, with brief commentary on many items.

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Jun 1, 2023 3,615 words 125 likes 672 comments Listen · 23 min Read Read

Coronalinks 5/18/20: When All You Have Is A Hammer, Everything Starts Looking Like A Dance

Scott Alexander explores various COVID-19 topics including lockdown effectiveness, infection rate variations, transmission risks, prediction markets, and ethical considerations of pandemic response.

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May 18, 2020 5,870 words 0 likes 911 comments Listen · 39 min Read Read

Book Review: Evolutionary Psychopathology

Scott reviews a book applying evolutionary psychology to psychiatry, finding the approach intriguing but hard to verify and potentially open to misuse.

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Dec 3, 2018 5,616 words 0 likes 440 comments Listen · 42 min Read Read

Links 2/18: Link Biao Incident

Scott Alexander presents a wide-ranging collection of links covering science, technology, politics, economics, and culture, with brief commentary on each item.

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Feb 27, 2018 3,339 words 0 likes 659 comments Read Read

Links 3/17: Relinkquishment

A links post featuring various news stories, research findings, and interesting facts, from Jewish pirates to ancient Roman artifacts to the fallout of various Trump-related controversies.

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Mar 30, 2017 2,417 words 0 likes 752 comments Read Read

Myers’ Race Car Versus The General Fitness Factor

Scott Alexander refutes PZ Myers' race car analogy against genetic engineering for intelligence, showing that high IQ positively correlates with many beneficial traits.

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May 4, 2016 3,458 words 0 likes 599 comments Read Read

Links 4/16: They Can’t Link Our Dick

A links roundup examining various scientific studies, social developments, and historical findings, with a particular focus on recent research about confounding variables and replication issues in science.

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Apr 15, 2016 2,623 words 0 likes 393 comments Read Read

Links 1/16: Shaolink

Scott shares diverse links ranging from optical illusions and Bitcoin drama to educational research and medical controversies, with commentary on methodology and social implications.

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Jan 27, 2016 3,388 words 0 likes 968 comments Read Read

Links 4/15: Link And You’re Dead

Scott shares and comments on various interesting links covering science, politics, and curiosities, with particular focus on recent studies in genetics and psychology.

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Apr 20, 2015 1,315 words 0 likes 363 comments Read Read

Links 3/15: Duke of URL

A collection of interesting links covering research studies, social issues, economic trends and cultural phenomena that challenged expectations.

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Apr 6, 2015 2,289 words 0 likes 579 comments Read Read

Five Case Studies On Politicization

Scott Alexander examines how issues become politicized along tribal lines, preventing rational discussion and leading to counterproductive behaviors.

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Oct 16, 2014 5,839 words 0 likes 824 comments Read Read
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