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Kids Can Recover From Missing Even Quite A Lot Of School

Scott Alexander argues that missing a year or two of school is unlikely to have significant long-term effects on children's education, presenting evidence and critiquing contrary studies.

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Aug 17, 2021 4,481 words 107 likes 408 comments Listen · 29 min Read Read Opened Opened

Why Do Test Scores Plateau?

Scott Alexander explores why medical residency test scores plateau after the first few years, proposing theories related to knowledge retention and individual differences in learning.

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Jan 13, 2017 1,351 words 0 likes 111 comments Read Read Opened Opened

Links For September 2014

A collection of interesting links from September 2014 covering scientific research, social issues, and curiosities, with commentary from Scott Alexander.

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Sep 8, 2014 2,293 words 0 likes 183 comments Read Read Opened Opened

Seeming and Being Empathetic

Scott Alexander examines the limitations of empathy training in medical education and shares his experiences learning to express empathy effectively as a doctor.

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Feb 8, 2014 2,568 words 0 likes 80 comments Read Read Opened Opened
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