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social media (43) bad science (32) logical fallacies (11) rhetoric (5) unintended consequences (5) institutional critique (3) system design (2)

Come On, Obviously The Purpose Of A System Is Not What It Does

Scott critiques the phrase 'the purpose of a system is what it does' by showing how it confuses outcomes with intentions and leads to absurd or paranoid conclusions.

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Apr 11, 2025 1,021 words 522 likes 705 comments Listen · 9 min Read Read
ethics (52) scientific publishing (4) institutional critique (3) inadequate equilibria (2)

The Dark Rule Utilitarian Argument For Science Piracy

Scott Alexander explores the ethics of using Sci-Hub, introducing 'Dark Rule Utilitarianism' to argue that pirating scientific papers could be ethical despite being illegal.

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Mar 19, 2018 1,596 words 0 likes 405 comments Listen · 12 min Read Read
medical research (52) online communities (22) drug policy (19) nootropics (13) self-experimentation (9) aging (6) institutional critique (3) biohacking (2)

God Bless Longecity

Scott Alexander discusses the online forum Longecity, where users organize group buys of experimental chemicals, seeing it as a risky but intriguing counterbalance to slow drug approval processes.

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Feb 19, 2014 818 words 0 likes 20 comments Read Read
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