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Legal Systems Very Different From Ours, Because I Just Made Them Up

Episode 295

https://slatestarcodex.com/2020/03/30/legal-systems-very-different-from-ours-because-i-just-made-them-up/

 

[with apologies to the real Legal System…

6 years, 4 months ago

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Coronalinks 3/27/20: We’re Number One

Episode 294

https://slatestarcodex.com/2020/03/27/coronalinks-3-27-20/

 

The United States now has more coronavirus cases than any other country, including China…

6 years, 5 months ago

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Face Masks: Much More Than You Wanted to Know

Episode 293

https://slatestarcodex.com/2020/03/23/face-masks-much-more-than-you-wanted-to-know/

 

There’s been recent controversy about the use of face masks fo…

6 years, 5 months ago

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Coronalinks 3/19/20

Episode 292

https://slatestarcodex.com/2020/03/19/coronalinks-3-19-20/

 

As before, feel free to treat this as an open thread for all coronavirus-related issues.…

6 years, 5 months ago

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Book Review: Hoover

Episode 291

https://slatestarcodex.com/2020/03/17/book-review-hoover/

You probably remember Herbert Hoover as the guy who bungled the Great Depression. Maybe you…

6 years, 5 months ago

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For, Then Against, High-Saturated-Fat Diets

Episode 290

https://slatestarcodex.com/2020/03/10/for-then-against-high-saturated-fat-diets/

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In the 1800s, the average US man weighed about 155 lbs. Today, h…

6 years, 5 months ago

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[Classic] Book Review: Surfing Uncertainty

Episode 289

https://slatestarcodex.com/2017/09/05/book-review-surfing-uncertainty/

 

[Related to: It’s Bayes All The Way Up, Why Are Transgender People Immune T…

6 years, 5 months ago

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Socratic Grilling

Episode 288

https://slatestarcodex.com/2020/03/06/socratic-grilling/

 

Imagine an kid in school first hearing about germ theory. The conversation might go someth…

6 years, 5 months ago

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Coronavirus: Links, Speculation, Open Thread

Episode 287

https://slatestarcodex.com/2020/03/02/coronavirus-links-speculation-open-thread/

 

[Epistemic status: Very weak – I’m still trying to figure all of …

6 years, 5 months ago

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Book Review: The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work

Episode 286

https://slatestarcodex.com/2020/02/27/book-review-the-seven-principles-for-making-marriage-work/

 

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John Gottman is a legendary figure, and the le…

6 years, 5 months ago

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