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Beware Isolated Demands for Rigor

Episode 235

Link: https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/08/14/beware-isolated-demands-for-rigor/

 

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From Identity, Personal Identity, and the Self by John Perry:

“T…

6 years, 10 months ago

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Too Much Dark Money in Almonds

Episode 244

Link: https://slatestarcodex.com/2019/09/18/too-much-dark-money-in-almonds/

Everyone always talks about how much money there is in politics. This is …

6 years, 11 months ago

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Against Tulip Subsidies [Classic]

Episode 243

Link: https://slatestarcodex.com/2015/06/06/against-tulip-subsidies/

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Imagine a little kingdom with a quaint custom: when a man likes a woman, he o…

6 years, 11 months ago

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Against Against Pseudoaddiction

Episode 242

Link: https://slatestarcodex.com/2019/09/16/against-against-pseudoaddiction/

 

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“Pseudoaddiction” is one of the standard beats every article on the…

6 years, 11 months ago

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SSC Meetups 2019: Times and Places

Episode 241

Thanks to everyone who offered to host a meetup. Full list of cities, times, and places is below. If you’re reading this, you’re invited. Please don’…

6 years, 11 months ago

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Lots of People Going Around With Mild Hallucinations All the Time

Episode 240

Link: https://slatestarcodex.com/2019/09/11/lots-of-people-going-around-with-mild-hallucinations-all-the-time/

[Related to: Relaxed Beliefs Under Psy…

6 years, 11 months ago

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SSC Journal Club: Relaxed Beliefs Under Psychedelics and the Anarchic Brain

Episode 239

Link: https://slatestarcodex.com/2019/09/10/ssc-journal-club-relaxed-beliefs-under-psychedelics-and-the-anarchic-brain/

Thanks to Sarah H. and the pe…

6 years, 11 months ago

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[Partial Retraction] Age Gaps and Birth Order Effects

Episode 238

Link: https://slatestarcodex.com/2019/09/09/partial-retraction-age-and-birth-order-effects/

 

On Less Wrong, Bucky tries to replicate my results on b…

6 years, 11 months ago

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Book Review: Seeing Like a State [Classic]

Episode 237

Link: https://slatestarcodex.com/2017/03/16/book-review-seeing-like-a-state/

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Seeing Like A State is the book G.K. Chesterton would have written i…

6 years, 11 months ago

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List of Passages I Highlighted in My Copy of Ages of Discord

Episode 236

Link: https://slatestarcodex.com/2019/09/04/list-of-passages-i-highlighted-in-my-copy-of-ages-of-discord/

 

Turchin has some great stories about unit…

6 years, 11 months ago

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