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Scott Alexander
P(A|B) = [P(A)*P(B|A)]/P(B), all the rest is commentary. Click to read Astral Codex Ten, by Scott Alexander, a Substack publication.
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Still alive
You just keep on trying till you run out of cake
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Book Review: The Laws of Trading
Finalist #10 in the Book Review Contest
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Book Review: Fussell on Class
Summary and commentary on Paul Fussell's "Class: A Guide Through The American Status System"
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Trapped priors as a basic problem of rationality
P(A|B) = [P(A)*P(B|A)]/P(B), all the rest is commentary.
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Book Review: Double Fold
Finalist #6 of the book review contest
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Book Review: 1587, a Year of No Significance
Finalist #15 in the Book Review Contest
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Ontology of Psychiatric Conditions: Taxometrics
Is mental illness a thing? What kind of thing is it?
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Your Book Review: Progress And Poverty
Finalist #3 of the book review contest
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Know Your Amphetamines
In the 1950s, a shady outfit called Obetrol Pharmaceuticals made a popular over-the-counter diet pill called Obetrol...
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WebMD, And The Tragedy Of Legible Expertise
What does running a medical database teach you about why everything sucks?