Scott Alexander

This is a collection of some of the best essays written by psychiatrist and author Scott Alexander on his long-running blog, Slate Star Codex . They’re divided into several categories, such as “Science and Pseudoscience”, “Liberalism and Its Enemies”, “Medicine”, etc.

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Weak Men Are Superweapons (2014)

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There was an argument on Tumblr which, like so many arguments on Tumblr, was terrible. I will rephrase it just a little to make a point.

Meditations On Moloch

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What sphinx of cement and aluminum bashed open their skulls and ate up their brains and imagination?