Scott Alexander personal blog
Scissor Statements: Sort by Controversial
[Epistemic status: fiction] Thanks for letting me put my story on your blog. Mainstream media is crap and no one would have believed me anyway. This starts in September 2017. I was working for a sm…
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Society, Policy & CultureLife, Learning & Writing2019
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| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
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| Oct 8, 2019 | Scissor Statements: Sort by Controversial by paulsutter | 217 | 132 |
| Feb 15, 2021 | Sort by controversial a.k.a. Shiri’s scissor (2018) by appwiz | 62 | 15 |
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