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We've Got Five Years, What a Surprise

2018/2/14

Today is the fifth anniversary of Slate Star Codex. Overall I’m very happy with how this project is

Guyenet on Motivation

2018/2/8

Rereading The Hungry Brain, I notice my review missed one of my favorite parts: the description of t

Predictions for 2018

2018/2/6

At the beginning of every year, I make predictions. At the end of every year, I score them. So here

Powerless Placebos

2018/2/1

[All things that have been discussed here before, but some people wanted it all in a convenient plac

The Invention of Moral Narrative

2018/1/31

H/T Robin Hanson: Aeon’s The Good Guy / Bad Guy Myth. “Pop culture today is obsessed with the battle

Highlights from the Comments on Conflict vs. Mistake

2018/1/30

Thanks to everyone who commented on the posts about conflict and mistake theory. aciddc writes: I’

SSC Survey Data on Models of Political Conflict

2018/1/26

There were a lot of good comments on yesterday’s conflict vs. mistake post. Some were very appropria

Conflict Vs. Mistake

2018/1/25

Jacobite – which is apparently still a real magazine and not a one-off gag making fun of Jacobin – s

Practically-A-Book Review Luna Whitepaper

2018/1/18

They say money can’t buy love. But that was the bad old days of fiat money. Now there are dozens of

Bundles of Joy

2018/1/17

On December’s survey, I asked readers who had children whether they were happy with that decision. H

Maybe the Real Superintelligent AI Is Extremely Smart Computers

2018/1/16

By Ted Chiang, on Buzzfeed: The Real Danger To Civilization Isn’t AI: It’s Runaway Capitalism. Chian

Meditations on Moloch [Classic]

2018/1/13

[Content note: Visions! omens! hallucinations! miracles! ecstasies! dreams! adorations! illumination

Self-Serving Bias

2018/1/12

Alex Tabarrok beat me to the essay on Oregon’s self-service gas laws that I wanted to write. Oregon

Fight Me, Psychologists Birth Order Effects Exist and Are Very Strong

2018/1/8

“Birth order” refers to whether a child is the oldest, second-oldest, youngest, etc. in their family

Book Review Madness and Civilization

2018/1/5

I started reading Foucault’s Madness And Civilization with the expectation that it would be tedious

2017 Predictions Calibration Results

2018/1/3

At the beginning of every year, I make predictions. At the end of every year, I score them. Here are

Adderall Risks Much More Than You Wanted to Know

2017/12/29

I didn’t realize how much of a psychiatrist’s time was spent gatekeeping Adderall. The human brain w

A History of the Silmarils in the Fifth Age

2017/12/27

The Silmarillion describes the fate of the three Silmarils. Earendil kept one, and traveled with it

Preregistration of the Hypotheses for the SSC Survey

2017/12/26

[This post is about the 2018 SSC Survey. If you’ve read at least one blog post here before, please t

Please Take The 2018 SSC Reader Survey

2017/12/22

If you’re reading this and have previously read at least one Slate Star Codex post, please take the

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