Yearly Archives: 2014

OT10: We Thread Kings

This is the semimonthly open thread. Post about anything you want, ask random questions, whatever. Also: 1. Drethelin has made a #slatestarcodex IRC channel on Freenode. If you use IRC, you already know what to do – if not, there’s … Continue reading

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Framing For Light Instead Of Heat

I. Ezra Klein uses my analysis of race and justice as a starting point to offer a thoughtful and intelligent discussion of what exactly it means to control for something in a study. I’m not really going to call it … Continue reading

Book Review: On The Road

I. On the Road is a terrible book about terrible people. Jack Kerouac and his terrible friends drive across the US about seven zillion times for no particular reason, getting in car accidents and stealing stuff and screwing women whom … Continue reading

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Cyber Monday Product Recommendations

Apparently Cyber Monday is a thing now, so here are my product recommendations from this year. This is going to be really nerdy, but by far the best thing I got this year was these collar extenders. Every time I … Continue reading

Such Mixed Feelings About Crazymeds

Crazymeds.us is an excellent and highly informative site which I will never recommend to my patients. It’s excellent because it gives mostly accurate and readable descriptions of the costs and benefits of every psychiatric medication. It has a laser-like focus … Continue reading

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Why I Am Not Rene Descartes

I. Imagine that somebody wrote: Some of my friends support Ron Paul. I think that’s wrong. After all, he’s a libertarian, and Wikipedia says a libertarian is a person who believes in free will. But free will is impossible in … Continue reading

Race and Justice: Much More Than You Wanted To Know

[EDIT: This post is getting linked a lot now for obvious reasons. Please remember it’s from 2014. There’s been a lot more research on this since then, which I have generally not followed closely. I don’t have a good impression … Continue reading

Links 11/14: I Link, Therefore I Am

The American chestnut was once a contender for the most common tree in the country, by some accounts making up 25% of all trees in the Appalachian area and having a population of up to 3 billion. It was a … Continue reading

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OT9: The Thread Pirate Roberts

This is the semimonthly open thread. Post about anything you want, ask random questions, whatever. Also: 1. You remember that time I tried to explain fashion using cellular automata, referencing hipsters in particular? A recent Washington Post article highlights the … Continue reading

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The Categories Were Made For Man, Not Man For The Categories

I. “Silliest internet atheist argument” is a hotly contested title, but I have a special place in my heart for the people who occasionally try to prove Biblical fallibility by pointing out whales are not a type of fish. (this … Continue reading