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Gender Abolitionist Shouldn't Mean Anti-Trans + The Value of Sadness
There seems to be a consensus that the transgender movement and the movement to abolish gender are in some way opposed. I support the transgender…
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Why does the right lie so much on social media?
Social media is full of all sides spreading misinformation, all sides arguing in bad faith, all sides jumping to conclusions etc. I will not attempt to…
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What would go through my head if I found out aliens were visiting us
This is not an endorsement of the idea aliens are visiting us. Nor is it specifically a rejection of the idea that aliens are visiting us. Who am I to…
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Yelling into the storm- a protest against mental agony
Trying to convey what it's like to fall apart
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Depression drugs might work better than we think (or worse) because depression scales have a severe flaw
Scott Alexander has a post up arguing that we may be underestimating how big the effect size of anti-depression drugs is. But there’s another reason to…
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I don't think there's a conspiracy among AI scientists to trick the public into thinking AI might kill everyone
If they were going to lie, saying that their work might destroy the world would be a bad choice
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Questions on death- reading Mortals: Part 1
I’m reading Mortals at the moment, and thinking through the puzzles of death. I don’t know what to think about the Terror Management Theory stuff…
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Formerly de Pony Sum. A blog for philosophy, politics, political economy, psychology & more.
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