Jun 23, 2020
So, I kind of deleted the blog. Sorry. Here’s my explanation.
Last week I talked to a New York Times technology reporter who was planning to write a story on Slate Star Codex. He told me it would be a mostly positive piece about how we were an interesting gathering place for people in tech, and how we were ahead of...
Jun 18, 2020
https://slatestarcodex.com/2020/06/17/slightly-skew-systems-of-government/
[Related To: Legal Systems Very Different From Ours Because I Just Made Them Up, List Of Fictional Drugs Banned By The FDA]
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Clamzoria is an acausal democracy.
The problem with democracy is that elections happen before the winning candidate...
Jun 18, 2020
https://slatestarcodex.com/2020/06/16/open-thread-156-25/
Normally this would be a hidden thread, but I wanted to signal boost this request for help by Professor Steve Hsu, vice president of research at Michigan State University. Hsu is a friend of the blog and was a guest speaker at one of our recent online meetups...
Jun 17, 2020
https://slatestarcodex.com/2020/06/15/the-vision-of-vilazodone-and-vortioxetine/
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One of psychiatry’s many embarrassments is how many of our drugs get discovered by accident. They come from random plants or shiny rocks or stuff Alexander Shulgin invented to get high.
But every so often, somebody tries to do...
Jun 13, 2020
https://slatestarcodex.com/2020/06/11/wordy-wernickes/
There are two major brain areas involved in language. To oversimplify, Wernicke’s area in the superior temporal gyrus handles meaning; Broca’s area in the inferior frontal gyrus handles structure and flow.
If a stroke or other brain injury damages Broca’s...