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Links 5/18: Snorri URL-uson
Scott Alexander shares a diverse collection of links and brief commentaries on topics ranging from ancient calendars to fusion research, social trends, and economic analyses.
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Essays on psychology
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Book Review: Twelve Rules For Life
Scott Alexander reviews Jordan Peterson's 'Twelve Rules For Life', finding it surprisingly insightful and impactful despite some philosophical criticisms.
41 min read 6,320 words
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Links 2/18: Link Biao Incident
Scott Alexander presents a wide-ranging collection of links covering science, technology, politics, economics, and culture, with brief commentary on each item.
22 min read 3,339 words
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Preregistration Of Hypotheses For The SSC Survey
Scott Alexander preregisters hypotheses for the 2018 SSC Survey, planning to explore relationships between perception, cognition, personality, and demographics.
11 min read 1,690 words
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Links 12/17: Silent Site, Holy Site
Scott Alexander shares a diverse collection of interesting links covering topics from architecture to AI, with brief summaries and occasional humorous commentary.
10 min read 1,417 words
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Book Review: Behavior – The Control Of Perception
Scott reviews Will Powers' book on Perceptual Control Theory, finding it convincing for explaining lower-level brain functions but skeptical of its application to higher-level concepts.
25 min read 3,846 words
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Devoodooifying Psychology
Scott examines psychological phenomena attributed to the unconscious mind, noting many have failed to replicate, and suggests a shift away from the power of the unconscious in psychological research.
14 min read 2,098 words
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If You Can’t Make Predictions, You’re Still In A Crisis
Scott Alexander argues that psychology is indeed in crisis, contrary to a New York Times article's claim, due to issues like publication bias and low replication rates.
13 min read 1,866 words
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Links 8/15: Linkering Doubts
A collection of interesting links covering science, economics, and culture, with key stories about psychology study replication failures and various scientific findings.
17 min read 2,574 words
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CBT In The Water Supply
Scott Alexander explores the declining effectiveness of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, proposing that its core ideas have become part of popular culture, potentially explaining its decreased impact.
21 min read 3,127 words
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Book Review: Willpower
Scott Alexander reviews 'Willpower' by Baumeister and Tierney, finding it disappointing for its pop science approach and failure to address controversies in willpower research.
14 min read 2,131 words
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Even More Links For September 2014
Scott shares a diverse collection of interesting links and news items from September 2014, covering topics from music genres to scientific research.
7 min read 1,020 words
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Links For May 2014
A monthly links post collecting and commenting on various interesting articles and studies from around the web, ranging from scientific research to philosophy to economics.
14 min read 2,117 words
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What Universal Human Experiences Are You Missing Without Realizing It?
Scott Alexander explores the idea that people might be missing universal human experiences without realizing it, using examples from various senses and personal anecdotes.
9 min read 1,343 words
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Fix Science In Half An Hour
Scott Alexander humorously proposes a reality TV show called 'Replication Lab!' to address the crisis of replication in psychology by making the process more entertaining.
3 min read 456 words
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More Links For February 2014
Scott Alexander presents a diverse collection of interesting links on topics ranging from meditation to global poverty, offering brief summaries and personal commentary.
9 min read 1,261 words
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Two Dark Side Statistics Papers
Scott Alexander reviews two papers exposing statistical manipulation techniques in psychology research and addiction treatment program evaluations.
14 min read 2,049 words
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More Links For December
Scott Alexander shares a diverse collection of interesting links and brief commentary on topics ranging from historical anecdotes to recent technological and scientific developments.
11 min read 1,559 words
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Links for November
Scott shares and comments on various interesting links, ranging from charity history and religious debates to scientific discoveries and technological developments.
8 min read 1,134 words
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Holocaust Good For You, Research Finds, But Frequent Taunting Causes Cancer In Rats
Scott Alexander contrasts two studies with opposite conclusions about stress, highlighting the inconsistency in how we interpret adversity's effects.
7 min read 1,084 words
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Generalizing From One Example
Scott explains the "typical mind fallacy" - the tendency to assume everyone's mind works like your own - using examples from mental imagery, personality differences, and social behavior, arguing that rationality requires overcoming this bias.
13 min read 1,950 words
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Bogus Pipeline, Bona Fide Pipeline
Scott explains two psychological techniques for detecting hidden attitudes: the Bogus Pipeline (a fake lie detector that reduces conscious lying) and the Bona Fide Pipeline (a reaction-time computer test that measures unconscious associations).
8 min read 1,112 words