ACX
Chip Off The Old Block
Scott reflects on having young children and how they've inherited specific traits, preferences, and quirks from both him and his wife in surprisingly precise ways.
27 min read 4,128 words
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personality traits
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Essays on personality traits
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Non-Cognitive Skills For Educational Attainment Suggest Benefits Of Mental Illness Genes
Scott Alexander examines a genetic study distinguishing cognitive and non-cognitive skills in educational attainment, revealing unexpected correlations with mental health conditions.
8 min read 1,173 words
SSC
Book Review: Evolutionary Psychopathology
Scott reviews a book applying evolutionary psychology to psychiatry, finding the approach intriguing but hard to verify and potentially open to misuse.
37 min read 5,616 words
SSC
SSC Survey Data On Models Of Political Conflict
Scott Alexander analyzes SSC survey data to explore the conflict vs. mistake theory distinction in political disagreements, finding that Marxists and the alt-right tend more towards conflict theory than other groups.
9 min read 1,282 words
SSC
Bundles Of Joy
Scott Alexander analyzes survey results showing high parental satisfaction among his blog readers, comparing the findings to existing research and discussing their implications.
6 min read 904 words
SSC
How To Use 23andMe Irresponsibly
Scott Alexander explains how to interpret 23andMe genetic data using SNPedia, listing various SNPs and their alleged effects while emphasizing the unreliability of such interpretations.
13 min read 1,998 words