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Eight Hundred Slightly Poisoned Word Games
Scott Alexander conducts an experiment playing a word game 800 times under varying CO2 levels, finding no correlation between indoor carbon dioxide and cognitive performance.
8 min read 1,161 words
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Nighttime Ventilation Survey Results
Scott Alexander reports on a survey about nighttime ventilation interventions, finding modest overall improvements but some individual success stories.
4 min read 616 words
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Carbon Dioxide: An Open Door Policy
Scott Alexander explores research on how high indoor CO2 levels may impair cognition and sleep, suggesting simple solutions like better ventilation.
11 min read 1,591 words
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The Case Of The Suffocating Woman
Scott presents a case of postpartum panic attacks, explains the theory of panic as a false suffocation alarm, and discusses how understanding this mechanism can help treat the condition.
22 min read 3,351 words
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Thin Air
Scott examines the relationship between altitude and obesity, then explores and ultimately dismisses the theory that increased atmospheric CO2 could be causing the obesity epidemic.
12 min read 1,809 words