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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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Preregistration Of Investigations For The 2019 SSC Survey
Scott Alexander outlines 18 preregistered investigations for the 2019 SSC survey, covering topics from psychiatric medication effects to birth order influences.
6 min read 924 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