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What Do Treatments For Accelerated Aging Tell Us About Normal Aging?
Scott Alexander examines the treatment for progeria and its potential implications for understanding and treating normal aging processes.
7 min read 939 words
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Somewhat Against Psychiatric Conditions As Domestication Failure
Scott Alexander examines a theory linking autism and schizophrenia to human self-domestication, initially dismissing it before reconsidering its merits in light of Williams Syndrome.
16 min read 2,422 words
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Genetic Russian Roulette
Scott Alexander describes his increasing hesitation to have children due to his experiences with rare genetic disorders and difficult patients in psychiatry and medicine.
15 min read 2,240 words