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Essays on chronic pain

2 essays

Jun 26, 2016SSC

Book Review: Unlearn Your Pain

Scott reviews 'Unlearn Your Pain', finding its psychosomatic theory of chronic pain intriguing but overstated, while acknowledging the book's techniques may still be helpful via placebo effects.

44 min read 6,720 words

Dec 24, 2015SSC

How Bad Are Things?

Scott Alexander explores the hidden prevalence of misery in society, using his psychiatric experience and statistical analysis to argue that suffering is more widespread than commonly perceived.

15 min read 2,279 words

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