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Essays on Richard Feynman

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Aug 12, 2014SSC

Does Race Exist? Does Culture?

Scott Alexander uses an analogy between race and culture to argue that mathematical clustering arguments don't determine whether race 'exists' any more than they determine whether culture 'exists'.

18 min read 2,743 words

Aug 10, 2014SSC

Getting Eulered

Scott Alexander explores the concept of 'Eulering' and strategies for dealing with complex mathematical arguments in non-mathematical debates.

19 min read 2,821 words

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