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More Fictional Drugs Banned By The FDA
Scott Alexander presents a satirical list of fictional drugs banned by the FDA, each with an absurd reason for its prohibition.
4 min read 563 words
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The Story Of Thanksgiving Is A Science-Fiction Story
Scott Alexander reframes the Thanksgiving story as a science fiction narrative to highlight its overlooked complexities and darker aspects.
8 min read 1,138 words
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List of Fictional Drugs Banned By The FDA
Scott presents a humorous list of fictional drugs banned by the FDA, each with unexpected and often ironic consequences.
6 min read 898 words
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Fermat’s Last Stand: Soundtrack and Adventure Log
Scott describes a philosophical role-playing game adventure called 'Fermat's Last Stand', featuring puzzles, debates, and original songs.
49 min read 7,587 words
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Extreme Mnemonics
Scott proposes creating fictional stories isomorphic to complex scientific concepts as a memory aid, inspired by the ease of remembering Game of Thrones details compared to biochemistry facts.
6 min read 890 words
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The Hospital Orientation
Scott Alexander provides a satirical account of a hospital orientation, highlighting its various absurdities and contradictions.
5 min read 639 words
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Newtonian Ethics
Scott satirically proposes and 'proves' that morality is a form of gravity, using pseudo-scientific reasoning and calculations.
7 min read 1,078 words
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Index: Posts on Raikoth
Scott Alexander provides an index of his blog posts about Raikoth, a constructed society he created, covering various aspects of its culture and structure.
1 min read 117 words
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A good pun is its own reword
Scott Alexander explores what makes puns truly great, providing numerous examples and discussing various types of exceptional wordplay.
8 min read 1,112 words
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Dungeons and Discourse Third Edition: The dialectic continues
Scott Alexander releases the Third Edition of Dungeons and Discourse, a philosophy role-playing game, detailing numerous improvements and changes.
6 min read 776 words
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King Under The Mountain: Adventure Log + Soundtrack
Fiction by Scott Alexander
44 min read 6,776 words
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Rationalist Poetry Fans, Unite!
Scott shares and comments on favorite rationalist poetry by Pope, Omar Khayyam, Piet Hein and Byron to show that poetry and rationality have long been allies.
22 min read 3,358 words
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Are You a Solar Deity?
Scott uses Littledale's satire proving Max Muller was a solar myth to show how comparative methods can prove anything, and asks how to tell true correspondences from false ones.
8 min read 1,221 words