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Essays on cultural beliefs

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May 21, 2024ACX

Book Review: The Others Within Us

Scott Alexander reviews a book on Internal Family Systems therapy that controversially claims some mental health issues are caused by literal demons.

49 min read 7,470 words

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Oct 15, 2015SSC

It Was You Who Made My Blue Eyes Blue

Fiction by Scott Alexander

41 min read 6,334 words

atheism common knowledge creative writing

Feb 14, 2014SSC

Bad Dreams

Scott discusses various sleep disorders and dream-related conditions, emphasizing their often unsettling and bizarre nature, from Epic Dreaming Disorder to Sudden Unexpected Death Syndrome.

14 min read 2,023 words

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