"I watched fifteen hours of COVID origins arguments so you don't have to" ~health Article 12 171 words 30 votes
It's fair to describe schizophrenia as probably mostly genetic ~health.mental Article 2850 words 18 votes
Adderall risks: Much more than you wanted to know (2017) ~health.mental Article 7034 words, published Dec 28 2017 35 votes
The Billionaire’s Bard: On the rationalist fictions of Neal Stephenson ~books literature science fiction Article 3154 words 9 votes
The phrase "no evidence" is a red flag for bad science communication ~science Article 1329 words 11 votes
Please don't give up on having kids because of climate change ~enviro climate change Article 3284 words 14 votes
The Beigeness, or How to Kill People with Bad Writing: The Scott Alexander Method ~books Link 31 votes
Scott Alexander has deleted his Slate Star Codex blog due to the New York Times planning to reveal his real name in an article ~tech privacy Article 1243 words 48 votes
"My Immortal" as alchemical allegory ~humanities religion philosophy Article 7098 words, published May 27 2020 9 votes
Financial incentives are weaker than social incentives but very important anyway ~finance economics Article 1536 words 5 votes
Maybe your Zoloft stopped working because a liver fluke tried to turn your Nth-great-grandmother into a zombie ~science biology medicine Article 2631 words 6 votes
Increasingly competitive college admissions: much more than you wanted to know ~humanities education.higher Link 5 votes
RIP Culture War Thread - /r/slatestarcodex's regular thread for debating polarizing issues showed the difficulties and risks of hosting those conversations ~tech social media Link 39 votes