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Yearly Archives: 2017
[REPOST] The Demiurge’s Older Brother
[This is a repost of a story which I wrote about five years ago and which was hosted on my old website until it went down.] 2,302,554,979 BC Galactic Core 9-tsiak awoke over endless crawling milliseconds, its power waxing as … Continue reading
Open Thread 71.5
This is the twice-weekly hidden open thread. Post about anything you want, ask random questions, whatever. You can also talk at the SSC subreddit or the SSC Discord server. This is the once-every-two weeks thread where we try to avoid … Continue reading
Open Thread 71.25
This is the twice-weekly hidden open thread. Post about anything you want, ask random questions, whatever. You can also talk at the SSC subreddit or the SSC Discord server.
Book Review: Seeing Like A State
I. Seeing Like A State is the book G.K. Chesterton would have written if he had gone into economic history instead of literature. Since he didn’t, James Scott had to write it a century later. The wait was worth it. … Continue reading
OT71: I Don’t Open Things
This is the bi-weekly visible open thread. There are hidden threads every few days here. Post about anything you want, ask random questions, whatever. Also: 1. Google is saying that SSC has been hacked. Technical side has confirmed that it … Continue reading
Links 3/17: Siteochrome P450
Greek scholar Philitas of Cos “studied false arguments and erroneous word-usage so intensely that he wasted away and starved to death”. Outgroup Threat Responses, Ingroup Bias, And Nonapeptide Involvement Are Conserved Across Vertebrates. “In particular, the evolutionarily conserved, hormone-regulated nonapeptide … Continue reading
Open Thread 70.75
This is the twice-weekly hidden open thread. Post about anything you want, ask random questions, whatever. Also: Google is saying this site has been hacked. My technical support people say it’s not actually anything bad, but this still might be … Continue reading
Book Review: Behavior – The Control Of Perception
[Epistemic status: I only partly understood this book and am trying to review it anyway as best I can] I. People complain that psychology is paradigmless; it never got its Darwin or Newton to tie everything together. Nowadays people are … Continue reading
Antidepressant Pharmacogenomics: Much More Than You Wanted To Know
[Epistemic status: very uncertain. Not to be taken as medical advice. Talk to your doctor before deciding whether or not to get any tests.] I. There are many antidepressants in common use. With a few exceptions, none are globally better … Continue reading