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P (A|B) = [P (A)*P (B|A)]/P (B), all the rest is commentary. Click to read Astral Codex Ten, by Scott Alexander, a Substack publication.
The blog was written by Scott Alexander Siskind, a San Francisco Bay Area psychiatrist, under the pen name Scott Alexander. Slate Star Codex was launched in 2013, and was discontinued on June 23, 2020, as Alexander feared doxing (publication of his full name) in a New York Times article.
Jun 26, 2024 · Scott Alexander is the pen-name of LessWrong-rationalist blogger and psychiatrist Scott Alexander Siskind. Alexander began writing on LessWrong under the name Yvain, and then branched out into his own blog, Slate Star Codex (a near-anagram of "Scott Alexander").
Scott Alexander may refer to: Scott Alexander (baseball) (born 1989), American baseball pitcher; Scott Alexander (born 1963), of American screenwriting duo Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski; Scott Alexander (Indiana politician), member of the Indiana Senate; Scott Alexander (Kentucky politician), member of the Kentucky House of Representatives
Feb 13, 2021 · Like many great blogs, not any one thing: it’s the eclectic interests of a unique individual with a broad intellectual appetite. Scott is a psychiatrist by profession, and some posts are about psychiatry, consciousness, and the brain. But he also writes about philosophy, politics, and science.
Sep 11, 2020 · Introducing Astral Codex Ten. Posted on January 21, 2021 by Scott Alexander. Thanks for bearing with me the past few months. My new blog is at https://astralcodexten.substack.com/. I’ll try to have a less unwieldy domain name working soon. Posted in Uncategorized | 12 Comments. Update On My Situation. Posted on September 11, 2020 by Scott Alexander
Feb 7, 2023 · Scott Alexander, a magician who competed in Season 6 of America’s Got Talent, died earlier this week after suffering a stroke. He was 52. [pmc_inline_gallery] The tragic news was shared by ...
This is a collection of some of the best essays written by psychiatrist and author Scott Alexander on his long-running blog, Slate Star Codex. They’re divided into several categories, such as “Science and Pseudoscience”, “Liberalism and Its Enemies”, “Medicine”, etc.
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Jun 17, 2020 · Book Review: Origin Of Consciousness In The Breakdown Of The Bicameral Mind. Posted on June 1, 2020 by Scott Alexander. I. Julian Jaynes’ The Origin Of Consciousness In The Breakdown Of The Bicameral Mind is a brilliant book, with only two minor flaws. First, that it purports to explains the origin of consciousness.
