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'''Slate Star Codex''' is a [[blog]] pseudonymously written by Scott Alexander, a practising psychiatrist, and occasional guest bloggers. The blog covers a wide range of topics including psychiatry, [[psychopharmacology]], scientific methodology, and political and social issues.

== Content ==
Notable topics covered by blog posts on Slate Star Codex have included:
* Science and statistics - [[p-hacking]], the [[replication crisis]] (e.g. on [[growth mindset]]<ref name='gelman'>{{cite web|url=http://andrewgelman.com/2015/10/07/mindset-interventions-are-a-scalable-treatment-for-academic-underachievement-or-not/|title= Mindset interventions are a scalable treatment for academic underachievement — or not?|last=Gelman|first=Andrew|date=7 October 2015|accessdate=18 March 2017|website=Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference and Social Science ([[Andrew Gelman]]'s blog)}}</ref>), and reviews of topics and papers
* Issues un psychiatry such as [[end-of-life care]], [[psychopharmacology]]<ref>{{cite web|last1=Wipond|first1=Rob|title=Psychiatrists Still Promoting Low-Serotonin Theory of Depression|url=https://www.madinamerica.com/2015/04/psychiatrists-still-promoting-low-serotonin-theory-depression/|website=Mad in America|ref=madinamerica}}</ref> and regulation of [[prescription drug]] prices<ref>{{cite web|last1=Kliff|first1=Sarah|title=Red tape at the FDA doesn’t explain America’s high drug prices|url=http://www.vox.com/2016/8/31/12729482/fda-epipen-pharma-regulations|website=Vox|accessdate=18 March 2017|ref=kliff}}</ref>
* The phenomenon of [[cost disease]] in certain sectors of the US economy,<ref name='smith'>{{cite web|url=http://www.standard.net/Business/2017/02/16/Market-failure-is-the-likely-culprit-in-rising-costs|title=Market failure is the likely culprit in rising costs|last=Smith|first=Noah|date=16 February 2017|accessdate=17 March 2017|website=Standard Examiner}}</ref> including in Alexander's own profession, psychiatry.<ref name='ws'/> Alexander argues that a lot of contemporary political debates actually stem from certain costs - education, healthcare - being much higher than they used to be.<ref name='ws'>{{cite web|url=http://www.weeklystandard.com/the-scourge-of-cost-disease/article/2006939|title=The Scourge of Cost Disease|last=Last|first=Jonathan V.|date=23 February 2017|accessdate=17 March 2017|website=[[The Weekly Standard]]}}</ref>
* The [[political psychology]] behind the thinking of liberals who cheered the death of former British Prime Minister [[Margaret Thatcher]] but condemned those who cheered the death of notorious [[terrorist]] [[Osama Bin Laden]]<ref name='mcardle'>{{cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2015-02-18/crusaders-haters-and-common-ground|title=Crusaders, Haters and Common Ground|last=McArdle|first=Megan|authorlink=Megan McArdle|date=18 February 2015|accessdate=17 March 2017|website=[[Bloomberg View]]}}</ref>
* Allegations of overt [[racism]] made by some journalists and commentators against [[Donald Trump]], which Alexander argues are over the top and not justified by the facts<ref name='ws2'>{{cite web|url=http://www.weeklystandard.com/are-donald-trump-and-his-voters-racist/article/2005421|title=Are Donald Trump and His Voters Racist?|last=Last|first=Jonathan V.|date=27 November 2016|accessdate=17 March 2017|website=[[The Weekly Standard]]}}</ref><ref name='conservative'>{{cite web|url=http://www.theamericanconservative.com/dreher/stop-it-fellow-lefties-youre-making-us-crazy/| title=‘Stop It, Lefties, You’re Making Us Crazy’|last=Dreher|first=Rod|website=[[The American Conservative]]|date=17 November 2016|accessdate=17 March 2017}}</ref>
* [[Neoreaction]], a [[far-right]] political philosophy. Alexander has written two key essays on neoreaction - the first a summary of what neoreactionaries believe, and the second a rebuttal.<ref name="slate-nrx">{{cite news|last1=Auerbach|first1=David|title=The Curious Case of Mencius Moldbug|url=http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/bitwise/2015/06/curtis_yarvin_booted_from_strange_loop_it_s_a_big_big_problem.html|accessdate=17 March 2017|work=Slate|publisher=The Slate Group|date=10 June 2015}}</ref>

Alexander periodically posts book reviews on Slate Star Codex. Slate Star Codex has regular "open threads" under which commenters can discuss anything they like, and regular links posts summarising interesting [[hyperlink|links]] from around the [[World Wide Web|Web]].

The blog has been listed among top blogs by [[Ezra Klein]]<ref>{{cite web|last1=Klein|first1=Ezra|title=What Andrew Sullivan's exit says about the future of blogging|url=http://www.vox.com/2015/1/30/7948091/andrew-sullivan-leaving-blogging|website=Vox|accessdate=18 March 2017|ref=klein}}</ref>.

== Main author ==
Alexander is a psychiatrist at a hospital in the United States. He is an [[atheist]] [[liberalism|liberal]]<ref name='ws2'/> and considers himself part of the [[LessWrong|rationalist]] movement.

== External links ==
* [http://slatestarcodex.com/ Slate Star Codex]
* [https://www.reddit.com/r/slatestarcodex Associated Reddit subreddit]
* [https://slatestarcodex.com/2013/10/20/the-anti-reactionary-faq/ The Anti-Reactionary FAQ] - Alexander's critique of neoreaction

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