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a detailed examination of the leaked Scott Alexander emails, for your reference (www.tumblr.com)
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[-] fullsquare@awful.systems 7 points 3 days ago

He starts his recent article on AI psychosis by mixing up psychosis with schizophrenia (he calls psychosis a biological disease), so that tracks.

wait, this man is a psychiatrist? or is that another scott

[-] CinnasVerses@awful.systems 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Yes, Scott Alexander is an unusual rationalist blogger who had a credentialed professional career as a psychiatrist. After Substack became his patron, he opened his own medical practice, but the website has said "not accepting new patients at this time" since 2022. So he seems to live off gifts from fellow travelers with a side hustle in psychiatry.

[-] fullsquare@awful.systems 7 points 3 days ago

i'll risk a guess that running ritalin-dispenser-as-a-service type business catering to overly confident rationalists might get him a pretty penny

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