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I was originally quite supportive of the choice made but it really has a smell after some reflection. He seems quite open on twitter in front of 50k followers a
by ShorsHammer 6y ago
I was originally quite supportive of the choice made but it really has a smell after some reflection. He seems quite open on twitter in front of 50k followers about his real name.
His twitter bio:
Scott Alexander
@slatestarcodex
54.5K Followers
I have a place where I say complicated things about philosophy and science. That place is my blog. This is where I make terrible puns.
https://twitter.com/slatestarcodex https://twitter.com/slatestarcodex
- Ghjklov 6y agoThat's not his full name. IIRC Scott Alexander is just his first and middle name or something, and the journalist was going to lay out his full name for everyone to know.
- Smaug123 6y agoEven if he did broadcast his full name regularly on @slatestarcodex (which he doesn't), the main problem is in the other direction, as he and others have repeatedly noted. The worry is that people (i.e. patients) can go from Scott LastName to SlateStarCodex, not the other way round.
- fredoliveira 6y agoYou clearly didn't (and probably should) read his post explaining why he took the blog down. It literally says right there, that Scott Alexander is part of his name, but that the NYT would expose his _full name_ instead.