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Robin Hanson had a 2013 blog post titled "Hail Scott Siskind" - the surname was redacted from both the post title and the URL slug sometime between 8 Jan [1] an
by jamessb 6y ago
Robin Hanson had a 2013 blog post titled "Hail Scott Siskind" - the surname was redacted from both the post title and the URL slug sometime between 8 Jan [1] and 24 June 2020 [2] (Slate Star Codex was deleted on 22 June 2020 [3]).
So if a patient had googled "Scott Siskind" before the NYTimes contacted him, they may well have found the post linking the name to the blog.
[1]: https://web.archive.org/web/20200701000000*/https://www.overcomingbias.com/2013/01/hail-scott-siskind.html https://web.archive.org/web/20200701000000*/https://www.over...
[2]: https://web.archive.org/web/20200701000000*/https://www.overcomingbias.com/2013/01/hail-scott.html https://web.archive.org/web/20200701000000*/https://www.over...
[3]: https://slatestarcodex.com/2020/06/22/nyt-is-threatening-my-safety-by-revealing-my-real-name-so-i-am-deleting-the-blog/ https://slatestarcodex.com/2020/06/22/nyt-is-threatening-my-...