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The operating point is that Scott Alexander isn't looking for a few extra dollars selling potentially fake health products. He makes a *lot* of money on Substa
by tomcatfish 4y ago
The operating point is that Scott Alexander isn't looking for a few extra dollars selling potentially fake health products.
He makes a *lot* of money on Substack, enough that this concertn isn't valid.
Also, "So and so isn't respected in the whole world, only in the people that know about them" isn't a super helpful argument anyways.
- ajkjk 4y agoWell, the point was that he (or at least the community he is in) is actively disrespected by some people as well, so it's a bit more pointed than just "not known about". Mentioning this only for completeness' sake. I think he's good, on net. But somewhat adjacent to some more dubious and distasteful stuff.
- astrange 4y agoWell, he is trustworthy on psychiatry even if he’s a member of a religion that worships nonexistent AIs and Bayes’ theorem. But his main posting hobby is that he wants to be friends with weird internet right-wing intellectuals and that you should too. So every time I glance at the comments there someone wants to give their opinions on exactly who is genetically less intelligent than the commenter.
- floxy 4y agoI heard he's been known to wear white after labor day.
- ajkjk 4y agoYeah, that's not it.
- spywaregorilla 4y ago
- Tenoke 4y agoProbably very little if any. Most of his other posts that mention promising substances (e.g. Zembrin and other nootropics) like this one[0] don't even include links and if they do I believe they are usually stripped out but I didn't find one with a link easily to confirm. I'm guessing he just included it as there are multiple different brands for this one. 0. https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/nootropics-survey-2020-results https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/nootropics-survey-2020...
- Natsu 4y agoThere's no referral link in this post, he's not profiting from this and he's written about many different treatments.
- thebooktocome 4y ago[flagged]
- slater 4y agoGrifters gonna grift.
- InitialLastName 4y agoBoth communities define themselves by their opposition to mainstream establishments that find them destructive.