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Re:Slate Star Codex and Silicon Valley’s War Against the Media by whatshisface on Thursday July 09, 2020 @01:12PM (#23782449)
Psychiatrists want perfect isolation, so that they can treat everyone from far right nuts to far left nuts to plain unsalted nuts. The only way to do that would be to publish nothing, and surely you must agree that at least some psychiatrists must be cursed with good writing skills and something to say.
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Re:Slate Star Codex and Silicon Valley’s War Against the Media by DanBC on Thursday July 09, 2020 @02:45PM (#23783582)
> Psychiatrists want perfect isolation

Publishing under your real first names, and letting people know where you work, is pretty far from "perfect isolation", isn't it?

He's not stupid. Why did he chose such a terrible pseudonym?

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Re:Slate Star Codex and Silicon Valley’s War Against the Media by whatshisface on Thursday July 09, 2020 @04:15PM (#23784633)
His blogging actually predates his medical career.
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