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Scott is a psychiatrist.

• throwaway314155 1y ago
  Then he's not a very good one. https://web.archive.org/web/20210215053502/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/13/technology/slate-star-codex-rationalists.html https://web.archive.org/web/20210215053502/https://www.nytim...
  • rendang 1y ago
    What is the connection between the claim and the link?
    • meowface 1y ago
      There isn't any. (Also, on top of that, I think it's overall not a very good article.)
  • chermi 1y ago
    What a disgusting article.
  • kelnos 1y ago
    That's essentially a retaliatory hit piece the NYT printed because they were mad that Scott deleted his website because the NYT wanted to doxx him. Not saying there's no merit to the article, but it should be looked upon skeptically due to that bias.
    • ZYbCRq22HbJ2y7 1y ago
      > NYT wanted to doxx him NYT wanted to report on who he was. He doxxed himself years before that (as mentioned in that article). They eventually also reported on that (after Alexander revealed his name, seeing that it was going to come out anyway, I guess), which is an asshole thing to do, but not doxxing, IMO.
      • lmm 1y ago
        > NYT wanted to report on who he was. They wanted to report specifically his birth/legal name, with no plausible public interest reason. If it wasn't "stochastic terrorism" (as the buzzword of the day was) then it sure looked a lot like it. > He doxxed himself years before that Few people manage to keep anything 100% secret. Realistically private/public is a spectrum not a binary, and publication in the NYT is a pretty drastic step up.
        • bccdee 1y ago
          > They wanted to report specifically his birth/legal name, with no plausible public interest reason. Siskind is a public figure and his name was already publicly known. He wanted a special exception to NYT's normal reporting practices. > Realistically private/public is a spectrum not a binary IIRC his name would autocomplete as a suggested search term in the Google search bar even before the article was published. He was already far too far toward the "public" end of that spectrum to throw a tantrum the way he did.
          • lmm 1y ago
            > He wanted a special exception to NYT's normal reporting practices. The NYT had already profiled e.g. Kendrick Lamar without mentioning his birth/legal name, so he certainly wasn't asking for something unprecedented.
            • bccdee 1y ago
              Siskind is a practicing psychiatrist, which is relevant to his profile. Using his real name makes it possible to discuss that. Putting Kendrick's surname ("Duckworth") into the profile adds nothing. Siskind is a public figure—I don't know why so many people think he is entitled to demand that NYT only discuss him in the ways he wants to be discussed (i.e. not connecting his blog to his physciatric practice).
              • lmm 1y ago
    • mola 1y ago
      I just read this..I don't understand where the hit piece is... Seems pretty factual. The hysteria in the "rationalist" circles is mirroring the so called "Blue tribe" quite accurately.
• YeGoblynQueenne 1y ago
  Sigmund Freud was also a psychiatrist.