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Some of you may have previously seen posts by the author, Scott Alexander, mentioned in a wide variety of posts by both conservatives and liberals, by economists and political science junkies, by..., well, you get it I suspect. He has a fairly large following and for good reason.
Anyway, this guy (Scott Alexander is not his real name; it's an anagram - as is his blog title) is a practicing psychiatrist in the San Francisco area. I started reading his blog a number of years back while he was still working through his residency in a psych program in Michigan.
He's an atheist, he's a fairly-left liberal, and as a result he and I would disagree on most things (outside of psychiatry). But's he also very interesting to read and full of insight (whether you agree with him or not). I read pretty much every post that comes out on this blog (he has others, I think, but I don't grok him that much!). I think his posts on psychiatry are gold, while his other, more political ones less so (that shouldn't be a surprise). Nevertheless, allow me to commend him to y'all. Here's his post from today (which is really good in so, so many ways). It's also long (his posts usually are). And the reading takes even longer because the comments (whether you agree or disagree) are also generally top-notch.
Maybe an acquired taste for some. But if he is to your liking, then worth bookmarking (IMHO). And honestly, he pretty much also "proves" the adage that one must be nuts oneself to be a mental health practitioner!
Enjoy.
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Anyway, this guy (Scott Alexander is not his real name; it's an anagram - as is his blog title) is a practicing psychiatrist in the San Francisco area. I started reading his blog a number of years back while he was still working through his residency in a psych program in Michigan.
He's an atheist, he's a fairly-left liberal, and as a result he and I would disagree on most things (outside of psychiatry). But's he also very interesting to read and full of insight (whether you agree with him or not). I read pretty much every post that comes out on this blog (he has others, I think, but I don't grok him that much!). I think his posts on psychiatry are gold, while his other, more political ones less so (that shouldn't be a surprise). Nevertheless, allow me to commend him to y'all. Here's his post from today (which is really good in so, so many ways). It's also long (his posts usually are). And the reading takes even longer because the comments (whether you agree or disagree) are also generally top-notch.
Maybe an acquired taste for some. But if he is to your liking, then worth bookmarking (IMHO). And honestly, he pretty much also "proves" the adage that one must be nuts oneself to be a mental health practitioner!
Enjoy.
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