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Astral Codex Ten (ACX), formerly Slate Star Codex (SSC), is a blog focused on science, medicine (especially psychiatry), philosophy, politics, and futurism. The blog is written by Scott Alexander Siskind, a San Francisco Bay Area psychiatrist, under the pen name Scott Alexander.
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| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Slate Star Codex | Available in | English | 1.00 | infobox |
| Slate Star Codex | Created by | Scott Alexander | 1.00 | infobox |
| Slate Star Codex | Current status | Active (as Astral Codex Ten, Slate Star Codex is online but inactive) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Slate Star Codex | Launched | February 12, 2013; 13 years ago (2013-02-12) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Slate Star Codex | Successor | Astral Codex Ten | 1.00 | infobox |
| Slate Star Codex | Type of site | Blog | 1.00 | infobox |
| Slate Star Codex | URL | www.slatestarcodex.com [formerly] www.astralcodexten.com [currently] | 1.00 | infobox |
| Vegan Outreach because of this dynamic | instance of | is better known than other animal rights organizations | 0.80 | text |
| Slate Star Codex | related to Author | The | 0.60 | section |
| Slate Star Codex | related to Author | The New Statesman | 0.60 | section |
| Slate Star Codex | related to Author | The New Yorker | 0.60 | section |
| Slate Star Codex | related to Author | Alexander's | 0.60 | section |
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