SLATE STAR CODEX is almost an anagram of SCOTT ALEXANDER. I think I remember Scott saying it was meant to actually be an anagram and he goofed. Pinker says it’s an anagram.
(But I misremembered: it has an extra S as well as missing an N, so it’s pole-blindness rather than just N-blindness. Also, perhaps I’m also misremembering about the origins of the name; maybe Scott didn’t actually goof at all, but just decided to make do with an imperfect anagram.)
What do you mean by n-blindness?
SLATE STAR CODEX is almost an anagram of SCOTT ALEXANDER. I think I remember Scott saying it was meant to actually be an anagram and he goofed. Pinker says it’s an anagram.
(But I misremembered: it has an extra S as well as missing an N, so it’s pole-blindness rather than just N-blindness. Also, perhaps I’m also misremembering about the origins of the name; maybe Scott didn’t actually goof at all, but just decided to make do with an imperfect anagram.)