Blogpost titled "The [disease] of [emotion]" by @ScottAlexander before 2026 because of a manifold market?
Blogpost titled "The [disease] of [emotion]" by @ScottAlexander before 2026 because of a manifold market?
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The Cowpox of Doubt

The Toxoplasma of Rage

The Influenza of Evil

He's got to be doing it on purpose, right?

See IsaacKing's market:

If that market resolves YES and ScottAlexander mentions having titled a post this way because of that market, this market resolves YES.

Otherwise, resolves NO at the start of 2026.

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I'm pretty sure that, now that both markets exist, Scott's pretty likely to mention at least one if he ever does write such a post

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