Chaostician

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Chaostician is a recurring person in the Astral Codex Ten archive, appearing 4 times across 4 issues between October 04, 2021 and September 12, 2022. The archive places it in contexts such as “The most interesting thing I got from the comments was Chaostician linking to Wikipedia’s page on the Great Male Renunciation”; “Comments of the week: Chaostician on the history of using mummies to cure disease”; “Chaostician writes”. It most often appears alongside Christianity, Islam, Scott.

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  • Category: People
  • Mention count: 4
  • Issue count: 4
  • First seen: October 04, 2021
  • Last seen: September 12, 2022

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Recovered passages from the original issue text. When the raw archive preserved outbound links inside the source passage, they are listed directly under the quote.

October 04, 2021 · Original source
The most interesting thing I got from the comments was Chaostician linking to Wikipedia’s page on the Great Male Renunciation - men’s fashion changing from ornate colorful clothing to dark suits. Wikipedia seems pretty convinced that this was because of egalitarianism norms:
December 27, 2021 · Original source
2: Comments of the week: John Schilling walks us through his Omicron math in more detail; Chaostician on the history of using mummies to cure disease.
September 12, 2022 · Original source
1: Book Review Contest winners should have received their money and subscriptions. If you think you should have, but haven’t, email me at scott@slatestarcodex.com. I haven’t received payment details for Roger or Chaostician; please email me, and if you’ve already tried emailing me please include “This is a genuine nonspam message” in your email to make sure my spam filter didn’t get it.