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Scott Alexander's 'The Whispering Earring': A Mysterious Tale of Warning

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ZeljkoS

9mo ago· 5 min readenInsight

Summary

The article discusses 'The Whispering Earring,' a story by Scott Alexander, which revolves around a mysterious topaz earring that whispers warnings to its wearer. The piece provides a cleaner, easier-to-reference version of the original story, which is backed up from LiveJournal. The narrative explores themes of mysterianism and the consequences of ignoring the earring's advice.

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In the treasure-vaults of Til Iosophrang rests the Whispering Earring, buried deep beneath a heap of gold where it can do no further harm.
The earring is a little topaz tetrahedron dangling from a thin gold wire. When worn, it whispers in the wearer’s ear: 'Better for you if you take me off.'
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Cleaner, easier-to-reference repo of Scott Alexander’s The Whispering Earring (that’s the Schelling title, real title below). Original from livejournal is backed up here.

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