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The way I sum it up is: science is a method, which is not equivalent to the institution of science, and because that institution is run by humans it will contain and perpetrate all the ills of any hum…

What does it have to do with lynching?

Just in case you weren’t aware, these guys have been doing deep dives on the series with a chapter by chapter breakdown, digging into every single reference and historical mention in the books. https…

Followed by farming

Sure with excellent roads and 99% of predators gone and most importantly, a reason to do it.

They have 3 days to decide but 3 months to make the move. Not as bad as it sounds at first..

Can you share some examples or greatest hits?

I started reading this expecting as usual for it to be located in some far flung location like Germany or Denver. Imagine my surprise when he happened to be in Austin where I live and using the same p…

There is no such thing as the slippery slope! /s

Lower birth rate can still mean population is increasing (for now). It’s just doing so at a slower rate and will eventually hit equilibrium and only then start to drop

Books are a slower source of information —- and that’s a good thing. Like most of us you have trained yourself out of being able to sustain focus on long term but ultimately rewarding things, like rea…

It’s absolutely how a dishonest science institution functions. Science itself is nothing more than a method. The disdain is for people who confuse the process with the institution. And at that point…

For the people that can afford one? Sure. AMEX has no limit and plenty of other cards for high net worth individuals are similar. Plus weirdly, people like that usually really like to collect the cred…

Because almost without exception these neighborhoods were built a long time ago, are closer to the city center and are the most expensive in the city. Until a few years ago it was possible for upper m…

Probably just similar style. Most print illustration at this time were still using woodcuts, negative images carved out, stamped with ink and used in the printing press: https://en.m.wikipe…

Good but small anecdotal counts without large scale proven “rigging”. Bad yes, but let’s not get carried away

Amazing how the different parties have such diametrically opposite views… if it wasn’t so serious it would be comical. In the last 24 hours I’ve heard the following from a republican and a democrat: “…

Is there a legitimate argument for keeping this legal and not pursuing an expansion of existing insider trading laws? The incentives here are horrifically backwards.

https://archive.md/mdejQ

You have a point. But what is the cause then? That the fight for survival and chasing a bit of comfort and relaxation is actually mentally beneficial? Certainly seems so

It’s called “identity politics” for a reason: it’s no longer who one votes for but an entire world view about who one is —- and more importantly who one is not and it demands to be constantly displa…

> Yet despite experiencing large seasonal growth this year, the ozone hole is still decreasing in size overall. "Based on the Montreal Protocol and the decrease of anthropogenic ozone-depletin…

Clickbait: > Yet despite experiencing large seasonal growth this year, the ozone hole is still decreasing in size overall. "Based on the Montreal Protocol and the decrease of anthropogenic ozo…

I was thinking about this last night. It’s a new version of Gell-Mann amnesia. I call it LLm-man amnesia. When I ask a programming question, chat GPT hallucinates something about 20% of the time and I…