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By Grothendieck's standards, there are a surprising number of important practical applications. "Grothendieck's Theorem, past and present" https://arxiv.org/abs…

Scary stuff from one of the winners: "A Taxonomy of Omnicidal Futures Involving Artificial Intelligence" (Jacob Tsimerman, Andrew Critch) https://arxiv.org/pdf/2507.0936…

Berlin was divided. Like Berlin, Vienna had occupation zones, but there was never a wall between them.

Mearsheimer was right: Putin wrecks Ukraine. https://www.mearsheimer.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Why-t... …

It is neither obvious nor intuitive. But it is logical possible that we all are Zombies. In my regard the weak link is our understanding of materialism. It is to simple minded. (though panpsychism sou…

Chalmers: “It is natural to hope that there will be a materialist solution to the hard problem and a reductive explanation of consciousness, just as there have been reductive explanations of many othe…

That would be a good fit for a prediction market. I think Restraint usually loses. In times like these, though, warmongers have a harder time, and those two are truly creepy characters.

>the law of the excluded middle, which says something can't be true and false at the same time This is the not excluded middle, it is the "Law of noncontradiction" Excluded middle me…

I don't care about gas prices either. But next winter is going to be expensive. I don't have the option of switching from natural gas to a heat pump. But of course, electrification as soon a…

I guess, a high oil price is a good thing for the oil industry, especially when producing oil domestically becomes more expensive. But I also don't believe in some conspiracy by the American oil …

I had to undress back then. But anyway: "The Clash - The Call Up (Official Video)" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ScaGjwkg2Y …

I checked the blog, You have a point. Brett Devereux was more cautious. "If you are trying to follow the War in Ukraine, I strongly suggest watching the War on the Rocks podcasts for the times th…

That all makes a lot of sense. Mr. Devereux is being more realistic this time than he was at the start of the war in Ukraine. My takeaway from the war in Ukraine is: it’s going to get worse and last l…

Long version https://www.jungewelt.de/artikel/519683.j%C3%BCrgen-habermas... …

Habermas was a decent guy. He stood for a liberal and social democratic Germany. I respect that he didn’t fully go along with the shift towards crusading liberalism and militarism in Germany. He was a…

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