Tuesday, September 19, 2023

Straussianism before Strauss

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Or at least part of it.  Joseph is always a annoyed when I bring up Strauss, usually commenting that I use the name of a speific movement wh...
Monday, September 18, 2023

Avi Loeb has done cutting edge work in the fields of theoretical cosmology and motivated reasoning

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The failure of the press to keep its wits during the recent reemergence of UFO mania has come down in no small part in its inability to thin...
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Friday, September 15, 2023

You probably know most of this, but I bet you didn't know...

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 Given the readership of the blog, most of you already know about the various scandals of Dan Ariely. You possibly even know that his book P...
Thursday, September 14, 2023

Tweets -- "Actual demonstration of his fitness is used to raise questions about his fitness."

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When in doubt, read Michael Hiltzik. How the media’s obsession with Biden’s age could help reelect Trump   President Biden on Monday complet...
Wednesday, September 13, 2023

The central lies of the Musk Persona 2.0

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[updated with a final twee from Josh Marshall.] Walter Isaacson’s biography of Elon Musk is filled with inaccuracies. by Walter Isaacson — ...
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Tuesday, September 12, 2023

Trump and the 14th Amendement

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This is Joseph.  This clause in the constitution is getting a lot of attention with respect to Donald Trump : Section 3 Disqualification fr...
Monday, September 11, 2023

"Remember that time the press went crazy for a candidate who turned out to be going nowhere in the polls?" "You'll have to be more specific."

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Vivek Ramaswamy's -1.3% surge reminded me of Iowa's swoon-shrugging over Fiorina. Lord, we've been at this for a long time.   ...
Friday, September 8, 2023

With his youthful energy and out-of-the-box thinking, Vivek Ramaswamy has shot up in the polls by -1.3%

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Around two weeks ago (Aug 6th) Today   Over those two weeks, we've had to endure countless articles, op-eds, and think pieces about Rama...
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Thursday, September 7, 2023

Thursday Tweets on time for once

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First, three stories we should be talking about more. The ongoing domestic terrorist attack on our infrastructure... Elderly woman’s death ...
Wednesday, September 6, 2023

LLMs and IP

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Update: Gen AI training data+copyright: ➡️ Lawyers say case could "absolutely" go to Supreme Court ➡️Described as "Napster...
Tuesday, September 5, 2023

This would be an example of my concerns with naive YIMBYism.

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Silicon Valley billionaires (including the co-founder of at leading YIMBY advocacy group ) paving over unethically acquired farmland to buil...
Monday, September 4, 2023

Vivek

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This is Joseph. One unfortunate implication of the recent political landscape in US and British politics is the movement into a post-truth e...

It's Labor Day, so we're taking time off and running a repost

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  It's Labor Day weekend so let's stop by Emma Goldman's ice-cream shoppe in Worcester for a hot fudge sundae and some anarchy...
Friday, September 1, 2023

Is AI the new crypto?

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This is Joseph This David Gerard is a very insightful article on AI and the scam associated with it. I think the key is right here: Anil Das...
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