(Lament)(catharsis) get a lot of criticism from my friends for trying to ‘help’ idiots. And yes, it is often a waste of time in the sense that you can’t change …
Calls for the closer integration of science in political decision-making have been commonplace for decades. However, there are serious problems in the application of science to policy — from energy …
Guest Post by Michael Phillip ll the efficient market hypothesis (EMH) says is that markets use all available information. Which does not sound like much until one works through the …
Guest Post by Michael Phillip ince social status is conferred in many different ways — everything from race to geography to class — all people are both privileged and non-privileged …
RACISM AND REVERSE RACISM: OR PERHAPS IT’S TRIVIALLY SIMPLE AND SUCH DISCUSSION IS DISHONEST In response to Matt Zwolinski : http://bleedingheartlibertarians.com/2014/11/on-reverse-racism-three-thought-experiments/ acts: 1) The distribution of physical desirability for mating, the …
—“When I was in high school, I thought we should put the robots in charge. … Then I realized the market is a computer.”—Eli Harman
—“Leninism’s development of the totally expropriating state was profoundly atavistic. So atavistic that, the Soviet Union managed to pass through ibn Khaldun’s state cycle in a single life time. “— …
[satire] Guest Post by Johannes Meixner here’s a conspiracy going on in this world, and it is secretly plotting to take over the world. Like any good conspiracy it abides …
t is merely a convenient language for science. A pidgin -just as mathematical Platonism is a convenient pidgin for mathematics. I apologise to my friends an ex friends for the …
(positioning)(achieving equality) he only reason your race is behind my race or any other race is the difference between rates of reproduction of the classes. Just as my race is …
(very important) he value of philosophy is to convert what we learn, into the web (network) of related concepts that we currently USE. (Note that I do not use the …
HALLENGING THOUGHT OF THE DAY(useful) 0 – We are unequally desirable mates – this is necessary for evolutionary adaptation.1 – We evolved a reproductive division of labor – the genders.2 …
—“First they ignore you , then they ridicule you, then they fight you then you win.”— nly a dishonest man would recommend people not read something, rather than attack the …
I don’t remember who in the thread above wondered aloud whether something Curt Doolittle wrote was a joke or not. This is generally a problem with reading what Curt Doolittle …
n Ukraine, we have the only poor, honest, white people left on the planet. The only thing we lack is a justice system. The only difference between Ukraine and Canada …
