Thursday, July 14, 2016

Most proposals are based on unprovable beliefs that are mistaken as demonstrable truth

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I can't get to the original gated article but the original pointer is from Lunch with Philip Tetlock by Tyler Cowen. From an interview ...
Wednesday, July 13, 2016

Strange times, despicable behavior, weird headlines

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A few months ago, a band of Attorney Generals from seventeen states and led by the AG of the US Virgin Islands launched a shameful effort to...

The power to corrupt

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Following on from Sunday's post, Smarter people are more prejudiced against larger numbers of people than anyone else , there is another...
Tuesday, July 12, 2016

Not left:right but industry specific

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A friend recently asked whether emigration was likely to jump if Donald Trump won the election. I answered: No. The threat to leave if an...

Humor, art and poetry

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Heh. Theresa May stood on the burning deck, Whence all but she had fled #poetry #art pic.twitter.com/MqXr3KyGxS — Matthew Ward (@History...

Their vast carelessness

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In a recent column , Maureen Dowd alludes to a Great Gatsby quote which so well describes the Clinton's and the plutocracy in general. ...
Monday, July 11, 2016

The man o’ independent mind

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A Man’s a Man Robert Burns 1795 What though on hamely fare we dine, Wear hoddin grey, an’ a that; Gie fools their silks, and knaves the...
Sunday, July 10, 2016

Smarter people are more prejudiced against larger numbers of people than anyone else

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Well that is an interesting trove of data I have not seen commented upon. From Answering Unresolved Questions about the Relationship betwee...

Beaver slides

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Yesterday I was down in the nature preserve checking out some downed trees across the creek. We have deer, blue heron, box turtles, red tai...

Distracted from distraction by distraction

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In today's sermon, our minister quoted the line Distracted from distraction by distraction It is from T.S. Eliot's The Four Quartet...