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MAGAnomics is literally based on a fallacy. So American Compass and the other MAGA think-tanks are rejecting basic economic principles.
New right "intellectuals" are a combination of grifters, sycophants, and idiots that should be ostracised accordingly.
MAGAnomics is literally based on a fallacy. So American Compass and the other MAGA think-tanks are rejecting basic economic principles.
New right "intellectuals" are a combination of grifters, sycophants, and idiots that should be ostracised accordingly.
They blocked my card simply for moving address, at the same time my passport was up for renewal. Hence, I am debanked until I receive my new passport.
As soon as I regain access, I am switching from @HSBC_UK. Their customer service is atrocious.
They blocked my card simply for moving address, at the same time my passport was up for renewal. Hence, I am debanked until I receive my new passport.
As soon as I regain access, I am switching from @HSBC_UK. Their customer service is atrocious.
What parts of being a conservative actually predict fertility? Surely not all of them, right?
In America, it's religiosity, followed by self-identifying as a conservative which predicts fertility. Net of those things, being a Republican is unrelated to fertility.
What parts of being a conservative actually predict fertility? Surely not all of them, right?
In America, it's religiosity, followed by self-identifying as a conservative which predicts fertility. Net of those things, being a Republican is unrelated to fertility. https://t.co/YKTNQE5Vb0
"One group has a simpler model than the other group as they ignore some relevant policy variables. We show that policy cycles must arise and that simple world views—which can be interpreted as populist world views—imply extreme policy choices. Periods in which those with a more…
"One group has a simpler model than the other group as they ignore some relevant policy variables. We show that policy cycles must arise and that simple world views—which can be interpreted as populist world views—imply extreme policy choices. Periods in which those with a more…
Although I'm not a professional philosopher, I wholly endorse and subscribe to this epistemic culture. My main reason for using X and for blogging is precisely to open up my ideas to objections.
I consider this approach as thinking out loud. Indeed, it allows us to think better.
Although I'm not a professional philosopher, I wholly endorse and subscribe to this epistemic culture. My main reason for using X and for blogging is precisely to open up my ideas to objections.
I consider this approach as thinking out loud. Indeed, it allows us to think better.
If folate deficiencies really did cause autism, then you would expect to see a sharp drop in the autism-by-birth-year curve in 1997, when folic acid fortification was mandated.
Instead, the curve continued its upward trend unabated.
If folate deficiencies really did cause autism, then you would expect to see a sharp drop in the autism-by-birth-year curve in 1997, when folic acid fortification was mandated.
Instead, the curve continued its upward trend unabated. https://t.co/4zLmErJSDY
Trump's drone-strike killing of 11 Venezuelans was unjust and illegal - and possibly start of effort to transform the awful War on Drugs into something like an even more awful real war: reason.com/volokh/2025/09…
Scholars once worried that China's gender ratio imbalance would lead to a generation of surplus men, fueling crime, chaos, and even war.
What we got instead was ... this.
This is precisely what I find in a new paper. Tariffs can "reindustrialize" the US in the sense that overall mfg employment will grow, but this growth masks reallocation away from advanced mfg to downstream consumer goods (what I call "toys" for short). Link in reply below.
This is precisely what I find in a new paper. Tariffs can "reindustrialize" the US in the sense that overall mfg employment will grow, but this growth masks reallocation away from advanced mfg to downstream consumer goods (what I call "toys" for short). Link in reply below.
There are wars in Sudan, Yemen, and Syria, with more deliberate civilian casualties, more starvation, more hardship, than in Gaza.
They are not called genocides.
And I just haven't heard a good argument for why.
There are wars in Sudan, Yemen, and Syria, with more deliberate civilian casualties, more starvation, more hardship, than in Gaza.
They are not called genocides.
And I just haven't heard a good argument for why.
The facts are clear, but international adoption studies do show that a lot of this is environmental.
Severe childhood deprivation stunts height, weight, head circumference, and IQ. betonit.ai/p/the_wonder_o…
The facts are clear, but international adoption studies do show that a lot of this is environmental.
Severe childhood deprivation stunts height, weight, head circumference, and IQ. betonit.ai/p/the_wonder_o…
Thread on the British criminal justice system. Far too much discretion is afforded to unaccountable individuals, which usually creates an authoritarian slant.
We really do need a codified constitution to guarantee our rights to due process, habeus corpus, and a fair trial.
Thread on the British criminal justice system. Far too much discretion is afforded to unaccountable individuals, which usually creates an authoritarian slant.
We really do need a codified constitution to guarantee our rights to due process, habeus corpus, and a fair trial.
The US continues to lose manufacturing jobs—payrolls are down nearly 100k over the last year, & another 12k jobs were lost in August.
Transportation (especially auto manufacturing) and electronics/electrical manufacturing are the biggest losers, but few subsectors are doing well
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