#THEORY

Grant Gaines

DGrantGaines

Will never understand why some SBCers can’t agree that a secular theory can still be “a useful analytical tool.” Don’t have to give it carte blanche approval. If CRT has

Jay Bookman

jaysbookman

I've been asking myself this question too, and I've come up with a theory that might explain why conservatives are so quick to purge themselves of those they perceive as

John Carlos Baez

johncarlosbaez

Physicists measure spin in units of 1/2, but if you double these you get natural numbers. A particle of spin j and one of spin k can turn into one

Teri Kanefield

Teri_Kanefield

Hungarian scholar Balint Magyar offers a theory that explains why the US is holding out against the same tactics that caused other countries to collapse into autocracy.His theory also explains

The Independent Whig

TheWhig

1/ I think @HPluckrose and @ConceptualJames left a chapter out of their book Cynical Theories: Critical Conservative Theory CCT is the subject of the core study justifying the existence of

Tropical Jacobite, Rubiconpilled

tropicjacobite

1. I'm afraid Mr. Yarvin has fallen victim to what Olavo de Carvalho named the "Cognitive Parallax", wherein theoretical constructions from an intellectual simply do not conform to that intellectual's

Jessica Flack

C4COMPUTATION

The Information Theory of Individuality (ITT) has been selected by Quanta as one of 2020's science breakthroughs. Thanks to @QuantaMagazine for recognizing our work @sfiscience+for the tremendous public service it

Anton Hilado

anton_hilado

Some number theory basics: A minithread1/n This thread is going to be very basic, and many people here know this. But maybe not all! And they may still be interested,

Peli Grietzer

peligrietzer

Hyperbole is to right-now what irony was to the '90s The mode of speech holding the key to the contemporary, or whatnot It's so forgotten as a formal concept these

Total Pronoun Anarchy

GreyWays

Opinion of unknown popularity:Affective empathy without a strong concept of other minds can be extremely toxic. Affective empathy isn't literally feeling what the other person is feeling, it's feeling how

akaaashi enthusiast

BOKUAKASWRLD

okay but everyone agrees that akaashi fell inlove at this moment but i have this theory, i feel like in this moment he fel admiration, of want, of wanting to

Rachel "The Doc" Bitecofer 📈🔭🍌

RachelBitecofer

1. Correct. As I wrote my book diagnosing @HillaryClinton's loss (I'd argue singularly properly, no other book/analysis gets this right) I began to formulate the theory that would eventually become

DING DONG THE RUSH IS DEAD

tonygoldmark

Extremely Online Leftism has trained leftists to hate Establishment Democrats MORE they hate than outright fascists. Do you want horseshoe theory? Cuz that's how you get horseshoe theory. Maybe I'm

lizzy.

punchdrunklizzy

so, Auteur Theory.you might be wondering what it is, or you might be wondering what's good or bad about it, or why there's been arguments about it, but the most

Kenny Rowe

kennyrowe

I've been thinking about Enrico Fermi You know that physicist that's best known for his contribution to astronomy. AKA the Fermi paradox One possible solution to the paradox is the

Kevin Roose

kevinroose

I wrote about Valerie Gilbert, a QAnon believer I know. Maybe you know someone like her, too.https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/17/technology/qanon-meme-queen.html A lot of QAnon punditry proceeds from the assumption that everyone who believes

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