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the brave little poaster
virgil_30
Take of the day:Keeping an updated, publicized running list of your mistakes and how you fixed them (think SSC) is meant to signal disinterest/rationality. It's always almost entirely for optics,
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harmonylion1
Understanding is a courageous act. How so?Many people are entirely unable to understand new ideas.They arenât stupid or uneducated, so whatâs the problem?The problem is their *emotional reaction against the
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ArtfulPrudence
ArtfulPrudence
The Power of RuthlessnessThread Calculated ruthlessness is one of the most potent facets of the wise. Ruthlessness is less about avoiding compassion and more about not letting pity guide you.
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akemi homura
akemi_homura_18
While I get the point youâre trying to make, I want to deconstruct some of these points here with some friendly constructive criticism from the perspective of someone with schizophrenia
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The Strix
the_strix
A followup to yesterday's thread: Mythos and LogosTwo ways of understanding the world, and why we as humans need both. https://twitter.com/Frevilo1/status/1292452650542407681 Mythos and Logos are Greek words. They both roughly
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Jeet Heer
HeerJeet
1. With the impeachment trial resuming, it's worth reflecting on the huge differences between the House managers (professional, focused, convincing) and Trump's lawyers (meandering, incoherent & threatening). But also that
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Alex Imas
alexoimas
Came across post on Gigerenzer's "The Bias Bias in Behavioral Economics." Know Gigerenzer's work well - teach it in my classes. While agree on some points, my sense is he
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Berna Devezer
zerdeve
Great thread. Interesting how I find philosophical approaches on these issues more compelling than scientistsâ âpuristâ stance that assumes some magical neutrality or rationality. Weâre always partial. Itâs ok. Science
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Shengwu Li
ShengwuLi
Econtwitter, it is time for that twice-annual celebration, in which we model as individual decision problems that which should properly be modeled as a psychological game. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/08998256899000
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Grimly Optimistic
RDGStout
(1) âChristendom itself could not indefinitely survive the corrosive power of the revelation that Christianity itself had introduced into Western culture. Christian cultureâs often misunderstood but ultimately irrepressible consciousnes
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Adjacent Possible
Sage_Opinion
If you think that there has been censorship or 'information management' on issues such as Brexit or the Chinese coronavirus, then perhaps you should keep your mind open to the
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Peter Boghossian
peterboghossian
How to destroy civilization in 10 easy steps:1) Claim that science, reason, and rationality are tools of oppression. 2) Focus on equality of outcome at the expense of equality of
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Adam Habib
AdHabb
1. My support of the Presidentâs decision to escalate to a tier 3 lockdown has animated 2 groups on my account:the Trumpian âRooi gevaarâ clan whose concern is the economy,
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Ben Pile
clim8resistance
The internet should be neat lawns, picket fences, and net curtains.https://twitter.com/timothy_stanley/status/1347902091549962244 The real world used to be as vulgar and rude as the Internet. Watch this film made in 1964
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Josh Wolfe
wolfejosh
1/ Absolutely PERFECT from @scmallaby in @washingtonpost Some highlighted excerptshttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/01/30/good-guys-gamestop-story-its-hedge-funds-short-sellers/ 2/ "...at least our culture generally applauds
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John Peet
JohnGPeet
As so often, the consensus today is that we will get a Brexit trade deal, probably during next week. But I have my doubts.(Thread) 1/ The consensus is based on
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