guy
1d ago
He's the guy who actually discovered nuclear fission. But you probably haven't heard of him.
guy
2d ago
I guess I just wonder how much this sort of thing happens.
guy
18d ago
Would you link to something that summarizes what goes on in public schools today?
guy
25d ago
If we do this, do Americans “win”? Well, not biologically. We would have won a socially constructed number-based game that has zero impact on our biological success.
Your biological definition of success, especially keyed to some concept of the American "people" that's supposedly cached out to something biological (is it white people? Anglo-Amerocans, descendents of anyone present in 1776?) is just as constructed. You're begging the question on the question of immigration by defining success that way.
Okay, if we add a bunch of Indians and have the best economy on the world, I (a white American with pre-revolutionary ancestry) win in many ways: the technology of my country develops rapidly, I am able to buy many products for cheap and I have a high income, the value of my dollar is worth a lot globally, my physical security is backed by the mightiest military in the world, I have a vast selection of consumer goods, my kids get reach adulthood in a country with new and thriving businesses that they can be part of.
A thriving economy puts more options on the table for me and my kin. Why wouldn't I want that?
guy
1mo ago
But as a white-collar worker who gets up at normal o'clock, waking up in the dark is something I do not want to deal with on a regular basis, as it is noticeable harder to get going in the morning when it's still dark.
Then tell your employer that if they want to keep you, you must be allowed to come in later during the winter. Why is this the government's job to solve?
guy
1mo ago
Hm, you learn something every day. For some reason I had always imagined this idiom arrived from something nautical and pictured... a tugboat? Towing some kind of line?
guy
1mo ago
It doesn't take a super-Straussian read of Scott's material to know that he is into eugenics. I suppose he has always towed the line of encouraging eugenic reproduction rather than discouraging dysgenic reproduction, so this does feel like a newer take.
guy
2mo ago
Hmm, but then why do I hear stereotypes about various central American or SE Asian countries being very friendly? I'm sure there are many rude tourists there, but somehow they come away thinking everyone is nice.
guy
2mo ago
Oh my God I am just completely mind fucked for the night. It's like a ZHPL story. I just don't even... I'm watching a YouTuber talk about his phone call with Egon Cholokian and I'm just... So confused. My best hypothesis is "low-popularity Youtuber sees this weird story on Destiny's channel and wanted to make a fun stream about it by pretending that he had a phone call with a possibly-AI character" and it makes me crazy because it's so dumb but the least dumb hypothesis I can think of.
guy
3mo ago
It also explains why having a high IQ doesn’t appear to be related to skill in music composition
What's your source here? I've certainly read that musical ability is positively correlated with IQ, but it seems that maybe there's something you know about music composition specifically?
guy
5mo ago
I am Chinese in origin, and I can confidently say that if outsiders moved in and learned and spoke Chinese and did so for a thousand years, they would still be foreigners. (No one thinks that Mongols are Chinese.)
Yes but no one thinks the Mongols immigrated "recently".
The point here is that it's not people saying "we don't like foreigners" but rather criticizing policies that are not 20 years old.
guy
5mo ago
I (American) remember ordering two beers at an English pub, holding up two fngers, palm-inward, and being told by the bartender something to the effect of "Mate, never do that. Palm facing me."
guy
5mo ago
What exactly is a "continued call"? Do you think Scott should be posting on every example of cancel culture? He (and many others) have been consistently against it.
guy
5mo ago
I think this is an appeal to take the outside view. If your reference class is "partisans who feel strongly that their current enemy is the most evil thing ever" then you see that other members of that class are mistaken about their attributions of evil.
I've gobbled up everything ZHPL has written except that one; I didn't finish it. I guess it was supposed to be funny in an over the top kind of way? Idk it just didn't grab me at all.
guy
6mo ago
I can't help but disagree here. Lots of 21-year-olds like kinky sex. Not to mention with a celebrity! WhT a bonus! Where's the immorality?
guy
6mo ago
But the latter is arguably preferable if there is more productivity. Sure, the cram schools example works well be ause there doesn't actually appear to be much value in the additional knowledge. But a bunch of, say, programmers on Adderall means we all get to enjoy more and better software.
guy
11mo ago
I wonder if it has to do with increased marijuana use. My impression is that it has skyrocketed the past few years, and most people don't think driving stones is dangerous.
guy
1yr ago
I think stating that she goes to church, and emphasizing the religion's role in answering ultimate questions makes me think she's actually talking about converting.
guy
1yr ago
And if you were there, you would know that the "proto-woke" side was the creationist intelligent design one.
idk, Scott makes a compelling case that the proto-woke side was the atheists. That coheres with my personal experience as well. https://slatestarcodex.com/2019/10/30/new-atheism-the-godlessness-that-failed/
guy
1yr ago
In my experience, it's the losers that do most of the bullying. The kids with dysfunctional families who don't have anything going for them. The actually smart, successful, socially adept and resilient kids... often do a lot of posturing and casually put others down... but the kids who go out of their ways to be bullies are not our future stars.
guy
1yr ago
Yeah, that middle school was a horrible horrible time for me, filled with with what would rightly be classified is ongoing physical abuse and verbal harassment in an adult context. The setting of middle school makes bullying a much bigger issue than most people will ever encounter as adults.
I don't know what the best solution is -- I don't want kids' lives getting ruined because they were a dick as a 12-year-old -- but I think it's perfectly appropriate for a school to investigate and take serious action on it.
I have to admit, I was surprised and I am trying to acknowledge that my prediction was wrong: when I read the text I thought that whatever Elon did would have to be a stretch to call a Nazi salute.
Then I watched the video and... yeah, idk. Based on priors I assume he wasn't trying to do a Nazi salute, but it really is what it looks like to me prima facie. If you point out that "no, a real Nazi salute is..." I just have to say: yes, I believe you, but that salute definitely fits with a normie imagining of what it looks like.
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