guy
2d ago
From the article:
the so-called unitary executive theory, which states that the president has the sole authority over the executive branch
I straightforwardly thought this was always the case. I thought the current controversy around Trump was about whether his actions trampled on the domains of the other branches.
guy
10d ago
But these don't have to be handled federally. Honestly, student loans don't need to be government-granted at all.. why can't the market take care of that?
Public schools can be funded locally/state level. Though I'd rather just a federally-issued voucher for everyone and let schools compete for students.
guy
13d ago
I mean... libertarian and anarchist types were indeed complaining from at least Obama onward.
Are you in agreement that this executive is overstepping its powers, and just think it's justified?
If you think both this administration and the previous one are overstepping its powers... do you think they are doing it to the same degree? Which Biden-admin actions do you think are of a similar level to those mentioned above?
guy
16d ago
I don't see how Trump's plan would satisfy the leftist motte... Direct US control (ownership ?) of an area is the paragon case of "oppressor nation persecuting the poor browns".
guy
24d ago
I just can't believe I live in a world where "woke gender ideology" appears in official executive memos.
guy
25d ago
Beast Academy -- made by the Art of Problem Solving team -- might be challenging enough, and has a great online program. It's focused on elmentary-levle math but truly deep, wihch sounds like what OP is looking for.
https://mathpickle.com/ is a wonderful treasury of puzzles that will induce kids to think deeply on problems. Not an online program, rather an intro to puzzles to complete in meatworld. Probably better in groups but I do some of the puzzles 1-on-1 with my gifted 8yo.
guy
25d ago
I seek recommendations for a book about WWII for my son. He's 8 years old and is an advanced reader... he hasn't read much text targeted for adults but sucks down 500-page young adult fantasy novels on a day.
We watched a documentary about FDR and now he wants to learn about World War II. I think what I seek is something non-fiction targeted to adults but also targeted to popular consumption -- not something super dry but something a bit more meaty than a fantasy novel.
Alternatively, good fiction that's not just super depressing could be interesting as well.
guy
30d ago
Why do the donors want a crypto reserve? Just because it boosts the price of BTC? Or does that strategic reserve actually serve their interests in some other way?
guy
1mo ago
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.
guy
1mo ago
He's the guy who actually discovered nuclear fission. But you probably haven't heard of him.
guy
1mo ago
I guess I just wonder how much this sort of thing happens.
guy
1mo ago
Would you link to something that summarizes what goes on in public schools today?
guy
1mo 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
2mo 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
2mo 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
2mo 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
3mo 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
3mo 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
4mo 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
6mo 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
6mo 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
6mo 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
6mo 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.
On the flip side... how is the thought experiment helping illustrate anything to anyone who doesn't already agree with Searle's take? It's as if he's saying "...and obviously the room doesn't know anything so functionalism is wrong."
One man's modus ponens is another man's modus tollens. 🤷
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