Luke Parrish
@lsparrish.bsky.social
Generalist specializing in antimatter production https://antimatter.productions/
Also a 40yo college student
Also a 40yo college student
You can sort of think of charisma as one intelligence subcategory, and skepticism as another, with some tradeoffs between the two specializations.
Proper skeptics are self-skeptical, so they are constantly developing counter-narratives for every narrative they form.
Proper skeptics are self-skeptical, so they are constantly developing counter-narratives for every narrative they form.
Trump and Musk share a commonality of somehow being both quite clever and extremely dumb which I (and others) have found confusing.
I have a model that has been working.
I think they’re both clever guys with extremely narrow worldviews.
I have a model that has been working.
I think they’re both clever guys with extremely narrow worldviews.
October 31, 2025 at 8:51 PM
You can sort of think of charisma as one intelligence subcategory, and skepticism as another, with some tradeoffs between the two specializations.
Proper skeptics are self-skeptical, so they are constantly developing counter-narratives for every narrative they form.
Proper skeptics are self-skeptical, so they are constantly developing counter-narratives for every narrative they form.
The Fool must memorize the entire number line before they ever learn to count.
This is why they eternally depend upon The Wise to count for them; to be spoon-fed in infinite sequence.
Lacking the concept of incrementation, each novel numeric quantity will seem a random guess to them
This is why they eternally depend upon The Wise to count for them; to be spoon-fed in infinite sequence.
Lacking the concept of incrementation, each novel numeric quantity will seem a random guess to them
December 23, 2024 at 6:35 PM
The Fool must memorize the entire number line before they ever learn to count.
This is why they eternally depend upon The Wise to count for them; to be spoon-fed in infinite sequence.
Lacking the concept of incrementation, each novel numeric quantity will seem a random guess to them
This is why they eternally depend upon The Wise to count for them; to be spoon-fed in infinite sequence.
Lacking the concept of incrementation, each novel numeric quantity will seem a random guess to them
This quote historically attributed to Franklin is likely fabricated. Franklin consistently advised young people to practice thrift!
Investing your time into education makes plenty of sense. But your money? The real Franklin would *not* advise you to empty your purse, let alone go into debt.
Investing your time into education makes plenty of sense. But your money? The real Franklin would *not* advise you to empty your purse, let alone go into debt.
On the topic of Pedantic Moments: Have you seen this phrase?
"If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him. An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest."
It's been attributed to Ben Franklin since ~ a century after he died.
"If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him. An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest."
It's been attributed to Ben Franklin since ~ a century after he died.
December 19, 2024 at 8:43 PM
This quote historically attributed to Franklin is likely fabricated. Franklin consistently advised young people to practice thrift!
Investing your time into education makes plenty of sense. But your money? The real Franklin would *not* advise you to empty your purse, let alone go into debt.
Investing your time into education makes plenty of sense. But your money? The real Franklin would *not* advise you to empty your purse, let alone go into debt.
Note to self: Focus on more positive/cool stuff, less on politics.
I'm still a twitter addict and my twitter stuff is more about science and more positively slanted. I think I've been coming here to vent without the worrying about algorithm noticing or something. I'll try to do better.
I'm still a twitter addict and my twitter stuff is more about science and more positively slanted. I think I've been coming here to vent without the worrying about algorithm noticing or something. I'll try to do better.
December 13, 2024 at 7:56 PM
Note to self: Focus on more positive/cool stuff, less on politics.
I'm still a twitter addict and my twitter stuff is more about science and more positively slanted. I think I've been coming here to vent without the worrying about algorithm noticing or something. I'll try to do better.
I'm still a twitter addict and my twitter stuff is more about science and more positively slanted. I think I've been coming here to vent without the worrying about algorithm noticing or something. I'll try to do better.
Reposted by Luke Parrish
The Jacquard loom is a GPU
November 11, 2024 at 12:06 PM
The Jacquard loom is a GPU
No quarter to assassins who threaten civilization and all that.
But the fact remains people are focused on health "insurance" now in connection to rationalism. So I recommend reading this rationalist solution to the problem. It's a 30 year old proposal.
www.overcomingbias.com/p/buy-health...
But the fact remains people are focused on health "insurance" now in connection to rationalism. So I recommend reading this rationalist solution to the problem. It's a 30 year old proposal.
www.overcomingbias.com/p/buy-health...
Buy Health Update
29 years ago, as a first year grad student, I published one of my best ideas:
www.overcomingbias.com
December 13, 2024 at 3:26 AM
No quarter to assassins who threaten civilization and all that.
But the fact remains people are focused on health "insurance" now in connection to rationalism. So I recommend reading this rationalist solution to the problem. It's a 30 year old proposal.
www.overcomingbias.com/p/buy-health...
But the fact remains people are focused on health "insurance" now in connection to rationalism. So I recommend reading this rationalist solution to the problem. It's a 30 year old proposal.
www.overcomingbias.com/p/buy-health...
Some rumors from toxic!Republicans going around that Hillary will run again. Obviously this has low likelihood of happening.
Just saying way in advance that if that happens, I'm not cool with it. There's too much division in this country already, and Hillary is too old to be running the government.
Just saying way in advance that if that happens, I'm not cool with it. There's too much division in this country already, and Hillary is too old to be running the government.
November 28, 2024 at 7:01 PM
Some rumors from toxic!Republicans going around that Hillary will run again. Obviously this has low likelihood of happening.
Just saying way in advance that if that happens, I'm not cool with it. There's too much division in this country already, and Hillary is too old to be running the government.
Just saying way in advance that if that happens, I'm not cool with it. There's too much division in this country already, and Hillary is too old to be running the government.
Fernando Borretti on Client Freedom
Elon Musk aspires for X to be the everything site, I think sincerely in his mind, but he has yet to grant it the fundamental level of freedom Bluesky enjoys.
I would go so far as to argue this is a form of free speech/censorship.
borretti.me/article/clie...
Elon Musk aspires for X to be the everything site, I think sincerely in his mind, but he has yet to grant it the fundamental level of freedom Bluesky enjoys.
I would go so far as to argue this is a form of free speech/censorship.
borretti.me/article/clie...
Client Freedom
On the decline of open protocols.
borretti.me
November 25, 2024 at 9:40 PM
Fernando Borretti on Client Freedom
Elon Musk aspires for X to be the everything site, I think sincerely in his mind, but he has yet to grant it the fundamental level of freedom Bluesky enjoys.
I would go so far as to argue this is a form of free speech/censorship.
borretti.me/article/clie...
Elon Musk aspires for X to be the everything site, I think sincerely in his mind, but he has yet to grant it the fundamental level of freedom Bluesky enjoys.
I would go so far as to argue this is a form of free speech/censorship.
borretti.me/article/clie...
Thing is, if you cap a price you get shortages according to economics. However if you subsidize you get surpluses. So the stable middle ground option is to do both simultaneously.
Trump could totally be scheming to launch his own subsidized credit card, the Trump Card
Trump could totally be scheming to launch his own subsidized credit card, the Trump Card
Hmmm... we did not have Bernie agreeing with Trump on anything on our Election BINGO Card.
November 17, 2024 at 10:18 PM
Thing is, if you cap a price you get shortages according to economics. However if you subsidize you get surpluses. So the stable middle ground option is to do both simultaneously.
Trump could totally be scheming to launch his own subsidized credit card, the Trump Card
Trump could totally be scheming to launch his own subsidized credit card, the Trump Card