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Seriously? We have to fund the war in Ukraine because otherwise, western governments will invade their neighbors too? That’s childish.
December 26, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Seriously? We have to fund the war in Ukraine because otherwise, western governments will invade their neighbors too? That’s childish.
Yeah terrible guy. Documented countless human rights violations for the public, #1 advocate for Gaza in the US for 50 years, marched to end the Vietnam war, was the voice of progressive politics for decades, very friendly and patient person… just terrible
December 13, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Yeah terrible guy. Documented countless human rights violations for the public, #1 advocate for Gaza in the US for 50 years, marched to end the Vietnam war, was the voice of progressive politics for decades, very friendly and patient person… just terrible
Its funny to see all these fake progressives come out of the woodwork to attack Chomsky’s character over stray pieces of information like this. His actions speak far louder than the actions of any other academic. He actually stood for justice and human rights, didn't just tweet about it.
December 13, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Its funny to see all these fake progressives come out of the woodwork to attack Chomsky’s character over stray pieces of information like this. His actions speak far louder than the actions of any other academic. He actually stood for justice and human rights, didn't just tweet about it.
The whole case was about which ballots were “valid” votes. And the ones who made a habit of legislating from the bench in that court were the dissenters in Bush v Gore.
December 12, 2025 at 10:44 AM
The whole case was about which ballots were “valid” votes. And the ones who made a habit of legislating from the bench in that court were the dissenters in Bush v Gore.
I agree with your point but the dominant view in cogsci now is that people can learn basically everything through associative learning - even language. So the fact that human behavior is predictable doesn’t imply that it‘s biologically constrained or follows fixed rules.
December 10, 2025 at 10:44 PM
I agree with your point but the dominant view in cogsci now is that people can learn basically everything through associative learning - even language. So the fact that human behavior is predictable doesn’t imply that it‘s biologically constrained or follows fixed rules.
The insinuation that Chomsky of all people is a pedophile is ridiculous. If anyone has earned enough moral authority to be treated innocent until proven guilty, it is him
November 14, 2025 at 12:01 AM
The insinuation that Chomsky of all people is a pedophile is ridiculous. If anyone has earned enough moral authority to be treated innocent until proven guilty, it is him
Chomsky may have known Epstein, but it should be noted that he replied to EVERYONES emails with serious responses. You could be a plumber from Idaho and he would respond to your email about the pros and cons of using artificial grass.
November 13, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Chomsky may have known Epstein, but it should be noted that he replied to EVERYONES emails with serious responses. You could be a plumber from Idaho and he would respond to your email about the pros and cons of using artificial grass.
Theres another option. You can say that intelligence is a real power with objective reality, but that we have no method for measuring it. I think a truly deflationary view (there is no intelligence, its just a term to describe performance), is too radical.
November 6, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Theres another option. You can say that intelligence is a real power with objective reality, but that we have no method for measuring it. I think a truly deflationary view (there is no intelligence, its just a term to describe performance), is too radical.
This makes me think of the attempts to account for this extra complexity by using stochastic/chaotic mathematical models in analyzing e.g. social networks. To me, such attempts can never deliver the highly contextual/cultural understanding that a qualitative analysis can.
November 5, 2025 at 9:30 PM
This makes me think of the attempts to account for this extra complexity by using stochastic/chaotic mathematical models in analyzing e.g. social networks. To me, such attempts can never deliver the highly contextual/cultural understanding that a qualitative analysis can.
Every democrat is okay with this. It has been going on for as long as the CIA existed, and was massively ramped up by none other than Obama
October 23, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Every democrat is okay with this. It has been going on for as long as the CIA existed, and was massively ramped up by none other than Obama
Partisan gerrymandering is legal though. And the supreme court is likely about to rule that enforcing minority-majority districts is unconstitutional so I don’t understand what legal challenge the Democrats think they can bring.
October 22, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Partisan gerrymandering is legal though. And the supreme court is likely about to rule that enforcing minority-majority districts is unconstitutional so I don’t understand what legal challenge the Democrats think they can bring.
Biden gave Netenyahu the green light to carry out a genocide and you are blaming Trump for why Biden didn’t secure peace?
October 14, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Biden gave Netenyahu the green light to carry out a genocide and you are blaming Trump for why Biden didn’t secure peace?
I don’t get it. Wasn’t the primary United decision based on 1a interpretation and concern for government censorship of media companies? What does this quote have to do with either of those things?
October 13, 2025 at 9:44 PM
I don’t get it. Wasn’t the primary United decision based on 1a interpretation and concern for government censorship of media companies? What does this quote have to do with either of those things?
No? They have agreed to everything except for the supranational transitional government that is point 9. The points regarding the economy Hamas points out that the Palestinians must be consulted on those matters, its not purely up to Hamas.
This is a genuine acceptance.
This is a genuine acceptance.
October 3, 2025 at 11:44 PM
No? They have agreed to everything except for the supranational transitional government that is point 9. The points regarding the economy Hamas points out that the Palestinians must be consulted on those matters, its not purely up to Hamas.
This is a genuine acceptance.
This is a genuine acceptance.
I hope everyone reads this. An estimated 60% of gain in autism diagnoses is due to loosened diagnostic criteria, meaning most autistic people do not have the 1990 “version” of autism. The loosened definition makes it debatable if we should even be concerned about people having it.
September 25, 2025 at 4:36 PM
I hope everyone reads this. An estimated 60% of gain in autism diagnoses is due to loosened diagnostic criteria, meaning most autistic people do not have the 1990 “version” of autism. The loosened definition makes it debatable if we should even be concerned about people having it.
Microecon has major methodological issues, and no one has solutions. If a philosopher thinks that some heterodox theory is the way forward then they should write about it. Could happen. Theres also UG vs neuro LP In linguistics. The former might be heterodox now, but surely it deserves attention.
September 19, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Microecon has major methodological issues, and no one has solutions. If a philosopher thinks that some heterodox theory is the way forward then they should write about it. Could happen. Theres also UG vs neuro LP In linguistics. The former might be heterodox now, but surely it deserves attention.
You are joking right? Being a US congressman is extremely lucrative. The reason that people don’t run for office is because the two parties have an oligopoly on elections and there is a filtering system for who is allowed to win. Here are their stock disclosures: www.quiverquant.com/congress-liv...
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September 18, 2025 at 10:32 PM
You are joking right? Being a US congressman is extremely lucrative. The reason that people don’t run for office is because the two parties have an oligopoly on elections and there is a filtering system for who is allowed to win. Here are their stock disclosures: www.quiverquant.com/congress-liv...
Are you saying that your feed is full of politics, or research? If the latter, then I may borrow from your following list.
September 5, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Are you saying that your feed is full of politics, or research? If the latter, then I may borrow from your following list.
Claims to have left the cult and yet all of his references are from Friston, hmm… ;) One day historians of science will look back on this time as the Bayesian Era
August 22, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Claims to have left the cult and yet all of his references are from Friston, hmm… ;) One day historians of science will look back on this time as the Bayesian Era
There’s a new book coming out by A.I. Winner called LLM Behavior. It turns out that you can get LLMs to do things if you let it write about Gothic literature afterwards. Kind of strange but it works!
August 19, 2025 at 5:55 PM
There’s a new book coming out by A.I. Winner called LLM Behavior. It turns out that you can get LLMs to do things if you let it write about Gothic literature afterwards. Kind of strange but it works!
I get that we want value-based rankings of say, the severity of states of depression, for practical reasons. But calling those rankings “measurements” seems like a misuse of the word. If I decide “The evilest government is the Israeli one” surely I’m not measuring anything. Its just an opinion.
August 15, 2025 at 11:53 PM
I get that we want value-based rankings of say, the severity of states of depression, for practical reasons. But calling those rankings “measurements” seems like a misuse of the word. If I decide “The evilest government is the Israeli one” surely I’m not measuring anything. Its just an opinion.
I understand your frustration, but can we avoid posting strawmans here? I know it was common for twitter but can’t this place be held to a higher standard? The criticism is that suppression of speech for one cause invites speech suppression by another cause. No one disagrees with reducing racism.
August 12, 2025 at 3:47 PM
I understand your frustration, but can we avoid posting strawmans here? I know it was common for twitter but can’t this place be held to a higher standard? The criticism is that suppression of speech for one cause invites speech suppression by another cause. No one disagrees with reducing racism.
I can’t buy this argument. We saw exactly how academia responds to authoritarian control when the mass surveillance program was exposed - academia does nothing. There was no organizing, not on a meaningful scale anyway. To this day there is no support for Snowden.
July 21, 2025 at 4:27 PM
I can’t buy this argument. We saw exactly how academia responds to authoritarian control when the mass surveillance program was exposed - academia does nothing. There was no organizing, not on a meaningful scale anyway. To this day there is no support for Snowden.
FIRE has been very consistent actually.
July 18, 2025 at 4:03 PM
FIRE has been very consistent actually.
Something not mentioned: rich students, starting in HS, are taught how to tailor their profiles to perfection. Compare that to me: no one ever mentioned college to me (or how admissions works) until my Senior year of high school. The arms race in admissions fuels this inequality.
June 25, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Something not mentioned: rich students, starting in HS, are taught how to tailor their profiles to perfection. Compare that to me: no one ever mentioned college to me (or how admissions works) until my Senior year of high school. The arms race in admissions fuels this inequality.