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Creative destruction in dating
14 Feb 2024 Leave a comment
in economics of education, economics of information, economics of love and marriage, economics of media and culture, law and economics Tags: dating markets, marriage and divorce
Weaponizing ‘The Science’
14 Feb 2024 Leave a comment
in economics of education, economics of information, economics of media and culture, health economics, liberalism, Marxist economics, politics - USA Tags: Age of Enlightenment, conjecture and refutation, free speech, philosophy of science, political correctness, regressive left
Pielke Jr. argues like this: “The notion of consensus-as-truth has been operationalized in various forms: journalistic “fact checkers,” academic “misinformation” researchers, and content moderation on social media platforms. The practical effect is the creation of self-appointed arbiters of truth — journalists, academics, social media platforms, and even governments — who render judgments on acceptable and unacceptable speech according to conformance with an acceptable view.”
Weaponizing ‘The Science’
Jon Haidt goes after DEI
13 Feb 2024 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, economics of education, economics of media and culture, income redistribution, law and economics, liberalism, Marxist economics, politics - USA, Public Choice Tags: Age of Enlightenment, free speech, political correctness, regressive left
A lot of academics who haven’t previously gone after DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) initiatives are coming out of the woodwork to criticize the philosophy and actions of DEI. New critics include Steve Pinker, who, in his Boston Globe article on how to fix the problems of Harvard, included “Disempowering DEI” as one of the […]
Jon Haidt goes after DEI
Correlations between spouses
11 Feb 2024 Leave a comment
in economics of love and marriage, economics of media and culture, human capital, labour economics, law and economics, population economics Tags: marriage and divorce
Correlations between spouses Extraversion: r= .005Neuroticism: .082Height: .227Weight: .154Education: .5Political party: .6 “Mates tend to be positively but weakly concordant on personality and physical traits, but concordance of political attitudes is extremely high” pic.twitter.com/BmdpySfakh — Rob Henderson (@robkhenderson) February 10, 2024
Correlations between spouses
The “Unassailable” Theory Faces a Potential Unanimous Rejection
10 Feb 2024 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, economics of media and culture, law and economics, liberalism, Marxist economics, politics - USA, Public Choice Tags: 2024 presidential election, constitutional law, regressive left
This week, the argument before the Supreme Court in Trump v. Anderson captivated the nation as the justices considered the disqualification of former President Donald Trump from the 2024 presidential ballot. For some of us, the argument brought back vivid memories of covering Bush v. Gore almost 25 years ago. While one justice (Clarence Thomas) […]
The “Unassailable” Theory Faces a Potential Unanimous Rejection
Robot Racism: Pittsburgh Professor Sounds Alarm Over “Interacting with White Robots”
05 Feb 2024 Leave a comment
in economics of education, economics of media and culture Tags: political correctness, racial discrimination, regressive left
In today’s academic environment, there often seems a race to racialize common practices or terminology. Publications clamor for such articles and discovering another hidden racist element in society can bring academic accolades. However, others have already staked out many such areas such as mathematics, astrophysics, statistics, meritocracy, climate change, dieting, tipping, skiing, chess, and organized pantries. Most recently, the American Psychological Association declared that merit-based hiring may […]
Robot Racism: Pittsburgh Professor Sounds Alarm Over “Interacting with White Robots”
Fashionable in the good old days
27 Jan 2024 Leave a comment
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Moon photo shot
26 Jan 2024 Leave a comment
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Me too
15 Jan 2024 Leave a comment
in economic history, economics of media and culture Tags: recycling
The Thorntonbank offshore windpark perfectly shows the earth curvature.
14 Jan 2024 Leave a comment
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How Inertial Navigation Changed Air, Sea & Space Travel for Ever?
12 Jan 2024 Leave a comment
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The Navajo Nation tries to prevent human ashes from being sent to the Moon
10 Jan 2024 Leave a comment
in economics of media and culture, politics - USA Tags: moon landing
Here’s an example of how indigenous peoples, on the basis of their superstitions and religion, try to control modern technology or how it’s used and science. In this case, reported by CNN (click on screenshot below), a commercial enterprise is taking some small amounts of human remains (presumably ashes, though it’s not clear) to the […]
The Navajo Nation tries to prevent human ashes from being sent to the Moon
Holiday safety advice
29 Dec 2023 Leave a comment
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Meat Made Us Human
29 Dec 2023 Leave a comment
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Humans are now in the optimal position of growing grain to feed animals to produce meat.
Meat Made Us Human
Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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