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> Why bad faith? Most of the critic he makes against Pascal was sorted out by Pascal dialects. That reminds me of Yes, We Have Noticed The Skulls [0]. [0] htt
by thewakalix 5y ago
> Why bad faith? Most of the critic he makes against Pascal was sorted out by Pascal dialects.
That reminds me of Yes, We Have Noticed The Skulls [0].
[0] https://slatestarcodex.com/2017/04/07/yes-we-have-noticed-the-skulls/ https://slatestarcodex.com/2017/04/07/yes-we-have-noticed-th...
- pjmlp 5y agoGreat read, thanks for sharing.
- tialaramex 5y agoHowever, the author assumes that it follows if you've Noticed The Skulls you would choose to do it differently next time. That's not necessarily so. Arthur Laffer is an economist. Laffer has helped provide advice to numerous Republicans and Republican projects which of course didn't achieve their stated goals (e.g. Trump's massive tax cuts for the wealthy which Laffer claimed would grow the US economy by 6%). I'm confident Laffer has Noticed The Skulls, but why should he care? Advice that destroys the US economy but further enriches those who already have more than enough worked out great for Laffer.
- thewakalix 5y agoNot particularly. The title would be pretty awkward if it were Yes, We Have Noticed The Skulls, Condemned Them, And Promised Not To Do Them Again, but the body of the article describes exactly that. Has Laffer said "mea culpa" and made significant and visible efforts to prevent the skulls from happening again? If not, then that's not what Scott's describing.