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My only hypothesis that needed validation here is that you're a former (theoretical?) physicist who has never been unblinded from your cynicism by say, living o

My only hypothesis that needed validation here is that you're a former (theoretical?) physicist who has never been unblinded from your cynicism by say, living outside a well-paid Anglo bubble, or maybe by getting the chance to level-up in statistics professionally (working at ai for the MMAANG doesn't count, and you know it) Let's revisit this conversation in 20 years' time when Pakistan has leapfrogged India. Keeping my fingers crossed for Ukraine

sigmoid10 2y ago
I literally don't know what you're talking about, but it seems quite personal, off-topic, or plain delusional. It seems you are the one who really needs to spend some more time abroad to widen your perspectives. But I realize how this is easy to say for someone from a high income country who spent a lot of time working and travelling abroad, while people from low income countries will simply never get to see much of that. So I suppose the best I can say is that I feel sorry for you if you think this is what sets us apart. I wish the world didn't work that way.
- vinnyvichy 2y ago
  >We cannot rule out the possibility that this ambivalence may have been intentional on Philodemus’s part Don't feel sorry, that's arrogance too :) More productively, how do you think your hypotheses differs from mine? All I'm saying here is, the question of how to find data in the world to answer the question of whether reducing inequality improves trust in society deserves attention and interest. Don't just stop at the null hypothesis? Cynicism means, waiting for data to reveal itself, even in absence of any nonnullhypothesis. Quite (median) physicist, to be fair? You also don't have to assume the null hypothesis that I am not like you :)
  - sigmoid10 2y ago
    Since you judged me so quickly on my comment history, let me return the favour: You seem to stem from an underprivileged background without formal education but have still accumulated a wide range of self taught topics which you use to engage in dogmatic ideologic discussions that never penetrate the surface, because if someone challenges you outside your shallow depth, you only get evasive and change the topic. Tbh this seems like a huge waste of time for any conversation, so you'll have to excuse me if I disengage here.
    - vinnyvichy 2y ago
      Haha you are wrong.. I have a PhD.. and a number of MSc..

sigmoid10 2y ago

I literally don't know what you're talking about, but it seems quite personal, off-topic, or plain delusional. It seems you are the one who really needs to spend some more time abroad to widen your perspectives. But I realize how this is easy to say for someone from a high income country who spent a lot of time working and travelling abroad, while people from low income countries will simply never get to see much of that. So I suppose the best I can say is that I feel sorry for you if you think this is what sets us apart. I wish the world didn't work that way.

vinnyvichy 2y ago
>We cannot rule out the possibility that this ambivalence may have been intentional on Philodemus’s part Don't feel sorry, that's arrogance too :) More productively, how do you think your hypotheses differs from mine? All I'm saying here is, the question of how to find data in the world to answer the question of whether reducing inequality improves trust in society deserves attention and interest. Don't just stop at the null hypothesis? Cynicism means, waiting for data to reveal itself, even in absence of any nonnullhypothesis. Quite (median) physicist, to be fair? You also don't have to assume the null hypothesis that I am not like you :)
- sigmoid10 2y ago
  Since you judged me so quickly on my comment history, let me return the favour: You seem to stem from an underprivileged background without formal education but have still accumulated a wide range of self taught topics which you use to engage in dogmatic ideologic discussions that never penetrate the surface, because if someone challenges you outside your shallow depth, you only get evasive and change the topic. Tbh this seems like a huge waste of time for any conversation, so you'll have to excuse me if I disengage here.
  - vinnyvichy 2y ago
    Haha you are wrong.. I have a PhD.. and a number of MSc..