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by raincom 3y ago
Same inference can be drawn from Arrow-Sen impossibility theorem that "there is no voting rule that satisfies the four desirable axioms of decisiveness, consensus, nondictatorship, and independence."
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I can understand about "old women". Can you clarify about "old money"? Just curious about it.
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Anti-corruption laws don't deal with collusions much, as there is no tangible proof of "pay for play" in such situations. Look at the US Senator Menedez case of late: he and his wife are stupid to accept cash, gold bars, Benz
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Which groups are affected? Any modem related? Maybe, Apple can scoop them.
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The way our teacher explained about justifications in general: one needs justifications in order to 'explain' unjust actions. Yes, it is morality all the way down. That's why we have theories for just war, because of th
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Egypt will never invade Gaza, as Egypt doesn't want Gaza strip (both land and people living in that strip). Egypt doesn't want to transform Palestinian problems into Egyptian problems. Egypt will get the blame for Hamas' acti
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by raincom 3y ago
At least when people 'think of a hotel room', they are happy with your assessment of these hotel rooms. In other words, expectations almost match. This is not the case with Airbnb: a large variance between what one expects, and wh
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by raincom 3y ago
That's why drugs go for clinical trials, because of ceteris paribus : researchers can't figure out the conditions under which cetera are paria . In many human situations, just instrumentalism (a philosophical stance) would do,
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‘Predictive’ = ‘empirical’ + non adhoc explanations
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There is no fractional reserve banking; in other words, deposits don’t create loans. On the contrary, loans create deposits. If people have good jobs with stability, they can get loans for homes, vehicles, vacations, etc.
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The folks who have the power to create inflation rules money. They borrow first to buy real assets with nominal currency; later pay with inflated money. Inflation is a hidden interest rate. real interest rate = inflation + nominal interest
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it is physiological, mostly triggered by signals (messed up hormones).
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Two descriptions of same phenomenon wrt CSIS and Air India: You and others claim that it is a f u c*k up; people in the deep say it is a malice, because CSIS wanted to protect its agent Surjan Singh Gill [0] https://espionage.sub
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by raincom 3y ago
CSIS agent was a co-conspirator of bombing Air India flight, that's why CSIS destroyed tapes under the guise that RCMP wouldn't protect anonymous informants. Of course, Canada can preach about "rule of law", "freedo
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If Australia can open doors for immigrants, so many qualified folks from the third world can immigrate to Australia to replace the exodus.
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by raincom 3y ago
Surjan Singh Gill was a CSIS Agent, and he was one of the co-conspirators of Air India and Narita bombings. That's why Canada can hide behind 'we fucked up our investigations'. Canada, RCMP, CSIS did not not screw up the Air
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by raincom 3y ago
CSIS destroyed evidence in that Air India 182 bombing case. Of course, Canadians have the prerogative to preach the world about free speech, the rule of law, etc. Why did CSIS destroy the evidence in that bombing case? Surjan Singh Gill wa
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by raincom 3y ago
CSIS actively sabotaged the investigation, it appears. [1] https://espionage.substack.com/p/canadian-intelligences-dirt... [2] https://espionage.substack.com/p/how-canadian-intelligence-a...
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SPJ code for journalists: An ethical journalist acts with integrity. So, what happened to NYT and WaPo? Are they saying that they are full of unethical journalists?
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The more you are attached to something, the harder it is for you to cope. If visa situation doesn't work out, be positive about the alternative: going back to another country or home country and start your life there. Since people don&
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by raincom 3y ago
Government debt doesn't need to be repaid, as long as exporters can swap their real assets with nominal currency USD. Sitting on such a luxury, one can preach to the world that 'govt debt doesn't need to repaid'. Go and
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Third-party doctrine, a loophole for the fourth amendment.
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It is a 'crime against sports'!
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Government can sponsor censorship through private entities such as non profits, think tanks, chairs, activist organizations, etc. So many ways, these days!!
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What if US entrepreneurs think that china market is not profitable in the long run, as their core tech gets replicated by Chinese?
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by raincom 3y ago
As I wrote in another reply, evidence based medicine (EBM) = population, intervention, comparison and outcome (PICO). In other words, PICO = RCT Randomized Control Trials. To me, EBM is medical instrumentalism (as instrumentalism is one of
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Evidence based medicine (EBM) = population, intervention, comparison and outcome (PICO). In other words, PICO = RCT Randomized Control Trials. To me, EBM is medical instrumentalism (instrumentalism is one of philosophies of sciences): pick
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Found that borderland beat piece: https://www.borderlandbeat.com/2019/01/new-hypothesis-ayotzi...
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Well, just as every country in the world wants to export stuff (clothes, commodities, manufactured goods, all the junk available on aliexpress) to the states and other rich countries, so do the cartels and criminal gangs in poor counties. T
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Can you paste that particular borderlandbeat.com post on this?

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