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by swehner 11y ago
Somehow "mathematics" seems much broader than "theoretical physicist." But here's a simple starting point: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Mathematics
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by swehner 11y ago
Malcolm Gladwell warning!
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by swehner 11y ago
I can't tell how much of this is "quantum physics" and how much is "mathematical theory that also arises in quantum physics". As in, I doubt their construction allows "building something" which then allow
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by swehner 11y ago
George Bush,and for Canada, Harper, come to mind.
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by swehner 11y ago
No such thing as "fraternal grandparents"
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by swehner 11y ago
I don't think the "Supreme Court" is held in high esteem. And it shouldn't be either. Keyword #laughingstock
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by swehner 11y ago
Surprised they don't mention wine, beer and chocolate (and to a lesser extent, tobacco) which also involve fermentation.
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by swehner 11y ago
Obviously, some economists like globalization and "levelling the playing field". However, it will probably be recognized as a fashion and fad soon enough. (How far do economists think ahead? 3 months or what?) There's value i
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by swehner 11y ago
Self-driving cars, anyone? Trucks are coming first, I'd think
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by swehner 11y ago
Thanks!
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Alan Turing connection, Chemical Basis of Morphogenesis, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chemical_Basis_of_Morphoge... noise is useful for producing patterns.
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by swehner 11y ago
Calling the NYT left-wing is pretty amusing.
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They skipped over this one: Why the New York Times Matters
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Sounds like the "economists" didn't think too much the first time around.
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I had written about how limits are not necessarily bad: http://stephan.sugarmotor.org/2010/08/couple-of-thoughts-abo... One can make good arguments in favour of trade barriers as well (related also: "globa
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by swehner 11y ago
You ask "Is that seriously the point PG is making here?" I think that is indeed the case. I also suggest that your writing doesn't make any kind of valuable argument against that suggestion. Yes, of course, "because the
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It's ok to mention Popper, but the book was more of an argument with Imre Lakatos, as I remember it.
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Something called global warming? What I understood, this is quite a wasteful machine.
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Just write shorter books.
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So the conflict of this paradox is that most people will not play this game, but it actually is a worthwhile game to play - if someone were to offer you to play it. That's not the usual meaning of the word paradox.
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by swehner 11y ago
Addiction -- is simply its own category.
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There were problems with the concrete mix even before they started pouring. http://www.concreteconstruction.net/infrastructure-projects/... (Feb 2013)
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by swehner 11y ago
I don't think the article makes it too obvious, but he died in 1992. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Beser A person who thinks they know lots, but actually don't. Especially with age they think they are
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by swehner 11y ago
Totally uninteresting.
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Just a silly rant against the UN. There's many of those.
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Not sure what "No" refers to. I found this listed under Education at http://www.fordham.edu/info/23171/john_pfaff : University of Chicago: BA, 1997; JD, 2003; PhD (Economics), 2005
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by swehner 11y ago
A strange paper, difficult to follow, not well organized. Perhaps not surprisingly, the author is an economist. I do find it extremely odd when a scholar uses an informal term like "Drug inmate" (for example, p. 180)
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by swehner 11y ago
Funny - the NYT talking about "big ideas" in the title of the article. It's just an online shopping site ....
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What is that lack of understanding?
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by swehner 11y ago
Might work in some areas, but not the ones mentioned.

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