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by syki 5y ago
…I don’t have anything intelligible to say about them. I don’t either!
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by syki 5y ago
Yes! ZFC can’t prove it’s own consistency or completeness but a larger theory can do this. I think ZFC + Inaccessible Cardinal can prove ZFC is consistent. I had two points in these posts. One is that none of this pertains to whether or
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by syki 5y ago
Arithmetic is complete in ZFC. Well, in each model of ZFC sits a model of arithmetic (first order Peano axioms) and that model is complete. The incompleteness theorem doesn’t apply in this case because the incompleteness theorem is a stat
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by syki 5y ago
I don’t think so. The point is, saying “arithmetic is inconsistent” doesn’t mean anything without talking about where this theory resides. The larger point is that this has no relationship to whether or not the universe is infinite so it
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by syki 5y ago
How do you know arithmetic is not complete or consistent? In ZFC arithmetic is complete and arithmetic is consistent. This assumes that ZFC is consistent. The second order Peano axioms are categorical so I assume you mean only the first
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by syki 5y ago
I didn’t claim there were any successful lawsuits. I just claimed that potential liability was one of the reasons I’m not teaching in the classroom.
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by syki 5y ago
Consider that some colleges asked students to sign liability waivers to go back to the classroom. I don’t have the memorandum the chancellor sent to us at the beginning of the pandemic so I can’t prove that my statement is truthful but it
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by syki 5y ago
There was growth in enrollment up until 2010. Colleges have been struggling since then. They need bodies and need to attract students. Standards for acceptance have gone down and grade inflation has gone up. Though grade inflation has b
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by syki 5y ago
In my college system I’m responsible for cleaning my classroom after each use. If I forget to do this and a student gets sick then I’m personally liable. I’m not paid enough to clean classrooms and teach and I’m not taking on the liabilit
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by syki 5y ago
Enrollment in higher ed decreased 7% from 2008 to 2018. It’s not true that colleges have been expanding with zero constraints. The increase in tuition at public colleges and universities has occurred with the decrease in public funding pe
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by syki 5y ago
You stated an opinion about some law enforcement agencies being domestic terrorist organizations. You did not up this assertion. You provided no evidence other than to mention Waco. Was this opinion of yours, the certainty with which you
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by syki 5y ago
They state how they measure it and what they do to collect their data. Nothing more and nothing less than that. How people use it or interpret it is up to that person. Everyone should keep in mind that inflation for each individual is diff
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by syki 5y ago
The methodology used by BLS is publicized and you can know what is and is not included in the calculation. There is no conspiracy to hide this information. If housing costs are what you want to know about then don’t use BLS’ calculation.
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by syki 5y ago
Which is more likely to be true: 1. The experts act as if they skipped the first month of high school science class. 2. You don’t understand the topic well enough.
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by syki 5y ago
The BLS doesn’t hide its methodology and it calculates more than one measure of inflation. Their attempt is to measure it in a meaningful way that is useful for policymakers and others. They don’t claim to know the “exact” value. You can r
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by syki 5y ago
This article and others like it make me realize how easy disinformation is. I know nothing about virology and when I read about the lab leak theory I think it’s plausible and worth investigating. Then when I read this article I think the
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by syki 5y ago
I haven’t judged my abilities or rated them in our exchange and therefore Dunning-Kruger does not apply. You can’t know by how much I overrate myself or under rate myself; I’m just giving opinions. Just like you are giving an opinion ab
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by syki 5y ago
Calling a federal law enforcement agency a domestic terror agency over Waco is precisely what I’m objecting to for the reasons I’ve given. I’m not making assumptions on what you’ve said in this regard. I’m explaining why I think using “do
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by syki 5y ago
I’ll rephrase to clear misunderstandings. A legal warrant was obtained and federal agents attempted to exercise that warrant. Whilst attempting to carry out the warrant a gun battle ensued in which 4 federal agents were killed and 7 or so
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by syki 5y ago
I’m assuming you are referring to BLM and those who support them. I don’t know of anyone who supported the destruction of entire city centers. One person convicted of burning a building down in Minneapolis was not from Minneapolis and was
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by syki 5y ago
The federal government executed a search warrant on the Branch Dravidian compound. It was a legally executed warrant and 4 government agents were killed in a gun battle. After this the FBI surrounded the compound for 51 days before using
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by syki 5y ago
Clearly what I wrote was a broad over simplification but I think the essence is roughly correct. As it stands now companies in China are definitely subservient to the state. The communist party there is definitely in the driver seat. In
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by syki 5y ago
In China the government tells companies what to do in the furtherance of state aims. In America and elsewhere companies tell government what to do in furtherance of corporate aims. For instance the overthrow of governments on behalf of ba
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by syki 5y ago
I teach at a college. I’m not in any way responsible for my students’ mental health or well being. That is far too much of a burden to have and I’m not paid nearly enough to take that on. Also, I have no training in mental health. The
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by syki 5y ago
Have you considered the possibility that those “so many smart people” understand these things better than you? Have you considered the possibility that the craft beer industry can’t work or isn’t feasible to occur in other sectors?
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by syki 5y ago
The study in question is a preprint and by a political scientist. That doesn’t make the conclusions wrong but does raise doubts as to its veracity. It’s rare for someone in one field to have insights into another, unrelated field that tur
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by syki 5y ago
The speech Ceacescu gave in Bucharest after what happened in Timisoara led directly to his downfall. It started with unarmed people storming the capitol building. There’s video of this on YouTube. The army switched sides to be against Cea
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by syki 5y ago
In the Monty Hall problem the host always knows where the prize is. It’s a mind blowing problem because usually a person’s intuition is wrong. For almost everyone they need to carefully analyze the problem in order to understand why their
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by syki 5y ago
Russia and the Trump campaign worked together to win an election. That doesn’t alarm you? You sound like liberals do when I bring up the Clintons making millions of dollars for speeches at Goldman Sachs and Citigroup after them and Rubin g
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by syki 5y ago
Thank you for your response. It’s fascinating to me. I talk about sowing dissent as the specific form of mass manipulation that is easy and cheap to do. You then bring Bloomberg’s failed Presidential bid. Winning an election requires sup

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