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721.
by xqcgrek2 4y ago
This is the stuff that can cause or facilitate revolutions.
722.
by xqcgrek2 4y ago
Crackpot stuff, unfortunately. The CMB and host of other stuff is evidence for a Big Bang. The merger stuff JWST has falsifed was never really on solid ground anyway but tuned cosmological simulations. The simulations probably got subgrid p
723.
by xqcgrek2 4y ago
The WSJ is asking courts to act, not the WH: >Twitter is a private company. But evidence of a direct connection between White House pressure and Twitter censorship bolsters the argument that social-media platforms can be sued as “state a
724.
by xqcgrek2 4y ago
https://archive.ph/2paFE
725.
The White House and Twitter Censorship(wsj.com)
4 points by xqcgrek2 4y ago|4 comments
726.
by xqcgrek2 4y ago
1 in 10^22 sounds like a lot but it really isn't when it comes to probabilities. It's only about a 10 sigma evidence against a null hypothesis. Put it another away, all it takes is about four one-in-a-million chance independent ev
727.
by xqcgrek2 4y ago
Convincing gullible billionaires and foundations to support his vanity projects A list: the blackhole initiative, breakthrough starshot, the Galileo project, and now this
728.
by xqcgrek2 4y ago
4 citations, 3 of which are self-citations. Entirely inconsequential.
729.
by xqcgrek2 4y ago
He's not eccentric, but a self-promoting grifter
730.
by xqcgrek2 4y ago
It's Avi Loeb. He's basically considered a crackpot in physics/astronomy.
731.
by xqcgrek2 4y ago
It's best to just entirely avoid reddit and other low quality social media.
732.
Podcast Guests Are Paying Up to $50k to Appear on Popular Shows(bloomberg.com)
10 points by xqcgrek2 4y ago|4 comments
733.
by xqcgrek2 4y ago
plausibility is a bayesian prior Different people have different priors. For some dark matter is more unlikely.
734.
Curtis Yarvin on Usenet and the early internet(youtube.com)
3 points by xqcgrek2 4y ago|0 comments
735.
The Reddit accounts of Nicholas Roske (Kavanaugh's would-be assassin) revealed(twitter.com)
8 points by xqcgrek2 4y ago|2 comments
736.
Elon Musk blasts Wikipedia after it suspends edits of ‘recession’ page(nypost.com)
10 points by xqcgrek2 4y ago|0 comments
737.
Wikipedia Suspends Editing of Recession Page(newsweek.com)
12 points by xqcgrek2 4y ago|5 comments
738.
DOJ Reportedly Opens Criminal Inquiry into Alzheimer's Drug Research(medscape.com)
2 points by xqcgrek2 4y ago|0 comments
739.
Page views over time of any Wikipedia article(pageviews.wmcloud.org)
37 points by xqcgrek2 4y ago|3 comments
740.
Niall Ferguson: Nobody Knows How Long Inflation Will Last. That’s Life(bloomberg.com)
3 points by xqcgrek2 4y ago|0 comments
741.
Musk Seeks to Block ‘Warp Speed’ Twitter Trial over $44B Deal(bloomberg.com)
7 points by xqcgrek2 4y ago|1 comments
742.
OpenDyslexic(opendyslexic.org)
19 points by xqcgrek2 4y ago|9 comments
743.
by xqcgrek2 4y ago
I thought this article was going to be about Sagan's notorious ego[1] and lack of expertise and mathematical chops as an astronomer (Sagan was noted to have often asked for help from colleagues to do simple calculus). Alas, it's
744.
Red States Are Winning the Post-Pandemic Economy(wsj.com)
2 points by xqcgrek2 4y ago|0 comments
745.
Atlanta Fed GDP tracker shows the U.S. economy is likely in a recession(cnbc.com)
3 points by xqcgrek2 4y ago|0 comments
746.
GDPNow(atlantafed.org)
27 points by xqcgrek2 4y ago|8 comments
747.
Charles Murray on Human Diversity(youtube.com)
5 points by xqcgrek2 4y ago|0 comments
748.
Just 4 factors explain 88% of the variance in Bitcoin's price over last 4 yrs(bloomberg.com)
4 points by xqcgrek2 4y ago|0 comments
749.
Tesla layoffs hit its diversity and inclusivity programs(boingboing.net)
4 points by xqcgrek2 4y ago|3 comments
750.
Elon Musk’s Futurist Bookshelf Needs Alvin Toffler(bloomberg.com)
1 points by xqcgrek2 4y ago|0 comments

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