TimorousBestie

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by TimorousBestie 20d ago
> “Racism” as the word is generally accepted refers to skin color. It has nothing to do with culture. No idea how you came to that conclusion. There are many counterexamples to this claim. It’s not racism when, for example, some Koreans
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by TimorousBestie 20d ago
I don’t have the spare time to look into every voter’s heart, do you?
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by TimorousBestie 20d ago
He identifies as a socialist, sure, but his implemented policies (what GGP was calling socialist) are mostly standard-issue municipal management. Is it socialism to hire temporary labor for snow removal? To fix potholes? My boring municipal
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by TimorousBestie 21d ago
> Consequentialism in general is a third-world mindset. Ah, this must be why so many utilitarian philosophers are European and American.
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by TimorousBestie 21d ago
You’ve successfully mangled the definition of xenophobia. “A strong aversion, antipathy, or fear of foreigners.” Simple as. It wouldn’t be wrong if you admitted that you want some degree of xenophobia. But I suppose that sounds even less co
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by TimorousBestie 25d ago
> Also, the author claims: You can slap an arbitrary disclaimer on anything; it doesn’t mean it’s genuine.
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by TimorousBestie 27d ago
> Reza Negarestani's "Intelligence & Spirit" It's on my shelf, next to Cyclonopedia! Regrettably, I haven't made the time to read either. There aren't enough hours in the day.
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by TimorousBestie 27d ago
> I personally think Land is worth reading (critically) I agree, perhaps... I think I got something out of slogging my way through Fanged Noumena (although I did throw in the towel near the end--there's an essay written entirely L
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by TimorousBestie 27d ago
> whereas it makes me wonder what more democratic, free market companies would be like. There are a few small examples that come to mind (co-ops and communes mostly), but I can’t think of any that have been successful at scale. Running a
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by TimorousBestie 27d ago
Yeah, I don’t think Land is a great recommendation. The CCRU produced a lot of talented philosopher/writer/artists but Land definitely went a bit far out there and never came back. The connection between what the CCRU did and Wien
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by TimorousBestie 1mo ago
So you didn’t want a citation after all. Alas.
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by TimorousBestie 1mo ago
Here you go, a recent survey: https://www.jgwentworth.com/resources/medical-emergency > The survey showed that over nine in ten (92%) of insured respondents had delayed or avoided medical care because of concern abo
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by TimorousBestie 1mo ago
I don’t think “political suicide” exists anymore.
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by TimorousBestie 1mo ago
Nathan Cofnas, the whistleblower, is a “race realist”: > Under a colorblind system that judged applicants only by academic qualifications, blacks would make up 0.7% of Harvard students. (Even that might be an overestimate, since high-sch
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by TimorousBestie 1mo ago
> I am interested in different approach to types, using triage calculus, which is more "materialist" than "structuralist" - type is given by the structure of the (quoted) term in normal form (unlike lambda calculus, t
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by TimorousBestie 1mo ago
David Spivak (no relation to Calculus Spivak) wrote a book called _Category Theory for the Sciences_ that could totally serve as the basis for a one-semester undergrad course with some work. He really likes working in informal categories (l
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by TimorousBestie 1mo ago
Instead of spending time beating one’s head against Russell and Whitehead, I would advise reading Homotopy Type Theory (aka the HoTT Book). Dependent types are cool and mind-expanding, but higher inductive types are downright mind-altering.
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by TimorousBestie 1mo ago
> As a point of reference, MIT's capstone mathematical logic course[1] has a syllabus that requires at least as much mathematical maturity, The textbooks they use in that course are written in modern notation and are accessible to a
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by TimorousBestie 1mo ago
Back in the day there were some browser extensions for doing it locally, but I’m not seeing any modern efforts. Alas.
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by TimorousBestie 1mo ago
I won’t be surprised when the GAO’s budget is cut next as retaliation for this embarrassing report.
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by TimorousBestie 1mo ago
I’m describing about how the term is used by EA folks, which may not match its formal definition. (“In practice, it can be used as. . .”) > You can only throw up your hands and say "this isn't tractable" if tractability is
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by TimorousBestie 1mo ago
It’s the “tractability” part of the ITN framework: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/topics/itn-framework In practice, it can be used as a fully-general counterargument to supporting most charities, since decisively
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by TimorousBestie 2mo ago
> I still have some hope in the last one "mathematicians and the mathematically-inclined will still do math on their own". Maybe some limited communities of this sort will form. I think it’s pretty likely. Contrary to all the n
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by TimorousBestie 2mo ago
She makes a very good point that an algorithm that has bad big-O behavior can be better for humans than an algorithm with better. For instance, I found insertion sort to be the most effective at sorting papers when I was grading. . . at lea
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by TimorousBestie 2mo ago
Fair enough, I retract my earlier comment. That's not an inconsistent position to hold. My apologies.
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by TimorousBestie 2mo ago
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by TimorousBestie 2mo ago
Ah. That makes more sense, thanks.
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by TimorousBestie 2mo ago
> There isn't. My coworkers holding such degrees would beg to differ. > And if you are trying to snarkily describe an MS, then most MS programs are too short. It wasn’t snarky, it was a listing of common points between the two. I
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by TimorousBestie 2mo ago
Very perplexing. There’s already a 3-4 year advanced degree in the United States with an optional thesis component that companies in relevant industries can intervene in and direct if they so desire. So why are they calling it a doctorate?
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by TimorousBestie 2mo ago
Sorry, did you intend to link this reply to a different comment?

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