James Cropcho

I am based, in Manhattan.

Engineering, science, security, and statistics.

I am some piece of work. Follows, retweets and engagements are not endorsements.

[James Cropcho @Cropcho]

I won't consider #Bitcoin a serious currency until mainstream rappers tell me they have lots of it.

[James Cropcho @Cropcho]

One easy trick to get rid of a typo: just keep misspelling it the same way enough times
@emckean
#grammar #words

[James Cropcho @Cropcho]

"Correct a wise man, and he will thank you. Correct a foolish one, and he will hate you."

[James Cropcho @Cropcho]

@sineadaw @Fortean777 @SilvaRecord It really is an excellent piece of documentation. Thanks for bringing it to the attention of us all.

[James Cropcho @Cropcho]

A decade ago, statistics was wrapped-up as "machine learning" and "data science," by laypeople and for laypeople. Recently I've starting seeing examples that all-things "machine leaning" are being wrapped-up into the term "AI."
#ArtificialIntelligence #Statistics

[James Cropcho @Cropcho]

To be anti-intellectual is more intellectual than to be non-intellectual.
#Philosophy

[James Cropcho @Cropcho]

It's not obvious that the Democratic Party is more liberal than the Republican—the latter might beat-out the former. The disparity in individuals' treatment by the commentariat is better understood as: they who have a reputation for aligning with the élite consensus are granted a longer leash.

[James Cropcho @Cropcho]

@inspiredcreatv @studyofUAPs I nominate my esteemed, longtime friend Todd Seavey (@ToddSeavey), an oft-published author and pundit in the political and film/TV realms, who has in fact once debated the UFO subject on stage in front of a live audience.

[James Cropcho @Cropcho]

@ToddSeavey Yeah; it's pretty epic.

[James Cropcho @Cropcho]

Claim: "Science is metaphysically agnostic." ―The Hon. @TOEwithCurt | Here are two close counterexamples, in the form of a priori metaphysical assumptions made for science: 1) spacetime-invariance of ultimate/final physical law itself; 2) a "dead" universe, i.e. a universe which does not make exceptions to ultimate physical law on a whim.
cc: @ericweinstein, @BernardoKastrup
#physics #Philosophy

[Nate Corddry @imnatecorddry]

The Irish sure know how to funeral.
Dancing in the aisles.
Just beautiful. 🥹

[James Cropcho @Cropcho]

The song "Steppin' Stone"—it's cool. Because of how it's produced (in the style of the time) it's wrongly characterized as hyper-poppy. (I'm referring to its all: could be Revere/Raiders, could be Liverpool Five.)
cc: @RickRubin @billyrennekamp @TheMickyDolenz1
#musicproduction #miseensceneTH #hiphop

[Aaron Gwyn @AmericanGwyn]

Shoutout to James Joyce who, in 1926, would start fights in Paris bars, then turn to a young Ernest Hemingway and say, “Finish it, Hem!”

[James Cropcho @Cropcho]

Most non-victimless crimes-of-morality are perpetrated not because of some version of "stealing a loaf of bread to feed my family," rather it's because the perp was psychically hurt in the past and seeks vengeance, even if the non-specific variety is the best one can do.
#philosophy #crime #therapy

[James Cropcho @Cropcho]

@MUGGER2023 @ToddSeavey Wowza: how have I not heard of this‽ 1) Kindly provide me with the best-for-me source(s) on this Dimes Square phenomenon; 2) I can find effectively zero mentions of Sovereign House online; more info, please?

(for either/both requests, feel free to use email or whatever)

[Russ Smith @MUGGER2023]

Via @ToddSeavey: I’m as intrigued as anyone by the cross-fertilization between right and left going on in downtown Manhattan’s youthful Dimes Square scene. https://t.co/EehNVz68MC

[James Cropcho @Cropcho]

“If you want to become a kind person, do kind acts.”
cc: @michaelmalice @ScottAdamsSays
#quotes #advice

[James Cropcho @Cropcho]

New word/preposition: "overneath"

Thank me in the morning 😎

[James Cropcho @Cropcho]

As a rule, both "business" books and "self-help" books are in fact philosophy books. Now, they may be mid-/low-brow, and they may rarely be worldview-shattering, and they may have gobs of filler. But far and away, they mainly discuss matters of philosophy.

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Say what you will—it is indeed bad luck to walk underneath a ladder. #rationalism

[James Cropcho @Cropcho]

@sineadaw @dwpasulka Thank you! This looks great. I have gotten a lot out of Bach's previous conversations, in terms of expanding the ol' metacognitive toolkit.