@SaraElae@JohnnyDonie@elonmusk This is a nice hypothesis. The belief, “I control my outcomes through effort,” is intrinsically an argument for the supremacy of dictatorships politically. They are demonstrably less stable than democracies, however, as approaches to government. Populaces pay the price.
@elonmusk One additional thing that does not "go without saying" - understanding the universe means understanding the human universe, which underlies all the "laws" ever discovered and to be discovered of nature.
@KatieMiller@grok GIGO: Grok's history of use of the term "racism" (as opposed to definition of "racist") tells a different story - a story of segregation of people based on appearance, of class hierarchy of political and social privilege, and, generally, the things "liberals" try to counteract.
@cb_doge I want to ask the point in pointing out that people come to the USA because it is a rich country that honors persons just for being persons - in an invidious way. We need people, the baby boomers are dying off, and birthrates fall short. Whatever keeps the country free ...