JonFSchwartz

PM at a quant hedge fund. Studied mathematics at @Yale & @MIT. Lived in Asia for many years.

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@BillAckman 🤡

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@m4h007 But don’t you think you’re being a bit patronizing towards the countless Iranians who are risking their lives for change? Why not assume their actions are based on a rational assessment of how best to liberate themselves from tyrannical rule?

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@m4h007 So you’re saying that the protests are legitimate BUT they are also influenced by external actors?? Perhaps to some degree they are, but so what? The regime has no legitimacy in the eyes of the people. That much is very clear.

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@m4h007 I thought you were talking about the situation TODAY. Were you not??

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@m4h007 What makes my reply ad hominem? And are you trying to undermine the legitimacy of the protests by suggesting they are the result of an evil Israeli plot?

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@m4h007 And what if the Iranian people want a separation of ”church and state”? Why would you rule out that model a priori?

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@m4h007 Not sure why you’re talking about foreign interference. That sounds disturbingly like regime propaganda. What we are witnessing in Iran is an organic popular uprising.

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@m4h007 I’m old enough to have witnessed successful democratic transitions in dozens of countries with radically different starting conditions. Let’s hope Iran can join their ranks…

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@Hamza_a96 @MiddleEastEye 🤡

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@Dr_Gingerballs @KelseyTuoc Another study here btw. Obviously you can find these yourself so I won’t waste time posting more. Point is, while statistics is indeed devilishly complicated, there’s reason to believe that test scores have predictive power https://t.co/WkEO8oWuWi

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@Dr_Gingerballs @KelseyTuoc Hmm, you seemed to be making a strong claim to the effect that there’s no correlation between test performance and academic performance. Was that not your claim? And if not, what was the claim?

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@Dr_Gingerballs @KelseyTuoc Are you saying that standardized test scores do not predict academic success? There is an abundance of evidence that they do. Just one example here. https://t.co/ffXuwtgJGO

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@mustafasuleyman Oh please. Try keeping up with the literature on this subject.

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@wesyang The post you’re amplifying demonizes all trans people and legitimizes hatred of an entire group. You have made yourself complicit in that process, your subsequent attempt to inject nuance notwithstanding. In your zeal to identify threats try not to become one

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@wesyang “Trans people are a threat to society.” Do you seriously believe this??

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@KirkegaardEmil @CensoredPeasant Tell us what you think the real cause is, Emil.

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@BrianCAlbrecht @WSJopinion So please predict whether the US economy will enter a recession in the next 12 months.

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@_glass @AndrewHammel1 🤡

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@timalthoff @Nature Really good stuff!