J.D. Biard

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@RyanTheGreat @TheTweetOfGod Actually, @TheTweetOfGod, if you could go to Florida and straighten things out we would all be eternally grateful.

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@DKThomp This is less than Utah got for Kessler (I’d consider taking on George’s contract a net negative). Puzzling.

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@robinhanson I find older people are more transparent (possibly due to decreasing amounts of giving a F). I’d suspect a 50 year old would be more willing to chase passions than a 20 year old if not for lock in effects.

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@avidseries In academia, being a liar or bigot is often better than telling the truth. As demonstrated herein.

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@DouglasKMurray @TheFP This movie isn’t as bad as the critics say. It’s also a fairly unremarkable low budget film. I’d put it in that Death Wish class of film that might garner some cultural memory due to its “of the moment” cultural commentary.

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@robinhanson Christian norms of love, humility, and grace, are great fixes to any number of ills. Unfortunately they are rarely practiced.

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@mtaibbi Why do you engage with these kind of people?

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@meghan_daum Because most people always want others to be at least as miserable as them.

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@meghan_daum No one currently loves Obama more than white people.

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@TheChiefNerd Comrade Trump knows best what price the proletariat should pay.

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@NateSilver538 The least interesting First Lady and least interesting president of modern times. Not surprising.

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@ku_fallen @paulg Historically a crime required both a bad act (actus reus) and a bad intent (mens rea). The point is we are stripping away actus reus and punishing mens rea (increasingly broadly defined).

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@charlesmurray I think that’s a fair statement. It is difficult for people with an ability to understand those without that ability. Intelligence is a gradient so that makes it less stark than sight/blind but at some gap it’s effectively the same.

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@charlesmurray Correct distinction. The good tutor teaches what questions to ask. AI isn’t there yet.

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The system does a lot of good but is also rife with overreach and abuse. An anonymous complaint can subject parents to months of court proceedings and tens of thousands in attorneys fees. It also often targets the poor simply for not providing an acceptable upper middle class environment.

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@adamcarolla Would love to hear Tim Dillon on ACS. Maybe the two best long form ranters/talkers ever.

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@TracesofTexas Fantastic story. We drove down from Paris to Jewett every 4th of July weekend growing up. Great memories. And I can attest that Leon County produces some hard, tough, resilient people.

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@robinhanson Much of that land is Antarctic or islands

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@pmarca This is a phenomena that attorneys and politicians understand well. You have to speak to people at their level to persuade. No reason AIs couldn’t learn this.