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Father, neuroscientist, PhD., professor. Tweets mostly politics; expertise mostly machine learning & neuroscience.

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I’ve been thinking a lot about what are the differences between cons & libs and why we treat each other as the enemy 1/

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@Noahpinion Uhh, but the before is like 10x better than the after…

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@Arrekisu @FreeSoilAndrew

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@cakegrab @AlecStapp What percentage of Americans are Indian? Do you understand how math works?

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@PhilWMagness More & more I believe that STEM & non-STEM academia need to split.

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@Y2K_mindset And if you’re a rich descendant of slaves or other historical race/demographic based exploitation?

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@Y2K_mindset @AnishLoomba You might look up what the word “employ” means.

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@StevenSingiser @AstorAaron @neoavatara Though quite a bit of what is wrong with Dem politics today is that it is common that 2009 is chosen as a baseline/potential equilibrium as opposed to a crazy anomaly in modern US politics. A big question in 2026 is whether Dems are finally waking up to reality or not.

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@AstorAaron @neoavatara @StevenSingiser Also, a decent chunk of that is just reversion to the mean & natural swings. It’s insane how dominant the Ds were in 2009, that couldn’t last given US politics no matter who was leading the party.

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@TheMiddleborne Lord of the Rings has gotten better

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@BrianCerv1 I’m suggesting the Beatles are in a category of their own & an automatic choice unless your objective is to be objectively wrong 😉

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@BrianCerv1 If we take the objective as: 2 best punk bands, 2 best rap groups, best funk band, best reggae band, 2 classic rock bands, best grunge band, & the Beatles, in some order (I’d very much disagree w the order), the list isn’t bad.

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@BrianCerv1 That’s an interesting list. Finally one that takes into consideration other genres other than classic rock, which I greatly appreciate.

I’d take Wu-Tang over Public Enemy & Beasties are silly (maybe Wu-Tang & Public Enemy over Beasties). Other than that, not too many complaints

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@GraemeFrew5 @sfrantzman @BenMFreeman @ShMMor

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@inlanddefense @soirretne @AmericaPapaBear To be fair, I don’t think that Sydney Sweeney qualifies as a “major star.”

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@c_grutter @DKThomp Sorry to hear that 😔

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@jimantle @AviWoolf So it’s no longer conservative to be someone “who stands athwart history, yelling Stop, at a time when no one is inclined to do so, or to have much patience with those who so urge it”?

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@kramericancap @dwallacewells “linear scale does a shit job of showing rate of change” -you