Jort Maas

Archaeologist. Interests: science, philosophy, photography, travel, reading and music. Opinions my own.

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@exQUIZitely Jade Empire

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@davepl1968 @WSJ Labelling others is exactly what got these people elected. It’s also what got us (Europe) in trouble before. But hey, history is just for stuffy academics.

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@bnielson01 I used to take that as ‘richest ever when compared to companies at that same period’. In other words, there weren’t any companies as far ahead of the competition at any time in history. But anyway, otherwise I agree.

[Neil Stone @DrNeilStone]

No, the Mercator projection is not some kind of colonial conspiracy to make some countries look bigger than others

No you were not "lied to" for 400 years

It's just difficult to accurately represent a globe on a 2D map, and there are different ways to do it

That's all

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@mboudry I was dispirited to learn Deleuze was making inroads into my profession (archaeology). Don’t think I will try Marcuse. The clarity of Popper probably spoiled me.

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@PaulRRobichaud Yes, cool list of speakers

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@TheAnnaGat Lol

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@SnazzyLabs It's sort of hard for a European to take this seriously. Maybe Cook can keep the EU version of Maps uncorrupted.

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@MrsTad @tadwilliams I read to much books to attach much meaning to lists. Tad writes books I’ve wanted to read since I could read English, up until today. That tells me enough.

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@bnielson01 Thanks, I will need some time to think on this, as I implicitly assumed creativity is a typically human thing and natural selection is something more ‘mechanistic’. Being able to make conjectures at will, and not when circumstances dictate.

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@bnielson01 Yes, although I’ve always had some great conversation partners so it never became a problem in that sense.

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@bnielson01 Why is variation and selection not open ended? Do you means in terms of speed? Humans are faster?

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@bnielson01 @jordancmeadows “The critical rationalist community does this with, say, anarcho-capitalism.” Always struck me as odd.

[Antoine Marie PhD @A_Marie_sci]

I really dislike Cofnas and feel sad about Arday's death. But we urgently need to uphold stronger norms of scientific independence from political vibes, left and right, across our Western democracies.

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@Aella_Girl Nobody tells you how hard it is. Especially the first years. I think most parents have regrets at one time or other. But it’s also special and you cannot imagine beforehand what kids will mean to you. Most people forget the tough years, thats psychology for you.

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@mboudry Yup. Ik gebruik het voornamelijk voor redactie, en voor complexe documenten is dat echt wel een uitkomst.

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@HofhuisSteije @ajboekestijn @hubertsmeets Om demografische redenen had (en heeft) Putin beperkt tijd om dit soort operaties te doen. Als dat verdrag er niet was geweest dan werd nu een andere aanleiding op dezelfde wijze bediscussieerd, ben ik bang. De status quo handhaven heeft ook niet altijd het gewenste effect…

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@rezoundous Exactly my problem. Not what I expected as performance was supposed to be 'fable-like' in certain areas.

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@IonaItalia If you use it for criticism (to accept or reject) on structure or style, how is that different from a human editor?