Damien Levy

I spend my time explaining why cats, avocado and yoga are respectively more leftist than dogs, red meat and weightlifting

[Damien Levy @levydamien7]

Why do avocados, cats, and yoga feel more leftist than red meat, dogs, and boxing?

The Left-Female Equivalence offers a general answer: leftism is the political expression of female preferences, and vice versa.

Read the foundational essay below to understand why

[Damien Levy @levydamien7]

@bbalkus @BetterCallMedhi The IMO is a competition for high schoolers. This is not real mathematics, and it is by no means in the same spirit as research

I think it's good for very smart people to work in industry. I also think you should not be happy if they all (or almost all) do

[Damien Levy @levydamien7]

@bbalkus @BetterCallMedhi The training is definitely not the PhD. People have already been selected to enter top PhD programs. In fact, they have been selected so much that a lot of full professor positions are given to people based on what they did before their PhD. Is that good? No, but it's how it is

[Damien Levy @levydamien7]

@bbalkus @BetterCallMedhi That confirms what I'm saying: the US is good at attracting talented people who have already been trained. France and Europe do the opposite: they train talented people well, then waste their potential by failing to provide a good environment. This is a property of leftism btw

[Damien Levy @levydamien7]

@bbalkus @BetterCallMedhi For Nobel prizes (2025)

[Damien Levy @levydamien7]

@bbalkus @BetterCallMedhi It is not a bizarre claim. If the US system were that good, then it would easily train people who were born in America. As a matter of fact, it struggles to do that

https://t.co/fZu0vvG7WJ

[Damien Levy @levydamien7]

@jim_hhess @BetterCallMedhi

[Damien Levy @levydamien7]

@jim_hhess @BetterCallMedhi So you're basically saying what I'm saying: Europe creates the (good) human capital, and the US takes it for itself? Keep it up

[Damien Levy @levydamien7]

@jim_hhess @BetterCallMedhi

[Damien Levy @levydamien7]

@Maaaaaaangoo @Birdyword My definition of leftism is different: it's based of the Left-Female Equivalence. Within this theory, marxists are less leftist than social-liberal democraties because they are more masculine. Hence why SU supported nuclear power/space exploration, but not modern progressivism

[Damien Levy @levydamien7]

@Smiffysmifston @Birdyword muscle memory (mistyped). The original YouGov article does show a similar gender split for the UK, however:

[Damien Levy @levydamien7]

@maxtempers There in fact is: women are more risk-averse than men. If leftism is simply the political expression of female preferences, then more leftist countries should also be more risk-averse

This is exactly what we observe when comparing the UK, France and Nordic countries with the US

[Damien Levy @levydamien7]

@Michael_Druggan Truth is a necessary condition, but not a sufficient one. And it never has been. Most true statements one can write are worthless. If 1 = 1, then 1+1−1 = 1, 1+1−1+1−1 = 1 and so on indefinitely

The goal of mathematics is to explain structure and other mathematical phenomena

[Damien Levy @levydamien7]

@QiaochuYuan I think it's the opposite. AI is going to save maths, not kill it. It makes problem-solving "easy", particularly the "uninteresting" problems that require a big number span and a lot of horizontal knowledge

So what is left to humans? theory-building and explaining the world

[Damien Levy @levydamien7]

@BradWilcoxIFS It's especially funny when you consider that women monopolize pregnancy at every stage: from partner selection, conception to parenthood

In fact, she is just asserting her monopoly of pregnancy

[Damien Levy @levydamien7]

https://t.co/wKDX6xq6VZ

[Damien Levy @levydamien7]

What unites abortion, paternity law, anonymous birth and surrogacy?

Not bodily autonomy, the child's best interests or bioethics, but a single rule: maximizing female reproductive choice while externalizing the costs.

The LFE calls it the Monopoly of Pregnancy. Article below

[Damien Levy @levydamien7]

https://t.co/xQTqE31YW0

[Damien Levy @levydamien7]

Last week, the British government announced its intention to ban the sale of energy drinks to anyone under 16

If this decision is motivated by health concerns, why are lattes and bubble teas, which contain just as much caffeine, not banned?

The article below explains why

[Damien Levy @levydamien7]

https://t.co/Brmgl9y0dw

[Damien Levy @levydamien7]

Why do avocados, cats, and yoga feel more leftist than red meat, dogs, and boxing?

The Left-Female Equivalence offers a general answer: leftism is the political expression of female preferences, and vice versa.

Read the foundational essay below to understand why