Sebastian F. Geoffroy

E pluribus unum. Economics, neuroscience, and philosophy. Golf, tennis, and triathlons.

[Brad Stulberg @BStulberg]

Science is imperfect but it's self-correcting.

At every step of the way to impose more stringent oversight/regulation on pharmaceutical companies the political right has shouted "too much government."

You can't have your cake and it eat too.

[Sebastian F. Geoffroy @sgeoffroy30]

@mungowitz Loving the show!

[Sebastian F. Geoffroy @sgeoffroy30]

@TamarHaspel They frequently have @AthleticBrewing at runs/tris I go to - have to say I can’t tell the difference between this and alcoholic beer. Awesome brand, even better beer!

[Sebastian F. Geoffroy @sgeoffroy30]

“Would you like to be hanged or put through the wood chipper? Hanged please.”

@SykesCharlie

Got a great laugh from this - well said.

[Sebastian F. Geoffroy @sgeoffroy30]

@BioLayne I’ve been a long time ON Gold-standard Whey customer, but love your work and all the info you provide. Would be interested in switching to your product - pros v. ON?

[Sebastian F. Geoffroy @sgeoffroy30]

@doctorinigo I appreciate winter quite a bit, mostly because I believe it makes me so thankful for the other seasons. However, do wish we saw more sun in these Wisconsin winters!

[Yann LeCun @ylecun]

LLMs do *not* capture much of human thought, because most of human thought and all of animal thought is entirely non verbal.

The factual, logical, and physical reasoning mistakes that current LLMs make clearly show that they have *not* captured much of human thought.

[Sebastian F. Geoffroy @sgeoffroy30]

@scottlincicome @RonaldBailey is the best.

[Alex Muresianu @ahardtospell]

a new contender for Speaker emerges

[Sebastian F. Geoffroy @sgeoffroy30]

“It takes a genuine leader to remind us that most of the time, the enemy of our enemy is still a jackass.”
⁦@BenSasse⁩

America’s True Divide: Pluralists vs. Zealots - WSJ https://t.co/a51paON2lB

[Dan McLaughlin @baseballcrank]

Lotta people on Twitter who are experts in commotio cordis couldn't spell it when they sat down to dinner tonight.

[Brad Polumbo @brad_polumbo]

Using the life-threatening collapse of a pro athlete to push completely unfounded anti-vax theories is both unsubstantiated on the facts and morally grotesque.

[Andrew McCarthy @AJamesMcCarthy]

Here's Earth to scale added to my latest picture of the sun. Yeah, the sun is pretty big.

[Sebastian F. Geoffroy @sgeoffroy30]

@GarettJones Consider the criminal justice system. >90% of cases plead out, no jury trial (and jury trials are a check on government overreach). A jury trial is far more democratic than prosecutorial plea deals, yet we gladly let prosecutors - i.e., elites - handle ‘justice’.

[Sebastian F. Geoffroy @sgeoffroy30]

@asymmetricinfo It would be nice if every paper included a “how my conclusions could be wrong” section. This would be helpful not only for the reader, but also for the writer.

[Sebastian F. Geoffroy @sgeoffroy30]

@mungowitz @radleybalko Jury trials were supposed to expose citizens to this corruption, but those are virtually non-existent. An important check on the police state has been removed, how else can we change incentives? HT @ConLawWarrior.

[Sebastian F. Geoffroy @sgeoffroy30]

@GarettJones Does anyone have a definition of ‘elite’ that isn’t entirely vague? Discourse around ‘elite’ seems to collapse into the Sorites paradox where the only line of demarcation is that the elites is not the person speaking (even they though are an elite).

[Sebastian F. Geoffroy @sgeoffroy30]

@Gregg_E_Miller How is it?

[Jeff Blehar is *BOX OFFICE POISON* @EsotericCD]

Reminder:

[Sebastian F. Geoffroy @sgeoffroy30]

“After all, both extreme social conservatives and extreme economic Leftists seek to impose top-down constraints on personal freedoms to safeguard collective societal wellbeing.”

[Steve Stewart-Williams @SteveStuWill]

“Absolute certainty is the foundational component of totalitarianism: if one is sure that one’s political philosophy will lead to the best possible future for humankind, all manner of terrible acts become justifiable in service of the greater good.” https://t.co/qWv4LEP4Us