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I have experienced several instances where I dream that I am with some friend/colleague/etc e.h. helping him solve some problem. Upon waking up, I check my phone and then sure enou…

Democratic != good.

That's one way of looking at it -- another way is to look at something like the Mafia as being analogous to an early form of law and order (albeit arguably a tiny bit more openly v…

This. Surprisingly enough, a human is much more likely to find oneself alive in a world in which humanity was not nearly made extinct by nuclear war. Exponentially so, if we assume…

Should be attacking college educated white men? Really? Maybe they should be attacking brown men for their massively higher criminality rates -- shockingly high numbers of rapes, m…

One can really only laugh at the unstoppable juggernaut of snowballing rage, some of it justified, mostly not, caused by the media and establishment's desire to (for whatever reaso…

Have had very much the same thought myself. If there were two opposing forces, always exponentially self improving towards maximum efficiency in two opposite sides: 1) ordered/crea…

While, of course, it is technically possible, it seems very reasonable to infer that we may be in a small window in which we haven't connected to other intelligent life. In just 10…

I guess it would work if there is some kind of force that leads some timelines to go out of existence or converge back towards heavier nodes, something like a neural network struct…

Somewhat off topic, but I have often wondered if this sort of phenomenon could also occur within 'timelines' (as in the multiverse concept): As the article mentions, initially our …

Within a given group value is reasonably correlated to expertise. As much as I wouldn't give any time to sociologists valuing Alan Turings genius within mathematics, computer scien…

I'm not sure what your point is. Can you clarify what you're trying to get at here?

By which you mean he made a campaign donation.

For each of the questions you have listed, there is opposite viewpoints of some (questionable) legitimacy: White supremacists would argue that it is multiculturalists who seek the …

No more relevant than a CEO of a company that hires people of all diets being a passionate vegan who believes eating meat is immoral. As long as his personal views don't impact his…

No, displaying those passions or emotions does not belong in any work environment. One should be able to hold whatever views they like, and even share them with others in other com…

No, the only people you are making unwelcome are either: 1) those who don't know the time and place for their non community relevant outbursts ('meat is murder', 'homosexuality is …

Can a vegan work with someone with a non restricted diet? Can an atheist work with a muslim? In either case, the answer is the same: if the individuals behave professionally, yes. …

This whole question really stems from a sad and pervasive tendency for 'intelligent' people to overestimate their general expertise, and then apply their value judgements to indivi…

So much stupidity in this post I don't know where to begin. What does this analysis show? Nothing except that one of the Wikileaks.org servers is hosted in Russia. And another two …

Two things: One, academia (for many reasons) tends toward liberal group think. Two, interestingly, many of the most intelligent and successful (especially self made) people tend to…