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The author’s critique of the thesis that PKM tools lack evidence of impact in global knowledge is certainly interesting. But there is a fundamental problem that I state plainly as:…

> how do I find such notes when I don't exactly remeber what they were about I can't claim to have solved that; but I do have a personal rule about notes. I don't create a note unl…

Oh. It wasn’t because the authoritarian leader was involved somehow in drug trafficking and needed kidnapping? Or was that a distraction from the distraction?

Or the previous one may have been the last one for a while.

> 99% of the never cared to understand biology before they started Medical school. They are only in for the $$$ and status This is a very cynical take on the subject and I can’t im…

> how fast to slow down (which requires deciding how much to press the peddle) Homophone trap; it’s “pedal”

> These new tariff's explicitly violate CUSMA/USMCA, which Trump personally signed. Just like in 2017, Trudeau and Trump agreed to support the expeditious completion of the Gordie …

I don’t understand what Infantino gets out of this relationship. He gives Trump a made-up “FIFA Peace Prize,” poses at every turn for photos with him and now meddles in game calls.…

Whether the call was in error or not, the casual and fawning relationship between Infantino and Trump will forever cast a shadow over this World Cup. If Trump was already worried a…

> I have a problem that I take any learning way too seriously, such that it would require deliberate focused practice. Sometimes it kills all the fun, and sometimes I give up just …

In some cases, even just bringing a 24K gold desk ornament to the WH is enough; but I suspect these tributes to Dear Leader are subject to inflation, possibly exponentially so.

The judge in these cases, Reed O’Connor of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas has a history of hard right decisions that are overturned on appeal. I don’t k…

> elevate civilization These companies have elevated himself. The entirety of civilization is an open question. The antipathy that many have towards Musk relates more to moral conc…

> it's not Americas job to take care of the rest of the world. No, it’s not. But suggest you read about the role of “soft power” in diplomacy. The current administration seems to b…

> …not healthy and unnatural I don’t think you can say this categorically without taking context and a myriad of facets of one’s socio-emotional situation into consideration.

> What did they expect would happen? Trump to just continue funding these people that hate him? Never before in my recollection has U.S. national science policy been tied so closel…

> I've got kids, I want people creating start ups they can work in, the alternative is too grim. I also have kids. I want them to live in a just society where billionaires, whom Mr…

Bessent is really smart? It’s possible he may be; but he communicates so poorly, that unless you knew anything of his background (I do not.) then it would be hard to assess. If he …

It is one reason, but certainly not the only one. The Citizens United decision virtually ensures that the average voter, even in aggregate, has nothing important to say. Shortly, o…

I suppose in some sense ICE is a law enforcement group; but witnessing their wanton behaviour in Minneapolis, ramming vehicles, breaking into homes without a warrant, use of dispro…

I’m a progressive voter and my waning interest in gun control is that it’s a political nonstarter. But I’m sure there are fellow progressives that are reasoning in the way you sugg…

However, the Second Amendment begins with a qualifying clause which many including notable national gun-rights organizations choose to ignore. In any case, I’m not sure that has wo…

> we find that a socially optimal level of ownership is often greater than zero I suppose one could model this in some way. But as a pacifist, vegan and never owner of firearms, I’…

It’s not just students; this affliction is cropping up among established academics. My wife is editor-in-chief of a journal and in some months has rejected 100% of the letters to t…

I practiced medicine in the U.S. and am now retired. This is such a complicated problem, not insoluble; and I would not want to explain away failures of the system. I spent the maj…