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I agree with that. US is becoming a culture of 'Good enough' This is very prevalent in Eastern Europe, near east, probably China and India, not sure. Certainly not Japan. Culture -…

would also be good for scientists that report homosexuality in animals, to report if those same animals have healthy heterosexual relationships in their lifetimes.

I would have rephrased the title of the article: "US Supreme Court: Immigration to US is still a privilege, not a right. A US citizen has a right to marry a GS-13 gang member, but …

US equities market for retail investors are riddled with sharks taking the retail investors money left-and-right. From high frequency traders, to the fund managers, to money manage…

The founder of Microsoft, has wealthy connected parents and grandparents. The founder of Facebook too The founder of Google grew up in Academic family. -- All of them received fina…

There are probably 3 classes of Retail investors a)Members of political elite that get insider trading stock tips. (illegal of course). The number of folks in usa congress and sena…

>It's a judiciary dictatorship. They're working to censor Bolsonaro friendly radio stations right now. Ever seen a democracy do that Selective outrage judiciary system is a hallmar…

I am 100% sure that this will be reversed within 1 or 2 months, or sooner. Musk and his team are zigzagging to evaluate possible business models that make money.

>You're almost saying capitalism and efficient markets are pointless. Maybe they are, but I think it's nothing like crypto. People are saying this because, HFT sounds similar to 'c…

Countries that export to US [1] or to EU, and US itself will have an unreasbly (un-deservedly) high standardard of living. That will always attract both talent and con-artists to U…

> Groups of people don't have guilt or automatic responsibility, only individuals do. I think the question here is who is entitled to have the 'revenge' or the reparation or the 'a…

The article is suggesting to think: 'how would organized criminal deception, selective outrage judiciary system, powered by a federal spy agency operatives actively suppressing inf…

There are 4 types of 'pressures' a social media platform execs are facing a) economic b) legal c) selective-outrage judicial/law enforcement d) personal bias (of the execs) In US, …

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I believe we are increasing in the number of autoimmue disorders. Alergies is a clear sign that these are not 'hidden', 'waiting to be discovered' symptoms. My personal view is tha…

> Can we fix the U.S. Healthcare system? My opinion is no. I am going to say that every large 'super' institution will end up in this problem ... Unfixable. Whether it is military,…

unusualwhales could be intentionally misinterpreting the intent of the congressman. Or, they can be correct. Another site [1] explains this as a the congressman is questioning whet…

> Bankman-Fried was a major donor to President Joe Biden in the 2020 election and is the primary donor to the Protect Our Future PAC, the political action committee which endorsed …

Lack of incentives for scientific skepticism as a normalized, institutionalized form of academic discourse -- is the problem. The are a lot of incentives to get 'published' or to g…

Gab supports legal speech, uncensored. Speech control (Censorship) is used to remove 'independent thinking' as a state of mind. The current view in US, Russia, UK, China, Canada, e…

I think I am driving towards 2 keys: a) people that do live in a structured society, have to trust somebody. Because one cannot be an expert in everything. In the sea of deceit, fi…

>"... Most things are pretty grey - not black & white. So there's not a clear good/bad side. Which is the reason people want personal freedoms and you could want anonymity regardle…

WRT, > ".. Um, those two mindsets are not a genetic or ethnic heritage; ..." Yes, agreed. I do not know if these behaviors are completely 'learned via indoctrination', 'learned via…

You actually do not need go far to answer most of the questions you are thinking through. Australia (and to lesser degree Sweden ) are considered to be forerunners, the test-enviro…

>" The concept in one sentence: We overestimate the likelihood of events that are easier to recall. " Yep, very true. That's why propaganda press (whether it is for political gain,…