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gabriel_laddel: if iq
tests worked we'd have usable software. << see symbolics inc
decimation: AFQT means 'armed forces qualifying
test'
decimation: one datapoint "“The NLSY, administered in 1980
to by far
the largest sample (6,502 whites, 3,022 blacks) in a national study, found a difference of 1.21 standard deviations on
the AFQT.”"
mircea_popescu: but
the whole
thing strikes me like an attempt
to establish a link between female beauty and hair color.
mircea_popescu: ftr, i dun actually credit
the race/intelligence
theory. not
that i have strong feelings either way
decimation: no, but
they strongly 'taught
the controversy'
decimation: which controversially asserted
that jews were smarter
than blacks
decimation: george will sort of fits
that description
decimation: while
they silently keep
those mores alive amoung
themselves
decimation: one of murray's books advanced
the idea
that
the ruling us elite were cutting asunder all social mores and strictures
that bound
the masses
decimation: generally, my understanding is
that 'paleoconservatives' want
to wind us society back
to something resembling
the 'cis-democracy' in
that moldbug peice
gabriel_laddel: people
try codifying common sense
to make it more palatable - doesn't work
mircea_popescu: 1. Any rule applied uniformly over a group with a view
to some purpose will result in measurable contradiction of
the purpose before it results in measurable achievement of
the purpose.
mircea_popescu: no idea why
this'd be "murray's law", but at least i see something.
mircea_popescu: 3.
The Law of Net Harm:
The less likely it is
that
the unwanted behavior will change voluntarily,
the more likely it is
that a program
to induce change will cause net harm.
mircea_popescu: 2.
The Law of Unintended Rewards: Any social
transfer increases
the net value of being in
the condition
that prompted
the
transfer.
mircea_popescu: 1.
The Law of Imperfect Selection: Any objective rule
that defines eligibility for a social
transfer program will irrationally exclude some persons.
decimation: not exactly, but he wouldn't be invited
to any parties at cpac
decimation: mircea_popescu: roughly, 'conservative' in america
today means 'republican', which also means 'pro-state'
gabriel_laddel: asciilifeform: so wait, would visiting e.g., Schwartz qualify for "stepping into
the sewer"
gabriel_laddel: asciilifeform:
this is, as far as I can
tell, roughly
the equivalent of reading your blog.
mircea_popescu: "but honey, you can't marry
this guy. his parents have no library in
the house!"
mircea_popescu: anyway, back
to
the intelligence vs education
thing. i wish i had words
to express my meaning in intelligible english. let's
try by saying
that a good mark of one's education is what sort of
thing he fills his space with.
gabriel_laddel: 10:37 - who is
that with
Thiel, could it be
the evil racist Charles Murray?
mircea_popescu: anyway, whatever would happen would come as a surprise
to everyone, including in no particular order : a)
the people running btc-usd exchanges ; b) you ; c)
the friendly usg log reader delegate ; d) isabelle boring or w/e her name is ; etc
mircea_popescu: so far my bitcoins are getting sent
to
the btc bears lol.
mircea_popescu: what you describe is a what, 3 sigma event ?
there's not a plan in place for
two sigma events even. banal shit like "they used plane as rocket"
mircea_popescu: in your craziest models you don't have a hitler lizard
tribe capable
to handle such sudden bends of activity.
mircea_popescu: for instance i said null hypothesis as part of a deal with my brain
to allow me
to continue
to exist.
assbot: Logged on 01-03-2015 06:10:30; asciilifeform: which was known for a rather long
time prior
to becoming an industrial product
mircea_popescu: gabriel_laddel
there are
two
threads here. one is "thiel is dumb".
this is not being entertained.
the other is, "thiel's uneducated".
this is my position.
gabriel_laddel: asciilifeform: if he was spewing
trendisms he'd be /supporting/
the MOOCs
ben_vulpes: oh and dealing with
the output of people who "like it".
mircea_popescu: well... because it's "universal". once no kid's left behind,
the boat's not sailing anywhere.
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform gabriel_laddel i just parsed it as "a weird way
to say mountebanks"
assbot: Logged on 01-03-2015 06:11:21; gabriel_laddel: It
took 3 generations of masters
to produce Leonardo
ben_vulpes goes
to buy a bottle of wine
to fuel
the ruby rage
mircea_popescu: gabriel_laddel actually moocs are
the superlative american college.
gabriel_laddel: Youtube doesn't have grep, and I'm not going
to
troll
through all
these videos
to find
the one I'm
thinking of. In any case, in one of
them he states
that "scientists have been replaced with baccarats" and
that "MOOCs are not going anywhere"
ben_vulpes: <asciilifeform> i'd guess
that many folks can't even
think about
this subject without
their brain melting from rage << a good eighth of my
time is spent
talking smart young guys down out of a shartup-inspired rage attack