#Interesting

Helen De Cruz

Helenreflects

Been thinking again of the no-deal threat about Brexit. One problem is lack of democratic oversight--something already hinted at by Rousseau. Rousseau thought representative democracy is a layer too many,

Dr. Genevieve Guenther

DoctorVive

It strikes me as a weird coincidence that much of the research about climate change and "cultural cognition" was published precisely in the years when climate was being polarized by

Avon Healthcare

AVONHMO

Weird but interesting fact: people once thought circumcision could cure paralysis.There's so much we don't know about circumcision even though most males go through it. Here are 9 interesting things

evening star grrrl

adinarising

i've got opinions on this, so let's chatthe discussion of whether you can see something in a chart is very different from whether you should. for example, if someone wants

Sᴀʏɴ🍡 Reading: MUV LUV spinoffs

Sayngelic

I've been saying this since Day 1, but today Reki popped off.SAO's philosophy of Human souls is really interesting and probably one of my favorite examples of artificial intelligence in

Dáibhí Ó Bruadair

DBruadair

THREAD: Mary Robinson's rise to become president was extremely suspicious. The fact that her husband Nicholas (pictured), was publicly the second highest ranking Freemason in Ireland makes things even more

James Buchanan จิมมี่

JBuchananBKK

Thread: Burma's coup leader and new dictator, Min Aung Hlaing was one of "Prem's children" (ลูก ”ป๋า”), meaning he had a close relationship with the now deceased Thai elder statesman,

Andrew Baker

Andrew___Baker

Along with Dave Larcker and Brian Tayan I recently wrote up a small memo for Stanford's Closer Look series, that can be found here - https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/faculty-research/publications/environmental-spinoffs-attempt-dump-liabilit

Nick DeJong

NickDynastyff

Did you know that Texans Darren Fells finished as the TE15 in half ppr in 2019 and can be found outside the top 41 dynasty ADP TE’S as of June?Yes.

D.L. Mayfield

d_l_mayfield

Honestly you can understand a lot about institutions like the Southern Baptists by what they are always freaking out about. I grew up when it was constant talk about “the

Darel E. Paul

darelmass

The American Cultural Revolution is going to put to the test an interesting hypothesis advanced by @epkaufm in his excellent 2019 book "Whiteshift" (for my review, see below). 1/xhttps://www.firstthings.com/article/2019/11/the-fut

Alex Novet

AlexNovet

"Good thread here. You need data + eyes" is the boring answer. The interesting discussion is HOW you integrate them. IMO, every team should have a rigorous answer to doing

Ben Golub

ben_golub

Ok, my own answer to @JSEllenberg's question.Here are some important statements that come up in economics:"Nice estimators are consistent even in complicated models.""Nice financial markets are informationally efficient.&

Ross Dillon

ross_dillon1

So, Antonio is winning the poll I put out for captaincy yesterday. Honestly, that’s surprised me. Not because he isn’t the best option, but because I will be surprised if

Audrey🏳️‍⚧️

AudreyRosevear

To my budding understanding, it looks like there’s a growing “categorical viewpoint” on differential geometry, using groupoids and especially Lie groupoids to reimagine a lot of ideas. Here’s an informal

Malcolm Harris

BigMeanInternet

In Marxist terms, what to Uber is a car owned by an Uber driver? This is an interesting answer! Science is an example Marx gives of a free gift to

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