History · Society

Cognitive Decline Among the Elite: Colonialism vs. Modern Empire Building

comments of your idol Nassim Taleb: https://www.quora.com/Why-do-people-find-Taleb-to-be-so-polarizing-Why-are-people-in-academia-so-sharply-divided-about-the-quality-of-Talebs-ideas-Why-do-people-think-his-ideas-with-some-exceptions-are-either-really-bad-or-really-good https://www.quora.com/In-Nate-Silvers-book-The-Signal-in-the-Noise-he-clearly-refers-to-ideas-and-works-of-Nassim-Taleb-but-never-mentions-him-by-name-Why-is-this-so And this is what nails a rusty nail into that Phoenician’s forehead: https://www.quora.com/Whats-Nassim-Talebs-best-argument-that-Nate-Silver-is-not-very-good-at-what-he-does Read the comment from all these links of Markus…

Open Thread

Open Thread #3

…a little concerned about continuing now and wondered if you had any thoughts on this issue. Here are a few links on this topic: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-science-behind-behavior/201604/the-little-known-downsides-mindfulness-practice https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/jan/23/is-mindfulness-making-us-ill https://www.nhs.uk/news/lifestyle-and-exercise/does-meditation-carry-a-risk-of-harmful-side-effects/ Aaron S. Elias…

The Working World

James Damore’s Lawsuit Against Google

…the company? Militant leftists aren’t known for being conscientious. Last year Berkeley students were triggered by the holding of an exam, citing threats to their physical and mental health (https://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2017/10/10/if-these-kids-are-the-future-we-are-screwed-berkeley-students-demand-take-home-midterm-exam-instead-of-an-in-class-test-because-of-emotion-stress-afflicting-people-of-color/)….

Politics · Society

Societal Cracks due to Multiculturalism

…population. The comment links are: https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-09-09/these-are-worlds-safest-cities?commentId=fd02e21f-9c50-442e-819f-3941b76b78a1 and https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-09-09/these-are-worlds-safest-cities?commentId=c5628827-5beb-47af-a98b-8c4dac94d1c3 Here in plain text: The Color of Crime: • Black males age 18-35 years of age are only 1.8% of the U.S….