Reg:

Five persistent “Zombie Facts” that should be allowed to finally die.

Uh, ackshuyally, things that aren’t true are not facts. Calling them “facts,” let alone “zombie facts,” simply assures that they literally won’t die.

And the examples given are really weak. If a Toothpick Fish is the size of a thumbnail, it’s not getting even near a u…[Read more]

Thanks, Reg!!

Have a great week!

So thuggery is part of the training. There must be official, authoritarian playbooks out there, right? About 2 minutes long:

Jake:

I strive for ends and means that are consistent. If the goal is getting Trump out of office, Amendments 22 and 25 are the way to go.

As for Nazism and Communism, they were more symbiotic than most suppose. They and their predecessors both shared the same Totalitarian hatred of Classical Liberalism and Capitalism. The Socal Democrats also…[Read more]

1 minute long:

Hegseth is pissed off that Anthropic has refused to hand over ChatGPT technology to the Pentagon. A bit over 1 minute:

What could possibly go wrong with trusting Pete with it, right?

[Moderator note: I changed the name of this topic from “ChatGPT 2022/2023” to “ChatGPT 2022 to ?”]

Enco it occurs to me you are a purist.

You will form principles and are forever beholden no matter the outcome of doing so.

Did you know that the Nazis could have been defeated if the communist party and the social democratic party had formed a coalition. But their antipathy for one another was greater than their fear of Nazism. Purity in…[Read more]