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I bet a horse named Purely Platonic nearly half a century ago. Did not hold on. Had the speed to make the lead but when it mattered…

The idea that we are not fungible goods and that our attributes ought to be harnessed both for the individual and the state is imo a valid one.

Enco this is what AI has to say. BTW i just read something in Science Daily about how AI is sometimes inaccurate in what it says about science.

“Forever chemicals” (
PFAS) are synthetic compounds that do not break down in the environment or human body due to extremely strong carbon-fluorine bonds. Unlike most other pollutants that degrade over…[Read more]

I have been thinking how AI might be employed to counteract the sleep of reason. All over the globe the somnambulence of reason is in perpetual season. Peaks its head out from time to time before it is whack-a-moled into its interstices where it is in semi-hibernation.

The level of ignorance and stupidity is mind numbing. It might be excused…[Read more]

Good argument against the lefty isolationists:

https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-890457

The more advanced broken window opens door equation is apparent with Israel and its military defense. (How does one measure prosperity? For my money it is not reducible to economics and monetary scales.)

“And all of those innovations would be needed in peacetime, and can be and are created in peacetime, and the material they require would be far…[Read more]

Broken window net prosperity equation is not easily calculated.

Israel’s ongoing security challenges have fostered rapid, war-driven innovations, particularly in medical technology and defense. Key developments include
AI-driven battlefield triage (Aidoc), specialized vascular surgeries, 3D-printed prosthetics, and advanced wound treatments.…[Read more]

Thanks Reg.

That lake is so beautiful. I bet those books have really cool pics. And that science center is pretty cool. Been there half a dozen times or so. I would take 7 to 2 they have a copy of Spring on Squam. Sad thing is that squam Lake had the cleanest water in NH from memory. I remember drinking it from faucet. I don’t know how long it…[Read more]

Enco, the oft-cited extraordinary claims requirement is a logical one. Not sure this is an extraordinary claim however. Has anyone defined it satisfactorily? On the other hand your skepticism is sensible. Memories are fallible. Sometimes the speaker intends to deceive.

Nothing too extraordinary about misattribution of quotes. There is info…[Read more]

I affirm the truth of the matter asserted. My ass read that shit in an old obscure book. It stuck with me because it came as surprise. There were so many old books at my grandparents house yeah on the Jewish side of course. Unless i am reading some well known author or classical author i don’t pay any attention to the author or title. Book i am…[Read more]

Good walk spoiled? Thought it was Harvey Penick. Wa’nt. Wa’nt Twain either. Mark that and fathom that. John Feinstein wrote a book of that title but wa’nt his quote not by a mile. Hittin a ball. Hittin it foul. Hittin it long and straight wipes off that scowl. Why do we care? I can’t say. All of that effort won’t allay the final jar comin our…[Read more]

*Just read what i wrote.

This is my brain on sleep deprivation. Phooey.

Enco,

Under ordinary circumstances i agree conscription is a prescription for loss of freedom. Really it is fucking risky and no fun if your heart is not in it.

Israel, however, requires it and it is existential. It doesn’t end. Not yet. Constantly under siege. And being under siege has a benefit that might not be apparent. It creates…[Read more]

Pope,

Your query bout lefty ideologue is very merry and though provoking. The effect of the lefty lady ideologue pontificating in tired tropes and hackneyed narratives is identical irrespective of your location or hers. Sound waves, amplitude, vacuous and vapid…

Whether the regime will be toppled is beyond anyone’s ken or so i suspect. It is…[Read more]

Pope,

All we can do is speculate. Here are some factors to consider. 2000 plus marines are on there way along with amphibious assault ships. If i read the room 80 to 85 percent of Iranians are against the Islamic regime. Decades and decades of repression and persecution and imposed religious intolerance for a population that is not all gung ho…[Read more]

Here is a shorty satire.

Enco,

I was just reading a social media post in which someone said I love Jews.

One after another with the i just hate zionists. I just hate Netanyahoo. I just hate Israel. Etc. I asked em to define Zionist. They couldn’t. I wrote, “if someone said I love the French would you think I love the French i just hate Macron.” I don’t think it even…[Read more]

Simon,

The far left is often spot-on in critiquing the far right. Conversely far right is often spot-on in critiquing the far left.

Are you suggesting the speaker is a shill or a fake?

Did you listen and if so do you disagree with the guest? On which points?

Enco,

I have not been following it beyond superficial acquaintance but there have been protests and violence in Israel over the Haredi being treated like other Jewish Israelis. I think the law in Israel presently is indeed mandatory service. Formerly they were exempt from military. It is optional for Arab Israelis. Druze are over-represented. It…[Read more]

If Lefty ideologue listens what does she say in response to this Iranian?

A rose by any other Roger is Alice in quantum foam.

Reg, is he of the opinion that consciousness and time are related? If so is it experienced differently by organisms with different levels of consciousness? Also is there anything fundamental about the interaction between the observer and reality?