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Yes Simon but I would treat “fundamental” and “thorough” differently. A model can be thorough by including many relevant factors, but that doesn’t make all those factors fundamental.

What I’m pushing back on is the physics habit of treating “fundamental” as meaning “smallest,” “indivisible,” or “basic ingredient.” I agree that something can…[Read more]

Reg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:
What physics gets wrong about the idea of “fundamental”.

Yes, I think a model should be “thorough” as well as “fundamental”.  Some fundamental elements are not just individisible particles – they’re also structural factors, for example, that form the fabric of reality.  So, the fundamental constants of the unive…[Read more]

Reg:

Nudge theory was all about taking responsibility, but it allowed big business to look the other way. See also Book Club below.

First, a couple of definitions:

A Shareholder is someone who invests money or capital in a corporate venture and have a say in the running of the venture. The best shareholders who do well for themselves study…[Read more]

Thank you Reg!

Have a great week!!

I generally try to leave personal commentary out of the main page and just publish the linked headlines. But I am in no mood for any religious bigots or theist bullshit this week. 🙂

Nakba for all of the indigenous peoples who were Islamized. Centuries of persecution of women/girls, gays, minorities…

Religion is the worst cancer ever visited on humanity.

And in terms of the dodger blue bleeding for the nakba i doubt ten percent of the lefties have any knowledge of the ethnic cleansing of Jews in the middle east and…[Read more]

Jake:

The real Nakba for the Arab people was the Al-Quran, Al-Hadith, and Al-Sunnah and, of course, the enemies they made along the way.

It is Nakba Day tomorrow.

Just want to express my admiration for the national identity of a people who did not exist when the rejection of compromise was swift and the attack on Jews in their ancestral homeland was immediate. At that moment”Palestians” were Jews. The evidence is ample. If the coalition of Arabs had not been such fuck-ups they…[Read more]

Fellow Unbelievers,

And here’s the other story:

Palantir wants to bring back the draft just as the Selective Service Preps for Automatic Registration
https://fortune.com/2026/04/20/palantir-military-draft-selective-service-automatic-registration/

An AI CEO throwing warm bodies at problems, let alone war, should be an automatic disqualifier

Fellow Unbelievers:

Welp, my dreams of Man-And Machine Co-Existence just got shattered by two stories

RFK Jr. Sits in on Open Heart Surgery in Bonkers Move
https://www.thedailybeast.com/robert-f-kennedy-jr-was-allowed-near-open-heart-surgery-patient-in-bonkers-move/

RFK Jr.’s filthy paws should be near hospital doorknobs without disinfectant…[Read more]

Fellow Unbelievers:

More rotten Ecumunism:

Leo XIV grants the Order of Pius IX to the Iranian ambassador to the Holy See
https://infovaticana.com/en/2026/05/13/leo-xiv-grants-the-order-of-pius-ix-to-the-iranian-ambassador-to-the-holy-see/

Hey, Leo! There’s a third Golden Mean between being a Crusader and being a D’himmi suck-up! And you don’t…[Read more]

Reg:

You won’t want Ezekiel 4:9 Bread™ after reading the full chapter. The least of the problems with it is that the author of the verse didn’t believe in commas.

Sprouted Grain Bread/Ezekiel Bread/Food For Life
https://www.foodforlife.com/about_us/ezekiel-49

The bread actually has to be refrigerated to prevent molding which would probably…[Read more]

I am forever in search of the perfect red lentil stew. I had one from Andhra Bhavan this evening that came close.

Then I heard about Genesis 25: 29-34 where Esau came home exhausted and hungry after hunting. Jacob was cooking a red stew — traditionally understood as lentil stew.

Esau said “Give me some of that red stew.” Jacob replied: “Sell…[Read more]

Fellow Unbelievers:

More rude virtue-signalling/publicly playing with food in the name of Jebus. Fortunately, most of the comments are antidotes for the viral contagion.

Eating Healthy? No, They’re Eating B…[Read more]

Reg and Fellow Unbelievers:

‘Think outside the bots’: How to stop AI from turning your brain to mush.

Against all my aversions to how AI works now, I decided to ask DuckAI some questions. I must say, it gave some thoughtful answers. Here I asked about how humans and AI could co-exist in ways that could benefit both:

Principles for ben…

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I think @fullermingjr is a really nice guy and a gentleman.

Just for clarity my “I guess you might say he not a no-goodnik, he just misunderstood…” was referring to Larry David and not Fullermingjr  🙂

Reg:

Jake, I guess you might say he not a no-goodnik, he just misunderstood…

I hope Fullermingjr comes back and sees the same thing about us. Or at least sees us as too nerdy, pedantic, and esoteric to be a conspiracy.

Jake:

Damn! I could smell and feel the THC and brisket all the way through the the InterToobz!
🌿🥩😋🤪

Larry David achieved a breakthrough there! He could have had a successful summit with Malcolm X and Meir Kahane in the Sixties!

✡️🤜🏼🤛🏿🏙️

I just wonder, though: Why didn’t Larry David green-screen his alter ego doppelgänger instead of…[Read more]