Steve Berggreen

@Plinz To continue the soul-software analogy: does the software continue to operate after the hardware dies?

@Plinz We can observe souls? Isn't the more natural counterpart to software consciousness in this analogy?

Imagine you ask people whether computers have software in addition to their hardware, and 33% of all scientists say no, because science school forgot to tell them what every normal person can observe

@SpencerHakimian Saudi Arabia should be fine. They have a pipeline buried under the sand all the way to the Red Sea.

This is probably a stupid question but can someone explain it to me like I’m 5. If Iran blocks off the Persian Gulf/Strait of Hormuz, why can’t countries must move their oil through The Red Sea/Gulf of Aden?

@thegarybrecka Farmed salmon has significantly more omega-3 than wild-caught.

Your brain is built from omega-3s. 97% of the omega-3s in your brain are DHA + EPA. Wild-caught salmon, sardines, mackerel, herring, anchovies deliver them in the form your neurons actually use. This is why they lower inflammation, stabilize mood, and protect against cognitive decline. Eat fatty fish 2–3x per week or expect your brain to run on empty.

Bokslut för biståndsåret 2025: Regeringen kräver evidens men kapar 4 miljarder i blindo. Sida saknar utvärderingspolicy. Resultatet blir beslut på känn, inte på kunskap. Jag och Jakob Svensson föreslår tre reformer för evidensbaserat bistånd i DN Debatt. Gott nytt år!

@driscoll1142 @JosephAbdin @Harvard No, they are not. Trumps approval is well below 50% now. The opinion has already changed.

@JosephAbdin @Harvard No it is not. We had an election. This is exactly what we voted for. You know that already. The American people are sick of this bullcrap. They spoke very loudly

“No government—regardless of which party is in power—should dictate what private universities can teach, whom they can admit and hire, and which areas of study and inquiry they can pursue.” - President Alan Garber hrvd.me/GarberRespond3…

@lexfridman I.e. there is an opportunity cost for high-quality information provision that you do not take into account here. This is just one aspect, but an underrated one, given our attentional limitations.

@lexfridman That’s a pretty naive take. When you platform Ye and let his antisemitic nonsense reach millions, what are you hoping to achieve? Sure, you can win the immediate argument, but at the long-term cost of providing a megaphone for drivel that drowns out better conversations.

@elonmusk Kind of funny when you see these side by side

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@elonmusk Uh, yeah?

@WillyMacShow @RichardHanania Of course, but given that he hosts probably the most influential podcast in the world, it's important to highlight that he is not a serious person. This is not a serious show.

@RichardHanania let him do what he wants it's his fucking show

Douglas Murray asks Rogan why he doesn’t have real historians on to discuss history. Rogan responds that he wanted Ian Carroll on because he was interested in how you get started in conspiracies? Rogan appears completely unable to justify what he’s doing.

@LangmanVince Well, the rest of the world had the exact same inflation with: 1. more unemployment 2. worse stock markets. The US was the best-performing economy at the time. Some things, like global supply shocks, you just cannot control. This, however, was a massive unforced error.

The same people who are going batshit crazy because the stock market is at 38,000 and inflation is lower than 2% were calling the economy wonderful 3 years ago when the stock market was at 30,000 and inflation was at 9.1%

@elonmusk Now share his tariff rants.

@robkhenderson Well, they don't. The avg tariff rate is approx. the same for US, Europe, China, etc. Large tariffs largely seen among the poorest countries (from Wikipedia article using World Bank data).

Tariffs don't work, so why do so many smart countries have tariffs on American goods?

@BillAckman @realDonaldTrump A dealmaker? His wealth has grown less than the stock market since he inherited it. A monkey throwing darts randomly at the stock market would outperform his "deals". Where is the supposed business edge here? I don't think I've ever really seen it.

My advice to foreign leaders is that if you have not already reached out to President @realDonaldTrump, you need to do so immediately. Trump is, at his core, a dealmaker who sees the world as a series of transactions. Based on his track record to date with foreign governments, law firms, and universities, he is a tough, but fair negotiator. He loves to make deals and he loves to get things done promptly. I expect Trump will reward the early dealmakers with fairer deals than those that wait to sit down at the negotiating table. Countries that respond with additional tariffs on our goods will be severely punished. The carrot and the stick writ large, Big Boy style. The Art of the Deal will soon be sold out on @amazon. But if you are running a foreign country that is now subject to massive tariffs, don't wait to read the book. Just pick up the phone. Call the President, and make a deal. Just some advice from a friend of the global economy.

@KushDesai47 One of two things is true: either Madagascar levies earth-shattering tariffs on the US, or US consumers enjoy vanilla while Madagascar citizens are too poor to buy a Tesla. Which story seems more plausible?

No we literally calculated tariff and non tariff barriers. ustr.gov/issue-areas/re…

@DavidGiglioCA What tariffs? Those are trade imbalances. They are not the same thing. This is not even Econ 101.

So let me get this straight, every country in the world is allowed to put tariffs on America but we aren't permitted to retaliate?

@BradRTorgersen You know the tariff numbers Trump posted are completely made up, right?

If tariffs are a terrible idea and no sane politician would use them, why do 90% of America's "partner" nations use tariffs against America? I'm really trying to understand why an economic tool that's been used by other countries for a long time, is suddenly bad. 🫤

@sourpatchlyds Sholto David, Ph.D. in cellular and molecular biology, "humble blogger"? Alrighty then.

In 2023, a humble blogger discovered discrepancies in photographs taken by the Dana Farber Cancer Institute that led him to the realization that they were fabricating data. Yes, a random dude dethroned one of Boston's biggest research sources by following a trail of breadcrumbs.

@MikeBenzCyber I mean, the frigging name, and the first initial sentences alone, come on man: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euromaidan

@MikeBenzCyber Are you crazy? Look at Ukrainian opinion polls. 81% of Ukrainians would vote for EU. 4% against. They were literally called the Euromaidan protests because they were all about the *European Union*, not US or NATO. Ask for links since Twitter suppresses them.

Here's Jeffrey Sachs testifying that right after the 2014 overthrow of Ukraine's democratically elected government, he was personally flown to Kiev and told as he was walked around the Maidan Square "how the US paid all the money" for the protesters who overthrew the government