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Bryan Caplan
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Bryan Caplan
@bryan_caplan
GMU econ prof, NYT bestseller, father of 4, author of Myth of the Rational Voter, Selfish Reasons to Have More Kids, Case Against Education, Open Borders, & BBB
Oakton, Virginia Katılım Ocak 2011
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Don't believe in anything "bigger than yourself."
Instead, become big enough for you to believe in yourself.
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APs are getting easier, but they are still highly meritocratic compared to not just high school grades but college grades.
Most students who get an A in a college class would be lucky to get a 3 on the corresponding AP.
Michael Torres@MindofTorres
This is what grade inflation looks like. AP exams suddenly became easier. So when your local school, district, or state touts record AP participation and passage rates ... now you know why. Source: fordhaminstitute.org/national/comme…
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The perennial appeal of nationalism and socialism shows how broken human nature really is.
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"The upshot is that if risky behavior does not vary by income, we should conclude that the poor are more irresponsible than the rich. If the rich actually engage in less risky behavior than the poor, the true gap is bigger than it looks."
betonit.ai/p/income_and_i…
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"The richer you are, the easier it is to avoid or remedy such consequences – and the less likely a given action qualifies as irresponsible." betonit.ai/p/income_and_i…
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My take on Caesar Chavez is labor unions are evil and he should’ve already gone down in infamy for being a union organizer alone. richardhanania.com/p/labor-freedo…
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I agree with your view. I want to bet someone who disagrees.
Squirtlebosco@squirtlevc
@bryan_caplan Ok - I will take this bet that humanity/social science dept will be majority left/socialist in Canada for 1k, and 500 for US. “Extremely” is 70% or more on aggregate
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It's too hard to get data on that. I'd start with the Dem/Rep ratio though I'm open to other measures.
Rupert McCallum@MccallumRupert
@bryan_caplan When you say "left-wing", you mean something in the ballpark of "supportive of government playing a role in regulating labour markets and re-distributing wealth", or do you rather mean supportive of certain positions that we typically associate with being left-wing?
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I'm talking about the US. I'll accept a wide range of definitions, but Dem/Rep ratio of full-time faculty in humanities and social sciences is where I'd start.
Squirtlebosco@squirtlevc
@bryan_caplan How do you define extremely left wing and on which country - willing to get 1k on this Bryan
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"Larijani published books on Immanuel Kant, Saul Kripke, and David Lewis."
!!!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Larij…
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"Straw man" is often a straw man. betonit.ai/p/the_straw_ma…
David J. Bier@David_J_Bier
The sophisticated empirical arguments against immigration are disproven, but all the objections that matter most politically are just complete nonsense that you don't need any complex analysis to reject: -On crime: They increase crime *levels*! -On economics: They took our jobs! -On budgets: They consume >$0 in benefits! -On politics: Illegal aliens elected Biden! -On assimilation: They speak foreign languages! -On legality: They should all just come legally!
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Yes, it's no surprise that Ehrlich's chief antagonist was one of history's greatest defenders of immigrants. x.com/markregets/sta…
Mark Regets@markregets
@David_J_Bier @mattyglesias Julian Simon had the more valid core idea. People are the ultimate resource.
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Yes. Though it would be great if the Supreme Court would double-tap by ruling that LLMs are speech.
What else could a Large Language Model be, if not speech?!
Richard Hanania@RichardHanania
The speed with which AI moves will be too fast for the political process to respond, even if politicians demagogue the issue. Thankfully the voters won’t get what they want.
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Indeed. betonit.ai/p/how-immigran…
Richard Hanania@RichardHanania
Republicans were making gains with Latinos in California before nativists decided they were the problem. Just as with the last election, this is the pattern. Nativists attack people and then say they’ll always be Democrats. richardhanania.com/p/diversity-re…
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