Steve Price

@chico_ray Socialism is one of several widespread doctrines advocating the violent redress of imaginary grievances.

RIP.. JV .

@arjunkhemani @JMilei But why the convergence on bad and immoral ideas when there are infinitely more of them to choose from? @DavidDeutschOxf

@arjunkhemani @JMilei True, and another gem from David.

“People who converge upon the truth converge with each other.” — David Deutsch

“A major source of objection to a free economy is precisely that it does this task so well: it gives people what they want instead of what a particular group thinks they ought to want.” — Milton Friedman

@DavidDeutschOxf @webdevMason Indeed. And the squeaks and giggles from the headphone wearer is a delight to hear!

@webdevMason Headphones.

I wish you could all see the joy on my daughter's face watching Dumbo for the 50th time, without sound because nobody else in this house can stand to listen to Dumbo one more *%#~ing time. It is radicalizing. True happiness is possible

@DavidDeutschOxf @christiandean_

@christiandean_ Antonio Stoppani in 1873:

I thought David Deutsch was the first to claim that knowledge is a cosmic force, one that’s possibly the most powerful in the universe (although not yet). But in the 1940’s, Ludwig Von Mises wrote this in Human Action: “Human action is one of the agencies bringing about change. It is an element of cosmic activity and becoming. Therefore it is a legitimate object of scientific investigation. As—at least under present conditions—it cannot be traced back to its causes, it must be considered as an ultimate given and must be studied as such.” But Mises goes on to make the same mistake as Stephen Hawking’s ‘chemical scum’ argument which Deutsch refutes: “It is true that the changes brought about by human action are but trifling when compared with the effects of the operation of the great cosmic forces. From the point of view of eternity and the infinite universe man is an infinitesimal speck. But for man human action and its vicissitudes are the real thing. Action is the essence of his nature and existence, his means of preserving his life and raising himself above the level of animals and plants. However perishable and evanescent all human efforts may be, for man and for human science they are of primary importance.” But I don’t blame him for viewing our impact on the universe that way considering he wrote this long before we had a plan to put people on the Moon.

Do Austrians consider the action axiom as applying both to a creative producer (imagining and building a new product) and a creative consumer (searching the market for a new widget to satisfy their goal)? @PerBylund @ChipkinLogan @BobMurphyEcon

Austrian econ rightly claims production precedes consumption. What do the Austrians say about creativity. Do they agree it proceeds production?

@DavidDeutschOxf @MwangiMuse Also induction on the part of the misinformed.

@DavidDeutschOxf @MwangiMuse It gets me thinking that ‘Misinformation’ is such an irksome concept because it contains both Empiricism and appeal to authority. What’s your data? Where are you getting it from?

@thomaschattwill This book explains why. And now I think of it, it’s a good remedy for cynicism as well.

I will just never understand all the glazing of Musk for wanting to “make us interplanetary.” This is the only planet that will ever mean anything to any of us. The idea that some future humanoid-cyborg will eke out a bleak life on Mars is not worth wrecking America to achieve.

@m3rike several clinicians i have spoke with say it’s probably more common than is reported, but many cases get stuck in repeated A&E visits or with GPs, so they don’t reach the neurologists.

It's easy to claim #spinalCSFleak is rare. But punctures from the smallest spinal needles are typically MRI negative, so are many other leaks. Probable #SIH patient registry doesn't exist. The problem for medicine is that the internet enables many patients to find each other.

@ChipkinLogan @ToKTeacher

Process is more fundamental than position in all things in which knowledge is the predominant causal factor (individual minds, institutions, economies, and cultures).

“The ways we make decisions are a lot more important than any particular decision we might make” Jonathan Sumption on the enlightenment view of institutions.

Did the Inca suspend each stone from a crane and rub them back and forth? Seems unlikely given the intricate patterns?

The stones were rotated in situ for the perfect fit……

H. L. Warren describes how the column stones in the Parthenon were rotated in situ to create the seamless joint…….

Why did the Inca use Mortarless joints given the extra precision required …….?