Aaron on just about everything tbf
March 17, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Aaron on just about everything tbf
In the UK one, my sense is that it wasn’t evidence from patterns of murders that got traitors (and they did tend to go for things that would cause chaos rather than overthinking it). What got them was slip ups in face to face situations, or just bad luck.
January 25, 2025 at 12:51 AM
In the UK one, my sense is that it wasn’t evidence from patterns of murders that got traitors (and they did tend to go for things that would cause chaos rather than overthinking it). What got them was slip ups in face to face situations, or just bad luck.
(I have only seen this one, UK, season. Which has been terrific).
January 25, 2025 at 12:39 AM
(I have only seen this one, UK, season. Which has been terrific).
I feel there’s a big selection effect in what gets shown!
January 25, 2025 at 12:38 AM
I feel there’s a big selection effect in what gets shown!
It’s oddly like cycling. I love them both.
January 25, 2025 at 12:14 AM
It’s oddly like cycling. I love them both.
Hesperus, Phosphorus *crawls back under rock*
January 20, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Hesperus, Phosphorus *crawls back under rock*
“The renovation displays a highly individual and visionary taste in certain quarters, extravagant in some respects, yet purposely made to create a home that’s not short on flair, glamour and presence.” Indeed.
January 5, 2025 at 3:50 PM
“The renovation displays a highly individual and visionary taste in certain quarters, extravagant in some respects, yet purposely made to create a home that’s not short on flair, glamour and presence.” Indeed.
Wait, it’s in Conwy? I knew I recognised the house. We used to go eat fish and chips outside it when we made the trip to visit Conwy’s model shop as teenagers.
January 5, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Wait, it’s in Conwy? I knew I recognised the house. We used to go eat fish and chips outside it when we made the trip to visit Conwy’s model shop as teenagers.
Pigeon pose, single leg bridges, back extension, repeat. Sigh.
January 4, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Pigeon pose, single leg bridges, back extension, repeat. Sigh.
For Lewis, thinks like reduction of mind, mad pain and Martian pain, etc. insofar as their are novel arguments, they’re novel in a clarity that clearly comes because he’s measuring old arguments against a vision of how things work. I think!
January 3, 2025 at 7:03 PM
For Lewis, thinks like reduction of mind, mad pain and Martian pain, etc. insofar as their are novel arguments, they’re novel in a clarity that clearly comes because he’s measuring old arguments against a vision of how things work. I think!
The v v long introduction to the edited collection (meaning mathematics reality) is a brilliant summary/position piece.
January 3, 2025 at 7:01 PM
The v v long introduction to the edited collection (meaning mathematics reality) is a brilliant summary/position piece.
I think science without numbers is some of it. An old argument (Quine Putnam indispensibility) but the main argument is creative vision of how to build a case for nominalism, and executing that.
January 3, 2025 at 7:00 PM
I think science without numbers is some of it. An old argument (Quine Putnam indispensibility) but the main argument is creative vision of how to build a case for nominalism, and executing that.
So maybe that can incentivize bluffing skills that are irrelevant in contexts where you can just disappear into the crowd.
January 3, 2025 at 6:57 PM
So maybe that can incentivize bluffing skills that are irrelevant in contexts where you can just disappear into the crowd.
I mean, I remember at my red brick having frank conversations with people who were clear eyed their priority was DJing club nights. But I guess in Oxbridge the thing is you have to get through the accountability hoops *as well* as figuring out how to satisfice at summative assessment.
January 3, 2025 at 6:56 PM
I mean, I remember at my red brick having frank conversations with people who were clear eyed their priority was DJing club nights. But I guess in Oxbridge the thing is you have to get through the accountability hoops *as well* as figuring out how to satisfice at summative assessment.
I’m thinking about my paradigms (Lewis, Field) and I don’t know if “veneration for arguments” applies to them *that* much. There’s an overarching development in each of old arguments, refined. But mostly creative explanation of a way the world could be, how it might work, how things hang together…
January 3, 2025 at 6:53 PM
I’m thinking about my paradigms (Lewis, Field) and I don’t know if “veneration for arguments” applies to them *that* much. There’s an overarching development in each of old arguments, refined. But mostly creative explanation of a way the world could be, how it might work, how things hang together…
Odd to call that an oxbridge culture though! The idea that the representative oxbridge student is an Etonian bluffer isn’t right. They’re a fringe. (And while Oxbridge maintains its place as the main gateway to the establishment, removing the “not for me” vibe is kinda important).
January 3, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Odd to call that an oxbridge culture though! The idea that the representative oxbridge student is an Etonian bluffer isn’t right. They’re a fringe. (And while Oxbridge maintains its place as the main gateway to the establishment, removing the “not for me” vibe is kinda important).
I don’t really see what government loses by pausing before reacting. (I’m not sure what concretely they can achieve other than a slanging match, but taking a couple of days to think through how to respond to an increasingly unhinged but influential person doesn’t seem bad?)
January 3, 2025 at 6:16 PM
I don’t really see what government loses by pausing before reacting. (I’m not sure what concretely they can achieve other than a slanging match, but taking a couple of days to think through how to respond to an increasingly unhinged but influential person doesn’t seem bad?)
Oxbridge essay culture involved lots of very stressed people (more than half from state school even in most unrepresentative bits of the system) doing mountains of reading and being held accountable for it several times a week. Oxbridge *political* culture otoh…
January 3, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Oxbridge essay culture involved lots of very stressed people (more than half from state school even in most unrepresentative bits of the system) doing mountains of reading and being held accountable for it several times a week. Oxbridge *political* culture otoh…
“playing hide and seek with the gamma ray source!”
January 3, 2025 at 2:30 PM
“playing hide and seek with the gamma ray source!”
It was safe! Sort of! (And provided you Did Not Remove Materials From Their Containers, when basically the fault is yours, nine year old).
January 3, 2025 at 2:28 PM
It was safe! Sort of! (And provided you Did Not Remove Materials From Their Containers, when basically the fault is yours, nine year old).