University graduates are the most privileged people in society, there should be welfare programs of course, but they should all be aimed at those coming from low socioeconomic backgrounds.

'That's why it's still a theory'
All this time I thought he was doing pantomine but he's actually quite dumb.

People are okay with Iranians showing solidarity towards:

- Palestinians
- Yemenis
- Syrians
- Lebanese
- Afghans

Etc. But draw the line when showing solidarity towards:

- Israelis

Why? What happened to all humans are humans? Why can’t it be and/both? From the beginning, I…

Schooled.

Retweeting here because I think its important many people consider this:

There are, according to cog sci John Vervaeke, 4 ways of knowing:

Propositional - This form of knowing results in beliefs and truths. The philosophical tradition of the West has operated as if we can…

Correct.

I often hear people say something like “it worries me when your statements attract the ‘wrong kind of follower.’”So am I supposed to lie in order to attract the ‘right kind of follower?’ What standard do these people use to construct their opinions? Doesn’t sound like logic and…

Panda barred from a Glasgow pub #janeygodleyvoiceover

Excellent article by Michael Gawenda. Michael Gawenda is one of Australia’s best-known journalists and authors. In a career spanning more than four decades, Michael has been a political reporter, foreign correspondent in London and Washington, and was editor and editor in chief…

Really, put down the crack pipe and pick up a history book.

When the Supreme Court makes a unanimous decision and you vehemently disagree, you can either choose to believe they’re all completely inept at reading comprehension, or maybe, just maybe, they understand the law better than you do

Matt le Tissier is the bizzaro Gary Lineker

US policy on the Gaza war appears hapless, ineffective, and immoral.

President Biden should go to Israel and speak hard truths to Israelis directly.

My take:

I’m a woman of my word. I’m not giving up this fight when a majority of Americans disapprove of both Trump and Biden.

In the next 10 days, 21 states and territories will speak. They have the right to a real choice, not a Soviet-style election with only one candidate. And I have…

Nassim Taleb spends 30 hours every week reading books.

Here are 27 reading tips from Nassim Nicholas Taleb:

1) The minute I was bored with a book or a subject I moved to another one, instead of giving up on reading altogether.

2) The trick is to be bored with a specific book, rather than…

'How did we get to this point? The standard explanations — media echo chambers, party polarization, racism, status anxiety, misinformation, demographic sorting and even fear — tell only part of the story,' Hyrum Lewis writes.

deseret.com/2024/1/15/2400…

Hyrum Lewis, co-author of the book 'The Myth of Left and Right,' shares why left/right labels don't actually work.

What do you think of his argument?

This is an excerpt from the panel on whether Left/Right labels are helping or hurting us, during last year's FreedomFest.

Funny! And exciting to see Stewart back in top shape.

But the “they’re both super old” angle—while true—fails to capture the much more important fact that Biden is experiencing serious cognitive decline and Trump just isn’t.

Voters don’t care about the number. They care about…

Read 'Lying', the new book by my friend Sam Harris. Excellent cover art and lots of good reasons not to lie!

I’m sorry, I really shouldn’t be emoting on twitter. But I honest-to-god despise these fascist-shilling-Quisling-sons-of-bitches and I just need to get that off my chest.

Right. I’ll go back to exercising some self-control.