Shoutout to James Joyce who, in 1926, would start fights in Paris bars, then turn to a young Ernest Hemingway and say, “Finish it, Hem!”

The "ETs are friendly" caucus distrusts #DavidGrusch because of his claims like "ETs may have murdered humans." But given sufficient interaction with a "friendly-ET" faction, such a claim is _guaranteed_ to be true. By simple argument of probabilities: shit happens. #ufotwitter

In myriad domains, including some of the most consequential, few correct answers are more valuable than that of, "am I on an exponential trajectory, or is this the first half of a sigmoid?" Thanks to (but not a quote by): Daniel Schmachtenberger [The Consilience Project] #mathematics

. Ross Coulthart Leslie Kean Ralph Blumenthal I just can't come up with any satisfying reason why Grusch's DOPSR-cleared letter should be withheld from the public. Unless you know something I don't, would you kindly consider releasing the document in full? I'm excited about these

Join Richard Dolan on 07/26 starting at 10:30 AM for reactions to the UAP Hearing here on Twitter. Ask questions, comment and watch it all unfold right here with Richard. #RD726Hearing #UAPHearing #UFOTwitter

A substantial step in the right direction for us all.

Say what you will—it is indeed bad luck to walk underneath a ladder. #rationalism

As a rule, both "business" books and "self-help" books are in fact philosophy books. Now, they may be mid-/low-brow, and they may rarely be worldview-shattering, and they may have gobs of filler. But far and away, they mainly discuss matters of philosophy.

New word/preposition: "overneath" Thank me in the morning 😎

“If you want to become a kind person, do kind acts.” cc: Michael Malice Scott Adams #quotes #advice

Via Todd Seavey: I’m as intrigued as anyone by the cross-fertilization between right and left going on in downtown Manhattan’s youthful Dimes Square scene. splicetoday.com/politics-and-m…

Most non-victimless crimes-of-morality are perpetrated not because of some version of "stealing a loaf of bread to feed my family," rather it's because the perp was psychically hurt in the past and seeks vengeance, even if the non-specific variety is the best one can do.

The song "Steppin' Stone"—it's cool. Because of how it's produced (in the style of the time) it's wrongly characterized as hyper-poppy. (I'm referring to its all: could be Revere/Raiders, could be Liverpool Five.) cc: Rick Rubin billy Micky Dolenz #musicproduction

The Irish sure know how to funeral. Dancing in the aisles. Just beautiful. 🥹

Claim: "Science is metaphysically agnostic." ―The Hon. Curt Jaimungal | Here are two close counterexamples, in the form of a priori metaphysical assumptions made for science: 1) spacetime-invariance of ultimate/final physical law itself; 2) a "dead" universe, i.e. a universe which

To be anti-intellectual is more intellectual than to be non-intellectual. #Philosophy

A decade ago, statistics was wrapped-up as "machine learning" and "data science," by laypeople and for laypeople. Recently I've starting seeing examples that all-things "machine leaning" are being wrapped-up into the term "AI." #ArtificialIntelligence #Statistics

"Correct a wise man, and he will thank you. Correct a foolish one, and he will hate you."

One easy trick to get rid of a typo: just keep misspelling it the same way enough times Erin McKean @[email protected] #grammar #words