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Smartest thing I've read in a while

Say what you will about this site but this is the one place where smart commenters can ask complicated questions of experts and get a direct, meaningful answer that a curious observer like myself can learn fro.

Me, busily clicking "like" on every post urging for ignoring or abolishing the Doomsday Clock, one of the most embarrassing psuedo-intellectual ploys in my lifetime.

This is brilliant. The process of designing a new font for Cheetos 😂

A new twist on the married happiness topic: It is consistently the case that married women are happier on average than singles. But singles have been led to believe the opposite!

Surprisingly, ignoring worries can improve mental health. Evidence: After practice blocking out fears, people were less anxious—and less depressed 3 months later—especially if they had high anxiety or PTSD. Not all concerns demand attention. Some thoughts are worth dismissing.

What a spectacularly unnecessary shot in the foot this comment was. I saw the post-game interviews with the Eagles' coach and QB. Both thanked God. They didn't credit him. There is a meaningful difference and understanding that is a first step to humility.

Not surprising, actually. Easily provable in your personal life, easily observable in the lives of others. We've been discussing this for decades. Christina Hoff Sommers wrote One Nation Under Therapy 20 years ago. The fact that a smart guy like Adam Grant thinks this is surprising is one

How is Freddie deBoer the one guy who is soooo right sometimes and yet sooo wrong other times. To be clear: He nailed this one like a roofer.

I understand the purpose of asking meaningless hypothetical questions to give people a chance to determine their moral priorities. But there is a prior question that has to be asked, if someone has the power to randomly grant someone a billion dollars, why is that person choosing

I like this. Agree with some commenters that all ideologies should be on here since all potentially justify evil. Maybe an extra dimension to add is how far from the center a particular ideology lies determines how much evil it will produce or how easily it does so.

Many commenters here taking issue with the claim, explaining firepower superiority or tactics rather than pointing out the obvious: This is not a war that will ever happen.

Both men hated tariffs. Churchill, in 1904, in the year he left the Tories over their protectionism, said this about them, in a speech to the Free Trade League, in a place called Free Trade Hall:

It's not the end of civilization, but it's pretty close

Dang, somebody said it out loud.

Many such awakenings around me every day. Welcome.

Hilarious. This has "how do you do, fellow kids" written all over it.

I regret to inform you that nothing in this post is false. I have accumulated a long list of such examples over my decades in and out of academia.