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I disagree with some parts of Scott’s review of Jordan Peterson’s latest book, 12 Rules for Life, but it’s still a good review in terms of providing an overview of Dr. Peterson’s philosophy. I unfortunately have not yet read 12 Rules, but I have watched enough of Dr. Peterson’s YouTube lectures to be an ‘expert’… Continue reading Review of the review: Dr. Peterson’s 12 Rules for Life

The Economist finally awakens to the reality and importance of IQ, in an article How and why to search for young Einsteins: New research suggests new ways to nurture gifted children The article went massively viral, getting hundreds of up-votes on major social news aggregation sites such as Hacker News and Reddit. This suggests there… Continue reading The Economist becomes Woke about IQ

A week ago when Bitcoin was at $9,000 I wrote: Bitcoin is above $8,900 after falling as low as $7,400 a few day ago. My take is, it goes lower, especially because Tom Lee refuses to shut up. Here he is again. He’s now been on on CNBC over six times since December to hype… Continue reading Bitcoin falls again. Another correct call.

If one does a Google search for why Communism is appealing to some, the results, like most Google searches, are underwhelming, full of low-quality Quora links and other crud. No one can provide an adequate explanation for why Communism, but also Nazism and other totalitarian ideologies, are appealing to some. How could anyone support these… Continue reading The appeal of Communism and similar collectivist ideologies

Trump signed a spending bill which was, predictably, underwhelming. Some pundits are arguing that that Trump may be impeached if the GOP loses the House, or that Trump may lose in 2020 due to waffling on important issues. As I said before, politics is about identity and affiliation first and logical consistency and issues second.… Continue reading Trump analysis

Yes, Jordan Peterson Really Is That Smart The title is somewhat misleading because by ‘smart’ the author means media savvy and nuanced, not smart as in an IQ score. Dr. Peterson estimates his own IQ to be 150, which is a 1/5,000 rarity score. This means by every measure Dr. Peterson is really smart. This… Continue reading Dr. Peterson is really smart

Facebook is reportedly under FTC investigation over its handling of user data Apparently Facebook helped itself to too much user data, evoking the ire of lawmakers and some of the public [which I will get to shortly]. My prediction is, this will blow over. The left is saying Facebook’s troubles could be the start of… Continue reading The FTC investigation of Facebook, analysis

The news cycle has been glacial as of late. A year ago, the left was certain Muller/FBI had a bombshell against Trump and by 2018 Trump would be packing his bags, but now 14 months into his presidency, the left is not an inch closer to getting Trump impeached than they were a year ago.… Continue reading The daily view 3/21/2018

The Role of Luck in Life Success Is Far Greater Than We Realized As a hard-line biological determinist, a few years ago I would have dismissed the importance of luck, and although I’m still a determinist, I now realize that luck plays a much bigger role in terms of individual success than I previously thought.… Continue reading The Role of Luck in Life Success

A couple days ago, I dismissed the possibility of America having the same fate as the Roman Empire. But the question of collapse is a common theme of the far-right, and I wish I had a better answer to the collapse question than “It won’t happen.” So after some rumination, I have found a scenario… Continue reading A Scenario for how America Falters