1. The crypto crash continues exactly as I said last week it would play out. There is no bounce after the initial crash to $26k…just a gradual slide lower, to $10k or wherever the eventual bottom is. As shown in the screenshot below of the past five days, no bounce at all: When the death… Continue reading The Daily View: 8/22/2013
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Elon calls the shots
This week Elon has managed to piss off both sides of the aisle, first ‘the right’ by his proposal to disable the Twitter block button, which led to a public spat with the 180 IQ James Woods [1], and then ‘the left’ by throttling traffic to websites he personally dislikes, such as Reuters and the… Continue reading Elon calls the shots
Crypto meltdown, ESP, Veritasium IQ video
Bitcoin now crashed to $26,300 (make that $25,700 as of hitting the publish button), which is even lower than I was expecting, and so soon: JUST IN: #Bitcoin falls under $26,000. pic.twitter.com/jReavH7d2f — Watcher.Guru (@WatcherGuru) August 17, 2023 The forecast couldn’t have gone better. The price imploded in the hours after making my post yesterday,… Continue reading Crypto meltdown, ESP, Veritasium IQ video
bitcoin crashed again: score one for me
Bitcoin keeps falling, and is considerably lower than the screenshot I took weeks ago when at 30,900: And now at 28500 (and 28300 as of hitting publish): Out of hundreds of people posting financial analysis about Bitcoin online, my analysis was the correct one by using the compression/sloppiness pattern described earlier and which I devised.… Continue reading bitcoin crashed again: score one for me
IQ is not just predictive at the low-end
Some psycholophaster went after my critique of IQ… proving my point that it is a measure of unintelligence, not intelligence.Simply, things that work in the negative domain must not be applied to the positive domain. pic.twitter.com/AGc472ZP4r — Nassim Nicholas Taleb (@nntaleb) August 14, 2023 A “psycholophaster,” or in other words, someone who is right. If… Continue reading IQ is not just predictive at the low-end
SBF bail revocation throws water on notion of democratic privilege or favoritism
A few days ago, Sam Bankman-Fried, aka SBF, the putative ringleader of the FTX fraud and collapse, was ordered to jail for violating his bail conditions for allegedly leaking some information about the star witness of the prosecution (who is also his ex-girlfriend), Caroline Ellison, to the NYTs. As everyone cheered this on, Trump who… Continue reading SBF bail revocation throws water on notion of democratic privilege or favoritism
‘Tooleb Tweets’ & IQ Edition, Andrew Tate
Time for the fifth installment of “Tooleb Tweets”, and an IQ-roundup. Part 1. The only ignorant one is you, Mr. Arab man: Ignorant Dawkins doesn't get it that such breeding works ONLY for a SINGLE task. Like making high volume breast-milk producing persons or 100m. swimmers. Humans have a lot of dimensions by definition AND… Continue reading ‘Tooleb Tweets’ & IQ Edition, Andrew Tate
I have seen the future, and it is Mounjaro
Saw this headline: Soaring sales of diabetes drug Mounjaro, widely used for weight loss, sends Eli Lilly to new heights Eli Lilly, which holds the patent to Tirzepatide and is sold under the brand name Mounjaro, and McDonald’s are both plays on the obesity crisis–that is, one of them being the solution and the other… Continue reading I have seen the future, and it is Mounjaro
The attempted cancellation of Richard Hanania: Why I think he will be OK
As the Huffington Post attempts to cancel his book deal in light of some decade-old ‘extremist’ remarks uncovered online, Richard Hanania reflects on his past and the evolution of his political views, and the renunciation of his old views: Why I Used to Suck, and (Hopefully) No Longer Do. I am optimistic he will survive… Continue reading The attempted cancellation of Richard Hanania: Why I think he will be OK
Obesity and genes: the skinny of it
The predictable response to blaming obesity on genes is that genes take a long time to change, whereas obesity by comparison is a relatively modern problem. But genes play an inescapable role in explaining individual phenotypic variation when environment is held constant. That is, why do some people get much fatter than others when everyone… Continue reading Obesity and genes: the skinny of it