Many people who are held up as experts, especially in the field of cryptocurrency, are not that smart. They make glaring logical and factual errors. These are the same people who say to buy Bitcoin and that Bitcoin will go to $100,000 or some other improbably high target. The lower the interest rate, the higher… Continue reading These people are not that smart (why Bitcoin is guaranteed to be a crappy investment)

The SSL certificate is finally up. This means no more Chrome warnings, which presumably cost me traffic and readers. It’s so stupid and unacceptable how I procrastinated 5 months to do something that took 5 minutes.

The Chanda Chisala IQ debate rages on. Chisala’s argument hinges on the assumption that the GCSEs are a suitable proxy for IQ. The SATs, especially the pre-1995 version, are known to be a good proxy, which is why many high-IQ societies use pre-1995 SAT scores for admissions purposes, but are the GCSEs of equal or… Continue reading The GCSEs are not a good proxy for IQ

Nick put out another video, in which he argues that changing demographics will turn America socialist and more like Brazil: I agree that demographic change will mean more states turning blue in regard to national elections, similar to what happened to California, as Nick points out. Also, I agree that white voters tend to be… Continue reading Is America becoming more socialist? Depends how you define it

On August and October of 2019, I predicted the stock market would go much higher, and that the fed lowering rates in an expansion was unprecedented and extremely bullish. So far, with the S&P 500 up 8.6% since October, it would seem I was right yet again. Interest rates are at just 2%, versus 6%… Continue reading Stock market update: going much higher

In a hugely viral post NEW ATHEISM: THE GODLESSNESS THAT FAILED, Scott argues that the internet has become dumber in recent years, and that the peak of ‘new atheism’ corresponds, to some degree, to the apex of such intellectualism, and that as the internet has purportedly gotten dumber, atheism has fallen out of favor. I… Continue reading Has the internet become dumber or smarter?

From Jim’s blog again Politics played for keeps: This is not necessarily a good way of removing Trump. Not in 2020, and not in 2024. In the impeachment vote, every Republican voted party line, which is an extraordinary and startling turn around. This is a vote that signals a hope that Democrats will never be… Continue reading Trump has power but choosing to not use it

In regard to my response to Taleb’s article (it’s short but packs a lot of food for thought, which is probably why Taleb is so popular, because his ideas, even if many of them are wrong or unoriginal, at the very least provoke discussion), Taleb also argues that America, unlike most foreign countries, rewards tinkering,… Continue reading Explaining America’s Economic Success: The Concentration of Wealth

So they now convict Roger Stone of lying and want to jail him for many years to come. Well, what about Crooked Hillary, Comey, Strzok, Page, McCabe, Brennan, Clapper, Shifty Schiff, Ohr & Nellie, Steele & all of the others, including even Mueller himself? Didn’t they lie?…. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 15, 2019… Continue reading Three words: Pardon Roger Stone

It looks like we have finally come full horseshoe, from a comment posted on Vox Day’s blog: More like Marx Day. Uber is not exploiting anyone, as I discus in 2017 regarding similar complaints by Mr. Money Mustache about Uber, the fast-growing taxi alternative which has become a lightning rod for controversy and class warfare… Continue reading The bipartisan anger against Uber