Things are going as I predicted in 2016-2017: little to no progress on immigration, too much capitulation, no progress of ‘returning jobs to America’, more defense spending, pro-Isreal policy, etc. The good news, is I was also right about the Mueller investigation being a dud, with zero new indictments. [1] Just another example of how… Continue reading The Trump Black Pill

For months, Taleb has been arguing that the correlation between wealth and IQ is non-existent. He posted the following scatter plot from the Zagorsky, 2007 study below, but note how he chops off the bottom: It’s worse than I thought because in my original post I did not mention the fact that Taleb blocked out… Continue reading IQ & Wealth, Part 2

[1] Even if she is right, it’s evident Taleb prefers the company of the far-left than the right, by following and re-tweeting leftists. It’s funny how Vox thinks Taleb is to the right of Dr. Peterson even though despite both being highly visible public figures, the left never lifts a finger on Taleb, yet the… Continue reading Taleb’s Deception

Saw this meme going viral: Despite dropping out, Gates, Jobs, and Zuckerberg were immensely successful because of the alignment of many factors: connections (for elite universities, attending can be as valuable as graduating, due to connections), high IQ (which allowed them to get into such universities and be so successful at tech ), access to… Continue reading Entrepreneurism is overrated

I last checked Tooleb’s Twitter 2 weeks ago, and just by chance I dropped in to see if he is still whining about IQ, and sure enough he is. This guy is a walking punchline. Here he is insulting Peterson again, with the ‘fancy math’ that is supposed to show how smart he is to… Continue reading Taleb wrong about IQ and wealth & income

I have spent some more time thinking about the college admissions scandal, which is possible the biggest story of the year and maybe even the biggest story since Trump was sworn into office. I’m seeing it everywhere, including blogs that don’t even talk about topical matters. James when, he’s not pushing scam crypto-currency courses, is… Continue reading College Admissions Scandal: Separating Hype from Reality

On Unz, Trump sentiment has turned negative, especially in the comments. President Trump, of course, was elected because many people thought he could reverse this process, especially by limiting mass immigration and taking strong action in the culture wars, for example by promoting official English. Yet in recent weeks, he has repeatedly endorsed more legal… Continue reading Is the first term of the Trump presidency already over?

A year ago when Vox Day began his crusade against Dr. Jordan Peterson, I predicted it would not be successful. Vox’s approach of writing a book, titled Jordanetics, to expose Dr. Peterson was likely doomed from the start. Although it has generated awareness and many people know the book exists, including even Dr. Peterson himself,… Continue reading Vox Day vs. Jordan Peterson, a year later

This is the most shared story by far for the day: College Admissions Scandal: Actresses, Business Leaders and Other Wealthy Parents Charged. I saw five blogs and a whole bunch of Reddit subs posting about it, which way more than even Trump-related stuff. The fact that parents are willing to part with such large sums… Continue reading The Daily View 3/13/2019

All over 4chan and on Twitter, the the latest meme is the ‘Yang Gang’: Many of the same alt-right people who three years ago were boosting for Trump are now behind Yang. So what to make of this? I dunno. I think there is a sort of desire, by young people especially, to reset the… Continue reading Yang Gang mania