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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Yes, this mentality of “I’m a victim and the world is against me and I’m literally shaking” is what motivates the aggressive behavior. You’re living in America in the twenty first century, you’re better off than 99.9% of humanity. — Richard Hanania (@RichardHanania) July 19, 2023 I think Richard Hanania does have a point that… Continue reading The best of times? Why care about politics, or not

Most criticism of capitalism focuses on environmentalism and wealth inequality. I thought I would share others. 1. It’s inherently contradictory. It’s predicated on the belief or assumption that competition is good and weeds out bad products and unscrupulous players, yet the most successful capitalists (or individuals who are held up as exemplars of capitalism) are… Continue reading Criticisms of capitalism

Saw this article by “exfatloss”: Seed Oils explain the 8 Mysteries of Obesity. The possible link between vegetable oils and obesity is well known: But I am pretty sure it is not seed oils. That is not to say seed oils can be ignored altogether, but far from the whole story. Such correlation is likely… Continue reading Blame food, not vegetable oils, for obesity