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Given the huge surge of cases in recent weeks in the US and Italy in particular, it’s evident social distancing is not working, as I predicted weeks ago. Thus there is no reason then to finish this series given that I am already right, but will so do anyway because I want to finish the… Continue reading Social distancing does not work , part 3

Still convinced IQ is ‘just a number?’ Take a look at the case trajectories for the major countries. What does Japan, South Korea, China, and Singapore have in common? They are high IQ and all successfully contained the virus. Meanwhile, low IQ and or socially liberal, corrupt, low-trust countries are still being ravaged, with no… Continue reading Pandemic outcomes: HBD wins again

Hating on boomers has become a sort of national pastime and shared narrative, with people on the ‘left’ and the ‘right’ finding plenty of reason and agreement to blame boomers for everything that is seemingly wrong with society today. For the ‘left,’ boomers are perceived as out of touch, privileged/entitled, and are to blame for… Continue reading Let’s stop hating on the boomers

In part 1 I explain, using some simple math and intuition, why the hype about social distancing is unfounded and unlikely to do much to prevent he spread of Covid19 in the US. The problems with social distancing are, as summarized in part 1: 1. Damage to businesses and local and national economy by having… Continue reading Why social distancing does not work that well, part 2

Ramz Gates Paul has put out multiple videos over the past month downplaying the virus. These videos have gotten a lot of down-votes relative to his other videos(11% dislike vs. 1-2% for other topics) suggesting considerable disagreement and discussion relative to the typical non-virus video. As discussed earlier, the virus has divided the dissent-right into… Continue reading Hoping for the best

In this post, drawing upon simple math and intuition, I will show why social distancing does not work in regard to limiting the infection of the corona virus, or its efficacy is vastly overstated. In preface, social distancing is distinct from quarantine. In the latter, individuals who are infected are required to remain in a… Continue reading Why social distancing is probably not that effective for containing the virus

Gates is off the mark here The job of the the President in crisis is to reassure the public, and that means being unfailingly optimistic. The last thing you are going to hear Trump say is “things are worse than expected,” at least not in public. If he comes across as frenzied or overburdened, the… Continue reading Trump approval rating holding steady despite virus

The market’s reaction to the spread of the virus is worse than I expected. The S&P 500 plunged 7% on Monday, in addition to large loses on last Friday and Thursday. It is now 18% off the highs. At once point overnight on Monday it was down 20%. The last time it fell this much… Continue reading I agree with Elon: Virus panic is dumb

It’s not so much that libertarianism is about unilaterally abolishing the government and letting companies and individuals do whatever they they so please, but rather it’s more like a conceptual framework for resolving disagreement and conflict when economic agents are either unable to choose not to avail themselves to the government or some other regulatory… Continue reading Regulation without government

Lion and Jim are in agreement that the Coronavirus is a very serious problem. Of course, it is serious, but they are subscribing to the claim purported by experts that the morality rate is 2-4% and that it will kill millions of people unless drastic action is taken such as mass quarantines. Looking though the… Continue reading The coronavirus has divided the right