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EricRWeinstein

  1. Obviously unworkable ideas 1, Learned Helplessness 0. Congratulations to everyone at SpaceX. 1:03 AM May 22nd via web
  2. Her: What does it mean markets are generally 'short volatility'? Me: Oddly enough, that nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition. 1:46 PM May 9th via web
  3. @davidad Not more than twice a day on average..... 11:14 AM May 9th via web in reply to davidad
  4. What if it turned out the real purpose of Generation X was to provide a layer of insulation? #frighteningthought 4:40 PM May 7th via web
  5. Proud to have been part of #INETBerlin conference. A new world is forming without asking permission from the old to do so. Time to pitch in. 10:23 PM Apr 15th via Twitter for BlackBerry®
  6. Prediction: Next meeting, INET decides to risk many more sessions with grantees who have yet to fail to change the world. #INETBerlin 6:54 PM Apr 13th via web
  7. Economic theorists can come to see math as a patient might well regard a course of antibotics started but not completed. #iNETBerlin 6:10 PM Apr 13th via web
  8. Gutsy talk by @rjocean called on economists to analyze selves as rent-seekers using a principal agent problem to pursue power. #INETBerlin 1:56 AM Apr 13th via web
  9. If you've never been brainwashed to be an economist, the deprogramming sequence appears absolutely bewildering. #INETBerlin 1:51 AM Apr 13th via web
  10. Headed to INET Berlin conference to talk gauge theory and evolutionary biology with macro economists. #INETBerlin #whatcouldpossiblygowrong 12:38 PM Apr 11th via Twitter for BlackBerry®
  11. I suspect the best part of 3D printing a burger from a file sharing network is screwing up the definition of 'meatspace'. 9:53 PM Apr 10th via web
  12. Recorded myself improvising piano. Played it back 5 mins later. Realized I had no idea how that guy was doing whatever he was doing. 9:34 PM Apr 10th via web
  13. Great talk yesterday by D. Tank at Simons Found. on real time in-task observation of individual neurons. [Mice in VR bit.ly/cAgCb]. 7:54 AM Mar 15th via web
  14. "Batesian mimicry is the sincerest form of flattery." -Colin Bartlett ( @KungFuEchidna ) 4:54 PM Feb 15th via web
  15. @declanganley Thank you Sir. One can't ask for better friends .... or war tested cavalry for that matter. 1:13 PM Jan 17th via web in reply to declanganley
  16. My answer to the 2012 @Edge Q: What is your favorite explanation? A: The New Geometric Quantum as Einstein's revenge. bit.ly/xxo80m 4:38 AM Jan 16th via web
  17. Sitting under ripe coconuts, it's clear how Kerala could beat Newton to parts of the calculus, yet lose on gravity. [ bit.ly/sPraCp ] 1:04 PM Dec 31st, 2011 via web
  18. To the ascendant Indian middle class on Marine Drive who just nailed me with shaving cream: Thanks guys and Happy 2012 to you too!. 11:05 AM Dec 31st, 2011 via web
  19. Thanksgiving: one of the few US institutions that, having resisted corruption, does not require an occupy movement. Happy ThxGiving to all. 9:01 AM Nov 24th, 2011 via Twitter for BlackBerry®
  20. 3D Structure of 'Flavor Tripping' protein, 'Miraculin', from PDB: bit.ly/tNBCr8 [Try it while it's still legal.] 12:01 PM Nov 4th, 2011 via web