In an alternate timeline there's a sect of neo-Fermians who base their epistemology on Fermi estimates.
@Meaningness @St_Rev @drethelin i think the site is averse to calculations about politics because it's averse to politics, not calculations
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@Meaningness@St_Rev@drethelin i guess i'm confused about whether there's a stance w.r.t. calculations that you guys wouldn't criticise -
@tipsfromkatee@Meaningness@drethelin Not going to speak for David, but to me it's a lot of important ideas mixed with some bad ones...
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@tipsfromkatee@Meaningness@drethelin Time-travelling space monsters it is, then. -
@St_Rev@Meaningness@drethelin in fairness, time-travelling space monsters are quite a small fraction of the site's traffic
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@Meaningness@St_Rev@drethelin thorough calculations? look at them unleashing mathematical overkill on a non-mathematisable problem -
@tipsfromkatee@Meaningness@drethelin Thorough and correct calculations are difficult to criticize. Rough and correct are also good.
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@Meaningness@St_Rev@drethelin no calculations? they must be lazyThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@Meaningness@St_Rev@drethelin rough calculations? look at those amateurs, they didn't include x and yThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@tipsfromkatee@St_Rev@drethelin Banning politics from LW seems a very smart move.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@tipsfromkatee@St_Rev@drethelin A “let’s use basic math to fact-check today’s news” site would be great, but obviously a separate projectThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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