Debate is pointless and counterproductive, fear is blood in the water Laughter is proportionately respectful and conveys correct contempt
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Replying to @eigenrobot
Not contempt of the students as people; but contempt of their aggression and lame ideas. These protests are intellectually pathetic.
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Replying to @eigenrobot
And that's my object-level view of the day complete with misspellings idk I feel strongly about universities, even as an apostate. /rant
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Replying to @peroxycarbonate
maybe the way a stage 3 cancer can be fixed? with great pain and an uncertain outcome? otoh universities have survived a lot in 1000yrs
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Replying to @peroxycarbonate
Too much. Real learning and some research in STEM+. Class socialization. Indoctrination. Racketeering. Tribalism. Probably more
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Replying to @eigenrobot
All the real progress these days happens in companies, research institutes, and other private groups.
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Replying to @peroxycarbonate @eigenrobot
Well, that's a slight exaggeration right now, but really will be true in a few years.
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definitely trending that way in economics, and fast eg
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and come to think of it none of them are working on problems with expected value of zero
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