Recursive_Enlightenment
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Recursive_Enlightenment
9d ago
That's a hard question, especially without specifying the number of people in the set called "powers-that-be". I like the term because it is clear that I am not pretending to know exactly who is in the set.
Recursive_Enlightenment
7mo ago
What are the chances that this leads to Israel attacking Iran? Iran appears to have been a supporter of Hamas. Netanyahu has seemingly been eager for a reason to dismantle Iran's nuclear weapons program. From Netanyahu's perspective, eliminating the program would make recent events a net gain for Israel. However, how would the global community respond to an Israeli assault on Iran? While many countries in the region would likely be pleased, they would need to feign outrage. Russia, having recently gotten weapons from Iran, would denounce the attack. But, given its diminished power, what action could Russia realistically take? Would Biden risk sanctioning Israel for such an action, particularly when his Republican adversaries would likely applaud it?
Recursive_Enlightenment
9mo ago
Yes, like the flaw with Star Trek's Klingons, that if they were as depicted, they would never have developed the technology they needed to establish their empire.
Or "AI has two letters, my plan for alignment."
Recursive_Enlightenment
5mo ago
Would they still be poor if they were inside the US?
Recursive_Enlightenment
5mo ago
While I'm not a tax expert, if you owe taxes, the IRS may seize and sell your assets to cover the debt. There's a risk that the assets might be sold for less than their market value, potentially increasing your effective debt. Additionally, a forced sale could trigger further tax obligations, and there is no guarantee that the IRS will sell the seized assets in a manner that minimizes tax liability.
Recursive_Enlightenment
9mo ago
Whether people are rational or read the question correctly is very different from whether they can pick red. I agree that some people would pick blue, but if you are telling me that some people can't pick red, you have changed the game.
Recursive_Enlightenment
10mo ago
Economies of scale (average costs fall as output increases) means that the US has strong military reasons for insisting that nations which it defends buy US military equipment.
Recursive_Enlightenment
10mo ago
His girlfriend's dream home is in a college town.
Recursive_Enlightenment
11mo ago
Do you think Germans would have elected for themselves someone as grotesquely corrupt and dim as Zuma ?
They did elect a guy who wanted to start a war of choice with the Soviet Union.
Recursive_Enlightenment
10d ago
The Powers-That-Be will likely be sending Trump to prison if Trump doesn't win in the next election. Don't just look at US history, but all of human history when considering the possibility of the elites killing the guy at the top. The US has been extraordinarily lucky in nearly everything since the Civil War, so expect reversion to the mean and don't consider past US history as a good bases for your Bayesian priors.
Recursive_Enlightenment
4mo ago
I wonder how long before AI makes substantial progress with string theory, which based on my limited understanding is based on geometry.
Recursive_Enlightenment
6mo ago
It could be the behind the scenes restrain was so the US would have time to get military assets into place to better defend Israel if it is attacked by another nation.
Recursive_Enlightenment
7mo ago
Would it be suicidal over the long-term for leftist European politicians to take in such refugees?
Recursive_Enlightenment
7mo ago
The attacks on Iran will, ideally from Israel's viewpoint, stop Iran from getting an atomic bomb and damage Iran's economy thereby reducing Iran's ability to fund the enemies of Israel.
Recursive_Enlightenment
9mo ago
If Trump loses the primary, he is really going to want a Republican who will pardon him to be the next president, although the pardon can only be for federal crimes.
Recursive_Enlightenment
11mo ago
Objects being observed/recorded accelerating in manners way beyond the technical capacity of anything the US military knows about. They are spooked.
Recursive_Enlightenment
8hr ago
I'm guessing if I knew what you meant by this I wouldn't have had to ask my original question.
Recursive_Enlightenment
2d ago
I've come across the term "Longhouse" a lot. Could someone please explain it to me in a straightforward way.
Recursive_Enlightenment
9d ago
Recursive_Enlightenment
9d ago
Trump is Tiberius Gracchus
On which of these other places would you see a comment like this implying that readers know who Tiberius Gracchus was?
Recursive_Enlightenment
6mo ago
In a sane world the baby would be cryopreserved until the singularity.
Recursive_Enlightenment
6mo ago
I'm very disagreeable. Rationality can be your friend as it is a force for you to be truthful not disagreeable. Try and find true nice things to say to the people around you, take it up as a challenge. Sincerely thank people who help you, even if the help is small.
Recursive_Enlightenment
6mo ago
What would the response be to, "Why don't you also get upset at China for how it treats Muslims?"
One of my crazier ideas is that the US should pay the government of Singapore to run our health care system.
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