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|content=@VivekGRamaswamy [[Morals|Moral]]: When it comes to mathematics letās go to the top & take on the French! | |||
We can do this. Nothing is impossible. | |||
En Garde. šŖ š¤ŗ š«š· šŗšø | |||
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|content=America: Our system isn't working! | |||
Tech Support: Have you tried switching it off & on again? | |||
America: That solved some of the problem. But not all. The screen flickers a bit. | |||
Tech Support: Well, that sounds like malware. Then it is time to reformat your hard drive with a DoD wipe to be sure. | |||
America: Wait. What? | |||
Tech Support: Don't worry. I'll do it remotely....and...done! How is it now? | |||
America: Uh. That seems to have stopped the malware issue. Thank you! But now I can't find my family photos. | |||
Tech Support: So glad it worked! We did it: Together! Bye. | |||
America: Wait! How do I *unformat* my hard drive? | |||
Tech Support [Recording]: Thank you for calling Tech Support. Sorry. We are now busy assisting other satisfied customers. Please continue to hold. | |||
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[[Morals|Moral]]: you can't just fire people and break things with a government and a nuclear superpower with many non-market functions the way in which you can with a for-profit company you just bought. You can somewhat. But there are limits to the analogy. | |||
I like the idea of cleaning house. I like the idea of moving fast. I even like the idea of doing *severe* violence to the cancer in our system. Maybe even too much. | |||
But at some point you realize you can't just sew back everything you just hacked to pieces. Not everything is reversable with money. | |||
Word to the wise: Real science is easy to destory and very hard to rebuild when you are trying to destroy TheScienceā¢. | |||
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|content=Science is technically a "public good" which means it has twin characteristics that make markets unable to price it. | |||
You can use the Pythagorean Theorem an arbitrary number of times with out 'wearing it out' (i.e. it is inexhaustible). And no one can stop the next person from learning it once it is known (i.e. it is inexcludible). | |||
Anything that is both inexhaustible and inexcludableĀ *cannot* command a price that equals its value.Ā Thus it becomes a market failure...i.e. even a knowledgable free market zealot knows that it has to be supported off market. | |||
We don't even let scientists profit from intellectual property rights to their discoveries. We PROHIBIT IT. | |||
To decide that the private sector should sort out scienceĀ is actually a repudiation of competent free market economics which is very clear about such market failures of price to equal value. Science has a high value and a nearly zero price. Hence we support it historically at a high level. | |||
Thus I must respectfully must disagree with my old friend John here. Which is an infrequent occurance. | |||
[[Morals|Moral]]: The private sector isn't magic. You can't just give the private sector final say on whatever is valuable. You can do that only if the thing in question is in the category of standard goods and services. But it doesn't work for an entire category of well known market failures. Like basic research in science. | |||
|timestamp=7:58 AM Ā· Feb 27, 2025 | |||
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|content=Business has many similarities to statecraft. | |||
As does family. | |||
As does programming with event handling. | |||
As does poker. | |||
As does sports. | |||
Etc. | |||
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[[Morals|Moral]]: beware analogies when playing with thermonuclear military capabilities. | |||
There is no real intuition pump. Doesnāt exist. | |||
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|content=[[Morals|MORAL]]: No one wants @WSJ-Style Open Border Utopianism. Mass immigration *as it is currently configured* is an āElite Programā that no one actually wants. Itās bananas. | |||
[And by āEliteā I mean the social engineers who killed off the actual elite hoping no one would notice.] https://t.co/3aKJdDQhf3 | |||
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|content=Ran an @X poll. Here were the results: | |||
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