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=== 2009 ===
=== 2009 ===
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|content=Rules are that it has to be in the Econ department on video with [[Gary Becker|Becker]] present at Chicago or Jorgenson at Harvard.
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|content=[[Arrow's Impossibility Theorem|Arrow's impossibility theorem]] can be seen as a cohomological obstruction to constructing representative consumers without magical thinking.
|timestamp=2:42 AM ยท Aug 29, 2009
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|nameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein/status/3617738723
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|content=[[Gary Becker|Becker's]] theory of [[Stable Tastes|stable homogenous tastes]] on the other hand is....words fail me...the greatest indictment of [[Peer Review|peer review]]. Ever.
|timestamp=2:54 AM ยท Aug 29, 2009
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|nameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein/status/3617798373
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|content=Just for a moment...put yourself in my shoes. I have an amazing theory of welfare with evolving tastes and a cult that claims [[Stable Tastes|stable tates]].
|timestamp=2:57 AM ยท Aug 29, 2009
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|nameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein/status/3617875123
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|content=Why stop at [[Stable Tastes|stable tastes]]? Why not declare yourself the last Pasha of Scotland and immune from bigamy laws as a winged son of Zeus?
|timestamp=3:01 AM ยท Aug 29, 2009
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|nameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein/status/3618080234
|name=Eric Weinstein
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|content=$500 Challenge: Get me an invited Econ gig at Chicago / Harvard to confront the theory of ordinal welfare with [[Stable Tastes|stable homogenous tastes]].
|timestamp=3:13 AM ยท Aug 29, 2009
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|timestamp=3:16 AM ยท Aug 29, 2009
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|content=CLAIM: It is unethical to offer rent seekers anonymity w/ peer review if they refuse to risk profit 'shorting' what they block.
|content=CLAIM: It is unethical to offer rent seekers anonymity w/ [[Peer Review|peer review]] if they refuse to risk profit 'shorting' what they block.
|timestamp=Nov 15, 2009
|timestamp=Nov 15, 2009
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|name=Eric Weinstein
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|content=Q:Given that 'peer review' is objectively a major danger to innovators, why make it difficult-to-impossible to arbitrage? Cui bono?
|content=Q:Given that [[Peer Review|'peer review']] is objectively a major danger to innovators, why make it difficult-to-impossible to [[Arbitrage|arbitrage]]? Cui bono?
|timestamp=Nov 16, 2009
|timestamp=Nov 16, 2009
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