tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post8892831394902553361..comments2024-03-28T20:04:20.286-07:00Comments on One Cʘsmos: Information Destruction and Time DistortionGagdad Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-48561663736301521632015-07-09T07:30:08.559-07:002015-07-09T07:30:08.559-07:00Good point, Julie.
At least now we don't haft...Good point, Julie. <br />At least now we don't hafta listen to lefties say (without a hint that they see the irony in it) how free trade (semi-free actually) has democracized China, and we don't need to worry about communism anymore. <br />Well, we probably still do, but it will be easier to laugh when they do.USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-89087610473933863672015-07-09T05:34:01.345-07:002015-07-09T05:34:01.345-07:00But we should totally put ourselves in a position ...But we should totally put ourselves in a position to be dependent on them. What could go wrong?juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-25652575454039439332015-07-09T05:33:44.445-07:002015-07-09T05:33:44.445-07:00Plus the whole government-mandated brutal infantic...Plus the whole government-mandated brutal infanticide thing. It's almost like basing your entire civilization on the utopian ideals of a murderous thug has negative repercussions that last for generations.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-6137065855879365592015-07-09T05:30:00.956-07:002015-07-09T05:30:00.956-07:00Yeah. An economy built as much on theft as on hone...Yeah. An economy built as much on theft as on honest work - who would have thought? As I understand it, Chinese students who come here for college are starting to get a reputation as cheaters, as well. It seems like there isn't anything in their culture to indicate that it is intrinsically wrong to lie, cheat and steal, especially if they are lying to, cheating, and stealing from foreigners.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-21679497017236865992015-07-09T04:48:30.195-07:002015-07-09T04:48:30.195-07:00It was only a matter of time before China became b...It was only a matter of time before China became bad for business. Again.USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-11331229879490902232015-07-09T04:44:18.388-07:002015-07-09T04:44:18.388-07:00"Which they then sell to the low-information ..."Which they then sell to the low-information crowd, again, in the context of that shortened two- or four-year time horizon. As such, we could say that the left is an organized conspiracy to 1) destroy information, 2) distort time, 3) deny tradeoffs, and 4) put in place a system of perverse incentives which will redound to the very conditions from which the left will promise to save us come the next election."<br /><br />I'm convinced that not only are lofo voters low on info, but they have very, very short memories as well. USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-64639478284319423202015-07-08T13:03:37.241-07:002015-07-08T13:03:37.241-07:00Now, one mark of civilization is the gap between n...<i>Now, one mark of civilization is the gap between now and then; to diminish this gap is to reduce us to barbarism.</i><br /><br />I like that. Never really thought about it in that dimension but, yeah, civilized behaviors are those that look to the future.<br /><br />I'll toss out that behaviors that honor the past would also count.John Lienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02302615225311776021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-87452785235583300892015-07-08T10:25:12.382-07:002015-07-08T10:25:12.382-07:00Yes it is. You could say that the economy as a wh...Yes it is. You could say that the economy as a whole is like the quantum field, and that prices are like the transient particles ceaselessly tossed out of the roiling matrix. Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-86104504810656793062015-07-08T10:14:02.563-07:002015-07-08T10:14:02.563-07:00Again, an economy is actually a vast information-p...<i>Again, an economy is actually a vast information-processing system, with fluctuating prices conveying information about a thing's relative scarcity, and allowing us to plan accordingly.</i><br /><br />The market is kind of like a quantum computer, isn't it? Maybe they will invent that some day. :) mushroomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07651027035577798096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-34542961729486808052015-07-08T10:11:50.263-07:002015-07-08T10:11:50.263-07:00To be precise, I didn't actually flunk out. I ...<i>To be precise, I didn't actually flunk out. I just stopped going in the middle of the semester.</i><br /><br /><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0151804/quotes?item=qt0386868" rel="nofollow">Office Space</a> comes to mind...<br /><br /><i>Put another way, all the math in the world will get one no closer to the truth if one lacks common sense, consistent logic, and a sound anthropology.</i><br /><br />Yes, just so. This is also why arguing with a leftist by presenting facts and data will get you no closer to "winning." They often have their own data - just think of the infamous hockey stick graph - which they will defend against any attacks from reality.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-83494423082644476122015-07-08T10:09:43.608-07:002015-07-08T10:09:43.608-07:00Related.<a href="http://acecomments.mu.nu/?post=357744" rel="nofollow">Related</a>.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.com