Liam Bright@lastpositivist
Seeing economists on my timeline argue about what inflation is really fills me with such joy - no-one knows what is going on with the basics of their field, everyone is winging it, and the world is one big technocratic meritocracy where no-one has merit or technical knowledge.
9:00 AM · Sep 13, 2021
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Brian Gaar@briangaar
I mean, it’s been less than a year and you’ve already approved bounties on pregnant women so yeah https://t.co/mEXr1rfwk5
MSNBC @MSNBC
Supreme Court Justice Barrett expresses concerns that the public may increasingly see the court as a partisan institution. https://t.co/OsQHNwB10f
2:20 PM · Sep 13, 2021
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Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
Expected value seems like a relevant concept here.
politico.com/news/2021/09/1…
3:44 PM · Sep 13, 2021
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Richard Florida@Richard_Florida
Not seeing a lot of headlines on the Great Red State Exodus ...
CBS News @CBSNews
Salesforce says it will help employees leave Texas after strict abortion law passed https://t.co/vkqJxP2n2L
3:46 PM · Sep 13, 2021
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Eric Levitz@EricLevitz
Removing unvaccinated nurses from hospitals where they can transmit COVID-19 to cancer patients who lack functioning immune systems (something that has happened multiple times according to physicians I know) seems like it *should* be an intended goal of the vaccine mandate.
3:59 PM · Sep 13, 2021
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Nate Silver@NateSilver538
What I find frustrating about this (in agreement with Dr. Topol) is that it's *very* easy to move the bar for what constitutes "robust evidence". And there's been a lot of inconsistency about this, with respect to boosters.
Eric Topol @EricTopol
This is where I disagree w/ the panel. Many studies on reduced efficacy have been published in the media & preprints. Waiting for "robust data" that is adjudicated by the eminent authorities is not how it works. The public wants to know, has a right to know, and that builds trust https://t.co/ro4ad2qfxG
7:20 PM · Sep 13, 2021
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Eric Topol@EricTopol
@NateSilver538 Just to add, Nate, that their statement represents, in my view, blatant paternalism. Lack of respect for people to handle the truth, i.e.2 messages at once (1-vaccines are very effective and 2-that vaccine effectiveness may have limits in durability or for specific subgroups)
8:05 PM · Sep 13, 2021
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Noah Smith 🐇@Noahpinion
Economists: "Don't eliminate standardized tests, you'll just end up admitting a bunch of rich kids."
University of California: "LALALALA we can't hear you"
Guess what happened next
kang🦦 @jaycaspiankang
Applications went up, but the admissions rates at the UCs went down. Diversity numbers were more or less unchanged. The percentage of poor students admitted actually went down. The UCs mostly became more exclusive. https://t.co/xsCAgWWMMM
7:45 PM · Sep 13, 2021
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Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
Back when recall-mania started there was some sentiment that California’s stricter Covid policies hadn’t even been effective but as of today they have about 20% fewer deaths per capita than Florida and 15% fewer than Texas.
Can debate if it was worth it, but there’s an impact.
7:55 PM · Sep 13, 2021
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Noah Smith 🐇@Noahpinion
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Michael Knigge @kniggem
🇩🇪🗳 Leader of far right AfD: youth should “learn more German folk songs, more German poems” in school.
Kid reporter: “I think we already have to memorize plenty of poems in school. What’s your favorite German poem?”
AfD leader: “I can’t think of one.”
https://t.co/IUXOG4N4yG
12:01 AM · Sep 14, 2021
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