https://www.oregonlive.com/politics...xperiment-worked-until-the-money-ran-out.html
Multnomah County’s universal basic income experiment worked, until the money ran out

It'll work next time.

 

It'll work next time.

It's the money's fault... they should've printed more

 

80% of Americans With Dementia May Not Even Know They Have It

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news...bt-reliability-us-groundhog-weather-forecasts
Scientists cast doubt on reliability of US groundhog’s weather forecasts

It's better than some of the local guys.

 

"Scientists cast doubt on reliability of US groundhog’s weather forecasts"

Given a choice between scientists and groundhogs, I choose groundhogs.

 

Heavy Cannabis Use Linked to Reduced Brain Activity


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Cognitive Declines: Both recent and lifetime users showed worse performance on working memory tasks.

 

Heavy Cannabis Use Linked to Reduced Brain Activity
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Isn't that the point?

 

Isn't that the point?

And drinking at night will make me forget work, my brain keeps going.

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And drinking at night will make me forget work, my brain keeps going.

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I've done some of my best work while nursing a hangover.

 

I can imagine all that code being flushed out of your head while drinking a cup of strong dark coffee in the morning.

 

Overconfidently Conspiratorial: Conspiracy Believers are Dispositionally Overconfident and Massively Overestimate How Much Others Agree With Them

There is a pressing need to understand why people believe in conspiracies. Although past work has focused on needs and motivations, we propose an alternative driver of belief: overconfidence. Across eight studies with 4,181 U.S. adults, conspiracy believers consistently overestimated their performance on numeracy and perception tests (even after taking their actual performance into account). This relationship with overconfidence was robust in controlling for analytic thinking, the need for uniqueness, and narcissism, and it was strongest for the most fringe conspiracies. We also found that conspiracy believers—particularly overconfident ones—massively overestimated (>4×) how much others agree with them: Although conspiratorial claims were believed by a majority of participants only 12% of the time, believers thought themselves to be in the majority 93% of the time. This was evident even when asked to rate agreement among counter-partisans, indicating that conspiracists are genuinely unaware that their beliefs are on the fringe.


https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/01461672251338358

 

Overconfidently Conspiratorial: Conspiracy Believers are Dispositionally Overconfident and Massively Overestimate How Much Others Agree With Them

There is a pressing need to understand why people believe in conspiracies. Although past work has focused on needs and motivations, we propose an alternative driver of belief: overconfidence. Across eight studies with 4,181 U.S. adults, conspiracy believers consistently overestimated their performance on numeracy and perception tests (even after taking their actual performance into account). This relationship with overconfidence was robust in controlling for analytic thinking, the need for uniqueness, and narcissism, and it was strongest for the most fringe conspiracies. We also found that conspiracy believers—particularly overconfident ones—massively overestimated (>4×) how much others agree with them: Although conspiratorial claims were believed by a majority of participants only 12% of the time, believers thought themselves to be in the majority 93% of the time. This was evident even when asked to rate agreement among counter-partisans, indicating that conspiracists are genuinely unaware that their beliefs are on the fringe.

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https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/01461672251338358

Who could disagree with such confidentially bold text?

 

Who could disagree with such confidentially bold text?

Conspiracy Believers

 

Lo and behold!!!!:

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Lo and behold!!!!:

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Makes you wonder if you lived somewhere in Paris from where you could see the Eiffel tower and owned some surveying instruments whether you could work out the temperature.

 

Makes you wonder if you lived somewhere in Paris from where you could see the Eiffel tower and owned some surveying instruments whether you could work out the temperature.

That would only work under the assumption that the entire structure was at the same temperature. In fact, other than its height, I bet there's measurable sideways displacement at its tip too.

 

Makes you wonder if you lived somewhere in Paris from where you could see the Eiffel tower and owned some surveying instruments whether you could work out the temperature.

What a brilliant idea!
Maybe you can take measurements off a webcam.

 

 

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Shouldn't there be a parameter for "Eifell Tower Height"?

 

Makes you wonder if you lived somewhere in Paris from where you could see the Eiffel tower and owned some surveying instruments whether you could work out the temperature.

Or, if you lived exactly the right distance away, you could only see it on hot days.