James McQuivey

I like this. Agree with some commenters that all ideologies should be on here since all potentially justify evil. Maybe an extra dimension to add is how far from the center a particular ideology lies determines how much evil it will produce or how easily it does so.

Emmett Shear @eshear

I present the 2x2 of evil-justifying ideologies. An ideology is evil-justifying when it does not believe in the possibility of freedom and prosperity co-existing. https://t.co/Ty1aWfaqhP

I understand the purpose of asking meaningless hypothetical questions to give people a chance to determine their moral priorities. But there is a prior question that has to be asked, if someone has the power to randomly grant someone a billion dollars, why is that person choosing

Wilfred Reilly @wil_da_beast630

If you were offered a billion dollars in exchange for pushing a button and causing the death of a randomly selected adult male stranger somewhere on Earth, would you do it? In THIS specific scenario, the money is guaranteed, and no risk (of jail, "Hell," etc) exists.

How is Freddie deBoer the one guy who is soooo right sometimes and yet sooo wrong other times. To be clear: He nailed this one like a roofer. https://t.co/qKBM9g2KDR

Not surprising, actually. Easily provable in your personal life, easily observable in the lives of others. We've been discussing this for decades. @CHSommers wrote One Nation Under Therapy 20 years ago. The fact that a smart guy like Adam Grant thinks this is surprising is one

Adam Grant @AdamMGrant

Surprisingly, ignoring worries can improve mental health. Evidence: After practice blocking out fears, people were less anxious—and less depressed 3 months later—especially if they had high anxiety or PTSD. Not all concerns demand attention. Some thoughts are worth dismissing. https://t.co/zj5lLDLGVZ

RT @AdamMGrant: Surprisingly, ignoring worries can improve mental health. Evidence: After practice blocking out fears, people were less an…

What a spectacularly unnecessary shot in the foot this comment was. I saw the post-game interviews with the Eagles' coach and QB. Both thanked God. They didn't credit him. There is a meaningful difference and understanding that is a first step to humility.

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

Curious that talented athletes frequently credit God when they win, but we rarely see them blame God when they lose.

A new twist on the married happiness topic: It is consistently the case that married women are happier on average than singles. But singles have been led to believe the opposite!

Brad Wilcox @BradWilcoxIFS

New Survey: "Most Single Women Believe They Are Happier than Married Women" Data: Married women, esp. married moms, are markedly happier than single women in 🇺🇸 https://t.co/eMfco2jhE3

RT @Ian_Barnard: This is brilliant. The process of designing a new font for Cheetos 😂 https://t.co/5QwS2zeFEu

Me, busily clicking "like" on every post urging for ignoring or abolishing the Doomsday Clock, one of the most embarrassing psuedo-intellectual ploys in my lifetime. https://t.co/YBN7RHjL6M

Alex Trembath @atrembath

Abolish the Doomsday Clock. https://t.co/NW6JjoBmyJ

Say what you will about this site but this is the one place where smart commenters can ask complicated questions of experts and get a direct, meaningful answer that a curious observer like myself can learn fro.

Blake Scholl 🛫 @bscholl

@TouristFromMars @boomaero Carbon composites have much lower coefficients of thermal expansion vs. metal, so this issue is dramatically simpler for Overture than for Concorde.

Smartest thing I've read in a while

🇨🇦halogen @halogen1048576

@dhaaruni Yes this is the eternal problem. The progressive left doesn't want to win over the working class we actually have, they want to win over what Marx said the working class would turn out to be like 150 years ago.

Some people really can't stand this guy, but I am regularly impressed by his genuine curiosity and willingness to concede well-supported arguments regardless of his personal preferences. We need more like that.

Parents used to pressure kids to marry and have grandkids. Every movie or TV show made during my entire life portrays this as unreasonable and selfish on the part of the parents. But this was a necessary social role and some immigrant groups are successful as communities in the

Not jumping on any movement or bandwagon here. But it is fascinating how terrible but random events can influence long career arcs and ultimately shape political moods. Lots of analogies in history, to be sure.

The Spectator World @TheSpectator

"The fire now engulfing whole neighborhoods in Los Angeles will soon engulf the politicians who failed to protect them. The first casualties will be Mayor Karen Bass and California governor Gavin Newsom. They are already 'dead politicians walking.'" https://t.co/engbY0biI7