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Doctrinaire of Chances. Interested in anything and everything.

United Kingdom
Joined December 2017
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Our first timeless decision theory President
Trump: "I've kept every single promise I made, except far more. I've actually kept far more promises than I made."
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A little over a year ago, @cremieuxrecueil shared the results of a bombshell study purporting to demonstrate that Black-White IQ differences in the United Kingdom have a largely genetic basis. In my latest article, I argue that this result is not trustworthy and challenge Crémieux to prove otherwise. 🧵 A Thread
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Americans: "They don't teach us about slavery in school dawg" Enlightened Product of Michael Goves Department of Education: "Ah the Doctors Plot, I recall that from A-Level History "
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Neat paper! Small-scale farmers in low-income countries are solving an incredibly sophisticated portfolio optimization problem under difficult conditions. Even so, many farmers are close to the efficient frontier. Unconditional cash helps them get even closer.
Replying to @UCSDEcon
Does cash enable farmers to take on more risk? @vinnyarmentano applies Modern Portfolio Theory to crop choice in Mali and shows instead that an unconditional cash transfer reduced portfolio risk with no return penalty. Read more: vincentarmentano.com #EconJobMarket
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thinking about when a bay area magazine did a mock voight-kampff machine test from blade runner on candidates for the 2003 san francisco mayoral election and concluded that gavin newsom was a replicant
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