#Consequences

This week in Network Epistemology we talked about a philosophical problem called "testimony" and its connection with homophily. The basic question: what are the effects of different strategies for trusting
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#Inflation surging everywhere (with both money supply surges & disrupted supply chains):- Wheat & canola surging prices- Timber & copper- Single-family & residential apartment prices- Fruit, veggies, & meat- Consumer
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chinese privilege is having all these ignorant chinese influencers say racist and insensitive shit without any consequences (and still being able to carry on with it without much backlash) but
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The smartest thing Trump ever did was NOT create an overarching “national strategy” for Coronavirus, media caterwauling notwithstanding. 1) There’s no constitutional basis to do so. /1 2) Creating national
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As part of a family that lost a loved one unnecessarily - one of 112,540 such families, as of 9/15 - I feel no schadenfreude or anything other than fury.
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BREAKING: Amazon workers revealed new evidence of Amazon's illegal union-busting—including managers passing out coupons for 15 extra minutes of break time—at an NLRB hearing today.Here's what Darryl Richardson, an Amazon
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1/18 This is dangerously irresponsible. I'm not questioning @GrahamMedley academic qualifications, but I am seriously questioning his judgement, because he has strayed into all sorts or areas well beyond his
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I mean, this is true, but a lot of that is because the issue keeps being framed as a technical violation of some obscure low-consequences law and maybe also a
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Apparently I wasn't loud enough last time. I have tried to address these issues with patience and kindness, but that needs to go both ways. And I am SICK and
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May 30. The anniversary of the 1984 European Cup final. A momentous night that would have massive consequences. Against Roma in Rome. It will probably amaze people today but there
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A la suite du jugement rendu par le tribunal judiciaire de Nanterre mardi 14 avril, nous devons suspendre temporairement les activités dans nos centres de distribution en France. Ceci en
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Absolutely sickening. A French political scientist declared on the French equivalent of Fox News: "We must say to Algerians:We French are proud to have been colonized by Rome.You Algerians should
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I wholeheartedly thank all Nigerians for your patience, resolve and strong determination to defeat the Covid-19 outbreak. We realize that today, there will be sons and daughters unable to visit
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The last few decades have witnessed the growth of an American-sponsored Internet open to all. But that was then; conditions have changed. Its crystal clear that the reality of then is
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We have entered Phase II (or is it XXII?) of the COVID "discussion": gathering signatures for petitions.In some sense it is the perfect phase for this moment, which involves remarkably
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Q: Why did I watch the Docu-Drama "The social Dilemma"?Q: How did it change my perspective on social media platforms?Q: Why do I recommend everybody watching it right now?Q: Why
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