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Post #437,735
by drook
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12/14/20 10:05:52 AM
12/14/20 10:05:52 AM
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New A theory doesn't have to be true to be useful
If it predicts behavior better than other theories, might as well go with it. "The Republican party is based on racism, misogyny, and redistributing wealth upward."

Oh no, I don't support those ideals!

No, you just favor policies that support those ideals. Works out the same.
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Drew
Post #437,745
by Ashton
12/14/20 3:13:31 PM
12/14/20 3:13:31 PM
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New Given the proven ~40% functionally illiterate: That's a Wrap! :-/
Four out of every [statistical-] 10: remain, wallow-in, staying iggerant-for Liff.
Words fail (in the rest of 'us').

It's. All. become. surreal.
Whilst: nobody has an answer for my Test-query: "What is a stronger word than ludicrous?"

Rudderless in beautiful-downtown-Burbank* Kenwood :-}


A memorable quip from yesteryear: Laugh-In--a TV-show I've missed sorely ever since.
Gotta google to see if some wry clips are extant, under 'TV HOOTS of yore'.
     Speculation - (rcareaga) - (18) - Dec. 13, 2020, 04:18:53 PM EST
         Anent your last.. - (Ashton) - (15) - Dec. 13, 2020, 04:56:47 PM EST
             Conservatism is authoritarianism - (pwhysall) - (14) - Dec. 14, 2020, 02:44:10 AM EST
                 A theory doesn't have to be true to be useful - (drook) - (1) - Dec. 14, 2020, 10:05:52 AM EST
                     Given the proven ~40% functionally illiterate: That's a Wrap! :-/ - (Ashton) - Dec. 14, 2020, 03:13:31 PM EST
                 Frank Wilhoit in 2018 - (rcareaga) - (11) - Dec. 14, 2020, 05:52:01 PM EST
                     's what I sed, innit? - (pwhysall) - (2) - Dec. 14, 2020, 04:16:48 PM EST
                         He had a tad more detail in the comment, Rand just quoted the quotable part -NT - (drook) - (1) - Dec. 14, 2020, 06:15:39 PM EST
                             I keed, I keed. -NT - (pwhysall) - Dec. 15, 2020, 02:20:46 AM EST
                     Is "Wilhoit's Law" on Wikipedia yet? - (drook) - (1) - Dec. 14, 2020, 06:14:18 PM EST
                         Not Wiki yet but Google gets a variety of other sites: this pithiest-yet ∑ gots Legs already. - (Ashton) - Dec. 14, 2020, 08:19:22 PM EST
                     DeLong has a pointer to the full comment. - (Another Scott) - (5) - Dec. 14, 2020, 09:32:14 PM EST
                         Was a professor of political science - (drook) - (3) - Dec. 14, 2020, 11:55:50 PM EST
                             Back from the dead? - (Another Scott) - (1) - Dec. 15, 2020, 12:32:50 AM EST
                                 Whoops, didn't notice the dates - (drook) - Dec. 15, 2020, 12:38:19 AM EST
                             Moonlighted as a detective in Oxford. - (CRConrad) - May 19, 2021, 08:22:27 AM EDT
                         Interview with him at Slate. - (Another Scott) - June 3, 2022, 07:02:03 PM EDT
         Expect to see this come up ... - (drook) - Dec. 14, 2020, 12:39:31 AM EST
         cuomo has been decrying trump/pence for years, consequences? not so much -NT - (boxley) - Dec. 14, 2020, 12:56:56 PM EST

Idiocy is relative.
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