Math professors at my alma mater were instructed to remove references to “inequalities” to increase their chances of getting funded. The <= and >= type of inequalities.
Under the previous administration there were keyword lists that ensured that not only would you not get funding, but were subjected to a humiliating self-criticism session before being professionally ruined.
Man, this is the kind of thing I have been trying to tell people. It's unsettling to think about, but I'm like, "look, there are no rules now, it's all a negotiation, the only real laws are the laws of physics and the rules someone selectively enforces under the threat of violence."
It would do us good if we remember this, because this sort of the basic state of nature that most people have lived under most of human history. I'm not saying this is how it should be, but a lot of people are still living in the pearl-clutched "but, that's against the rules!" despite there being basically no real rules for a decade.
When people realize that it's all nonsense, it's going to get weird.
Over-correcting from too much competence? Can’t tell if that’s what you meant (presumably sarcastically) or if you mean over-correcting from too much previous attention to DEI…
The trump admin is a hive of scum and villainy worthy of a comic book universe, and Musk is inextricably linked. Thus anyone using twitter or grok or buying a Tesla or using starlink is complicit.
EDIT: or working for these companies!! Couldn’t pay me enough to do it.
Its important to note that US deficit spending is breaking records.
[1] https://finance.yahoo.com/economy/policy/articles/u-budget-d...
Math professors at my alma mater were instructed to remove references to “inequalities” to increase their chances of getting funded. The <= and >= type of inequalities.
Yes, same with "diversity" for cellular diversity in the brain. Millions of dollars of grant money withdrawn.
We had some trouble with a geology grant that mentioned "mineral inclusion".
Under the previous administration there were keyword lists that ensured that not only would you not get funding, but were subjected to a humiliating self-criticism session before being professionally ruined.
These people who work for this administration are all so grossly and maliciously incompetent.
They are quite competent at causing enough chaos for those with inside knowledge and wealth to exploit.
Should be criminal.
A lot of it is! We live in lawlessness (for those at the top) in the US.
Man, this is the kind of thing I have been trying to tell people. It's unsettling to think about, but I'm like, "look, there are no rules now, it's all a negotiation, the only real laws are the laws of physics and the rules someone selectively enforces under the threat of violence."
It would do us good if we remember this, because this sort of the basic state of nature that most people have lived under most of human history. I'm not saying this is how it should be, but a lot of people are still living in the pearl-clutched "but, that's against the rules!" despite there being basically no real rules for a decade.
When people realize that it's all nonsense, it's going to get weird.
Has there ever been an administration that wasn't tone deaf to the other side?
Do not “both sides” this level of corruption and incompetence.
It is just the pendulum swinging all the way to the other side, aka over-correction...
Over-correcting from too much competence? Can’t tell if that’s what you meant (presumably sarcastically) or if you mean over-correcting from too much previous attention to DEI…
Competence does not require correction.
It is when there is too much stupidity going on that
* Even large number of fairly average people can see it happening...
* large number of fairly average people tries to correct it and overshoots the target, because you know, they are a large number of average people..
The cycle continues...
I won't go into specifics, because read the above.
> Competence does not require correction.
Correct, which is why an even larger number of fairly average and intelligent people are wondering why we are correcting.
> It is when there is too much stupidity going on
Exactly. There is too much stupidity going on in government right now. Exactly.
> I won't go into specifics, because read the above.
Because you don't want to get corrected?
I wonder if just injecting a typo into each banned word when its used will be enough to bypass the keyword search for auto-banning.
Related:
Banned Words List
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49319573
This is what right-wing Twitter brain gets you.
That's just "Twitter brain" at this point, right? Hard to imagine anyone leftish still being there.
The trump admin is a hive of scum and villainy worthy of a comic book universe, and Musk is inextricably linked. Thus anyone using twitter or grok or buying a Tesla or using starlink is complicit.
EDIT: or working for these companies!! Couldn’t pay me enough to do it.
"admin" is what we call a regime that works properly. This one doesn't, so it's a "regime".