‘“The function of reasoning is argumentative. It is to devise and evaluate arguments intended to persuade…. Skilled arguers are not after the truth but after arguments supporting their views.” When self-interest, partisan identity, or strong emotions are involved, reasoning turns into a lawyer, using all its powers to reach the desired conclusion.’
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Motivated Numeracy and Enlightened Self-Government
“This outcome supported Identity-protective Cognition Thesis, which predicted that more Numerate subjects would use their quantitative-reasoning capacity selectively to conform their interpretation of the data to the result most consistent with their political outlooks.”
# 2014.02.10 – 21:19
Major League attendance trends past, present, and future – Beyond the Box Score
I dig the “attendance per metro population” chart; it’s much more flat than the raw attendance numbers. Still, it’s not attendance that matters, it’s revenue, but that’s another issue.
# 2014.02.10 – 12:55
Tweet by JessicaFastball
Whatever you're going through right now probably won't last. It might, but you might get past it. Please be kind to yourself.
— Jessica Jensen (@JessicaFastball) February 10, 2014
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# 2014.02.10 – 10:20
Tweet by ThomasSci
"Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing." ~Wernher von Braun
— Thomas Scientific (@ThomasSci) February 10, 2014
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# 2014.02.10 – 08:01
Jonathan Haidt: “Why I think Sam Harris is wrong about morality”
‘The philosopher David Wiggins distinguishes between “Non-anthropocentric” and “anthropocentric” facts… Facts of chemistry, physics, and other hard sciences are non-anthropocentric. Anthropocentric facts, in contrast, are only true given the kinds of creatures that we happen to be, due to the twists and turns of our evolutionary history.’
# 2014.02.10 – 00:01
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I'm a tid bit swede so go Sweden!
— SJ (@stace_ofbase) February 9, 2014
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# 2014.02.09 – 00:25
Tweet by jakesundstrom
I love Sweden’s hockey jerseys so much.
— Jacob Sochistrom (@jakesundstrom) February 9, 2014
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# 2014.02.09 – 00:25
Tweet by RotoKoan
@kenarneson @baseballpro I really enjoyed your essay, too.
— Roto Koan (@RotoKoan) February 9, 2014
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# 2014.02.08 – 19:55
Tweet by baseballoakland
@kenarneson @baseballpro Congrats, Ken! Great job.
— Baseball Oakland (@baseballoakland) February 9, 2014
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# 2014.02.08 – 19:55
Tweet by justarobert
@kenarneson "My name is Ken, and I am an Oakland A's fan." "Hi, Ken."
— Robert (@justarobert) February 9, 2014
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# 2014.02.08 – 17:49
Tweet by OldHossRadbourn
@jonahkeri Hence the warding middle finger.
— Old Hoss Radbourn (@OldHossRadbourn) February 8, 2014
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# 2014.02.07 – 17:41
Tweet by MLBNetwork
The @Athletics' @EricSogard has advanced to #FaceofMLB Round 2! #EricSogard http://ift.tt/1bwkq7c
— MLB Network (@MLBNetwork) February 7, 2014
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# 2014.02.07 – 07:37
Tweet by MJ_Baumann
@CrashburnAlley @Hegelbon It states: "The people who self-identify as anarchists would be first to die in an actual anarchist society."
— Michael Baumann (@MJ_Baumann) February 6, 2014
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# 2014.02.06 – 13:55
Tweet by teen_archer
will SOMEONE please invite me on their TV show so my avatar can be me looking uncomfortable on a TV show
— Ian Miller (@teen_archer) February 6, 2014
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# 2014.02.06 – 11:49
Tweet by pmarca
Every CEO needs a top-end General Counsel even if only to stay out of jail — and GC should always report directly to the CEO.
— Marc Andreessen (@pmarca) February 6, 2014
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# 2014.02.06 – 11:16
What makes us human? Unique brain area linked to higher cognitive powers
‘We have established an area in human frontal cortex which does not seem to have an equivalent in the monkey at all,’ says first author Franz-Xaver Neubert of Oxford University. ‘This area has been identified with strategic planning and decision making as well as “multi-tasking.”‘
# 2014.02.06 – 09:55
Tweet by baseballoakland
Yes, Wolff's people misspelled the headline with "Clarifiction" …a non-word that explains every Wolff quote: Partly fiction, partly clear
— Baseball Oakland (@baseballoakland) February 6, 2014
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# 2014.02.06 – 08:31
Topps 2014 baseball cards: Cards go to WAR, but decline continues
“Topps sometimes treats their signature product as scraps of cardboard, but they’re really selling scraps of time.”
# 2014.02.05 – 10:49
The End of American Exceptionalism
“…as Niebuhr and Lippmann understood, the best way to ensure that America remains an exceptional power—better than the predatory empires of the old world—is to remember that we are not inherently better at all.”
# 2014.02.04 – 22:49