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Ben Burgis applies philosophical logic to political disagreement.When it comes to politics, is logic in tension with emotion?In recent years, a new tribalism has emerged. The right has claimed the facts are in their favour, whereas the left see many problems in society, yet rarely show how to solve them. So claims Marxist philosopher Ben Burgis. Join him as he implores the left to base their politics on logic.00:10 Education and poverty: the composition fallacy03:44 The continuum fallacy04:44 Ben Shapiro05:20 Hume's law07:09 The purpose of debate
I suggest that Bayes Theorem is always and absolutely true, but real decisions are weighted by the desirability of uncertain outcomes. That's why lotteries are popular.
That's the difference between gambling and investing!
Quote from: alancalverd on 26/06/2023 16:07:11That's the difference between gambling and investing!Except when we can gamble with other people's money, privatize wins, and democratize losses, as we've repeatedly observe during economic boom and bust.
Unfortunately it doesn't matter how corrupt they are, they can do a lot of irretrievable damage in 5 years, and once they have given your money to their friends and relatives, you can't get it back.