https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/education/2024/11/13/ireland-has-highest-rate-of-third-level-education-in-eu/ 65% of Irish 25-34 year olds have a third-level education. The Irish economy is in man… (View Post)

People are wedded to their caricatures. Obviously a business registering in Ireland solely as a nameplate move is attracted by the Corrosion Tax rate. The businesses who invest in Ireland and employ … (View Post)

If someone has proven expertise in an area, then that's a useful shorthand for trusting them more, saving you some of your scepticism budget. But you wouldn't trust them absolutely. Althoug… (View Post)

Yes. And no. This is another reminder that whether things are okay or not in this context is not really a binary condition. Things will be unnecessarily worse, and I guess you can call that not okay,… (View Post)

I'm left-leaning, and I'm in favour of being sceptical, but there's a lot of things going on in the world and you have to be selective about what you are sceptical about, and so it hel… (View Post)