Sure. Truthiness was a concept that came to prominence during the, now much lauded, period that George W Bush was President. I feel like the process has accelerated and that we've tipped over the edg… (View Post)

One of the sad things about this is that it puts a lot of knowledge about the past that is true (but weird and surprising) into the, "you've got to be kidding, AI has made that up," categor… (View Post)

There's so much of that sort of stuff going around. Historical stories with just enough truthiness to draw you in. We have an epistemological problem with establishing truth that has become markedly … (View Post)

I think the point is that if their national vote share is ~30% then you'd expect them to poll more than 30% in about half the seats and less than 30% in the other half (this might vary due to the dis… (View Post)

I've seen very little coverage of the recently concluded fourth plenum in China. Kinda nuts how much time is spent on the minutiae of Trump's social media posting, but the media isn't willing to do t… (View Post)