I think the intuition underlying this idea (which I have sympathy with) is that as humans we know that when we play chess we are doing so as a specific application of our general intelligence and pro… (View Post)

The bit about housing is particularly disheartening. The Tories have a manifesto commitment to build much more housing. Truss is, we are told, a vocal Yimby and in favour of planning reform. And yet … (View Post)

I think some oddities of this form are inevitable if you want to have the electricity industry being a wide range of different companies doing different things. If it was still the old Central Electr… (View Post)

I was born at the tail end of August and I did fine (I would probably have been bored more in the year below). The school year sharp divide is one of those awkward discontinuities where some kids eit… (View Post)

Let a hundred flowers bloom! (View Post)