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It seems obvious to me there will be a negotiated settlement to this standoff. And it will be somewhere between the parties' maximal positions.

That's the cultural divide for you. Pretty much everyone teaching finance could make more dough working in private industry. And being a practitioner in private industry is also fun and deeply fulfilling in its own way. As for the quality of who teaches and who works in industry, I don't...

Some interesting data regarding finance Phds: 1) now about 40% female compared to about 15% a generation ago (as a personal aside my PhD class in economics in the 1980s had 25 men and 1 woman) 2) about 75% of finance Phds are now international students. A generation ago it was majority...

That might explain why so few American men applied to the finance job our department posted. It's a shame because we would give them fair consideration. Our criteria are pretty simple: 1) Good researchers whose research interests might lead to fruitful collaboration 2) A strong commitment to...

I mean it is an interesting counterfactual. Women increasingly go into these more technical fields traditionally dominated by men. It has been a slow process. But it has been happening. There is a potentially interesting discussion about why the lag has been so long compared to other fields...

how many people died in texas when the electric grid failed...and what year did that happen ChatGPT said: The Texas electric grid failure occurred in February 2021, during a severe winter storm officially named Winter Storm Uri. 🗓️ When it happened Dates: February 14 – 19, 2021 The state’s...

It would be an interesting exercise to go back and see how the posters around here reacted to Herschel Walker's candidacy in real time. But since we have normalized bragging about grabbing women by the pussy and being found liable for doing that very thang, it seems to me that would be a waste...

what happened to mortality rates in red states versus blue states during covid? ChatGPT said: Here’s a summary of what the research shows about mortality (and excess mortality) for the Red states versus Blue states during the COVID‑19 pandemic in the U.S., followed by key caveats (since this is...

My department is in the middle of conducting a job search for someone to teach finance. A fairly technical field. Indeed, finance is categorized as a stem field. Historically, a male-dominated field. The head of the search committee is a friend and I was discussing the results with her...

patricide is a recurring theme in great literature from Oedipus to Hamlet to HAL to Luke Skywalker to Grok

the wokeness of Grok never ceases to amaze me

is Elon Musk still a major source of disinformation? Overview Yes, as of November 2025, Elon Musk remains a major source of disinformation. This assessment is based on extensive reporting from fact-checking organizations, mainstream media outlets, and analyses of his activity on X (formerly...

Yeah. Grok is embarrassingly woke. I once asked it who was the biggest source of disinformation and it answered Elon Musk.

I think all those people should be allowed to speak unmolested. Security should be provided as necessary to deal with those who would disrupt free speech.

that would be Grok i know they all look alike

That's a shame about the Coulter cancellation. In 2017. I agree that is a regrettable example of intolerance on the left.

I would personally love to see a debate between Timothy Snyder and Nick Fuentes on the Holocaust. I don't think Snyder would view him as a worthy opponent, but I agree with the point that there is more gained than lost from such debates.

good of Grok to step into the void

who are the great debaters on the right that people on the left have been ducking Great Right-Wing Debaters That the Left Often Ducks (as of November 2025) The idea of "great debaters on the right that the left ducks" is a staple in conservative discourse—often amplified on platforms like X...

who do you rate as the premier public intellectual debater these days in the united states Premier Public Intellectual Debater in the U.S. Today (2025) Destiny (Steven Bonnell II) is the single most effective public-intellectual debater currently operating in the United States. No one else...