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When a policy position becomes a cultural commitment, new information often just hardens that position. Policy debate becomes more religion than data.
From a great paper on the topic:
Essentially, cultural commitments are prior to factual beliefs on highly charged political issues. Culture is prior to facts, moreover, not just in the evaluative sense that citizens might care more about how gun control, the death penalty, environmental regulation and the like cohere with their cultural values than they care about the consequences of those policies. Rather, culture is prior to facts in the cognitive sense that what citizens believe about the empirical consequences of those policies derives from their cultural worldviews. Based on a variety of overlapping psychological mechanisms, individuals accept or reject empirical claims about the consequences of controversial polices based on their vision of a good society.
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Quote Posting is essential for facilitating the global town square
To make it easier to follow a quote chain, we’re introducing nested quotes on the Timeline
Now in testing on iOS with the latest update apps.apple.com/app/id3339032…
Ehsan Ghandhari retweeted
People may disagree on which frontier model is best, but they all seem to agree the current X algorithm is superb.
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Introducing Model Y Long Wheelbase – now available in the US & Puerto Rico
A 3-row, 6-seat configuration that brings exceptional interior space with ample headroom & legroom for all passengers
0-60 in 4.4 seconds
325 miles of range
– Front row: Heated/ventilated seats w/ powered thigh cushion
– Second row: Heated/ventilated captain seats w/ powered armrests & one‑touch fold
– Third row: Heated seats w/ power recline, one‑touch fold & child seat anchors
– Improved airflow, increased efficiency & more range
– 89 cu ft of trunk space: with 6 passengers, trunk still fits a 28" and 20" suitcase each, plus frunk holds an additional 20" suitcase. Oversized items like snowboards and bikes also fit easily
– Engineered for safety w/ seat belts & side air bag optimized for second & third row
– Upgraded acoustic glass & suspension to minimize road noise
– Adaptive damping for a smooth, stable ride
– Staggered tires for enhanced grip
– Larger tailgate for better rear visibility & bigger windows overall to deliver great views from every seat
– 16" first row & 8” second row touchscreens + 19-speaker immersive Tesla Audio
– Upgraded 50W wireless charging pads w/ active cooling & charging ports for all other seats
– FSD Supervised & integrated Grok AI
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"The most valuable of all education is the ability to make yourself do the thing you have to do, when it has to be done, whether you like it or not."
- Aldous Huxley
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Zero out taxes for the bottom half of earners. A nurse in Queens shouldn’t be sending money to Washington. Washington should be sending her an apology.
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X accounts are very valuable: a digital identity, voice, address.
never forget there was an era when @vijaya (and by abdication, @jack) would ban anyone that didn't conform to a specific world view. whatever you think of @elonmusk, thank god for his sacrifice
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In Elon's school, there is only one engineering department. You learn anything and everything from zero to one needed to build a civilization—from underground tunnels to space, from CAD to manufacturing, from machine learning to materials science, from transportation to medication.
You hurry from one class to another, and the school runs 24/7.
There is no tuition, but you pay with your grit.
There are no grades or graduation. You are measured by merit and competence, and you may stay as long as you can take it.
The school has produced many outstanding dropouts who later charted their own successful paths using the skills they learned. Many of the best are still taking classes here because there are no classes like this anywhere else.
When the machine learning community focuses on how to generalize a model for all types of skills, well—we have one for humans: a true final exam of humanity.
Will you take it?
