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I should be careful. You described the point of view of Peirce, and I criticized that viewpoint. But I don't know enough about Peirce to really commen...

I asked myself that in 2016. I hated (and hate) Hillary with a deep and abiding passion; but I do believe that if I'd lived in a swing state I'd have ...

Yes. Some Very Smart People think that the wealth of a nation comes from its ability to print currency. If I think that's insane and Paul Krugman thin...

Ok that is a good point. There's deflation in most commodities; but gold is going up. As a striking contrast, silver went way down and the gold/silver...

Just as only Nixon could go to China, only Trump could bring socialism to the US. Historians will note the irony.

Price of gold is shooting up. That reflects the fact that the dollar is being destroyed. Mnuchin said the total bailouts are adding up to $6 trillion....

Some think he's doing quite well. His poll numbers are up. While he was restricting Chinese immigration in January, the Dems were calling him a racist...

Ok, good point. When someone first makes a discovery, that's when the existence happens. Social acceptance decides the importance. But still, where wa...

I am weak on the details. I read that Germany closed its borders. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-51905129 Also I found this: BREAKING: EU Decid...

Yes that's what I'm saying. Because the opposite of that proposition is the claim that transfinite set theory was "out there" somewhere waiting to be ...

I'm all for global cooperation. And borders. Good neighbors make good fences, that's one way to look at it. Of course that doesn't mean we can't be ag...

Yes that was the original idea. Nixon's idea, when he historically opened relations between the US and China. Everyone thought they'd just become anot...

Yes. Past rationality, there is only the will of certain individuals. The will to power. One begins to see why postmodernists distrust rationality. Ra...

Science can't tell you whether to deliberately crash your economy in the expectation that not doing so would be even worse. That decision can never be...

There will be a far greater understanding of the importance of borders. Globalization will never be the same. There will be a lot of support for movin...

I haven't followed the discussion but all questions as to the existence of mathematical objects come down to the question as what you regard as mathem...

Aren't the corner points just the dyadic rationals of the form \frac{a}{2^n}? In which case they're dense.

I wonder where I got the idea it was a waste of time to interact with you.

Oh, political speculation is verboten? I didn't read that in the forum rules. I'll make a note of it. So your money is on Joe Biden making it to the e...

So fucking what? Look it up. Medicare Advantage, Medicare Supplemental. I can't sit here and teach you Medicare. It's a very complicated system. Go do...

It just occurred to me that 2 = 9 in the integers mod 7. This is perfectly ok in standard math. They study things like this in number theory and abstr...

What paradox is this? I tried to look it up but only found the staircase paradox itself. Is there a path that converges uniformly to the unit interval...

I'd let this go but I'm really curious to understand your thinking. I agree Hillary as the nominee is unlikely. But you think even mention of it is so...

Those involvements are exactly what makes Medicare so popular; and they're exactly what Bernie and Liz want to abolish. Your reading comprehension iss...

Any time you spent in my presence made you less ignorant. It was time well spent.

I think he would. Of course Trump would never do it. It's just an idea. But I do think that if they did, that ticket would win 50 states. The US is on...

I used that example to illustrate the fact that while it is no doubt highly unlikely that Hillary will be the eventual nominee; it is nevertheless not...

I'm afraid I'm talked out on health care policy for now. Thanks for your good questions, I'm worn out!

Well Social Security too. That's FDR's legacy. FDR and LBJ, the two great liberal creators of our social safety net. I'm all for a social safety net. ...

I figured out the election. What do you think of Trump dumping Pence and choosing ... Bernie! Right now the left is angry that the DNC has schemed to ...

Are you saying that you'd welcome the death of three billion people worldwide as long as you could have your precious environmental fantasies? This is...

As I've noted, Obamacare makes the young subsidize the old and the risk-tolerant to pay for more risk reduction than they want or can afford.

Medicare is a public/private partnership. Bernie and Liz's plans for M4A would abolish the private component. You're simply wrong on the facts. Or, as...

Thx. I read the article. I don't believe a word of it. It says nothing about the effect on young people, who used to be able to get low cost plans tha...

I may have missed the link and didn't see it scrolling back a bit. If you live in a country with a competent, caring government, I envy you. I don't l...

There are mathematical games in which one or the other player has a forced win with perfect play. You're redefining what game theory means. I'm curiou...

No, that's not what game theory's about. You seem more interested in the practical aspects of playing games. In that light your comments make more sen...

I like Bernie personally. It's just his politics I don't like. I've already said I'm not a socialist and don't support M4A. Not sure what I could add....

No, that's simply wrong. There are games in which one player or the other has a forced win with perfect play on both sides. I gave you an example of o...

By all means, since you claim a solution to an open problem.

It's certainly the case that some games with perfect information (both sides know the current state of the game at all times) do have winning strategi...

I think I might not have realized this myself a few pages ago. I just can't see the US government pulling this off without making things much, much wo...

Not familiar with the Netherlands at all. What if I said I have no objection in principle to universal state-run health care, but that I deeply distru...

Well FWIW the corporatized American system of medicine is problematic. I don't dispute that. And I'm not engaging. Haven't I said enough about health ...

I agree that Marx had it right when he described what a disaster late stage capitalism would be. No question the system's not working. Hence Trump and...

I had a flood of mentions and have not kept track of everyone's individual positions. If I misconstrued your position I apologize. But if I simply fai...

Thank you so much for that. I agree completely. And I'm not a socialist, which upsets a few handles on this site. The entire Dem electorate just rejec...

Are you representing to me that (a) You read a wide variety of political news and opinion; and (b) that you have never heard such speculation from pro...

Done politicking for the day. Not productive to debate socialists who don't even see the wealth around them that liberty and free enterprise have prod...

You'll be a good Biden voter then. Hope you're happy with what your side has done.