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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
So did Emmanuel Velikovsky, and he was proved to be, in the words of Oscar Wilde, a complete fucking spazmoloid.
But Keynes was a respected academic economist who had written on the economy of British India, served in the Treasury during WWI, and who remained highly influential throughout the postwar years. He was a working academic, not some random politician or media commentator. He also released his methodology and his maths so other people could see he was right.
Keynes also wasn't 'proved right at every turn'; his views on Versailles, for example, we now know to be misplaced. Germany's economic turmoil following WWI was not caused by Allied reparations, but idiotic war financing decisions by the German government and deliberate sabotage by the postwar German central bank.
Academics don't have a monopoly on the correct, but generally being out of step with professional academia is a sign you've lost the epistemic bet, and you need something better than a thought-terminating justification like 'someone else also went against the consensus, in a completely different context, so I'll do the same because it confirms my preconceptions'.
edited 9th Feb '16 4:31:47 PM by Achaemenid
Schild und Schwert der ParteiBernie has a solid lead over Clinton in Democrat exit polls (#Feel The Bern) and Trump is dominating in the Republican exit polls (FUCK!!!!!)
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2016/feb/09/new-hampshire-primary-results-polls-us-election-2016-live-coverage?page=with:block-56ba8734e4b0a789c640f085#block-56ba8734e4b0a789c640f085
Rubio is currently doing worse than both Kasich and Bush in New Hampshire despite supposedly doing better than them in the polls.
Although the night is still young, this might spell bad news for Marco.
I just discovered my College has a Bernie Sanders club. I bought a $2 dollar button as a historical memento.
edited 9th Feb '16 5:03:59 PM by Demonic_Braeburn
Any group who acts like morons ironically will eventually find itself swamped by morons who think themselves to be in good company.I suspect that Rubio's debate debacle is going to spell the end of him with voters. Bernie's lead shouldn't surprise anyone. As for Trump leading, I'll deal with it if it means no Cruz to fight in the general. Trump has the best chance of ripping the GOP asunder as he carries them to humiliating failure.
edited 9th Feb '16 5:06:59 PM by Fighteer
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"Goddamn, it looks like Dem primary is already over! 20 of the 24 delegates have already been assigned, and Bernie has been declared the winner.
Sanders (56%) = 13 delegates
Clinton (42%) = 7 delegates.
edited 9th Feb '16 5:14:13 PM by Demonic_Braeburn
Any group who acts like morons ironically will eventually find itself swamped by morons who think themselves to be in good company.That's not as big a lead as Sanders was hoping for. He has to carry a lot of momentum into the southern states, which he is at a huge disadvantage in.
edited 9th Feb '16 5:14:06 PM by Fighteer
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"Rubio has now dropped to 5th place, as Cruz is now ahead of him. If he goes under 10% he won't be given any delegates.
edited 9th Feb '16 5:16:01 PM by Demonic_Braeburn
Any group who acts like morons ironically will eventually find itself swamped by morons who think themselves to be in good company.Anything short of 60 percent for Bernie is a letdown, as he has to carry a huge morale advantage into Clinton's strongholds in the coming weeks to have any chance of beating her in the long term.
edited 9th Feb '16 5:20:11 PM by Fighteer
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"A) The DNC and its state spinoffs are focused on funding their chasing of the presidency, thus there's little effort or desire to fund State/Local Level power.
B) There's been noise made that young Democratic voters are fairly more ideological or definitely more concerned about authenticity, so if you're trying to fake it, you're going to lose votes if they don't find you authentic to your positions.
C) 2014 had a lot of Democrats try and step away from he President and his plans over perception that Obama was an electoral noose, and tried to centerize themselves. A lot of young voters didn't come out to vote. Obama is fairly popular-ish with younger voters, so saying "No, I don't stand with the president" is basically going "Don't vote for me".
Basically the DNC and the Democrat leaning Youth are at odds together because the DNC are Neoliberals and the youngest voters are a bunch of Socialists who prize commitment to one's positions and the President.
edited 9th Feb '16 5:22:24 PM by PotatoesRock
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He was called out on his canned responses by Christie as well as by others, and every time he said the exact same thing, like a broken record. The point of the accusations was that he was scripted, and he responded by reading from his script. It was hilarious and sad at the same time.
edited 9th Feb '16 5:21:31 PM by Fighteer
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"MSNBC roundtable reporting that they were given a three-page memo from Camp Clinton, embargoed until 8:00 (AKA close of voting), which defensively talks about why they still have a path to the nomination. It's kind of unprecedented, honestly.
GM: AGOG S4 & F/WC RP; Co-GM: TABA, SOTR, UUA RP; Sub-GM: TTS RP. I have brought peace, freedom, justice, and security to my new Empire.Reacting to NH as if it's a defeat for her campaign is a serious mistake for Clinton. She knew going in that it was a long shot.
I have to agree there. The demographics do not look good for Bernie in South Carolina, et. al.
edited 9th Feb '16 5:37:30 PM by Fighteer
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"Why expat Americans are giving up their citizenship.
Shockingly it isn't from embarrassment at being associated with a nation most see as a backwards imperialist bully coming apart at the seams, it's because of double taxation.

Keynes went against the academic consensus, and guess who history proved right at every. turn.
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