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Had anyone actually seen him since the mutiny? Or is this just Russian way to tie up loose ends…

Trump gutted the EPA. Chevron is, it seems, taking full advantage of the weakened watchdog.

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Author needs to get out into rural America and see an old-time company store or a general store (no, not a Dollar General, tyvm, think 1860s-1940s shopping in small towns).

And fwiw, Walmart has raped every small town they’ve set foot in. So the Walton’s could be trillionaires by using our tax dollars to fund their business. Their ‘dark store theory’ damage in one tiny town https://www.cityofhoughton.com/walmartbreach/ (tl:dr - Walmart won’t pay their long-agreed-on property taxes because they’ve come up with yet another way to stiff the locals).

TL:DR … When you actually think more, feelings don’t screw you up as much.

I had a prof in grad school who talked about an ‘enthusiasm index’ in academic research which essentially described how excited (emotional) people got about the findings of research (rational). In the real world, that’s just not how it’s supposed to work. Research is painstakingly logical, rational, thoughtful, step-by-step. Emotion has no place.

The Enthusiasm Index in academic research essentially stated the more emotional the response to a study, the higher the probability the quality of the research was low (poorly designed, small or non-random samples, tiny p-ratios, maybe even cheated, etc.). Elizabeth Holmes at Theranos was probably a proud although unwitting purveyor of her own Enthusiasm Index and blinded many investors with the emotional high of a get-rich-quick pitch. Warren Buffett THINKS through his investments; feelings really are best served elsewhere…

BBC article dances all around but does not say it was suicide. No outlet has said it was suicide. (It was most probably suicide.)

The Age of Plastics, y’all.

aka The End Time https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/End_time

That ship has sailed … it is this way. Adapt or die.

Kinda get the feeling somebody died there…

This is how you fix stupid amirite?!?

CNN’s credibility is pretty questionable these days … I’ll wait for better vetted evidence, thanks (and, from the sounds coming outta Mr. Smith’s office, there’s plenty).

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They build, sell tickets, and launch from somewhere … OceanGate is run from offices in Everett, Washington, USA.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OceanGate

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It should have been avoided. Facts tell us very clearly it could not have been: there has been zero regulatory appetite for this activity, in the U.S. or elsewhere. And adventure-seekers will amuse themselves even at the expense of other’s lives. Amoral profiteers abound. Caveat Emptor.

Max Bazerman is a towering giant in the field: for him to be a co-author of a suspicious publication is beyond scandalous.

Nothing less than the APA itself must intervene to definitively discover what happened and identify all involved (a host of PhD graduate students know and/or were participants). Censure must be from the highest levels if these allegations prove true.

Then we can have an infinitely robust discussion about the ridiculousness of publish or perish in academia…

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Poor kid earned one, worthy or not, as a Father’s Day gift to his dad. Ultimate irony. Only person on board for whom I could have shed a tear actually…

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