Daily Archives: December 3, 2024

Decoding the Trump Transition (12-3-24)

Posted on December 3, 2024 by Luke Ford

04:00 Hunter Pardon, Day 2, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sme1_gt4GJM 11:00 The “If You Like Your Doctor, You Can Keep Your Doctor” Pardon and Kash Patel, https://ewerickson.substack.com/p/the-if-you-like-your-doctor-you-can 17:30 Say Nothing tv show, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Say_Nothing_(TV_series) 19:30 Americans used to be known for their plain speech, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0arXVZ72hvI … Continue reading →

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Smart people ‘especially prone to tribalism, virtue signaling and self-deception’

Posted on December 3, 2024 by Luke Ford

Musa Al-Gharbi writes: We pay attention to, easily recall, and feel positive emotions towards things we deem interesting or useful. We dismiss, downplay, dump, and have negative emotional reactions to information that is threatening to our objectives or our self-image, … Continue reading →

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‘Trump Is De-Stereotyping Republican Foreign Policy’

Posted on December 3, 2024 by Luke Ford

Stereotypes are useful when they correlate with reality (such as different groups have different gifts). Stereotypes are not useful when you insist that different groups have inherent qualities that explain all of their actions. Regarding an out-group as inherently evil, … Continue reading →

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