Thought I forgot about ya?…
Dredging around on Discord, and Alexander Macris was discussing the new edition of Car Wars Steve Jackson Games [http://forums.sjgames.com/showthread.php?t=145480] is putting together. He wasn’t impressed, not sure I am either. Complete list from the forum is below. I don’t have an issue with the Kickstarter date – likely to be pushed back, and of course the timeline is adjusted – and despite “starting over from scratch” it will include badlands/etc.. I’m Glad Uncle Al will return. I can under…
I recently came across this article at Quilette about twins studies [https://quillette.com/2018/08/09/a-striking-similarity-the-revolutionary-findings-of-twin-studies/] . > In 2000, the psychologist Eric Turkheimer concluded that the evidence from behavioral genetic data was consistent enough to summarize in three laws. The first law holds that all human traits are heritable (i.e., genetic differences account for phenotypic differences) to some degree. This assertion may not seem all that surpr…
So I’m still stepping through and digesting Taleb’s latest book, and I’m not sure what’s more surprising. On the one hand, I’m not into the deeper parts of the book yet and already, there are a lot of relationships he alludes to that are not obvious to most people. On the other hand, in several cases, the specific examples he brings up are ones that I had considered, and for much the same reason. For example – on citizenship, and specifically assuming the tax burdens and duties/obligations of wh…
Well, this won’t be the first time I’ve shamelessly stolen inspiration from the Didact [http://didactsreach.blogspot.com/2018/06/friday-t-badgers-badger-edition.html]. Enjoy the weekend.…