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Teller, the magician not the bomb guy, said "You will be fooled by a trick if it involves more time, money and practice than you (or any other sane onlooker) would be willing to invest."
I think about that a lot
it's in the category of meditations that the shipping container and stirrups, but the polar oposite of those things
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next I should learn
i'll cut down anyone who unironically says category theory
i will start with milling and turning and do welding at a later date
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sometimes certain things impinge on my consciousness, that aren't quite dreams because I'm not asleep, and aren't ideas because there is no system by which I came upon them, but they are certainly created by choice
something like seeing a friend waving in your peripheral vision and turning to recognize them
it's some part of me choosing both to look and what I'll see when I do, but I only "control" the looking part
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reading "the making of the atomic bomb" by Rhodes 1/
2/ in the first chapter, Rhodes explores the events leading to szilard's idea of the neutron chain reaction. he describes the importance both of a community of scientists and the open communication between them
these ideas seem to me to be in tension. one wants a closed elite community, with open communication within. Rhodes discusses entry to this community as being given through apprenticeship, idea propagation through reputation and overlapping work
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Okay, I'm going to do a thread going over & critiquing Ryan Faulk's (The Alternative Hypothesis) & Sean Last's recent videos.
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THREAD // A Lesson In Pricing

Two things to understand...

==> All pricing is RELATIVE
==> All pricing is based on PERCEPTION

i.e. Pricing is based on relative comparisons rather than any objective absolute

There's no universal "fair" or "realistic" or "good" price
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What about YPBB which is selling for $497 and closing tonight?

Since this is a lesson in pricing let me explain your thought process..

Because I know what you're thinking...
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I’ve talked a lot about what roll call votes don’t capture in politics, but one thing I haven’t mentioned: intensity of preference. 1/N
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