Classic thread of people posting their smartest jokes. 3 favs:
➖Is it solipsistic in here, or is it just me?
➖Q: Who does Polyphemus hate more than Odysseus? A:Nobody!
➖It's hard to explain puns to kleptomaniacs because they always take things literally reddit.com/r/AskReddit/co…
Okay, one more:
Q: What does the "B" in Benoit B. Mandelbrot stand for?
A: Benoit B. Mandelbrot.
Because you insisted (note: you did not insist), one more;
Three logicians walk into a bar. The bartender says, “do all of you want a drink?”
Logician 1 says: “I don’t know”
Logician 2 says: “I don’t know!”
Logician 3 says: “Yes!”
Wait, another?

Heisenberg & Schrodinger get pulled over.
Cop: "Do you know how fast you were going?"
H: “No, but I know where I am"
Cop: "You were doing 95"
H: "Now I'm lost!"
Cop opens the trunk: "Do you know you have a dead cat back here?"
Schrodinger: “We do now, asshole!"

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It became a joke when cited by Rumsfeld during the Iraq War: “there are known knowns...things we know we know. There are known unknowns...we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns-the ones we don't know we don't know..." But it is profound.
Known knows are facts - these are the things you don’t need to plan, they are what you know are true: how have you responded to COVID so far?

Known unknowns are uncertainties, things you know will happen, but don’t know how they will work out. COVID will end, but how & when?
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The first step is what they call "casual dating" - this involves having casual talks with VC BEFORE you need the money to build ties. In these talks, you want to discuss your business, but not ask for money. You can't wait until you need $, it takes ~83 days to close a deal! 2/
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This inspired Sneferu, who wanted a pyramid of his own, a real pyramid: the Pyramid of Meidum!

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Resolution science: if you want to make New Years resolutions that will actually make you happier (and that you can achieve), then 👀 this chart. The world’s top happiness researchers were polled on the most effective & feasible ways for people to make themselves happier.... 1/ Image
Super effective & achievable based on the research :
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Invest in family and friends
💃🏻Join a club
🤹‍♂️Be mentally & physically active
👩‍❤️‍👩Be nicer & kinder to others
🌲Experience nature
🛌Get more sleep
🙏🏻Practice your religion, if you have one
💰Enroll in automatic savings
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🧹Decluttering
🍃Becoming vegan
🖥 Eliminating screens
🏡Owning your own home
🤱Having kids
There’s more detail in the open access paper: /3 link.springer.com/article/10.100…
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Plus, firing toxic workers helps more than hiring more superstars in a study of 58,000 service workers.
🌟A top 1% superstar increased performance by $5,300
💀A toxic worker costs $12,800 in extra turnover alone.
Three questions help screen for toxicity: insight.kellogg.northwestern.edu/article/hire-a…
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A thread of cool papers showing odd unintended consequences of generally good ideas, starting with the fact that car seats saved lives, but also discouraged families from having more than 2 children, since they couldn't fit more than 2 seats in a car! 1/n
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