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From The Atlantic, in “The Erasing of American Science”:
“Both by trying to control #science and by #funding less of it, the Tr*mp administration is starting a slide toward a future where more, rather than fewer, people have reason to #distrust science and its results.” https://tinyurl.com/5xhddekk
The Atlantic · The Erasing of American Science
https://www.europesays.com/1678711/ Nebraskans don’t trust artificial intelligence #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #distrust #majority #Nebraska #rural #Study
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Use of Anti-#Science and #Conspiracy Theories
#Trump repeatedly endorsed and actively spread conspiracy theories, from #climate denial to #antivaccine rhetoric and #QAnon-related beliefs. His constant attacks on #scientific and #medical experts during #COVID19 and beyond led to widespread #distrust in #health and #environmental policies, contributing to a culture of #misinformation with dangerous long-term impacts.
www.washingtonpost.comDonald Trump's long list of conspiracy theoriesRepublican presidential nominee Donald Trump believes there's a global conspiracy to stop him from becoming president – but it's not the first time he's pushed unfounded theories.
Nobel prize for studies of how institutions are formed and affect prosperity
500 years of European colonialism, extractivism and the resource curse
"Among countries colonized by European powers during the past 500 years, those that were relatively rich in 1500 are now relatively poor. We document this reversal using data on urbanization patterns and population density, which, we argue, proxy for economic prosperity. This reversal weighs against a view that links economic development to geographic factors. Instead, we argue that the reversal reflects changes in the institutions resulting from European colonialism. The European intervention appears to have created an “institutional reversal” among these societies, meaning that Europeans were more likely to introduce institutions encouraging investment in regions that were previously poor. This institutional reversal accounts for the reversal in relative incomes. We provide further support for this view by documenting that the reversal in relative incomes took place during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, and resulted from societies with good institutions taking advantage of the opportunity to industrialize."
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Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, James A. Robinson, Reversal of Fortune: Geography and Institutions in the Making of the Modern World Income Distribution, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 117, Issue 4, November 2002, Pages 1231–1294 (PDF>)
https://economics.mit.edu/sites/default/files/publications/reversal-of-fortune.pdf
#colonialism #extractivism #SettlerSociety #IndigenousPeoples #SocialRelations #PE #economics #democracy #RuleOfLaw #AuthoritarianRegime #populism #corruption #goverance #reforms #distrust #UnevenDevelopment #democracy #institutions #ResourceCurse #nobel
A quotation from Billings, Josh:
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I hav larn’t one thing, bi grate experience, and that iz, I want as much watching az mi nabors do.
[I have learned one thing, by great experience, and that is, I want as much watching as my neighbors do.]
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A quotation from Catullus:
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Then let no woman hence in man believe,
Or think a lover speaks but to deceive.
He, while ungratified desire is high,
Shrinks from no oath, no promise will deny;
Soon as his lust is satiate with its prize,
He spurns his vows and perjury’s curse defies.
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WIST · Carmina # 64 "The Nuptuals of Peleus and Thetis," ll. 144-149 [tr. Lamb (1821)] - Catullus | WIST QuotationsThen let no woman hence in man believe, Or think a lover speaks but to deceive. He, while ungratified desire is high, Shrinks from no oath, no promise will deny; Soon as his lust is satiate with its prize, He spurns his vows and perjury's curse defies. [Nunc iam…
A quotation from Mencken, H. L.:
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It is a sin to believe evil of others, but it is seldom a mistake.
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WIST · A Little Book in C Major, ch. 5, § 23 (1916) - Mencken, H. L. | WIST QuotationsIt is a sin to believe evil of others, but it is seldom a mistake. Variants: EVIL. That which one believes of others. It is a sin to believe evil of others, but it is seldom a mistake. A Book of Burlesques, "The Jazz Webster" (1924) Evil is that which…
A quotation from Billings, Josh:
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Every boddy in this world wants watching, but none more than ourselves.
[Everybody in this world wants watching, but none more than ourselves.]
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WIST · Everybody's Friend, Or; Josh Billing's Encyclopedia and Proverbial Philosophy of Wit and Humor, ch. 142 "Affurisms: Fust Impreshuns" (1874) - Billings, Josh | WIST QuotationsEvery boddy in this world wants watching, but none more than ourselves. [Everybody in this world wants watching, but none more than ourselves.]
A quotation from Christie, Agatha:
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Where large sums of money are concerned, it is advisable to trust nobody.
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WIST · Endless Night, ch. 21 [Mr. Lippincott] (1967) - Christie, Agatha | WIST QuotationsWhere large sums of money are concerned, it is advisable to trust nobody.
A quotation from Franklin, Benjamin:
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Distrust and caution are the parents of security.
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A quotation from Tolkien, J.R.R.:
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The treacherous are ever distrustful.
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