James Cropcho

I won't consider #Bitcoin a serious currency until mainstream rappers tell me they have lots of it.

One easy trick to get rid of a typo: just keep misspelling it the same way enough times @emckean #grammar #words

"Correct a wise man, and he will thank you. Correct a foolish one, and he will hate you."

A decade ago, statistics was wrapped-up as "machine learning" and "data science," by laypeople and for laypeople. Recently I've starting seeing examples that all-things "machine leaning" are being wrapped-up into the term "AI." #ArtificialIntelligence #Statistics

To be anti-intellectual is more intellectual than to be non-intellectual. #Philosophy

Claim: "Science is metaphysically agnostic." ―The Hon. @TOEwithCurt | Here are two close counterexamples, in the form of a priori metaphysical assumptions made for science: 1) spacetime-invariance of ultimate/final physical law itself; 2) a "dead" universe, i.e. a universe which does not make exceptions to ultimate physical law on a whim. cc: @ericweinstein, @BernardoKastrup #physics #Philosophy

The song "Steppin' Stone"—it's cool. Because of how it's produced (in the style of the time) it's wrongly characterized as hyper-poppy. (I'm referring to its all: could be Revere/Raiders, could be Liverpool Five.) cc: @RickRubin @billyrennekamp @TheMickyDolenz1 #musicproduction #miseensceneTH #hiphop

Most non-victimless crimes-of-morality are perpetrated not because of some version of "stealing a loaf of bread to feed my family," rather it's because the perp was psychically hurt in the past and seeks vengeance, even if the non-specific variety is the best one can do. #philosophy #crime #therapy

“If you want to become a kind person, do kind acts.” cc: @michaelmalice @ScottAdamsSays #quotes #advice

New word/preposition: "overneath" Thank me in the morning 😎

As a rule, both "business" books and "self-help" books are in fact philosophy books. Now, they may be mid-/low-brow, and they may rarely be worldview-shattering, and they may have gobs of filler. But far and away, they mainly discuss matters of philosophy.

Say what you will—it is indeed bad luck to walk underneath a ladder. #rationalism

A substantial step in the right direction for us all.

. @rosscoulthart @lesliekean @ralphblu I just can't come up with any satisfying reason why Grusch's DOPSR-cleared letter should be withheld from the public. Unless you know something I don't, would you kindly consider releasing the document in full? I'm excited about these developments! Let's hope for open hearings in the Senate soon. (cc: @gillibrandny) #ufotwitter #Grusch #disclosure

In myriad domains, including some of the most consequential, few correct answers are more valuable than that of, "am I on an exponential trajectory, or is this the first half of a sigmoid?" Thanks to (but not a quote by): Daniel Schmachtenberger [@ConsilienceNews] #mathematics

The "ETs are friendly" caucus distrusts #DavidGrusch because of his claims like "ETs may have murdered humans." But given sufficient interaction with a "friendly-ET" faction, such a claim is _guaranteed_ to be true. By simple argument of probabilities: shit happens. #ufotwitter #Greer #WeaponizedPodcast cc: @I_D_Official @TheProjectUnity @TOEwithCurt