Comments on: Yes there is a difference between rational and correct http://trilema.com/2016/yes-there-is-a-difference-between-rational-and-correct/ Moving targets for a fast crowd. Thu, 30 Apr 2026 22:38:23 +0000 http://polimedia.us hourly 1 By: Big City on Trilema - A blog by Mircea Popescu. http://trilema.com/2016/yes-there-is-a-difference-between-rational-and-correct/#comment-149850 Big City on Trilema - A blog by Mircea Popescu. Fri, 01 May 2020 06:53:18 +0000 http://trilema.com/?p=65627#comment-149850 [...] & well marinaded in this very peculiar fantasy whereby hollow words devoid of meaning, like "rational" and "democratic" (not to mention "scientific") coallesce like lamb bones in a reduced broth left [...] [...] & well marinaded in this very peculiar fantasy whereby hollow words devoid of meaning, like "rational" and "democratic" (not to mention "scientific") coallesce like lamb bones in a reduced broth left [...]

]]> By: I think it might be the case I'm becoming pretentious. on Trilema - A blog by Mircea Popescu. http://trilema.com/2016/yes-there-is-a-difference-between-rational-and-correct/#comment-145247 I think it might be the case I'm becoming pretentious. on Trilema - A blog by Mircea Popescu. Wed, 08 Jan 2020 12:55:20 +0000 http://trilema.com/?p=65627#comment-145247 [...] then... I guess you don't. ———"We should bring back betwixt. Such a better word than between. Lot of good [...] [...] then... I guess you don't. ———"We should bring back betwixt. Such a better word than between. Lot of good [...]

]]> By: Mircea Popescu http://trilema.com/2016/yes-there-is-a-difference-between-rational-and-correct/#comment-117068 Mircea Popescu Tue, 19 Apr 2016 16:15:08 +0000 http://trilema.com/?p=65627#comment-117068 Hey, at least Bill didn't get called foo! Hey, at least Bill didn't get called foo!

]]> By: spyked http://trilema.com/2016/yes-there-is-a-difference-between-rational-and-correct/#comment-117063 spyked Tue, 19 Apr 2016 08:03:28 +0000 http://trilema.com/?p=65627#comment-117063 Eh, I was just poking fun at poor Bill's portrayal. The author -- out of confusion, or maybe just for the sake of explaining probabilities to idiots? no idea -- was likely thinking about random variables when he (or she?) built the example, but chose, out of all the possibilities out there, to name it Bill. Or maybe he didn't, but out of all possible speculations... So, Bill is a random variable. Sort of like a nigger, only he dun get all offended 'bout it. Eh, I was just poking fun at poor Bill's portrayal. The author -- out of confusion, or maybe just for the sake of explaining probabilities to idiots? no idea -- was likely thinking about random variables when he (or she?) built the example, but chose, out of all the possibilities out there, to name it Bill. Or maybe he didn't, but out of all possible speculations...

So, Bill is a random variable. Sort of like a nigger, only he dun get all offended 'bout it.

]]> By: Mircea Popescu http://trilema.com/2016/yes-there-is-a-difference-between-rational-and-correct/#comment-117058 Mircea Popescu Mon, 18 Apr 2016 22:44:55 +0000 http://trilema.com/?p=65627#comment-117058 Not sure where you're going with that ? Not sure where you're going with that ?

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