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Everything filed under housing housing Everything filed under America America Everything filed under politics politics Everything filed under libertarianism libertarianism Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: "There is no empirical evidence against my position" is not an argument for it. "There is no empirical evidence against myposition" is not an argument for it. Last stated 12 years ago 7 Nov 2014 DL Dan Luu — holds since 2014-11-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: The test of a scientific model is not whether supporting evidence can be found for it, but whether it fits the totality of the evidence. — tap to centre the map on it The test of a scientific model isnot whether supporting evidence canbe found for it, but whether it fitsthe totality of the evidence. Last stated 8 years ago 3 Jul 2018 SG Stephan Guyenet — holds since 2018-07-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: There is no philosophical knockout objection to the simulation hypothesis, and also no reason whatsoever to take it seriously. — tap to centre the map on it There is no philosophical knockoutobjection to the simulationhypothesis, and also no reasonwhatsoever to take it seriously. Last stated 2 years ago 22 Apr 2024 SC Sean Carroll — holds since 2024-04-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: One good story outweighs a mountain of evidence, because most emotions cannot be argued with. — tap to centre the map on it One good story outweighs a mountainof evidence, because most emotionscannot be argued with. Last stated 8 months ago 20 Jan 2026 DS Derek Sivers — holds since 2026-01-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: How dense a neighbourhood ought to be is a moral and political argument, not an empirical question with a discoverable right answer. — tap to centre the map on it How dense a neighbourhood ought tobe is a moral and politicalargument, not an empirical questionwith a discoverable right answer. Last stated 2 years ago 29 May 2024 DH Daniel Herriges — holds since 2024-05-29 — tap for who they are Same subject: Numbers offer a false precision: which metrics you choose to look at, and whether a five percent rise is good, are both art rather than science. — tap to centre the map on it Numbers offer a false precision:which metrics you choose to look at,and whether a five percent rise isgood, are both art rather thanscience. Last stated 12 months ago 21 Sept 2025 JZ Julie Zhuo — holds since 2025-09-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: Anything introduced with “I believe” is, by that fact alone, not something everyone can see to be true. — tap to centre the map on it Anything introduced with “I believe”is, by that fact alone, notsomething everyone can see to betrue. Last stated 8 months ago 5 Jan 2026 DS Derek Sivers — holds since 2026-01-05 — tap for who they are Same subject: If you can predict it, it does not count as emergence. — tap to centre the map on it If you can predict it, it does notcount as emergence. Last stated 3 years ago 1 Sept 2023 NO Neri Oxman — holds since 2023-09-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: Facts deployed as weapons in an argument can win the exchange without settling the disagreement. — tap to centre the map on it Facts deployed as weapons in anargument can win the exchangewithout settling the disagreement. Last stated 8 months ago 20 Jan 2026 DS Derek Sivers — holds since 2026-01-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: A house is built by trades that barely coordinate with each other, which is what makes housing cheap to design and almost impossible to redesign. — tap to centre the map on it A house is built by trades thatbarely coordinate with each other,which is what makes housing cheap todesign and almost impossible toredesign. Last stated 2 years ago 2 Apr 2024 BP Brian Potter — holds since 2024-04-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: Affordability is not a property of a building; it is a price set in a transaction, so there is no such thing as affordable housing, only affordable prices. — tap to centre the map on it Affordability is not a property of abuilding; it is a price set in atransaction, so there is no suchthing as affordable housing, onlyaffordable prices. Last stated 4 years ago 4 Jan 2023 DH Daniel Herriges — holds since 2023-01-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: Building a lot of housing in an expensive city will not lower rents there; it lowers them in the cheaper places that were absorbing its spillover demand. — tap to centre the map on it Building a lot of housing in anexpensive city will not lower rentsthere; it lowers them in the cheaperplaces that were absorbing itsspillover demand. Last stated 2 years ago 29 May 2024 DH Daniel Herriges — holds since 2024-05-29 — tap for who they are Same subject: A Chinese crewed landing on the Moon before America returns would be a defeat for the free world. — tap to centre the map on it A Chinese crewed landing on the Moonbefore America returns would be adefeat for the free world. Last stated 3 weeks ago 18 Aug 2026 CH Casey Handmer — holds since 2025-10-31 — tap for who they are EB Eric Berger — holds since 2026-08-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: A country cannot have radical technological breakthroughs and also refuse to tolerate uncomfortably rich people, because the financial system it resents is what funds the innovation. — tap to centre the map on it A country cannot have radicaltechnological breakthroughs and alsorefuse to tolerate uncomfortablyrich people, because the financialsystem it resents is what funds theinnovation. Last stated a year ago 13 Aug 2025 KJ Keyu Jin — holds since 2025-08-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: A country's large trade deficit in manufactured goods reduces its manufacturing employment below what it would be with balanced trade. — tap to centre the map on it A country's large trade deficit inmanufactured goods reduces itsmanufacturing employment below whatit would be with balanced trade. Last stated today 7 Sept 2026 PK Paul Krugman — holds since 2026-09-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: With no truly free places left in the world, freedom now depends on new technology creating new space, not on political change. — tap to centre the map on it With no truly free places left inthe world, freedom now depends onnew technology creating new space,not on political change. Last stated 17 years ago 13 Apr 2009 PT Peter Thiel — holds since 2009-04-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: The great task for libertarians is to escape politics in all its forms, rather than to win within it. — tap to centre the map on it The great task for libertarians isto escape politics in all its forms,rather than to win within it. Last stated 17 years ago 13 Apr 2009 PT Peter Thiel — holds since 2009-04-13 — tap for who they are
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At the centre "There is no empirical evidence against my position" is not an argument for it. Last stated 7 Nov 2014 · 12 years ago Holds Dan Luu Read this korrent →