“That is probably the consistency: overconfidence, poor cost assessment, and a habit of acting as though complexity will just roll over for force of personality.”
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Ask A Genius 1212: Patriot of the Year Latitude
Rick Rosner: Fox News named Trump "Patriot of the Year" tonight at some ceremony. Scott Douglas Jacobsen: Is that what they call it? Like their annual version of Time's "Person of the Year"? Rosner: I don't think it's an award that has existed before—unless I'm wrong. Cynical people on Twitter are saying this is just …
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Ask A Genius 1211: DOGE
Scott Douglas Jacobsen: How do you feel about the Trump situation coming up in a month? Rick Rosner: Carole is more nervous than I am, but, you know, there are reasons for both optimism and pessimism. On one hand, most Americans oppose many of his policy goals. On the other hand, many Americans aren't paying …
Ask A Genius 1210: Bryan McFarland
Scott Douglas Jacobsen: From Bryan McFarland: Good Afternoon, I’m writing to inquire about your willingness to compare my results of the LAIT (1979) with yours as an analog for scoring the test. Despite there being evidence of the answers being leaked online in the 1990s, I can’t find them now. What’s my IQ? I honestly …
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