Robert J Frey
@financequant
Applied math prof at Stony Brook University: quantitative finance, computational science, economics, public policy, space exploration. Co-founder RWRI.
Fools believe every word they hear, but wise people think carefully about everything.—Proverbs 14:15
The usual reward for a job well-done is a harder job. Your goal is to ensure that is accompanied by appropriate positive consequences as well.
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🚨BREAKING: Another TikToker reveals they were offered $200 to join the nationwide “No Kings Day” protest in NYC—targeting ICE and President Trump’s deportation policies.
Writing in 1979, science fiction author Gordon R. Dickson looked ahead to 2050 to describe the evolution of the programmable calculator into a general purpose tool that was the size of a typical handheld device. It was a powerful general purpose computer that had a built-in AI…
Where did Senator Karen get $67 million?
Elizabeth Warren salary: $285,000/yr Net worth: $67,000,000 Wants to stop YOU from finding out where your money goes.
Seriously, how is this not malpractice / fraud? When this blows up people who made graphics like this should be sued into penury.
Totally accurate risk assessment…😅
As a general rule, whenever your intuition conflicts with that of an economist, bet on your intuition. Economists are reverse indicators: they are ~always wrong.
Seriously, can anyone watch this and take this guy seriously? Please watch this and tell me if you think this is a trustworthy "expert"
I think one of the most interesting moments of the podcast with @johnfetterman was when we were talking about immigration. I think everyone should understand exactly what is happening.
As much as you can personally, intellectually, & morally dislike Trump, a news outlet that promotes a given candidate over another becomes automatically PROPAGANDA.
Half of Donald Trump's former cabinet members have refused to endorse him. The most senior Republican senator calls him “despicable”. Both his former chief-of-staff and former head of the joint chiefs call him a fascist. We are endorsing Kamala Harris econ.st/4ef9Abf 👇
Sigh. Tell me the media aren’t biased. Note both examples are from the same source.
Europe has fallen. Orwell‘s satirical Ministry of Truth is now a dystopian reality. Technocratic totalitarianism has turned lies into truth,and war into peace. Coming to America soon if this election goes to the party of censorship and anti democracy lawfare.
To be honest, I really wanted to respond with this Tropic Thunder meme, but I would NEVER do something so rude & irresponsible!
'You can sway a thousand men by appealing to their prejudices quicker than you can convince one man by logic.' -- Robert A. Heinlein
I think about this G.K. Chesterton passage a lot.
How do the LLMs compare? Leveraging our "code grading" tech to introduce weekly computationally grounded LLM benchmarking... wolfram.com/llm-benchmarki…
He was brilliant
The most under discussed immigration policy: A lesson from Lee Kuan Yew
‘I didn’t do anything wrong, mum’. A schoolboy who wrote an anti-Putin leaflet has become Russia’s youngest political prisoner — Novaya Gazeta Europe novayagazeta.eu/articles/2024/…
