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Lev's avatar

Academia "Hard Science":

Plenty of politics to go around. There's the obvious abstracts, repeating very specific catch phrases about climate change and what we all agree must be done about it. The grant applications, and the Journal politics, which leave important hypotheses out to dry. There's the structure of scientific pursuit itself, which pretends to be decentralized, but ends up being a sort of bureaucratic anarchy.

There's also the structure of education, which ends up selecting for specific types of people who are willing to put up with the above nonsense.

Arabs and incentives:

If we are willing to take expulsions off the table entirely, we can't cover our eyes and let the Arabs 'educate themselves'. The sick remnants of Soviet sponsored 'National Liberation' are alive and well, as are larger Arab National ambitions. Islam, and the Muslim Brotherhood also must be considered as given, making a hands off approach suicidal.

Besides all this, you have populations here with incredibly backwards cultures, and a high inbreeding coefficient, so expecting them to 'educate themselves' is a recipe for allowing Israel's enemies to do it for you(or worse, our 'friends').

Giving them a state makes all the above issues even worse.

So what are the incentives? What do we even want? What do we expect them to want?

I've yet to see even a serious sketch.

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Baruch Hasofer's avatar

Yeah, I have a pretty low opinion of modern academia; most of the inmates are basically intellectual prostitutes, working for a low fee.

As for what we want from the Arabs and what we expect them to want, again, the Iron Wall said it all, and the kontzeptzia was just another rehash of it.

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Jorge Barriga's avatar

Thank you, Baruch, for this incredible interview of Prof. Aumann. I’ve listened to his interviews before but this one was special. Keep it up! Bivracha, Jorge

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Baruch Hasofer's avatar

Thank you!

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canopeaz's avatar

Can't believe this guy is 94. Amazing.

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צמח's avatar

This interview should not be taken out of respect.

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Baruch Hasofer's avatar

I beg to differ

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the long warred's avatar

Game … Theory…

It’s not a game and all theories are rather in ill odor now.

Game theory with its equal weighting of betrayal with loyalty, called Defect/Cooperate is not something to consider or mention in deadly times.

Like now.

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Baruch Hasofer's avatar

Of course it is. How do you think human intelligence works, especially in deadly times?

Betrayal works both ways; people who feel themselves betrayed by their superiors no longer feel bound by their obligations.

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