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Comment So, they're comparing.. (Score 2) 181

predictions made by the bottom 2.5%, with predictions made by the top 2.5%? I think it was Sagan who speculated that the difference between the average person and say Gauss, Einstein, or Newton may be greater than that between the average person and chimps. so the study may have provided more insight if they instead didn't compare the extremes, but rather samples closer to the average.

Comment Re:The incoming administration... (Score 1) 198

He most certainly did, in Aug of last year. It was detailed in a Politico article and CNN detailing the incoming President's upcoming book. It was also referenced by the incoming president himself 4 days ago- https://www.youtube.com/watch?... which also received wide coverage.

Comment The incoming administration... (Score 4, Interesting) 198

threatened to jail him, so really, his changing the policies is probably more a result of political coercion more than the examples he discusses. There is a pending Supreme Court case that may determine whether the owners of large social media platforms are permitted to moderate at all, and the outcome could have repercussions on sites like Bluesky.

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