#Historical

I hope, as a PRC Chinese, that in the long run overseas Chinatowns can all disappear. It’s not something to be proud of. Interesting to see this tweet got some
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But any such thing mentioned in Hindu Scriptures is back calculation by crafty Brahmins per Indologists.https://twitter.com/RT_com/status/924979200322424833 In 1790, the Scottish mathematician John Playfair demonstrated that the starting-da
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Thread on "Consilience" (tm @EthicalSkeptic)I hope Dr. Jacobs will engage and discuss with us in good faith.My intent is to explain how we analyze patterns and look for consilience before
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Want to start building database of sports co-ops. @Nsaahome has a current list, but I want to build a historical list. What was first year they were allowed? 1993? Guide
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A few weeks ago I got to share research @lydiasupplee, Audrey Moreno and I have been working on examining the history of Regional Comprehensive Universities from 1970-2000 (a time period
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Mahabharat is so vast and thrilling because it totally blurs the line between right and wrong. I had limited knowledge and understanding. Now the more I read, the more I'm
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When I was a kid, I was looking at a microprocessor and was thinking how more than a lifetime is needed to understand anything it does. Then, I saw a
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The 1940s original YCC: threadThe initial proposal to peg the US Treasury yield curve was first presented at the June 1941 FOMC meeting by Emanuel Goldenweiser, director of the Division
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“The academic theorist fears the Black males represented in our present day, so it is easy to rationalize these phobias, which interpret Black men as patriarchal, violent, and indifferent to
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See this is what annoys me about The Witcher. (cont'd) TW: Rape mention, discussion of sexism and general bigotry. The Witcher is a story that loves to be realistic and
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This week @contingent_mag published a mailbag (our explainer pieces) by @narayani_basu. Her essay answered the question, "how do you write a biography?" If you haven't had a chance to read,
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FOOD FOR THOUGHT 20200830In all of our analysis we are using a volume projection for Tesla that deserves further examination 1. It is driven by observing Tesla’s historical growth 2.
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Does a link between Iranics and Germanics exist? The Indo-European migrations from 4000-1000 B.C. are definitely a testament of a common ancestor between these two peoples, however, either through sheer
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/1 "France gave up in 1940" is a persistent myth for those who don't take into account longer historical trends. France was the one great power that opposed German aggression
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Any book to study mathematics from first principles? Most materials are centered around college curriculums and I wonder if there is anything unconventional that is more insightful. To be a
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I have two main thoughts on “not judging the past by the stands of the present”.https://twitter.com/anandwrites/status/1275448581214728193 First: statues and monuments are not “the past”. They are not “history”. They are
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