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Warren Stupidity

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13. Perhaps you should take this up with Roland J. M. Bénabou

Wed Sep 3, 2014, 05:43 PM

Sep 2014

He's at that crackpot institution "Princeton" where he has some bogus creds:

Theodore A. Wells '29 Professor
of Economics and Public Affairs

Bénabou is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Fellow of the Econometric Society, Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research, Research Fellow of the Center for Economic Policy Research, Senior Fellow of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, Research Fellow of the Institute for the Study of Labor, Senior Fellow of the Bureau for Research and Economic Analysis of Development, and a member of the Behavioral Economics Roundtable. He has been a member of the Institute for Advanced Study and a Guggenheim Fellow. He has served or currently serves on the editorial board of numerous journals such as the Review of Economic Studies, the Quarterly Journal of Economics, the Journal of Public Economics, the Journal of Economic Growth and the Journal of the European Economic Association. Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

http://www.princeton.edu/~rbenabou/

I'm sure he would be fascinated with the opinions of the superior intellects on Ark Bayer.

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Study: More Religion Means Less Scientific Innovation [View all] Warren Stupidity Sep 2014 OP

Maybe it's not religion but the mindset behind religion: dogma. DetlefK Sep 2014 #1

I think you nailed Dorian Gray Sep 2014 #42

I'm shocked. Are you shocked? I'm shocked. AtheistCrusader Sep 2014 #2

I'm totally fucking shocked. Warren Stupidity Sep 2014 #4

I'm sure there are other things going on in Egypt and Portugal that explain this. rug Sep 2014 #3

Look how low the U.S. is on that chart amuse bouche Sep 2014 #5

What do you think the US position on that graph means? Jim__ Sep 2014 #8

Yes that must be it, after all the idiots doing the analysis didn't have your help. Warren Stupidity Sep 2014 #10

You're the one using words like "idiots" - not me. Jim__ Sep 2014 #12

yeah I get that you don't like the implications. Warren Stupidity Sep 2014 #14

I get that you can't make the case that patent applications are a stronger indicator ... Jim__ Sep 2014 #15

You're right, it ain't my study. By the way, nor have you made the case that they are, or that that Warren Stupidity Sep 2014 #24

The study you cited makes the claim. Jim__ Sep 2014 #26

I haven't read it closely goldent Sep 2014 #36

I'd like to see the results when run against "patents per capita." Jim__ Sep 2014 #43

Interesting yardstick to use "patent registration" Starboard Tack Sep 2014 #6

um, I suppose you think you made a point there. Warren Stupidity Sep 2014 #7

That raises an interesting point. rug Sep 2014 #9

Have they patented putting cadmium in kids' toys? okasha Sep 2014 #21

I thought you might spot Saudi Arabia. Bravo! Starboard Tack Sep 2014 #11

Perhaps you should take this up with Roland J. M. Bénabou Warren Stupidity Sep 2014 #13

You think this is about intellect Warren? It's about economics. Starboard Tack Sep 2014 #16

But . . . . Princeton! rug Sep 2014 #19

You really are on to something. Perhaps if we all lived in religiously afflicited shitholes Warren Stupidity Sep 2014 #22

Wouldn't that be nice, Warren? Starboard Tack Sep 2014 #30

Ark Bayer!??!!! cleanhippie Sep 2014 #29

Sorry, bud!. We're all full! Starboard Tack Sep 2014 #31

Well, my biceps are well developed... cleanhippie Sep 2014 #35

I can think of a group that encourages sycophants. rug Sep 2014 #37

The Bar Association? cleanhippie Sep 2014 #38

I'd like to see how you handle legal trouble. rug Sep 2014 #41

You don't need to worry about Warren Starboard Tack Sep 2014 #39

No thanks, the food on the Stultifera Navis is terrible. cleanhippie Sep 2014 #44

Times Change WovenGems Sep 2014 #17

I wonder what would happen if they re-ran the study and offered Htom Sirveaux Sep 2014 #18

I suspect people in many countries would say "spiritual but not religious? What does that mean?" muriel_volestrangler Sep 2014 #20

"'spiritual' is infamously poorly defined in English" Starboard Tack Sep 2014 #32

The word can describe various conditions depending upon who is speaking. Act_of_Reparation Sep 2014 #33

A word like "religious" you mean? Starboard Tack Sep 2014 #40

Not really, no. Act_of_Reparation Sep 2014 #45

So, at the end of the day do you consider yourself "spiritual" in any of those senses? Starboard Tack Sep 2014 #46

Act_of_Reparation summarises the problems well; but it's not just us muriel_volestrangler Sep 2014 #34

I wonder why the religionists are all allergic to this data. Warren Stupidity Sep 2014 #23

I wonder why Warren is so attached to this dubious data Fortinbras Armstrong Sep 2014 #25

Somebody should look into that. rug Sep 2014 #27

Well not so attached that I attempted to pass it off as my own research. Warren Stupidity Sep 2014 #28