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AndreasBWagner  ·  4121 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: I feel I can't share a post when it doesn't interest all my followers

The aim of link aggregators is to increase the concentration of interesting content. Skipping over uninteresting content can be done without a link aggregator. Following more people will quickly dilute the interestingness of links.

AndreasBWagner  ·  4121 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: An Anarchist Critique of Democracy

Well, anarchism is anti-statist socialism. Without state or hierarchy it's impossible to seize and control more property than one could occupy alone so you are left with personal property.

AndreasBWagner  ·  4616 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: You and Your Research, by Richard Hamming
"Great scientists tolerate ambiguity very well."

There was a study concluding that the left-wing brain tolerates ambiguity better. This may in part explain why science is dominated by the left (only 6% of scientists in the US are republicans).

"Study finds left-wing brain, right-wing brain": http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-sci-politics10sep1...

"Only Six Percent Of Scientists Are Republicans: Pew Poll": http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/10/only-six-percent-of...