All you have to do is examine how many hours a day Chinese students study versus ours. By the time they reach college they are fundamentally prepared for hard work.
What is surging ahead? Chinese are more in debt than we are. However I wouldn't doubt they are ahead in academic excellence, or understanding as I would put it, but in an overall sense why can't get reduce their debt? That would be surging ahead. They do have 3 times as many people to put on various projects. Hence they seem likely to get 3 times as many solutions.
My bet is even though their system is free which is a huge advantage I suspect the answers or solutions simply are not always correct hence further confusion but then that is science. Finding out the correct path or a better path.
Good catch SE. looks like another case of “free” means you’re the product. Then again, the existing versions make you the product without being free and don’t give you the option of using their architecture independently.
Very true. I just wonder if somehow using Deep Freak will allow the Chicoms to also remotely access your phone/computer camera and microphone without express user permission - the way Apple (and some Microsoft) products do...
Well it is open source so you can make your own AI agent and send the data anywhere you want. Will also run standalone on a computer without internet is my understanding...
My understanding is chinese government but the people have a very high savings rate compared to their North American counterparts. The intelligence of the elites may not be so intelligent or, rather the voting public, afterall if they play their cards right they can walk away intact. No ?
By using DEI as a criteria for acceptance into elite schools and for recruiting and promoting professors, it means they don't necessarily get the best and brightest. The chicomms don't waste their time with this BS.
Awh, leave Ol’ alone; if I were up in his head I’d still be waking up up at 0320 reliving low on fuel missing a hook on a rolling and heaving sovereign 5 acres of floating steel in the pitch black night with a gale force cross wind too.
To respond - flying a single seat attack aircraft at night in rough seas towards the back end of a World War II class aircraft carrier - say the USS Oriskany, now a reef off of Pensacola - provides no time to ponder as we all get to here in the Comments of Ol' Bill. Night carrier landings do require a complete shutdown of the brain except motor skills. Unfortunately, some times reading the musings here take me back to my 164 night carrier landings experience. Just saying.....
I have the deepest and most sincere respect for USN & USMC pilots.
My next door neighbor was a USMC F4 Phantom pilot. He and his RIO would come to my house on Fridays to lift weights in my garage and kibbutz over some cold ones after their week(s) of dropping stuff into China Lake or onto San Clemente Is. …or elsewhere.
And a civilian can learn a whole lot of their exploits especially if the RIO is very clever and adept with a Polaroid and later on is privileged enough to be invited to the Corps b’day dinner events.
God Bless All those in Every Branch, their Commrades, and their Families.
And that same analogy can apply to Mr Market too when low on fuel, snapped cable, darkness coming, nothing to hook onto, choppy seas and no come around…
It is the third gender from the lower section Of the gender spectrum.
Even under the enlightuned, This.
Group is treated more poorly than the others, generally, It's subgenders include. "F...IT, Don't touch IT, Don't taste IT, Don't smell IT, Don't say IT. ....
Can't wait to hear Bill's take on this - if he has the humility to wade in. Also, Praise the Lord - all monies are temporarily ON HOLD for EVERY NGO!! So tomorrow, let's do an in-depth review of WHO cut fat checks to WHOM at 4:59pm EST today. Then investigate, fire and prosecute ALL their slimy asses.
Looks like maybe Trump wants to corral spending after all, or at the least ensure what does get spent doesn't go toward efforts that further weaken our Nation...
Way, way, off topic. My favorite band of three young women just released another song and invited some friends from another band to sing along. Similar to their song, "Miss America", the lyrics of "Place They Call Home" are very simple words leading to profound thoughts. It's from the Earth's perspective, first contemplating itself, then the people on it.
Brother Starboard, it is NOT off topic for me whatsoever. And my fellow BPR readers have read it before in my comment(s); I am a fanboy for Open the Books & their substackings.
I spent three weeks each over a three year period talking to college freshman at Hi Tech College in Xi,A China. Am I surprised no these kids are smart. most are the first of their family to go to college, failure is a word they do not use. It is the people not the government
They are hungry just like we were back in our developmental days. That is the threat. Eventually, you would think that they would secure their freedom once they've secured success.
One would hope they would secure their freedom. That was the original hope along with significant investment but it turned into greater authoritarianism and stolen IP and endless lies. The problem with freedom is "human ignorance and greed" seem to thwart it.
Its no coincidence that the chicomms chose to make this announcement after Trump was inaugurated. He is a thorn in their side unlike biden who assisted them for a price.
PS—Tom! That chart looks so Tasty and so Alluring! Wowzer! We are counting on You to ring the bell when this assault on the Summit has failed. All to Play For. 💪
The bitcoin/crypto crowd should be feeling a chill roll up their spines. As technology evolves - specifically quantum computing along with AI - its only a matter of time until the ability to create counterfeit block becomes reality - perhaps a quantum computer hijacks a bitcoin miner's calculation and completes it milliseconds before the legitimate one - who knows - but just like with Chat GPT - its coming - we just don't know from where...
A few years ago article after article marginalized Chinese capabilities. You remember, they steal everything from US. In the last few months the brought the AI community DeepSeek. They also presented papers on Neutron stripping as an alternative to fusion and lastly, 1000 second high confinement plasma in their experimental Tokamak.
AI is still young and over committing may turn out to be a costly mistake.
I am going to respectfully take the bait on these lines from today’s BPR missive:”What could you expect? Protectionism and containment lead to decay and backwardness, not to growth and progress.”
The argument that protectionism and containment lead to decay and backwardness rather than growth and progress is countered by several points:
▫️Short-term Benefits: Protectionist policies can temporarily boost domestic industries, create jobs, and stabilize economies during downturns, providing immediate relief.
▫️National Security: Protecting key industries ensures self-reliance in critical areas, reducing dependency on foreign nations during crises or conflicts.
▫️Infant Industries: Emerging sectors may require temporary protection to develop competitiveness before facing global markets.
▫️Dumping Countermeasures: Tariffs combat unfair trade practices like dumping, preventing monopolization by foreign firms and protecting domestic markets.
▫️Trade Deficits: Restricting imports can improve trade balances, supporting local economies.
Strategic Leverage: Containment policies can pressure adversaries into cooperation or concessions without escalating conflicts.
▫️Selective Success: Some countries have successfully used protectionism to foster industrial growth, as seen historically in East Asia.
The problem with Ricardo's Theory of Comparative Advantage is it relies on there being just free trade without all the other forces of economics. Like stealing IP or government support of economy of scale or differences in quality. I think you nail it here, Fishin. However I certainly wouldn't argue for protectionism and containment.
💯➕ to your point about theft of IP Mackinac; once the IP moat is breached, there is a hellish cost to pay. And, thank you for the hat tip recognition, it means a lot coming from you. I was pondering all day about what and how to write that.
I have so much respect for the brilliance of Americas Founding Fathers who viewed intellectual property protection as crucial for the advancement of our nation (before, now & in our future). Their beliefs for safeguards (a.k.a. protectionism) encourages innovation and creativity, and they went so far as to explicitly state in the U.S. Constitution, Article I, Section 8, Clause 8, which grants Congress the power to "promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts".
China is in a bad financial situation and now they are pissed since DJT threaten them with tariffs.
How do you know that China isn't lying about this AI and the computer they are using are Navdia chips and the whole story is a hoax to hurt our markets. Several of my economic gurus are very skeptical of this story because coming from a communist regime that has an economy that is tanking, causing pain to the U.S. is not out of the question.
Shouldn't we be careful about biased info from any AI source? For example, I asked ChatGPT advice on the mRNA COVID vaccine. I presented various cases such as a person with very low risk of serious COVID complications - excellent health, healthy diet, exercise, minimal risk of dying or getting severely ill from COVID, but heart disease in the family and myocarditis vaccine side effect. AI told me the jab should still be considered.
Thanks. I'll give it a try. I like playing the Devil's Advocate with my questions to AI. I'm actually not looking for an answer. The common sense answer to my hypothetical mRNA vaccine question would have been "Don't get the vaxx".
I’m light years away from being an expert in AI, but I believe its output is reliant on data from the individual user. That’s one of the reasons free speech advocates seem pleased that it can be used by anyone and therefore bypass the biased data sets drawn upon by big tech. Furthermore, it can be used on a computer with no access to the web if desired for those in fear of it being a Chinese Trojan Horse like Tik Tok.
Depends on what you’re doing with the architecture I’d guess. For example, if you were using it as a personal assistant or office organizer, you could keep the app quarantined on an external drive. Same goes for specific applications in various professions. For example (2), a radiology group could use it for all films to develop a “second opinion” bot learning from instructional data fed into it by the user (coming from independent sources or downloaded to a sequestered hard drive) plus learning from monitoring the docs reads. But I imagine if you wanted to use it in an open ended way, there would be no option other than having it draw data from the web.
It always seems in investing that the devil comes from nowhere or somewhere least expected. So the big shots were spending billions or trillions on new power plants to power their AI ventures. Seemed to me like a lot of money on something that I, frankly, had no confidence in. And then DEEPSEEK comes along and produces a "better" AI program that can be used on any old computer or iphone for free???? So goes investing!
“…devil comes from nowhere…” ‘ ya made me smile Mackinac.
So I decided to listen to The Charlie Daniels Band from 1979 in Saratoga Springs & nailed it The Devil Went Down to Georgia https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wBjPAqmnvGA
How appropriate! I love that song and the fiddle. They deserve all the applause they received. One of the best tunes ever. That song almost brought tears to my eyes.
Well I guess that I have not quite figured that out. I mean my results sure should indicate such but I'm not sure what else to do that doesn't require a full time job.
Over the years my returns aren't that great, watching the rising indexes. I'm always thinking the Fed is incompetent and their monetary stimulation will result in a collapse. While I've avoided the collapses it seems these momentum players have become billionaires, at least a few of them. However my end results are that I'm still in the game and I certainly won't complain about my lifestyle, whereas I suspect many were destroyed during the collapses.
Bottom line is I think the only way to really make money is a full time business.
True, but for every 100 great and successful investors that wrote books about following momentum, there are 100,000 unsuccessful investors that lost their asses off doing the same thing. Perhaps this sounds very elementary, but success is a state of mind, and our own state of mind is but a brief moment in time, like the guy we never knew that lived to be 78 in the year 1522, that’s the point, we never knew that guy.
How can Chinese Universities be surging ahead of ours since diversity is not their strength?
Their government tells their people different lies, is all. Best always. PM
No doubt. But their lies appear to be less of a hindrance to academic excellence.
All you have to do is examine how many hours a day Chinese students study versus ours. By the time they reach college they are fundamentally prepared for hard work.
What is surging ahead? Chinese are more in debt than we are. However I wouldn't doubt they are ahead in academic excellence, or understanding as I would put it, but in an overall sense why can't get reduce their debt? That would be surging ahead. They do have 3 times as many people to put on various projects. Hence they seem likely to get 3 times as many solutions.
My bet is even though their system is free which is a huge advantage I suspect the answers or solutions simply are not always correct hence further confusion but then that is science. Finding out the correct path or a better path.
Free?
https://x.com/stillgray/status/1884237384709202340
Good catch SE. looks like another case of “free” means you’re the product. Then again, the existing versions make you the product without being free and don’t give you the option of using their architecture independently.
Very true. I just wonder if somehow using Deep Freak will allow the Chicoms to also remotely access your phone/computer camera and microphone without express user permission - the way Apple (and some Microsoft) products do...
(Remember: you read Deep Freak here first ;)
Well it is open source so you can make your own AI agent and send the data anywhere you want. Will also run standalone on a computer without internet is my understanding...
Good point.
Just like a thought. high tech tiktok.
"Chinese are more in debt than we are".
My understanding is chinese government but the people have a very high savings rate compared to their North American counterparts. The intelligence of the elites may not be so intelligent or, rather the voting public, afterall if they play their cards right they can walk away intact. No ?
What does "diversity" have to do with it? Totally confused........
By using DEI as a criteria for acceptance into elite schools and for recruiting and promoting professors, it means they don't necessarily get the best and brightest. The chicomms don't waste their time with this BS.
Ol' Man knows that, Bob. He's just acting out the Conditioning suffered by all his ilk...
Awh, leave Ol’ alone; if I were up in his head I’d still be waking up up at 0320 reliving low on fuel missing a hook on a rolling and heaving sovereign 5 acres of floating steel in the pitch black night with a gale force cross wind too.
To respond - flying a single seat attack aircraft at night in rough seas towards the back end of a World War II class aircraft carrier - say the USS Oriskany, now a reef off of Pensacola - provides no time to ponder as we all get to here in the Comments of Ol' Bill. Night carrier landings do require a complete shutdown of the brain except motor skills. Unfortunately, some times reading the musings here take me back to my 164 night carrier landings experience. Just saying.....
I have the deepest and most sincere respect for USN & USMC pilots.
My next door neighbor was a USMC F4 Phantom pilot. He and his RIO would come to my house on Fridays to lift weights in my garage and kibbutz over some cold ones after their week(s) of dropping stuff into China Lake or onto San Clemente Is. …or elsewhere.
And a civilian can learn a whole lot of their exploits especially if the RIO is very clever and adept with a Polaroid and later on is privileged enough to be invited to the Corps b’day dinner events.
God Bless All those in Every Branch, their Commrades, and their Families.
Mark
Snapping the cable is worse than missing the hook.
Yowzer! That’s so true Dr B.
And that same analogy can apply to Mr Market too when low on fuel, snapped cable, darkness coming, nothing to hook onto, choppy seas and no come around…
It's just a name or gender change. Ol used to be Dorothy... maybe.....
Bill: Nope!!
Deflect, Deny, Ignore - let's add Play Dumb to the existing Operations Manual for leftardes...
this won’t be helpful; diversity = buffet …we might want to eat everything in those chaffing dishes, though we don’t have to or even need to
Which “it” are you asking about?
It is the third gender from the lower section Of the gender spectrum.
Even under the enlightuned, This.
Group is treated more poorly than the others, generally, It's subgenders include. "F...IT, Don't touch IT, Don't taste IT, Don't smell IT, Don't say IT. ....
However, we should always believe IT.
There may be many things that have induced innovation throughout history, however, none have come close to NECESSITY
From the media reaction, you would have thought they discovered a cure for the common cold.
👍
Er, if it comes with a shot, I recommend Vitamin C and Chicken Soup...
Off Topic:
https://x.com/MarioNawfal/status/1884102029410234491?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1884102029410234491%7Ctwgr%5E45b669a031d7baae296a51a21ac9208e218de02d%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thegatewaypundit.com%2F2025%2F01%2Fpresident-trumps-administration-orders-sweeping-freeze-all-federal%2F
or
https://ora.stanford.edu/2025-federal-administration-transition
Can't wait to hear Bill's take on this - if he has the humility to wade in. Also, Praise the Lord - all monies are temporarily ON HOLD for EVERY NGO!! So tomorrow, let's do an in-depth review of WHO cut fat checks to WHOM at 4:59pm EST today. Then investigate, fire and prosecute ALL their slimy asses.
Looks like maybe Trump wants to corral spending after all, or at the least ensure what does get spent doesn't go toward efforts that further weaken our Nation...
Way, way, off topic. My favorite band of three young women just released another song and invited some friends from another band to sing along. Similar to their song, "Miss America", the lyrics of "Place They Call Home" are very simple words leading to profound thoughts. It's from the Earth's perspective, first contemplating itself, then the people on it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRJnhfM3iRc
Very nice John. Thanks for the link
M
Brother Starboard, it is NOT off topic for me whatsoever. And my fellow BPR readers have read it before in my comment(s); I am a fanboy for Open the Books & their substackings.
Of which this is one here - https://tinyurl.com/46jsxfxh and the meat & potato entree here
https://tinyurl.com/5h48sh7m
Sweet!
Thanks for the link amigo.
M
I spent three weeks each over a three year period talking to college freshman at Hi Tech College in Xi,A China. Am I surprised no these kids are smart. most are the first of their family to go to college, failure is a word they do not use. It is the people not the government
“…most are the first of their family to go to college, failure is a word they do not use. It is the people not the government.” Well done Mr Powell.
They are hungry just like we were back in our developmental days. That is the threat. Eventually, you would think that they would secure their freedom once they've secured success.
So true Bill.
The PRC’s CCP idea of “freedom” differs wildly from those bygone developmental days as you mention when there was also “liberty” as well.
Cheers,
Mark
And more than enough Hot Chicks to go around (for those so inclined.)
Don't sell short the boiling added to frustration when one is suffering from blue balls as well as a shitty "government"...
One would hope they would secure their freedom. That was the original hope along with significant investment but it turned into greater authoritarianism and stolen IP and endless lies. The problem with freedom is "human ignorance and greed" seem to thwart it.
Its no coincidence that the chicomms chose to make this announcement after Trump was inaugurated. He is a thorn in their side unlike biden who assisted them for a price.
PS—Tom! That chart looks so Tasty and so Alluring! Wowzer! We are counting on You to ring the bell when this assault on the Summit has failed. All to Play For. 💪
Ditto. 💯➕
May your longs go up and your shorts go down,
Mark
Not necessarily in that order. And always remember to pull up your shorts.
The bitcoin/crypto crowd should be feeling a chill roll up their spines. As technology evolves - specifically quantum computing along with AI - its only a matter of time until the ability to create counterfeit block becomes reality - perhaps a quantum computer hijacks a bitcoin miner's calculation and completes it milliseconds before the legitimate one - who knows - but just like with Chat GPT - its coming - we just don't know from where...
Yes, this will throw a spanner in the works and it is only a matter of time...
A few years ago article after article marginalized Chinese capabilities. You remember, they steal everything from US. In the last few months the brought the AI community DeepSeek. They also presented papers on Neutron stripping as an alternative to fusion and lastly, 1000 second high confinement plasma in their experimental Tokamak.
AI is still young and over committing may turn out to be a costly mistake.
What is remarkable is that an app nearly collapsed Wall Street. It makes me wonder if our economy is not as strong as advertised.
Yes, is the collapse over?
I am going to respectfully take the bait on these lines from today’s BPR missive:”What could you expect? Protectionism and containment lead to decay and backwardness, not to growth and progress.”
The argument that protectionism and containment lead to decay and backwardness rather than growth and progress is countered by several points:
▫️Short-term Benefits: Protectionist policies can temporarily boost domestic industries, create jobs, and stabilize economies during downturns, providing immediate relief.
▫️National Security: Protecting key industries ensures self-reliance in critical areas, reducing dependency on foreign nations during crises or conflicts.
▫️Infant Industries: Emerging sectors may require temporary protection to develop competitiveness before facing global markets.
▫️Dumping Countermeasures: Tariffs combat unfair trade practices like dumping, preventing monopolization by foreign firms and protecting domestic markets.
▫️Trade Deficits: Restricting imports can improve trade balances, supporting local economies.
Strategic Leverage: Containment policies can pressure adversaries into cooperation or concessions without escalating conflicts.
▫️Selective Success: Some countries have successfully used protectionism to foster industrial growth, as seen historically in East Asia.
The problem with Ricardo's Theory of Comparative Advantage is it relies on there being just free trade without all the other forces of economics. Like stealing IP or government support of economy of scale or differences in quality. I think you nail it here, Fishin. However I certainly wouldn't argue for protectionism and containment.
💯➕ to your point about theft of IP Mackinac; once the IP moat is breached, there is a hellish cost to pay. And, thank you for the hat tip recognition, it means a lot coming from you. I was pondering all day about what and how to write that.
I have so much respect for the brilliance of Americas Founding Fathers who viewed intellectual property protection as crucial for the advancement of our nation (before, now & in our future). Their beliefs for safeguards (a.k.a. protectionism) encourages innovation and creativity, and they went so far as to explicitly state in the U.S. Constitution, Article I, Section 8, Clause 8, which grants Congress the power to "promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts".
Best Regards,
Mark
China is in a bad financial situation and now they are pissed since DJT threaten them with tariffs.
How do you know that China isn't lying about this AI and the computer they are using are Navdia chips and the whole story is a hoax to hurt our markets. Several of my economic gurus are very skeptical of this story because coming from a communist regime that has an economy that is tanking, causing pain to the U.S. is not out of the question.
Yet our "media" INSISTS that Trump is the non-stop liar.
Communists would never lie, right?
The main stream media needs to be sued out of existence.
Just install it on you phone and check it out...
No, something much bigger. Another COVID vaccine. For the next.
Amazing disease they introduce.
Let's not get too carried away with worry about this new AI from China until we find out about all the biased information it provides. If one doesn't care about that, then by all means proceed! But proceed with caution. Remember, even Tik Tok can infiltrate your personal technology. More info here: https://www.theepochtimes.com/china/deepseek-ai-app-demonstrates-pro-ccp-bias-5799479?src_src=Morningbrief&src_cmp=mb-2025-01-28&est=AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAc%2BsofRYVys7FzLQDv2xVRbd1xqNycZyRpRhBnlM8NOL8UEY%3D
Shouldn't we be careful about biased info from any AI source? For example, I asked ChatGPT advice on the mRNA COVID vaccine. I presented various cases such as a person with very low risk of serious COVID complications - excellent health, healthy diet, exercise, minimal risk of dying or getting severely ill from COVID, but heart disease in the family and myocarditis vaccine side effect. AI told me the jab should still be considered.
You could try here - https://www.perplexity.ai/
It asked if I needed help with Orrect, my punkuation …and spelin
Thanks. I'll give it a try. I like playing the Devil's Advocate with my questions to AI. I'm actually not looking for an answer. The common sense answer to my hypothetical mRNA vaccine question would have been "Don't get the vaxx".
👍
It replied: "Nah bra, You be good - comprende?"
👍 just a withdrawal symptom of my last 3 remaining days of my final BPR subscription…maybe🤔
Relax folks. I'm hard at work in the background threatening a YUUUUGE tariff on Flies and Rods if he leaves us here to fend for ourselves...
I’m light years away from being an expert in AI, but I believe its output is reliant on data from the individual user. That’s one of the reasons free speech advocates seem pleased that it can be used by anyone and therefore bypass the biased data sets drawn upon by big tech. Furthermore, it can be used on a computer with no access to the web if desired for those in fear of it being a Chinese Trojan Horse like Tik Tok.
I've also read that it requests 'Can we talk about something else?" when asked a question about Tiananmen Square. Seriously...
lol
I'm sure it can be run but there is no info from which it to develop its answers. Outside of nuclear power plants who has an unconnected computer
Depends on what you’re doing with the architecture I’d guess. For example, if you were using it as a personal assistant or office organizer, you could keep the app quarantined on an external drive. Same goes for specific applications in various professions. For example (2), a radiology group could use it for all films to develop a “second opinion” bot learning from instructional data fed into it by the user (coming from independent sources or downloaded to a sequestered hard drive) plus learning from monitoring the docs reads. But I imagine if you wanted to use it in an open ended way, there would be no option other than having it draw data from the web.
It always seems in investing that the devil comes from nowhere or somewhere least expected. So the big shots were spending billions or trillions on new power plants to power their AI ventures. Seemed to me like a lot of money on something that I, frankly, had no confidence in. And then DEEPSEEK comes along and produces a "better" AI program that can be used on any old computer or iphone for free???? So goes investing!
The hopeful thing is that wealth is derived from energy, so maybe the electrical upgrades can be applied to real production.
Have you noticed that China is building out power plants as fast as they can afford, whether coal, gas(from Russia), or nuclear?
That is so true because they know manmade climate change is a scam
“…devil comes from nowhere…” ‘ ya made me smile Mackinac.
So I decided to listen to The Charlie Daniels Band from 1979 in Saratoga Springs & nailed it The Devil Went Down to Georgia https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wBjPAqmnvGA
How appropriate! I love that song and the fiddle. They deserve all the applause they received. One of the best tunes ever. That song almost brought tears to my eyes.
Mac, haven't you figured out yet that "investing" is a set-up? Best always. PM
When I read of the great investors and successful investors they are always playing momentum.
Well I guess that I have not quite figured that out. I mean my results sure should indicate such but I'm not sure what else to do that doesn't require a full time job.
Please elaborate.
Over the years my returns aren't that great, watching the rising indexes. I'm always thinking the Fed is incompetent and their monetary stimulation will result in a collapse. While I've avoided the collapses it seems these momentum players have become billionaires, at least a few of them. However my end results are that I'm still in the game and I certainly won't complain about my lifestyle, whereas I suspect many were destroyed during the collapses.
Bottom line is I think the only way to really make money is a full time business.
True, but for every 100 great and successful investors that wrote books about following momentum, there are 100,000 unsuccessful investors that lost their asses off doing the same thing. Perhaps this sounds very elementary, but success is a state of mind, and our own state of mind is but a brief moment in time, like the guy we never knew that lived to be 78 in the year 1522, that’s the point, we never knew that guy.
I believe it's all b s. Check the shorts on the big 7 techs.
Do you totally discount a deep fake?
Do you AUTOMATICALLY want to side with our (usually lying) enemies and think that America can't possibly be up to anything, but no good??!? Very sad.