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I think you can validly argue that #AntiDEI means #antiscience, sciences showing common roots of all humans in the ecosystem’s evolution and a higher variation in each population than between populations, for instance. Thus #AntiDEI means anti-#facts, and thus pro-#delusion, pro-#lying. Trumpism is based on lies and thus entirely #unethical. - My sympathies to the victims, here: Carla Hayden. #carlahayden
nos.nl/artikel/2566647-trump-o

nos.nlTrump ontslaat directeur van grootste bibliotheek in VSDe regering-Trump probeert op alle mogelijke manieren een streep te zetten door het diversiteitsbeleid binnen instellingen.

Homo sapiens began elegant language sometime around 6000 - 4000 BCE. #Lying developed not long after that it was actually celebrated as an intellectual advancement, at first. How do we know this.? Greek myths began around 3000 BCE sometime between 4000 and 3000 BCE humans had to differentiate between lies and myths. All the Greek philosophers opined on lying, circa 400 BCE.

Willingness to Compete in Dirty Competitions d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:iza:izad
"… a substantial proportion of participants are willing to engage in dirty behavior. Across conditions, 30-40% of participants enhance their chances of winning by #sabotaging their opponent or #lying about their performance. But note that this also means that in each condition, a majority of participants refrain from playing dirty, either by not entering the competition or by competing cleanly.
… women, higher-educated people, and older people are less willing to engage in dirty competition
… People with a higher willingness to engage in dirty #competition (and lower aversion to dirty play by others) are more likely to work in a management position and less likely to work in the public sector.
… a willingness to play dirty may be individually profitable, leading to upward mobility in corporate environments, it also seems to come at a social and psychological cost. People with a higher willingness to engage in dirty competition have fewer close contacts and lower self-esteem, and are more likely to experience feelings of #guilt and #shame."
#ExperimentalEcon #BehavioralEconomics

#DOGE Plans to Rebuild #SSA #Codebase In Months, Risking Benefits and System Collapse

#SocialSecurity systems contain tens of millions of lines of code written in #COBOL , an archaic programming language. Safely rewriting that code would take years—DOGE wants it done in months.

> #deluded or #lying ? They couldn’t even handle building that website.

wired.com/story/doge-rebuild-s

WIRED · DOGE Plans to Rebuild SSA Code Base in Months, Risking Benefits and System CollapseBy Makena Kelly

New this Wednesday morning: [The Atlantic]: Here Are the Attack Plans That Trump’s Advisers Shared on Signal

The administration has downplayed the importance of the text messages inadvertently sent to The Atlantic’s editor in chief. By Jeffrey Goldberg and Shane Harris, March 26, 2025, 8:19 AM ET

theatlantic.com/politics/archi

The Atlantic · Here Are the Attack Plans That Trump’s Advisers Shared on SignalBy Jeffrey Goldberg

Arresting officers realize they can lie to secure confessions. Senior officers know they can exaggerate to lobby for bigger budgets. For some, a form of “noble cause corruption” is at play—a sense that any means will justify the ends of securing social order and making sure the bad guys go to jail.

thewalrus.ca/why-do-cops-keep-
#Cops #AboveTheLaw #Lying #Police

The Walrus · Why Do Cops Keep Lying? | The WalrusWidespread perjury among police is well documented. Obfuscating has become a routine part of policing

question for lawyers on here:

it’s pretty clear that donnyboy’s attorneys are lying through their teeth to the judge—isn’t that really stressful?

If you go to law school and pass the bar there must be a lot of times that you go over that part about telling the truth, amirite?

Violating one’s oath has got to take a toll—when does one of them crack?