Re: The Unbearable Asymmetry of Bullshit | Quillette

Posted by Marcus G. Daniels on May 15, 2016; 2:04am
URL: http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/The-Unbearable-Asymmetry-of-Bullshit-Quillette-tp7587214p7587481.html

<<The minute you begin to believe your own BS is the minute everyone in the audience turns off and walks away.  To that extent, we know why Trump fans remain fans.  They even say it directly... paraphrasing -- "He doesn't really mean what he says.  When he's president, he'll be more reasonable.">>

From a machine learning perspective, politics is ensemble weak learning.   His is just without logical constraints between the weak learners.    I think it is more likely his actions are without purpose or coherent ideology.  He's not gaming different constituencies to get his way, he is just looking for a way to be instrumental.  He's a shallow person, a salesman and an aspiring actor.

Marcus  
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