For those assuming I'm talking about banning Nazis in the above tweet, (A) only by the most determined mental gymnastics can people like Ron Paul be considered Nazis, and (B) you have no basis whatsoever for your belief that they're only banning Nazis.
I've had the "they're only banning fascists" line bleated at me dozens of times the last few days, and it's bizarre because it's based on nothing: literally nothing whatsoever. It's an entirely faith-based trust in the wisdom of Silicon Valley backed by zero evidence of any kind.
I’m having an especially hard time concentrating on research this week, but instead of doomscrolling on twitter I guess I’ll do something semi-productive and make another twitter thread.
Today's topic: What is a Lyapunov function? 1/
Here's one, due to Conway. Take the following list of fractions:
{17/91, 78/85, 19/51, 23/38, 29/33, 77/29, 95/23, 77/19, 1/17, 11/13, 13/11, 15/2, 1/7, 55/1}