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multi dimensions and I'd be I don't know what any of those mean. I don't know what you're saying. Well but then the fluctuation of the Schrodinger cat blah blah. I'd say nope still nothing. I have no idea what you're talking about. So that would be something you can't communicate. But what I know about climate models is in that category. So I used to say let me give you all my detailed explanatio…

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tioning but it makes me wonder if it's practical. We'll keep an eye on this one.

According to Just the News, Trump administration is making it a little easier to get some homeschooling started. I guess the Biden administration required a federal review of quote how states approve and select private entities for homeschooling and I think the Trump administration said nah get rid of that. You states just do what you need to do and give us more homeschooling. And that seems like the right decision. I like that.

All right here's something I noticed that I thought I'd noticed the pattern and so I asked Grok if this pattern is real or I'm just imagining it. And the pattern is that the people who know the most about business, the most experienced people, are kind of on the same side about DOGE that it's a good system and it's probably going to work. And the people who know the least are the ones who have the criticisms because they don't know how things work in the real world.

But I made a list of the dumbest takes on DOGE. If you have ever said any one of these things you're probably not very experienced. You might have a high IQ. I see a lot of like PhDs and stuff weighing in on social media but they clearly don't have job experience of being a leader and having to manage big groups and stuff like that. So here are the worst takes. I pinned this to my X account if you want to see it. The worst takes on DOGE.

Now these all come from the most inexperienced people. People with experience who have managed big groups, who have done their own layoffs, who have been through layoffs, they kind of think that DOGE is doing the right thing which is move fast, break things, fix it, keep moving. That's the real world. In the real world that's the way you do it exactly the way Musk is laying it out. But the people who don't have that real world experience, mostly the media pundits and the academics and stuff, here's what they say.

Now I'm not going to tell you what's wrong with each of these things because again if you have experience you know exactly what's wrong with them. And if you don't, well again I can't fix that with a few lines of wisdom. So I'll just tell you what the dumb ones are.

Number one: DOGE should use a scalpel not a chainsaw. You with me so far? If you ever said DOGE should use a scalpel not a chainsaw you really don't understand much about anything. I don't even need to get into it. I mean I could but you all see it right? Well maybe you don't because what I'm saying is it's not based on IQ it's literally based on experience. If you have experience you know that the chainsaw is the right tool.

All right here's another one. The cuts need to be more thoughtful. The cuts need to be more thoughtful. What, you can say that about everything. Well I think Musk is trying to put a rocket to Mars but I think he should be more thoughtful about it. All right somebody is doing something it doesn't

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matter what it is I think they should be more thoughtful about it. Okay isn't that kind of true of everything all the time? No you shouldn't be more thoughtful about it. You should cut with your chainsaw, see what gets broken, put it back together, move on. DOGE is lowering morale among the people who are affected. Yeah of course it's lowering morale but have you ever seen a company where they're…

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