Darn, the vegetarian crawled out of the marinade for the last barbecue of this summer's season. Again.
- It's nice to note that I'm not the only one skeptical of gerontocracy. As I've been saying for over half a decade, m-m-m-m-m-my generation needs to get out of the way; not shut up, necessarily (old, partisan judges will evade that anyway), but away from decisionmaking roles that may require instantaneous responses… like, say, "do we launch teh nukes now?"
There is a huge difference between wisdom purportedly obtained from experience (although experience by itself just reinforces past decisionmaking; practice doesn't make perfect, practice makes habitual) and ability to make decisions in changed circumstances, in changed contexts. Plus, it seems a bit odd to look to a house of Congress — and, ironically, the house of Congress charged with confirming judges appointed with life tenure — whose average age of 64 implies "retirement." Effective governance is not for the retired.
- That, however, is an entirely different retirement plan than offered by the Russian government this century — retirement with extreme prejudice. I have a very nice assortment of icepicks for you to choose from, Mr Trotsky… or perhaps a nice cuppa?
- At least generative AI doesn't look like it's going to retire any time soon. Its "data acquisition" efforts certainly aren't (quick, spot the bribes disguised as campaign contributions and the bullying disguised as lobbying).
- Perhaps they'll be trained on the "native language of science" (or at least the native language of science in general — some fields, like organic chemistry and photochemistry, are natively multilingual). But then, my family tends toward the multilingual anyway…