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Paul Crowley
@ciphergoth
Cryptography, personal trivia, and the future of all humanity. Security at Anthropic, opinions my own. I block for rudeness or sarcasm.
Scotts Valley, CA
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    Paul Crowley
    @ciphergoth
    Dec 5, 2023
    "To be able to destroy with good conscience, to be able to behave badly and call your bad behavior ‘righteous indignation’ — this is the height of psychological luxury, the most delicious of moral treats." - Aldous Huxley, 1933
    Men show at least as much zeal in mischief as in well doing, in folly as in wisdom. The surest way to work up a crusade in favor of some good cause is to promise people that they will have a chance of maltreating someone. Men must be bribed to build up and do good by the offer of an opportunity to hurt and pull down. To be able to destroy with good conscience, to be able to behave badly and call your bad behavior ‘righteous indignation’ — this is the height of psychological luxury, the most delicious of moral treats.” Aldous Huxley, Introduction to The Easton Press edition of Samuel Butler’s Erewhon (1934), signed July 24, 1933.
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    Paul Crowley
    @ciphergoth
    Apr 29, 2024
    Can you imagine going back to school with the answer "I showed this to my Dad and he didn't know what answer you are looking for, btw he has a Fields medal"...
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    Timothy Gowers @wtgowers
    @wtgowers
    Apr 28, 2024
    Here's a puzzler from my daughter's maths homework.
    The question asks, "How many degrees inside the following shapes: triangle, rhombus, circle, pentagon?"
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    Paul Crowley
    @ciphergoth
    Nov 24, 2024
    Unbelievable they have to say this.
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    Crush Crime
    @crush_crime
    Nov 24, 2024
    A tiny number of career criminals commit over half all crimes. More of them are avoiding jail than ever before. Our politicians can change this - they must do so, now. No excuses. Help us get government to act. Follow us, go to our website and join the campaign
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    Paul Crowley
    @ciphergoth
    Aug 29, 2025
    00:18
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    Secretary Kennedy
    HHS
    @SecKennedy
    Aug 29, 2025
    We are going to see dramatic changes in the rates of many chronic diseases before @POTUS leaves office.
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    Paul Crowley
    @ciphergoth
    Jun 22, 2025
    This is truly an extraordinary exchange. infinitescroll.us/p/arguments-ar…
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    Paul Crowley
    @ciphergoth
    Aug 16, 2024
    Replying to @mbateman
    Honestly I'm with them.
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    Paul Crowley
    @ciphergoth
    Nov 4, 2024
    We rely on random violent nutcases to deter certain kinds of antisocial behaviour mattbell.us/what-i-learned…
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    Paul Crowley
    @ciphergoth
    May 8, 2021
    Had vaguely assumed that trees shared a common ancestor. I could not have been more wrong. "Being a tree" has evolved many, *many* more times than "being a crab" has, and we can cause it in the lab. Beautiful post by @eukaryotetweets
    There’s no such thing as a tree (phylogenetically)
    From eukaryotewritesblog.com
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    Paul Crowley
    @ciphergoth
    Jun 7, 2020
    57 officers did *not* resign in solidarity with the officers who pushed over a 75-year-old causing brain injury. This turns out to be a lie from the police union. wkbw.com/news/local-new…
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    Paul Crowley
    @ciphergoth
    Jul 15, 2024
    Replying to @8chabard
    I had this experience more than once in my youth. At one point I decided my circle of friends must be sick of me and quietly stopped going to things. When I finally returned everyone was like "oh wow good to see you, where were you?" Was genuinely astonished.
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    Paul Crowley
    @ciphergoth
    Sep 18, 2024
    When I Google "courtesy cards", I don't find a well-funded campaign against them. I don't find a one-person campaign against them. There isn't even a Wikipedia page on them. How come such open corruption has resulted in so little protest?
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    Fifty Shades of Whey
    @davenewworld_2
    Sep 15, 2024
    A police officer in NYC faced demotion and retaliation from higher-ranking cops because he was ticketing drivers that have "courtesy cards" issued by police unions that normally let drivers get away with violations, and now, taxpayers have to pay him a $175k settlement.
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    Paul Crowley
    @ciphergoth
    Feb 13, 2025
    Deserves meme status!
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    Rota 🚪🧎‍♂️
    @pli_cachete
    Feb 13, 2025
    I’m sure everyone who stats-trolled Aella over the years will be happy to see that she now seems to have a much better grasp of how science and the growth of knowledge work than the average redpill guy. The hypothetico-deductive method and it’s consequences
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    Paul Crowley
    @ciphergoth
    Nov 24, 2024
    Replying to @ciphergoth
    To be clear, I'm sure that if a policeman found his own bike was stolen, he would immediately think of binary search. "Train" is a euphemism for "remove the excuses not to use". thetimes.com/article/i-have…
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    Paul Crowley
    @ciphergoth
    Sep 21, 2025
    Just paid for the Google AI plan, and I am already astonished by its capabilities.
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