Franklin

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Franklin is a recurring person in the Astral Codex Ten archive, appearing 2 times across 2 issues between April 01, 2022 and October 07, 2022. The archive places it in contexts such as “Franklin was a printer/author/inventor/socialite/ambassador/postmaster/firefighter/musician/philanthropist/Founding Father”; “we get Columbus, Einstein, Edison, Washington, MLK, Disney, Franklin, Jonas Salk, Margaret Sanger, Susan B Anthony, and Louis Armstrong”. It most often appears alongside Einstein, Adraste, America.

Metadata

• Category: People
• Mention count: 2
• Issue count: 2
• First seen: April 01, 2022
• Last seen: October 07, 2022

Appears In

• The Low-Hanging Fruit Argument: Models And Predictions
• A Columbian Exchange

Related Pages

• • Einstein (2 shared issues)
• • Adraste (1 shared issues)
• • America (1 shared issues)
• • American Jews (1 shared issues)
• • Anatolia (1 shared issues)
• • Aztecs (1 shared issues)
• • Bayes (1 shared issues)
• • Benjamin Harrison (1 shared issues)
• • Beroe (1 shared issues)
• • British Columbia (1 shared issues)
• • Christmas (1 shared issues)
• • Christopher Columbus (1 shared issues)

External Links

• • http://web.archive.org/web/20221104130431/https://stevekirsch.substack.com/p/1m-bet-rules
• • http://web.archive.org/web/20221129133112/https://blog.rootclaim.com/rootclaim-accepts-500000-challenge-on-covid-vaccine-safety-efficacy/
• • http://web.archive.org/web/20221224061743/https://www.skirsch.com/covid/SaarWilf.pdf
• • https://abc7news.com/post/graffiti-in-san-francisco-tagging-vandalism-street/13801629/
• • https://archive.ph/pY4gF#selection-663.103-683.190
• • https://web.archive.org/web/20230104080248/https://www.rootclaim.com/
• • https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/secrets-of-the-great-families
• • https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/27/business/media/heather-cox-richardson-substack-boston-college.html
• • https://www.statista.com/chart/21581/public-opinion-on-easing-stay-at-home-restrictions/

Source Context

Recovered passages from the original issue text. When the raw archive preserved outbound links inside the source passage, they are listed directly under the quote.

The Low-Hanging Fruit Argument: Models And Predictions

April 01, 2022 · Original source

In the early days of science, many discoveries were made by lucky amateurs. Van Leeuwanhoek was a businessman; Lavoisier was an aristocrat and politician, Bayes was a minister, Franklin was a printer/author/inventor/socialite/ambassador/postmaster/firefighter/musician/philanthropist/Founding Father. Nowadays there are very occasional discoveries by amateurs (eg de Grey on chromatic number) but they seem much less frequent.

Inline links: de Grey on chromatic number

A Columbian Exchange

October 07, 2022 · Original source

Coria: I realize it’s a big ask. It just seemed sort of dishonest or small-minded to not even mention it as a possibility. There are plenty of lists of the greatest historical figures. Taking this one, selecting for only Americans or America-related people, and removing people too similar to each other, we get Columbus, Einstein, Edison, Washington, MLK, Disney, Franklin, Jonas Salk, Margaret Sanger, Susan B Anthony, and Louis Armstrong. We could combine it with this list of people who saved the most lives, of which the Americans are Maurice Hilleman, Henrietta Lacks, Jonas Salk, and Norman Borlaug - I think a good consensus list for both influential and moral might replace one of Columbus, Sanger or Franklin with Borlaug, and keep the rest. That would give us eleven honorees - enough for one holiday a month, leaving room for Christmas.

Inline links: this one, this list

Backlinks

• A Columbian Exchange
• People: F
• The Low-Hanging Fruit Argument: Models And Predictions