alchemst

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by alchemst 3y ago
According to the recent "Task Force on Standardized Testing" from the UCs ( https://senate.universityofcalifornia.edu/_files/committees/... page 23) SATs are better predictors than GPAs for most demograph
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by alchemst 4y ago
I think you just summarized most of this list and this movement (not all! but most).
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by alchemst 4y ago
Isn't it Berkeley where 80% of applications for faculty positions are filtered on their diversity statement (even for things like particle physics)? Or consider Stuart Reges being disciplined by UW for not putting the boilerplate land
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by alchemst 4y ago
I would say that McCarthy and his acolytes, was also motivated to do good (protect America). The villagers burning 'witches' were motivated to do good (protect the village, and incidentally get their neighbours lands / jobs .
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by alchemst 4y ago
And isn't there in implicit insult in that? That an entire group is so fragile, that seeing a mere word on paper, in a completely different context, will somehow reduce them to emotional rubble? Aren't many of these making things
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by alchemst 4y ago
It is, but don't worry, they don't care about that group.
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by alchemst 5y ago
Why not just ask him when he stopped beating his wife, and be done with it?
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by alchemst 5y ago
Yes, but then isn't it clear that he isn't to be trusted (or how much he is to be trusted), and that's really what most people care about, they don't care why. I think that's part of why the mental health acceptance
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by alchemst 5y ago
It seems about the weakest one possible, in that it allows accepting either only tiny amounts of responsibility, or almost total responsibility.
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by alchemst 5y ago
We (humans, AlphaZero) are both distilling the rules down. Some rules are easily distilled (a queen is worth more than pawn) some are more difficult (mobility, knight vs bishop). I would expect the easily distilled rules to be discovered by
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by alchemst 5y ago
FWIW, I think it already has, actually, multiple times. My guess there are few factors in place -- people recognized motivated reasoning -- there are many studies the authors clearly want to be true, e.g. "People I disagree with are ev
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by alchemst 5y ago
Super minor note: it's "sow" (as in spread seeds, "reap what you sow" "sow wild oats) as opposed to "sew" (needle and thread...)
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by alchemst 5y ago
There is something at best blind, and more likely to my mind, dishonest about the "It's just a trivial change" argument. It's used to bludgeon dissent. "You can't possibly be such a jerk you'd not do this
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by alchemst 5y ago
I actually think more generic worker's rights is better than expanding protected classes, which will always have holes.
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by alchemst 5y ago
It seems to be a pretty unhealthy thing, psychologically. It's why 'gaslighting' is its own special term. It's what's often used in psychologically breaking people down. I think people can cultivate a "I'm
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by alchemst 5y ago
Yes, but historically it was a joke, or surprise. Now it's a moral failing.
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by alchemst 5y ago
You need to compare jobs you can get with same qualifications, of course. That's why we don't compare surgeons with janitors. Of course, most gender pay gap comparison do in fact compare surgeons with kindergarten teachers, but th
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by alchemst 5y ago
That's not true. Obstetricians are mostly women and are better paid (on average) than internal medicine, which is mostly men. There are other examples. If you assume men are willing to give up more (life span, time, stress, risk) for m
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by alchemst 5y ago
Why on earth would you say "you have to know this isn't true"? If you see similar patterns across many different cultures, including ones considered to be more gender-egalitarian, I would have honestly thought the conclusion
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by alchemst 5y ago
Oh come on, Thrasymachus is the OG strawman. All he does is go around saying how smart Socrates is, and how wrong he himself is.
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by alchemst 5y ago
It doesn't really -- I don't think any business say "well, I'm paying for surgeons rather than pediatricians, which have more men, so I'll pay more." This would ignore obstetricians (more women) getting paid mo