erland

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by erland 7y ago
Can someone explain to me how can a system that penalise any opinion that differs from mainstream be considered something good? I get this sinister feeling and need some comfort.
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by erland 7y ago
You can take any amount of scientific evidence that there are population level differences and there will still be someone who will discard it like it does not matter at all.
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by erland 7y ago
Any reasons you would actually think that?
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by erland 7y ago
"Churchill wanted to [...] ensure fair and free government in Eastern Europe, especially Poland, for whom in 1939 Britain had gone to war." Poland was left largely without help during WW2. If Britain and France would agree for a p
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The one time that “piracy law” was invoked upon in US judicial system(en.wikipedia.org)
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by erland 7y ago
And how exactly does it translate to gender? If anything, I would argue that most women have much better background. Not that it matters anyway. If an immigrant from 3rd world country can come to US at age 30 and be better than the competit
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by erland 7y ago
That's true. World is not a fair place. No point in making it more unequal though. Let just the best and more dedicated win.
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by erland 7y ago
I suspect that they would not be if there would be an equal opportunity. Not giving people a chance just because of ideology is despicable. That's my point.
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by erland 7y ago
It's funny that this is posted on HN since places on which you cannot speak any controversial opinions are the main way in which CC spreads. HN being one of those places by design.
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by erland 7y ago
Great idea, it's a shame that they had to add this 50/50 nonsense. I know a lot of guy that would kill for that opportunity.
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by erland 7y ago
You are right, it makes sense
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by erland 7y ago
Actually you are right. It does make sense, I just always interpreted decade as a different abstraction. 2019 could be the end of "my decade" only if there was a year zero, which does not exist in gregorian calendar. The second mi