jack2312

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   by jack2312 3y ago

   Thank you to those who responded! If you happen to see this, do you know if the behavior you describe is more common in Europe, rather than the Americas? (Just out of curiosity.) Most of the people I know who speak Spanish are from Mexic
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   by jack2312 3y ago

   Huh, having learned Spanish as a non-native speaker, I was taught that the two forms had more to do with the closeness of the relationship than they did with some sort of social rank or superiority. For example, a family member who you woul
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   by jack2312 3y ago

   Yeah, there are studies that have been done on this. It's called the 'relative age effect'. It can have an effect into adulthood as well, when a one-year age difference may be less significant. This is because in their ear
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   by jack2312 3y ago

   To anyone interested in how poverty (and scarcity in general) affects our mental state, and thus our ability to function well and improve our lives, I'd highly recommend the book _Scarcity_ by Sendhil Mullainathan and Eldar Shafir. I&
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   by jack2312 3y ago

   I don't believe that IQ tests are designed with a bias for or against the poor, so I'm not going to argue either side of that. I would like to point out however that poverty (or even a hypothetical worry about financial matters) h