lrhot9

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Xeer: The P2P legal system of the Somalis(suspiriadeprofundis.net)
1 points by lrhot9 13y ago|0 comments
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by lrhot9 13y ago
> (unless we accept that the US is the world government, and has the interest of all of us in its heart, which is ludicrous). Only one of those statements is ludicrous.
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by lrhot9 13y ago
> There is a 0% chance of the US government becoming an oppressive regime, surveillance or not. Those things just don't happen in times of peace and prosperity. No country has ever gone from being an advanced democracy to being a ty
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by lrhot9 14y ago
Learning more about the author might convince you that it's worth reading: http://www.wired.com/medtech/health/magazine/16-05/ff_woznia...
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by lrhot9 14y ago
Is this a trailer for a highbrow dismissal?
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by lrhot9 14y ago
A scenario: http://westhunt.wordpress.com/2013/01/15/a-three-hour-tour/
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John Von Neumann Documentary(youtube.com)
5 points by lrhot9 14y ago|0 comments
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by lrhot9 14y ago
No, natural selection is a result of differences in reproductive success. We've lowered death, but does that somehow ensue that everyone has exactly the same number of surviving grandchildren? 30% of german women never reproduce. Among fema
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by lrhot9 14y ago
At the same time, any traits that helps you maintain a birth control regimen are now strongly selected against.
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by lrhot9 14y ago
Similarly, people are also perfectly capable of working while thirsty, hungry, scared, cold or tired. If you're an actual post-pubescent person, you could do a simple experiment: Try to do serious work with half the screen playing video of
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by lrhot9 15y ago
It's hard to keep posting when polite, helpful posts like this only gets you references to Pinker and Gladwell, but please do.
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by lrhot9 15y ago
Power used to be a function of the number of soldiers at your disposal. It will soon be a function of the quality of your roboticists.
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by lrhot9 15y ago
Same guy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62jZENi1ed8
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Google tech talk: Genetics and Intelligence(youtube.com)
2 points by lrhot9 15y ago|0 comments
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by lrhot9 15y ago
It makes complete evolutionary sense, though: Women are always completely sure that their children are theirs, and men can never be. So if your daughter physically came out of you, any people that physically comes out of her are undoubtedly
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by lrhot9 15y ago
And there you have it, ladies and gentlemen: The modern godless creationist in full crusader gear. Thank you, it's been a pleasure.
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by lrhot9 15y ago
Which one of the non-realistic explanations is the closest to being a realistic explanation, and in what way does it fall short?
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by lrhot9 15y ago
Alright, if discrimination is the main explanation, what's the second most important explanation? The third? Why are you sure they're less important than discrimination?
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by lrhot9 15y ago
So there can only be one explanation?
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by lrhot9 15y ago
Is discrimination the only possible explanation for the empirical lack of women? If you're sure it is, and you're actually interested in these questions, investigating discrimination in tech when you could be investigating discrimination in
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by lrhot9 15y ago
I'm not sure what you're saying, and even less sure of how it relates to the question at hand.
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by lrhot9 15y ago
The dark side
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by lrhot9 15y ago
I'd agree that bringing in a different perspective helps a brand or profession appeal to a wider audience. What's not apparent is that diversity fuels innovation. They're different statements.
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by lrhot9 15y ago
No, by that logic, it's just up for debate.
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by lrhot9 15y ago
The only way for it to not be up for debate would be if there existed a perfect discrimination-measuring machine. Look, if lack of diversity can only be explained by discrimination, you need to show that the field where women are most under
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by lrhot9 15y ago
Surely you can see that those lists doesn't answer the question. "Nineteenth century British geologist" isn't an innovation, and a woman contributing to a field does not mean that "diversity fuels innovation".
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by lrhot9 15y ago
Please name a couple of diversity-fuelled innovations
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by lrhot9 15y ago
A classic take from 2004: http://www.paecon.net/PAEReview/issue23/Locke23.htm