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by ohsnap 11y ago
bayesian reasoning is a fairly accepted form of epistemology these days, and it is a form of knowledge long prominent in non-western cultures. What is wrong with physcists/philosophers thinking about how this can be applied in science
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by ohsnap 11y ago
Wouldn't it be better to explain why you think that it is the correct form of free speech rather than disparage others? You say you hate being 'lectured by Americans' but you don't seem much better...
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by ohsnap 11y ago
Long term I can see web components/polymer shims being preferred over React, but not till the major browsers catch up. Like the parent says, Facebook is deeply invested in making React work and it really shows. Angular/Polymer
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by ohsnap 11y ago
There has been a lot of understanding of their rationale. And many have concluded it is due to glorification of the killers before them.
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by ohsnap 11y ago
I think you misinterpret collective rationality, as Weirich never try's explain a historical progression for western morality. And as mentioned there have been other cultures with strong rational traditions that have come to far diffe
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by ohsnap 11y ago
Actually his/her comment was anecdotal, in that no one can verify. My comment is a noting a shared cultural understanding that everyone confirm or reject. (specifically: the likelihood of people saying your classmates are genetically i
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by ohsnap 11y ago
Note that sociology is deeply rooted in empirical evidence statistics as well. I think we can agree that that it is a soft science. Hard science requires no subjectivity, no hidden variables, and re-creatable experiments. Soft sciences ha
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by ohsnap 11y ago
I really don't think there is any hard science to say 60-80% is heritable. It's all soft science as people can disagree and agree on that all they want. Until someone can build a computational model of brain function related to
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by ohsnap 11y ago
I can understand that position, but dealing with inquiries outside the hard sciences gets complicated Keeping some things taboo is the better path especially with something like evolutionary biology which is no where near a hard science.
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by ohsnap 11y ago
Almost any biological race discussion is taboo. No doubt there are people who are going to cross these lines but it's not a common argument and not one biologists are comfortable venturing into. A good discussion here on what is tabo
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by ohsnap 11y ago
when someone uses a personal experience to bolster an argument, it is appropriate for someone to question the validity of how likely it is. It's not an ad hominem or a personal attack.
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by ohsnap 11y ago
was in 1994. I wouldn't call it common. Though occasionally Andrew Sullivan would comment in this area. Regardless, I think the parent post was just exaggerating some hypothetical conversation in class to improve his/her argumen
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by ohsnap 11y ago
Not sure what world you live in but I have never heard students argue in favor of African Americans having heritable lower intelligence. Such a discussion would instantly be shamed and publicized. Pretty sure your making this up.
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by ohsnap 11y ago
Or say a foreigner is introduced to Jiu Jitsu. Then that said foreigner appropriates it and develops a new system called Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. They then issue belts based on their new interpretation of skill level. Perhaps a few Japanese m
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by ohsnap 11y ago
Advanced payments are very common in the industry. It's why spacex has the cash on hand to put $150M+ in solar city bonds.
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by ohsnap 11y ago
This is a good point. Homelessness is often a lot less stressful and scary than the modern rat race. Having spent a year living in my car I can see how very few want to go back to working all day to live paycheck to paycheck.
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by ohsnap 11y ago
Nuremberg was important because it provided a symbolic mechanism for Axis to get a clean slate by sacrificing a few leaders. It was nothing more than theatre, and was intended as such. It was also extremely effective.
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by ohsnap 11y ago
I felt this way too in 2010. Not so much now. 'Nosql' Data services like parse and firebase is how apps are going to be built. The speed from idea to implementation is a real game changer.
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by ohsnap 11y ago
The Gorilla Foundation has no problem granting access to celebrities (e.g. Robin Williams) or the media. Critical behaviorists or linguists have had no such luck in access. In the videos I have seen the trainer acts like a tarot reader: Ko
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by ohsnap 11y ago
A lot of skepticism is in order with anything Koko. No skeptical scientists have been allowed to 'communicate' with Koko. Thus only believers, people who are willing to provide very generous interpretations of the ape's beh
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by ohsnap 11y ago
Yes your correct, nordic countries have achieved a very high standard of living without 300 years of government supported racketeering, money laundering etc. Unfortunately, anything Switzerland brings out my ill tempered side.
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by ohsnap 11y ago
Switzerland is the world's most successful parasite. So it's hard to recreate their 'success' unless you have lots of host countries to feed from https://wikileaks.org/wiki/Switzerland:_A_parasite_fe
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by ohsnap 11y ago
I'd guess US would retaliate by releasing information that hurts the Chinese government politically, specifically corruption. I don't think it would escalate into anything other than stealing/releasing information. Full on
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by ohsnap 11y ago
yet it's an order of magnitude easier to just go buy the parts to a real 'time bomb' than to crack an OTA update. Security is relative after all, and evil geniuses have much better ways to kill you.
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by ohsnap 11y ago
Great idea. Where do you get the cost of a medical procedure? Any resistance from medical providers for providing 'quotes'?
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by ohsnap 11y ago
Really hard for big companies to change. They have built a loyal brand around big gasoline engines. In fact the sound of the engine is so important to them that BMW pumps fake 'vroom' sounds into the i8 so it sounds like a v8. I&
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by ohsnap 11y ago
Counting new rigs/new investment is much better metric, and rig counts have responded to pricing pressure by stopping drilling. Counting current crude is just measuring what happened before the Saudis dropped the prices. Most fracking
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by ohsnap 11y ago
For Costco, gas is a loss leader for custom loyalty. People go crazy for saving $4 dollars for gas, even if it means waiting 15min in line.
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by ohsnap 11y ago
Started exactly in June 1985. In the film Goonies, Sloth called out 'hey you guys' to a gender mixed group. Never been the same. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmTNWVh2gSw
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by ohsnap 11y ago
Good article. 'Horse race narratives' work just as well outside tech news as well. It is good for readers to pick up on this pattern and be skeptical of articles before they get sucked in.

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