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The Witch Hunt as a Structure of Argumentation (1996) [pdf](dougwalton.ca)
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If candidates from group A perform more strongly on average than those from group B there are other possible causes than bias in the selection process itself. For instance, members of group A may only apply at a higher level of self-assess
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Comparing sociology to biology in particular ends up unflattering for the former. Biology is a lot more obviously successful than sociology. Sociology has so far failed to produce its equivalent to evidence-based medicine and whenever treat
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Of course, it has to be noted that academics lean left, and sociologists overwhelmingly so. See, e.g., http://www.criticalreview.com/2004/pdfs/cardiff_klein.pdf .
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It is unusual to claim that programming in a statically typed language is more error-prone than in a dynamically typed language, even if only when dealing with HTTP requests specifically. Could you elaborate? It sounds like there might be
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by proveanegative 11y ago
Would you say the same about Metasploit or Wireshark? If not, where do you suggest the line be drawn?
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by proveanegative 11y ago
This seems like a feature that would be generally selected for in types of social organization.
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I believe that democracy does not scale beyond roughly several hundred voters of roughly equal expertise and ability. I decide whether or not to vote accordingly, which means saying no to local and national elections. That said, I vote on
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by proveanegative 11y ago
>I just feel like this is the one thread where there are much bigger things at stake. I have no objections to your cause but your current headline is, whether on purpose or not, clickbait. I clicked it because I thought it described an u
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by proveanegative 11y ago
Urbit embodies Moldbug's politics. Speaking of politics, one of the most interesting practical user-facing things about Urbit that I saw in an earlier video demo was the user choosing his or her political affiliation when registering.
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Ask HN: How mature is Jython compared to JRuby?
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Off the cuff, I agree with you, but I also wonder if it isn't an approach only used by a minority of people involved in hiring, primarily those with a technical background. This is the sort if matter on which I would love to see an em
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>The sooner we shift from labor to education as our source of social dignity the better. Twin studies suggest educational achievement is highly (over 50%) heritable. If you succeeded at replacing labor with education as a source of human
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I think it is only a matter of time until MOOCs start eating into high school and even middle school-level education. Considering that many adults do not remember their high school experience fondly it will be a welcome alternative.
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>He also says people with strong accents are bad founders More accurately, he said that people who fail to improve their accent over time are likely to be bad founders. I don't have a strong belief about this hypothesis one way or a
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by proveanegative 11y ago
>how much a person is willing to question the hand that feeds them can reveal the strength of their character to others. Careful! You are straying into fundamental attribution error territory. Those who bite the hand that feeds them may
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Ask HN: How mature and fast is Jython compared to JRuby?
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>But how do you do that? It boils down to keeping your identity small ( http://www.paulgraham.com/identity.html ), which may or may not be truly possible in practice for humans who do not lead a monastic life.
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My impression of [4] is that it amounts to a protection racket scheme: "Your business is racist and sexist! I will continue to denounce it until you hire me." Of course, a lot of consultants will approach companies with a "y
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by proveanegative 11y ago
>Curious what they are upto . I'd answer this question with one word, cynical though the answer may sound to some: signaling. Whatever positive consequences for the socially disadvantaged their efforts might have going about it
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As far as I can tell Teflon fumes themselves are only confirmed to be acutely toxic; in humans they cause flu-like symptoms and damage the lungs. The articles I have found do not say anything about there being long-term consequences for tho
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Is there an Azul equivalent for SmallTalk?
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You can't edit the text of an Ask HN submission, only change the title. I tried asking exclusively about the future of Grails a few days ago but it didn't work out: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9986602 . T
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Ask HN: Does Groovy/Grails have a future?
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>Slippery Slope Fallacy In the broader society there is a trend towards increasingly intolerant tolerance. That what is going on on GitHub is a part of this trend and thus can get worse is a reasonable inference.
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That used to be the case but now it is not entirely so. If reputable people (e.g., high-karma HN users) continue to use either word it will eventually be "redeemed" wherever they are reputable and become acceptable to use. edit:
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Ask HN: Would you start a new project in Grails in 2015?
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I'll bite. Your mind is wired by evolution to assess, evaluate and react to human behavior. It is equipped to defend you another humans' attempts to influence your behavior for their own ends when you interact with them in person
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If this is where the things are going the time may soon come for someone to launch a GitHub clone that deliberately only bans illegal content and provides technological means of protection against Twitter mobs. Meanwhile, it would be nice
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by proveanegative 11y ago
If you do not declare your ideology upfront you will still end up having one, only implicit and ad hoc. This does not apply to Python, however. It does have a explicit, if not entirely serious, statement of its ideology in The Zen of Python

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