ronjobber

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by ronjobber 2y ago
This is a thing... but it is certainly not commonplace.
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by ronjobber 2y ago
The evidence for which, to me, sure suggests that there is a casual relationship between physical and mental events. I think it's a bit funny to call this a causal relationship. People do it all the time and what is meant depends on
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by ronjobber 2y ago
The reason ICJ and ICC should be careful about giving decisions they cannot enforce is because over time it can undermine their credibility. Eventually you end up with these international bodies writing the equivalence of "open letters
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by ronjobber 2y ago
Regardless of agreement with the ICJ or not, the quasi-statehood of Palestine complicates how the ICJ can target Hamas, much less non-governmental actors like PIJ. To my knowledge, despite over two decades of issues related to state/no
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by ronjobber 2y ago
This still is not quite grappling with the fundamental issue imo Realpolitik, in the sense Morgenthau and Kissinger understood it, absolutely takes into account management of public opinion and risks related to violation of international st
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by ronjobber 2y ago
I think this here is what Hilary Clinton was talking about recently... she got panned in the media for it, but I'm pretty sure she was right (and I'm by no means a fan).
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by ronjobber 2y ago
Not sure if this is what OP was saying, but evidence of orders to directly target civilians would be an open and shut case. The starvation charge could at least in theory fail (e.g., along the lines of intent - although Gallant's words
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by ronjobber 2y ago
The 'political repercussions' case is pretty flimsy [0]. Bigger picture - this disagreement seems fundamentally rooted in conflicting political philosophies, as alluded to above. More facts are not going to change that. An example
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by ronjobber 2y ago
And Israel's GDP is ~500billion, of which ~25b is spent on defense. So, that 3.8b would be a dent, but not insurmountable. Economic measures could be a different story, but pulling that lever on an an ally of 75+ years would damage the
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by ronjobber 2y ago
What gives you that impression? Commentary I've seen suggests highly likely for Sinwar et al., but 50/50 on Netanyahu and Gallant.
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by ronjobber 2y ago
At that point the court would effectively lose it's legitimacy, as it would be unable to enforce/execute those warrants. Not saying that that is a) good or b) isn't where we are heading... it mirrors the trajectory of the UN
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by ronjobber 3y ago
Thanks for calling me out! I am aware of the other atrocities. And on further reflection, I'd even agree some of these constitute genocide. But you raised precisely the point I wanted to address. The definition of genocide is complicat
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by ronjobber 3y ago
I am fully aware of the definition of genocide. There have been three in modern times: the Holocaust, the Armenian genocide, and the Rwandan genocide. Go look at a map of the airstrikes and tell me Israel is indiscriminately bombing with th
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by ronjobber 3y ago
Please explain to me, explicitly, how they are committing genocide? You can make an argument for ethnic cleansing where the facts would warrant a discussion. But please, give me the evidence you see for genocide.
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by ronjobber 3y ago
Or they could be referring to the opposite - the unquestioning adherence to all things Science, as long as those things fall within the progressive orthodoxy that has a stranglehold on academia.
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by ronjobber 4y ago
Can you define sentience in this context?
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by ronjobber 4y ago
Sure, if depositors said "ok we'll let the bank ride this out." But that's not what happened.
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by ronjobber 4y ago
I think the difference is that when we communicate those ideas, in scientific/academic literature at least, we reference the source of those original ideas, which permits verification and also plays an important social role.
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by ronjobber 5y ago
I'm an MIT student and received the letter as an email. This was the URL linked in the email for the 'online version'. I had the URL updated to the Office of the President's page linked by a poster below as it is certain
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MIT President Rafael Reif's Statement on Freedom of Expression(president.mit.edu)
2 points by ronjobber 5y ago|8 comments
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by ronjobber 8y ago
This is the first post I've seen that states the definition of a CI correctly. Another note: 'confidence interval' typically refers to the frequentist meaning, whereas 'credibility interval' is used in the Bayesian
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by ronjobber 8y ago
We have the connectome of C. elegans, yes, but we are still pretty far from understanding how it 'works'. The functional connections are still an active area of research, and it is greatly complicated by connections not explicit i