throwaway_l33t

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by throwaway_l33t 1y ago
> one were to operate at that level then Facebook would be illegal. This shows a fairly low level of engagement with the sorts of people that are pushing to ban porn. It’s not uncommon for them to be anti-screens, social media, etc. for
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by throwaway_l33t 3y ago
> No one is aborting your baby - you can take an informed decision yourself. Of course, this is exactly the point of Gattaca: you won't be "forced" to do it, but you and your child will be punished for making the socially
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by throwaway_l33t 3y ago
> We first found out that GPA and GRE scores mean nothing. Neither GPA nor GRE scores are predictive of grad school performance! I’m skeptical of these claims because I’ve heard similar things about the SATs, but: https://news
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by throwaway_l33t 3y ago
Yeah, and there’s at least anecdotal evidence here: > The admission to medical school of Patrick Chavis, one of the black doctors admitted under the medical school's affirmative action program instead of Bakke, was widely praised by
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by throwaway_l33t 4y ago
You missed the point: if I’m planning lunch with my friends and they want to go to barbecue on Friday, I’m going to be suggesting an alternative so I can get something to eat too. Just like we had to plan lunches around my Jain, Jewish and
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by throwaway_l33t 4y ago
> no one needs to change the way they act around you. This is only because Catholics and Christians often don’t mention when workplace behaviors make them uncomfortable. I’ve been in multiple situations where coworkers have used names o
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by throwaway_l33t 4y ago
Contemporary art always has felt to me like an “the emperor has no clothes” enterprise. It’s appreciated and valued because this marks you as not part of some out-group.
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by throwaway_l33t 6y ago
Not only is it hard to acquire, such viewpoints are impossible to acquire: every attempt to put experience and research into words has a point of view and that point of view colors the story being told. Attempts to be impartial are themselv
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by throwaway_l33t 6y ago
Yeah, the problem is coming up with a test that actually identifies who’s “informed” without biasing the electorate unfairly.
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by throwaway_l33t 6y ago
Isn’t it reasonable to want the people who make a decision to know what they’re making a decision about? I want all the informed voters to vote but, by and large, uninformed voters make the outcome arbitrary.