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| Topic | Mind blowing concept: What if there was more than 1 cause for mass shootings? |
| COVxy 08/04/19 6:29:51 PM #100 | meestermj posted... Knowledge_King posted...Violent media definitely contributes. There are numerous studies that have shown the reverse. There is a fundamental issue with that literature though, so it's hard to tell what's going on. --- =E[(x-E[x])(y-E[y])] |
| Topic | Mind blowing concept: What if there was more than 1 cause for mass shootings? |
| COVxy 08/04/19 5:59:39 PM #87 | averagejoel posted... DrizztLink posted...averagejoel posted...it's also further contributing to the stigmatization of mental illness as a whole. remember that mentally ill people are not more likely to perpetrate violent crimes than mentally healthy people, but they are much more likely to be victims of violent crimes than mentally healthy people. That doesn't follow unless you think the overlap between those two populations are giant (and that white supremicists are more likely to be violent than the general population). People really should stop using these flimsy indirect arguments about what must causally be true given some sort of correlation. --- =E[(x-E[x])(y-E[y])] |
| Topic | Mind blowing concept: What if there was more than 1 cause for mass shootings? |
| COVxy 08/04/19 5:41:21 PM #76 | NonDairyMiltank posted... many studies with merit (from both sides of the political spectrum) have shown that both impressionable girls and boys can be negatively impacted by a lack of father figure in their upbringing, but boys on average suffer a greater developmental impact As far as I understand, this is a distortion of what these studies have found, which is that children of single parent households fare worse in outcomes, financial and mental. If you have an example of a study specifically teasing apart effects of single parent (father) vs. single parent (mother), i'd love to read it. --- =E[(x-E[x])(y-E[y])] |
| Topic | Mind blowing concept: What if there was more than 1 cause for mass shootings? |
| COVxy 08/04/19 5:38:33 PM #75 | IloveJesus posted... COVxy posted...IloveJesus posted...MFBKBass5 posted...M_Live posted...MFBKBass5 posted...Extreme violence in the media, movies, video games, etcI honestly don't feel that this is a contributing factor Your post does no such thing. It doesn't logically follow. And there are many controlled lab studies that show an effect of violent video games on aggressive behavior. Which is the reason this has continued to pop up. In the literature, it's so political and varied that it's hard to tell how much of the effect is real or an artifact of studying noise. My guess is that the true answer is that any game that involves competition is likely to increase aggressive behavior. --- =E[(x-E[x])(y-E[y])] |
| Topic | Mind blowing concept: What if there was more than 1 cause for mass shootings? |
| COVxy 08/04/19 5:25:01 PM #50 | IloveJesus posted... MFBKBass5 posted...M_Live posted...MFBKBass5 posted...Extreme violence in the media, movies, video games, etcI honestly don't feel that this is a contributing factor This logic is extremely flawed. All the things you stated can be true and it can still be a contributing factor. --- =E[(x-E[x])(y-E[y])] |
| Topic | Mind blowing concept: What if there was more than 1 cause for mass shootings? |
| COVxy 08/04/19 5:22:43 PM #45 | CloneTheHero hasn't been active lately or has their activity feed set to private. Honestly, don't bother. --- =E[(x-E[x])(y-E[y])] |
| Topic | Would the US be safer, if everyone had a gun? |
| COVxy 08/04/19 5:10:38 PM #40 | LordRazziel posted... mooreandrew58 posted... My best guess is that it's a catch question meant to confict with another question if someone just answered randomly (or systematically in one direction), but idk. --- =E[(x-E[x])(y-E[y])] |
| Topic | As of tomorrow I start my new job |
| COVxy 08/04/19 12:49:34 PM #1 | Feeling a bit nervious. Been a long time since I started something that I have very little pragmatic experience/know-how in. --- =E[(x-E[x])(y-E[y])] |
| Topic | FBI identifies conspiracy-theorists like QAnon as a new domestic terror threat. |
| COVxy 08/01/19 5:48:18 PM #27 | Why do people think it's funny to troll about this shit when it has real world consequences? Grow the fuck up. --- =E[(x-E[x])(y-E[y])] |
| Topic | What if an academic job listing, instead of 'ABD candidates' |
| COVxy 08/01/19 4:53:07 PM #3 | I feel uncomfortable that this is now in my search history. --- =E[(x-E[x])(y-E[y])] |
| Topic | Make Less Than $100,000? Living Solo in NYC Is Getting Harder |
| COVxy 08/01/19 1:37:49 PM #25 | On a more important note, I'm getting pretty tired of the "look how hard it is to be in the middle class now-a-days" shit-takes. Really driving home the whole relative wealth comparison bullshit. --- =E[(x-E[x])(y-E[y])] |
| Topic | Make Less Than $100,000? Living Solo in NYC Is Getting Harder |
| COVxy 08/01/19 1:03:55 PM #15 | EdgeMaster posted... Explain more? Afaik, which isn't much, the preferred method is just to not own buildings that qualify for rent control, as the above poster noted. --- =E[(x-E[x])(y-E[y])] |
| Topic | Make Less Than $100,000? Living Solo in NYC Is Getting Harder |
| COVxy 08/01/19 12:54:22 PM #9 | EdgeMaster posted... AlephZero posted...nyc needs rent control to keep prices down I mean, I'm sure the answer is moreover landlords finding ways around it, so the opposite of rent control causing it. --- =E[(x-E[x])(y-E[y])] |
| Topic | It bothers me that Kratom is available in pot shops. |
| COVxy 07/31/19 11:39:38 PM #26 | MabusIncarnate posted... I'm just gonna step away, it's something you should really read up on before stirring up a topic like this. I mean, it's literally an opiate. So yes, you can replace one opiate addiction with another one. I fear it being an easy legal path to opiate addiction, similar to pain pills. --- =E[(x-E[x])(y-E[y])] |
| Topic | What's stopping someone from building a machine to rewrite the brain. |
| COVxy 07/31/19 10:13:57 PM #3 | Because the brain isn't a general computer. --- =E[(x-E[x])(y-E[y])] |
| Topic | Are you aware that there's a Democratic debate tonight? |
| COVxy 07/30/19 11:11:15 PM #242 | konokonohamaru posted... Doom_Art posted...konokonohamaru posted...Elizabeth Warren disgusts me. I actually agree with her on some of her policy ideas but I think lying about your ethnicity to advance your career is one of the lowest things you can do It's like a parody lol. --- =E[(x-E[x])(y-E[y])] |
| Topic | Are you aware that there's a Democratic debate tonight? |
| COVxy 07/30/19 11:05:27 PM #236 | ThyCorndog posted... COVxy posted...Bernie isn't nearly as eloquent and convincing as the other more progressive candidates like Warren, I don't get his universal support. Because he's old and grandpa like? I don't see him as seeming particularly more honest, on the face of it. --- =E[(x-E[x])(y-E[y])] |
| Topic | Are you aware that there's a Democratic debate tonight? |
| COVxy 07/30/19 11:00:04 PM #232 | Bernie isn't nearly as eloquent and convincing as the other more progressive candidates like Warren, I don't get his universal support. --- =E[(x-E[x])(y-E[y])] |
| Topic | So how's the new season of OITNB? |
| COVxy 07/29/19 8:40:16 PM #4 | I definitely rank it towards the top, perhaps only topped by the first season. --- =E[(x-E[x])(y-E[y])] |
| Topic | CNN calls this kid a college dropout... |
| COVxy 07/28/19 9:19:23 AM #2 | He literally was. That was a cool story, read it yesterday --- =E[(x-E[x])(y-E[y])] |
| Topic | Women Don't Murder Men Who Turn Them Down |
| COVxy 07/27/19 9:07:01 PM #64 | Lol. You may want to re-read the posts. --- =E[(x-E[x])(y-E[y])] |
| Topic | Women Don't Murder Men Who Turn Them Down |
| COVxy 07/27/19 8:41:19 PM #61 | Did you read your link? --- =E[(x-E[x])(y-E[y])] |
| Topic | Women Don't Murder Men Who Turn Them Down |
| COVxy 07/27/19 8:07:47 PM #54 | Lightwarrior11 posted... How can human evolution be observed with controlled experimentation? That's mostly not what evolutionary theory is about, especially in biology! Which is why it's solid. What you are referring to is actually a small subset of biological anthropology, and it's not really very rigorous. Lots of extreme extrapolation from fossil records. --- =E[(x-E[x])(y-E[y])] |
| Topic | Women Don't Murder Men Who Turn Them Down |
| COVxy 07/27/19 7:28:59 PM #52 | Lightwarrior11 posted... COVxy posted...Lightwarrior11 posted...It rests on the same claims as does the theory of evolution itself, and is therefore just as falsifiable as evolutionary theory - and just as scientifically defensible as well. Biologists aren't saying "this species evolved into it's current form because of X", they are saying "these are the mechanisms for slow population shifts in the species". There's a process that is both biologically specified and mathematically modeled and can be observed with controlled experimentation. This is different than speculating (which is all it could ever be) about the evolutionary basis for modern traits. --- =E[(x-E[x])(y-E[y])] |
| Topic | Women Don't Murder Men Who Turn Them Down |
| COVxy 07/27/19 5:36:42 PM #44 | Lightwarrior11 posted... It rests on the same claims as does the theory of evolution itself, and is therefore just as falsifiable as evolutionary theory - and just as scientifically defensible as well. You misunderstand the theory of evolution/modern synthesis. --- =E[(x-E[x])(y-E[y])] |
| Topic | Women Don't Murder Men Who Turn Them Down |
| COVxy 07/27/19 4:14:13 PM #40 | teepan95 posted... Lightwarrior11 posted...hyperpsycho posted...Lightwarrior11 posted...She is wrong insomuch as she attributes aggressive tendencies in males (and everything else she's talking about) to something called "patriarchy" instead of "evolutionary psychology". Eh, the difficulty here is that there's truth and bullshit mixed into one lovely shitpie. Evolutionary psychology, as typically referenced, is bullshit. Observing behavioral differences today and assigning the cause to unfalsifiable evolutionary just-so stories is not science, it's narrative. But it is the case that testosterone plays a role in aggression, and that testosterone plays a bigger role in setting the tone of the CNS in men. But it is also the case that aggression is extemely complicated, mediated by numerous neurochemical systems and extremely sensitive to environmental influence. So, like, you probably can't look at sex based differences in aggression and simply attribute it to biology/testosterone/evolution. This is not my area of neuroscience though, so disclaimers there. --- =E[(x-E[x])(y-E[y])] |
| Topic | One of the main complaints against Elizabeth Warren's student loan policy... |
| COVxy 07/27/19 12:51:22 PM #97 | CruelBuffalo posted... Why would it be? Both involve made up footwork that hasnt been done. Just attach both to the same bill. Except there's already ways to buy loans from companies. Pretty much the government just has to buy them and then settle them. Nothing with individual citizens needs to happen. --- =E[(x-E[x])(y-E[y])] |
| Topic | One of the main complaints against Elizabeth Warren's student loan policy... |
| COVxy 07/27/19 12:46:58 PM #94 | CruelBuffalo posted... Then why not offer reimbursement to all people who paid student loans? What harm does that do to people with have debt. My guess is that the legal footwork is a lot harder there. I don't think many people for student loan forgiveness would be against it, I certainly am not, but it's a question of whether or not that is possible in the same way. --- =E[(x-E[x])(y-E[y])] |
| Topic | One of the main complaints against Elizabeth Warren's student loan policy... |
| COVxy 07/27/19 12:32:57 PM #87 | BignutzisBack posted... COVxy posted...I think the weird thought is "I endured pain, therefore others should too". Except that's the exact way people word it. They don't feel morally outraged about the losses some financial group may incur, though I imagine it wouldn't work that way. They are outraged that they had to pay and others wouldn't. --- =E[(x-E[x])(y-E[y])] |
| Topic | One of the main complaints against Elizabeth Warren's student loan policy... |
| COVxy 07/27/19 12:26:37 PM #83 | BignutzisBack posted... Sure it is, we're talking about people who made a choice and now want a hand out to fix it, and then you made a pointless post comparing a situation people are born into, not chosen. Except the part I don't find weird is the distinction between choice and nonchoice, nor do I think it's that simple, as hinted at in the last post. I think the weird thought is "I endured pain, therefore others should too". --- =E[(x-E[x])(y-E[y])] |
| Topic | One of the main complaints against Elizabeth Warren's student loan policy... |
| COVxy 07/27/19 12:21:21 PM #80 | BignutzisBack posted... COVxy posted...I grew up in financially difficult circumstances That's not the part you are supposed to be comparing here. (also silly to think these two things aren't related, btw) --- =E[(x-E[x])(y-E[y])] |
| Topic | One of the main complaints against Elizabeth Warren's student loan policy... |
| COVxy 07/27/19 12:17:59 PM #78 | BignutzisBack posted... Great post, I've noticed that a lot of people who are pro loan forgiveness try argue the fallacy that people who paid off their loans didn't face any problems or make any sacrifices at all. Such a weird stance. I grew up in financially difficult circumstances, and I wouldn't wish anyone else to go through it. Seems pretty vindictive, tbh. --- =E[(x-E[x])(y-E[y])] |
| Topic | One of the main complaints against Elizabeth Warren's student loan policy... |
| COVxy 07/27/19 11:23:46 AM #66 | CruelBuffalo posted... OK who is gonna pay for it? Public Colleges are run by the state. So is the Govt gonna give the state money? A lot of state universities are already doing this! --- =E[(x-E[x])(y-E[y])] |
| Topic | One of the main complaints against Elizabeth Warren's student loan policy... |
| COVxy 07/26/19 10:25:29 PM #15 | Prismsblade posted... SuddenlyNinjas posted...thronedfire2 posted...if people paid their loans off already that means they actually got good jobs and lived stable enough lives to do it Rather than discriminating against the poor, I'd rather there simply be less insidious incentives for teaching. Get rid of student evaluations, get rid of enrollment number based funding. Professors are modifying their curriculum for those that don't want to be there. I'd rather make college free, but increase rigor and increase availability of resources to high school students re: other career paths. Employers will get over themselves once the supply of college educated individuals is lower. Most jobs only require it because they can and it provides some initial thresholding procedure. --- =E[(x-E[x])(y-E[y])] |
| Topic | I got rejected for an engineering position due to "cultural fit" |
| COVxy 07/25/19 7:50:32 PM #52 | clearaflagrantj posted... well, it was in depth but when the applicant knows they're being examined in an interview context they may voluntarily/involuntarily skew their answers. "I lied on it." --- =E[(x-E[x])(y-E[y])] |
| Topic | Do people drink black coffee for the taste? Tastes like dirt ass. |
| COVxy 07/25/19 7:27:29 AM #14 | I don't really taste black coffee as bitter. Once you get past that bitter taste, coffee has a very diverse set of flavors, depending on the roast and origin. --- =E[(x-E[x])(y-E[y])] |
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