brighton36

Colleges sell prestige. That's why a harvard education is free, but their license to discriminate is coveted and charged for.

What's a racist, and who decides?

this guy has it figured out: https://youtu.be/FM5HkpyXxsQ . We need to throw a party. It's time to celebrate. Emancipation is in sight.

There's nothing we can do. We should stop pretending otherwise.

This it it. We did it. There is nothing for us to do, but celebrate.

Academic performance is not academics.

This. Military spending may just be 'free money' in some world outlook scenarios.

Who decides whether the gulf war happened?

Have you ever shot a firearm? Have you ever played a video game where you shot a firearm? Given some assumptions of your demographic, based on your being here, this example should illustrate the issue Baudrillard foresaw in comprehending 'the real' in modernity.

Popular opinions are often popular because they're false. (Hence why David is unpopular)

I didn't mean to express that with enthusiasm. It's just what I see.

Might makes right.

It's a religiosity. Beliefs trump facts. They start their comprehension with a conclusion, and work backward from there to justify their desire.

Humans judge humans based on habitus and appearance. Being a salesperson requires charm. I don't see what the scandal is here.

You know, if there's a ticker symbol at the top left of the article ... that's probably a vote for speculation.

This may just select for obedient employees. Which, may very well be what employers need. But, it could potentially eliminate diversity of opinion. (Presumably that offers some advantage...)

Then that fraction would distort the incentive value of the work, in a way that compromised the Blockchain's security. (Proportionately).

No one cares. I don't say that with Glee. Throw this grievance on the pile with the rest of them I guess.

That's completely insane.

How do they plan on verifying orientation?

I use ledger. I wrote my own journal makefile, and reporting system using ruby. I may switch to hledger next year.

I switched to http://plaintextaccounting.org/ and couldn't be happier.

People don't want to hear what they don't want to hear. The downvotes are reasonable. The vote count has little to do with truth, and much to do with affirmation.

I agree that we all benefit from a high quality education for the children.

I think you're describing 'Bellum omnium contra omnes'. And yes, we seem to be heading in that direction in much of the world.

If we consider the mean to 'that of the whole world' then, our task is done. A child from today needs to merely watch television for an hour a day, in order to be wiser than the average human being across time. School would be unnecessary.

Your last sentence isn't reasonable. We would test the performance of participants in your proposed program, and a bell curve would immediately arise.

Because exceptionalism requires knowledge asymmetry, relative to the mean. I think it's definitional that You can't have a macro-scale program that delivers exceptional results to all participants.

I don't think mediocre is unacceptable. But, I do think the country's achievement systems do. And yes, we should look for better systems.

I don't think funding will improve the education system much, unfortunately. Probably we would be better off spending that money reducing the number of single parent families. (Somehow...)

The state assimilates children. It's the job of the parents to make them exceptional. That's the way it's always been. That's the way it has to be.

I'm guessing everyone feels like this is what they're seeing (a decline in iq around them)

I think it would uncelibate them, at least.

this series is phenomenal

Skepticism of crypto is immoral, and will be downvoted. Only confidence is allowed. lol

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