Miscellaneous news items that don't warrant their own thread

[kalm]

Science, thwarted by fundamentalists, again

http://quillette.com/2018/09/07/academi ... mory-hole/


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Statistics are like bikinis. What they reveal is suggestive, but what they conceal is vital. - Aaron Levenstein

Holy shit! Stupid, illiberal, and authoritarian...

On September 4, Sergei sent me a weary email. “The scandal at our department,” he wrote, “shows no signs of receding.” At a faculty meeting the week before, the Department Head had explained that sometimes values such as academic freedom and free speech come into conflict with other values to which Penn State was committed.

[Pwns]

It shouldn't be befuddling why there's greater variability of traits in males. It's not as costly to the next generation if some males have a screwed-up genotype than if some of the females do.

We don't have a problem with the idea that women multi-task better because of how they are wired or that men are more likely to have autism because of genetics but we have to pretend like there's no way sex differences in the brain could affect how good the sexes are at STEM subjects.

These liberals are basically the western version of lysenkoists.

[css75]

Piglet makes a fool of himself again.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/35640/wa ... =position1


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[JohnStOnge]

Science, thwarted by fundamentalists, again

http://quillette.com/2018/09/07/academi ... mory-hole/


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That does not surprise me at all. I've argued for years that there are strong philosophical biases in the publication process.

[CID1990]

Science, thwarted by fundamentalists, again

http://quillette.com/2018/09/07/academi ... mory-hole/


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That does not surprise me at all. I've argued for years that there are strong philosophical biases in the publication process.

Those philosophical biases also affect the awarding of research grants


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[JohnStOnge]

Science, thwarted by fundamentalists, again

http://quillette.com/2018/09/07/academi ... mory-hole/


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Statistics are like bikinis. What they reveal is suggestive, but what they conceal is vital. - Aaron Levenstein

Statistical analysis, properly applied, does not conceal anything. Also, when statistical design and analyses are properly applied, what they reveal is way beyond "suggestive."

It's another one of those quotes about "statistics" that sounds cute but is actually nonsense.

[Winterborn]

Statistics are like bikinis. What they reveal is suggestive, but what they conceal is vital. - Aaron Levenstein

Statistical analysis, properly applied, does not conceal anything. Also, when statistical design and analyses are properly applied, what they reveal is way beyond "suggestive."

It's another one of those quotes about "statistics" that sounds cute but is actually nonsense.

John, you would suck the fun out of an orgy.

[Pwns]

Lawl David Hogg.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/35640/wa ... n-saavedra

[AZGrizFan]

Lawl David Hogg.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/35640/wa ... n-saavedra

He's off the rails. Completely. PERFECT for the democrat party.

[css75]

You know it is bad when Michael Moore takes his mike away, what a little turd,


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[89Hen]

Love me some Chick-fil-a

https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/09/0 ... ith-cancer

In the video, a manager can be heard saying, “We have one of our team members that is starting surgery right now for breast cancer, and we’d like to say a short prayer for her.”

Almost immediately, every head in the restaurant bowed, including those seated in the nearby dining area.

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[JohnStOnge]

Statistical analysis, properly applied, does not conceal anything. Also, when statistical design and analyses are properly applied, what they reveal is way beyond "suggestive."

It's another one of those quotes about "statistics" that sounds cute but is actually nonsense.

John, you would suck the fun out of an orgy.

That's because it means high venereal disease risk.

[SeattleGriz]

It shouldn't be befuddling why there's greater variability of traits in males. It's not as costly to the next generation if some males have a screwed-up genotype than if some of the females do.

We don't have a problem with the idea that women multi-task better because of how they are wired or that men are more likely to have autism because of genetics but we have to pretend like there's no way sex differences in the brain could affect how good the sexes are at STEM subjects.

These liberals are basically the western version of lysenkoists.

I've always been an outlier.

[SeattleGriz]

Statistics are like bikinis. What they reveal is suggestive, but what they conceal is vital. - Aaron Levenstein

Statistical analysis, properly applied, does not conceal anything. Also, when statistical design and analyses are properly applied, what they reveal is way beyond "suggestive."

It's another one of those quotes about "statistics" that sounds cute but is actually nonsense.

He did get my test question correct.

[BDKJMU]

Twitter blocks the use of the term “illegal immigrant”, calls it hate speech.
http://www.theamericanmirror.com/twitte ... l-content/
You can’t make this shit up. Heck, there’s vidoes out there of both Clintons using the term..

[css75]

Twitter blocls the use of the term “illegal immigrant”, calls it hate speech.
http://www.theamericanmirror.com/twitte ... l-content/
You can’t make this **** up. Heck, there’s vidoes out there of both Clintons using the term..

What are we supposed to call them then? Illegal aliens is actually the correct term, but libs don’t like that. Immigrant originally meant those who came her properly and followed the rules, alien was the term for illegal entry. Of course, we could call them wetbacks.


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[grizzaholic]

Statistics are like bikinis

I would like to hijack this thread but I do not have a laptop.....

[CID1990]

Try not to faint, but a mainstream media outlet fact checks President Obama

(Two years after he left office but who's counting?)

https://www.apnews.com/ffc60235c26c470c ... ight-story

Hey JSO... I'll say it for you- Trump lies all the time. Just trying to save you from typing 20 paragraphs

[Chizzang]

Try not to faint, but a mainstream media outlet fact checks President Obama

(Two years after he left office but who's counting?)

https://www.apnews.com/ffc60235c26c470c ... ight-story

Hey JSO... I'll say it for you- Trump lies all the time. Just trying to save you from typing 20 paragraphs

When we were trudging our way back into Afghanistan Obama was lying every week about the proceedings...
That's basically when he completely lost me

[CID1990]

Try not to faint, but a mainstream media outlet fact checks President Obama

(Two years after he left office but who's counting?)

https://www.apnews.com/ffc60235c26c470c ... ight-story

Hey JSO... I'll say it for you- Trump lies all the time. Just trying to save you from typing 20 paragraphs

When we were trudging our way back into Afghanistan Obama was lying every week about the proceedings...
That's basically when he completely lost me

To me, an Obama type liar is much more dangerous than a Trump type liar - he's eloquent, measured, and calm and he'll lead you smiling right over the cliff

Even a 5 year old generally knows when Trump's lying

[CID1990]

I LOVE this college

I'd probably cry tears of joy if my daughters said they wanted to go here:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/11/opin ... %2Fopinion

[css75]

I LOVE this college

I'd probably cry tears of joy if my daughters said they wanted to go here:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/11/opin ... %2Fopinion

That looks like a great school and New Mexico is such a hole there are no outside diversions.


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[css75]

When we were trudging our way back into Afghanistan Obama was lying every week about the proceedings...
That's basically when he completely lost me

To me, an Obama type liar is much more dangerous than a Trump type liar - he's eloquent, measured, and calm and he'll lead you smiling right over the cliff

Even a 5 year old generally knows when Trump's lying

Also, Trump’s lies are generally just hype and exaggerating things, and not trying to deceive. You won’t hear if you like your doctor you can keep him type stuff from him.


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[BDKJMU]

I LOVE this college

I'd probably cry tears of joy if my daughters said they wanted to go here:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/11/opin ... %2Fopinion

That looks like a great school and New Mexico is such a hole there are no outside diversions.

Have you been to Santa Fe? And its only about an hr from Albuquerque, and less than an hr & a half fromTaos..

[kalm]

John, you would suck the fun out of an orgy.

That's because it means high venereal disease risk.