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"Crims are going to crim again" is likely the shallowest take possible in such discussions. What's relevant here is comparing different prison systems wrt Reci

"Crims are going to crim again" is likely the shallowest take possible in such discussions. What's relevant here is comparing different prison systems wrt Recidivism. eg: Nine out of 10 South African criminals reoffend, while in Finland it’s 1 in 3. This is why https://theconversation.com/nine-out-of-10-south-african-criminals-reoffend-while-in-finland-its-1-in-3-this-is-why-218131 https://theconversation.com/nine-out-of-10-south-african-cri...

DAGdug 2y ago
Did you click through to glance through the paper linked? I was hoping the author would posit a causal model, adjust for a few different factors, and have something robust. Nope, nothing - just a wall of text even quoting Derrida. Empiricism is slowly dying, in large part due to truth seeking becoming subservient to confirmation bias.
- defrost 2y ago
  > Did you click through to glance through the paper linked? Yes. > I was hoping the author would posit a causal model, adjust for a few different factors, and have something robust. They did to a degree. > Nope, nothing Perhaps you might click through and read again. > just a wall of text A "wall of text" is something, this one was broken up with paragraphs and had a number of observations regarding systems in two countries and quotes from people in several countries. > even quoting Derrida. Would you be kind enough to quote the "quote", Ctrl-F Derrida returns zilch, and expand on why that particular quote offends you? > Empiricism is slowly dying, in large part due to truth seeking becoming subservient to confirmation bias. Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana
  - DAGdug 2y ago
    > They did to a degree Where? I’m fairly facile with causal inference; this is the crudest observational “study” without even qualitative heuristics to make the comparisons apples-to-apples. > and expand on why that particular quote offends you? Generic low tolerance for high V, low M academics: https://infoproc.blogspot.com/2011/06/high-v-low-m.html?m=1 https://infoproc.blogspot.com/2011/06/high-v-low-m.html?m=1 This is the paper he links to, where you can find references to Derrida: https://unisapressjournals.co.za/index.php/Phronimon/article/view/13232/7258 https://unisapressjournals.co.za/index.php/Phronimon/article... Anyway, if this is the kind of nonsense that convinces you, I don’t intent to continue this discussion. We have very different notions of what qualifies as evidence.

DAGdug 2y ago

Did you click through to glance through the paper linked? I was hoping the author would posit a causal model, adjust for a few different factors, and have something robust. Nope, nothing - just a wall of text even quoting Derrida. Empiricism is slowly dying, in large part due to truth seeking becoming subservient to confirmation bias.

defrost 2y ago
> Did you click through to glance through the paper linked? Yes. > I was hoping the author would posit a causal model, adjust for a few different factors, and have something robust. They did to a degree. > Nope, nothing Perhaps you might click through and read again. > just a wall of text A "wall of text" is something, this one was broken up with paragraphs and had a number of observations regarding systems in two countries and quotes from people in several countries. > even quoting Derrida. Would you be kind enough to quote the "quote", Ctrl-F Derrida returns zilch, and expand on why that particular quote offends you? > Empiricism is slowly dying, in large part due to truth seeking becoming subservient to confirmation bias. Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana
- DAGdug 2y ago
  > They did to a degree Where? I’m fairly facile with causal inference; this is the crudest observational “study” without even qualitative heuristics to make the comparisons apples-to-apples. > and expand on why that particular quote offends you? Generic low tolerance for high V, low M academics: https://infoproc.blogspot.com/2011/06/high-v-low-m.html?m=1 https://infoproc.blogspot.com/2011/06/high-v-low-m.html?m=1 This is the paper he links to, where you can find references to Derrida: https://unisapressjournals.co.za/index.php/Phronimon/article/view/13232/7258 https://unisapressjournals.co.za/index.php/Phronimon/article... Anyway, if this is the kind of nonsense that convinces you, I don’t intent to continue this discussion. We have very different notions of what qualifies as evidence.