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by 0xddd 6y ago
It seems to me that people put too much faith in statistics despite not having a fundamental understanding of the methods. I'm sure in plenty of cases these frivolous results get published due to academic fraud and the pressure of publ
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by 0xddd 6y ago
I think that is quite harsh on Kahneman, especially considering how reasonable he sounds in the open letter that is linked. But I am also completely perplexed as to how he was so confident about these priming studies given the research on c
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by 0xddd 6y ago
The hyperlink in the section you're quoting points to a Vox article that aims to address that very question. It explains that passenger vehicles are responsible for a major portion of California's emissions and the switch to EVs i
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by 0xddd 6y ago
And what better way to find out who wrote it than to scan the comments after reading the article? In all seriousness, I don't see how wilful ignorance on the first-read through is some ideal analytic strategy.
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by 0xddd 6y ago
Sounds like a great real-world example of a prisoner's dilemma
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by 0xddd 6y ago
Why is this downvoted? I'm about a quarter through and have found this totally intriguing. Their concerns in late January seem spot on. I'm glad it got shared.
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by 0xddd 6y ago
Isn't this a region that's incredibly prone to wildfires?
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by 0xddd 6y ago
> Aristotle is notoriously a terrible writer. Is this really uncontroversial? I can't say I've heard that said before, or found Aristotle more difficult than other texts of that time. Obviously there are stylistic differences b
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by 0xddd 6y ago
I wonder if this will reduce their traffic in any way. At least personally I know I'll never make an account, so I kind of like that this keeps me from procrastinating and browsing the site. The UI is so clunky anyways that I would lov
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by 0xddd 6y ago
I can't help but suspect some bias in an article that defines neoliberalism as "academic-speak for capitalism". No mention of public university tuition rising in response to cuts in state funding?
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by 0xddd 7y ago
> These PDFs are sorted by US region but for those outside the US, this may still be useful if your local climate happens to be close to one of the 10 listed here. Possibly, but seems like it would still be best to determine what's
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by 0xddd 8y ago
Certainly more than just the first year, and I don't think the majority of CS degrees require multivariable calc or any group theory. I do wish there were more of a preview than just the TOC to see how novel the examples are and how mu
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by 0xddd 8y ago
What is the idea with these garish MS Paint graphics? Am I the only one finding them incredibly distracting?
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by 0xddd 9y ago
Is it really as widespread in Canada? The list linked to from that wiki article seems comparatively bare [1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_incidents_of_police_ex...