MispelledToyota

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by MispelledToyota 5y ago
If Hume isn't a great philosopher, then it's because the category isn't coherent. Any reasonable understanding of great philosopher would include him. In terms of importance, scope, originality, argumentation, he's among
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by MispelledToyota 6y ago
does this actually move the needle? it sounds a bit like trying to avoid braking so much in one's car as a proposed solution to curbing carbon emissions. maybe it helps in some sense but how much, actually?
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by MispelledToyota 6y ago
The principle was merely that people who are not directly affected by X can particularly benefit from listening to people directly affected by X. It was even a supererogatory framing of the recommendation. But enjoy your high horse!
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by MispelledToyota 6y ago
Unless the person believes that old white men literally are not allowed to hold any opinion whatsoever on matters of sexism and that's the most plausible and popular view, then it clearly is both false and a strawman argument, so inter
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by MispelledToyota 6y ago
Taken literally, you're leaping from arguing kids' whims are sub-optimal to saying they're an absolute minimum in terms of long-term beneficial behavioral outcomes. Kids jumping off bridges is probably worse than them eating
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by MispelledToyota 7y ago
My biased view: - Teaching assistants and section leads play a huge role in the quality of student experience. I think sometimes a supply/demand for filling these positions can result in not the best people filling them, which then can
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by MispelledToyota 7y ago
I graduated two weeks ago and got a job offer, and am overjoyed by the fact. I think if I asked myself at the beginning, what's the most you can hope for in going to Lambda School, my expectations were met by the education quality and
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by MispelledToyota 7y ago
During my time at Lambda School, seeing people's quick arguments against it have drastically lowered my priors on how correct "hot takes" are likely to be in general. Sort of like reading a newspaper article about your area o