dhshahsndeisjwn

4 ms·

1.
by dhshahsndeisjwn 6y ago
Or just fund public schools at the level that private schools do and have reasonable class sizes.
2.
by dhshahsndeisjwn 6y ago
I would agree. The testing used to stream kids is noisy at best and systematically biased at worst against kids with educated parents.
3.
by dhshahsndeisjwn 6y ago
> n impoverished school where the majority of the effort goes to controlling poor behaviour I think this is the real issue, irrespective of 'gifted' status. I failed the 11+ in the UK but spent my entire teenage years bored out
4.
by dhshahsndeisjwn 7y ago
> it's probably enough to act with genuine, directed enjoyment and curiosity. This is true, but I think you are seriously underestimating how difficult this can be, and how easy it is to lose track of what it actually, genuinely is
5.
by dhshahsndeisjwn 7y ago
This is amazing. The only problem is I now want all these features within the OS X file open dialog for opening saving files within applications.
6.
by dhshahsndeisjwn 7y ago
right, but 50% of the effect of opiates is placebo, so we shouldn't be too surprised. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11207392
7.
by dhshahsndeisjwn 7y ago
Was just about the say the same. He has an excellent chapter on the history of smoking research with an interesting anecdote (repeated here https://priceonomics.com/why-the-father-of-modern-statistics... ) that the pipe-smok
8.
by dhshahsndeisjwn 7y ago
This is my hobby horse! A confounder would be an unobserved (unmeasured) variable that influences both the allocation to treatment and the outcome. In this case unfiltered air elsewhere is contaminating the magnitude of the treatment effect
9.
by dhshahsndeisjwn 7y ago
I don't know why you are being downvoted because I wanted to say much the same. There is a clear asymmetry in our current cultural practices, and the assumption is often that activities are 'naturally' gendered, even when the
10.
by dhshahsndeisjwn 7y ago
> I don't think that's a safe assumption to make. I agree, but the reality is we don't know. Also there's evidence that cultural norms do substantially shape our opportunities (e.g. Denmark vs Saudi Arabia) and we sho
11.
by dhshahsndeisjwn 7y ago
Except that many girls are made to feel abnormal for expressing an interest in stereotypically male activities (as are boys in reverse). The key is to acknowledge first that our society is incredibly gendered (and racist) in ways we often
12.
by dhshahsndeisjwn 7y ago
I'd have more sympathy for critiques of feminism (and similar policies designed to help minorities) if even basic indices of equality like pay for equal work were fixed, and there wasn't clear evidence of discrimination on ground
13.
by dhshahsndeisjwn 7y ago
They don't get better prices because they are operating in a system where access to key drugs is a key differentiator. Penny pinching on access drugs (as does NICE in the UK on behalf of the NHS) wouldn't be a good look for an ins
14.
by dhshahsndeisjwn 7y ago
No, specifically they say: > The most admired arguments are made with data, > but the origins, veracity, and malleability of those data > tend to be ancillary concerns. That's a concern I often share: "the data" can
15.
by dhshahsndeisjwn 7y ago
>(can't quit your job and travel the world if you have kids to support). I think the real reason is that there will be someone to look after you when you're old and sick.
16.
by dhshahsndeisjwn 7y ago
Amazon doesn't pay VAT, the consumer does
17.
by dhshahsndeisjwn 7y ago
This sounds cool... have you shared the code anywhere?
18.
by dhshahsndeisjwn 8y ago
My god... I can't tell you how happy that just made made me. I've been using runserver_plus for code reloading for a while, but hadn't realised this could do the same for the shell. Thanks!
19.
by dhshahsndeisjwn 8y ago
I'm not a Corbyn fan, but I think this is a gross misrepresentation of the current labour leadership, and their likely actions in government. I often see these kind of analogies being drawn based on a selective reading of the wide vari
20.
by dhshahsndeisjwn 13y ago
No. Feynman actually criticised scientists who weren't prepared to explain and justify their work to the public. He says this in one of the bbc videos, can't remember which, as part of a critique of the social sciences.