diamondcutter

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College Students Aren't the Only Ones Abusing Adderall(fivethirtyeight.com)
2 points by diamondcutter 11y ago|0 comments
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A Statistical Argument for Not Being Nervous on First Dates(obsessionwithregression.blogspot.com)
2 points by diamondcutter 11y ago|0 comments
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by diamondcutter 11y ago
Did you read the stats in the original post? "Surveys with high response rates also imply that sexual assault is a serious problem. The Michigan study found that 12 percent of undergraduate women had experienced non-consensual penetrat
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A better way to gauge how common sexual assault is on college campuses(washingtonpost.com)
30 points by diamondcutter 11y ago|16 comments
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How to Tell If a Tweeter Is Pro-Choice/Pro-Life Without Reading Their Tweets(qz.com)
1 points by diamondcutter 11y ago|0 comments
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A Tool for Mapping Drunk Tweets and Police Shootings(obsessionwithregression.blogspot.com)
2 points by diamondcutter 11y ago|0 comments
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This is how men and women drink according to Twitter(qz.com)
1 points by diamondcutter 11y ago|0 comments
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What an Engineer Looks Like(obsessionwithregression.blogspot.com)
4 points by diamondcutter 11y ago|0 comments
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by diamondcutter 11y ago
Yeah...and of COURSE that's because IQ tests measure something inherent like intelligence! It isn't because people who do well on IQ tests tend to be wealthy and well-educated, which produces better life outcomes. Let me be very c
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by diamondcutter 11y ago
I doubt you really believe that. Eg, if I told you for sure that the kid with the good teacher was going to be less good than the kid with a bad teacher a year from now, surely you would choose the kid with the bad teacher. In the same way
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by diamondcutter 11y ago
Standardized testing is hugely influenced by unfair factors. Like the fact that if I'm rich, I can pay for my kids to get better tutoring which boosts scores by hundreds of points. Or the fact that stereotype threat may keep minorities
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by diamondcutter 11y ago
Hm. So would you be okay with admitting someone who had grown up with less money and scored less high on math tests because he hadn't had access to the best teachers?
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by diamondcutter 11y ago
Yeah, I don't think such a system would be at all ideal. For one thing, I think kids' essays actually are quite useful in getting a sense of what they care about (not clear what "psychological testing" could replace that
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Did I Get into MIT Because I Was a Girl?(obsessionwithregression.blogspot.com)
6 points by diamondcutter 11y ago|20 comments
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What Playing Age of Empires Taught Me About Programming(obsessionwithregression.blogspot.com)
1 points by diamondcutter 11y ago|0 comments
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Twitter data show that a few powerful users can control the conversation(qz.com)
1 points by diamondcutter 11y ago|0 comments
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Whether You're Crazy Depends on Whether You're Female(obsessionwithregression.blogspot.com)
2 points by diamondcutter 11y ago|0 comments
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I Examined My Relationship by Analyzing My Inbox(theatlantic.com)
2 points by diamondcutter 12y ago|0 comments
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What Fifty Shades of Grey Tells Us About Gender Bias at the Oscars(qz.com)
2 points by diamondcutter 12y ago|0 comments