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by gph 10y ago
Source? I'd be interested in reading about that.
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by gph 10y ago
>I'm certain it is a biological vagary. There should be a better way to treat people that are a certain way because of biology and not choice But that brings up the entire question of how much anyone truly has a conscious choice in
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by gph 10y ago
It isn't. I'm saying under all circumstances the house is less safe for the child based on my assessment of the parents actions. If you were to ask me to rate the risk to a child in their house given only the information that the
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by gph 10y ago
"Additionally team and corporate culture are valueless, so retaining these things is unimportant." Honestly I've never felt all that connected to any of the forced attempts to create a corporate or team culture where I'v
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by gph 10y ago
Yes I agree with this, from what I understand about the study it wasn't just the parents willingness to leave a young child unsupervised, but also what the parents then went and did while leaving the child unsupervised. I.E. I bet the
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by gph 10y ago
I never contended that we should harass the parents in question. I'm against litagating parenting. Everyone in this thread is really twisting my words to their own perceptions. Point I'm making is directed at the study, which cont
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by gph 10y ago
Yes, but the parent's intent is indicative of their general lifestyle and choices. The point I'm trying to make is that our moral judgements of that intent, while likely being well overinflated, does give us reason to believe that
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by gph 10y ago
But from what I understand the basis of the research is that it's wrong for us to use morals when judging perceived risk to a child. They base this on the fact that there's x% chance that a certain risk will happen to any child. B
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by gph 10y ago
That's not zero supervision IMO. The parent is easily within range of the child, and most likely checks up on them from time to time. Edit: I think a lot of people in this thread are getting the idea that I'm advocating parents ne
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by gph 10y ago
So you think a child being left alone in the home of a drug-addicted negligent parent will have the equivalent risk of a child of an otherwise caring parent who accidentally left them at home alone? I'm not saying the reason itself cha
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by gph 10y ago
No, not at all what I'm saying. My point is that the parent who is accidentally negligent most likely is providing their child with a safer environment than the parents who intentionally leave their child alone. BTW have you even had a
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by gph 10y ago
Did you read the article about the two-year old? The context is that they left him for over an hour and a neighbor found him wandering around outside. I don't know how much context was put into the actual study, and I agree that we mak
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by gph 10y ago
I understand the overall thrust of this article, but I somewhat disagree with the suggestion that my judgement of morality should have no impact on my judgement of the risk to a child. For instance a parent that would leave a 2-year old alo
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by gph 10y ago
The article does raise an interesting point in that most people don't necessarily see food as an inalienable right that people shouldn't need to pay for. But to counter that point our government has set up a system of farm subsidi
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by gph 10y ago
I know what you mean, though I wouldn't put it exactly like that. I can feel lonely when I've been by myself for a long time, but being around friends/family doesn't always seem to solve the problem for me. I guess it&#x
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by gph 10y ago
I think at the end of life people reflect more on themselves and their own personal beliefs on how the world works. But when we are living in the thick of it we live much more within each other and the greater whole of society because we ha
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by gph 10y ago
Thank you. I think a lot of people believe the system is intentionally racist, but if there was a sudden large influx of applications from Australia those folks would face the same issues as Indians and Chinese do right now.
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by gph 10y ago
I don't know, the markets all across the EU are taking a big hit out of uncertainty. I'm sure there will be some spiteful negotiations over certain things, but I'm guessing all sides will want to stabilize their economies as
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by gph 10y ago
If Apple knew it was a frivolous lawsuit that it barely needs to defend itself against, then it probably wouldn't put any money into the fund and just defend itself with half of whatever you put into the fund. Maybe I'm reading th
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by gph 10y ago
Heck even just reading the title should clue you in to the fact that we aren't discussing US litigation. Some people...
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by gph 10y ago
There are pneumonia vaccines[1], but they mostly cover the main bacterial strains that cause it. A lot of diseases like pneumonia can be caused by multiple strains of bacteria. It's hard to vaccinate against all of them. [1] http:&#x2F
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by gph 10y ago
I don't think Thiel is being unethical and I think the decision in this case was valid. That said I do in general have a problem with all this. I mean what does it say about our justice system when a millionaire needs a billionaire
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by gph 10y ago
Is there an example where that would make sense? Not trying to be a jerk, just can't think of one. Whenever I've heard the phrase it's basically meant "Doesn't care at all", a.k.a couldn't care less. The e
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by gph 10y ago
But you do have a choice. It's just that the choices and your decision are deterministic.
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by gph 10y ago
Yea we figured it out... after numerous wars and cultural revolutions. The point is to hopefully avoid those kinds of things when transitioning into the information age. Besides we still haven't really figured out post-industrial revol
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by gph 10y ago
>The evidence supporting this hypothesis was nonexistent The rational evidence was nonexistent. I don't think this theory is necessarily built on the idea that humans evaluate evidence rationally.
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by gph 11y ago
You're really stretching the definition of paternalism with that one.
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by gph 11y ago
Yea it's hard to keep track. I know some communities remove any posted personal info even if it's readily available with a simple google search. Seems silly to me, but I guess it makes sense to have a zero tolerance policy with so
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by gph 11y ago
Is it really doxing if he said his neighbors address and put up a picture of his house? Doesn't seem like he's exactly trying to hide which house he's in.
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by gph 11y ago
Well if he's at 49 Warren rd, then it's 389k[1]. Pretty surprising they can afford that on a teacher salary and freelance writing, but what do I know of their finances. [1] http://www.zillow.com/homes/49-warren

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