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by greygoo222 1y ago
It's completely sensible for most people to believe they are above average drivers, and all be correct. This is because there isn't a single objective measurement for "good at driving." Imagine that 50% of people are cau
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by greygoo222 1y ago
Raising counter-examples shouldn't mean throwing shit at the wall to see what sticks, and the author's point could easily have been made without repeating an extraordinary claim he fails to provide evidence for. If The Body Keeps
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by greygoo222 1y ago
What is the definition of trauma, and what is the evidence that most people don't overcome it on their own?
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by greygoo222 1y ago
> It's simply important to recognize that trauma means you're probably not going to get better on your own, and you should find help. There is no evidence for this, and it is exactly the harmful mindset being criticized. Develo
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by greygoo222 1y ago
The Body Keeps the Score is bullshit, but this Substack is even more bullshit. The author criticizes Bessel van der Kolk for failing to prove causation, and then writes this gibberish: "In the textbook Evolutionary Psychology, the auth
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by greygoo222 1y ago
This sounds like a No True Scotsman. What's the evidence that "real" Montessori does work well for children of all academic levels, when placed in the same class?
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by greygoo222 1y ago
Childhood intelligence is not exactly the same thing as the skills that allow you to immigrate, but it is highly, highly correlated. You can't just say "merit isn't a singular quality", you have to prove that the effect
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by greygoo222 1y ago
China's fertility rate, even assuming it does not improve, won't cause problems for several decades. https://www.noahpinion.blog/p/can-anything-knock-china-off-i...
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by greygoo222 1y ago
> One of the single largest determiners of schooling success is the number of books at home. This "effect" is the textbook example of correlation != causation. By which I mean, it was literally in my AP Psych textbook in high s
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by greygoo222 1y ago
If you read the article, you'll know that the affluent kids never saw a decrease in performance begin with. The top 10% performed just as well as always.
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by greygoo222 1y ago
I went to a Montessori kindergarten and I still got sent to a psychologist for acting out because I wasn't challenged enough. What I needed was a more rigorous curriculum and peers that were on the same level.
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by greygoo222 1y ago
Affluent Black or Asian immigrants are typically high-skilled immigrants, a program that, by definition, screens for merit. Merit is heritable.
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by greygoo222 1y ago
I preferred to read instead of doing "normal children things" in kindergarten. I acted out so much my teacher forced me to see a psychologist. When I was placed in an appropriately challenging environment, I did much better.
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by greygoo222 1y ago
Please make sure your kid gets the enrichment he needs! Many people here would be happy to recommend resources.
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by greygoo222 1y ago
Why does it matter if it's innate talent or not? The point is to identify which kids will benefit from accelerated education.
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by greygoo222 1y ago
Symptoms and side effects can vary a lot between people, you could've gotten unlucky. > Who is more negatively affected by this behavior: your employer or you? I like my job. I think I am making the world a better place, and I wou
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by greygoo222 1y ago
Treated for others' benefit? Your opinion has to be in the extreme minority here, at least for ADHD. ADHD is hell. Can't sleep and eat properly, can't focus on your work and hobbies, can't maintain your relationships, co
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by greygoo222 1y ago
You can live your life how you want. What the rest of us eat isn't your business.
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by greygoo222 1y ago
Titanium dioxide is naturally occurring.
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by greygoo222 1y ago
Using the term "birthing person" in a particular document != banning the term "mother" How is this even relevant?
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by greygoo222 1y ago
People stated they supported the policy after reading a full description of the policy. If you don't trust the paper (whose researchers are anti-euthanasia), the Canadian government found the same results. https://research
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by greygoo222 1y ago
Do you think reading in Starbucks doesn't count as reading?
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by greygoo222 1y ago
Hippocrates didn't actually write the Hippocratic Oath, which, if this matters to you, also forbids abortion.
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by greygoo222 1y ago
73% of Canadians support MAID https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38910003/ 71% of Americans believe doctors should be "allowed by law to end the patient’s life by some painless means if the patient and his or her fam