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by grraaaaahhh 7y ago
>These same people who distrust the average american and institutions, according to the chart, are more likely to trust politicians and business leaders. Literally the two fields that are known to produce lying, self serving assholes (I
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by grraaaaahhh 8y ago
Yes, but there is some level of meta-knowledge that you're eliminating. She sees there are 8 statues. She knows that you see either 10 or 12. She knows that you know that she sees either 8 or 6. She knows that you know that she knows t
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by grraaaaahhh 9y ago
Most of the article reminded me of this: https://xkcd.com/1227/
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by grraaaaahhh 9y ago
Fallacy fallacy? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument_from_fallacy
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by grraaaaahhh 9y ago
I would guess that the answer is that not all anti-racists know all the code-words. Thug, urban, inner-city and so on are all known because they're the most used. To contrast, I used to have a couple of friends who would use the term &
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by grraaaaahhh 9y ago
According to this report ( https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51846 ) the average wealth for the top 10% in 2013 was ~$4 Million. Spread equally around everyone that represents a ~25% increase for families in the 50-90th pe
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by grraaaaahhh 10y ago
I took a very different interpretation from that quote. I don't think the point of the story is that once she understood Heptapod B she started actually seeing the future, but that her perception of her memories and experiences changed
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by grraaaaahhh 10y ago
That sounds like a great way to waste years of your life.
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by grraaaaahhh 11y ago
What's stopping us from applying this math to other things? Like, every baby at the 1 minute mark of their life. Shouldn't that mean that ~10% of all babies born dies within a minute and a half? We can take this to extremes. At th