joshvf

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   by joshvf 19y ago

   I'm taking this as a very good sign. Seems for a while now that U.S. culture has gone heavily in the direction of anti-intellectualism. It would be nice for a swing in the other direction.
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   by joshvf 19y ago

   The point is that stereotypes are almost always spurious on account of being greatly oversimplified. There's a big difference between applying proper statistics to a situation and applying a stereotype.
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   James Randi anecdote on Feynman(fotuva.org)

   3 points by joshvf 19y ago|0 comments