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by octonion 6y ago
Who exactly is this person and what are her credentials?
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by octonion 6y ago
This is also true under much weaker assumptions. Here's a simple example calculation. Say 50% of a population has R0=1.5, 50% has R0=2.5; the average R0 is 2. Then the required herd immunity is (2-1/1.5-1/2.5)/2=0.47, be
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by octonion 6y ago
That's a dangerous lie.
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by octonion 7y ago
The US is literally doing the exact same thing right now.
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by octonion 7y ago
Arguing that there's more money in doing real climate science vs fossil fuels is insanity.
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by octonion 7y ago
Scientists have no obligation to debate cranks.
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by octonion 7y ago
Populists win elections by scapegoating groups like Jews, socialists, intellectuals, Muslims, blacks or immigrants (depending on which year it is).
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by octonion 7y ago
Improving society is "wacko"?
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by octonion 7y ago
And what, exactly, were they expecting to receive?
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by octonion 7y ago
I have a similar repository with about 150 different languages & combinations. It's a fantastic exercise! https://github.com/octonion/recursion
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by octonion 7y ago
The First Amendment is about government suppression of speech. Furthermore, deliberate lies are (legally) not legitimate speech.
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by octonion 7y ago
Are political propaganda and deliberate lies the type of speech the Founding Fathers were trying to protect?
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by octonion 7y ago
They're overwhelmingly white, and the lie is pretending otherwise.
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Gambling to Optimize Expected Median Bankroll(angrystatistician.blogspot.com)
1 points by octonion 7y ago|0 comments
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by octonion 7y ago
"whiteopinions", really?
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by octonion 7y ago
Swift arrays are the only programming language arrays that have ever baffled me. I still have no idea how to manually reconstruct them given the array struct.
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by octonion 7y ago
The same (racist) fallacies committed yet again. Consider how you're determining the number of violent crimes committed by race, as well as how different people are charged for the same offense depending on race.
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by octonion 7y ago
Nike is doing better than ever, and it's silly to even suggest that wearing the best-selling brand of athletic shoes would be an issue anywhere in the US.
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by octonion 7y ago
All societies have governments, even if it's as simple as a tribal leader or elder.
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by octonion 7y ago
It's a benefit of being a member of a wealthy society, as are other non-free things like public education, libraries and clean water. Societies strive to benefit citizens more over time, not less. That's how societies work, and ea
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by octonion 7y ago
It's relevant as it illustrates lying has become normalized and unpunished at the highest levels.
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by octonion 8y ago
Do you actually know what payday lending is and what the lending rates are like? They're designed to trap people in an endless cycle of high-interest debtorship.
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by octonion 8y ago
Meanwhile, the US has worse and far more expensive healthcare than all of those "socialist" European and Asian countries. But don't let the facts get in the way of your opinions.
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by octonion 8y ago
I have nearly everyone in that Twitter thread blocked and labeled as political propaganda trolls. I suggest you be more critical of your information sources.
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by octonion 8y ago
Over the last 20 years alone the measles vaccine has saved over 20 million lives, and that's just a single vaccine. And herd immunity is a critical part of the success.
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by octonion 8y ago
It should be noted your opinion is contrary to every survey covering this topic I've ever seen.
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by octonion 8y ago
What is your source for that claim?
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by octonion 8y ago
R&D for insulin?
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by octonion 8y ago
We shouldn't care what economists think, only what they can prove. Evidence-based policy is what is needed.
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Is Tokyo Right About How to Use Escalators?(github.com)
4 points by octonion 8y ago|0 comments

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