rstevenson542

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by rstevenson542 14y ago
What about the millions of prescription drug users around the world (and especially in the US). The division between illicit and "legal" drugs is comical, the addiction and use of prescription opiates and "illegal" opiates is essentially th
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by rstevenson542 14y ago
Like you said, promoting legalization would be political suicide. Obama, Clinton, and Bush have all admitted drug use, yet all three have taken an extremely tough stance on drugs to protect their public image. The US governments foreign pol
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by rstevenson542 14y ago
Our government is too bloated and inept to adopt educational reform that makes that much sense.
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by rstevenson542 14y ago
1871 is probably the best co-working space I have ever seen. There are many great Chicago startups that share office space in their office down at Merchandise Mart. They offer many different entrepreneurship courses as well. Code Academy is
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by rstevenson542 14y ago
The SAT was created in 1928 with the intentions of measuring a student's aptitude. meaning that the test measured an innate ability, rather than knowledge acquired through schooling. Today, the test administered by the College Board is stil
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by rstevenson542 14y ago
The conclusion that "Smart People are Stupid" is wholly inaccurate. My point was that there is no test that can accurately measure intelligence. As we know, intelligence is often intangible and abstract. Wikipedia's Definition of intelligen
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by rstevenson542 14y ago
My point was that intelligence isn't easily defined. And that using the SATs as a measure of intelligence is absolutely ridiculous. The title "Why Smart People are Stupid" is misleading. The title "Why Good Standardized Test Takers are Stu
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by rstevenson542 14y ago
The human brain has enormous capacity to develop in a wide variety of areas. Most of these areas are not measured in tests like the IQ tests. IQ tests mainly measure those brain functions we find beneficial in modern western society. IQ tes
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by rstevenson542 14y ago
It is ridiculous to suppose that one's score on a multiple choice test is an accurate measure of innate ability or real-world intelligence. The SAT, ACT, IQ tests, and all standardized test like them are socially constructed concepts that A
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by rstevenson542 14y ago
I really like the logic this author used to counter the college graduate earning statistics. From a financial standpoint, this is brilliant: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/james-altucher/dont-send-your-...
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by rstevenson542 14y ago
Exactly... Facebook's IPO didn't fail because Zuckerberg wore a hoodie. Facebook's IPO failed because the company was grossly overvalued. $42/share, really? I can't stand academics, his opinions are so misguided and narrow minded. I wanted
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by rstevenson542 14y ago
Facebook would not EXIST if Zuckerberg would have spent 6 more years in the draining rat trap that is academia. He wouldn't have been able to move to the valley, get funded by Thiel, and receive REAL WORLD business experience. Its ironic th