sheepmullet

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by sheepmullet 8y ago
> Because of the lack of a voter fraud problem, the disparate impact is clearly the main objective of the laws Or they don’t believe your estimates of low levels of voter fraud.
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> namely, casting doubt on the veracity of scientific beliefs by painting them in the guise of religion. You think he is commenting on the scientific method but he is really commenting on human nature. People really are treating Science
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> With Religion, there is nothing you can do to understand it. I don’t think that’s true - I think an atheist can gain a lot of understanding about human nature by reading religious works. > you cannot do anything to investigate the v
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> Almost every major advancement our species has made has been because someone had a theory, figured out a way to test it, and came to a conclusion with some degree of confidence that they were then able to act upon and share with others
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> If you start to follow people around in public space while yelling at them loudly or threatening them Sure they do - I don’t like it but it happens all the time. Think of all the protestors who show up on campus whenever a conservative
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> a) it is transitory and people won't tend to remember it and harangue you about it years later I think this is a feature and not a bug. I don’t want to see a carefully curated representation of the past. There are plenty of other
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> Even in the outside world, the expectation is that you won't be dealing with assholes every minute of your life when you participate somewhere. It depends on how you define assholes - there are people who disagree with you everywh
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If you don’t want to start a public conversation that might include viewpoints you don’t agree with then go onto a platform like Facebook that allows you to carefully curate your image and social circles.
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by sheepmullet 8y ago
> Is that ability so bad? In real life, people can refuse to socialize with you too It depends on what you think Twitter is for. I think it’s the equivalent of the public town square. In that context I don’t think it’s appropriate. If yo
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> than the higher level employee simply because there are fewer roles total at the higher level. Maybe at the very top - not for the majority of cases though. > It doesn’t send a message that abuse is unacceptable or will meet with me
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> to quiet complaints Uh no - to protect their employees from abuse. > despite the legal prohibition on retaliation. Why is it retaliation to seperate the accused and accuser? In fact if you don’t seperate them you are opening yoursel
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> just ask the Catholic Church If priests had been moved around for simply leering at a woman or making a suggestive sexual comment I don’t think there would have been any outrage. I hope you don’t think I’m suggesting a company should c
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> This addresses only the tiniest subset of issues, and mostly the ones toward the consensual end of the spectrum. Not at all - in practice it removes ambiguity which is where most of the issues stem. > this almost inevitably punishes
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> what alternatives would you suggest There are many well tested solutions but they all carry different trade offs. E.g. - Have a zero tolerance policy on relationships between colleagues. This works well in smaller to mid-size companies
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> So you think all claims should be dismissed as false Why would you think that? I think the majority of claims need to go into the “not really sure” bucket where they belong. Acknowledging this basic truth does not mean you have to then
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> Perhaps they are mistaken, but they seem to believe that there are real downsides to filing even true harassment claims Why can’t both be true? For what you are implying to make any sense you have to assume some sort of equivalence: 1)
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> Even if you believe that, why shouldn’t there be a process to investigate the claims? Because it quickly becomes a witch-hunt. It is hard enough to have a fair investigation within a proper court system and legal framework - it’s far m
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> you infact can and should assume it's authenticity. Why should you?
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> overemphasis on diversity and inclusion. Perhaps Google is overcompensating for allowing sexual harassment.
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> The accusation here was about intentional behaviour, which would actually be criminal. Is that the accusation? My understanding is the parent was trying to say that incentives can bias a professionals decision making.
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> but upon closer examination it falls apart as quite simply an irrational fear Yet you didn’t actually explain where it falls apart. Valid malpractice claims are reasonably common in other much more measurable types of medicine. It’s of
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> If you pay a programmer, you have to worry that they have a conflict of interest. If they finish the job, you won't need them anymore. Yes - this is a real problem especially if you don’t have the expertise to know how long a task
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> Bad software is written, but we can produce good software. Great example! How do we make our political system more robust like software dev? Even good software developers make plenty of mistakes and the system overall manages to keep t
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> Public intoxication is a misdemeanor similar to crossing the border illegally. I’d argue trying to illegally immigrate to the US is a serious crime and public intoxication is not.
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> As far as losing our national identity, I don't buy that either. Well there is an easy compromise - for the first two generations immigrants have their vote automatically assigned to the most right wing candidate. Then the right w
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> The trustworthiness of information and politicians varies greatly. Yes it does - and we are hopeless at determining who is trustworthy and who isn’t. For example I am a well educated, well paid, and politically aware person and I trust
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In theory - in practice though we have had decades of weak borders.
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> but for the vast majority of issues, there is evidence that supports one side more than the other. I’m not so sure that is true. In my experience there is propaganda everywhere and politicians are trying to build a narrative instead of
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> but I just want to know who actually is on the "right" side? What is the “right” side? Trump is quintessentially American and a nationalist. Is that good? I guess it depends on who you are and what you want.
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> Because revealing that gets the majority of people who aren't straight white males united in opposition against it Why would that be the case? What would hold all of these very different groups together? The obvious outcome is a b

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