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by simplestats 5y ago
In some fields of engineering PE is pretty nonexistent. Some people come from other degrees (like math, physics) and call themselves engineer without difficulty. But engineering fields require a much more narrow and deep set of skills. gene
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by simplestats 5y ago
I think every school, has its "smart kids" who define their identities by their academic achievement, and who seek to ace every test. It's their way of standing out and being special so they try extra hard to keep it that way
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by simplestats 5y ago
I'm not sure how much overlap ther is between the people who want meritocracy and the people who agree with your definition of a just and equitable society. Luck and genes are generally considered fair arbiters in a sense, at least whe
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by simplestats 5y ago
Your third source summarizes the common knowledge that has already been stated here: anyone can practice on their own with cheap or free materials to achieve the same benefit of those expensive classes.
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by simplestats 5y ago
What progress is there towards the "hard problem" of consciousness? Even a oversimplified approximation akin to the Rutherford atom? Research in the area is considered fringe anyway, as no one has any hope a researcher will get an
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by simplestats 5y ago
I don't think this line of dismissal necessarily fits. If we ended up having to expand physics to include some new (today seen as mystical) property of the universe, then you are essentially wrong here. With QM (which I doubt is relate
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by simplestats 5y ago
But they leave a company somewhere else so don't affect the average number unless they move from a smaller company.
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by simplestats 5y ago
But between you and the previous renter it may have been driven by an employee or transported across the country by truck, or just damaged in the lot by the person renting the car next to it five minutes earlier. I found the walkaround off-
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by simplestats 5y ago
The flip side is you can choose to extend your rental without giving them any advance notice. And you can cancel your reservation without penalty (at least before these new pay-in-advance deals). Hence they are never quite certiain they wil
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by simplestats 5y ago
Oh no, future generations will curse our barbarity for doing the experiments (from the comfort of their greatly-extended lifespans).
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by simplestats 5y ago
> Globally, given an at-least-middle-class lifestyle (and any other years than 2020–2021), "not travelling outside [your home country]" is actually rather abnormal. It's mostly an American thing. Japanese people don't