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by skhunted 3y ago
The U.S. military has an unprecedented capacity for destroying organized state power. The fourth largest air force in the world is the U.S. Navy. The U.S. Army has the second most military aircraft amongst military branches of the world.
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by skhunted 3y ago
Looks like I was right that this was an ideological snipe. The others appear to be wrong. Your take, as usual, is badly wrong. You fail to take into account pertinent facts and draw the wrong conclusion. Here’s one pertinent fact: Califo
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Thank you for the clarification. I was asking if this is what was meant. I asked it poorly though.
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I wasn’t sure becuase it seems to me that if the description applies to Democrats and Republicans then just saying Americans would be a better phrasing (given that a large majority of Americans fall into one of these two camps). Singling o
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… blue state Americans are still toxically individualist and anti-social… You’ve got the wrong color unless you think right leaning Americans are even worse than this description. … should give up the delusion that they can build large s
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Obviously I’m aware of this. As stated several times, my original comment refers to the hypothetical situation in which PA could prove its consistency without Godel’s theorems being true/known. One would not be able to conclude anyth
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Then why did you write: To reiterate, teachers college training does not ensure that your child has an education that focuses on fundamentals and yields effective learning outcomes, nor does it ensure that all teachers do well. if you kne
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Yes. I know this. What I'm saying is that even if a consistent system that was strong enough could prove it's consistency then it still wouldn't tell you anything. There are system that can prove their own consistency for
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To reiterate, teachers college training does not ensure that your child has an education that focuses on fundamentals and yields effective learning outcomes, nor does it ensure that all teachers do well. This is obvious and no one is sugg
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I'll clarify. When I say one needs training to be a teacher I'm talking about statistics. I don't mean literally that no person can be good without training. I mean that statistically speaking it is unlikely that a person w
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What is your evidence for this? If it is true that the average teacher of a given subject has no greater understanding/insight/knowledge/intelligence in that subject than the average person then I am wrong in my beliefs on t
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by skhunted 3y ago
It would not. If a system can prove (I know sufficiently rich systems can’t do this but suppose it could) its own consistency you still can't conclude it is consistent. EDIT: I'm working under the hypothetical situation in which
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Some of the best k-12 math initiatives are being run by people with experience teaching math and with training in mathematics. From this you extrapolate that anyone can teach all subjects and levels in K-12? You conclude that no training
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Somehow I think I can do better than that. Dunning-Kruger.
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You clearly have never taught. Your statement is profoundly ignorant.
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College teaching is different than teaching kids. Intellectual maturity comes into play at a certain point. Khan’s explanations and videos have a lot of flaws and are poorly done. At least the math ones that I’ve seen.
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How do you know this? What is the basis of your conclusion? I’ve taught mathematics for 30 years at the college level. I don’t know how a child should be taught an introduction to fractions. I could look it up and get the gist of it. Bu
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What’s interesting to note is that even if a strong system could prove its own consistency then it wouldn’t tell you anything. An inconsistent system can prove its own consistency. So if a system has a proof that it is itself consistent t
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It’s disconcerting that people who have no training on how to teach think they can do it well enough. Those same people generally seek out those with training to do things in other areas of their life. But when it comes to teaching they t
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It is beyond mere flaws. The thing is idiotic and an abomination.
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What does one have to do with the other? It’s possible to have more than one threat.
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Tansnistra (spelling?). Read up on it. Russia is Europe's last traditional colonial power. It's dictator seeks, to the extent possible, to recreate the Russian sphere of influence enjoyed during Soviet times.
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That makes sense. I haven't had people upload assignments for a long time. I'd forgotten that this was a thing.
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For me I grade tests as follows. The stack is created as students turn in the test. I grade the first page in that order. The stack reverses for the second page. So on and so forth. I teach college math. I just cant imagine a system o
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What L? I clarified my meaning because someone interpreted what I wrote in a way that I did not intend. I think it is common to clarify when appropriate.
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As I see it the issue with your integrating example is that area is the correct word for finding “area”. Integrating is not finding the area. The indefinite integral is not about area. The definite integral in dimension 1 has to do with
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Yes, almost everyone gets that. Then you need to explain that x is really 1 x. Then you need to explain that -x is really (-1)x. Everything is great. We all understand. Now simplify (1/2) x + 3x. You’ll lose most people at this s
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I’ve been teaching mathematics for over 30 years at the community college level. Most people at the time of taking a course don’t have a sophisticated enough understanding of math to really appreciate “intuitive explanations” because they
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Moldova, Belarus, Ukraine, Georgia, Chechnya, etc. are examples of Russian aggression. The U.S. is an empire and is neo-colonial. It has done outrageously bad things. Supporting Ukraine is not one of them. Russia is led by an evil man.
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You should reread what I wrote. In particular, how does my last sentence, After banning TikTok people will naturally start to wonder about regulating Facebook and other social media and this would be a good thing. give the impression tha

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