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by smhost 7y ago
i thought limited liabilites are a recent invention associated with neoliberalization of the 80s.
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by smhost 7y ago
is that inherent? i haven't read Capital, but this doesn't seem so much of an inherent problem with capitalism than it seems like a very dumb implementation liability protection.
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by smhost 7y ago
> In our analyses, we examine how crime under-reporting may bias the results. We employ precinct fixed-effects to address time-invariant sources of under-reporting, such as communities’ varying histories of police distrust. We then model
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by smhost 7y ago
drone strikes on people based on heuristics over metadata was the kind of logic that was operating at the highest levels of the intelligence apperatus, and not even congresspeople assigned to intel committees were aware of it. people should
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by smhost 7y ago
nobody knows whether mathematics really exists "out there", independent of human minds, which is what you're talking about. people are generally more interested in how mathematics appears to humans. the basic tools and method
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by smhost 8y ago
do you think marketing executives are fascists because they use propaganda to mislead others into doing what they want? do you think the US and ROK are fascists for sending counter-propaganda into DPRK and blasting kpop across the border? w
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by smhost 8y ago
i called them "useful idiots" because that's what they are. if that term offends you, i can use a different one, but you'll have to provide it because i don't know of any synonyms.
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by smhost 8y ago
Stop spreading misinformation. Maajid didn't win.
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by smhost 8y ago
what do you mean? those are all valid questions.
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by smhost 8y ago
of course it makes sense, just not from your perspective. from the perspective of the APA, it's on you to explain how these definitionally aggressive and violent behaviors that have obvious and immediate measurable negative consequence
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by smhost 8y ago
you seem to want to move to a genderless language similar to the example you gave ("classless society"). i'm skeptical that that will work either, since there is really no precedent for that kind of postmodern language existi
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by smhost 8y ago
you might think that, but it's really the other way around. you have to provide (very rigorous and thorough) evidence that toxic masculinity is harmless.
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by smhost 8y ago
yes, paternalistic discipline and punish structures are also problematic.
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by smhost 8y ago
it's not "the other extreme." it's just a more objective view. it's just true that traditional masculine norms leads to circumstances where: > boys are disproportionately represented among schoolchildren wi
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by smhost 8y ago
if you're truly worried that language has the power to reproduce past injustices, you should be trying to part with the language of the oppressor, not the language of the oppressed
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by smhost 8y ago
the APA isn't "arguing that it's ok to discriminate against or insult people because of what different people in the past have done" it's trying to rectify e.g. the fact that psychological norms were previously base
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by smhost 8y ago
the point is that our history is gendered. i mean, the history of western thought is almost entirely white and male. if i want to take politics seriously, i immediately come into contact with the patriarchy because we all live in the shadow
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by smhost 8y ago
the formula for small "c" conservative language-policing among post-critical folk seems to be: 1) identify a criticism of some traditional power structure (masculinity) 2) hijack the critical language and turn it on itself into a
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by smhost 8y ago
that seems like a bit of a non sequitur, because monoliths can be constructed. like how game companies create prestige among a disorganized community by sponsoring official tournaments, for example. and you don't necessarily need to de
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by smhost 8y ago
by "the universities", i meant the rituals and ceremonies performed by academics in general. isn't prestige really just a social construct? the universities literally contain all the individual high-status academics, the priv
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by smhost 8y ago
> Some, however, expressed concern about the impact on junior faculty members, who must publish to advance their careers. Elsevier’s journals signal prestige in the academic job market. > many existing journals have an established bra
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by smhost 8y ago
> 2016 would've turned out very different if facebook was really suppressing conservative content at the scale this film is talking about. I don't know why you feel the need to equivocate. Cambridge Analytica had direct ties to
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by smhost 8y ago
agreed. 100 companies are responsible for 70% of global emissions, and you're punishing the people? come on, that's not right.
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by smhost 8y ago
that's not true. since i believe that meaning is external, the correct thing for me to do is either continue to try to convince you, or kill you both if you don't compromise a meaningful way forward.
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by smhost 8y ago
you're complaining about how i'm not understanding your beliefs in exactly the way that you want to be interpreted, so the only recourse you have is to turn away and act as if my interpretations ultimately don't matter, which
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by smhost 8y ago
you're making a domain error when you conflate the forces of physical chemistry during first mitosis with higher level cognitive phenomenon of self-perception and identity. i hope you recognize that. and you're entirely wrong abou
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by smhost 8y ago
i ultimately agree with your politics, but i don't think it's a matter of simply deciding to be somehow self-contained. you can decide to give yourself whatever meaning you want about yourself, but so long as society doesn't
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by smhost 8y ago
That comes later. Our world would be nothing but confusion and trauma if we all came into the world as aware as we are now.
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by smhost 8y ago
the day/night button on the bottom right is genius satire
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by smhost 8y ago
the declaration of independence has no legal authority. that's just a tactic politicians use to make their voters feel safe about their rights being violated.

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