themetrician

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by themetrician 11y ago
Thanks for bringing Dummont up. All the Wright Brothers built was a glider that could fall from a pillar. Dummont created the first motorized airplane, which is a look more like a real airplane than an ultra-light that can't launch its
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by themetrician 11y ago
> For that matter, something can taste fragrant (eg rose lemonade). Or any whisky younger than 12 years whose name starts with "Glen".
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by themetrician 11y ago
In your "conspiracy theory", who is Amazon conspiring with? Themselves? Do you know what "conspiracy" means? Do you think a "conspiracy" can be achieved by fewer than two different parties?
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by themetrician 11y ago
> I try very hard, everyday, to practice my pronunciation, and I still fail. You're missing some realization. Get a pronunciation trainer to help you. Anyone can overcome their accents - actors do it all the time. The tongue is a mu
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by themetrician 11y ago
It doesn't really matter that eyewitness testimony is unreliable, seeing as the vast majority of people will believe a witness' testimony over contradicting evidence. Look up Dario Gabbai and what he says the color of cyanide-pois
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by themetrician 11y ago
Cash has existed for a lot longer time than cash-with-a-serial-number.
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by themetrician 11y ago
I'm the next person and to me you don't seem such a big fan of freedom as I am. The reason I am for anonymous money is that it is of no one else's business what I do with my money. It's really that simple. EDIT: David
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by themetrician 11y ago
The reliability of Psychology throughout the 20th century is covered in depth in the book The Culture of Critique, where the exact persons responsible for fostering in Psychology an anti-Science environment are discussed.
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by themetrician 11y ago
I knew a guy that grew his own opium to manage his pain. He went to work every day, was never late, did his job, was good to his family. He managed his doses well. Was he addicted? What do you mean exactly when you say "the actual subs
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by themetrician 11y ago
The majority of citizens in a democracy are fooled into thinking they have any influence in their government's decisions: "Multivariate analysis indicates that economic elites and organized groups representing business interests h
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by themetrician 11y ago
In other news: Top 1% singers better than the remaining 99%. Top 1% sprinters better than the remaining 99%. Top 1% producers better than the remaining 99%. Where's the surprise here? It's a variation of Sturgeon's Law. EDIT:
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by themetrician 11y ago
Similar levels of intelligence have been seen even in switched-at-birth twin cases where one twin is raised by one family and another by another. The IQ between the twins was in every case more correlated than the IQ of each twin and their
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by themetrician 11y ago
Yes, it's called a button, many pharmacies have it beside the electric shaver or other expensive items. Just put buttons next to items that call for staff.
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by themetrician 11y ago
What is the name of the IQ test you took? Intelligence really isn't "multi-faceted" (read Gardner's own admission that his theory never panned out) and it isn't ill-understood (refer to the Nature or Nurture intervi