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by westwing 6y ago
Even if the risk were greater, it would be unreasonable to assume that the age group of 15-25, which is most likely to die from risky behavior, could easily be convinced to change said behavior.
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by westwing 6y ago
Of course, the perceived risk is quite different from the statistical risk. Currently, about one in 4000 Scots is hospitalized, which says that approximately only one in 40 Scots directly knows someone hospitalized with COVID, assuming they
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by westwing 6y ago
"Coronavirus in Scotland: People are taking risks because vaccine is close, says John Swinney" This reminds me of the speculative rationalizations that are given after-the-fact whenever the stock market rises or falls. So let me
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by westwing 6y ago
That fails to account for the fact that many bullying victims aren't physically weak and that bullying can also be entirely void of physical aspects. What makes you so certain about it? Is this not simply what you would like to belie
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by westwing 6y ago
I'm not talking about complex societies, but about the kind of small tribes that we evolved in, where such information is local. School classes resemble such tribes. If bullying was simply dominating behavior, it should be generally
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by westwing 6y ago
I'm concerned about the safety of mRNA vaccines, but I'm not at all knowledgeable on the topic. What are the assessments of the HN crowd?
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by westwing 6y ago
Here's a theory on why nerds get bullied: Bullies instinctively realize that there's an unusually smart person in their tribe who is wasting their gift on fruitless endeavors, thus reducing the survival chances of the tribe. Of co
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by westwing 6y ago
> ...whereas "independently certified" refers to a less formal declaration of the results by a third party other than the candidates and their proxies or government administrators such as election observers or independent media
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by westwing 6y ago
Consider that HN is a tool to measure how dissenting your views actually are with the crowd that you are interacting with. This is useful in a time where taking some stance can cost you your job or career, even years down the line. Howeve
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by westwing 6y ago
This isn't specifically about Trump, but about the political tactic of accusing the opponent of "enabling extremists". Both sides are using it. Let's focus on the falsifiability: What would a candidate have to do in orde
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by westwing 6y ago
> Genuinely interested when/where Trump disavowed right wing extremists. https://www.factcheck.org/2020/02/trump-has-condemned-white-... https://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2020-54381
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by westwing 6y ago
It's more complicated than that. If economics of scale applied to music pricing, why do records cost all more or less the same? A small act can't support itself from licensing fees alone either way, it would make sense to settle f
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by westwing 6y ago
The algorithm isn't dumb at all. Lady Gaga is relatively more valuable for the platform, so she can ask for a bigger slice of the pie. If all you wanted was a streaming platform that didn't have all these major artists on it, it c
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by westwing 6y ago
There are extremists on the left, Biden disavowed them publicly. There are extremists on the right, Trump disavowed them publicly. Nevertheless, media commentators on either side try to portrait these candidates as if they supported, or at