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by wfo 11y ago
On the other hand, here we get special insight into the attitude/understanding of statistics common in university psychology programs, and hence a particularly damning look into the field itself. This is how the research works; you com
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by wfo 11y ago
I've seen this very often here when the topic of regulation comes up. Some think that any regulation of any kind is literally evil and exists for no reason other than to get in the way of "innovation". They demand to repeal t
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by wfo 11y ago
I think the article dances around what people really mean when they say "you can't prove a negative". The writer touches on it but somehow skirts the real issue. When we say "you can't prove a negative" you&#x2
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by wfo 11y ago
You're right the argument is less strong for a non-natural monopoly, but Microsoft, say, when they had a monopoly, held back computing by years and we're still seeing the aftereffects of their monopoly; it has warped an entire ind
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by wfo 11y ago
Private monopolies are in some theoretical circumstances unproblematic because according to extremist free-market ideologues they are destroyed by more effective competitors. In reality they are broken up by governments, regulated into the
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by wfo 11y ago
Because it is unfair -- we require companies to treat their workers like human beings and ban certain forms of exploitation, abuse, etc. Facing reality and accepting that if workers can be abused, they will be abused so we might as well be
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by wfo 11y ago
Governments have expanded in order to better serve private wealthy interests. They have expanded in response to individuals pushing for "what's good for me" and ignoring "what's good for the public/country&quot
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by wfo 11y ago
Of course it did -- public transportation, the alternative to mass widespread use of taxis/private cabs most certainly dies in most of the US because of a lack of funding. And you're right I left that dystopian comment vague -- le
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The USTR is essentially an official corporate proxy and having government officials act as a go-between, asking corporate representatives what they want and then trying to get it for them is an insignificant technicality -- if a crime is co
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by wfo 11y ago
You Tube is not a general purpose computing machine. Look up "turing complete" to get a sense for what the argument is about.
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Of course it's pertinent. It tells the whole story. The TPP is being negotiated exclusively by the hyper-wealthy private capitalist elite who have no connection or concern for the well-being of the vast majority of citizens. These peop
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by wfo 11y ago
I think the general point to take away from notions like this is that many of these very profitable opportunities (Uber, airbnb, instacart, even private MOOC to replace education) are all responses to public infrastructure failures as our v
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by wfo 11y ago
Simply naming a logical fallacy isn't an argument. And in fact I claimed it would be fair to suggest humanity believes in souls, I didn't make the claim. Rather, I suggested it is far more reasonable (though not a fact -- "hu
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by wfo 11y ago
This is purely an unsubstantiated insult devoid of content please follow the HN guidelines.
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The post was so incendiary/insulting my natural inclination to strike back in kind got the better of me but I recognize fighting fire with fire does not make for a good community so I'm sorry about that and will watch it.
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The poster you're responding to is trying to show you that your "argument" is nonsensical mindless garbage and has no basis in rational thought. And being very polite about it to boot.
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I think the name means something, data science to me means you're more focused on the tools and less on the theory. And that a VERY dangerous attitude to take in statistics. It's really, really easy to apply tools and get a model
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You don't speak for humanity. Believe in souls or not most people do and we need to understand that when we use abstract words like 'humanity believes in x'.
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Actions are very, very different from beliefs when we anthropomorphize an abstract notion of a race of people. Humanity is a logical 'or' of all its actions. Beliefs, the operation is much more complicated.
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The vast majority of humans still believe there is a soul so I think it's fair to say Humanity still thinks so.
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Because many people think of college as the path you go along to develop a career, become educated, become a part of an informed and thoughtful society, (because that is what it used to be and should still be) not a job training for the gen
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by wfo 11y ago
The constitution was written primarily as philosophy, not politics. It has some new principles but ignoring it is nothing new. The founding fathers wrote it and then immediately threw it in the garbage (and not just technical rules, the pri
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It strikes me as kind of silly the way he tries to separate the mathematics (i.e. what he calls simple calculations) from the physical intuition; all mathematics beyond say sophomore year in college is very intuitive but at an abstract leve
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It appears they might have had a lot of obnoxious aggressive sales spam BS on twitter and they've pretty much learned to ignore twitter; I wouldn't blame any company or person for essentially ignoring it, it's a silly format
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"Good lawyers who only take on cases they can win" doesn't exclude corruption. They are very talented and they know how to win in court; all you've claimed is that they are powerful, not that they are not corrupt, and in
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Anyone in law enforcement is in the business of destroying lives. They don't protect people (you can't really, in a free society), they punish people after the fact in an attempt to reduce antisocial/immoral/"impure
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You're really conflating minor financial losses with mass murder and actual violence? Or is this a 'whoosh' moment and did I just miss the sarcasm? Please let that be the case.
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The 'you projected your hope onto him' suggestion is popular but doesn't really hold water. He explicitly said things that he did a 180 on. Many of them. For some I'm sure they projected hope on him, but many others who
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A terrifying article about how corporate profit motive is exerting its power to destroy national sovereignty and public health concerns across the globe; what would ten years ago have sounded like the ramblings of a homeless liberal conspir
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The anti-police sentiment is certainly fact-based. The apologists claiming "it's really not that bad" because they desperately wish it to not be that bad aren't really fact-driven, they are illusory-comfort-from-a-place-

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