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by yequalsx 10y ago
I think you missed bronson's point.
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by yequalsx 10y ago
It is shared. It's just that everyone has to go through to mental work to truly understand. It takes me a semester to convince my students that 3x+5x=8x and that this is true because of the distributive property. And this is why ax+
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by yequalsx 10y ago
We can explain mathematical intuition. We just can't explain it as quickly or in as interesting way as you seem to want. Here's a simple concept: all polynomials with coefficients in a number system (field) have a solution (possi
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by yequalsx 10y ago
And to me the company seems insincere. I now have a negative association in my brain for the company. Prior there were no negative associations in me with regard to this company. The company does look good with this press release. At le
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by yequalsx 10y ago
It's the "less than 20 people" that rubs me the wrong way. I think something along the lines of feeling bad at having to do this would go over much better and sound sincere. Writing "less than 20 people" makes the
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by yequalsx 10y ago
Clearly you are being deliberately obtuse. It is quite hard to believe you don't understand colloquial speech as it pertains to the phrase "rent seeking". You missed, entirely, the point I made. I can't imagine this i
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by yequalsx 10y ago
The rent is not flowing to myself. Universal education is the way to go. My dad fought in WW2. He got to go to college for free (mostly free) because of the GI Bill. Younger siblings didn't. They were poor. He ended up much bette
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by yequalsx 10y ago
I don't know what PTL is. In my system adjuncts (there are no postdocs) are paid pro-rata wages. That is, on a per credit basis, they are paid the same as me. They also get pro-rata insurance and retirement benefits. I'm sure t
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by yequalsx 10y ago
It depends on your philosophy of morality and what constitutes frivolity. If one considers lowest cost the end all and be all then perhaps my college system is being frivolous. Fortunately there are enough people who do not have such a cr
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by yequalsx 10y ago
I think you have cause/effect backwards. Funding per student decreases because it's easy for politicians to say we increased funding by x% without mentioning that the number of credit hours has increased by (x+y)%. The politicia
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by yequalsx 10y ago
I have a hard time believing this. I teach at a community college in Minnesota. Our state funding per student has been halved in the last 20 years. Salaries are not exorbitant. We went almost 5 years without a pay raise. We aren't
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by yequalsx 10y ago
I've not made any claims of uniformity. I've not suggested such a thing.
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by yequalsx 10y ago
The external benefits are quite clear to me. That they are not clear to you suggests to me that nothing I write or say will change your mind. So what's the point of asking me to list them? Are you merely trying to see if I understan
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by yequalsx 10y ago
If the public benefits of a physics degree exceed those of a women's studies degree then the former should be subsidized but not the latter? What if the former's benefit exceeds the latter's benefit by an epsilon amount? By
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by yequalsx 10y ago
Educatuion is a public good. We all benefit when society is highly educated. The benefits might not be obtained at an individual level. That is, there will be some people whose education does not end up benefitting us all.
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by yequalsx 10y ago
It depends on where you want to start your axioms. We can go the Whitehead/Russell route or just use this as an axiom. We convince children that 1+1 =2 without delving into the Peano axioms. It's ok to not delve too deeply into
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by yequalsx 10y ago
Property of real numbers: between distinct real numbers is at least one other number. Now try to find a decimal representation of a number bigger than 0.9999999... but less than 1.0. You clearly can't. They must be equal. No need f
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by yequalsx 10y ago
Athletics are a profit center for only a few universities. I doubt though that this includes spending on stadiums. There is also the cost in terms of corruption of the university and the damage done to athletes (especially American footbal
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by yequalsx 10y ago
It's odd that you require a full blown study with hundreds or thousands of participants before being willing to talk but you base your own conclusion on anecdotal evidence.
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by yequalsx 10y ago
The person you responded to asked a serious question. Your answer is in no way helpful or insightful.
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by yequalsx 10y ago
Sure, don't consider mockery and blasphemy satire. But consider that me thinking the Prophet Mohammed was a child raping asshole does not merit my death. That people get so offended by mocking something means it needs to be mocked mo
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by yequalsx 10y ago
It quite disgusting that some people think Islam is above criticism, satire, and derision. People who over mockery are not worthy of respect and ought to be mocked and shunned. We have the moral authority to mock Mohammed, Jesus, and any o
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by yequalsx 10y ago
What I don't understand about reactions to Greece's profligate borrowing is that I rarely see criticisms of the lender. Borrowing is a 2 party interaction and both parties bear responsibility. The so called bailouts of Greece ha
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by yequalsx 10y ago
It's not at all ironic since I'm not advocating that there be no children.
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by yequalsx 10y ago
We are numerous enough and produce enough toxins and pollution that we are close to the point where no one can escape the effects. That's why this time is different. The scale is much larger now.
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by yequalsx 10y ago
I'm not making a Malthsian argument. I'm stating a fact. At current levels of consumption (which includes much more than food) we are beyond carrying capacity of the planet. Technology may eventually make this a false statement
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by yequalsx 10y ago
The only viable, realistic solution is for people to stop having as many children as they currently do. The population of the planet is beyond carrying capacity at current levels of consumption.
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by yequalsx 10y ago
I think I agree with your main point but your use of the word hoodlum is disconcerting. It demonstrates a bias inherant in your position. You are associating criminal behavior with a form of speech. I suspect this association of yours co
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by yequalsx 10y ago
With low internet speeds, lack of underground power lines, lack of public transportation, lack of walkable neighborhoods, and roads that have a lot more potholes/bumps than roads in other rich countries this makes me think we don'
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by yequalsx 10y ago
There is a huge difference between the UK both in terms of relative bargaining power and in terms of currency control. The reaction towards Greece by some is that they dug a hole and should suffer (and they have suffered a lot). Others vi

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