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Thread: Roe v. Wade is gone.
Post: RE: Roe v. Wade is gone.
| I've never been the most knowledgeable on the legal side of things. Yet, there are two opinions about this that I find odd. The first one says this is good because it's returning power to the people. ... |
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John 6IX Breezy |
News & Current Affairs
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June 25, 2022 at 12:10 pm |
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Thread: Fallacies & Strategies
Post: Fallacies & Strategies
| This might be a hard question to answer without examples. But what are some good ways to refute your favorite fallacy, without labeling it as that fallacy, or giving a textbook definition for why that... |
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John 6IX Breezy |
Philosophy
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May 28, 2022 at 1:11 pm |
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Thread: At what age should a child be introduced to religion?
Post: RE: At what age should a child be introduced to re...
| (May 25, 2022 at 10:08 am)arewethereyet Wrote: When kids start asking questions, it's the time to answer them in a way appropriate to their age and level of understanding.
I think that's a great heu... |
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John 6IX Breezy |
Religion
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May 25, 2022 at 6:41 pm |
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Thread: At what age should a child be introduced to religion?
Post: RE: At what age should a child be introduced to re...
| (May 8, 2022 at 2:34 pm)h311inac311 Wrote: After they turn 12, but do so in an open and inquisitive way. They have to realize that they are free to be intellectually independent and that moral respo... |
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John 6IX Breezy |
Religion
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May 24, 2022 at 12:10 pm |
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Thread: Data
Post: RE: Data
| (May 21, 2022 at 3:15 pm)Jehanne Wrote: US government agencies, also, such as the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Oh interesting. It didn't dawn on me that every agency probably has its own set of avail... |
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John 6IX Breezy |
Technology & Computing
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May 21, 2022 at 3:18 pm |
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Thread: Data
Post: Data
| What are some good online resources for finding descriptive data on groups of people? Whether that's demographics, economics, trends, etc., just raw frequentist data.
Anything like the Census Bureau... |
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John 6IX Breezy |
Technology & Computing
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May 21, 2022 at 3:11 pm |
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Thread: Belief without Verification or Certainty
Post: RE: Belief without Verification or Certainty
| I consider belief without certainty to be hope, not faith. And the examples you gave do seem to align more with being hopeful, optimistic, or confident. Perhaps it's something like: Out of all the pos... |
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John 6IX Breezy |
Philosophy
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May 7, 2022 at 12:16 pm |
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Thread: Mitt Romney Is Kinda Stupid
Post: RE: Mitt Romney Is Kinda Stupid
| Yeah, I agree. There's only one way to make sure you receive the money—by voting for the one offering it. |
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John 6IX Breezy |
Politics
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May 1, 2022 at 11:20 am |
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Thread: Mitt Romney Is Kinda Stupid
Post: RE: Mitt Romney Is Kinda Stupid
| (April 30, 2022 at 12:24 am)Ranjr Wrote: Federal student aid is forgivable by the federal government and doesn't effect private institutions. .
My argument was that it's a financial incentive. And ... |
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John 6IX Breezy |
Politics
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April 30, 2022 at 9:21 am |
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Thread: Mitt Romney Is Kinda Stupid
Post: RE: Mitt Romney Is Kinda Stupid
| (April 29, 2022 at 8:36 pm)Rev. Rye Wrote: You may argue that such a move will compel people who didn't vote for him the first time to vote to re-elect him..
Well yes, that is the argument: That if ... |
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John 6IX Breezy |
Politics
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April 29, 2022 at 8:55 pm |
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Thread: Mitt Romney Is Kinda Stupid
Post: RE: Mitt Romney Is Kinda Stupid
| (April 29, 2022 at 1:17 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Doing things that make your constituents lives better isn’t a bribe. It is - literally - your fucking job.
Boru
Hmmm well it does sound like a br... |
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John 6IX Breezy |
Politics
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April 29, 2022 at 8:17 pm |
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Thread: Crisis in Psychology?
Post: RE: Crisis in Psychology?
| I want to add an argument given the above paper: That what is described as a replication crisis is more accurately described as a generalizability crisis.
Science has always had a problem with induct... |
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John 6IX Breezy |
Philosophy
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April 27, 2022 at 8:33 pm |
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Thread: Crisis in Psychology?
Post: RE: Crisis in Psychology?
| Here is a short comment published in Science Magazine, presenting some arguments against the original Open Science studies that sparked the replication debate. They discuss issues with statistical err... |
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John 6IX Breezy |
Philosophy
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April 27, 2022 at 5:49 pm |
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Thread: Crisis in Psychology?
Post: RE: Crisis in Psychology?
| (April 27, 2022 at 3:49 pm)vulcanlogician Wrote: I'm not well versed enough in psychological science's methodology to say for sure, but it's my impression that the results are calculated within a di... |
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John 6IX Breezy |
Philosophy
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April 27, 2022 at 5:23 pm |
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Thread: Crisis in Psychology?
Post: RE: Crisis in Psychology?
| (April 26, 2022 at 12:30 am)vulcanlogician Wrote: I prefer those psychological studies that are replicable.
One more thing. I'm speaking from ignorance here since my knowledge of p-hacking is limi... |
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John 6IX Breezy |
Philosophy
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April 26, 2022 at 1:22 pm |
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Thread: Crisis in Psychology?
Post: RE: Crisis in Psychology?
| (April 26, 2022 at 6:06 am)Belacqua Wrote: Yes, I think a failure to replicate may be an important finding in itself. If nothing else, it reminds us not to be too confident.
Right, in other words, ... |
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John 6IX Breezy |
Philosophy
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April 26, 2022 at 10:59 am |
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Thread: Crisis in Psychology?
Post: RE: Crisis in Psychology?
| (April 26, 2022 at 12:30 am)vulcanlogician Wrote: We need psychological science to be reliable.
Hmmm I think we need a psychological science that's adaptive and individualistic. Yes, maximizing reli... |
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John 6IX Breezy |
Philosophy
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April 26, 2022 at 2:08 am |
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Thread: Bayesian Statistics
Post: RE: Bayesian Statistics
| (April 25, 2022 at 9:16 pm)brewer Wrote: Bayesian logic application to psychiatric/psychological conditions seems ilimited. Basically because each individual and their underlying condition is often ... |
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John 6IX Breezy |
Mathematics
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April 25, 2022 at 9:29 pm |
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Thread: Bayesian Statistics
Post: RE: Bayesian Statistics
| (April 25, 2022 at 6:04 pm)HappySkeptic Wrote: When applied to a scientific theory, the prior probability would be a guess of the certainty around the null hypothesis.
Hmm does the Bayesian approach... |
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John 6IX Breezy |
Mathematics
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April 25, 2022 at 9:05 pm |
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Thread: Bayesian Statistics
Post: RE: Bayesian Statistics
| (April 25, 2022 at 5:37 pm)HappySkeptic Wrote: If we start with a prior probability of 0.5 for the existence of a biblical God...
How do you calculate that initial probability? Or does it not matter... |
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John 6IX Breezy |
Mathematics
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April 25, 2022 at 5:44 pm |
