So of all the fucking things to restrict, why this? Facebook is a hundred times more dangerous than any porn. Ban that shit instead.

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Not all religious people are evil, just like not all ignorant people are evil. But all ignorance and all religion and prejudice and celebrity worship and cults and gambling and extended-cab pickup trucks are certainly evil.

lock up every religious people [sic] for this crime

Religiosity isn’t a crime. There’s a shitload of evil in this world, and almost none of it is (or can ever be) “criminalized.”

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All religions are a monstrous evil.

If you believe otherwise, you are comically naive and attitudes like yours are partly responsible for this child’s death.

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I’m actually a huge fan of death. People don’t change their minds generally. They just die. We make progress one funeral at a time.

Yeah it’s fucked up

• If someone checks “US average income” they’ll come away with the impression that Americans are rich.

• If someone checks “US median income” they’ll come away with the impression that Americans are poor.

Median is not the same as average. Also, we don’t check math definitions in a dictionary, since we are not in middle school.

I’m not being pedantic, you’re just wrong. The average income in the US is deceptively high, whereas the median is quite low. This difference (or skew) is a sign of inequality.

The arithmetic mean, also called the average, or the expected value, is not the same type of calculation as the median.

There are many types of means or averages (harmonic, geometric, etc), but they all require a summation, an integral for continuous random variables and sigma notation for discrete. The median is the middle value. Totally different.

Low median* income. The income distribution is skewed since a handful of people have all the money.

Also don’t forget this:

That’s not what the British/French aristocracy who bastardized and propagandized the concept of Anarchism want you to believe.

They’re just using the terminology that’s widespread in the field. In a sense, the paper’s purpose is to prove that this terminology is unsuitable.

Also high taxes on the wealthy and specific policies designed to build a middle class.

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A better analogy for AI is the discovery of asbestos or the invention of single-use plastics. Terrible fucking idea.

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IQ is a very good indicator of cognitive abilities. It’s a poor indicator of kindness, morality, or honesty.

Americans are so weird about IQ. Yes, indeed, some brains work better than others — by avoiding lead poisoning or traumatic brain injuries, for instance, and by reading books, pursuing higher education, and enjoying a fulfilling social environment.