If thou gazest long into the Pit, the Pit will also gaze into thee

Get off it. There's nothing unreasonable or oppressive about rules about where and when you can post things. Nobody's being punished in any way. And how is 'Remember 911' an opinion anyway? And what evidence do you have that the professor disagrees with it? The professor is on record as stating tha...

Get off it. There's nothing unreasonable or oppressive about rules about where and when you can post things. Nobody's being punished in any way. And how is 'Remember 911' an opinion anyway? And what evidence do you have that the professor disagrees with it? The professor is on record as stating tha...

"I was wrong to destroy the students' signs, speech that was protected by the First Amendment. In the future, I will not punish students for having opinions that differ from mine." The video provides zero evidence that she took the signs down because she disagreed with their message. She explicitly...

How wonderful! I disagree! If someone were to remove "unapproved signs" or something, it should be security or administration. Professors are charged with...let's see if I can say this with a straight face...allowing students to express any nonviolent thought or opinion they like, good or bad, beca...

CommanderTuvok wrote:I would actually love Gumbo and Parsehole back here. Gumbers doesn't even have to apologise.

Touché!

CommanderTuvok wrote:I want Parsehole back here.

Have you considered passing that request to him via Gumby? :o

Tigzy wrote:

That made me laugh. :clap: :clap:

Is it bad that whenever I read something like this, my first though it "they've set this up?" http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/upenns-campus-is-covered-with-this-is-what-rape-culture-looks-like-flyers_us_57d1a480e4b03d2d459926b5? I know that's appalling scepticism, but I've become profoundly cyn...

MacGruberKnows wrote:Twin Tower mattress sale:

The only thing that I can think of that would make this near-perfect ad better is if the fat lady were replaced with Emma Sulkowicz. That would totally rock.

I thought Brown was an all woman's college? Many years ago, I considered going to Brown. At that time, all the bathrooms were cooed/unisex/whatever. Which leaves me wondering where are all these "mens" bathrooms that hes/she/xe/whatever is putting tampons in? Wouldn't it be easier (and more fun) to...

Serious (non-trap) question: would you continue to not blame the single unemployed mom with six kids if she had been convinced of the negative predictive consequences for her kids back when she had only one or two? But just for the sake of the argument: yes, I would. She's given an opportunity to s...

Being biased (in general) against people who have a certain attribute (which can be race, but can also be something like having tattoos ... my personal hang-up) while also having no negative views of a specific person with that attribute is very common and easily explained. We seem to apply stereoty...

Incidentally I really don't blame people for taking advantage of a flawed system. I blame the people who set up the system for not noticing its flaws and not trying to correct it when they became clear. Serious (non-trap) question: would you continue to not blame the single unemployed mom with six ...

I tend to think we are all racist even though some of us will actually have a positive prejudice. this is just a result of the cognitive biases we all have. I doubt you are ever far away from, "I'm not racist but..." There are several types of "cognitive bias" that can all appear to be racist and, ...

MarcusAu wrote:That seems so unfair - why doesn't anyone get labeled as the good type of racist.

Because no-one (who matters) rides trains any more, regardless of whether they arrive and depart on time.

{snip} But I do think we're talking past one another. As I noted at the outset I don't use the word the same way you do. I'm not talking about people like Steersman, I'm talking about people like Dylan Roof and would be Dylan Roof's. The problem with your position is that you're keeping your use of...

And I also understand that teenage pregnancy and single motherhood is on the decline in many areas of Europe and America, I would be interested to know if this decline was uniform across races. In the US, the rates are going down for all races, but the racial disparity remain virtually unchanged. H...

VickyCaramel wrote:When you point at single parenthood, I think you are pointing at a symptom not a cause.

Please note that I didn't call it either of those things. I called it a significant predictor of the outcome.

Speaking of situation in the US most African slaves that were brought to the American colonies were tribes of inner Guinea, Ghana and the Ivory Coast traded by local kingdoms, people from today Togo, Benin or Nigeria sold to the colonists mostly by the Yoruba empire or West Africans from today Cong...

Yep. And, if you're curious, the best answer that we have to date is: because black males are more likely to have been raised by a single, unemployed, opposite-sex parent who had several other children of about the same age. These are also the best predictors for white males committing violent crim...

Been there. Done that. Have the battle scars. It's interesting that a racially neutral perspective, which doesn't assume any genetic explanation, is called "racist" just because it doesn't blame racism. That, IMO and experience, matching Tribbles, is why the current attempts to have a "conversation...

The best way to frame the discussion is to keep it simple and keep assumptions to a minimum: "Black males are over-represented in prison. Why?" Yep. And, if you're curious, the best answer that we have to date is: because black males are more likely to have been raised by a single, unemployed, oppo...

Because of the way racist is used in common parlance. It's a handy way to keep people behaving ethically, if, and only if, it maintains its teeth. Sure, if we drill down into the concept any further we can arrive at what you're saying, but the majority of people are never going to develop anything ...

However people also observe trends in society and try to understand what causes them. If those trends seem to affect some groups disproportionally, why is that so? What could be done to deal with the eventual damage caused by those trends? Those are hard questions to answer. For example data shows ...

If racism is prejudice of someone based on their racial group... We need to keep distinct the mean differences between races from the application of these beliefs ... even when justified ... to specific people. The racial differences in IQ (which is not a very useful measure, but at least we have l...

I still don't like this direction of relegating the word racist to some value neutral role, "justified racism", "unjustified racism". The word should have teeth, because it describes something so ugly. In this, I agree with the SJWs. If you are being racist, that's bad and you should feel bad. Many...

The Irish are alcoholics. I'm not sure if this is for genetic or cultural reasons. It may be neither, or a combination of both. The statement could also be hyperbole. Does holding this opinion make me a racist? If you believe that Irish is a distinct racial group and that the observed rate of alcoh...

What race realists are really concerned about crime and morality. I'm sorry, but that comes rather close to the same logic as Atheism+. While it might be true that many people who believe that races differ in ways other than what defines race also believe that some of those extra differences cause ...

Keating wrote:I came across this article the other day that seems relevant to Kirbmarc and Vicky's discussion.

http://quillette.com/2016/06/23/on-the- ... of-racism/

Thanks for the link. A good read (i.e., it agrees with me and I with it).

Shatterface wrote:Are we talking about dictionary racism or racism plus?

:nin:

Anyone who believes blacks are genetically inferior to whites because of genetics is a racist. The end The only quibble that I have with the above is the use of word "inferior." If it had been written: "Anyone who believes blacks are genetically different from whites because of genetics is a racist...

I am just watching BBC News 24, they say there is a special report on at 10 about gun violence in Chicago. In the clip they showed, the reporter said something like:- "The victims are usually, young, black and the problem is ignored". Try this on, just to see how it feels: "The perpetrators are usu...

It appears human evolution goes at 28mph. http://ezinearticles.com/?Whats-the-Average-Speed-of-Male-Ejaculation?&id=3954143 This article needs to be sent to all of Dr Richard Carrier PhD's future partners. Along with this: http://www.uline.com/Product/Detail/S-7023/Safety-Glasses/Safety-Goggles-Dir...

Of course this is an evolutionary argument as well as a cultural argument/societal. You can see that within a society which is effectively stagnant in terms of innovations/technology/creativity, and yet works despite being static, environmental pressures will play second fiddle to sexual selection....

Shatterface wrote:I watched Contact last night....

Condolences.

Matt Cavanaugh wrote:What, Dexit?

President François Hollande was asked about his country also leaving the EU. His response, roughly translated, was: "if it ain't broke, don't Fexit."

Which is more stupid: sending a laptop computer with traces of classified information on it through the mail or telling the world that the laptop that was lost in the mail still has traces of classified information on it? http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2016-09-02/fbi-says-a-laptop-that-h...

Myers is a fucking idiot. He is apparently making the assumption that because the squid in the photo are different colors they are different species. {snip} Any differences that you see between the males and females of a species are social constructs. Because of this, if I ever decide to build some...

I think it's likely he was targeted for supporting the decriminalisation of prostitution - ironically the one liberal cause he has ever supported. Maybe we should elect a bunch of stoners, so they'll finally decriminalize recreational drug use. Even tho' Gary Johnson says that he's (personally) sto...

Kirbmarc wrote:Ayup. The Catholic Church is a business, and these days times are tough and they have to close some small retail suppliers of prayers.

Please be precise. The Catholic Church is a closely-held business.

I've raised the issue of Matthew 6:5 with people praying in front of abortion clinics. Their answer is that they are targeting the location and the people going in and out, instead of just trying to be seen. Was the location in the linked video anywhere special? A church being closed, from what I u...

I've raised the issue of Matthew 6:5 with people praying in front of abortion clinics. Their answer is that they are targeting the location and the people going in and out, instead of just trying to be seen.

Was the location in the linked video anywhere special?

Blacks came to France in boats as slaves, just like the US, yes? If so, then this would just be another example of the French doing awful things to snails, which they refer to as ex-cargo.

The reason why we need more XXs doing certain jobs is because XXs are different from XYs and it's important that the views, etc, of XXs be represented. With that said, please note that if you agree with what I just wrote, then you're sexist, because you seem to believe that there is some inherent di...

Like Adria Richard, eh? I wonder what happened to her... There were a long article about it a year ago, she's still unemployed and this she's right. Ten months later, I was sitting opposite Adria Richards in a cafe at San Francisco airport. She seemed introverted and delicate, just the way Hank had...

My answer is actually 201. It goes like this: 1+4 = 5, which is 5 in base 6 2+5 = 7, which is 12 in base 5 3+6 = 9, which is 21 in base 4 8+11 = 19, which is 201 in base 3 201 is the correct answer (I haven't watched the video) as any other answer requires you to infer an operation that isn't in th...

Marriage puts wanking "out of the picture"??? I must have missed that memo.

My answer is actually 201. It goes like this: 1+4 = 5, which is 5 in base 6 2+5 = 7, which is 12 in base 5 3+6 = 9, which is 21 in base 4 8+11 = 19, which is 201 in base 3 Ahahahaah! I would never have come up with that. My answer at first was 40 then at 00:36 of the video I groaned because only th...

My answer is actually 201. It goes like this:
1+4 = 5, which is 5 in base 6
2+5 = 7, which is 12 in base 5
3+6 = 9, which is 21 in base 4
8+11 = 19, which is 201 in base 3

Guest_79e2e8e7 wrote:96

96 and 40 are the popular answers.

Opps. My answer to that sequence is actually 201, not 203.

Badger3k wrote:Don't know about Glen Campbell, but it does have Glen Yarbrough (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077687/fullcredits/).

Yeah, that's it. All Glens sound the same to me. It's a form of racism.

free thoughtpolice wrote:I got this wrong. :doh:

My recent favorite of this is this:

My answer is 203. Rather few people (i.e., none so far, it seems) understand my answer.

Easy J wrote:Use your left hand. It'll feel unfamiliar, like someone else's hand.

"It's been proven, beyond reasonable doubt, that that is impossible."

- Pee Wee Herman's lawyer

A youtube version of the Rankin Bass Hobbit in 6 parts: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL17D167E88E860114 That's not the one with Glenn Campbell singing, is it? Because posting a link to that is a capital offense in seven countries. Why not just link to Ralph Bakshi's version of Lord of the ...

It would not surprise one bit if participating in things like after-work socializing is a good predictor of long-term success and salary. It would also not surprise me if women ... with or without kids ... are less likely to participate in these things. Thus, it would not surprise me if after-work ...

... ps. you could also argue that the ban is only fair to muslims who can't even go into a pub, let alone drink Based on my lived experience - there are plenty of muslims that can and do go to the pub to socialize - even if they are not drinking. Also I think that quite a few of them do drink - in ...

It would not surprise one bit if participating in things like after-work socializing is a good predictor of long-term success and salary. It would also not surprise me if women ... with or without kids ... are less likely to participate in these things. Thus, it would not surprise me if after-work ...

It would not surprise one bit if participating in things like after-work socializing is a good predictor of long-term success and salary. It would also not surprise me if women ... with or without kids ... are less likely to participate in these things. Thus, it would not surprise me if after-work d...

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