Forum: Diavlog comments
09-20-2008, 11:09 PM
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Forum: Diavlog comments
09-03-2008, 03:02 PM
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Yupik ARE NOT Inuit
heather hulbert corrected eli lake that todd palin is part *inuit*, not *eskimo*. actually, heather is wrong
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yupik
the yupik are distinct from the *inuit* peoples to...
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Forum: Diavlog comments
08-13-2008, 03:12 AM
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Replies: 115
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Re: Taking the Veil
i knew that. you're not as good as me. perhaps its your logocentric linear nature which just doesn't give you the holistic flexibility that i have as a man of color (moc).
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Forum: Diavlog comments
08-13-2008, 02:26 AM
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Replies: 115
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Re: Taking the Veil
if its true, it's all good. also, you should use sophistic terminology appropriately, right? the weirdo-look-at-me-i'm-a-freak applies to both sexes. so not heteronormative ;-) mebee logocentric...
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Forum: Diavlog comments
08-13-2008, 01:15 AM
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Replies: 115
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Re: Taking the Veil
i totally agree with the gist of globocap's comment though. dressing differently sets you off. ninjas and hijabis get MORE looks, not less. to get the least attention you need to dress like the...
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Forum: Diavlog comments
08-13-2008, 12:33 AM
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Replies: 115
Views: 43,867
Re: Taking the Veil
i was raised in the phd-getting muslim american immigrant community. here is the general stuff i heard "behind the curtain" so to speak
1) a woman who reserves her beauty for her husband is...
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Forum: Diavlog comments
07-22-2008, 09:04 PM
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Replies: 89
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Re: Lipstick Libertarians
i find the term "lipstick" an excessive concession to white male heteronormative expectations of what a "woman" should be; i.e., "lipstick" = normative and "non-lipstick" = many unmentionable terms...
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Forum: Diavlog comments
07-18-2008, 02:09 AM
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Replies: 66
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Re: Pundits on Polls
the overestimate of black people is a robust finding that can be tracked back decades. the same also occurs with jews (e.g., people guess that 10% of americans are jewish when closer to 2-4% are...
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Forum: Diavlog comments
07-16-2008, 01:09 PM
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Replies: 173
Views: 59,929
Re: The Skinny on Obesity
if your book is from 25 years ago it's out of date, don't you think? leon kamin famously made up the fact that IQ has a 0 heritability back in the 1970s, which even he backed off.
anyway, i just...
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Forum: Diavlog comments
07-15-2008, 11:59 PM
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Replies: 173
Views: 59,929
Re: The Skinny on Obesity
really? can you give a citation? i suspect you're making this up or misremembering. i just went to the general social survey and checked the correlation between WORDSUM (basically, vocab) and SEI...
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Forum: Diavlog comments
07-15-2008, 09:00 PM
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Replies: 173
Views: 59,929
Re: The Skinny on Obesity
great diavlog as usual. though i have to disagree with megan re: the stupidity of poor people. THEY ARE usually stupid.
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Forum: Diavlog comments
07-14-2008, 09:53 PM
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Replies: 96
Views: 37,821
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Forum: Diavlog comments
07-14-2008, 09:45 PM
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Replies: 96
Views: 37,821
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Forum: Diavlog comments
07-07-2008, 11:43 PM
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Replies: 94
Views: 42,700
Re: New NRA Chain Store: Nukes-Fur-Us
nope. most of the people who are following scalia accept that there should be *reasonable* limitations on the *individual right*. this is one reason that gun control organizations aren't...
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Forum: Diavlog comments
07-07-2008, 10:25 PM
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Replies: 94
Views: 42,700
Re: A Historian, a Lawyer, and the Heller Decision
right. whether volokh is right or not at the end of the day his argument was much more coherent and tight. both of these guests had a point of view a prior, but volokh seemed to be able to collect a...
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Forum: Diavlog comments
07-07-2008, 09:25 PM
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Replies: 34
Views: 15,954
Perfect meritocracy = genetic determinism
Just a minor point, but one that I think is worth noting: in a perfect meritocratic society where one's attainment correlates exactly with one's output an enormous amount of the societal variation...
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Forum: Diavlog comments
07-06-2008, 09:17 PM
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Replies: 35
Views: 20,103
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Forum: Diavlog comments
07-06-2008, 08:57 PM
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Replies: 35
Views: 20,103
Re: Free Will: Costly Truth-Seeking
LOL. i guess the joke went too far? i like to do PC-speak to see how seriously people take my crap (on yglesias' blog they always take me seriously, it's pretty f**king funny), and you took it...
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Forum: Diavlog comments
07-06-2008, 07:58 PM
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Replies: 35
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Forum: Diavlog comments
07-06-2008, 07:48 PM
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Replies: 35
Views: 20,103
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Forum: Diavlog comments
07-06-2008, 07:40 PM
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Replies: 35
Views: 20,103
Re: Free Will: Costly Truth-Seeking
re: status,
"If women didn't exist, all the money in the world would have no meaning."
-Aristotle Onassis
substitute "status." the ideal is getting yourself a hot chick and telling people you...
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Forum: Diavlog comments
07-01-2008, 09:05 PM
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Replies: 76
Views: 22,462
Re: Leaving the Levant
oh, i had the same reaction. wtf is wright doing having someone who is obviously an incarnation of the dark lord on???
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Forum: Diavlog comments
06-30-2008, 08:03 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 7,435
Re: Our Anti-City Constitution
mark schmitt's assertion that only plutocrats feel strongly about free trade shows that perhaps he should diversify his portfolio of friends in terms of ideology. there are many whose passion for...
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Forum: Diavlog comments
06-30-2008, 01:42 AM
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Replies: 48
Views: 21,786
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Forum: Diavlog comments
06-29-2008, 11:19 PM
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Replies: 48
Views: 21,786
Re: Free Will: Fertility Politics
the same incentives which operate when you give performance pay to teachers based on student improvement. funding agencies like to see that their dollars are making a difference.
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