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adrianbye

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    Comment #22919332

    I'd suggest making the focus being what you need in order to support yourself as a blind person, not being a software engineer. There may be particular things blind people excel at…

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    Comment #10625743

    it sounds like you criticizing our stock art photo overlords..

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    Comment #9935065

    so well put.

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    Comment #7352057

    Perhaps your experience inside psychology is limited? Nobel prize winner Daniel Kahneman[1] would disagree with you, along with social psychologist Jonathan Haidt[2]. [1] http://ww…

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    Comment #7288086

    err.. your left wing viewpoints are showing.. have a look at what happens to indigenous groups that are given handouts.. massive alcoholism.. obesity.. huge problems. people will h…

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    Comment #7180046

    you can talk about the types of things you can do without breaking confidentiality

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    Comment #6193069

    what about steve jobs?

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    Comment #6131997

    you may want to read this: http://www.prb.org/Articles/2006/ElderlyWhiteMenAfflictedbyH...

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    Comment #6120716

    well said

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    Comment #6092577

    nothing wrong with pushing back. its becoming noticeable how americans are turning into babies though

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    Comment #6006607

    of course i did. the point is that academia doesn't research the opposing viewpoint virtually at all. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/08/science/08tier.html?_r=0 "He polled his audi…

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    Comment #6005233

    happens in europe, here's an example: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10401416

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    Comment #6005232

    you can see my link above to the NYtimes and the lack of research for the right in academia. there will be 10,000 papers supporting the left position to every 1 paper supporting th…

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    Comment #6005219

    margaret mead effectively founded "cultural anthropology" which basically means "research which makes people feel good". many people have followed her: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/…

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    Comment #6004197

    Margaret Mead provided the foundation for feminism to advance by "proving" that culture drove society, not genetics. Unfortunately that isn't true. Genetics shapes culture. One of …

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    Comment #6003857

    by your statement you'd almost think people like margaret thatcher, Dilma Rousseff and benazir bhutto never existed.

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    Comment #6003841

    i know, feminism is a sacred cow. the truth is that men tend to be highly valued in the 3rd world. by comparison in the west they tend to kill themselves as they get older: http://…

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    Comment #6003716

    this doesn't happen in non feminist countries (ie usually 3rd world).

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    Comment #5973666

    well said. a lot of these guys would rather eliminate the right as much as possible.

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    Comment #5925325

    well said. your original point was completely clear btw.

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    Comment #5836992

    try this link: http://phys.org/news184573059.html (PhysOrg.com) -- The Greek philosopher Aristotle once said "there is no great genius without a mixture of madness," and now there …

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    Comment #5828720

    what is ignored (thanks to psychiatry being left wing, and trying to mitigate the downside rather than build on the upside) is that bipolar brings a lot of BENEFITS. when bipolar p…

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    Comment #5373275

    incredibly insightful comment, deserves to be at the top examples in support: "In public discussion, Madison spoke of the rights of minorities in general, but it is quite clear tha…

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    Comment #5324792

    very well said

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    Comment #5322225

    your parents did you a favor. this is a diagnosis which is politically motivated. here's an example: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drapetomania