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It is impossible to trust information that comes out of country that suppresses freedom of the press. It's a very simple cause-and-effect.

Unlike news companies, commentators do not gain monetary value from sensationalism. Authors of articles are generally more informed than their pieces suggest, but their editors ste…

The modern Chinese psyche has been sculpted in large part due to the Cultural Revolution. People who have grown up in comfort do not fully comprehend the effect of widespread hunge…

I love my pets profoundly. I have sacrificed immensely for them. But I would blow my brains out if I let a little girl burn to death so that I could save my dog.

The letter is a massive mistake. The most ardent feminists that I know aren't willing to defend it. It's absolutely and clearly hypocritical, and maps directly into every shitty, a…

From a purely Orwellian standpoint, I think the Russian model of government/media interaction is more effective. There is "freedom of press" in Russia, and there are opposition med…

Knowledge tests that introduce time pressure become lossy. An employer can test performance under pressure and extrapolate that against historical data, but they cannot do it in th…

You believe that a student that derives a proof from scratch is less knowledgeable than a student that rote memorizes it out of a textbook? My argument comes from the perspective o…

By cutting exams short, we are losing information about the student's knowledge in return for information about how well students work under pressure. As an employer, "working unde…

Yes, #1 "is different" than the OP. It would only be equivalent if women were allowed more time than men to complete the exam.* #2 is a completely misleading headline. It ... never…

Assange pays for Snowden's flight and hotel: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-security-reconstructi... Assange advises Snowden to move to Russia: https://www.theguardian.com/…

This is true, but he also was financially aided, advised and accompanied by Wikileaks every step of the way. Nonetheless, you are correct. I would edit the previous post if I could…

> Isn't it also naive to think China and Russia weren't fully aware of the NSA's capabilities? The latest Mueller indictment suggests no. I believe that the NSA's domestic surveill…

Wikileaks.

Leaking secrets is not a freedom of speech issue. I would agree with you if Snowden narrowly leaked the details of the PRISM program. I think if he did that he would have been a ge…

Skinning is probably a slight misnomer. The skins are applied to the player's weapons and can be seen by all other players as well as spectators. They are, in effect, a status symb…

The entire ASMR sleep community is built around this premise as well, fwiw.

There are many situations in life where one does something that is "optimal" but factors beyond their control cause it to be unsuccessful. Being clear-eyed and able to distinguish …

To outright dismiss the possibility of chance affecting people's lives for a cute one-liner is pretty silly.

I don't think that footage is frighteningly convincing. It's pretty good, but not difficult to tell that it's not real. The bridge between pretty good and perfect when doing this t…

People often suggest that the Internet is a problem in terms of disinformation, but I'd argue in many cases that the Internet actually helps. In pre-Internet days, it was difficult…

So, the premise is that all Liberals think this way, right? It seems odd that Fox News keep returning to college campuses over and over and over to get quotes that are intended to …

When Jeff Foxworthy does his (incredibly unfunny) "You might be a redneck, if..." bits, the crowd is not laughing and nodding and saying "That's so true, I too am a bigoted and lou…