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>What I see is that if a difference is indeed found, there can only be two reasons for it: Racism or sexism. This seems absurd to me. As an example, I figure that the reason that t…

If outcomes between groups are different, investigation into underlying causes of differences in group outcomes is often useful- bigotry need not be a motivation.

If you notice your fan motor or cord getting hot you can reduce the pressure differential (and therefore torque/load on the motor) by allowing some airflow to get around the filter…

I think PTFE pans are overheated more often than we expect.

I figure that my above comment is pithy more than it's snarky, especially considering that many repliers understood its intent accurately. People disagree on where the blame lies r…

On the money. I read Snow Crash about two years ago and the theme of virality increasing as dynamic systems get larger feels all too real right now.

The Guardian coined the headline "Big oil coined ‘carbon footprints’ to blame us for their greed" to blame big oil for our collective greed.

I read that fellow's blog (marginalrevolution.com) and he goes out of the way to get the best authentic local food he can get, he's well read about the history of many different co…

Value judgements exist in a separate domain than pure rationality. I like chocolate ice cream more than vanilla ice cream, and you're not gonna convince me otherwise by debating th…

If you read more of Philip Greenspun's writings it's apparent that he likes to inject a bit of satire into them. Both self-deprecating and deprecating others. I figure that he hit …

You have an explicit choice to either not invest or invest. If you spend all your money instead of investing it, you're still making somebody work for you- they're immediately bein…

I am seeing a lot of resentment in this thread. My best guess is that some of it is deserved and some of it isn't. Something that this thread reminded me of is the fact that severa…

Gas stations are a notoriously low-margin business. Realistically costs get passed on to the consumer.

You pay for that service whether you realize it or not.

I can try to provide a perspective. From what moral authority do positive rights originate? (a right that requires someone to provide you with a good or service) From what moral au…

I'm a mechanical engineer. The version control software that we use (I'm most familiar with Windchill, and just a wee bit familiar with SolidWorks PDM) is dumb. It's a B2B market w…

I kind of figure that a lot of people are trapped in a "local optimum." Their life is fairly comfortable, but not extremely satisfying, and any direction they push doesn't yield re…

Talking about the specifics of the person the article is about is talking about the signal. Creating an abstract notion of what he represents as a member of the billionaire class i…

I would like to specifically talk about Warren Buffett. If we can determine whether we agree or disagree about whether Warren Buffett is more or less virtuous than the average bill…

Thankfully, the government still exists and also works to solve problems in parallel with charities. I don't advocate that Buffett takes charge of the world. It's also nice that Bu…

>In a long statement last week, Mr. Buffett defended himself by pointing to his long advocacy for a fairer taxation system, and then he immediately told on himself by undermining t…

When the OCEAN model of personality (openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, neuroticism) was developed, they used a statistical approach. Researchers asked hundr…

And to be even more precise (pedantic?)- A treadmill design using large rollers would have a chosen motor and gearing combination to accomodate the large rollers, likewise for one …

One I can think of off the top of my head (statistics, not AI, although AI would also allow it) is that the actuarial calculations for home/car insurance quotes rely on risk data b…