Isomorphic_reasoning
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Isomorphic_reasoning
3yr ago
You said both sides were wrong. I don't see how the pregnant lady is anything other than entirely blameless
Isomorphic_reasoning
3yr ago
If we could somehow ensure that the people doing the censoring had correctly learned the lessons of history that other people had failed to learn then this would be great. But ensuring that is about as hard an just ensuring that we all collectively remember those lessons in the first place.
Isomorphic_reasoning
3yr ago
In my experience the conversion rate from “she wants to have sex” to “she wants something serious” is nearly 100%
This is highly variable from person to person. In my experience its only been 10-20% but I think I'm on the low end. I have a really nice body and a rather spotty career history.
Isomorphic_reasoning
3yr ago
This kind of assumes that the only thing that matters is convincing people to switch sides in the short term. This may be valid for elections and highly charged issues but the idea behind steelmanning is that you don't just change a mind, you foster genuine understanding of the nuance of an issue which will help people form more robust opinions and ideas on new issues.
Isomorphic_reasoning
3yr ago
If it's so good that people are convinced, then doesn't that imply it was actually valid?
Is this a serious question? Have you ever met an actual human being? Even the smart ones can be misled by compelling but ultimately flawed arguments and the bottom 95% are absolutely hopeless
Isomorphic_reasoning
3yr ago
I don't think it's beautiful on the outside but I'm sure it's prettty luxurious on the inside. I think it's a pretty big jump to go from "One specific billionaire is not particularly concerned with the outer beauty of his dwelling" to "material possessions aren't important"
Isomorphic_reasoning
3yr ago
humans are confidently wrong all the time
Isomorphic_reasoning
3yr ago
Unlike law, where a majority of cases have at least semi-redacted public documents, medical documents are not available to GPT-4 for training. GPT-4 went from 40th percentile to 88th percentile on the LSAT, by simply adding legal data to the pre-training set.
Um, the LSAT isn't about legal stuff. It's designed to be taken by students before they enter law school. It's just about logical reasoning and interpreting arguements.
Isomorphic_reasoning
3yr ago
It seems as though social contagion is far more prevalent than I realized and trans people don’t actual exists besides a very small subset with actual dna issues.
Trans being a social contagion is not the same as saying trans people "don't actually exist". I think in debates like these we need to choose our words carefully if you want to have any chance of convincing the other tribe.
Isomorphic_reasoning
3yr ago
Do any of these perpetrators have especially bad childhoods or history of being bullied?
I wouldn't expect to know either way. Whether or not someone was bullied isn't usually public knowledge
Isomorphic_reasoning
3yr ago
Is the question "what will they look like if the supreme court bans racial preference?" Or is it "what would they look like if admissions were truly race blind?" I fully expect Harvard will try to skirt the rules even if the supreme court bans it. I think your numbers are are reasonable for the first question. The second question would be at least 40% Asian and not more than 2% black
Isomorphic_reasoning
3yr ago
These things are super sensitive to the exact question wording so it's pretty hard to draw strong conclusions
Isomorphic_reasoning
3yr ago
b) drug users to move to back alleys without affecting the actual rate of drug use.
That's the goal. The goal isn't to stop drug use. It's to make the subways acceptable
Isomorphic_reasoning
3yr ago
First of all, did she say anything about killing?
What do you think the word slaughter means?
Isomorphic_reasoning
3yr ago
Of course the AMC is harder, but this did about as poor as random guessing on the AMC 10. That's much worse than "quantitative IQ 130" level.
Isomorphic_reasoning
3yr ago
Then that suggests that it's GRE score is not an effective measure of its "IQ"
Isomorphic_reasoning
3yr ago
It's inconsistent though. It completely bombed the AMC 10/12
Isomorphic_reasoning
3yr ago
And they're not wrong, an 85 IQ black kid does in fact have a much better chance of becoming an NBA player than a successful mathematician. Of course this will still be the case no matter how many mathematicians you put in front of him for him to look up to.
Isomorphic_reasoning
3yr ago
The lower class pays a negative amount of taxes after accounting for subsidies
Isomorphic_reasoning
3yr ago
I think it's much easier if we don't do anything about current loans but just stop making them bankruptcy proof and federally guaranteed in the future. That won't cause any problems
Isomorphic_reasoning
3yr ago
Being poor, uneducated and not independent is typically a sign of either laziness or low intelligence. Is that considered poor moral character?
Isomorphic_reasoning
3yr ago
Are we suppose to assume, blacks, the youth, poor men, men without degrees, and guys without their own place are inferior romantic partners, and or more misogynisitic than their rich, old, white, college educated, apartment renting counter-parts?
The answer to this is obviously yes. Of course a man who doesn't even have his own place is an inferior romantic partner. Who would want a guy who isn't independent. Are blacks more misogynistic? Almost certainly, anyone who disagrees isn't familiar with black culture. Or for something more concrete look at rates of rape and domestic violence
Isomorphic_reasoning
3yr ago
But keep in mind that in 1971 Carter, then Governor of Georgia "proclaimed ‘American Fighting Men's Day" likely in support of First Lieutenant William L. Calley who had recently been convicted for his role in the Mỹ Lai massacre.
Reading that article it doesn't sound like the day was in support of Calley. It was more to affirm the fact that Calley's actions and character were not representative of the us armed forces in general. That's much less objectionable.
Isomorphic_reasoning
3yr ago
Why would you be friends with such a person?
Exactly. She wasn't agreeable and submissive but that doesn't mean she did anything wrong
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