netstack
The horse embodies the wings a person feels inside.
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netstack
The horse embodies the wings a person feels inside.
8hr ago
Why should the rate be .01 SD/generation? Why should it even be linear?
If the one sample set we’ve got today is a somewhat stronger negative correlation, I would expect that to extend backwards. I know that was the case in 1800s America.
netstack
The horse embodies the wings a person feels inside.
1d ago
I have yet to see a set in my cruises of estate sales. Clearly, that means they’re in high demand.
Though if he brings his kid, there’s an elevated risk of acquiring kitcsh.
netstack
The horse embodies the wings a person feels inside.
2d ago
I’ve read, possibly on the old SSC comments, an argument that Heinlein covered a ridiculous diversity of societies. No pun intended. Troopers wasn’t the exception so much as another instance of his speculative style. Unfortunately, I’m not familiar enough with his work to give a full inventory. Friday was pretty lib-soc.
netstack
The horse embodies the wings a person feels inside.
2d ago
Do you have an opinion on John McPhee? Levels of the Game did this for tennis. On the other hand, I’d say it still has magazine-voice. His geology books didn’t come across that way at all, though.
netstack
The horse embodies the wings a person feels inside.
3d ago
Is that a tip, or is it a threat?
netstack
The horse embodies the wings a person feels inside.
4d ago
Huh. I’d forgotten all about that.
I maintain that I’ve never seen a zoomer use that reasoning as an excuse. 20somethings who are trying to prolong their childhood rarely act self-aware. I recognize that both you and @ThisIsSin have seen it happen. No idea what kind of filter bubble could separate us on that.
netstack
The horse embodies the wings a person feels inside.
4d ago
While you’re welcome to express your personal distaste, you still need to be polite.
Or just report it.
netstack
The horse embodies the wings a person feels inside.
4d ago
It’s Twitter, which started earlier but didn’t fully breach containment until the recession.
Okay, fine, it’s the broader social media paradigm represented by Twitter. Closing the feedback loop between commenting on something and getting responses vastly increased the appeal, and thus supply, of amateur punditry. Status competition ensued.
netstack
The horse embodies the wings a person feels inside.
6d ago
I’m not sure SW indicates a general theater recession. Aren’t we more or less on par?
I suspect something like what @07mk said. Blockbuster sci-fi is expensive and the space is more saturated than horror. Probably makes it easier to construct a fresh, memorable one.
Either that, or it’s just been too long since the last horror revival. What was that, 2009?
You’re right, “know” is probably too strong.
I was reading about the growth of antebellum America and was struck by these self-reinforcing contributions. Industrialization drove women out of cottage industry and into education, which drove religious revivals, which drove temperance, which drove industry. But also they were spending more time and effort on each child, so fertility was tanking. Though actual family size fell more slowly, thanks to repeated revolutions in medicine. The boom in public education also skewed any results we might have collected from early intelligence testing.
So I don’t know that fertility was negatively correlated with IQ, just that it went down as education, investment per child, nutrition, etc. went up.
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