BethGagaShaggy

Figure 1 A shows a the trends in cohort IQ for the study, and it only goes roughly from the early 1960s to the early 1990s, which is the whole of the comparable period, and it does rise and fall within that period. I just don't know what you're on about.

https://www.pnas.org/content/pnas/115/26/6674.full.pdf

More like unintuitive rather than counterintuitive, because the prediction doesn't fail because wider lanes are more dangerous per se, but because of the behavioral response of the drivers. Which can actually be considered "intuitive" to someone who is used to trying to model such things.

Rather, users value the service up to the point where it has got a price on it.

>Should Amazon factory workers not form a union if they find it's easy to join the ranks?

Please mind the is–ought gap. Parent was talking about difficulties in unionizing, not about whether or not people in this or that sector should unionize.

It also needs to be pointed out that the only political system where people aren't allowed to be indifferent is known by the charming name of "totalitarianism".

Truly "disadvantaged" people have little to win from any sort of politics and have little time for it. I don't think hobos give a lot of thought to the supreme court.

>What a miserable feeling, chasing numbers, producing and contributing nothing real to humanity.

Yeah. This isn't exclusive to social media influencers, though.

I don't know about you, but when I'm driving I always feel that either everyone else on the road should be shot, or that I should shoot myself, or both. And I'm pretty sure nearly everyone else feels the same. So if your teacher didn't say anything to a similar effect about drivers, that's because it has long been a given. In the vast majority of cities and towns, driving, cycling or even walking is just a constant pain.

I agree. I too think that the internet shouldn't exist.

Ironic distance requires at least some level of self-awareness, so I'll say none.

What if I don't trust the government because I know the random dude in the bar works for the Department of Defense? They should hire better people.

Do you hold tea in your mouth until it tastes bad, too? Things have good and bad sides. Be mindful of each on its own time.