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A Woke Thought Experiment

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  • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

    @george-k

    That was my point.

    Sovereign is he who sets the null hypothesis.

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    @jon-nyc said in A Woke Thought Experiment:

    @george-k

    That was my point.

    Sovereign is he who sets the null hypothesis.

    Hypothesis is a funny word for an ever-changing position that is exactly as quantifiable as it needs to be at any moment, to support pop cultural messaging around a pre-ordained conclusion that "everybody who doesn't vote left is racist".

    Education is extremely important.

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      In this case the null hypothesis I'm referring to has been pretty stable - that police interactions should be expected to be proportional to population percentages not weighted by levels of criminality. Same hypothesis is getting traction with school discipline too.

      You were warned.

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      • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

        In this case the null hypothesis I'm referring to has been pretty stable - that police interactions should be expected to be proportional to population percentages not weighted by levels of criminality. Same hypothesis is getting traction with school discipline too.

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        @jon-nyc said in A Woke Thought Experiment:

        In this case the null hypothesis I'm referring to has been pretty stable - that police interactions should be expected to be proportional to population percentages not weighted by levels of criminality. Same hypothesis is getting traction with school discipline too.

        Sure, equal outcomes for all groups will be a safely stable goal, which will indicate the necessity for progressive politics for the lifetimes of everybody alive today, and long thereafter.

        Education is extremely important.

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          "BLACK LIVES CAN'T MATTER UNTIL HALF LIVES MATTER."

          Radioactive, baby!

          "BLACK LIVES CAN'T MATTER UNTIL FLETCH LIVES MATTERS."

          I saw that thing sitting in Blockbuster so many times, and I never, ever borrowed it.

          Go ahead, cancel my subscription.

          I was only joking

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          • Doctor PhibesD Doctor Phibes

            "BLACK LIVES CAN'T MATTER UNTIL HALF LIVES MATTER."

            Radioactive, baby!

            "BLACK LIVES CAN'T MATTER UNTIL FLETCH LIVES MATTERS."

            I saw that thing sitting in Blockbuster so many times, and I never, ever borrowed it.

            Go ahead, cancel my subscription.

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            #32

            @doctor-phibes said in A Woke Thought Experiment:

            "BLACK LIVES CAN'T MATTER UNTIL HALF LIVES MATTER."

            Make it black half-lives.

            Then we can apply Zeno's paradox and declare progress impossible.

            You were warned.

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            • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

              @doctor-phibes said in A Woke Thought Experiment:

              "BLACK LIVES CAN'T MATTER UNTIL HALF LIVES MATTER."

              Make it black half-lives.

              Then we can apply Zeno's paradox and declare progress impossible.

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              #33

              @jon-nyc said in A Woke Thought Experiment:

              @doctor-phibes said in A Woke Thought Experiment:

              "BLACK LIVES CAN'T MATTER UNTIL HALF LIVES MATTER."

              Make it black half-lives.

              Black body radiation?

              I was only joking

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              • Doctor PhibesD Doctor Phibes

                @jon-nyc said in A Woke Thought Experiment:

                @doctor-phibes said in A Woke Thought Experiment:

                "BLACK LIVES CAN'T MATTER UNTIL HALF LIVES MATTER."

                Make it black half-lives.

                Black body radiation?

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                Aqua Letifer
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                #34

                @doctor-phibes said in A Woke Thought Experiment:

                @jon-nyc said in A Woke Thought Experiment:

                @doctor-phibes said in A Woke Thought Experiment:

                "BLACK LIVES CAN'T MATTER UNTIL HALF LIVES MATTER."

                Make it black half-lives.

                Black body radiation?

                lolwut.png

                It's interesting to me that we live in an era in which this could be considered so racist that it could put someone on some sort of list.

                Please love yourself.

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                  George K
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                  IMG_0817.JPG

                  "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                  The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                    More truth in that meme than I care to think about.

                    “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                    • MikM Mik

                      More truth in that meme than I care to think about.

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                      @mik said in A Woke Thought Experiment:

                      More truth in that meme than I care to think about.

                      Yup. I posted it not to be funny, but to add some perspective.

                      "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                      The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                        When I hear someone say, "there's nothing I hate more than sexism and injustice," I know there's a very high chance that person has a dearth of real problems, including dealing with sexism and injustice.

                        Please love yourself.

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                        • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                          In this case the null hypothesis I'm referring to has been pretty stable - that police interactions should be expected to be proportional to population percentages not weighted by levels of criminality. Same hypothesis is getting traction with school discipline too.

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                          @jon-nyc said in A Woke Thought Experiment:

                          In this case the null hypothesis I'm referring to has been pretty stable - that police interactions should be expected to be proportional to population percentages not weighted by levels of criminality. Same hypothesis is getting traction with school discipline too.

                          There is probably an equivalent somewhere in the eviction narrative. I’ve read an article somewhere about “black and brown people” getting evicted at a higher rate, but that article says nothing about whether there is any correlation to falling behind on rent or mortgage payments.

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                          • Aqua LetiferA Aqua Letifer

                            When I hear someone say, "there's nothing I hate more than sexism and injustice," I know there's a very high chance that person has a dearth of real problems, including dealing with sexism and injustice.

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                            @aqua-letifer said in A Woke Thought Experiment:

                            When I hear someone say, "there's nothing I hate more than sexism and injustice," I know there's a very high chance that person has a dearth of real problems, including dealing with sexism and injustice.

                            Once heard a girl say “I hate southerners. They are so prejudiced!”

                            The Brad

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