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A Woke Thought Experiment

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  • J jon-nyc
    25 Jun 2021, 16:02

    @george-k

    That was my point.

    Sovereign is he who sets the null hypothesis.

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    Horace
    wrote on 25 Jun 2021, 18:07 last edited by
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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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      jon-nyc
      wrote on 25 Jun 2021, 18:13 last edited by
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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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      • J jon-nyc
        25 Jun 2021, 18:13

        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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        Horace
        wrote on 25 Jun 2021, 18:19 last edited by
        #30

        @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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          Doctor Phibes
          wrote on 25 Jun 2021, 18:35 last edited by
          #31

          "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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          • D Doctor Phibes
            25 Jun 2021, 18:35

            "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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            jon-nyc
            wrote on 25 Jun 2021, 18:40 last edited by
            #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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            • J jon-nyc
              25 Jun 2021, 18:40

              @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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              Doctor Phibes
              wrote on 25 Jun 2021, 18:47 last edited by Doctor Phibes
              #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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              • D Doctor Phibes
                25 Jun 2021, 18:47

                @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
                wrote on 25 Jun 2021, 19:08 last edited by Aqua Letifer
                #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
                  wrote on 26 Jun 2021, 11:56 last edited by
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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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                    Mik
                    wrote on 26 Jun 2021, 12:16 last edited by
                    #36

                    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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                    • M Mik
                      26 Jun 2021, 12:16

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

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                      George K
                      wrote on 26 Jun 2021, 12:32 last edited by
                      #37

                      @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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                        Aqua Letifer
                        wrote on 26 Jun 2021, 13:10 last edited by
                        #38

                        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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                        • J jon-nyc
                          25 Jun 2021, 18:13

                          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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                          Axtremus
                          wrote on 26 Jun 2021, 13:58 last edited by
                          #39

                          @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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                          • A Aqua Letifer
                            26 Jun 2021, 13:10

                            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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                            LuFins Dad
                            wrote on 26 Jun 2021, 14:10 last edited by
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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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