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The Old Emotional Support Animal Gag
In my more curmudgeonly moments, I complain that progressivism is turning us into a Nation of Grifters. None more egregious than these What a wonderful time it is for the scammer, the conniver, and the cheat: the underage drinkers who flash fake I.D.s, the able-bodied adults who drive cars with handicapped license plates, the parents… Read more
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Great Comment!
Love him or hate him, Charles Murray is doing some interesting social research with his Bubble Quiz. In his first, rough, analysis article, he examines the association between bubble score and SES. The comments are interesting, if only as examples of people being “triggered” into high dudgeon. My fave from Jeff Herman: Most people take… Read more
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Literary GIGO
Isn’t it about time to add the American Library Association’s Most-Frequently Challenged Books list to the list? Tip from Five Thirty-Eight. Read more
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The Mother of all Meta-Analyses
So I’ve been preparing a new version of my introductory biostatistics course for the past 2 weeks, and I decided to incorporate most of the videos in the Annenberg Learner online course Against All Odds. One of the videos I’m using is Correlation, which has an interesting discussion on twin studies, addressing the perennial “nature… Read more
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Eigen-stuff, explained
Linear algebra got you stuck? Check out this interactive demo that explains the hows and whys of eigenvalues and eigenvectors. Roll your own. Tip from the Geek Press. Read more
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I never did like that little snitch…
…and now someone agrees with me. ‘Elf on the Shelf’ conditions kids to accept surveillance state, says Laura Pinto, a digital technology professor at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology. You’re teaching (kids) a bigger lesson, which is that it’s OK for other people to spy on you and you’re not entitled to privacy,”… Read more
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Free Market Jesus Paradise
That’s what Daily Beast’s Michael Tomasky calls the South these days, while advising the Democrats to write us off. If only. Tip from Twitchy, where a few Paradaistas get in some zingers of their own. Read more
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Top College Majors for Jobs
Lots of handwringing discussion at the source, mostly not worth reading. Read more
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Busting the myth of Genius
Truer words were never said: The cult of genius tends to undervalue hard work and the productive persistence that psychologists nowadays like to call “grit”—not to mention creativity, perspective and taste, without which all those other virtues may be wasted on pointless projects. I purely wish my students weren’t intimidated by the myth. Tip from… Read more
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