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Interested in history, science and politics. Biomedical researcher exploring how cognitive and physical states affect motor behavior. Avid pickleball player.

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Isnโ€™t the video evidence sufficient?

09.01.2026 16:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

My point is that there will always be a small subset of identical twins who have a much larger than normal difference due to randomness in development. If, as a result, they obtain different levels of education, then the causation would be backward.

13.10.2025 18:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yes, but my point is that itโ€™s not clear if the education difference is causing the IQ difference or the other way around.

13.10.2025 15:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Education duration is affected by IQ. So, if you separate pairs by duration, you are separating them by IQ at least partially. The n=10 for dissimilar pairs is way too small also.

13.10.2025 12:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Vance is so awful he will present a policy I agree with in a way that makes me hate him.

22.06.2025 15:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

*linked piece

22.06.2025 15:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The implication of the title of the linked price is that supporting military action against Iran is to be against โ€œpeaceโ€ writ large. I think the opposite is true given the history of the regimeโ€™s actions.

22.06.2025 15:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

1953 does not justify the many crimes committed by the Iranian regime, and to imply it does is an outrage to hundreds of thousands of innocent victims.

22.06.2025 12:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

To prevent them from developing nuclear weapons, and possibly using them. This justification is in the news reports.

22.06.2025 12:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Youโ€™re such a good writer. I love it.

09.05.2025 01:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Sending illegal aliens who have not been convicted of any crimes to these prisons is at least as bad, morally.

29.04.2025 12:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Did the first battle of Bull Run work?

28.04.2025 13:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

In talks aimed at DOD sponsors, warfighters is almost always used. Service members is probably used sometimes too.

22.04.2025 16:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It is not only widely used, it is really the only term used to refer to, uh, warfighters.

22.04.2025 16:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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- Hosts his home state Buckeyes after they win the College Football Championship
- Trophy falls apart the moment he touches it

- Diplomatically pressures the Vatican into meeting with Pope Francis on Easter Sunday
- Pope Francis dies twelve hours later

21.04.2025 13:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 537    ๐Ÿ” 132    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 32    ๐Ÿ“Œ 15
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Opinion | The Vibe Shifts Against the Right People who once found right-wing ideas scintillating are having second thoughts as they watch Trump put those ideas into practice.

Wow, i never knew โ€œbasedโ€ was short for โ€œbased in realityโ€. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/o...

15.04.2025 16:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

โ€œMore peopleโ€ could mean an increase from 10 % to 15% of population. Why should I be one of the 15%?

14.04.2025 21:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

lol, โ€œwar-goobersโ€. Weโ€™re relying on you to come up with succinct phrases for the current situation.

08.04.2025 18:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I wonder if, in the long term, the Ukrainian manpower deficits could turn out to have been advantageous because it forced them to innovate.

08.04.2025 15:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Republicans will find backbone when Trump becomes sufficiently unpopular.

01.04.2025 12:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

How does voting against it stop the furloughs?

14.03.2025 22:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Have you keyed a Tesla today?

11.03.2025 06:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

His policies are aligned with Putin. What is motivations are (heโ€™s a secret agent! He is being blackmailed!) should not be the main focus, especially since itโ€™s probably just that he is evil.

08.03.2025 15:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Heโ€™s aligned with Putin in many ways. Make the case about that. Donโ€™t try to prove heโ€™s a Russian agent, which sounds too outlandish.

08.03.2025 11:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yes, but Democrats need to distance themselves more strongly from the leftists.

07.03.2025 17:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The huge damage the Democrats did to themselves with their anti-police rhetoric and support for progressive prosecutors over several years takes time to recover from.

07.03.2025 15:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thank god he is so old.

06.03.2025 13:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Drones Now Rule the Battlefield in the Ukraine-Russia War Drones have changed the war in Ukraine, with soldiers adapting off-the-shelf models and swarming the front lines.

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

03.03.2025 13:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Zelenskyy canโ€™t wait to return to active war zone after having to socialize with JD Vance

01.03.2025 18:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 382    ๐Ÿ” 34    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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