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Re: The Insane Reaction to Renée DiResta on the Joe Rogan Podcast

Way — Fri, 12 Apr 2019 18:55:47 -0000

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Re: A Visual Breakdown of Intellectual Dark Web (IDW) Political Positions

Daniel Miessler — Fri, 12 Apr 2019 03:42:25 -0000

Pro means for.
Con means against.
Green means more Liberal.
Red means more Conservative.
Gray means uncertainty.

Re: A Visual Breakdown of Intellectual Dark Web (IDW) Political Positions

Samuel Skinner — Fri, 12 Apr 2019 03:19:15 -0000

",but whether it's because of sexism or not, the difference between making $24500 and $25000 is significant when most Americans can't afford $500 surprise bill."

Statistical residual means there are factors they haven't accounted for. It doesn't mean sexism is responsible.

"If this were the only reason, wouldn't you expect women who work 40 hours a week or women who have never been married to be on par with men?"

No, I wouldn't. Women who have never married are not comparable with women who have. People like getting married and having children; those who are unable tend to be ones who are incapable of doing so. This usually bleeds over to the rest of their life.

"Fair enough, but which do you think is more valuable: a parking lot attendant or a cashier?"

Jobs aren't paid by value. They are paid by however much is necessary to get people to do the job. A parking lot attendant tends to be more exposed to weather and so probably has a higher wage.

"can you honestly say that teachers and childcare workers are paid a fair wage given the requirements needed to get into the field and the workload involved?"

Wages are not based on fairness. They are based on what it takes to get people to take the job. Since there are large numbers of people who want to interact with children, this drives down the wages. It is the same reason starting on the professor track is so hard- there is a large labor reserve of people who will take the job.

"While I totally acknowledge that this is a possibility, I haven't seen any research that suggests this is more likely than the alternative. If you're aware of a study of that kind, I'd be interested in seeing it."

The most famous example is women's soccer. In the old days it was coached by women. Then the US government mandated women's sports and provided large amounts of funding. Rather rapidly the coaching positions were taken over by men.

The other way to check this is to realize that if adding women lowers wages, employers would be constantly trying to hire women which would result in an equilibrium where women have the same employment opportunities as men. You can only avoid that with cultural or government pressure external to business.

Re: The Definition of a Purple Team

Diana Talker — Thu, 11 Apr 2019 08:01:16 -0000

This article was worth my attention. Thanks!

Re: A Visual Breakdown of Intellectual Dark Web (IDW) Political Positions

Christopher van der Merwe — Wed, 10 Apr 2019 19:25:59 -0000

Well done

Re: A Visual Breakdown of Intellectual Dark Web (IDW) Political Positions

Martin Johnson — Wed, 10 Apr 2019 18:09:20 -0000

Yes, and he knows the hell he would have caught by even being on the stage with Goldy. When you have been unfairly attacked as much as he has, don't be surprised if he gets gun-shy.

Re: A Visual Breakdown of Intellectual Dark Web (IDW) Political Positions

Martin Johnson — Wed, 10 Apr 2019 18:09:17 -0000

Since Peterson says he is not talking about politics, but about psychology, it is no surprise that you have trouble fitting him into a political box. Maybe you should look at him in his own terms, as a psychologist with a Jungian bent?

Re: A Visual Breakdown of Intellectual Dark Web (IDW) Political Positions

Substantive Snark — Wed, 10 Apr 2019 18:06:55 -0000

"Your link shows that women get paid 98% of the male wage when accounting for those factors. No reason to think the 2% is sexism and not residual."

The link is to a study that controls for the relevant differences apart from gender,but whether it's because of sexism or not, the difference between making $24500 and $25000 is significant when most Americans can't afford $500 surprise bill.

"Women choose part time work at a significantly higher rate then men as well as take time off for giving birth and raising children. This reduces their ability to run in the rat race."

If this were the only reason, wouldn't you expect women who work 40 hours a week or women who have never been married to be on par with men? Also, as a side point, the US laws around maternity leave and paternity leave are bizarrely punitive to new parents, which I can't imagine would be helpful to women.

"Communications degrees are not equal to engineering degrees."

Fair enough, but which do you think is more valuable: a parking lot attendant or a cashier?

Also, can you honestly say that teachers and childcare workers are paid a fair wage given the requirements needed to get into the field and the workload involved?

"He's a neocon."

He's also an IDW member

"Not sure how many conservatives support mass sterilization."

According to Pew Research only 17% of the US population think getting the MMR vaccine should be a choice made by the parents, while 82% think it should be mandatory for kids who are going to attend school. Considering that 36% of the US population are conservatives, even if every single person who objected to vaccines was a conservative, they still wouldn't form a majority of conservatives.

"Re: pay drops as proportion of women increases- you have the causation reversed. As pay drops, men leave the field and as pay rises men enter."

While I totally acknowledge that this is a possibility, I haven't seen any research that suggests this is more likely than the alternative. If you're aware of a study of that kind, I'd be interested in seeing it.

Re: A Visual Breakdown of Intellectual Dark Web (IDW) Political Positions

Charlie Parker — Wed, 10 Apr 2019 18:00:19 -0000

"paid to shill for the Establishment"

I think they just have opinions you disagree with. They don't say what they say because there's money in saying it, and there's no secret cabal directing their speech and giving them money for saying things. They believe what they say.

Re: A Visual Breakdown of Intellectual Dark Web (IDW) Political Positions

jhp151 — Wed, 10 Apr 2019 16:28:03 -0000

The most accurate statement of Peterson's climate change position, he finds the models and projects weak. Siting Bjorn Lomburg's work, he argues the best way to address climate change is to work to raise the median income level of the worlds poor to $5000 a year and/or increase child nutrition (based on ). You can hear it in his own words from his speech to the Cambridge Union.

Also Jordan Peterson is a Canadian citizen.

Re: A Visual Breakdown of Intellectual Dark Web (IDW) Political Positions

Samuel Skinner — Wed, 10 Apr 2019 13:12:32 -0000

"1) Women aren't paid the same as men, even when you account for differences in their chosen careers and their ability to get promotions."

Your link shows that women get paid 98% of the male wage when accounting for those factors. No reason to think the 2% is sexism and not residual.

"2) If perfectly qualified women aren't able to get the promotions necessary to close the gap, they're still being undervalued even if they were getting the same pay in their current positions as men in the
exact same positions."

Women choose part time work at a significantly higher rate then men as well as take time off for giving birth and raising children. This reduces their ability to run in the rat race.

"3) If career paths that generally attract more women, but require similar education levels to career paths that attract more men, are lower paid than those male-dominated career paths, that's a pretty clear
sign that women's work is still being undervalued."

Communications degrees are not equal to engineering degrees.

"And here's an IDW member supporting the Iraq war even after many of those who initially supported it stopped doing so:""

He's a neocon.

"Not exactly sure what the article on vaccinations is supposed to prove, but are you trying to contest the idea that vaccines are broadly supported by both conservatives and liberals?"

Not sure how many conservatives support mass sterilization.

Re: pay drops as proportion of women increases- you have the causation reversed. As pay drops, men leave the field and as pay rises men enter.

Re: The Bible Is Fiction: A Collection Of Evidence

John Hines — Wed, 10 Apr 2019 12:00:24 -0000

A library has nonfiction books and books of fiction. If a bible was to be in a library it would be in the fiction section of a library. No religion is based on truth. A so called God wouldn't allow the atrocities that has occurred throughout the world throughout history. Only children should believe in make believe and once old enough people soon realise fact from fiction. The truth and fact is all anyone should believe in and it isn't to hard to learn or figure the truth out and know fact from fiction. Be great that all life or lives don't end when death arise, but fact is fact, once your dead that's it forever whether you die young or old. And anyways there is meant to be only one God and there's more than 1 religious belief and what about Alan and Buddha. And look at the Catholic church and the sexual abuse of children and these sexual abuses of children are supposed men of God
All in all there is no God or any so called higher being

Re: A Visual Breakdown of Intellectual Dark Web (IDW) Political Positions

Substantive Snark — Wed, 10 Apr 2019 00:31:06 -0000

Section 1 is one sentence long. I'm pretty sure section 8 is what you're talking about, but honestly, I'm not entirely sure what you point is anyway, as you've already conceded that the government does stuff that's not specifically mentioned in it.

Also, why is your example of societal issues banning slurpees? Do you think healthcare isn't a societal issue? Or labor laws? Education? Immigration? Taxation? Cause those are all things that the government deals with and they're all things that members of the IDW have commented on

Re: The Bible Is Fiction: A Collection Of Evidence

Aiden — Tue, 09 Apr 2019 22:48:15 -0000

Lighter skin absorbs more vitamin D, an adaption to living in areas with less sunlight.

Re: A Visual Breakdown of Intellectual Dark Web (IDW) Political Positions

THUD — Tue, 09 Apr 2019 21:44:17 -0000

DM, you left out Tim Pool, I think he fits the IDW also.

Re: A Visual Breakdown of Intellectual Dark Web (IDW) Political Positions

THUD — Tue, 09 Apr 2019 21:41:32 -0000

Article 1, section 1 of the constitution lays out jurisdiction for the Federal government. Nothing about societal issues, not saying they haven't like banning slurpees and such.

Re: A Visual Breakdown of Intellectual Dark Web (IDW) Political Positions

THUD — Tue, 09 Apr 2019 21:41:27 -0000

Great discussion but I don't have time to keep up. This is one of the reasons I like the IDW, to listen to them discuss things for hours. Ya know Daniel left out Tim Pool. He's part of the IDW also I would say.

Re: A Visual Breakdown of Intellectual Dark Web (IDW) Political Positions

Harold Boxty — Tue, 09 Apr 2019 18:52:51 -0000

Well when I do a Google search I come up with something about Dimension C-137 and Rick and Morty. So I went to DuckDuckGO and they had the same as their top search, but did mention the Stratoliner. I do not get the connection with the Confederate battle flag.

Re: A Visual Breakdown of Intellectual Dark Web (IDW) Political Positions

Substantive Snark — Tue, 09 Apr 2019 18:27:50 -0000

I have no doubt that there are many places where women do get equal pay (and if your job is one of those places, that's great, and my stance on equal pay probably won't affect you), but the data continues to reflect a disparity in women's pay, even when you account for differences in career paths, which I'm not sure is the best way of measuring it, because the idea that jobs with similar educational requirements but with higher rates of female employees generally have lower wages doesn't seem exactly like equality to me, especially when studies have shown that as women enter into various industries, the pay for those industries has gone down.

I don't think that all right-wing people support all of these things, my point was merely that these are generally right wing beliefs, and that excluding them from the analysis helps push the IDW into a position where they appear more liberal than they actually are

Is the point of this that conservatives are against vaccines? Cause my point was that vaccination isn't really a dividing line between conservatives and liberals.

My picture of right wingers is actually a pretty broad coalition of people who I generally disagree with for various different reasons. I don't think Jordan Peterson is the same as Ted Cruz and I don't think either of them are the same as David Duke.

Re: A Visual Breakdown of Intellectual Dark Web (IDW) Political Positions

ZerohTollrants — Tue, 09 Apr 2019 17:55:58 -0000

Women do receive equal pay, and as a woman who has earned her pay, I'm offended that people like you cont. to push this false narrative in order to get brownie points from rabid misandrists.
MANY people on the right care deeply about the environment, approve of raising corp taxes, dislike military spending, are pro ending all wars, as well as being against the Zionist murders of Palestinians.

The largest groups of non-vaxxers are Orthodox Jews, (currently responsible for 168 cases of Measles), Scientologists & upper class whites/Jews/Asians who are into homeopathic quackery & crystal healing.

Your picture of right wingers is kind of monolithic & cartoonish.

Re: A Visual Breakdown of Intellectual Dark Web (IDW) Political Positions

ZerohTollrants — Tue, 09 Apr 2019 17:19:14 -0000

*cringe* A C-137 is a Boeing Stratoliner.
You know, those big metal things w/wings that fly up in the sky.

Re: A Visual Breakdown of Intellectual Dark Web (IDW) Political Positions

ZerohTollrants — Tue, 09 Apr 2019 17:11:29 -0000

This truly made my day, lol. Progs falling for these snake oil grifters the same way boomers, neocons & neolibs have.
F'ing PRICELESS.
Make sure you buy warmonger lil Benjy's newest book of propaganda & Dr. Jordy's lobster apparel. :D

Re: A Visual Breakdown of Intellectual Dark Web (IDW) Political Positions

Substantive Snark — Tue, 09 Apr 2019 16:18:19 -0000

So glad we can all get on board with what the American Psychiatric Association suggests

Re: A Visual Breakdown of Intellectual Dark Web (IDW) Political Positions

Samuel Skinner — Tue, 09 Apr 2019 14:01:35 -0000

"Also, take out vaccination cause that really shouldn't be considered a liberal policy position."

Japan disagrees.

Re: A Visual Breakdown of Intellectual Dark Web (IDW) Political Positions

Samuel Skinner — Tue, 09 Apr 2019 13:59:00 -0000

Boycotting South Africa to end apartheid isn't a case of politics? Insuring certain stories are repeated so that people are mobilized in order to effect social change? Red Faction wasn't a political group? Really?