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Forum: Stats Topic: Are you mathematically able? |
| ProfessorP |
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Posted: 19 May 2012, 4:34 pm
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Replies: 63
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| I find it interesting that I like mathematical concepts but I cannot perform calculations unless I truly understand the concepts behind them. If there's something I'm getting stuck on conceptually it frustrates me to no end and really upsets me and it makes it very hard, even when there are rules t... |
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Forum: Stats Topic: Are you mathematically able? |
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Posted: 01 May 2012, 11:07 pm
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| I am extremely able in some types of math--I had perfect scores on math ACT tests and math portion of GMATs. Statistics are generally easy for me. Nonetheless, I find some types of math very difficult. I wonder if this is typical for Aspies. Does anyone else have a similar experience in which some t... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Donald Trump: Utter idiot |
| ProfessorP |
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Posted: 05 Apr 2012, 9:23 pm
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Replies: 10
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| Most people are not aware that Donald Trump's father (Fred) was one of the richest people in NY. Fred Trump owned more than 10,000 apartments in NY. Donald was never a real entrepreneur. Until a couple of years ago, he was the employee of Fred. Fred bailed him out in the 1990's when Donald was on th... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Evolution vs Creationism, Why are we having this silly debat |
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Posted: 08 Feb 2012, 9:41 pm
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Replies: 164
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| Codarac, Since you state that atheists believe in racial equality, I think you should be aware that at least a form of racial equality is also Christian since Gal 3:28 states "there is neither Jew nor Greek" As to the portion of racial differences in tested intelligence which are genetic vs. environ... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Have your prayers ever been answered? |
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Posted: 31 Jan 2012, 1:45 pm
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Replies: 36
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| I have had numerous instances of prayers being answered in ways that are virtually impossible to explain by natural events. I am repeating one here that I previously wrote on another post. Years ago an atheistic fellow faculty member managed to get on my tenure committee and voted against me. I rece... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Evolution vs Creationism, Why are we having this silly debat |
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Posted: 28 Jan 2012, 3:21 pm
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Replies: 164
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| The intellectual problem with respect to China that I have been pondering for at least a year is "how much did the Opium Wars hurt the Chinese economy and culture?" My first view of the problem is that the Opium Wars were devastating. Thinking about all of that further, however, I am not sure. The ... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Evolution vs Creationism, Why are we having this silly debat |
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Posted: 28 Jan 2012, 2:08 pm
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| I am also something of a sinophile. I apologize to my Chinese students for the West's part in the Opium Wars. What do you fancy about the Middle Kingdom :) ? I am fascinated by how China has stayed together as a more or less unified and intact culture for over two millennia. I also like the meritoc... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Evolution vs Creationism, Why are we having this silly debat |
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Posted: 27 Jan 2012, 10:29 pm
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Replies: 164
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| ... Allah, which BTW is a term also used by other Abrahamists, including Christians and Jews, in the Arabic-speaking world to refer to the divinity they believe in, is, according to the two sources above and below, actually verifiable. Thus, why are you not a Muslim when the Qurɂān, unlik... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Evolution vs Creationism, Why are we having this silly debat |
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Posted: 27 Jan 2012, 5:27 pm
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| ... Fair enough. Do you have any proof of this happening? Clip from a newspaper? Segment on a news program? Or am I expected to take your word on faith? I can probably get other people who witnessed this to confirm. Otherwise, this did not appear in any newspapers. I have experienced many other mir... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Evolution vs Creationism, Why are we having this silly debat |
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Posted: 27 Jan 2012, 5:07 pm
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| ...mhm. Faith healing works in the same way a placebo does, if someone believes it will work there is a good chance it will work. Please keep in mind that this person had told me that he was "a confirmed atheist". (Of course, he did agree to pray with me, so he apparently had some belief at that mo... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Evolution vs Creationism, Why are we having this silly debat |
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Posted: 27 Jan 2012, 4:19 pm
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| How coincidental that none of this "evidence" ever seems to appear to people that don't believe in the first place. Evidence appears to both believers and unbelievers. Years ago an atheistic fellow faculty member managed to get on my tenure committee and voted against me. I received tenure anyway, ... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Evolution vs Creationism, Why are we having this silly debat |
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Posted: 27 Jan 2012, 1:38 pm
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| I don't see how much more there is to say at this point. Most of your supports fail to be persuasive because they are too easily duplicated by false beliefs.(and we know those beliefs are false because at minimum they exclude each other) Pascal's wager would certainly apply to false religions. It i... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Evolution vs Creationism, Why are we having this silly debat |
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Posted: 27 Jan 2012, 11:29 am
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| Not to a better interpretation but to one that suits what you want to believe. . I disagree that my method "suits what (I) want to believe". Finding the interpretation which is consistent across multiple verses reduces my choices. Often, there is a unique result. I believe, however, that this is th... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Evolution vs Creationism, Why are we having this silly debat |
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Posted: 27 Jan 2012, 10:09 am
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| Abacus said "So what if the people who wrote those gospels died rather than recant them? Why does that matter in the slightest? If someone dies instead of renouncing racism does that mean racism must be correct? After all, according to you, that persons death would make his ideas credible. Like I s... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Can anyone please explain what John Maynard Keynes is saying |
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Posted: 26 Jan 2012, 4:44 pm
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| As a neo-classicist, I would say that Keynes General Theory is mostly wrong. In fact, Keynes took ideas which had been floating around in populist circles for the preceding half-century and made them into a mathematical model. It was a good marketing trick for himself. He found what the population (... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Evolution vs Creationism, Why are we having this silly debat |
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Posted: 25 Jan 2012, 4:29 pm
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Replies: 164
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| Abacus said "So what if the people who wrote those gospels died rather than recant them? Why does that matter in the slightest? If someone dies instead of renouncing racism does that mean racism must be correct? After all, according to you, that persons death would make his ideas credible. Like I sa... |
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