Jacques

[Quick Thoughts @lthlnkso]

If humans were to adopt monkey economics, we too could enjoy the luxury and wealth of monkey civilization.

[Jacques @Wastertorp]

@bourscheid And then there’s the problem that you can’t just trade in a satellite for bread. If he liquidates, or gives away stock, that is inflationary. You are not actually creating value.

[Jacques @Wastertorp]

@bourscheid The guy is making reusable rockets, providing the entire world with internet, and has done more for fighting climate change than any other man in history.

That is solving the world’s problems.

But sure let’s instead give every retard goy $200 to buy air jordan’s

[Jacques @Wastertorp]

@worst_account Literally both of these points are false

[Jacques @Wastertorp]

@Whoever221_ @nikicaga I shouldn’t have said bias, I meant prejudice.

The lived experience is part of reality, and with a big enough sample size tends to represent the broader world quite well.

And I to have had amazing teachers, but those are anecdotes.

[Jacques @Wastertorp]

@dilanesper People don’t undervalue their future need for money, they overvalue it. Money will improve your life more at 20 than at 80.

[Jacques @Wastertorp]

@Whoever221_ @nikicaga No, not really. Everyone has good or bad associations with different groups of people. I just happen to be conscious of my biases.

[Jacques @Wastertorp]

@PotatusInChief @philliplede Look, I agree with you, but this is irrelevant. I’m not convinced you know what comparative means.

[Jacques @Wastertorp]

@pophyrion What do you think the confidence interval represents retard

[Jacques @Wastertorp]

@PotatusInChief @philliplede Objective biological markers are no less comparable than dynamic social markers.

[Jacques @Wastertorp]

@sudha_lakshmi @vegardstikbakke @einarvollset Yes, concentrated at ≈+1.7 SD, following a bell curve around that point.

The curve you see is the general population’s distribution. Not the mother’s.

See what I mean?

[Jacques @Wastertorp]

@vegardstikbakke @sudha_lakshmi @einarvollset Looks like the embryos follow a normal distribution though.

[Jacques @Wastertorp]

@elephant_ben Why would this be binary?

These are not contradictory statements.

[Jacques @Wastertorp]

@ndosenbach @souljagoyteller This gotta be Straussian

[Jacques @Wastertorp]

@endrickrider @Gramsterwheel @hecubian_devil Much of my belief in hereditarianism stems from not seeing plausible explanations for why twin studies show such high numbers, and therefore I’ve always assumed genetic testing would converge on the same numbers as we mapped more SNPs and eliminated noise.

[Jacques @Wastertorp]

@endrickrider @Gramsterwheel @hecubian_devil Now that you displayed such impressive epistemic humility I should admit I’m not statistician myself, so all I say should be taken with heaps of salt.

[Jacques @Wastertorp]

@endrickrider @Gramsterwheel @hecubian_devil And then there’s stuff like healthy volunteer bias - an imperfect study will capture much, but never all, of the predicted effects.

And lastly, non genetic causes are not all social. Nourishment in the womb, brain injuries (even small, unknown), will have an effect too.

[Jacques @Wastertorp]

@endrickrider @Gramsterwheel @hecubian_devil I think it was Cremieux that pointed out that the IQ test administered was short w lots of noise, and reliability of like .6, correcting for which brings us to something like 55% heritability. Still not super high, but far above the 10-25 figure.

[Jacques @Wastertorp]

@endrickrider @Gramsterwheel @hecubian_devil But furthermore, don’t we run into the issue I was talking about here? We haven’t identified every single relevant SNP.

The first (paywalled) study you linked also puts height at 55% - are we accepting the notion that the environment is responsible for 45% of your height?

[Jacques @Wastertorp]

@endrickrider @Gramsterwheel @hecubian_devil Number of years of schooling is a very different metric from IQ. I don’t think even the most die hard hereditarian claims the environment has no effect on whether or not you enroll in university.