Quote from: marshwiggle on July 26, 2024, 05:19:40 AMQuote from: jimbogumbo on July 25, 2024, 09:43:11 AMmarsh: I completely understand, but it still frustrates me. Specifically, when people have an issue with something that doesn't really exist (like my migrant crime example). I probably should have asked on a different thread, because I'm still trying to wrap my head around real issues people actually agree to disagree on (or work to solve) versus ginned up fake stuff to score talking points.
FWIW, I don't think many people are thing about BLM, and Free Palestine went from a topic really only seen on college campuses to something I would term real due to all the destruction and actual death. Whether or not the Israeli response to Oct. 7 is justified or not really does cross party lines.
Issues that people are really concerned about are things like men in women's sports and changing rooms (and prisons). Even more important is that Dems will disparage peoples' character for even expressing concern about these issues.
Cowtowing to the extreme activists instead of telling them when they have gone too far does not go well with centrist voters.
(And it doesn't matter what I think; if I'm wrong, everything I say is irrelevant. But if I'm right, then unless and until any party wanting to be in power actually pays attention to voters, rather than trying to tell them what to think, they will be out in the cold.)
Quote from: the_geneticist on July 25, 2024, 09:20:04 AMQuote from: evil_physics_witchcraft on July 24, 2024, 01:16:41 PMQuote from: the_geneticist on July 24, 2024, 11:48:08 AMQuote from: apl68 on July 24, 2024, 10:18:36 AMWhat data did they use? Was it from something else studied in the course, or did they make stuff up?
Given that they all gave different wrong information, looks like they just made it up.
Wow! Did they flip the axes, or just do something totally off the wall?
Axes were fine. They just drew
some random bars & put numbers on the Y-axis that weren't even close to accurate.
Quote from: jimbogumbo on July 25, 2024, 09:43:11 AMmarsh: I completely understand, but it still frustrates me. Specifically, when people have an issue with something that doesn't really exist (like my migrant crime example). I probably should have asked on a different thread, because I'm still trying to wrap my head around real issues people actually agree to disagree on (or work to solve) versus ginned up fake stuff to score talking points.
FWIW, I don't think many people are thing about BLM, and Free Palestine went from a topic really only seen on college campuses to something I would term real due to all the destruction and actual death. Whether or not the Israeli response to Oct. 7 is justified or not really does cross party lines.
Quote from: Parasaurolophus on July 25, 2024, 08:22:27 AMFinishing up the intro incorporation today, then hopefully moving on to more book work. Followed by reading for a referee report.
Quote from: mythbuster on July 25, 2024, 07:11:10 AMSo I just looked up the Hamilton Center. This Fall they are teaching 17 courses. All of them either Interdisciplinary or IDS with Honors. Likely relatively small classes. From my experience in the Florida SUS system, courses like these don't generally count towards Gen Eds, as they haven't put through the mountain of paperwork required. And very few majors count them in terms of electives. So the number of students who will be taking these courses is a minuscule part of the overall student population- at least right now. I'll keep an eye out to see if they try to replace Gen Eds like sociology with some of these.
Of course, the vast majority of UF students come in with almost all Gen Eds completed in High school- not sure how they will get around that fundamental issue.