tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post8420404493733155411..comments2023-10-30T09:23:42.803-05:00Comments on Some Assembly Required: SAR #9268/WeekenderCharles Kingsley Michaelson, IIIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04364694465614330540noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-36502307392755188682009-09-29T02:48:57.854-05:002009-09-29T02:48:57.854-05:00Another highly suspect report....
If the parents ...Another highly suspect report....<br /><br />If the parents have low IQ's, it is likely the children will. There actually is correlation on that.<br /><br />The "spanking expert" also links spanking to deviant sexual behavior and, in the 3rd chart, post-traumatic stress. Yet the 3rd chart does not distinguish between moderate spanking and beating. It just uses the description "spanked or beat alot". Beating, especially when done "alot", might cause all manner of mental and psychological issues that have no relationship whatsoever to spanking. But, hey, let's just lump them together to get the desired result for the report. <br />This little "detail" skews the the alleged correlation, if there really ever was one.<br /><br />This would seem to be just another bogus "study", with a result that was backfit.<br /><br />It must be true-- liberals just can't get the hang of that critical analysis thing.ventuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13261160552725719680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-81555111175296470492009-09-28T07:16:18.896-05:002009-09-28T07:16:18.896-05:00fajensen - An excellent point about the (near?) fu...fajensen - An excellent point about the (near?) future application of various drone technologies... <br />ckmCharles Kingsley Michaelson, IIIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04364694465614330540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-70619506850127076802009-09-28T07:10:45.789-05:002009-09-28T07:10:45.789-05:00@ What If:
Druglords will be the main users of d...@ What If: <br /><br />Druglords will be the main users of drone technology once it becomes commoditised. <br /><br />Once the tech is commoditised, it then becomes widely available to everyone, including crazies, misfits and bored teenagers. <br /><br />It is poetic justice that the US administration soon will have to worry about smart machines sneaking up on them after all the random drive-by shootings in Pakistan. A precedent has been set.fajensennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-2881211400161764962009-09-28T07:03:02.236-05:002009-09-28T07:03:02.236-05:00Since all the hot money a-holes are leveraged to t...<i>Since all the hot money a-holes are leveraged to the max, just about any move back down will break somebody</i><br /><br />I would like to see that but there is absolutely no chance of that. <br /><br />They will just go back to the FED for some more money to bet at the roulette! With infinite money available they will eventually win no matter how stupid they are!!fajensennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-81182879774318669482009-09-28T04:02:55.167-05:002009-09-28T04:02:55.167-05:00Anony 1119 - TYVM as the texter twits would say. ...Anony 1119 - TYVM as the texter twits would say. Proves my point - for 'cut and paste' passes for thought these day. And the recommended reading is a fine start (as is any volume of Stephen Gould's essays on the bedstand), but thinking about what you've read is also a required step.<br /><br />Glad you like the blog - ckm.Charles Kingsley Michaelson, IIIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04364694465614330540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-82999813547364675632009-09-27T23:19:35.173-05:002009-09-27T23:19:35.173-05:00CK:
Thanks for your great blog.
By the way, th...CK:<br /><br />Thanks for your great blog. <br /><br />By the way, the weird anti-science "anonymous" post above is copied completely from:<br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Hitchens<br /><br />I suggest that this person try reading "Darwin's Dangerous Idea" (1995) by Daniel Dennett, as a starter.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-76231155467600767292009-09-27T15:51:09.863-05:002009-09-27T15:51:09.863-05:00TT - It's rather a close race as to which of a...TT - It's rather a close race as to which of a sizable array of options will be the trigger. Oil has two shots - one is the price collapse due to a lack of demand (yuor version) or a brief price run-up that kills whatever rejuvenation the economy had, then a crash of cradle, baby and all. <br /><br />But the banks are a close second, with the bad loans growing and growing. <br /><br />A far distant third, the realization could set in that there's not been any recovery beyond the stimulus funds and propaganda, the air goes out of the balloon and phusssh.<br />But you are most certainly right, one break - any one break - is all it will take. 'Skins lost, think I'll take a nap.<br />ckmCharles Kingsley Michaelson, IIIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04364694465614330540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-8193543409406243352009-09-27T14:47:11.170-05:002009-09-27T14:47:11.170-05:00I just saw how the next 'leg down' gets ki...I just saw how the next 'leg down' gets kicked off. It will be the oil price, cuz all the hedges and playahs have been hyping the recovery. But last week saw the break in the price push, because the market can see there is no demand for it.<br /><br />Since all the hot money a-holes are leveraged to the max, just about any move back down will break somebody. And with all the panic just below the surface, it would only take one to break to set off the rush for the doors.<br /><br />Hey, it may not be much, but it materialized out of the haze of working on Sunday. <br /><br />TTTulsaTimenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-45913474240957679712009-09-26T22:15:50.814-05:002009-09-26T22:15:50.814-05:00I agree with Peter Hitchens.
Hitchens sees evol...I agree with Peter Hitchens. <br /><br />Hitchens sees evolution as a speculative and unfalsifiable theory which cannot be observed in progress. He reasons that if it took place in the past it did so before there were any human witnesses, and that if it is taking place now it is operating so slowly that our civilization is likely to perish long before it has been able to record it in action. He maintains that enthusiasts for Darwinism often mistake adaptation of existing species for a far more ambitious process required for evolution. He therefore contends that the theory of evolution is wholly unlike other scientific theories with which it is often compared. He regularly likens belief in evolution to belief in a religion, on the basis that religious claims also cannot be tested and similarly have their origins not in certain knowledge but in the preferences of the believer. In support of his skepticism he cites Karl Popper's remarks on the scientific status of evolution, in which Popper confesses to being disturbed by the apparent tautology of the theory of natural selection.<br /><br />Hitchens argues that neither he nor anyone else knows how life began or how the realm of nature assumed its present form. He says he is willing to accept the possibility that evolutionists may be right, and asks that they will extend the same courtesy to theists. He agrees with evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins that a belief in the truth of evolutionary theory, properly understood, is incompatible with a theist position. He maintains that the question remains a matter of choice, and that intelligent people should be free to decide for themselves which explanation they prefer. He does not criticize evolutionary theory, believing it to be an ingenious possible explanation of the origins of species, but one which he himself prefers not to embrace.<br /><br />Like many other skeptics on this subject, Hitchens does not subscribe to a literal interpretation of the Book of Genesis. In a review of God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything by his brother, he stated that, "many decades have passed since I fancied the story of Adam and Eve was literal truth, if I ever did."<br /><br />CK, your premise regarding the shortcomings of our educational system is as much adolescent as it is risible.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-65128311680468924772009-09-26T09:21:40.675-05:002009-09-26T09:21:40.675-05:00I have a theory about the popular rejection of sci...I have a theory about the popular rejection of science in general. Ever since the 50's, it was technology and science that were going to bring the new golden age. All the flying cars and 3 day work weeks, better living thru modern chemistry. We were all supposed to be in the high life by now. <br /><br />Instead we have wage slavery, endless pollution, climate change, failed society, and the best government money can buy. It's enough to make you question the teachings of society. And since America is such a fertile breeding ground for fringe ideas, POOF!! Instant mass ignorance, now in the new easy-opening cans.<br /><br />I'll just sit and stare at the sun while I wait for the rapture.<br /><br />TTTulsaTimenoreply@blogger.com