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TracingWoodgrains launches a defense of Manifest's controversial reputation, all without betraying a basic understanding of what the word "controversial" means.(forum.effectivealtruism.org)

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…And if it weren’t for that one joke by Hannibal, Bill Cosby would be very uncontroversial.

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V0ldek@awful.systems
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the distribution of genetic traits associated with intelligence is non-zero

This doesn’t even make sense. What the fuck is a zero distribution? A probability distribution cannot be “zero” in any sensible meaning of the word. Did you mean uniform?

Also obv citation needed you sack of spuds.

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earthquake@lemm.ee
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I think he is trying to say something like “non-zero skew”, but really, he just means “I subscribe to race science, but only for the articles”.

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sinedpick@awful.systems
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I think you’re being too generous. What they wanted to say is “There are genetic traits associated with intelligence.” However, not inserting probability distributions in every fucking sentence is a class 2 misdemeanor in Rat circles, hence what was written.

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V0ldek@awful.systems
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There are genetic traits associated with intelligence.

Which is obviously true, since the genetic traits of BEING A HUMAN quite strongly correlate with intelligence.

There’s no way to say the quiet part without saying it out loud here!

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froztbyte@awful.systems
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zero distribution is what they got, the day sense and awareness were handed out

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Hurling ordure at the TREACLES, especially those closely related to LessWrong.

AI-Industrial-Complex grift is fine as long as it sufficiently relates to the AI doom from the TREACLES. (Though TechTakes may be more suitable.)

This is sneer club, not debate club. Unless it’s amusing debate.

[Especially don’t debate the race scientists, if any sneak in - we ban and delete them as unsuitable for the server.]

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