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Advice Goddess Free Swim
It's Friday night, and I'm wiped out from finishing a tough section of my next book. You pick the topics.

P.S. One link per comment or my spam filter will eat your post.

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https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/02/18/south-carolina-fetal-heartbeat-bill-bans-abortion-after-fetus-heartbeats/4493903001/

NicoleK at February 20, 2021 2:27 AM

Star Slate Codex, once again singing in full voice:

The overall distribution of good vs. bad students remains unchanged, and is mostly caused by natural talent; some kids are just smarter than others. DeBoer reviews the literature from behavioral genetics, including twin studies, adoption studies, and genome-wide association studies. All show that differences in intelligence and many other traits are more due to genes than specific environment. This requires an asterisk - we can only say for sure that the contribution of environment is less than that of genes in our current society; some other society with more (or less, or different) environmental variation might be a different story. But at least here and now, most outcomes depend more on genes than on educational quality. Schools can't turn dull people into bright ones, or ensure every child ends up knowing exactly the same amount. But that means some children will always fail to meet "the standards"; in fact, this might even be true by definition if we set the standards according to some algorithm where if every child always passed they would be too low.

Don't be stupid.

Crid at February 20, 2021 5:17 AM

That's from this book report.

Crid at February 20, 2021 5:18 AM

WSJ headline: "Millions in Texas Search for Clean Water as They Wait for Federal Aid"

Federal aid won't impact the quality of our water. In a similar vein most of us don't depend on Ted Cruz for basic survival. And windmills not being rated for a once in a (windmill) lifetime weather event is also irrelevant. Stopped windmills had nothing to do with the blackouts.

Ben at February 20, 2021 6:21 AM

• It's not something I'm going to comment about every day on the 'free chat' posts of Amy's blog, but this is a interesting metaphor/comparison/whatever. Srinivason is a fascinating guy.

• Los Angeles is still a wonderland.

Crid at February 20, 2021 6:35 AM

> In a similar vein most of us
> don't depend on Ted Cruz for
> basic survival.

Your finest sentence. It would break his heart to read it.

Crid at February 20, 2021 6:38 AM

More (glancingly) on Siskind/StarSlateCodex.

Crid at February 20, 2021 8:27 AM

Jim Henson's coffee ads:

https://twitter.com/twothickscoops/status/1363009267142447107

Sixclaws at February 20, 2021 9:57 AM

Relic of a bygone era:

https://twitter.com/heywildrich/status/1362950200617299968