Thanks to the Sugar Association we don't (for real, it's a whole thing). You have to live like a medieval peasant to get healthy. — frank

But I know what it's like to go around with an invisible red bandana waiting for the revolution. — frank

One day I noticed that the world doesn't really need one more angry man. There's billions of them. — frank

It would be a good start to undermine any legitimacy it has and for it to be universally ackowledged as the most destructive country on the planet. — StreetlightX

Biden is the head of American Empire. It's literally his job to ensure the US can get away with murders it commits. — StreetlightX

Is it even worth it to engage with these people? — Xtrix

And our women aren't our women. And they can show more skin. — James Riley

But I will say, fuck a monarchy — James Riley

It's so infuriating.. nothing left to do then but take control, let's storm the Capitol Building... oh... oops... — Tom Storm

Which country doesn't suck? — frank

Yes. I like "The Raven" too. I find the internal rhymes very affecting, satisfying. I like poems that run away from you if you're not careful. — T Clark

Most of the controversy in philosophy is related to differences in metaphysics and the fact that most philosophers don’t recognize that ways of seeing reality are not right or wrong, they are just more or less useful ways of seeing things in a particular situation. — T Clark

Of course not, but that opens up an interesting question. Is my understanding that metaphysical questions are not matters of fact but of usefulness a metaphysical question? — T Clark

As for "neoliberal entrepreneurial values,"... whatever my illusions or delusions, I don't think they have anything to do with neoliberalism. — T Clark

Right. So the test, maybe good for some things, is maybe just overblown. — hanaH

But when adults give it too much thought, I imagine they've never done intellectual work with smart people. — hanaH

When you are kid and no one trusts you with anything real, they give you a pencil and a test. — hanaH

In the real world, there are actual, difficult problems to be solved...as well as financial rewards for solving them. — hanaH

I'm not surprised by this at all. Note that this does not say that they are reliable indicators of other kinds of ability. — hanaH

I will say this: intuitively, a person incapable of complex work in the real world is probably incapable of scoring well on an IQ test. It's also intuitively plausible that those who do well on an IQ test are more likely to be able to handle such complex tasks. — hanaH

That said, is it not strange to fetishize tests that merely suggest the possibility of achievement as opposed to the achievement itself? — hanaH