Maybe if we compared apples with apples, like in your example, we could find a conclusion that isn't flawed.
Exactly, I think we can all agree here. The summary quotes the study:
"pathological status was a significant predictor of poorer school performance even after controlling for sex, age, and weekly amount of video-game play."
So basically after controlling for everything, pathological status is a predictor of poor school performance. This should surprise no one, as people with mental problems tend to do worse in school.
My point was that all severe addictions are bad. The study was about video-game addictions, and the summary writer seems to have a pro-video game bias, ignoring the fact that everything, even video games, are bad when done to the extreme.
The difference is of degree, not kind. Losing $200 that you had planned to spend on a nice dinner with your wife at a poker table is more analogous to occasionally lying to your mom about homework. Borrowing $30K from a loan shark and blowing it all on Baccarat is like failing out of MIT's EE program because you couldn't be bothered to pick up a textbook or attend any lectures.
Does it really matter which ones? TFA is only about those who are "pathologically addicted". Anyone who is pathologically addicted to anything is bound to suffer in other areas of their life. Certainly MMOGs have a higher addiction rate, but if you play any game 18 hours per day it's going to be a problem.
Hey, how about maybe the poor school performance was due to the fact that school is boring ( it is pretty much just memorising facts and figures ) and the more bored the child is, the more likely he is going to do something interesting/exciting like, I don't know, gaming?
School is boring. Work sucks. Life's a bitch and then you die. If we all just played video games and poker (or better yet, online poker!) instead of doing boring things like putting food on the table then we could all just escape from reality and starve to death!
lying to your spouse about blowing the rent money on gambling is a very different matter from fibbing to your mom about whether you played video games instead of starting your homework.
Wrong. Parents and taxpayers sacrifice money, time and effort to pay for education; if students are too addicted to X to learn anything then it's money down the drain just like gambling.
I wouldn't lap that shit up, as I have never played and probably never will play Resident Evil. Their potential customer base isn't infinite; I'm sure they've done a lot more research on their profit maximizing price than you have.
lolz Ayn Rand. Wish she had gone Galt. Her writing style is terrible judging from that paragraph, and her content is laughable. As the poster above me noted, fiction != reality. I could base my whole life on Jedi philosophy, but it would work a lot better if I could use The Force.
Why? Lots of reasons. No man is an island, ask not for whom the bell tolls, etc etc. Every action has externalities, libbies like to ignore them all. These complete morons might have kids who will suffer because of their parents' stupidity, or they might be so pissed they go bomb a train station.
Just because someone is a moron doesn't mean I wish them ill. People with Down's Syndrome are notoriously easy to take advantage of, I still hope the law protects them from the assholes of the world.
No, the $5 comes from other people with "money". Banks can and do create money, which is why they claimed to have nearly infinite money just before the crash. If a bank is allowed to claim a AAA mortgage backed security is part of their reserve, then lends out 4 times the value of said security, they have in fact created money out of nothing.
I'd much rather be in marketing, accounting, or law than out in the rice paddies. Do you know why so many fewer people work in agriculture now than before? Science and technology. Who builds the tractors that harvest wheat? Engineers. Who sells them? Marketers. Who makes sure the crops aren't poisonous? Lawyers. Who exists solely for tabloid fodder? Aristocrats. Why do people still pay taxes to support the royal family? Other than increased tourism revenue, I have no idea.
Kitties are not all Youtube is about though, fortunately. I tried "surfing" youtube once, you are right, it gets boring after a few minutes. I really liked the skateboarding dog though. Most of the Youtube videos I watch are through links or embeds from websites I actually like. Very few people watch Youtube for Youtube's sake.
As for the content sucking, I mostly agree but as I live in China and Youtube has been blocked since last week I'm really missing the ability to follow those links or see the embeds.
Why should it be illegal to play pyramid schemes? Just because people are stupid enough to fall for them? I have no sympathy for people who are lured in by promises that are quite bluntly too good to be true, where thinking about it for only a minute would give you enough reasons to stay away from it.
Libertarian intellectualism at its finest. Why don't we just scrap all the laws and let people fuck each other over every way imaginable? People do stupid things, laws try to prevent and minimize the harm done by those actions.
we saw a study just this month that found that homophobic males are most likely to be turned on by gay porn
All males hetero or otherwise can be sexually aroused by gay porn. This doesn't mean that everyone wants to have gay sex, just that human males are aroused by images of any humans having sex. Gay males are also aroused by hetero porn. They might not like it as much as gay porn, but they still get erections. This is common knowledge among all sexologists, I don't have any links but look it up if you don't believe me.
I can't believe anyone modded you insightful. If FPS is your favorite genre, why would you be so demanding of the AI? Everyone knows all the best FPS games are multi-player.
And trying to cover up your totally pisspoor AI with multiplayer don't help. If your single player blows ass I'm not going to even bother firing up the multiplayer.
You're going about it the wrong way. You should play the multiplayer first, and forget about the single player. AI has NEVER been good, it's ARITFICIAL. If you think it's so easy to write convincing AI, then try doing it yourself. The only games where I find playing against the AI even (sometimes rarely)remotely fun are dungeons in WoW type games, but I never expect the mobs to be realistic.
If you like single player games so much I suggest you stick with Tetris. Playing against other people will always be more fun.
I used to take anti-biotics all the time when I had infections. My nose would be stuffed full of mucus 75% of every winter. Then I stopped taking anti-biotics, and now I only get infections 2 to 3 weeks per winter. I strongly suggest everyone stop taking antibiotics unless their infection is severe or have a compromised immune system.
Most people use anti-biotics for convenience rather than need. The symptoms are alleviated almost instantly, but it just makes the bacteria stronger.
The problem is most people weren't designed to run marathons. I am not a doctor or expert, but I'm pretty sure running 26 miles with no rest is bad for you no matter what. Running is bad for your knees, if it hurts that much then use an exercise bike.
As an agnostic, I am offended by your sig. Agnosticism is not the absence of anything, it's the realization that not everything is knowable. Do you know what happened before the Big Bang or what dark matter is? No? Then why haven't you decided?
Pearson in particular is a very large test maker with very hungry lawyers. They WILL sue you for this. They'll sue you for selling any of their products on ebay, too... even if it's just a xeroxed BLANK assessment protocol (the paper that the taker writes answers on). They'll sue you for talking about their items in a way that reveals items. They'll sue you at the drop of a hat.
Sounds like Scientologists on South Park. Or Scientologists in general. Hey, wait a minute.... Aren't Scientologists the ones who love personality tests so much?
132. I believe in life hereafter. 133. I would like to be a soldier.
Grounds for blatant discrimination anyone? I almost want to apply for a job, fail a test like this, then sue whoever made it/administered it. This clearly violates equal protection in so many ways.
Well they missed their window of opportunity then, didn't they? They should have taken advantage of the opportunities available during the 2001-2008 time frame.
Yes, because there were no good opportunities for Indians prior to 2001 and there will be none after 2008. How can they improve their infrastructure if Bush isn't president of the US?
I think Indian infrastructure is going to have a hard time coping with this
Yes, they need more ways of getting around and fewer people. They should be investing massively in their infrastructure like China did, but they're not.
Ideally the big cities of the present and future would have massive high tech subway systems, buses going from everywhere to everywhere, tight regulation of car numbers (like HK, Singapore, and London) and (my personal favorite) skyways with bike paths.
The only people with enough money to pay for these things are the ones who print it though. So good luck to everyone out there waiting for the invisible hand to rescue them from their commute.
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Maybe if we compared apples with apples, like in your example, we could find a conclusion that isn't flawed.
Exactly, I think we can all agree here. The summary quotes the study:
"pathological status was a significant predictor of poorer school performance even after controlling for sex, age, and weekly amount of video-game play."
So basically after controlling for everything, pathological status is a predictor of poor school performance. This should surprise no one, as people with mental problems tend to do worse in school.
My point was that all severe addictions are bad. The study was about video-game addictions, and the summary writer seems to have a pro-video game bias, ignoring the fact that everything, even video games, are bad when done to the extreme.
The difference is of degree, not kind. Losing $200 that you had planned to spend on a nice dinner with your wife at a poker table is more analogous to occasionally lying to your mom about homework. Borrowing $30K from a loan shark and blowing it all on Baccarat is like failing out of MIT's EE program because you couldn't be bothered to pick up a textbook or attend any lectures.
Does it really matter which ones? TFA is only about those who are "pathologically addicted". Anyone who is pathologically addicted to anything is bound to suffer in other areas of their life. Certainly MMOGs have a higher addiction rate, but if you play any game 18 hours per day it's going to be a problem.
Hey, how about maybe the poor school performance was due to the fact that school is boring ( it is pretty much just memorising facts and figures ) and the more bored the child is, the more likely he is going to do something interesting/exciting like, I don't know, gaming?
School is boring. Work sucks. Life's a bitch and then you die. If we all just played video games and poker (or better yet, online poker!) instead of doing boring things like putting food on the table then we could all just escape from reality and starve to death!
lying to your spouse about blowing the rent money on gambling is a very different matter from fibbing to your mom about whether you played video games instead of starting your homework.
Wrong. Parents and taxpayers sacrifice money, time and effort to pay for education; if students are too addicted to X to learn anything then it's money down the drain just like gambling.
Your sig is retarded.
I wouldn't lap that shit up, as I have never played and probably never will play Resident Evil. Their potential customer base isn't infinite; I'm sure they've done a lot more research on their profit maximizing price than you have.
lolz Ayn Rand. Wish she had gone Galt. Her writing style is terrible judging from that paragraph, and her content is laughable. As the poster above me noted, fiction != reality. I could base my whole life on Jedi philosophy, but it would work a lot better if I could use The Force.
Why? Lots of reasons. No man is an island, ask not for whom the bell tolls, etc etc. Every action has externalities, libbies like to ignore them all. These complete morons might have kids who will suffer because of their parents' stupidity, or they might be so pissed they go bomb a train station.
Just because someone is a moron doesn't mean I wish them ill. People with Down's Syndrome are notoriously easy to take advantage of, I still hope the law protects them from the assholes of the world.
No, the $5 comes from other people with "money". Banks can and do create money, which is why they claimed to have nearly infinite money just before the crash. If a bank is allowed to claim a AAA mortgage backed security is part of their reserve, then lends out 4 times the value of said security, they have in fact created money out of nothing.
I'd much rather be in marketing, accounting, or law than out in the rice paddies. Do you know why so many fewer people work in agriculture now than before? Science and technology. Who builds the tractors that harvest wheat? Engineers. Who sells them? Marketers. Who makes sure the crops aren't poisonous? Lawyers. Who exists solely for tabloid fodder? Aristocrats. Why do people still pay taxes to support the royal family? Other than increased tourism revenue, I have no idea.
Kitties are not all Youtube is about though, fortunately. I tried "surfing" youtube once, you are right, it gets boring after a few minutes. I really liked the skateboarding dog though. Most of the Youtube videos I watch are through links or embeds from websites I actually like. Very few people watch Youtube for Youtube's sake.
As for the content sucking, I mostly agree but as I live in China and Youtube has been blocked since last week I'm really missing the ability to follow those links or see the embeds.
OMG I'm so shocked. You used the N word so many times you must be super badass for a 13 year old. Wish I had balls like you.
Why should it be illegal to play pyramid schemes? Just because people are stupid enough to fall for them? I have no sympathy for people who are lured in by promises that are quite bluntly too good to be true, where thinking about it for only a minute would give you enough reasons to stay away from it.
Libertarian intellectualism at its finest. Why don't we just scrap all the laws and let people fuck each other over every way imaginable? People do stupid things, laws try to prevent and minimize the harm done by those actions.
we saw a study just this month that found that homophobic males are most likely to be turned on by gay porn
All males hetero or otherwise can be sexually aroused by gay porn. This doesn't mean that everyone wants to have gay sex, just that human males are aroused by images of any humans having sex. Gay males are also aroused by hetero porn. They might not like it as much as gay porn, but they still get erections. This is common knowledge among all sexologists, I don't have any links but look it up if you don't believe me.
And trying to cover up your totally pisspoor AI with multiplayer don't help. If your single player blows ass I'm not going to even bother firing up the multiplayer.
You're going about it the wrong way. You should play the multiplayer first, and forget about the single player. AI has NEVER been good, it's ARITFICIAL. If you think it's so easy to write convincing AI, then try doing it yourself. The only games where I find playing against the AI even (sometimes rarely)remotely fun are dungeons in WoW type games, but I never expect the mobs to be realistic.
If you like single player games so much I suggest you stick with Tetris. Playing against other people will always be more fun.
Try adderall. Much more effective than caffeine. No withdrawal symptoms for me at least.
Most people use anti-biotics for convenience rather than need. The symptoms are alleviated almost instantly, but it just makes the bacteria stronger.
The problem is most people weren't designed to run marathons. I am not a doctor or expert, but I'm pretty sure running 26 miles with no rest is bad for you no matter what. Running is bad for your knees, if it hurts that much then use an exercise bike.
As an agnostic, I am offended by your sig. Agnosticism is not the absence of anything, it's the realization that not everything is knowable. Do you know what happened before the Big Bang or what dark matter is? No? Then why haven't you decided?
I focused so much how cool your sig is that I don't know who you are.
Pearson in particular is a very large test maker with very hungry lawyers. They WILL sue you for this. They'll sue you for selling any of their products on ebay, too... even if it's just a xeroxed BLANK assessment protocol (the paper that the taker writes answers on). They'll sue you for talking about their items in a way that reveals items. They'll sue you at the drop of a hat.
Sounds like Scientologists on South Park. Or Scientologists in general. Hey, wait a minute.... Aren't Scientologists the ones who love personality tests so much?
132. I believe in life hereafter. 133. I would like to be a soldier.
Grounds for blatant discrimination anyone? I almost want to apply for a job, fail a test like this, then sue whoever made it/administered it. This clearly violates equal protection in so many ways.
Well they missed their window of opportunity then, didn't they? They should have taken advantage of the opportunities available during the 2001-2008 time frame.
Yes, because there were no good opportunities for Indians prior to 2001 and there will be none after 2008. How can they improve their infrastructure if Bush isn't president of the US?
I think Indian infrastructure is going to have a hard time coping with this
Yes, they need more ways of getting around and fewer people. They should be investing massively in their infrastructure like China did, but they're not.
Ideally the big cities of the present and future would have massive high tech subway systems, buses going from everywhere to everywhere, tight regulation of car numbers (like HK, Singapore, and London) and (my personal favorite) skyways with bike paths.
The only people with enough money to pay for these things are the ones who print it though. So good luck to everyone out there waiting for the invisible hand to rescue them from their commute.