I'm not going to look for it, but there was a Reddit thread a couple years back where a person wrangled up 2000+ up votes for some mildly insightful comment. The next day he changed it to some racist remark, meaning (at the time) one of the highest voted comments on Reddit was blatant racism.
In your scenario the choice is being made for the children by the parents. However, TFA describes a situation where people voluntarily alter their behavior, with potential detriment. That is a grand canyon of a gap to jump to equate the two.
Standing on the shoulders of giants, as it were, means that our capabilities increase on a greater than linear basis.
What does "standing on the shoulders of giants" mean? I understand it that once a discovery has been made, others may use it to make other discoveries. But things aren't that simple. These initial discoveries must first be confirmed and disseminated (usually via journal publication) and then received by those who will then go on to make their own discoveries. This process takes time.
Einstein said "A person who has not made his great contribution to science before the age of 30 will never do so." Given the amount of knowledge required to merely climb to the shoulders of giants, this age has increased (in Physics) to be around 40-45, however the expectations of young scientists remain the same: publish or perish. It is no surprise that those wishing to remain in the field have resorted to inflating their publications with false data. Nor is it surprising that this highly competitive and under-compensated field isn't attracting the number and caliber of entrants that is required to continue to provide a linear increase in valuable publications. This is borne out in the data in TFA: "the journal Nature reported that published retractions had increased tenfold over the past decade, while the number of published papers had increased by just 44 percent."
Ike also spoke out against the Military Industrial Complex and the increased dependence of universities upon the Federal Government for research grants.
Why? By your own admission they are representative of none of the things you believe, so why would you say that you should vote for them? Why not some other party, or rather, the candidates that espouse the same beliefs as you. I'm still at a loss as to how the Republicans have managed to convince people that their platform is fiscally sound and limiting of government without ever having evidenced this.
There is no "trust" in science - there is nothing to "believe."
I believe you may have confused "belief" and "faith." Science tests belief (experimentation to test hypotheses) whereas faith in something frequently cannot be tested, and often questioning faith itself brings harmful emotions from those holding strong convictions in faith.
As per Wikipedia's rules, you've got your inline citations right there. 145 individuals sued for precisely what you claim to have not seen evidence for.
When would this happen? DST exists during summer and advances time forward one hour, meaning that any additional darkness in the morning is a direct result of DST not something prevented by it.
I'm not entirely certain what MYakus' argument is, as I don't see how presenting STEM as fields that are equally appealing to females is somehow discouraging to males. However, the primary and secondary educational system has become absolutely female dominated and there has been a distinct shift to treat boys as defective girls. This has led to canceling recess, reducing gym and medicating children (overwhelmingly boys) with ADHD medication because they're not sitting in their seats for 8 hours a day like the nice little girls are.
My argument has always been "judge a teacher exclusively on their education based merit." You don't believe that to be the case and haven't put forth any convincing argument other than "people with DUIs are idiots."
Slippery slope, my ass. I cited examples! A slippery slope fallacy usually ends with someone claiming something truly outrageous, which would come to fruition on the condition of some minor change. Think gay marriage leads to beastiality, as many social conservatives have claimed. However, I linked to articles about events which have already occurred, thus no fallacy.
You don't like DUIs on a teacher's driving history, which aren't indicators of performance in the classroom. Neither are any of the reasons I used in the articles I cited, but as they document, other people's non-educational metrics are being applied as conditions upon which someone may teach.
I'm curious how you believe someone's DUIs could translate into poor lessons students learn? Will the students be drinking with the teacher and possibly learning to misjudge their alcohol tolerance? Driving with the teacher and learning poor judgment while impaired? Will these students also receive punishment with the teacher for this behavior? How does this fact actually enter the classroom, or affect students in any way?
Seems that teachers can be fired for about anything, but teaching poorly. And the first thing you cite to define a "bad teacher" is having a DUI on one's record.
Leave the life lessons to the parents. The teachers should be held responsible for the 8 hours they're interacting with students, and measured by their performance in educating these students.
RIght now, in New York, it is so difficult to fire teachers, that even after demonstrable problems, (multiple DUIs, etc)
You talk about getting rid of bad teachers and the first thing you cite is that they have a shitty driving record? I'm at a loss, but it seems to me their driving problem is orthogonal to whether or not they belong in a classroom.
The fact that if I typo it to \cite{some_booky} it doesn't compile. And unless I rigorously recompile after every edit, I might not even catch that. Worse if the brace is missing.
Reminds me of a quote I've read:
On two occasions I have been asked,—"Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?"... I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question."
—Charles Babbage, Passages from the Life of a Philosopher
Typos in a document are unprofessional. LaTeX at least will give you the luxury of informing you that you've made typos in your markup before you've made an ass of yourself.
Chickenpox is a life threatening illness. Furthermore, carriers of chickenpox from childhood illness are susceptible to shingles in adulthood; a disease that causes considerable suffering and drastically reduces the quality of life.
Slashdot Mirror
I'm not going to look for it, but there was a Reddit thread a couple years back where a person wrangled up 2000+ up votes for some mildly insightful comment. The next day he changed it to some racist remark, meaning (at the time) one of the highest voted comments on Reddit was blatant racism.
In your scenario the choice is being made for the children by the parents. However, TFA describes a situation where people voluntarily alter their behavior, with potential detriment. That is a grand canyon of a gap to jump to equate the two.
Which is the point khasim was making.
Standing on the shoulders of giants, as it were, means that our capabilities increase on a greater than linear basis.
What does "standing on the shoulders of giants" mean? I understand it that once a discovery has been made, others may use it to make other discoveries. But things aren't that simple. These initial discoveries must first be confirmed and disseminated (usually via journal publication) and then received by those who will then go on to make their own discoveries. This process takes time.
Einstein said "A person who has not made his great contribution to science before the age of 30 will never do so." Given the amount of knowledge required to merely climb to the shoulders of giants, this age has increased (in Physics) to be around 40-45, however the expectations of young scientists remain the same: publish or perish. It is no surprise that those wishing to remain in the field have resorted to inflating their publications with false data. Nor is it surprising that this highly competitive and under-compensated field isn't attracting the number and caliber of entrants that is required to continue to provide a linear increase in valuable publications. This is borne out in the data in TFA: "the journal Nature reported that published retractions had increased tenfold over the past decade, while the number of published papers had increased by just 44 percent."
Or you dump 1/10th of that money ($100 million) into creating your own app that does the exact same thing and is tied to Facebook.
Because this approach has worked out so well for Google's G+.
How do you feel about underwear and shoes, then? After all, persons have tried to detonate them in mid-air.
Ike also spoke out against the Military Industrial Complex and the increased dependence of universities upon the Federal Government for research grants.
Check out section IV for yourself: Military-Industrial Complex Speech
Technically, I should vote republican every time.
Why? By your own admission they are representative of none of the things you believe, so why would you say that you should vote for them? Why not some other party, or rather, the candidates that espouse the same beliefs as you. I'm still at a loss as to how the Republicans have managed to convince people that their platform is fiscally sound and limiting of government without ever having evidenced this.
There is no "trust" in science - there is nothing to "believe."
I believe you may have confused "belief" and "faith." Science tests belief (experimentation to test hypotheses) whereas faith in something frequently cannot be tested, and often questioning faith itself brings harmful emotions from those holding strong convictions in faith.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monsanto#As_plaintiff
As per Wikipedia's rules, you've got your inline citations right there. 145 individuals sued for precisely what you claim to have not seen evidence for.
Perhaps one should not run around committing felonies..
Three Felonies a Day: How the Feds Target the Innocent
Sunlight is not in short supply during summer. So why then is DST observed during summer and not winter, when the world is generally darker?
When would this happen? DST exists during summer and advances time forward one hour, meaning that any additional darkness in the morning is a direct result of DST not something prevented by it.
I'm not entirely certain what MYakus' argument is, as I don't see how presenting STEM as fields that are equally appealing to females is somehow discouraging to males. However, the primary and secondary educational system has become absolutely female dominated and there has been a distinct shift to treat boys as defective girls. This has led to canceling recess, reducing gym and medicating children (overwhelmingly boys) with ADHD medication because they're not sitting in their seats for 8 hours a day like the nice little girls are.
My argument has always been "judge a teacher exclusively on their education based merit." You don't believe that to be the case and haven't put forth any convincing argument other than "people with DUIs are idiots."
Slippery slope, my ass. I cited examples! A slippery slope fallacy usually ends with someone claiming something truly outrageous, which would come to fruition on the condition of some minor change. Think gay marriage leads to beastiality, as many social conservatives have claimed. However, I linked to articles about events which have already occurred, thus no fallacy.
You don't like DUIs on a teacher's driving history, which aren't indicators of performance in the classroom. Neither are any of the reasons I used in the articles I cited, but as they document, other people's non-educational metrics are being applied as conditions upon which someone may teach.
I'm curious how you believe someone's DUIs could translate into poor lessons students learn? Will the students be drinking with the teacher and possibly learning to misjudge their alcohol tolerance? Driving with the teacher and learning poor judgment while impaired? Will these students also receive punishment with the teacher for this behavior? How does this fact actually enter the classroom, or affect students in any way?
Let's assume that having a DUI on your record is a reason to not be permitted to teach. What else outside the classroom should a teacher be judged by?
Enjoying wine responsibly during summer vacation? http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/02/06/sunday/main7323148.shtml?tag=stack
Working a second job at Hooters? http://www.fox4now.com/news/local/135632728.html
How about being gay? http://blogtown.portlandmercury.com/BlogtownPDX/archives/2010/09/30/breaking-beaverton-teacher-says-he-was-fired-for-mentioning-in-class-that-he-would-choose-to-marry-a-man
What about having bumper stickers? http://www.care2.com/causes/arizona-teacher-fired-over-bumper-sticker.html
Or being an Athiest? http://mattcbr.wordpress.com/2009/02/06/teacher-fired-for-being-an-atheist/
Seems that teachers can be fired for about anything, but teaching poorly. And the first thing you cite to define a "bad teacher" is having a DUI on one's record.
Leave the life lessons to the parents. The teachers should be held responsible for the 8 hours they're interacting with students, and measured by their performance in educating these students.
RIght now, in New York, it is so difficult to fire teachers, that even after demonstrable problems, (multiple DUIs, etc)
You talk about getting rid of bad teachers and the first thing you cite is that they have a shitty driving record? I'm at a loss, but it seems to me their driving problem is orthogonal to whether or not they belong in a classroom.
This isn't new and it most definitely existed and persists in the US, if not possibly started here. Here's an article from 2008 documenting 70% of pigs in Iowa and Illinois testing positive with MRSA: http://blog.seattlepi.com/secretingredients/2008/06/04/first-study-finds-mrsa-in-u-s-pigs-and-farmers-u-k-reports-3-patients-sickened-with-the-bacterium-from-eating-pork-only/
Dr. Tara Smith, an assistant professor at University of Iowa, was interviewed for that article; note that she's a coauthor of the paper the OP links to.
This topic is important so please read up on the facts, not just the first article and skipping the abstract and second article.
The fact that if I typo it to \cite{some_booky} it doesn't compile. And unless I rigorously recompile after every edit, I might not even catch that. Worse if the brace is missing.
Reminds me of a quote I've read:
On two occasions I have been asked,—"Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?" ... I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question."
—Charles Babbage, Passages from the Life of a Philosopher
Typos in a document are unprofessional. LaTeX at least will give you the luxury of informing you that you've made typos in your markup before you've made an ass of yourself.
Chickenpox is a life threatening illness. Furthermore, carriers of chickenpox from childhood illness are susceptible to shingles in adulthood; a disease that causes considerable suffering and drastically reduces the quality of life.
Usually I get the "not allowed" OSD on DVDs during this period.
He only left office because he died.
Sounds like President for life to me...
Put more correctly by the American proverb: "Terrorists only have to be lucky once, we have to be lucky all the time."