@bosdan
@micsolana
China doesn't send people who are not likely to medal because they have to pay all of their athletes. 4x more people are funneled into fewer delegates.
The United States government doesn't involve themselves in the Olympics.
@Ruminations01
@micsolana
As far as the Olympics goes I think it's the opposite. If we paid a lot more for the Olympics and strategized we would win more medals.
@eyeslasho
@mcuban
Not to completely discount IQ, but two big factors in earning are age and employment history.
The median age for white people is 44 but only 35 for black people. The most common age for white people is 58 but only 27 for black people.
Likewise, being unemployed early in your
@michaelshermer
It's not that complicated. For religious reasons they believe fetuses have a soul and you are committing murder when you kill them. It's not more complicated than that.
@PicoPaco17
Probably has to do with urbanicity. If you think about this biologically, if you see a lot of other people around the natural reaction is that there aren't enough resources for everyone. This is probably a billion-year-old trait.
People who live in the country don't see a lot
@eyeslasho
I don't doubt that these are accurate, but most success outside a few professions is grit and not IQ. Nutrition and early cognitive environment also have a small but meaningful influence on adult IQ.
Also, there are cultural reasons for disparate success layered on top of the IQ
@jeffskoll
@elonmusk
@lindayaX
I would imagine it's far more fun for a conservative who gets to say things and far less fun for a leftist who no longer gets to control the narrative.
@eyeslasho
Whenever we invite immigrants over without a strict filter we are essentially saying we want to be more like country X. The country is a little more than the sum of its people.
@HamasAtrocities
Actually, everywhere these things have spread have been extremely successful. Whereas as soon as Islam took over Byzantium, Persia and North Africa, which were previously the most advanced regions in the world, it quickly declined.
The only decent Islamic places to live are the
@eyeslasho
Question for fellow Muslims:
As a Muslim my wife has been very arrogant lately. According to Quranic teachings my first step is to stop sleeping with her. I did that but she's still being arrogant. The next step is to strike her. But I'm a little concerned because she's only 9.
Another example of how persistent past inequality is in the long run:
🇬🇧UK families have generally stayed in the same place as they were when given surnames- in the 1100s. (Or why people with the last name Offer are more likely to be richer than a Blakely)
@eyeslasho
This issue is very attractive to Marxists who despise anything strong, attractive or successful and elevate anything weak, ugly or failing. Most Marxists are women or effeminate men these days.
@eyeslasho
In my view it's a very good thing when black people are portrayed as upstanding citizens. There is a dearth of role models in the black community and entertainment industry does everyone a service with positive black portrayals.
@eyeslasho
We are obviously not going to turn into Venezuela overnight, but the policies she supported prior to her vice presidency or not much different from Maduro's.
If she wins and Republicans fail to take the Senate there's a long way down.
@eyeslasho
The problem is not that people throughout history have adopted certain characteristics of the opposite sex. The problem is that there are people today gaslighting us into saying they are literally the opposite sex.
@ineedsheet
@BowTiedPassport
Why do you say he's a Philistine? He seems to be a world traveler who just got back from Japan and loves the cuisine there. He's not obligated to like local Hong Kong food preparation or he may have gone to a bad spot.
@gelliottmorris
Empirically speaking this is a misleading chart. This isn't left versus right since 2008. This is Republican versus Democrat since 1971. Actually:
@PicoPaco17
Thinking feels too good. I can't even listen to music without the nagging feeling I'm not spending my time thinking. Women seem necessary and a waste of time at once.