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If you define insecurity as the ability to be insulted, nobody can argue with you. That's just semantics; it's circular, and you haven't really said anything. The implication seems to be that insecurity is entirely self-imposed. Is that what you're putting forward? Anyway, we need a more...

Re: INTP vs INTJ(Yes, Again) You lost me here. I don't know if you're referring to the OP, his roommate, or Goku. Maybe I'm just tired, but this seems quite non sequitur. Really, I think you're reading way too much into Goku's behavior. And mine, for that matter. I see no reason to assume...

Re: INTP vs INTJ(Yes, Again) people who say "LOL" are generally liars

Re: INTP vs INTJ(Yes, Again) He is using word play and literal sarcasm, a favorite form of humor among intps. The problem is that he's crossed the boundary of humor and is using it as a source for strawman arguments. His most recent post is another example of this: Clearly, the "so you...

Re: INTP vs INTJ(Yes, Again) ^ Another example of playing with language to misrepresent someone. No, you haven't. Your dishonesty is the reason we are having this conversation:

Re: INTP vs INTJ(Yes, Again) First of all, let's be honest: in this case, we both do know that my interpretation of the meaning is accurate. You're simply being pedantic. Second, even if it was more ambiguous and we were both wrong about his intention, it would be irrelevant in regard to my...

Re: INTP vs INTJ(Yes, Again) Nope, I'm speaking in principle to the way you responded. Who the other person was is irrelevant.

Re: INTP vs INTJ(Yes, Again) Asking a question to encourage you to elaborate? Not that odd, especially given how brief your first statement was. Now arguing with a dictionary is odd. Declaring someone's meaning outside of his own intention is a sign of avoidance. If someone didn't want to...

You judge others from your own frame of reference; you assume their internal state by imagining your own state in their position. If as a "P" you will not act until you are sure, then you associate action with certainty and certainty means not being open to other possibilities. So you see...

^ Correct me if I'm wrong, but you presented your example in your first post as an explanation of the model's success. But the overestimation is a superfluous variable; the fact that he thinks he is getting an extra $30 value when he is actually getting an extra $4 doesn't change the fact that...

Of course, but that's a general fact not specific to buffets, so what does it serve to explain?

I know it works. I just don't see the connection to overestimating value. Regardless of the difference between cost to the restaurant and cost to the consumer, B is still giving away two pieces of steak they otherwise would have kept.

I don't see how it being logical and successful follows from the fact that people overestimate the value. In this example the customer's conclusion is correct, he is only unaware of the scale. Whether the scale is 2:15 or 1:1 the success or failure should be proportionate.

Yes, as I said brain scans reveal abnormalities that most of these people have in common, but there is no concrete component that can be identified as the source of a condition. This isn't a static physical trait, like a deformed limb, or a defect in heart structure that restricts blood flow...

Before you decide to be depressed as fuck about that, make sure you ask for photographic proof of this "organic component". In reality there is no such thing... these diagnoses are no more than groups of characteristics. To an extent, we can work backwards and see that people who have been...

Then it was somewhat misleading to say you don't need to study, since "deep analysis" = study. OP implies that valuing this form of study over the "academic" form follows from being smart. I think you're seeing the dependency in reverse: academic studying is less efficient at yielding results...

The term used in the show is "inertial dampers / dampeners". This should only be needed for sub-light speeds though; when inside a warp bubble, the ship itself isn't actually moving.

In terms of grammar, the only real rule is that you can't use "flew" or "flown". Because future tense doesn't actually exist. "will" is a verb (present tense); "will fly" technically means "intends to fly". "going to fly" could be described as something like "moving forward with flying as the...

Hopefully you are only laughing at the irony of the words, and not suggesting that the opinion expressed by people who say this is wrong because of it. That would of course be totally disjointed. But we don't like complexity for complexity's sake, we like gaining understanding and playing...

You also often see mangled writing in texts / Facebook etc. cited as an example of the newer generation being more "stupid". The popularity and accessibility of the medium is encouraging more people to write, many for whom writing would not otherwise have been one of their chosen methods of...

No, but given that the ability to use search engines has only existed for that long, your implication that the problems associated with the technology are proportionate to the benefits makes that a necessity. How else are we to interpret this question: The obvious answer is that the...

Seriously? As little as 15 years ago, we couldn't rely on search engines. Are you saying all modern technology related problems have arisen in that time? You're also not factoring in the multitude of problems that no longer exist because of the technology such that the net change in the number...

The problem with this statement is that, reading between the lines, you're saying that high emotion is "the" natural human state state. You wouldn't say of an ostensibly emotional person that they "convinced themselves that they are emotional", although this is in reality an equally valid...

This was my first thought too. But to make it easier for them to understand, make it about their interests. After all, a personality type is really just a collection of preferences. You can accuse them of suppressing their true selves because they are unable to feel equal passion for your or...

I don't know; what was obvious? I was parodying the bad logic in ZenRaiden's quote.

Since they don't use any ad service, this doesn't help them.

10% of the posts in this thread are by Ink and 10% are by crippli this means there must be a strong link between Ink and crippli what are you hiding :storks: The page he links to isn't a "study" that supports his conclusion at all, in fact. It's actually an article written by a critic of ADD...

Yes, I meant that's how it should be spelled if we were concerned with consistency. I thought it was ironic that he happily used another English spelling inconsistency in a sentence about an English spelling inconsistency. Really, making English spelling consistent would require so many tweaks...

If you want to write it's instead of its, you must also write they's, you's, she's, he's, us', we's, I's, me's, and who's. For consistency's sake.

For konsistensy's sake, the possessive of consistency should be consistency's, and the plural (as you incorrectly applied here) should be consistencys.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nm5jl7aM08

Who does? The likelihood that it takes someone exactly n hours per day for exactly m given days throughout a year to effectively learn a subject, and that the same n and m applies equally to up to 5 subjects in parallel, for an n and m chosen based on a convenient and neat calendar-based...

I generally agree with scorpiomover that Gates is more of a concrete strategist / businessman than a tinkerer / coder. The public perception of him is the quintessential nerd, and I think to a certain extent he tries to go along with it and present himself that way as some sort of PR, but it's...

Of course, but you aren't here for a discussion at all, are you? You're here for an outlet. The entirety of your posts here exists in this thread, yet even the first post belongs in the middle of a discussion. What brought it on, I wonder? Was a discussion elsewhere cut short and you didn't want...

I guess I wasn't clear: I wasn't addressing who has the facts, and that has no effect on what I did address. Most of "the people you're arguing against" are constructed. Also, :applaus:

I didn't set out to address anything other than what I addressed. :)

This post sums up your problem through this whole thread. - You're replying to someone who's barely made one other post, in a manner appropriate for someone you've had extended discussion with. - You ascribe emotional "lashing out" to someone describing your own emotional state. - Most...

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^ That's the theory. In reality, the opposite happens -- patents stifle innovation and give unfair advantages.

I don't believe so.

Abolish patents. Institute more Sudbury schools. Eliminate minimum dwelling size regulations. Give everyone fiber internet.

I think this is a case of internal structure leaking. Companies that manage tons of data always need to optimize; the trick is to make your restructurings seamless to users, and that's where they screwed up this time. Remember that YT was built by a small company and later bought by Google, so...

This is really the problem. It's not just an issue of learning styles, it's that there's way too much focus on the mechanics of calculation instead of actual math. Math in general is very intuitive and you would probably all love it if you hadn't spent years on this redundant and impractical...

Read the thread. You're mixing up two different points now. 1. When I said equal scores were another possibility, I was referring to the false dilemma you presented here: 2. When I said a comparison was not required, I was referring to there being no other score. You've apparently...

lol, what? I'm starting to think you didn't even read any of the posts other than Cherry Cola's. My point against this test had nothing at all to do with a comparison to other tests, its flaw was inherent. Look, if I give you a scale that reports your weight based on your hair color, would you...

Bullshit. I brought up the lack of a higher score quite early on: You then moved the goalposts, claiming that I needed not only a lack of a higher score, but also a known lower score: Which I then pointed out was nonsense:

...No. The fact that there is no comparison is what makes it a counter example. Your opinion of my motivations depends on there being a higher score which I am favoring over this one. There isn't one. Um, yes, it was. That was your original statement, and it was the one that both I and Latte...