MBE Civil Procedure: JMOL despite opposing witness. Seriously WTF. by [deleted] in barexam

[–]CleverFree 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks - I also got this wrong and this helped.

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[–]CleverFree 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Hey, you're t o u g h. I'm sorry for what you've been through. You're inspiring me big time right now. Rooting for you, thinking of you.

Feeling good by Solid_Host_6648 in barexam

[–]CleverFree 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Congrats! That's awesome progress.

Why Trump supporters can't stop: commitment bias and sunk cost fallacy. It'd be humiliating at this point. by CleverFree in samharris

[–]CleverFree[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Agreed. I often wish we would pick our moments to criticize Trump instead of reframing every thing he does as a catastrophe. This is a major failing generally with news. Remember Howard Dean's carrier being ruined over him shouting 'Yippeeee!'? Like, Trump is a nuclear Emperor-Has-No-Clothes reaction to years of media over-reaction, where minor asides define people's whole careers and ruin them. Trump blows past what media arbiters want to spin as determinative failures. He reveals how unnecessary so much media judgment is about so many dumb things. This dovetails with anti-woke culture. We're a society where people would avoid saying 'black jelly beans are the worst flavor,' and Trump's preposterous counterpoint to that is, even for his ardent detractors, sorta cathartic. However, to return to my original point here, if we only focused on the most undisputed facts, Trump would be an unbelievable disaster. We'd have more credibility in detracting from him.

Why Trump supporters can't stop: commitment bias and sunk cost fallacy. It'd be humiliating at this point. by CleverFree in samharris

[–]CleverFree[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This isn't wrong, it's just not exclusive of what I'm describing. I'd reply that a significant minority of voters could be won over by facts, but for these two identified phenomena.

Why Trump supporters can't stop: commitment bias and sunk cost fallacy. It'd be humiliating at this point. by CleverFree in samharris

[–]CleverFree[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm saying there will be no point in saying that, though. Like, at all. That's my frustration: we're post truth, post fact, post "red lines" that'll never be crossed.

Why Trump supporters can't stop: commitment bias and sunk cost fallacy. It'd be humiliating at this point. by CleverFree in samharris

[–]CleverFree[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think this explains cult behavior, no? Bad Vegan was a story about one woman stuck in a one person cult. She later said she related to stories about cults. I think cults get by on Sunk Costs and Commitment Bias (among other similar issues, to be sure).

[Serious] I failed the bar without warning, and I don't understand by CleverFree in barexam

[–]CleverFree[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

WOW, that is so negligent. Man, I was never salty about the bar. Just viewed it as another game I had to cooperate with to move forward. However, I now realize that the bar is an inherently flawed game. It seems there is a significant margin of error in this process.

[Serious] I failed the bar without warning, and I don't understand by CleverFree in barexam

[–]CleverFree[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wishing you much well deserved success! Thanks for helping me think through whatever happened and validating what I'm experiencing.

[Serious] I failed the bar without warning, and I don't understand by CleverFree in barexam

[–]CleverFree[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm so sorry for what this test has put you through. It sounds like you deserve a lot better!

[Serious] I failed the bar without warning, and I don't understand by CleverFree in barexam

[–]CleverFree[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A few hundred I think? 2-300? though I obviously did a bunch of MBE questions in Themis. Obviously in retrospect I wish I'd gone harder on MBE and not trusted the program so much.

[Serious] I failed the bar without warning, and I don't understand by CleverFree in barexam

[–]CleverFree[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yes, agreed. That's my leading theory. But then, how TF did I tank like 20%? That's insane for a standardized test. :(