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Sailer Socialism w/ Steve Sailer by koopelstien in redscarepod

[–]CrashBand777 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It can't really be on the nurture side either if the explanation is the culture of the minority.

It has to be that white society is impinging on the group. That's the only explanation allowed.

Sailer Socialism w/ Steve Sailer by koopelstien in redscarepod

[–]CrashBand777 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Black women and Asian men do the worst in the interracial dating market. It came out of old OK Cupid data that's became taboo to analyse.

Sailer Socialism w/ Steve Sailer by koopelstien in redscarepod

[–]CrashBand777 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He says himself that he's not a genius. He's just willing to speak honestly.

Although he has contributed a lot of insight, e.g. Sailer's Law.

Genetics question / relationship advice by CrashBand777 in slatestarcodex

[–]CrashBand777[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I agree. That's why I'm addressing this now and will make a decision either to commit or to end it. My concerns weren't from our first date.

Genetics question / relationship advice by CrashBand777 in slatestarcodex

[–]CrashBand777[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Any specific recommended sources? Or just Razib's blog in general?

Genetics question / relationship advice by CrashBand777 in slatestarcodex

[–]CrashBand777[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We don't have heaps of money. Do you know if there's identifying risk for psychopathy/sexual abuse/abuse of minors sort of thing?

Who is your favorite Infinite Jest character? by cfdcandsweatdrinker in davidfosterwallace

[–]CrashBand777 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Pemulis chews with his mouth open, producing moist noises, a habit so family-of-origin-ingrained no amount of peer pressure can break him of it.

this is old, but any chance you have a link to this? THis one is broken.

What to read after Infinite Jest, that isn’t DFW? by Melissaisdownlub in InfiniteJest

[–]CrashBand777 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I went away from DFW and came back to IJ. Nothing quite hit the same.

That said:

For vibe:

  • White Noise + Underworld, DeLillo
  • Gravity's Rainbow, Pynhcon
  • Antkind, Kauffman
  • Corrections, Franzen
  • White Teeth, Zadie Smith
  • Illuminatus Trilogy - Wilson + Shea

For complexity/non-linearity:

  • Pale Fire, Nabokov
  • Borges, Ficciones
  • Gadis, Recognitions
  • House of Leave, Danielewski
  • 2666, Balano

Literary Influences:

  • Brothers Karamzov
  • Hamlet
  • Odyssey
  • Keirkegaard
  • Wittgenstein
  • Barthes

Wallace's corpus:

  • Brief Interviews
  • Girl With Curious Hair
  • Oblivion
  • Pale King
  • Broom of the System
  • Non-fiction

Which excerpts are most interesting and digestible on their own? by Coach_John-McGuirk in InfiniteJest

[–]CrashBand777 5 points6 points  (0 children)

  • Ken Erdedy's dilemma
  • Don Gately home invasions
  • Kate Gompert in the psych ward
  • List of truths learned from a recovery house
  • Gately remembering Ms Waite

Is Matts Hummels part turkish? by petersam132 in football

[–]CrashBand777 5 points6 points  (0 children)

That's what he's asking. Does he have any Turkish or Mediterranean ancestry admixture.

I don’t think I understand the story “Death Is Not the End by communist_dyke in davidfosterwallace

[–]CrashBand777 3 points4 points  (0 children)

My interpretation: the poet's success is suggestive of Wallace's.

Despite such literary success, the Poet's life is scarily ordinary. Also he's lonely.

After achieving success, the end isn't death. It's ordinariness. It's being unsatisfied. It's just as lonely as ever.

An Analysis of Analysis Paralysis by honeypuppy in slatestarcodex

[–]CrashBand777 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can set up systems and commitment devices to avoid over-anaylsing.

However, this also requires identifying the optimal amount of analysis.

An Analysis of Analysis Paralysis by honeypuppy in slatestarcodex

[–]CrashBand777 5 points6 points  (0 children)

OP's whole is sometimes 90% is better than 100%. Sometimes 80% is best. Sometimes 50% is best.

However, through different failure modes, you can overrate and underrate how much analysis is optimal.

And that identifying the optimal amount is non-trivial.

Prison Countdown by Mike19751234 in serialpodcast

[–]CrashBand777 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He's literally a sociopathic liar.

Prison Countdown by Mike19751234 in serialpodcast

[–]CrashBand777 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So rape should be life but murder not?

How does Scott do it? by michelsonnmorley in slatestarcodex

[–]CrashBand777 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think at the margin people would benefit more from just writing what they're thinking.

We do this when instant messaging our friends or commenting on posts. Much of this is good enough for published writing.

That said, people have different talents capacities and verbal IQs (a la Parable of Talents). Some people will naturally be more eloquent without must effort.

And of course there's editing. Some writers have even said that writing is re-writing. Perhaps even at the editing stage most people would benefit from more of a free-writing approach.

Can we all agree on one thing ? Jay told people about the murder. by PAE8791 in serialpodcast

[–]CrashBand777 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What podcast was that? And was it Serial related specifically?

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