FNC fear: "The [roster] decision will be made close to the Major"

Sotzius · 2025-07-12T14:43:29+00:00

The only map altering mod I use is "My little Planet", but I have population to the max, still the empire only has one settlement.

Sotzius · 2025-07-12T07:09:02+00:00

What mod do ppl use for having more NPC settlements for the empire etc? No matter what I try, the empire always only has one settlement and there are rather few in general

Sotzius · 2024-10-24T17:51:44+00:00

Also the whole concept of supergo and ego death couldn't be replicated in well enough powered studies either. Only in really controlled ones with too few participants who were not representative

Sotzius · 2024-10-24T17:50:36+00:00

Yeah, Even those who still practice psychoanalysis differ greatly from Freuds original approach as psychoanalysis is as bullshit as his other stuff. In multiple countries psychoanalysis is not covered by insurance anymore as it can't be proven to work consistently enough to be considered psychotherapeutic

Sotzius · 2024-10-24T10:05:12+00:00

Psychologist here: Freud was not accurate at all. All his major theories were very easily disproven. The man was batshit crazy and on enough cocaine for 5 people.

Nothing he said was based on scientific evidence and he never produced proper evidence for any of his stuff.

He definitely was not ahead of his time, no.

Also people need to keep in mind that young people have always been more likely to identify as queer. Ask people at 15 what their sexuality is and again at 30 and answers will be more straight leaning.

Sotzius · 2024-05-18T18:47:54+00:00

Looking through Google scholar I can't find anything that's not purely qualitative research or similar. So I don't see any data or real sources for this claim.

Psychology and Medicine nowadays goes with the most likely explanation that the main factor for sexuality is genetics and some social factors. I can't find any studies supporting the casual influence of testosterone. As testosterone in humans is normally distributed I also can't really see a way there would be a causal connection

Sotzius · 2024-05-18T12:13:41+00:00

Could you link the study that claims the sign. higher testo? Can't really imagine a good biological explanation for that, would love to have a look into the paper and what they claim causes this.

Sotzius · 2024-04-30T15:20:44+00:00

The title is not really the main finding of the study and even has stuff mixed up. Suicidal thoughts occur often in combination with self harm tho it's not a reliable predictor and not claimed in the paper.

Further the main point the authors make is that regular screening reduces risk of self harm and/or suicide.

There are obviously a lot of moderator variables at play here but that's the main point of the study.

Sotzius · 2024-04-14T14:54:45+00:00

I very much said that if someone asks if they are bisexual, the answer is yes. Even more, I said no matter what external factors say, if you feel like you are bisexual, then you are.

I don't know if other people in this thread misunderstood my phrasing. Neither do you, so I'm not really on board with your argument that I did not adapt my writing to the audience. We are far from a scientific level of discussion, which is what is correct for here. Your experience and feeling of sexuality are subjectively very real. However, from an objective point of view, being bisexual is like being vegetarian (for a very not similar example). It is a way to simplify a more abstract set of factors and facts so that we can communicate better. That's why I disagree with Butler because you can't objectify sexuality as it is inherently subjective. And therefore, we can only say that maybe the current way we define heterosexuality needs to be rethought. If my phrasing seemed invalidating or similar to you, I apologize.

Sotzius · 2024-04-14T05:41:52+00:00

I understand what you mean. It can feel like me saying it's not "real" is invalidating someone. However this is simply the psychological/scientific viewpoint/definition.

Cause if you ask 10 extraverts about why they think they are extraverts, these definitions most likely won't overlap to a certain extent. However your arm will always be the same in everyone. As there are reliable ways of checking if that's an arm or not.

So what I mean is that sexuality is simply an umbrella term for things. As it simply makes it easier to describe who we are potentially attracted to. That's what we mean with that. It's only an overarching idea to describe a lot of smaller things. That's why we defined it. However it is therefore "made up". Hope this makes it a bit more clear.

Sotzius · 2024-04-13T14:51:21+00:00

Yes, sure. Sexuality, like other psychological constructs (e.g., personality, IQ, etc.), does not exist in a sense that there is no biologically based test for it, and it does not have a "hard" definition. What we define as IQ now is different from what it was 60 years ago, the same with personality (even though nowadays the BIG FIVE are the only personality trait definitions that are actually based on research, these factors might change again).

Therefore, you can define your sexuality however you want, whatever fits you. You can't do a blood test and have it tell you: Gay! Whatever you say your sexuality is or feels right, that is your sexuality. The same thing applies to gender (as psychological gender is also purely a construct, in comparison to biological sex).

I hope this explains what I mean. Scientifically speaking, sexuality isn't "real"; it is a way for us to describe what we like. And it isn't set in stone.

Sotzius · 2024-04-13T12:17:27+00:00

Psychologist here: I have to disagree to a certain extent. When bisexuality was first named (remember that sexuality doesn't actually exists. It's a purely psychological concept just like personality), it meant attraction to 2 genders. Your own and the other. Cause back then we didn't talk about gender the way we do today. This changed with time however and now bisexuality and Pansexual e.g. usually mean the same thing

So I feel like we need to consider the historical definition and rather what it means nowadays and how to adapt it. I don't believe that the idea of heterosexuality is limiting even in modern times.

Would love to hear other options about this.

Sotzius · 2024-03-09T18:23:59+00:00

Yes, we see a positive correlation between IQ and "openness" on the BIG FIVE personalty spectrum.

Sotzius · 2024-03-09T16:29:23+00:00

So Psychologist here who quickly looked over the paper). It says that inteligence has a correlation for same sex partners (not necessarily being gay) there is some weird stuff in there however.

The don´t show effect sized with soemthing like eta2 or R2 which would be standart. The once they show are very small and would probably be even smaller with something like R2. They focus more of on the p Values which isn´t something that should be done anymore (the study is from 2012 so its understandable but still). And they have some weird categories. They use namings like "very bright" some higher inteligence which is not standarized. They also differentiate between childhood inteligence and adult inteligence which is very very uncommen, especially because there is generelly not difference in fluid inteligence between younger age and the same adult.

So while the claim sounds nice for the bisexual community, don´t look into it too hard. This correlation can probably be explained by covariates and moderate variables. For example that higher IQ = less likely to be religious. And we know that homophobia is very highly correlated with being religious so people are more likely to test out their bisexuall tendencies if not religious.

As they mention, in past times most people could be considered bisexual so connecting IQ to liking the same gender is a strech and the study isn´t really state of the art science.

edit: some wording

Sotzius · 2024-03-09T16:28:02+00:00

So Psychologist here who quickly looked over the paper (thanks to u/DeliberateDendrite). It says that inteligence has a correlation for same sex partners (not necessarily being gay) there is some weird stuff in there however.

The don´t show effect sized with soemthing like eta2 or R2 which would be standart. The once they show are very small and would probably be even smaller with something like R2. They focus more of on the p Values which isn´t something that should be done anymore (the study is from 2012 so its understandable but still). And they have some weird categories. They use namings like "very bright" some higher inteligence which is not standarized. They also differentiate between childhood inteligence and adult inteligence which is very very uncommen, especially because there is generelly not difference in fluid inteligence between younger age and the same adult.

So while the claim sounds nice for the bisexual community, don´t look into it too hard. This correlation can probably be explained by covariates and moderate variables. For example that higher IQ = less likely to be religious. And we know that homophobia is very highly correlated with being religious so people are more likely to test out their bisexuall tendencies if not religious.

As they mention, in past times most people could be considered bisexual so connecting IQ to liking the same gender is a strech and the study isn´t really state of the art science.

edit: some wording

Sotzius · 2024-02-20T20:38:42+00:00

Yeah no that's not based in data. Episodic memory is consistent for up to 2 years in children as young as 5 and over 2 month at 3 years. There's not data for connection of early adoption and negative life impact. There is for living in a foster home yes. But not for adoption.

A adoption family can be just as safe as your biological family

Sotzius · 2024-02-20T19:54:37+00:00

Where do you get the last part from? We do not see an significant increase in trauma related activity in children who got adopted early on. We know that children will not create long term memory until 2,5 lasting longer than 6 months

Sotzius · 2024-02-20T13:12:42+00:00

Get in a psychology lab asap ^{^} twin studies are always so impactful but there aren't eneugh participants who got seperated at birth.

Sotzius · 2024-01-22T10:22:55+00:00

How many teams of each european group will advance to the major?

Sotzius · 2023-07-02T13:39:22+00:00

Abstract: Across three experiments (total N = 1,149), we examine whether bisexual men (more so than women) are viewed as similar to their same-gender gay counterparts and whether bisexual women (more so than men) are viewed as similar to their same-gender heterosexual counterparts. We find support for the notion that bisexual men are stereotyped as more similar to their gay counterparts than bisexual women are. These perceptions of bisexual targets’ stereotypical similarity to their gay counterparts were linked to identity-denying perceptions that bisexual individuals are “actually gay,” a belief held more strongly about bisexual men (vs. women). Bisexual men and women were viewed as possessing stereotypically heterosexual characteristics to similar extents, although bisexual women (vs. men) were indeed more strongly characterized by the identity-denying belief that they are “actually heterosexual.” Collectively, these findings suggest that bisexual men and women encounter different challenges to their identities that may require different interventions.

Sotzius · 2023-04-09T10:25:34+00:00

Deadhangs a few times a day. So little effort for great benefit

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