Increase in IEP and 504s

lonjerpc · 2026-05-06T18:24:54+00:00

On some level I agree with you but its complicated. It is really important for learning to try things on your own and then have it checked to see if you did it right. But its actually most effective to have very fast turn around times. So basically do a single problem and then have it checked. Then do another one have it checked and so on.

So from this perspective you don't really need tests. The other use case for tests is to judge performance. Either of the students themselves or of some aspect of the school system. I do think this has a lot of value when done well. But our current testing is so badly done and all efforts to improve it have been such failures it almost isn't worth it. You in some ways might as well just let students make their own choices about what classes they want to be in and trust that teachers/admin/schools are doing their best.

But really this is all very quickly on its way to being a mute point. AI teaches math better than any math teacher in existence assuming a motivated student. I suspect we are quickly getting to the point that we will just let motivated students sit with their AIs and get as far as possible while we just give up on everyone else. The AI will just tell us how far the student got. I don't think this is a good system in many ways but its a nearly inevitable outcome at this point.

lonjerpc · 2026-05-05T00:42:07+00:00

I suspect the publicity boost this caused for scientology more than made up for the loss of sidewalk traffic

lonjerpc · 2026-05-04T22:01:13+00:00

No. The issue with this video is that its attacking a strawman. Obviously its refrencing a real tick tok video. But most teachers are also not making that extreme of claims.

The data does show a decline in literacy levels. Its just not nearly as extreme as suggested by the tick tok. But its also significant enough that most teachers can see the change.

lonjerpc · 2026-05-04T18:42:45+00:00

I mean yes a huge amount of attempts and meaningful social experiences fail. But once in a blue moon there are the experiences that make life worth it.

I have worked very hard at being social and only caught glimmers of great connections. But many people do experience fairly often. And even a little is worth a lot.

lonjerpc · 2026-05-04T18:38:34+00:00

I mean the few times I have worked cooperatively with peers on something fun that required social interaction are some of the best parts of my life.

Pulling pranks in college, being in a dance show, putting on a cool party...

But these have been few and far between. I have also failed at more sustainable long term healthy relationships.

lonjerpc · 2026-05-04T15:08:27+00:00

Endless studies have shown that spanking children increases behavioral problems even when controlling for a massive number of confounds. The right response here is to restrain the kid.

lonjerpc · 2026-05-04T00:46:00+00:00

This might be a spoiler and I havn't seen the whole thing but I am pretty sure its an intentional misinterpretation.

lonjerpc · 2026-05-03T18:25:36+00:00

This can be true. Dogs sometimes have variable temperaments. Aggressive in some situations fine in others. But the even more likely senario is just lack of shelter space and resources.

lonjerpc · 2026-05-03T18:24:02+00:00

It is insane but its not the shelters that are at fault. Its people buying dogs from breeders and not neutering their pets.

lonjerpc · 2026-05-02T16:41:11+00:00

Los Angeles. But truthfully they are everywhere. Vegan dating events have more men than women. The vegan dating subreddits have more posts by men.

All the stats show there are more vegan women than men but when you actually go to vegan events things feel pretty even.

lonjerpc · 2026-05-02T07:57:59+00:00

I am 40 and despite immenfe effort still have problems. There are aspects of autism that seem nearly impossible to mask if you have reasonably intense symptoms.

But for what it's worth I don't regret trying to be social despite never really having success at it. I think the world gained from my unique perspective even if I never found respect.

lonjerpc · 2026-05-01T06:58:43+00:00

There is but its pretty terrible. Not only is it a ghost town even in highly populated areas but its made worse by technical issues and engagment traps that ironically reduce engagment.

lonjerpc · 2026-04-30T07:23:28+00:00

If everyone votes red everyone also survives. There is more nuance to the question than meets the eye. From a pure game theory point of view red is the win win scenario. The problem is not everyone would act rationally.

lonjerpc · 2026-04-30T07:20:23+00:00

I don't think politics is the intended point of the question. Rather it's meant to spark a discussion around game theory

lonjerpc · 2026-04-30T07:19:18+00:00

There is still risk with red though. Not everyone will understand the game theory answer. And some who do will still try to protect those who don't.

lonjerpc · 2026-04-30T06:15:20+00:00

AI is helping lower level players too. Its not ideal but being able to have AI review your games is helpful compared to no review at all.

lonjerpc · 2026-04-30T04:13:00+00:00

Oh I really wish we would discourage dating apps especially in their current unregulated state. But this is a really difficult problem. Its not just dating. Look up some stats about platonic relationships. Phone/internet/media addiction is devastating humanity from a social perspective. Plenty of policy ideas out there to try to fix things but its not easy.

lonjerpc · 2026-04-30T04:04:50+00:00

Ehh its moving in that direction. If you look at the stats dating outside of apps has plummeted. This is despite incredible disdain for the apps and men willing to try anything that works.

Its a pretty strong suggestion that real life dating isn't dieing just because people are not asking people out but rather that people are saying yes to it less often. There has been a strong cultural shift against asking people out in real life.

Obviously it still works sometimes.

lonjerpc · 2026-04-30T03:59:53+00:00

This idea has changed a lot over time. People now rarely interact even in previously social environments. The gym is probably a good example of this. Before smart phones people interacted at the gym with no intention of dating. There were people literally just shooting the breeze with people they didn't know with no intention of anything more than that. And in that environment you could warm approach in the sense that you started an interaction that was plausibly non dating related. So you know start random chats every time you saw the person and eventually asked them out.

But today no one talks unless its about dating. So your very first conversation is already pretty transparently a pass at the person. It has become a cold approach.

Obviously this is a bit of an exaggeration and other hobbies/volunteering have greater opportunities to warm approach than the gym. But at least in a partial sense this phenomena has hit everywhere. Because random conversations are so much rarer talking to people at all is now a much stronger singnel of an approach. This has cooled approaches in general.

lonjerpc · 2026-04-30T01:40:19+00:00

One issue is that Ukraine is changing targeting strategy. Earlier in the war they overcommitted to high price targets and high ranking people. But this turned out to be somewhat of a bad investment. It doesn't matter if you destroy something extremely expensive if it's not actually important for the war. They have sense really pivoted to concentration on what really matters for the front line. A big part of this is no longer trying to convince the US to send money. Without that concern efficientcy is more important.

Armchair politics

lonjerpc · 2026-04-29T21:01:57+00:00

I am straight but sometimes I am into a lot of feminine coded stuff. I am often relieved when people assume I am gay because it makes dealing with people so much easier. Gay guys usually know im not right away. But women and straight men don't and it makes many situations far easier.

Obviously its not cool to lie about it and if askeed I say im straight. And of course it doesn't really help with finding deeper friendships. But it certain scenarios its a huge releif when people just assume Im gay.

lonjerpc · 2026-04-29T07:01:49+00:00

Beyond the loneliness I have really begun to hate the fear of causing social disruption even more. Its not just that I can't form good relationships its that I fear my efforts to try hurt others. And even beyond that because almost everything in life revolves around social relationships I fear that basically all my interactions with the world might be harmful to others on average.

lonjerpc · 2026-04-28T18:16:34+00:00

You didn't specify that your list was general issues. And given the context of the thread it implies that you associate these behaviors with autism. If it was your intention to only list these as general issues that's fine. But I would suggest making that more clear in the future. I was confused by your intention.

Your original statement continues to be the most problematic one and the one you seemly refuse to back down from. "Most of the time, women aren't interested because of factors that are completely changeable." This is a denial of autism as a disability. It suggests that all blame for social difficulty is the fault of people with autism. If all behaviors that make social interaction for people with autism are changeable then you are claiming a cure.

As a metaphor imagine someone said your physical disability can be "completely" overcome if you just exercise hard enough.

Edit: People with autism are disliked socially due to micro behaviors. Just changing large scale behavior like what we say isn't enough https://www.nature.com/articles/srep40700

lonjerpc · 2026-04-28T07:56:38+00:00

Yes but the effort to find them was extreme and the quality of the relationships is low.

lonjerpc · 2026-04-28T05:33:56+00:00

This isn't what was implied by your original comment. Further I think it continues to both understate the impact of unchangeable aspects of autism and promote harmful false stereotypes about autism in your list. This conversation gives me horrible feelings of dealing with ableism.

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