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as to the second, I did not say that it was not being made use of, particularly in the education world. whether or in what context it is valuable is another thing. What it means for society, in terms of what decisions should be made based on it, is what I am talking about. as to the first, many...

there are contrarians here from a feminist (or simply women-are-humans) perspective, but somehow that often doesn't seems to be treated as a valuable contribution that makes people think harder, and instead is often treated as an overly personal or overly politicized approach to whatever it is...

if you're gonna be using vinyl, and you're doing dj trick stuff like beatmatching or scratching.. get technics! It's not like some equipment where the more expensive stuff has lots of bells and whistles that a beginner doesn't need. technics (or other good direct drive turntables, but they...

"poor ike"? "ruined his reputation"? He beat up his wife. repeatedly. is it "ruining his reputation" if it's true? didn't he ruin his reputation by beating her? you are mourning his inability to extract financial gain from that years later? - or hoping that he was able to? I play the world's...

no, my argument is that they are bunk because the overwhelming weight of scientific and social science research says they are bunk.

thanks for posting that recent article. The thing is, IQ tests have been debunked for years and years. Their foundation is in racism and eugenics, as people have tried to 'clean them up' they are only revealed in all their shaky glory as excuses for ranking people against each other, and little...

I really shouldn't but I am. from a student's comments in the weekly reading I have them do(the class is Constitutional History): "Gone forever is the mystique that the Supreme Court once held for me. THIS IS THE BEST LESSON OF THE COURSE! These justices do not crap ice cream!"

oh god. in 1995 and 2000? I feel really old now. anyway saw the film. It looked great. But it was pretty at the expense of actual acting (a pity when there were lots of good actors in it), suspense, motivation. Reminded me of the first couple of HJarry Potter movies which were like "remember...

I'm quite not sure what you mean. But consider that there are human rights arguments that all should have equal access to things like educational resources. Or that people who face systematic disadvantages (or medical ones) should have increased access to those things. THose would be alternate...

you are half right. Standardized testing does have a point. In a world where resources are rationed, standardized testing provides a justification for rationing them in a particular way. But whether that rationing is defensible by any other moral or practical standard is totally questionable.

dssdnt how on earth did you get that from gek-opel's statement? when gek-opel says "be they fundamentalist Islamic or Christian" you say igek-opel is "tell[ing] us what Islamic followers worldwide actually believe" when gek-opel says "it would be better to talk of a specific group under...

sorry I don't know if this has been posted: MARIO THEME ON TESLA COIL? <object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value=""></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425"...

I have absolutely zero connection to that take on Rustie. Is he an outsider sonically, or socially? Maybe because I don't know anything about the people I don't get all this other association with or projection onto Rustie's music. Or maybe it's that I gravitate towards music that mixes...

I'll still go see it (armored bears!) but i think the edits stink. Not exactly surprised, though.

I'm a huge fan of rustie. I don't know what genre, but it always goes down a treat! great beats..

I'm pretty sure it's "hold on" in Patois you often drop the d at the end of a word (when its before a vowel), and the h at the beginning kinda shades towards w so "hold" comes out something like: 'uohl'

for a taste of the other side (kinda), there's Dashiell Hammett. read _Red Harvest_ at least (but none of his pinko stuff made it in to the movies as far as I know)

_MAUL_ by Tricia Sullivan. freaked-out highly sexed nanotech-laden sci-fi about gun wielding girl gangs in shopping mall rampages and a future where humans have learned that fashion was the engine of society in some twisted evo-biological way that led to gender-based plagues... I think? I read...

that phrase is a bit irritating. why not just say it's "gay"! ;)

Also, don't mean to sound condescending (as the starter of this thread said) but I sometimes feel like brits don't really have a sense of how unbelievably huge America is. This affects what pop is in terms of what gets promoted into pop culture and recycled into subcultures. Even if more people...