Considering the politics in Rutherford County these days, we shouldn't be surprised.

Absolutely, a broad liberal arts education was seen as the foundation for illumination and fulfillment of the Enlightenment. The barbarians in charge now don't know what they don't know. They know only what they feel and use every rationale they can dream up to maintain it.

Goal: Outlaw all laws in all states for which there is no evidence of harm. These anti-trans bathroom laws are ridiculous. There is no evidence to support these bigoted, mostly religious Republican politicians and citizens that trans people are a safety threat to anyone compared to a cis male.

Because you are a linear thinker, in your cave or ivory tower — take your pick. The world is one of integration—of cross-disciplinary knowledge. You failed at being well-rounded and useful. You are a very well-educated 1 tricky pony.

Testing how an app pastes. Subject Chestbinding and how it's no different than compression socks or a corset. Neither are regulated as medicial devices. The DOG, I mean DOJ is blowing discriminatory smoke up everyone's butt.

Yeah, that’s the ticket — turn scientific integrity over to the Dunning-Kruger crowd. The real problems are institutional, and that’s where the solutions have to come from.

The post is about how important Specification clarity is for scientific studies. That would be around 70%-80%. Without high-quality specifications, studies become guessing games.

Hi, Mark. I'm sorry I missed your post last week. Here's my reply.

Great take. One extra piece: the real engine isn’t just capital-laundering — it’s cross-field boundary collapse. Economists, scientists, financiers, media, politics all defer sideways instead of checking each other. Horizontality = impunity.

... conditions versus design and power issues?”

... increase replication rates when sample sizes and preregistration are held constant?”
• “How much does theory clarity contribute to effect-size stability compared to statistical and methodological improvements?”
• “What proportion of replication failures can be attributed to missing boundary ...

However, real-world replication failures arise from underpowered designs, statistical inflation, weak measures, and publication incentives. Theory refinement is valuable but secondary to fixing core methodological problems.

Suggested testable forms:
• “Does improved theory specification ...

... alone cannot fix.

Boundary of truth:
Improved theory specification is useful, but only after methodological strength, measurement validity, and statistical reliability are addressed.

Explanation:
The abstract treats theory specification as a primary driver of scientific progress.

Claim:
“Psychological theories must be more formally specified to meet scientific standards and improve research outcomes.”

Breaks because:
Formal specification improves clarity, but replication failures stem from methodological, statistical, and institutional weaknesses that specification ...

“Imagination is the source of Naturalism, as it is the source of Supernaturalism.
Supernaturalism is based on anthropomorphic wonder, while Naturalism is based on naturemorphic wonder.
One of them stops you from learning anything new.”

Amelie McCoy

To the remaining 49. THIS is the oath your should be honoring. Please follow suit. We don't want to be at war with each other.

HE is making the country in his image, weak and bloated

I can’t believe I have to say this, but historically, masked men who kidnap families in the middle of the night are usually not the good guys.

You mean like how liberal Christians speak out against conservative Christians? Frankly, that's mostly silence.

As is The Norm in Our Society,
Women Are Always The Last
Persons America Looks After......
WE NEED MORE WOMEN TO
MAKE US BETTER,THOUGHTFUL
HUMAN BEINGS........

Remove the white railing on the left and replace it with the wall color - it would center and complete the scene without the break of white on the left, in my opinion. Of course, if you didn't have that option, then you did a great job with what you had to work with.

Hmmm, right only once?

Watching this makes it clear. They are gaslighting America over pennies while immigrants pay billions they’ll never use. It’s a distraction from the Epstein files, job losses, shrinking GDP and the widening trade deficit.

Don’t get distracted. Stay focused.
#EpsteinFiles #TrumpsShutdown

Scary!

That's one of those sound-good quotes that seem true until you look under the surface and find out that it is possible that your beliefs and behavior can match, leaving you to be an asshole.

EPSTEIN FILES: @aoc.bsky.social explains why Republicans won’t bring the U.S. House back into session 👇

Kash Patel has "summarily dismissed" a trainee for displaying a pride flag.

"Summarily" means without attention to formalities. And there are formalities for firing a federal employee.

So the twit Kash is admitting that the firing was done in a pique of bigotry, not in accordance with the law.