January 23, 2011
by peter.taylor
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Idea: Inequalities in people’s health and how they are treated are associated with place, race, class, gender, even after conditioning on other relevant variables. The issues here are not only variations or disparities, but also how to measure, track, and … Continue reading
December 24, 2010
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Taylor [T]: Why are you so concerned about genetic determination of mental ability? Eysenck [E]: If abilities are determined by birth and society can predict who will be naturally talented, then it can allocate its resources more efficiently, for example, … Continue reading
November 9, 2010
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What if I think that everything is already unruly complexity? What do I do? First, I need to define for whoever is reading what I mean by that term. Unruly complexity refers to situations that 1. consist of heterogeneous components … Continue reading
November 8, 2010
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A conversation that introduces critical thinking theme about environment, science, and society, namely: The analysis of causes and the implications of the analysis change qualitatively if uniform units are replaced by unequal units subject to further differentiation as a result … Continue reading