How can we expose more people to critical thinking?
Tools for Fools
by Rob Lister » Sun Jun 28, 2020 4:14 pm
This thread is about all things tools.
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Free Science Books
by Llacheu » Mon Jul 01, 2013 1:41 pm
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Well some of them are real science books/papers. Some are questionable, so read before downloading. But there are some good reads there too.
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Free math textbooks from the American Institute of Mathematics, if somebody's interested:
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Last post by Witness Mon Oct 26, 2020 1:29 am
How?
by robinson » Fri Apr 17, 2020 3:46 pm
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It’s not hard when a matter is a non political one
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Arguing/discussing shit on the internet is almost always a huge waste of time
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College admissions bribery scandal
by Pyrrho » Tue Mar 12, 2019 10:10 pm
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Yeah well whatever.
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Basically a slap on the wrist if memory serves, but at least a slap that's hard enough to sting a bit. They'll each spend a few months in jail, do a...
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For their own good...
by Pyrrho » Tue Dec 24, 2019 2:31 pm
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Colleges are turning students’ phones into surveillance machines, tracking the locations of hundreds of thousands
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Good point Pyrrho! Should be. Further, professor evaluation should be directly tied to professor salary.
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IQ. Do UQ? A Sojourn Among the True Believers.
by Pyrrho » Sun Nov 17, 2019 5:43 pm
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Come the revolution, only stupid people will be smart.
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I took the MENSA test when I was a young man and qualified to join with an IQ of 148.
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Last post by Rob Lister Tue Nov 19, 2019 3:49 pm
The education rat race
by Anaxagoras » Thu Sep 19, 2019 3:34 am
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Longish article by George Packer in The Atlantic :
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MFY fans.
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School funding
by Pyrrho » Sun May 05, 2019 11:48 pm
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On the one hand, teachers having to buy supplies themselves.
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P. – S.
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The Most Segregated Public Schools In The Country
by Anaxagoras » Wed Mar 20, 2019 4:55 am
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New York’s Most Elite High School Admits Just Seven Black Students in a Class of 900 :cowbell:
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I think you are describing inner city schools pretty well. The problem is that when you identify the real problem you are then a racist. Much better...
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Is this offensive/racist? A course of study
by ed » Sat Sep 01, 2018 11:57 am
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It is increasingly important for all of us to recognize offensive and/or racist material with nothing more than a glance.
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↑↑↑ Kitsch, especially well-meaning kitsch, is always offensive. (To Humanity, of course.)
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Last post by Witness Mon Mar 18, 2019 10:13 pm
The campus political correctness thread
by Anaxagoras » Wed Feb 24, 2016 4:40 am
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Figured we should have a catchall thread for the wackiest examples of political correctness at universities.
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USD law school: Hawaiian Day party is offensive. Hawaiian state rep: No it's not.
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Finally the human race is getting back to normal
by Anaxagoras » Fri Jun 15, 2018 5:47 am
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Kinda makes sense to me. Also gratifying to know, as a child of the 70s.
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Well people are honestly getting dumb each day with technology getting at the finger tips. Glad to know this.
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Fat Studies (ping ed)
by asthmatic camel » Wed Nov 15, 2017 11:42 pm
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Oooh, be careful, Abdul LackofAbs, the Lord of Lard can be terrible in his wrath.
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The Free Market TM remedies forever! 8)
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Sold only to the teaching profession ...
by JEROME DA GNOME » Sun Jul 26, 2009 3:32 pm
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:D
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Fuck you AA. You will die horribly in an unusual lift accident. It will take hours, nay, weeks, with no hope of useful medication... :)
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More on Chromebook: Education
by Rob Lister » Sun Aug 17, 2014 11:17 am
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The headline:
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More on this for anyone here that cares about our children. :)
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What is truth?
by sparks » Wed Apr 19, 2017 5:34 pm
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Pomona college student Steve Shallow says.......
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Contrary to his denial, I've come to think that Abdul is actually our board philosopher. :twisted:
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Bored at school? There's an app for that.
by Pyrrho » Sun Sep 18, 2016 11:39 am
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A Chinese university lecturer is using facial-recognition technology on his students to help determine the level of interest in his classes, a tool...
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He is My Bitch.
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Last post by Rob Lister Fri Sep 30, 2016 5:18 pm
Charter schools
by Anaxagoras » Wed Aug 24, 2016 4:25 am
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Charter schools are like private schools funded with public money. The theory is that by allowing competition, the best schools will prevail. Some...
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Charter schools are like private schools funded with public money.
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Adler University, Chicago.
by Anaxagoras » Thu Jun 30, 2016 3:30 am
Nope. But you can read their mission statement there. I won't quote it because I don't want a night in the box.
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Last post by Anaxagoras Thu Jun 30, 2016 3:30 am
Reading fantasy gives you brain damage, man
by Pyrrho » Sat May 14, 2016 10:29 pm
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Graeme Whiting, the headmaster and founder of the Acorn School, an independent private school in Gloucestershire, U.K., wrote a convoluted blog post...
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--J.D.
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5 Awful Things Only Homeless Women Experience
by Rob Lister » Sun Apr 17, 2016 9:45 pm
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I'm going to go out on a limb and say this ...
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Granted, I don't know how a PhD stacks up to a plain old Bachelors degree in the income department. But degree holders overall make more money than...
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Last post by Nyarlathotep Thu Apr 21, 2016 5:43 pm
999 and then some
by Pyrrho » Fri Mar 25, 2016 12:13 pm
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I wonder what parts of this story are actually true and/or really happened:
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Piffle.
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Last post by gnome Wed Mar 30, 2016 1:21 am
Texas, educated
by Witness » Tue Mar 08, 2016 4:37 am
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Texas education board dreads possible return of culture war with anti-gay candidate
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Speaking of Texas news, has anyone brought up Robert Morrow yet?
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Last post by Anaxagoras Tue Mar 08, 2016 12:52 pm
UConn plans to build special housing for black males
by Anaxagoras » Thu Feb 04, 2016 7:04 am
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With the totally hip name of ScHOLA²RS House . :notsure:
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Bite response perhaps?
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Last post by sparks Sat Feb 06, 2016 6:02 pm
Pay for protests
by Pyrrho » Sat Dec 19, 2015 8:16 pm
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And the food needs an upgrade!
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--J.D.
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Goodbye "No Child Left Behind," Hello "Every Student Succeeds"
by Anaxagoras » Fri Dec 11, 2015 2:02 am
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The law itself may be fine and all, but don't you just looove the way they name these things?
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It's really perfectly simple: Double teachers salaries, halve the class sizes and if any are still 'not succeeding' throw their dumb asses in some...
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Navy to teach Navigation
by Rob Lister » Tue Oct 20, 2015 8:35 pm
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It Will Take More Than Celestial Navigation to Hack-Proof the Navy
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--J.D.
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Lectures are discriminatory
by Anaxagoras » Tue Oct 27, 2015 12:10 am
DOES the college lecture discriminate? Is it biased against undergraduates who are not white, male and affluent?
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Looting as legitimate political protest
by sparks » Thu Oct 15, 2015 8:49 pm
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How do you get from 'tenured prof at Yale' to 'faction of the ruling class that's OK with it'?
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Jade Helm
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Last post by DrMatt Tue Oct 20, 2015 5:09 am
UCB: The Harrison Bergeron School of Mathematics
by EvilYeti » Tue Oct 13, 2015 7:31 pm
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They don't call it the People's Republic of Berkeley for nothing.
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If not renewing your contract means they have to hire someone else to take your place, that means it's a firing. If not renewing the contract is...
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Last post by EvilYeti Mon Oct 19, 2015 10:49 pm
California lowers standards retroactively
by sparks » Thu Oct 08, 2015 10:15 pm
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unseSFWjuqs
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The State should also pay their bills:
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Last post by Witness Fri Oct 09, 2015 4:32 am
Want 100 grand? Take the challenge!
by Paulie Cicero » Tue Sep 29, 2015 1:16 am
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Got a challenge? Fuck you, pay me!
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I assume the desert they wandered in for 40 years was the Sinai, right? It took them 40 years to walk from Egypt to Israel? I mean how hard can it...
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A Game of Tag
by Pyrrho » Fri Sep 25, 2015 2:10 pm
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Not really banned...just reimagined.
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They should introduce British Bulldog
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Last post by asthmatic camel Fri Sep 25, 2015 2:28 pm
Hovind and Thunderfoot both back on track.
by ed » Wed Sep 16, 2015 11:53 pm
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I will moderate.
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I expect Hovind to do as well as he usually does: his followers will believe his bullshit.
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Computers lower school grades
by Rob Lister » Tue Sep 15, 2015 9:46 pm
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This is a bit convoluted
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I agree completely. A quibble ...
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