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swansont

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  1. How is this an example of “science downplay IQ in government or businesses like in the past.” Colleges require certain tests (e.g the SAT in the US), which are allegedly tests to measure intelligence and learning. One could argue that getting a degree is an equivalent of such a test, if degrees were awarded on merit. So I don’t see how this is downplaying IQ. But “science” is not an entity, nor is “science” requiring (or not requiring) IQ tests.
  2. Caused by? No. “wave each other”? I don’t know what that is.
  3. What is your evidence that “science” does this?
  4. POVphysics has been found to be a sockpuppet of Wulphstein. Both are banned.
  5. Good thing I didn’t refer to XIII, then. I replied to what you said about XV, and your claim it mentioned blacks. Which it doesn’t.
  6. It mentions race. It says “or” so race and servitude are not actually connected in the amendment.
  7. .The variable of integration is volume in the equation. Not current. dV, not dJ. You are integrating the current over the volume. “What other components could there be?” doesn’t make any sense. There can’t be any “other components”. The equation clearly says dV. There’s no wiggle room.
  8. I don’t see any equation that is an integral over current. The equation to which you refer is an integral over volume.
  9. If you have circular polarization, this is associated with the photon having spin angular momentum of ±hbar. Changing this value is not associated with the wavelength.
  10. Please don’t report posts to point out that someone is wrong. That’s not (by itself) a rules violation. Correction of errors or gaps in knowledge can and should be addressed in the course of a discussion
  11. motlan has been suspended for ignoring the rules and moderators subsequently pointing out the rules.
  12. Fluid behavior is probably an apt description; there would be little or no viscosity, or surface tension, for the same reasons.
  13. 1. I didn’t use the term first; I used the same terminology as was used in the question I answered 2. I don’t think there’s any suggestion that this isn’t amazing 3. This is semantics and “clumps together” is perfectly cromulent. Perhaps you have a suggestion of a better word? 4. Is there any objection to the veracity of the science being discussed?
  14. Leopold has been banned as a sockpuppet Delberty, Drakes, Brahms and Tunnel alfa015222 is banned as a sockpuppet of alfa015
  15. There is some indication that some conspiracy believers think the voting machines are compromised, so they are urging people to boycott the election, since the democrats have fixed it. I don't know how prevalent this is, but if it has traction, that would depress turnout. Trump isn't on the ballot, which may also depress turnout among some groups of people not driven by civic duty.
  16. I don’t know if you could validly flip an election that way. It’s a matter of violating election law, rather than invalidating votes, and in a functioning government you could remove illicitly-elected folks; active solicitation of foreign interference seems like it’s an impeachable offense. But the GOP, as we know, had no interest in convicting for other offenses.
  17. You assume he’s a rational adult. I’m sure he doesn’t see things this way.
  18. False equivalence. There was evidence of foreign interference in 2016, voter fraud was not widely alleged, and we didn’t see this flurry of baseless lawsuits trying to overturn an election that was much closer - the lawsuits were typically challenging laws that tended to disenfranchise voters, and happened before the election. Trump’s main “issue” seems to be that he lost. The cheating is inferred on the premise that it’s the only way he could lose, rather than being based on evidence. And Trump is so concerned that he’s golfing...again.
  19. Not at this point. His rhetoric was mostly centered on stopping the counting of mail-in ballots, which heavily favored Biden. All they would have to do is interpret them in a way that’s favorable to Trump There’s the rub. It’s not close enough.
  20. He’s basically stated that he thinks he has a majority of the court in his pocket, and he wanted the cases to go before that court.
  21. Oh, yes, I agree. It’s so they can say they filed the lawsuit, and complain about the system when it gets shot down. That they had been in a position to fix the alleged flaws never comes up, and many don’t realize that the lawsuits themselves aren’t alleging fraud, because the lawyers don’t want to get caught lying in court. But lying on twitter or in the parking lot of a landscaping business doesn’t carry those repercussions. Today I read where one of their suits mixed up Michigan and Minnesota. (more votes cast in MI than there are registered voters in MN, or something like that) “These aren’t very bright guys, and things got out of hand” applies once again. https://www.fastcompany.com/90578730/trump-supporter-election-lawsuit-affidavit-seems-to-mix-up-michigan-and-minnesota
  22. There needs to be some federal statue or constitutional issue, AFAIK. I think a lot of details of elections deal with state law. This isn’t the government bringing the cases, though, it’s the Trump campaign. edit: looks like it’s roughly an even split between state and federal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawsuits_related_to_the_2020_United_States_presidential_election There has to be some reason to appeal to a higher level, and many of these are just badly-formulated suits that there’s no leverage. If you e.g. have no standing to bring the suit, there’s probably no basis for an appeal
  23. He’s been thwarted because he can’t get his cases to the Supreme Court, where the fix would be in. Even where he’s gotten in front of a potentially sympathetic judge, there’s nothing to the cases that gives them a chance - no legal point they can leverage to have judge rule in their favor. I also don’t think these judges would stick their necks out when there aren’t enough votes in play to make a difference. It’s scary to contemplate what might happen if the races had been closer, and Trump’s legal team more competent.
  24. ! Moderator Note Similar topics merged
  25. Charles 3781 has not only made no effort to improve their post quality while in the mod queue, they have decided to troll the mods. They have chosen...poorly.

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