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If someone does something good or bad on the job, are they treated as individuals?

Can you tell me how you think that would play out in practical terms? For example, if Wilson had been punished, either through jail/suspension/etc., should the rest of the force also be punished? Or since none of the other officers were accused of wrongdoing in the Michael Brown shooting, should Wilson not be singled out for punishment? If an officer gets a promotion due to hard work and dedication, should the rest of the force get a promotion? Or do you not give anyone a promotion, because not everyone is deserving?

Agreed. Very well said.

No, because Los Angeles shared legal liability. Who is arguing there is not a system at all? Who said they didn't? You cannot think of one organization in the civilian population?

I don't think anyone here is arguing that there is such a thing as 'black people's behavior' toward police. But it sounds as if you are assigning collective guilt to all policemen because they belong to a formal group. If so I don't accept that. I also never accepted that I was born with sin because I belonged to the Catholic group. If you are not assigning collective guilt, then I don't understand where you are trying to go with this. All the things you say about what attributes the police department have may be true, but how is that germane? If you are going to color the department bad because of their racism, then it seems the department should also be colored good because of the fairness and helpfulness to the black community. Both racism and fairness are true of some members of the police; neither is true of all. To me you are muddying the waters. The oppressed know who they are, just like the oppressors know who they are. They are two separate groups, and they are at odds with each other. The oppressed often view all police in the same way, and the oppressors often view all blacks in the same way. That doesn't make it true. A policeman is not racist simply because of his job.

Can you explain what you mean when you say there is no such thing as the behavior of black people toward the police? Some of the police act in a certain way toward black people. Some of the black people act in a certain way toward the police. How do you determine that one is a 'behavior...toward', but the other is not?

You regularly make bold assertions then start the Texas Two-Step when you are challenged. It was a straight forward question. Why can't you just give a straight forward answer?

Does this mean you still claim "The worst we have seen from the black community is broken convenient store windows and a scattering of injuries..."?

Huh. That's it? You cannot think of a single instance in the past 200 years where blacks killed their oppressors or resorted to widespread violence? The people in power in this country have been suppressing and exploiting blacks and other minorities for hundreds of years. No need to exaggerate to make them seem even worse than they are. The simple truth is more than enough condemnation. Blatant exaggeration only diminishes your argument.

Of course. Although I was responding to your implication that the Michael Brown investigation did not receive suitable resources. Agreed. But surely it is to be expected that it is harder to get an indictment of an officer who is involved in a shooting while performing his duties, versus getting an indictment of a man who opens fire on a crowd of people.

Not that I know, but I would have guessed that between the local, state, and Federal efforts, including participation at upper levels of government, that the Michael Brown investigation received significant resources and personnel. Well, I would certainly hope so. If we couldn't get an indictment under these circumstances then we are in worse shape than I suspected.

Since you say a galaxy cluster 'feels' the force of expansion, that force is something that should be able to be measured. I would also take that to imply the force could move the galaxy through space, while my understanding is that the galaxy clusters are not moving through space due to expansion.

When I was a kid we would squeeze orange rinds onto styrofoam cups and watch the cups dissolve. For more fun, light a match then squeeze the rind so the fluid showers the flame!

Can you pleaes provide a source for that assertion? From what I can find congnition seems to begin much later as the brain is still in early stages of development at week six.

I was really looking forward to the show and was very disappointed. Not enough 'information density' for me. They could have told the same story in 1/3 the time by cutting down on the theatrics, pretty lights and slow moving animations. If they were targeting people with some interest in science then they should have spent more time on the science. Too much of it felt like a disney production.

I'm afraid that is a non starter. The US giving back Guantanamo prior to the beginning of normalizing relations is as likely to happen as a demand by the US that Cuba implement Western style democracy prior to normalizing relations. I'm hoping Castro's statement was for internal consumption.

I can also bend eight fingers at the first knuckle at a sharp angle to its furthest extension, while keeping the rest of the finger rigidly straight. And I can bend those eight fingers backwards at the middle joint only. I used to toss a ball with my kids where I would always catch the ball as it fell onto the back of my hands, like it was falling into a shallow cup. Lots of people are double jointed. Take a look at joint hypermobility. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypermobility_(joints)

But you belive your sample size accurately represents the entire population?

I can fold my thumb into my palm without moving the other fingers.

I was a programmer back in the 1980's and we were using programs that wrote programs back then.

They are Marketing terms used to convey a subtly different message to the target audience.

I just got up to date on the thread "Why is the female crowd not attracted to STEM fields?" in the Politics section. While I enjoy the science sections I find that some of the best discussions take place in the non-science sections. The STEM debate has been passionate, well argued, polite, and full of the scientific approach to discussion I enjoy so much. If this site wasn't free I'd pay for a subscription!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_pudding

And to take it a step further that map you showed indicated that the North side of the city was poorer, not the East side. The city of St. Louis is on the East side of that map. On the west side of the map you are seeing St. Louis County, Jefferson County, and the rest of the St. Louis Metropolitan area. If you concentrate on the right half of the map you'll see that the North side of the city is the poorer side.

iNow was referring to confirmation bias, not racial bias. Confirmation bias can apply equally to both sides of the debate.