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Post by Uncle Hank on Jul 9, 2009 14:02:18 GMT -5
Post any correlations that you generalize to hold even a modicum of truth without any supporting evidence other than your own observations and opinion. Hopefully, we can dispense with any PC nonsense. I'll start.
In regards to people:
It occurred to me the other day when I witnessed this guy working at the supermarket loudly barking out some kind of retardese at his fellow employee across the room for no apparent reason while moving the shopping carts. The other employee didn't even bat an eye to acknowledge his jibberish. And no, it wasn't intelligible Chinese if you were thinking to browbeat me with the PCness. Kindly don't buzzkill any other potential posts either. So, I took one look at his face and thought, "Man, that dude is just straight dumb looking." It then got me thinking about all the other incidents of unnecessary loudness I've observed in my life...
Loudness vs. IQ Inverse Correlation
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Post by Groink on Jul 9, 2009 15:28:25 GMT -5
The higher up in management you go, the less technical knowledge you retain.
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Post by admin on Jul 9, 2009 15:43:49 GMT -5
Pickup truck height inversely related to years of schooling.
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Post by palaver on Jul 9, 2009 17:02:36 GMT -5
The higher up in management you go, the less technical knowledge you retain. The Dilbert Principle -- Leadership is nature's way of removing morons from the productive flow. also The most ineffective workers are systematically moved to the place where they can do the least damage: management. @uncle Hank It's been observed in the American class system that the farther your voice travels in your household, the lower your household's status.
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Post by TeeHee on Jul 9, 2009 18:16:13 GMT -5
The best doctors tend to be the worst bosses. I've known of multiple doctors who'd go the extra mile for their patients(and their patients adored them), but treated their staff like crap. A teacher of mine witnessed the same thing, recounting about one of them, "For a prospective patient, I'd recommend anyone to him in a heartbeat. But to work under him, I'd suggest someone with more experience and a thicker skin in order to deal with him, as he was the biggest jerk to his staff."
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Post by admin on Jul 9, 2009 23:52:59 GMT -5
It's been observed in the American class system that the farther your voice travels in your household, the lower your household's status. As empty vessels make the loudest sound, so they that have the least wit are the greatest babblers.
- Plato
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Post by Uncle Hank on Jul 20, 2009 3:29:34 GMT -5
Two ironic positive correlations:
Proximity to the Bible Belt vs. Pro life supporter *obvious
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Proximity to the Bible Belt vs. Inclination towards being war hawk
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Post by betahat on Aug 3, 2009 11:12:25 GMT -5
I've noticed a negative correlation between the size of someone's car and the amount of crap that they keep in it. Ha, you thought I would say penis size. Well, I don't go around looking up gentlemen's pants, thank you.
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Post by hapatite on Aug 3, 2009 14:27:36 GMT -5
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Post by milkman's baby on Aug 3, 2009 17:22:31 GMT -5
Within the same land/culture, the warmer the climate, the more crime.
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Post by Uncle Hank on Aug 6, 2009 2:22:56 GMT -5
Within the same land/culture, the warmer the climate, the more crime. On a similar note, it's kind of like the closer a country is to the equator, the lower its per capita GDP is (with some exceptions). I guess the heat doesn't bring out the productivity in people, just the crazy.
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Post by milkman's baby on Aug 6, 2009 15:17:19 GMT -5
^ That would probably be because colder, northern cities were forced to advance and civilize technologically in lifestyle faster than those in a comfortable, livable warm temperatures. You simply cannot walk around naked, live in a hut, and expect fruit to grow on trees when you live in the tundra. That is why they were among the first to have tailored clothing (while Romans were walking around in bed sheets), intricate equestrianism, and more advanced shelter. Fast forward to today and we see their descendants living off that. Also, disease spreads faster in humid climates and people are out and about committing crimes. Minnesota was ranked as one of the safest states in the nation, but that's because it's too cold to make crime out there. And Minnesotans are losers anyway.
Obviously, there are exceptions to this trend, especially after the introduction of industrialization. And it's not to say that warmer civilizations were inferior or dumber, as many white and Asian supremacists try to claim. The Incas and Mayans were among the first astronomers, and I believe one of the Central American groups first came up with plumbing (?). They just had different needs, that's all.
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Post by betahat on Aug 6, 2009 18:25:32 GMT -5
The correlation is clearly there. The interesting part is the interpretation, which is still hotly debated to this day among economists and historians.
On one side you have Jeff Sachs who argues that it is the environment and that the environment is still critical today (diseases, crops, etc. are a burden on poor tropical countries right now). On the other side you have Acemoglu, Johnson and Robinson who argue that the climate only matters because it altered patterns of European settlement - Europeans went to similar more temperate climates because the crops and diseases were similar to what they were used to, and either brought their institutions or their human capital. Then there is the deeper question of why Europe, and why not North America or Central Asia or Northern China that have similar climates? I don't think there is a single explanation and I'm wary of attempts to weight the different factors, even though it's damned interesting.
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Post by Groink on Aug 8, 2009 23:13:14 GMT -5
How badly you have to pee is inversely proportional to the amount of places that are available for you to stop at. Did the pee pee dance through the door when I came home.
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Post by Uncle Hank on Aug 9, 2009 12:41:34 GMT -5
With the nasty heat here in HK you would think there's the inverse correlation between temperature and walking speed. But if that were true people should move their butts faster in cooler weather. From my experience here, not really. HK is the only metropolitan city I've ever been to where the locals walk (and act) like tourists. And no, people in Central do not walk any faster than those in the other districts, with the exception of the maids who just completely drag ass. So, no correlation there!
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