"So why did they get such different results from so many earlier studies? In their response to Kripke, they offer a clear answer:They adjusted for three hundred confounders.This is a totally unreasonable number of confounders to adjust for. I’ve never seen any other study do anything even close. Most other papers in this area have … Continue reading More Confounders | Slate Star Codex
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Outer Limits — Real Life
"Today, one of the best predictors of one’s political orientation is the density of the neighborhood they live in; people who live in the suburbs are also more likely to get their news from broadcast and local television. Taken together, this means suburbanites see fewer strangers in their everyday lives, and fill that void with … Continue reading Outer Limits — Real Life
