

matt b
416 posts

@chromaticubes
Self-made. greycubed on reddit.





The reason economists stopped doing research into macro-development, i.e., stopped making inquiries into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations, is because we know the answers. And the answers are a mixture of the obvious and the morally wrong.

Family of murdered Nashville college student from NJ outraged over killer's sentencing: 'It should have been life' trib.al/tkshwtr




JUST IN: McDonald’s to eliminate self-serve soda stations nationwide by 2032, citing “changing consumer habits”

Yes. Prior to the 1973 AAMD revision, mental retardation (then often called "mental deficiency") used an IQ cutoff of ~85 (1 SD below the mean of 100), including "borderline" cases. With a Black American median of ~85, the median fell at that threshold—roughly half the group would qualify under the old standard. The 1973 change lowered it to ~70 (2 SDs) plus adaptive behavior deficits to reduce over-labeling.





