[-] reliv3@lemmy.ml 8 points 9 months ago

"Notably, Navy Federal approved a slightly higher percentage of applications from White borrowers making less than $62,000 a year than it did of Black borrowers making $140,000 or more."

I don't know man. Like, I agree that data is missing, but the data they did pull is very damning. Like how is there a higher approval % of white applicants making less than half the yearly salary of black applicants?

[-] reliv3@lemmy.ml 9 points 10 months ago

I actually dont think testing this hypothesis is as easy as you think. You can't just control for social biases when analyzing marathon data because these social biases are longitudinal. At a young age, women quickly learn from modern society that they are physically inferior to men. Because of this, the best bet for testing this hypothesis is to look at ancient societies, because these societies are largely independent from our modern society.

[-] reliv3@lemmy.ml 43 points 10 months ago

On point. Everytime these kind of studies are posted, the bros always have some low key sexist comments which try to explain why the study is wrong... It happens a lot in the scientific community as well. Yet, all you need to do is speak to a few women in the field to understand just how hostile some of these Stem communities can be towards women.

[-] reliv3@lemmy.ml 11 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I thought it takes a man and a woman to make a child. In addition, in many countries, both the man and woman can take leave when they have a child.

These sorta points greatly weaken your argument. You using child care as an alternative explanation towards why woman may make less is likely a symptom of the bias women face in the job market.

[-] reliv3@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 year ago

Yeah, that's my suspicion too. If more gen z are using the internet compared to boomers, then it makes sense that more of them would fall for scams.

[-] reliv3@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

It's hard to claim the nuclear bombs were a major contributor to their surrender when Japan was trying to surrender before the first bomb dropped. What made the surrender difficult was the ally's demand that the Japanese emperor be stripped of his power. This was a big ask at the time, since the emperor was directly tied into Japanese religion.

In addition to this, the American military were committing war crimes before the drop of the nuclear bombs. The American military was killing more japanese citizens in there multiple night time carpet bombing runs than they did with the nuclear bombs.

The nuclear bomb was not "to end the war" because the war was already over when Truman decided go ahead and use then. The nuclear bomb was to show the USSR our military capabilities to scare them once the war ended.

[-] reliv3@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

Curious.

What are the incentives for the drivers to pull this time saving maneuver rather than doing it the right way?

[-] reliv3@lemmy.ml 14 points 1 year ago

There are alot of people who are pissed off about the current system here. Makes sense, since these would be the people who are willing to push through the growing pains of the fediverse to remove themselves from corporate centralized sites.

For example, I'm not necessarily a communist, since I am not convinced it's the best alternative to our version of capitalism in America; but I will agree with the communists when they say we need to replace our broken system with something better.

[-] reliv3@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I really hate when people make this claim that humans are inherently greedy. I usually find that the people who believe in this are greedy people who want to believe that it's natural. It's a way for them to feel less guilty about a quality that can be deemed unsavory.

It doesn't take much to find evidence that goes against this claim. Buddhist monks who take vows of poverty, teachers who teach to help children despite low salaries, family members who spend money to help other family members, true Christians who follow the footsteps of Christ, and the list can continue.

In addition, consider this, almost all of animalia on Earth takes only what they need. Lion prides aren't hunting prey to the brink of extinction. Bees take only what they need to maintain a healthy hive. Historically, most Native American tribes only took from the land what they needed to live.

No, humans are not inherently greedy... Humans are inherently adaptable. This is something all animalia shares. And currently, our societal systems rewards those who make and hold onto the most money that they can. What this means is most of the "successful" people in our society are likely somewhat greedy. This causes some of us to believe that greed is necessary to survive, but most of us focus on being happy and having enough money to maintain that happiness. Money promises security, and security helps keep people happy; but you don't need to be a multi-millionaire in order to be secure.

[-] reliv3@lemmy.ml 25 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yeah, I don't know if the issue is the FTC's choice of battles. I think Europe's success is due to a system that is less beholden to big corporations. FTC's failure is due to a failure within the American government.

The judge for the Microsoft vs. FTC legal battle made a decision based on the idea that 10 years is a long time... To me, this is a comical statement. 10 years is a blink of an eye. What do we think is gonna happen once ten years has passed?

[-] reliv3@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Consider the flipped version of the same question: "Was Earth the only planet in the universe that was able to conceive life?"

If the answer to this question is "Yes", then our universe would not be fit for life, and we wouldn't exist either.

[-] reliv3@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The reality is Uber, grubhub, doordash, etc. are owners of a platform that connects customers to contract delivery services. They don't directly employ delivery persons. Their product is this platform. This is why they are considered tech companies.

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