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Submission + - Princeton Study: Congress Statistically Does Not Care About You

chavez988 writes: A study conducted by Princeton researchers recently found there is almost no statistical correlation between the opinions of 90% of the the population and how congress votes, but a an almost 1-to-1 correlation between the top 10%. So one question is whether or not we can still call congressmen "representatives"? This video explains the study well.

Comment While one approach, not always the best (Score 1) 613

What it tends to come down to are three things:

1. Can you get published? Especially in top rated journals.

2. Can you become tenure faculty with research grants. Saying you'll increase it by 10 percent when it's only 1 percent means it's now 1.1 percent.

3. Can you get awards?

I've seen more change occur due to the above three focii than the other stuff, but then I work in a mostly female branch of science (which didn't used to be so, that happened quite recently).

I'm hoping that the same will occur with my intended new field (engineering) as well. There is no reason why it can't.

Comment There has never been any justification (Score 1) 200

So long as an American citizen is travelling within the US, even if by air, there is no justification for any search or seizure of his or her personal documents, thoughts, or even religion.

My laptop may contain personal information, and only with a specific court order by a judge (not a blanket warrant for "all Americans") can they force us to reveal our personal data or thoughts.

It doesn't matter what their excuse is.

Can they scan it for potential hazards, or ask us to turn it on to "prove" it is not a hazard?

Sure.

But that is all the Gestapo can do.

Comment Re:I work in Seattle (Score 2) 296

It's not families.

It's people.

People are migrating here, and will migrate here, for many reasons: good wages, good minimum wage, no state income tax, no state capital gains tax (except houses above $1 million), we have water (somewhat), we have a green city, and we have top level education that most can afford.

And we have a lot of tech and other jobs being created all the time.

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