Oh that's just what the grown ups think. The young'uns are already all over Douyin and Little Red Book.

Edit to add that and yes even if you try to do something about your situation, your thoughts and actions have been shaped by your experiences and own knowledge, so your outcome could still be unsurprising. Gotta get that breakthrough, that epiphany, and put in the effort to get out of the cycle.

Yes there is free will, but without conscientious action, outcomes are predictable or unsurprising (cue, law of karma), making it looking like predestiny (and karma). In other words, don't be surprised or get emotional about outcomes, because, causation.

Wait and see dude. You could be wrong too.

People changed their Asian last names to something "American" to boost their chances to get accepted into UC's. This really happened. Word had gotten out that UCLA especially was trying to do its own Affirmative Action and consequetly accepting much fewer Asians.

You're describing a different kind of college. Here's the marketed kind of college: come to my elite school, where we only (supposedly) admit elite performers, and we churn out top research and job leads for graduates. Expect 60%+ Asian in these kinds of colleges. Here's the other kind of college: we accept you as long as you've demonstrated you're a hard worker in academics or otherwise, we've got well-rounded programs to fit a wide range of interests, we have a competitive sports program, we strive for diversity because of the many benefits it brings, and you'd get just a good education as anywhere else on earth. This kind of college sounds great too, but it will not churn out top high-tech research and it will not land its graduates the highest-paying STEM jobs. Expect fewer than 25% Asians in these kinds of colleges. The problem with society and Affirmative Action is it wants to put everyone into the first type of college to get those high-paying STEM jobs when what they really want is the second type of school (but with high-paying STEM jobs after graduation). You can't have both.

You can call them evil, or just dumb, or just unfortunate, because they do not fully understand consequences and continue to choose unwisely. Tragedy for us all.

Yes it would. Testosterone is in both sexes and has similar effects.

Well I stand better informed. Thanks.

It's all fun and games until Xi treats you unfairly and you have no recourse. You can't even vote them out! I mean what did Jack Ma do wrong? And Zhao Wei? She's just an actress! A leader that bans Winnie the Pooh and Peppa Pig is insecure and petty. Not leadership material.

In Taiwan, the high school kids don't come home from studying until 10pm. But once they get into their top "college" the pace slows and students cruise toward a decent-paying stable job-for-life. Military service is a laughable 4 months. The cream of the crop ran away long ago. The next best stayed to dominate as the establishment. The next layer after that turned to politics. Their goal is power and status quo, not to elevate Taiwan's democracy, military, technology, economy, international standing, and least of all introducing western ideas and global perspectives (like free press, checks and balances, and oh, ethics) into its populace so the country can mature and stand up as a peer among nations against Communist China. China will eat Taiwan for dim sum.

It's called "Douyin" there.

It's not hard at all; happens all the time to disadvantaged groups. The SAT is not an IQ test. If it were, then any-color high-intellect individual would score high. The SAT is a "did you study your vocabulary beyond what is taught in school", "did you read a lot of books outside of school", and "did you do a lot of practice math problems at the algebra II level (and no higher)" kind of a test. It is a test you can (or should) prepare for over a long period, and scoring high proves that you can recognize requirements, set goals, and work toward them. And it also proves that you had the environment and resources, including people to provide the above intel and guidance, to succeed. Not hard to imagine a disadvantaged environment with no guidance, no books, no practice problems, and no assistance toward doing well in school and preparing for the SAT, right?

Compare and contrast the articles and comments here against those in ARS Technica: https://arstechnica.com/tech-p... ""RMS has a history of mistreating women and making them feel uncomfortable, unsafe, and unwelcome," the page also said, while linking to a summary of allegations." Different tone, different information, different responses. It's almost as if Slashdot:RMS :: Foxnews:Trump.