On topic, social media is like most technology, or alcohol, or whatever - it's neither good nor bad in itself, but you need to use and control it, rather than it controlling you. I try and think… (View Post)

Always by academics or students who've had people being slightly rude to them, but never had their nose broken or dog killed... (View Post)

There is some evidence that China's population is overstated, possibly by a tenth or more. The reasons include such things as bureaucrats having an incentive to overstate births in their area, t… (View Post)

According to NPR it's much more than that in federal cases: https://www.npr.org/2023/02/22/1158356619/plea-bargains-criminal-cases-justice "In any given year, 98% of criminal cases in the f… (View Post)

Interesting poll, though it's not exactly news that lots of 20-year-olds are idiots with no judgment. As, apparently, are some 70 year olds. (View Post)