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Sgt.Squarehead

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  1. US conclusions regarding the Cuban 'Sonic Attacks' have drawn academic criticism:

     

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    The normal practice with cognitive tests is to measure individual performance compared with others in the population. What is the standard measure accepted by the profession? A person must score in the bottom five percent to be considered impaired. The threshold needs to be low to take into account a variety of factors. A very small proportion of the population is deemed to be impaired.

     

    Yet, the University of Pennsylvania defined the threshold at 40 percent, meaning that ipso facto four in 10 who take the test will be ‘impaired.’ Thus, the Edinburgh scientists concluded that “the 40 percent threshold is hardly a detail. On the contrary, it is not even recognized in our science or clinical testing.”


    If readers still have doubts about this assertion, let me assure you that McIntosh and his colleague did not leave any stone unturned. They actually replicated the Pennsylvania model that looked at the probability of passing all the tests when the threshold for failure was set at 40 percent. Furthermore, the two scientists reproduced the tests 1,000 times! The subjects were all classified as impaired.

     

    https://www.counterpunch.org/2018/09/14/cubas-sonic-attacks-vs-edinburgh-university-the-40-mystery/

  2. On ‎7‎/‎19‎/‎2018 at 12:06 PM, Sgt.Squarehead said:

    Basically if you are Russian and you recently took a holiday in the UK, you are f****d!  :rolleyes:

     

    https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/13/world/europe/russia-salisbury-skripal-novichok.html

     

    https://edition.cnn.com/2018/09/13/opinions/russia-is-better-than-us-at-propaganda-opinion-intl/index.html

     

    The 'truth' (whatever the fuck that is) hardly matters at this point does it?  :rolleyes:

  3. How times change:

     

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    Aung San Suu Kyi insisted their imprisonment was justified and that the case had “nothing to do with freedom of expression”. She said Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo “were not jailed for being journalists” but for breaking the colonial-era Official Secrets Act.

     

    Aung San Suu Kyi stood firm on the verdict however, diminishing hopes by some that she may lead a call for the pair to be pardoned. “They were jailed because sentence has been passed on them, because the court has decided they have broken the Official Secrets Act,” she said, addressing the World Economic Forum in Hanoi, Vietnam.

     

    Aung San Suu Kyi openly challenged people to read the judgment and “point out where there has been a miscarriage of justice”.

     

    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/13/aung-san-suu-kyi-rohingya-crisis-reuters-journalist-rakhine-myanmar

     

    Nauseating, isn't it?  :(

     

     

  4. 3 hours ago, Ramlaen said:

    Also if this is a real op-ed from a staffer of an unknown level, it's hard to reconcile "We want the administration to succeed" while you are activily trying to undermine it.

     

    That was the bit I was struggling with I have to admit.  :unsure:

     

    When civil servants decide to start running the show you are not really a functioning democracy anymore.....It's an issue here in the UK too, as you can probably imagine.  :rolleyes:

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