statistics

April 2021

99.99% of Police Interactions are (Mostly) Peaceful

April 22nd, 2021|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

Here are some things to remember about police interactions because what the media highlights is simply that--a highlight. This is a video version of a tweet I decided was important enough to make more content from: https://twitter.com/desiraethinking/status/1301990870212845569?s=20 Sources - http:// [...]

99.99% of Police Interactions are (Mostly) Peaceful (with sources)

April 22nd, 2021|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

Here are some things to remember about police interactions because what the media highlights is simply that--a highlight. This is a video version of a tweet I decided was important enough to make more content from: https://twitter.com/desiraethinking/status/1301990870212845569    Sources &nbsp [...]

Using Data to Misrepresent Reality, Crime Statistics, IQ, and more – Wilfred Reilly

April 16th, 2021|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Author of Hate Crime Hoax and Taboo, Wilfred Reilly is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Kentucky State University. In this interview, we discuss his understanding of how statistics and data are used in the media to manipulate how people perceive the world around them, particularly as i [...]

October 2019

“What Can Compare to Slavery, Right?”

October 6th, 2019|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

"What Can Compare to Slavery, Right?" Inequality Part 2 I have argued that inequality is the natural state of human affairs and that people may want to combat it. I have also argued that combating inequality should be done in ways that do not infringe on the freedom and agency of others. I specifica [...]

September 2019

JTOL0099 The Completely Unimportant, Little-known List of Misconceptions About Wealth Inequality, the Wealth Gap, (and Discrimination)

September 25th, 2019|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Just the tip... of the non-existent iceberg. Some not so important things about some of the biggest debates in our times. There are some seriously great research links below, also. How data on income inequality and the wealth gap often misses key components to the argument at hand. How data tells a [...]

January 2018

JTOL0018 Re RageAfterStorm Request or Is Race Realism Bigotry

January 28th, 2018|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

00:00 Intro. This is not entertainment. And I am not an expert. 00:56 Is race realism bigotry? 02:01 What RageAfterStorm was talking about was extremely important. 02:36 Some personal thoughts 04:36 The walls in our minds 05:33 Reaction to Rage After Storm’s video 06:06 Were her facts accurate? 08:2 [...]