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by KnightWhoSaysNi
Thu Mar 06, 2008 6:02 pm
Forum: Political Discussions
Topic: Graph of FRDB political compass scores
Replies: 438
Views: 22697

Just for fun, I separated the symbols by nationality. Blue diamonds are Americans, red circles are non-Americans and white triangles are unknown.

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by KnightWhoSaysNi
Tue Mar 04, 2008 4:08 am
Forum: TEMPORARY Election Forum
Topic: Alberta Election 2008
Replies: 16
Views: 184

Bloody hell, the Libs are getting their asses kicked again. :boohoo:

Oh well, at least my vote directly helped David Swann get elected again.
by KnightWhoSaysNi
Mon Mar 03, 2008 7:22 pm
Forum: TEMPORARY Election Forum
Topic: Alberta Election 2008
Replies: 16
Views: 184

I hope you do well, Earl. By the way, guess who I walked by in the Eatons Centre downtown mall today:

Ralphie boy!
by KnightWhoSaysNi
Sun Mar 02, 2008 6:10 pm
Forum: TEMPORARY Election Forum
Topic: Alberta Election 2008
Replies: 16
Views: 184

Good luck, Earl! That's awesome that you're a candidate. Though I wonder what your constituency would think of your political compass score being -10/-10 from a few years ago. :Cheeky: The Alberta Liberals should do well in my district of Calgary Mountainview. David Swann is fairly popular here. Pss...
by KnightWhoSaysNi
Sun Mar 02, 2008 4:53 pm
Forum: Political Discussions
Topic: Collectivism vs. individualism survey question
Replies: 1
Views: 248

Collectivism vs. individualism survey question

I thought that this was an interesting question from the 2004 American National Election Study . Some people feel the government in Washington should see to it that every person has a job and a good standard of living. Suppose these people are at one end of a scale, at point 1. Others think the gove...
by KnightWhoSaysNi
Sat Mar 01, 2008 6:46 pm
Forum: Political Discussions
Topic: Single Payer Healthcare system - Get rid of Insurance Companies
Replies: 256
Views: 3382

[quote=""y_feldblum""]We have a mediocre system already and the bloated price tag that goes with it from nearly a century of government intrusion into the medical and the medical insurance industries. Our system remains among the best in the world only because everyone else's sys...
by KnightWhoSaysNi
Thu Feb 28, 2008 4:31 pm
Forum: Science Discussions
Topic: Food science untrustworthy?
Replies: 12
Views: 414

Oops! I meant to post this in S&S. Mods, can you please move it there?
by KnightWhoSaysNi
Thu Feb 28, 2008 4:30 pm
Forum: Science Discussions
Topic: Food science untrustworthy?
Replies: 12
Views: 414

Food science untrustworthy?

I read an interesting comment from an interview of Michael Pollan, author of In Defense of Food . He writes: http://www.gourmet.com/foodpolitics/2008/01/michael_pollan_QA The way I see it, the science of nutrition is kind of where surgery was in 1650. It’s promising, it’s on its way to a deep un...
by KnightWhoSaysNi
Sun Feb 24, 2008 5:47 pm
Forum: Political Discussions
Topic: Graph of FRDB political compass scores
Replies: 438
Views: 22697

Just for fun, I compared the means for Americans vs. non-Americans and Left vs. Right quadrant. Americans vs. non-Americans: Americans (n=61): L/R economic is -3 (SD 4.08) and Lib./Auth. is -4.53 (SD 1.99) Non-Americans (n=29): L/R economic is -3.95 (SD 4.38) and Lib./Auth. is -5.4 (SD 1.77) Accordi...
by KnightWhoSaysNi
Sun Feb 24, 2008 4:44 pm
Forum: Political Discussions
Topic: Graph of FRDB political compass scores
Replies: 438
Views: 22697

I've sent the update request to Soul Invictus. The updated graph and stats should be in the OP soon.

lpetrich, I've also included a link to your post as well.