• Information on this archive. See IIDB.org
  • Please join us on IIDB (iidb.org)
    This is the archived FRDB and IIDB forum from prior to about March 2014. It is read only. If you would like to respond or otherwise revive a post or topic, please join us on the active forum: IIDB.

Search found 2993 matches

by KnightWhoSaysNi
Tue Dec 11, 2007 12:35 am
Forum: Political Discussions
Topic: Graph of FRDB political compass scores
Replies: 438
Views: 22696

[quote=""fanucon""]Economic Left/Right: 0.25 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 0.21 http://www.politicalcompass.org/facebook/pcgraphpng.php?ec=0.25&soc=0.21 My Wife's Score Im slightly more right and slightly more libertarian, but im within one square[/quote] fanucon, if I un...
by KnightWhoSaysNi
Tue Dec 11, 2007 12:33 am
Forum: Political Discussions
Topic: Graph of FRDB political compass scores
Replies: 438
Views: 22696

There, I just sent a request to ravenscape to update the OP of this thread with the graph based on 75 submissions. The new graph show be there now. :) So I invite you people to take those quizzes also and report the results here; KnightWhoSaysNi, I hope that that request is OK with you. My scores in...
by KnightWhoSaysNi
Sun Dec 09, 2007 4:16 am
Forum: Formal Debates (Moderated)
Topic: Would Ron Paul be disastrous for the USA? -- Starshark vs. Philbeck
Replies: 7
Views: 14467

Philbeck, please note that your statement is overdue. As the rules permit, you've been granted a 3-day grace period.

KWSN, FD Moderator
by KnightWhoSaysNi
Sat Dec 08, 2007 5:19 pm
Forum: Political Discussions
Topic: Graph of FRDB political compass scores
Replies: 438
Views: 22696

And just for fun. Here are the means, standard deviations and t-tests for the IIDB staff compared to regular members. :Cheeky: IIDB moderators and administrators (15): Left/Right Economic: -4.48 (SD 1.82) Lib./Auth.: -5.22 (1.17) Everyone else (54): Left/Right Economic: -3.26 (SD 4.57) Lib./Auth.: -...
by KnightWhoSaysNi
Sat Dec 08, 2007 4:00 pm
Forum: Political Discussions
Topic: Graph of FRDB political compass scores
Replies: 438
Views: 22696

[quote=""xunzian""]Do you have deviations on those scores? I'd be curious.[/quote] The standard deviations are as follows: Americans (40): Left/Right Economic: -2.98 (SD 4.25) Lib./Auth.: -4.3 (SD 1.87) Non-Americans (20): Left/Right Economic: -4.5 (SD 4.05) Lib./Auth.: -5.13 (SD...
by KnightWhoSaysNi
Sat Dec 08, 2007 1:23 am
Forum: Political Discussions
Topic: Graph of FRDB political compass scores
Replies: 438
Views: 22696

Just because I felt like wasting some time, to those who have their nationality listed in their profiles, I determined the average scores for Americans and non-Americans.

Americans (40):
Left/Right Economic: -2.98
Lib./Auth.: -4.3

Non-Americans (20):
Left/Right Economic: -4.5
Lib./Auth.: -5.13
by KnightWhoSaysNi
Fri Dec 07, 2007 7:50 pm
Forum: Debate Proposals
Topic: The Historical Reliability of the Resurrection
Replies: 81
Views: 4721

Sean, just a clarification regarding the start date. You said you wanted to start on Jan. 6. You're referring to your local time time in Australia, right? In that case, Jan. 5 would be the start date for my purposes, since I'm in North America. :)

KWSN, FD Moderator
by KnightWhoSaysNi
Fri Dec 07, 2007 5:44 pm
Forum: Science Discussions
Topic: Documentaries that present skeptical perspectives
Replies: 4
Views: 284

Documentaries that present skeptical perspectives

Can anyone recommend some good documentaries (or perhaps a list of them) that take on a skeptical perspective of paranormal claims such as UFOs, ghosts and psychics? Didn't James Randi host a documentary along these lines? I've heard that Penn and Teller might have had shows like this, but then agai...
by KnightWhoSaysNi
Fri Dec 07, 2007 6:16 am
Forum: World Events & General Politics
Topic: A hilarious roasting of O'Reilly
Replies: 1
Views: 142

A hilarious roasting of O'Reilly

I don't know if anyone has mentioned this yet, but Tom Tomorrow strikes again and delivered a totally hilarious roasting of O'Reilly. :rolling: Bill O'Reilly's very useful advice for young people Keith Olbermann read parts of the comic strip aloud on his show as well: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=...
by KnightWhoSaysNi
Thu Dec 06, 2007 9:57 pm
Forum: Evolution/Creation
Topic: Question for the creationists: what would you do?
Replies: 63
Views: 2593

[quote=""Mike Elphick""]I was wondering if you were one of those creationists who believe oil is continuously forming within the Earth's crust, all as a gift from God? Perhaps you believe people should use the Bible to find the stuff and not Geology and Geophysics? See: - Looking...