#Theory

@arminoffical's theory about me (thread) so emo brocken
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Sarcasm is part of the Use (pragmatics) section of language communication. In *some* people with communication disorders, stemming from a variety of reasons (eg, autism), their ability to understand these
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One thing that everyone including my father gets wrong about Jaws is that they all think Jaws killed Ben Gardner. But that’s wrong. Ben Gardner was murdered by Quint, his
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When will the perception of Sweden being a super-liberal and super-socialist country go away? There is an equal amount of people who are centrists and right-wingers, so don’t make Sweden
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I AM SO SURE THAT NURSE PARK PURPOSELY LED GANG-TAE INTO FINDING THAT PICTURE!!! This only strengthens the theory that she is in fact Mun-yeong’s mom! #ItsOkayToNotBeOkay#ItsOkayToNotBeOkayEP12 Plus this, what
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It’s seems like survivor is showing fewer conversations than in past seasons, making tribal council unpredictable.What are the odds that Kim and Sophie, maybe sarah, have a secret alliance? (1/5)@robcesternino
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I'm defending James a lot recently—not something I often do. But I can't stand this sloppy deliberate misreading. He didn't ask people to purchase the book: he offered to send
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Idk I think it's fair for nonacademics to think "erotic" means sex. Like people aren't dumb just because they're not thinking about the ~lesser known~ usages of "erotic", they just
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If you are interested in donations to charity--a thread on my just-published paper with Mark Wihelm https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/713190#.YJQ-vXDvovA.twitter Two very common incentives when you donate are (a) tax-incentives
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I have a theory for this; for years nerd shit was considered immature but people did it anyway because it's FUN and it was their hobby to break away after
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Regardless of our relationship with our biological mother, we cannot run away from the fact that we inherited our mitochondrial DNA from that human. So, before I scream #HappyMothersDay ,
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A classroom functions like a capitalist workplace : both the workers and the students are alienated from their labor and must be as "efficient" as possible, both the boss and
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The one area that incentives-based modelling of labour retention struggles with is "insider theory". Whilst furlough will have weakened this, it will still be an important determinant of retention even
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#Thread debunking @ukrcancongress' ridiculous letter to @OttawaCitizen re: @davidpugliese's article ("Graffiti on monument commemorating Nazi SS division being investigated as a hate crime by police") which became the #1 t
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Stories move the world. Yet, few people in the tech, venture, or broader business worlds seem to read the great works of fiction. Instead, we focus on productivity or business
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An imp. Lesson for policy economists. Data driven predictive procedures that may( and I’m a known sceptic) that may work in BAU do not work now. 1/n.https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/coronavirus-case-counts-are-meaningless/ Inductive procedures: A
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