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The late Andrew Greeley and the internal politics of the Catholic Church

teageegeepea — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 22:56:04 +0000

Steve Sailer referenced some of the controversies (aside from writing racy novels) Father Andrew Greeley was involved in, but didn’t give too many details. Casey Mulligan was more interested in Greeley’s legacy in social science such as helping to initiate the General Social Survey (for which, as you might guess, I am very grateful) but he did link to a very interesting piece on Greeley’s machinations (themselves the result of manipulation) to oust (and at minimum stymie the ascent of) Cardinal John Patrick Cody.

Selected May Posts From Politix

mupetblast — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 05:41:43 +0000

Bloomberg: Medicinal Marijuana a ‘Hoax’

Student Refuses to Recite ‘Historically Racist’ Poet Walt Whitman

Ongoing Swedish Riots Challenge Country’s Progressive Reputation

Study Finds Computers for Low-Income Kids Gives No Educational Boost

Liberals Dominate Ivy League Commencement Speech Invites

Study Links Marijuana Use to Being Thin

Soledad O’Brien: Only White People Want to See Beyond Race

Student Told, ‘Go Back 2 Africa Slave’

Selected April Posts From Politix

mupetblast — Thu, 02 May 2013 03:07:39 +0000

‘You Deserve Rape’ Sign Sparks Anger on University Campus

Nestle Chairman: Water Should Not be a Human Right

The Very Rich are Also Very, Very Smart, Claims Researcher

Kerry: Japanese Students Scared of Gun Violence in US

No, Folks in the South Aren’t the Heaviest in the Nation

Do Whites Need to be Promised Personal Growth Before They’ll Take Action on Climate?

Immigrants Value International Law More So Than Native-Born Americans

Professor Under Fire For Suggesting Unconscious Rape Might be OK

Facets of the Big Five personality factors

teageegeepea — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 17:13:00 +0000

I asked Dalliard at Human Varieties about how “real” the Big Five personality factors were and he responded linking to a paper looking at the “facets” or sub-components of those factors. I thought folks might be curious what those facets are, so here goes.

EXTRAVERSION:
Gregariousness
Social confidence versus anxiety
Assertiveness

AGREEABLENESS:
Trustfulness versus cynicism
Compassion versus sensitivity
Humility versus arrogance

CONSCIENTIOUSNESS:
Industriousness
Orderliness
Self-discipline versus distractability

NEUROTOCISM:
Anxiety
Depresssion
Rumination
Irritability

OPENNESS:
Idealism versus conformity
Intellectualism
Adventurousness

Even more on managers

teageegeepea — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 23:20:15 +0000

It wasn’t that long ago that I last did a post on this subject, and then discussed it with Karl Zimmerman in the GNXP Discover comments. Some more interesting studies on the subject are pointed out at the Freakonomics blog, inspired by Ray Fisman & Tim Sullivan’s book “The Org”. Hat tip to Tyler Cowen. Those interested in that book might want to check out some relevant posts at OrgTheory.

“No Treason” is back

teageegeepea — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 23:08:09 +0000

And I’m about half a year late in noticing. I guess that means I won’t have to keep any material duplicated here from there, but I’m too lazy to remove anything and don’t see the utility in doing so.

Selected March Posts From Politix

mupetblast — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 04:51:36 +0000

‘Peak Oil’ Is Over, Claim Energy Experts

Do People Vote Just to Say They Voted?

The ‘New’ Culture War Will Be All About Economics

Men Born to Single Moms Less Likely to Succeed, Find Partners

Are Red State America’s Poor, Smart Kids Getting the Shaft?

Growing Hispanic Population Could Hurt Democrats Too

Facebook ‘Likes’ Can Predict Race, Religion, Politics & More

Paying Folks to Lose Weight Works

Lawrence Auster is no longer with us

teageegeepea — Sat, 30 Mar 2013 01:59:24 +0000

As of today.

I was going to say that’s the first time a blogger I read a significant amount from has died, but then I remembered Lee Sigelman of the Monkey Cage. I don’t expect many fans of Auster are also fans of Sigelman, but those who haven’t heard of Lee may enjoy The Hobbesian World of Democrats.

Low-income men have a lower rate of obesity than high-income men UPDATE: Maybe not

teageegeepea — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 00:17:52 +0000

I was surprised to read that from Helen Lee via Megan McArdle.
UPDATE: See n/a’s comment below, Helen Lee appears to have misrepresented her source.

My personality, according to Facebook likes

teageegeepea — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 03:39:27 +0000

Lot’s of people have heard of that study predicting traits by Facebook “likes”. I saw a reference to the mypersonality.org url, which then directed me to where you can be analyzed at youarewhatyoulike.com. It says I am:

OPENNESS
Liberal and artistic rather than conservative and traditional

CONSCIENTIOUSNESS
Spontaneous and flexible versus well-organized

EXTRAVERSION
Shy and reserved rather than outgoing and active

AGREEABLENESS
Assertive and competitive rather than warm, trusting and cooperative

STABILITY
Calm and relaxed as opposed to stressed

The “likes” they considered most indicative were Dirty Rotten Imbeciles, Electric Wizard, Pelican and Motörhead (all of them bands). They don’t mention it, but the second probably makes them think I use drugs. The only descriptors I’d definitely agree with are “calm and relaxed” and I suppose “shy and reserved” at times. “Liberal and artistic” is probably the wrongest, but it’s true that I’m not well organized either (I don’t think there’s a way to get the descriptor “dislikes any change to their familiar disorganization”). Of course, I can’t even remember when I last “liked” anything on Facebook. About a month or so I saw one of them that I didn’t even recognize and had to wikipedia it, only to find it was a jazz fusion drummer.