tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1667787618768322507.post3655894584826857890..comments2023-11-02T01:50:06.069-07:00Comments on FreakoStats: Smart Immigration PolicyGarth Zietsmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01680048751752721742noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1667787618768322507.post-74025900065095847982012-09-07T08:03:19.047-07:002012-09-07T08:03:19.047-07:00I'm disappointed this post fails to address la...I'm disappointed this post fails to address language issues. Growing up in a heavily immigrant area of a city, it was clear this is a huge practical issue, for schooling particularly. I won't go into detail, but supporting non-english speaking students is very expensive and inevitably drags down standardized testing scores and graduation rates. This is made harder to cope with because schools are funded by property taxes, (low in immigrant areas,) and there is not much appetite for funding low-achieving, "wasteful", "loser" schools. Matthew Sullivanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01911773959629894667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1667787618768322507.post-86804356592002562632012-03-30T04:42:03.672-07:002012-03-30T04:42:03.672-07:00This gave me an idea.
If I assume that the smart ...This gave me an idea.<br /><br />If I assume that the smart vote are in fact gathering and weighing evidence better than the other votes, then it isn't surprising they could get the warming evaluation off.<br /><br />The available evidence is ambiguous. To go against Mann et al I have to figure out that <a href="http://unqualified-reservations.blogspot.ca/2009/12/climategate-historys-message.html" rel="nofollow">modelling is too difficult</a> or go off the beaten path entire and find that <a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7c/Atmospheric_Transmission.png" rel="nofollow">CO2's absorption band is already saturated.</a><br /><br />While most every scholar and thinker has a high IQ, far from every high IQ is a scholar.Alrenoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11119846531341190283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1667787618768322507.post-67284683907783675002012-03-26T11:08:23.182-07:002012-03-26T11:08:23.182-07:00Did the questions in the survey allow you control ...Did the questions in the survey allow you control for how informed the respondents were on the issue? It seems like that is a big possible confound and that the actual relationship might be that the more informed one is about immigration and its effects, the more likely one is to be supportive of immigration.John Jenkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13565284293519824458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1667787618768322507.post-12335848976371716432012-03-24T13:02:47.627-07:002012-03-24T13:02:47.627-07:00I have but not in enough detail for a post. Part ...I have but not in enough detail for a post. Part of the problem is that the GSS doesn't ask the right question. I also haven't done the control for interests exercise yet. That said I recall the SV suggesting that global warming is real and probably serious enough to need to do something about but that the economy is not less important.<br /><br />There will be some disagreement. I certainly have a few. I developed a test based on over 140 SV issues, and even the best scorers (within Mensa) got only 70% of the maximum i.e. about 1 in 3-4 of their opinions is daft.Garth Zietsmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01680048751752721742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1667787618768322507.post-91272759409387562512012-03-24T12:54:06.815-07:002012-03-24T12:54:06.815-07:00Yes of course. That's what the regression ana...Yes of course. That's what the regression analysis is for - to control for those interests. One of the variables in the regression is the income you mention. Another is education. The Smart Vote is what survives that control.<br /><br />By the way, the evidence I included shows that immigration is good for the dumb too.Garth Zietsmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01680048751752721742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1667787618768322507.post-8840824252733197682012-03-24T09:00:44.696-07:002012-03-24T09:00:44.696-07:00Garth,
Have you done this for global warming? I ...Garth,<br /><br />Have you done this for global warming? I like your method of analysis, and would like to see it applied to a case where I think I disagree with the smart-fraction consensus.<br /><br />Regardless, very nicely presented.Aretaehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15850678936908894274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1667787618768322507.post-11535235900613844932012-03-24T08:40:06.168-07:002012-03-24T08:40:06.168-07:00Do you ever take into the consideration that the S...Do you ever take into the consideration that the Smart Vote and Dumb Vote might more represent different interests rather than cognitive differences? <br /><br />Immigration seems like a pretty clear case where that might be the case. Immigrants disproportionately compete with dumb people for jobs. Which is good for smart citizens, since they get cheaper labor and bad for dumb citizens as their wages and employment opportunities are diminished.RasmusFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09663381827006163200noreply@blogger.com