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A college's faculty to student ratio is a quantitative—not qualitative—description. We could tell you that our student to faculty ratio is 9 to 1 (which it is), but that wouldn't mean much if most of our professors showed up to give an occasional dry lecture and then scurried back home. That doesn't happen here. When we hire new faculty, we look for professors who are doing important, ambitious work in their fields, who want to be challenged by their students, who run their classes as high-level, high-spirited discussions, who believe that teaching is a two-way process, and that it happens in and out of the classroom. Our professors don't just teach; they advise, collaborate with, counsel, nurture, and mentor students. You'll know your professors by their first names, you'll meet for coffee at a café or for dinner at their houses, you'll run into them in town or at the dining hall or at a concert. You'll come to think of them—and they'll come to think of you—as especially bright and interesting colleagues.
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Asma Abbas (Division Head in Social Studies), PhD, The Pennsylvania State University, Political Science, Philosophy
Karen Beaumont, St. Clair College; The Canadian Mime School; Kristin Linklater; Tina Packer, Theater
Michael Bergman, PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Physics
Nancy Bonvillain, PhD, Columbia University, Anthropology and Linguistics
Kathryn Boswell, PhD, Indiana University, Anthropology
Jennifer Browdy de Hernandez, PhD, New York University, Gender Studies and Literature
Lawrence Burke, MFA, Columbia University, Film and Video
Christopher K. Callanan, PhD, University of Göttingen, Classics
Christopher Coggins, PhD, Louisiana State University, Geography and Asian Studies
Brian Francis Conolly, PhD, Indiana University, Philosophy
Thomas Coote, PhD, PhD, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Environmental Studies, Landscape Ecology and Genetics
Joan DelPlato, PhD, University of California, Los Angeles, Art History and Women's Studies
Patricia A. Dooley, PhD, Vanderbilt University, Chemistry
Patrick Dragon, PhD, University of California, Davis, Mathematics
William D. Dunbar, PhD, Princeton University, Mathematics
Peter Filkins, MFA, Columbia University, Literature
Rebecca Fiske, PhD, State University of New York at Albany, Literature
Jacob Fossum, MFA, Institute College of Art, Drawing and Painting
Eden-Reneé Hayes, PhD, Tulane University, Psychology
James W. Hutchinson, PhD, University of New Mexico, Literature
Eric Kramer (Division Head in Science, Mathematics, and Computing), PhD, University of Chicago, Physics
Ben Krupka, MFA, Utah State University, Ceramics
Peter Laipson, Provost and Vice President of the College, PhD, University of Michigan, History
Li-Mei Lim, PhD, Brown University, Mathematics
Sue Lyon, Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, MBA, EdD, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Higher Education Leadership and Policy
Brendan Mathews, MFA, University of Virginia, Literature
Erin McMullin, PhD, Pennsylvania State University, Biology
Susan Mechanic-Meyers, PhD, New York University Sackler Institute of Graduate Biomedical Sciences, Biology
Aimée K. Michel (Division Head in the Arts), MFA, Tulane University, Theater
David Reed Myers PhD, Princeton University, Chemistry and Mathematics
John E. Myers, PhD, University of Maryland at Baltimore, Music, Interactive Arts, Asian Studies
Anne O'Dwyer, Dean of Academic Affairs, PhD, Boston College, Psychology
Francisca Oyogoa, PhD, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Sociology
Kate Pichard, PhD, City University of New York, Spanish
Bernard F. Rodgers, Jr., Emily H. Fisher Chair in Literature, PhD, University of Chicago, Literature
Mileta M. Roe PhD, Brandeis University, Comparative Literature and Spanish
Samuel Ruhmkorff, PhD, University of Michigan, Philosophy
Patricia Sharpe, Elizabeth Blodgett Hall Chair in Literature, PhD, University of Texas at Austin, Literature and Women's Studies
Wendy Shifrin, MA, New York University, Dance and Women's Studies
Sarah J. Snyder, PhD, University of Nevada, Reno, Biology
Maryann B. Tebben, PhD, University of Southern California, French
Colette van Kerckvoorde (Division Head in Languages and Literature), PhD, University of Massachusetts Amherst, German and French
Laurence D. Wallach, Livingston Hall Chair in Music, PhD, Columbia University, Music
John B. Weinstein, PhD, Columbia University, Chinese, Asian Studies, Theater
Aaron Williams, PhD, University of Victoria, Computer Science
Nancy Yanoshak, PhD, Georgetown University, History and Women's Studies
John T. Young-Taft, PhD, John T. Young-Taft, Economics
Yinxue Zhao, MA, University of Delaware, Chinese
Faculty Emeritus
Allen B. Altman, PhD, Columbia University, Mathematics (1986-2008)
Gabriel V. Asfar, PhD, Princeton University, French and Arabic (1983–2014)
Isaac Y. Bao, PhD, New York University, Biology (1984-2006)
René G. Biber, PhD, Graduate Institute of International Studies, University of Geneva, French (1968-1997)
Virginia A. Brush, PhD, State University of New York at Albany, Psychology (1986-2010)
Edgar Chamorro, MEd, Harvard University, Latin and Spanish (1990-2009)
Peter G. Cocks, PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Politics (1984-2005)
Emmanuel Dongala, Richard B. Fisher Chair in Natural Sciences, Doctorat de Spécialité, Université of Strasbourg; Doctorat-ès-Sciences, Université des Sciences et Techniques à Montpelier, Chemistry (1998–2014)
Arthur S. Hillman, MFA, University of Massachusetts, Photography, Printmaking, and Design (1974-2011)
Hal L. Holladay, PhD, University of Michigan, Literature (1980–2013)
William D. Jackson, MFA, Indiana University, Painting, Sculpture, and Design (1972-2011)
John D. W. Kingston, University of New Zealand, Ceramics and Figure Drawing (1983-2004)
Edward J. Misch, HEL, HED, Gregorian University of Rome, History and Philosophy (1969-2001)
James A. Monsonis, PhD, New School for Social Research, Economics and Sociology (1978-2003)
Barbara D. Resnik, JD, Yeshiva University, Art History, Social Science, and Women's Studies (1990-2008)
Donald R. Roeder, PhD, Iowa State University, Environmental Studies and Biology (1977–2014)
Robert E. Schmidt, PhD, University of Connecticut, Environmental Studies and Zoology (1984–2014)
David R. Sharpe, PhD, Purdue University, Physics (1983-1999)
Paul Shields, PhD, Fordham University, Computer Science (2003–2012)
Robert L. Snyder, PhD, Johns Hopkins University, Mathematics (1974-2010)


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my wife has pretty much only used windows 7 and my machine runs windows 8, and she navigates around my machine just fine and she reconds the start screen is more productive as she also doesnt use the start menu at all, its not much to learn, she figured out how to print and do all kinds of things and she is an absolute n00b, i also have used windows since win 3.1 all the way thru to now, cant say i miss the start menu much, used to be a pain in windows 95
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thats the applications fault not windows, newwer apps dont do this u could allways go back to where the program folder was installed to and right click and pin to start u could possible just pin them to the superbar?
I am all for the new start screen but there are some problems.
For example, when you install some applications you will get several shortcuts placed on the start screen. I don't want a cluttered start screen with all of those shortcuts specially if I do not use some of them all of the time. I can remove the ones that I do not want but then later I might forget what it was called or that it even existed. How am I suppose to get to the shortcut or remember it? In the start menu I always organized with folders. Those shortcuts that I rarely used went into an "Other" folder in the main folder like "Development". I can't do this anymore.
It also would be nice to have the choice to log right into the desktop. Why can't I have this choice if that is what I want.
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Jesus, my point was simple. Many none techy people are switching from laptop/desktop to iPad. They 'get it' in no time. Even people who have never used an iOS device.
The modern UI is simple to use, I've installed on my sons and my partners 2 girls pcs and they love it and can use it in minutes. There's a lot of overthinking going on here.
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Cringe alert, do you even sit back and read what comes out of your mind?
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Last week Andy sniffed out a new path for the DAWGS in Prison program.
One of the graduates from the program's Class 29, Andy left last Wednesday for Arizona, making it 17 states and counting that have received a newly-trained canine from the Developing Adoptable Dogs with Good Sociability (DAWGS) in Prison program based at the Gulf Forestry Camp.
The number of states will increase with the next graduation in eight weeks when a dog will be adopted by a family in Chicago, adding Illinois to the list.
"We started this for the dogs but we continue this for the impact it also has on the inmates," said Sandi Christy, with Judy Miick co-director of the DAWGS in Prison program. "I feel a sense of peace about this program. It is like I was meant to do this."
DAWGS in Prison is one of the benchmark programs for the St. Joseph Bay Humane Society.
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Inmates have gone on to use skills learned in DAWGS to work with animals in shelters, humane societies and veterinarians from Florida to Oregon.
"I cry a little at every graduation, but the inmates can change that," Miick said. "They come up and tell me about all they have learned, about discipline, just caring about another being. That makes it all worthwhile."
For the dogs, many of them either abandoned or turned into the shelter, the program is, literally, a life-saver.
Andy was given up by a family that grew impatient with him despite not providing the training, Christy said.
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Each dog, Christy added, is therefore a product of environment. Bad dogs are not born – they are painted, Christy said.
"Look to the artist and stop blaming the dog," she added. "Here at DAWGS in Prison we take the flawed portrait and paint over it."
And the painters at DAWGS in Prison, those inmates, learn tools while teaching the dogs.
The inmates, just as with the dogs coming from the Humane Society, apply and are screened. They get with the program, providing round-the-clock care to the eight to 10 members of each class or they leave the program.
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Christy provided just a sampling last week.
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Graduation day is bittersweet as they say goodbye to the dog they have trained as another class enters the gates at the Forestry Camp.
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Is a purely logical debate possible?
Is it possible to have a debate with absolutely no emotion and using only logic? I cant imagine it being possible because even if you craft a perfectly logical argument and remove your own emotion your listeners will still receive and analyze it in light of their own emotions. As a subquestion what emotions do you think predominate debate? I would say anger and fear. Would it be possible to change that? I'm thinking of this especially in light of persuasive debate, when you want someone to do something for you.
Sep 5 2013: I think a better question is: Is a purely logical debate desirable?
That would be difficult to say no to, if it were possible. Since it's not, I think the effort to remove emotion from debate is undesirable. We have all been taught that our emotions and our preferences are bad reasons to think a certain way, so more often than not we reason and rationalize a logical front for our emotions, so that our words sound logical when the real foundation for the point we're making is how we feel. This kind of false argument is unhelpful, in my opinion. I feel like arguments can be more calm, productive, and informative when we accept our emotions and incorporate them into our arguments. When we bare our souls, so to speak, our logic can accompany our emotions instead of serving as a front for them.
Sep 6 2013: I liked your comments. If i may ask.....Do you think debate Constrains or Expands a persons ability to Perceive and Understand Truth (whether or not that truth is in alignment with his own opinion)?
Sep 6 2013: Depends on how much the person knows him/herself? How open minded a person is to different perceptions/perspectives? Intent? Does a person simply want to "win" the debate? Or does s/he genuinely want to hear and/or consider other ideas? I think/feel the person decides whether or not s/he will be constrained or expanded.....yes? no? maybe? I'm waiting for David to respond too:>)
Sep 6 2013: I agree with you Colleen. Debate should (and usually does) expand our knowledge. It is definitely possible to have a debate and learn nothing, though. This is usually due to our own willful blindness. What do you think, Scott?Sep 6 2013: I like and agree with your comment too David. As multi sensory, multi dimensional human beings, it seems that it would not be possible to totally remove all emotions from a debate.
It has been mentioned already on this thread that what feels logical to one person, may not feel logical to another person. So, as you say...what we feel about something is the foundation of a debate and we can reason and rationalize a logical front for our emotions.
I also believe that arguments can be more calm, productive and clear when we recognize and accept our emotions and incorporate them into the debate. To "Know thyself" and know where our thoughts, feelings, ideas, beliefs and opinions are coming from in our "self" is an important piece when/if our intent is to keep anger and fear out of the debate.
Elizabeth Gu
Sep 15 2013: I don't think there's a such thing as a purely logical debate.
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Every debate is based on intellectual conflicts, which provoke (even the slightest) anger.
All people who take their stands on an argument want to appeal to the listeners to make them agree with them. And especially, when the opponents rub their noses in it, they can't help feeling embarrassed and want to restore their calm and clever position(even the calmest person in the room feels such a thing as emotion. ) In an effort to do that, they try to think of something that sounds cleverer, which is partly inspired by their emotion.
It's almost impossible to entirely exclude one's emotion from the process of arguing.
Sep 15 2013: I'm totally agree with you Elizabeth. However, I'm still wondering whether such peaceful and joyful debates really exist and can be adapted to our daily life.
Elizabeth Gu
Sep 15 2013: True. In particular, some people tend to justify their being too emotional on debate. They just wouldn't listen to who objects to their opinions.
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We should always aim for ideal debates nonetheless :)
Thank you
LizSep 12 2013: *My picture of the constructive debate:*
In a constructive debate every person, first of all, fairly strives to understand his opponent. To understand what aspects of his worldview made him to think so. To understand the language that the opponent is using (his circle of concepts). To understand the true interests of the opponent.
Depending on the answers on these questions, not always the debate is possible.
But if possible, then the goal of constructive debate is to minimize the mistakes of own subjectivism. To do so, every person should ask himself, where is my opponent right and where I am not right (two important different questions). Everybody should correct his own view himself.
If person is not able to participate in constructive debate because of current mindset. Then you have to accept this as a fact of objective reality. And then probably the best what you can do for him and for peace in the world, is to ask one simple but powerful question that will influence the thinking of the opponent in a positive way. But no persuasions, only one Socratic question.
If debate is not possible because of speaking different languages. Then it is better to accept this earlier than later. And if the debate really has value for both, then both have to learn enough the language of their opponent to meet on some middleground and continue the debate. Here with middleground I mean such circle of concepts that will be enough clear to both parties. Here with "enough" I mean enough for constructive debate as it is being felt subjectively by both.
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So, in my view, what we all could constructively do in context of the question set by Sam Blaine, is to discuss on "what is constructive debate" and then develop behavioral stereotypes for our civilization and then spread it using various media like: own behavior, essays and speeches, books and movies, and other media of the cultural code depending on our potential.Sep 12 2013: First of all, need to define the goal of debate. And here we have the problem, cos there are usually two sides participating in the debates. Therefore to be fair, you have to analyze different combination of possible goals of both parties.
You say: "I'm thinking of this especially in light of persuasive debate".
So, does it mean that you want to persuade somebody in something? And what is your goal then?
1) Just to persuade without questioning whether you are right at all?
2) Or, to understand fairly the interests of another party, then fairly figure out for yourself if your proposal truly fits his interests, and *if so* then show how "what you are proposing" fits the interests of your friend? Otherwise to change your own mind: not mind of your friend.
3) Your variant?
So, basically, are you ready yourself to change your mind during a debate? Are you ready to doubt the fundamentals of your position that you feel is true? Or your goal is to win? To win for what goal? For goal of domination?
The problem lies in the nonconstructive culture of having debate. There is no behavioral stereotypes spread in the society, which could be used for a constructive dialogue instead of nonconstructive debate. I think that true democracy starts from a dialogue. So far we are far away from it. And if you want to approach this, then we have to rethink our culture and start spreading new behavioral stereotypes: influence Hollywood directors and school pedagogues. The problem is that rare people think about future today. And the problem we face is just not resolvable in the current generation. Cultural engineering is not a matter of one generation. And if the Hollywood and like that has such big power, why this power is not accountable to the people like the legislative, executive and judicial ones?
*Abstract algorithmic of debates:*
Nonconstructive: The person asks himself where my opponent is not right?
Constructive: The person asks himself where my opponent is right and I am not?
Diana Pham
Sep 11 2013: I don't think so. If you're having a debate in which both parties only express the logical and rational side of a topic, then it would be pretty one sided, and not much of a debate, more of a discussion.
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Say you wanted to debate the topic of global warming-whether it's real or not. Most of the facts will point in one direction, leaving the other side to rely on opinions and the power of persuasion.
Scott Bell
Sep 6 2013: Q: Why would two people choose to DEBATE instead of ENQUIRE into any particular matter?Sep 24 2013: It is a tricky question :) . Because human biology won't let it happen... You have hormones in your body, this is human nature. Maybe you work on something scientific, and want to express only the logical bases of the reaults, you won't be able to do it. Because your initial aim is proving your argument and you want to show it to people. If not, why are you doing this debate :). So, your subconscious will have an intention to presuade the audience. So, every debate will include emotions. But, I have another question, why do you want to exclude emotions? They are the mile stones of persuasion in a debate, because people especially look for reliability. I'm not telling you to convince people for something that is not reliable, but if you really believe it and feel it, just let it go.. And if you are wrong, than you can accept it with courage and without arrogance.Sep 24 2013: Human being being emotional it pops up every now and then in logic as well. More over people constructs logic from their own perspective which is also biased with emotion so it's seems very difficult to have pure logical debate. In such case seems only robots can do logical debate.Sep 24 2013: Ambrose Bierce
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"Logic, n. The art of thinking and reasoning in strict accordance with the limitations and incapacities of the human misunderstanding. The basic of logic is the syllogism, consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion - thus:
Major Premise: Sixty men can do a piece of work sixty times as quickly as one man.
Minor Premise: One man can dig a post-hole in sixty seconds; Therefore-
Conclusion: Sixty men can dig a post-hole in one second.
This may be called syllogism arithmetical, in which, by combining logic and mathematics, we obtain a double certainty and are twice blessed."Sep 22 2013: Yes, logical debate is possible. However, a purely logical debate would come down to: Which information each side trusts, and what kind of logical processing capabilities each side has. If they trust the same information and follow the same logical rules, they should agree in the end.Sep 19 2013: We have to stop being human before this 'purely logical' debate would be possible. Because the entirety of human beings and humanity can not be simplified by logic.
Sep 24 2013: well said !Sep 12 2013: Who's logic, yours or mine?
Let's start here:
"Uncertainty is a uncomfortable position. But certainty is an absurd one."- Voltaire
Steven Why
Sep 12 2013: It is possible, all you have to do is remove your own ego from the equation.
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Further there is no such thing as persuasive debate, as if you have an agenda, it therefore explicitly implies your ego will be effected by not getting the outcome you seek. A true debate is where neither party has any predetermination to a specific outcome and only arrive at a goal via reason and understanding.
Unfortunately for humanities sake, we have a long way to go to achieve that goal of removing ego from the equation. Until then I'd suggest that at least we try to remain cordial.Sep 6 2013: The purely logical debate is possible only among computers. The very moment two people start to debate , that is the proof that their emotions have instigated them to start a debate. Other wise why would two people debate if there would be no emotions , both will be happy without debate.The emotion which instigates the two people to start the debate is EGO and from ego springs out many variants of emotions.Logic is often used to justify the emotions.
Sep 12 2013: Unfortunately you cant see the benefit of this type of discussion, viz "Other wise why would two people debate if there would be no emotions".
I present that maybe the people in Syria, deserve a debate like this, before the US unilaterally bombs these peoples. After all once those bombs kill, and that is their sole purpose, there is no going back.
Peter Law
Sep 5 2013: We are not logical creatures. What seems logical to me seems like nonsense to others, and vice-versa.
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Sep 6 2013: I like your phrasing...
what is logical to one
is illogical to others
what is obvious to one
is not obvious to others
where is truth to be found?
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Sep 6 2013: Deep inside........in the heart part of the mind.....Sep 6 2013: Hi Scott.
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I am a Christian, that became logical to me after I was obliged to check it out. Prior to this I just dismissed it on reputation (false as it turned out).
We can look at things logically, but we have to be pretty surgical in removing our prejudice in whatever subject we are studying. Then we can stick to known facts, although our conclusions will normally be an opinion based on these facts. It is all too easy to take the route of trusting 'experts'; that usually means accepting their prejudice. What we really need are the facts that have led them to their conclusion.
So we can have what appears to be a logical debate, but usually only with others with the same prejudice.
Having said that; the Truth is out there. Just tackle the candidates logically, without prejudice, and the Truth should be obvious.
Sep 6 2013: I enjoyed your remarks. You've made some good points. Your comments on truth reminded me of something I read a while back. Something like.....
"We swim in Truth like fish swim in water. It need not be sought for we're In It. Seek only those things Within that veil Our View of Truth. Those things that limit Perceptions. Truth cannot be found. It must uncovered from Within"
Have a great weekend!Sep 6 2013: To claim that Christianity is a logical outcome of consideration of the relevant facts is to offer the mother of all non sequitur debates and posit it as founded on logic, in which case, we may conclude that your use of the word logic is (with all due respect) deeply flawed. A religion that relies on evidence of attributed revelation to historical unwitnessed characters we never met, and know nothing of, is so far from logic as to be ludicrous. I offer you a prophet ostensibly spoken to by his donkey, a man who lived in a big fish, 3 men who survived in a furnace, a man who remained unharmed in a den of wild lions, a city whose walls fell down at the blast of trumpets, a spinning chariot, a temporarily receding sea, the appearance of angels at odd times, a virgin birth and much else that defies any known logic except the most extremely irrational misunderstanding of the word. I wouldn't know where logic can be used to verify Noah's gathering of billions of fertile pairs of globally distributed animals and plants, let alone how his vessel might have held, fed and preserved them, leave alone perfectly replace them into flood-destroyed environments to thrive. Whatever arguments you may offer - and I've heard them all - logic bares no relation to religion whatsoever, and, nothing personal, but merely asserting it does based on your personally constructed redefinition of what we mean by logic doesn't cut it. If you mean it became obvious or convincing or appealing to you as a theory of existence; granted, it may have, (any faithful Muslim or Hindu might argue likewise), but where is the logic we are considering in any of that? Logic isn't whatever you want it to be; it is the branch of philosophy concerned with inference. You are not referring to logic, but to argument, or intuition or somesuch.Sep 7 2013: @Trevor
Certainly got you animated anyway. One man's logic is another man's foolishness, that's how it is.
:-)Sep 7 2013: I agree Scott. Truth is all around us, we get blinded to it by our own perceptions.
:-)Sep 12 2013: What is the truth? The truth is that your name is Scott Bell.
There is no absolute abstract Truth. The truth is always very concrete and specific to concrete situations.
If somebody has some opinion about some phenomenon --> this is a truth about his opinion.
If somebody has another opinion about the same phenomenon --> this is a truth about his opinion.
But how somebody can recognize which of two opinions is true? The practice is the criteria. The truth is measured by the ability to forecast the behavior of the phenomenon for achievement of some goals.
And actually it is better to use word "effective". And to not use word "true". If one estimates somebody's opinion or decision, it is better to say "this is effective or not effective for such and such goals". Same solution can have different effectiveness for different goals. There are no true solutions, but effective or not effective.
There is no abstract truth. Truth is always very concrete and relates to our true goals.
What is the true goals?
The true goals are not what the person says to other or to himself. The true goals are the estimation of what person really does with his real actions. The same actions can be estimated with different goals. This estimation is always subjective. This estimation is not true or not true. The estimation is effective or not effective. Can you effectively estimate your own true goals?
Quite different questions is what is the right goals? The matter is that the effectiveness of all goals is measured against other goals of higher order. Thus we come to the question: is there right goals? I mean the goals of some highest order, against which we estimate effectiveness of all other goals, decisions and actions. Also could be called the concept of my life
But answer on this question completely relates to concrete worldview of each particular person. This is why I believe that it is impossible to have a constructive debate without effective understanding of somebody's worldviewOct 3 2013: Logic is merely the set of variables you use to analyze a certain subject or object. The term logic is not indicative of truth or facts.
Your logic is subjective just like emotions. Many times your logic is based, at least in part, on your emotions. You cannot have a debate without logic.
A purely logical debate is preferred. If you aren't using logic you may be arguing based on random thoughts or ideas. Logic ensures that you are checking your thoughts for validity based on a set of predefined variables.Oct 3 2013: A logical debate could be considered an exchange of facts and their strengths. With that being said you would HAVE to limit what is said and how you respond. Setting up to have a logical debate would have parameters and guidelines. Once those are changed you are now in a different type of debate - to persuade or to defend. You would assume that any debate has a base of logic unless you are looking to debate on something that has a possibility - another dimension, etc. I would prefer to see a debate with a sense of emotion and or passion. The outcome might be determined on the intensity of your presentation.Oct 3 2013: Possible, yes but highly improbable. Because once again perception and emotion are formidable foes.
Tifa Ong
Oct 3 2013: Humans are emotional creatures.
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Who debates? Humans.Oct 3 2013: On of example of logical debate when we are debating for getting rid of unknown by defending our positions. Other will spot the flaws which we have yet perceived or at our blind angle. In this imperfect information scenaro, both will learn and improve and expand their knowledge. I think US presidential debate is close to perfect logical debate as both different view of future and their own best offer sutions. Just try to look beyond the drama and action. At the end of game, US citizen gain better fact and making better decision. CheersOct 2 2013: Unless you feel some emotion towards the subject of the debate, you wouldn't even bother to participate.Oct 2 2013: Yes Sam Blaine, Its possible if debate is between 2 Robots who are rich by Artificial Intelligence :D LOL
Jokes Apart !
NO! ITS NOT POSSIBLE,, According to Wikipedia, the Debate is contention in argument; dispute, controversy..... Well, we can see all the reasons those are responsible for the birth of a debate, actually are offspring of emotional quarrel. Dispute happens when one's emotion make him/her to support something and other's not. Even an argument is not possible if one not get hurt emotionally by other one..... :)Sep 30 2013: Are you asserting it is not possible to be logical at the same time as experiencing emotions?
isn't it possible to feel emotions but still make a logical argument?Sep 29 2013: We can make logical statements. A debate implies conflicting ideas. It is important to make or interpret logical statements without emotion. People form logical statements with conviction. When a contrary set of logical statements is presented we naturally fight our convictions. To accept new logic is to throw away an old set. It would be unnatural to do this without emotion. The real question is - why is it important to remove emotion?
The foundation of an idea should be boundless. Otherwise we aren't being creative.
Oct 3 2013: Very true - it would be hard to present a set of ideas without emotion - but to exchange ideas and logic - in order to help that idea move forward - can be considered a logical debate. I would venture to say that a "think tank" starts as presenting facts n a debatable form.Sep 27 2013: Human beings are incapable of forming thought without emotion or bias. In what synaptic void might an idea arise that is not in some way affected by previous experience and perception? And into what compartment of the brain could an idea, or any input to the senses, be received and stored without feeling? Logic is a construct or framework that is used, it seems to me, just as often to justify a position as it is to arrive at one.
The primal, adrenalin-pumping emotions once gave us an evolutionary advantage, but they are counterproductive in resolving conflict or solving issues today. Knowing that we cannot fully eliminate unhealthy emotions, perhaps we would be better off replacing them. What if we could replace anger with more temperate feelings, such as indignation or irritation? Anger requires cultivating, and the world would be a better place if we would all stop looking for ways to feed our anger, and strove to hold our tempers.
But of all the emotions, fear is the most harmful, as it produces irrationality and a multitude of false assumptions. Fear either paralyzes, making us unable to function, or it mobilizes us into doing something that is, more often than not, ill-advised. What if we replaced fear with concern, and then followed this concern by performing a fact-based risk assessment, in order to allay our concerns? We all need to ask ourselves what we're afraid of, and even though we may not entirely eliminate fear, we should never stop trying to overcome it.Sep 27 2013: I don't know.
It would imply that we can be completely logical...
Though I get thrilled (and emotional) when I had debates that come close to it. (I love debates with high quality arguments and passion, and eagerness to remove each others fallacies and thank each other for doing so...)
One thing you need to learn: be glad if you are proven to be wrong, and admit you are learning from each other.
Doesn't mean that I am able to do that...
Oct 3 2013: well said..........Sep 24 2013: Yes, I think it is possible to have a "purely" logical debate. Take Socrates and other philosophical dialogues. Their dialogues are based on logic. I think we need to clarify that pure logic should not be devoid of emotion because it's part of our human make-up. I don't think logic becomes impossible due to relativism because emotion (or as other people call "your perspective" "your experiences") play a role. In my opinion relativism is a scourge for debate, honesty, truth. Logic debate is possible. Pure logic I think needs to be clarified more. In my opinion a human being can do pure logic.. because a human being is not "pure". He/She is will, intellect and emotion.
Oct 2 2013: No Catherine, I do not agree this. Philosophical dialogues are purely dialogues (and logical too), like what Socrates says. Debate is an argument not dialogues. When Socrates says something he do not argue to accept him and to follow him. He says what is not not logical ( or 'pure logical' in our language.
Debate is only possible when someone's emotion becomes stir. when he/she do not agree this or that. when one thinks he/she is right not the other one. Dialogue do not have those Consequences....
Oct 2 2013: I agree with you. You're right. I didn't really think it that way. I guess I simply thought dialogue and debate as meaning the same thing which they're not. Thanks for that.
Oct 2 2013: :)Sep 24 2013: sir, putting debate in the frame of logical is not possible at all eg even scientist disagree with each other.Sep 23 2013: Why Logic and Bell Curve Probabilities do not work when it matters.
The Thanksgiving turkey story. From the turkey's point of view, life is predictable and stable, with daily feedings, care and protection by the farmer. But then Thanksgiving rolls around, with a big surprise the turkey couldn't have foreseen from its lifetime of experience.
We need to see beyond logic, unfortunately this takes wisdom.Sep 20 2013: It is supposed that it's not possible because we are not computers. This is the reason why I'm writing now. I love enjoing debates about topics i am interested in. Therefore, I try to persuade people who could read what I write that my opinion is worth to be taken in consideration. Somebody could reply it shoul be enough to talk about what your feelings, thoughts and emotions are not dealt with. Actually, it's irrespective of the contest you are referring to. Let me give you an example : in the eighteenth century some historians began to think events and facts could be analized objectively. However, after many efforts to support this theory, they ended up with a conclunsion "Objective History doesn't exist". It is impossible for our mind looking at something and make only logical judgements unless we are speaking about a logical matterSep 19 2013: Debate always presupposes an intention - intention to establish one's point as more true, if not absolutely true, than the other party. So I wouldn't say emotion is involved more than I would say the degree of interpersonal sincerity.
In ancient India, debate was classified into 3 types - 1) "Vaada" which is the best kind of debate where both parties are sincerely seeking to find the truth, and all kinds of proof are admitted as long as they help realize the truth. 2) "Vitanda" which is only intended to disrupt and stir up emotions by personal attacks. 3) "Jalpa" in which distracting or subversive arguments were put forth in order to confuse the opponent.Sep 16 2013: Logic traditionally involves deduction (drawing particulars from the general) and induction (drawing general principles from the particular). I suppose two humans could debate basing their arguments on *selections* (samples) drawn from the entire universe of facts -- which is what we do. Only if the entire universe of facts pertinent to an issue were collected -- an impossibility -- would two humans (or machines) come to draw the same conclusions. Since the question is "Is a purely logical debate possible" I would posit that it can, but only if both parties select different data. Otherwise they would simply agree. Beyond the question "is a purely logical debate possible" is a more important question: Is debating a waste of time? Why? Why not? Ah, but that would involve debating wouldn't it ....Sep 16 2013: It's possible in mathematics, Sam. Not in human relations.
Sep 21 2013: Actually, if you look at Godel's incompleteness theorem, it might not even be possible in mathematics.Sep 15 2013: I'm wondering why would anyone want a purely logical debate in the first place?
Presumably the purpose of a debate is the find the best answer and course of action to a particular question or problem. In which case trying to achieve that with only logic (from the intellect, the rational part of the brain) is severely limiting the process. You are firing on only one cylinder.
In any debate, I would want to call on my IMAGINATION to picture possibilities, listen deep to my INTUITION (a short-cut to answers through accumulated experience), cry for help from my INSPIRATION for a creative solution, improve communication by watching the BODY(-language), maintain presence via my INSTINCT (= emotions), ask what rings true in relation to my SOUL, as well as check the logic of argument via my INTELLECT ... and then eventually present all the evidence to my WILL to make the final choice/decision.
Dividing the mind into rational and "non-rational" (includes emotions) is a bit like dividing the body into 'torso' and 'non-torso'; or 'brain' and 'non-brain'. Would you like to be operated on by a surgeon with that crude an understanding of the body?
In the last 400 years the Intellect has been called upon to make decisions all on its own, without help from all the other functions of the mind; no wonder it's over-loaded and makes bad decisions - poor thing. And it hardly helps to kick the emotions down as a nuisance, when they are such wonderful instant message-bringers as well.
It's way overdue we had a better model of understanding of the mind, and consciousness.Sep 14 2013: Well, it is indeed an uphill task even for me. I usually evade the debate session as I also get too emotional when the other side tends to undermine my intelligence and use a harsh words that punch a big hole to my confidence. I must concur with you that anger and fear stands as the variables to produce a bad debate :). But then, humiliation and uncivilised debates lead to a disturbing emotion stability as what had happened to me.
It is indeed possible to have a clean and productive debates if we are able to channel our intellectual thoughts freely without the interference of emotions. But that's the tricky part. In a good debates one must prepare to embrace the truth / logical arguments and the other side to acknowledge that the debates is not intended to indicate who's the smartest one.Sep 14 2013: As part of my high school debate team our stated objective was to defend cigarette smoking. This was prior to the landmark tobacco settlement and after the surgeon general label on the harmful effects of cigaret smoking on the body. I still question why we chose to argue that cigaret smoking was a freedom of expression, that other factors contributed to the claims of illness and disease. We basically had no argument or meaningful purpose to debate or defend cigarette smoking. Which I think is what a lot of debate or what we call debate is about. It was hard to argue against the effects of smoking as the country took up jogging with a Walkman. If you applied some of the same points the pro choice advocates make, it's my body and decision between my doctor and myself we probably would have won. We also didn't have any passion about winning our argument. Which had a huge impact because if we had we could have pressed for acceptance of our position. Which in my opinion is what a lot of debate is. Pressing the other side to conform or admit your position is superior to even the topic being debated.Sep 13 2013: A purely logical debate would be ideal, but the possibility of having one is very low. We are both blessed and cursed with emotions and empathy (for the most part, anyways). When it comes to debates and arguments, eventually some sort of emotion will be rallied up - whether it is a poignant subject matter or it is simple frustration caused by the opposed, emotions uprising are inevitable.
However, it is extremely possible to have a debate with logic, emotions, and credibility (also known as pathos, ethos, and logos)! The real trick is finding the equilibrium between the three to make a really sound argument.
There is a chance that in the future an argument consisting of solely logos and ethos could exist - but to omit pathos could arguably make us seem less human. As aforementioned, we are both blessed and cursed with emotions, these emotions help shape us as a society and give us characters. In layman's terms, emotions are rather important!
So, as lovely and great the sound of a purely logic, it's not possible.
Sep 12 2013: i would say 'no', that it is not possible. I would say that because there are too many possible factors, nuances, interpretations, definitions, relationships, and effects for and between any given particular facet(s) of a debate for simple logic to be able to convey. Debate positions would therefore be incompletely communicated and ultimately futile if only logic were employed - insomuch as a satisfactory outcome is desired.Sep 12 2013: "
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Assumption's, just like the use adjectives "most", and "mostly" the true bane of logical and rational discourse... Those tend to be ego related."
The words "most" and "mostly", are similar to the abstract terms "greater" or "greater than", when used to convey a true message in the pure language sense. They have no relation to ego in the general sense -only in an individual setting. If the shoe fits, wear it. If not, find another shoe.
For most applications in life, or the natural world, there are no absolutes; so dependence on them is irrational -see Chaos theory.Sep 12 2013: I think wisdom is the key ingredient and wisdom is the ability to foresee the "unintended consequences" of a decision, series of actions or the failure to act.
Logic has little to do with wisdom; the two are not connected as unintended consequences are rarely logical. However emotion does have a part to play because it leads to a decision that is just and "does the right thing".
I would also add wisdom is more often about what to leave out and what not to do more than the opposite - "need for action".Sep 11 2013: Logic and debate do not go together. Logic is to take the most likely path that achieves the desired results based on facts at that time. Debate is to sit and talk about it.
Sep 12 2013: So you dont think we can have a logical debate regarding the path we take as a species, for instance the "logical consequences" of taking such a path. Too often as in your comment they are separated, and we end up with stock piles of VX nerve gas as well as nuclear weapons. As, by example, Oppenheimer realized only after he created the A-bomb, and on then regretted the path taken. What we've yet to realize, and your comment typifies it, is that one is not mutually exclusive to the other.Sep 11 2013: Define logical, Sam.Sep 10 2013: the analytical logic of us depends on our pertinence to find the final goal and the first principals of our sens perceptions ,and like we can't be deporved from our sensations ,the purely logical debate depends on the time that we live it ,the long we can be purely logic with same principals the most we belong to this principals like intolerence ,the most we can percept our intolerence the long our ethical critic can be close to the truth that we need to know.Sep 10 2013: A "debate" implies that there is some opposition of ideas in which one side or the other intends to prevail. This is different from a classical argument, in which one or more persons present the best possible evidence for a particular conclusion. Arguments can (and possibly should) be made logically, with the provision that emotional appeals might be included in the argument when valid and appropriate. Debate, however, is never purely logical because each side has a stake in the outcome and a degree of passion or commitment regarding its own position. Such passion or commitment can even be a key part of the position being taken. As an example: we can argue the evidence leading to our conclusion that a limited military strike in Syria would produce more benefits than costs (or vice-versa). The ensuing argument might lead to clarity on the issue and allow people to better understand the situation. It might also lead to multiple and varied decisions about what to actually do. In such an argument, the deaths of children and non-combatants, the suffering caused by the gas attack, and the cruelty of those who would use such weapons would only be relevant in "unemotional" ways. However, in a debate about whether we "should" initiate a limited military strike in response to the attack, this same evidence might be used to inflame the emotions of the listeners as part of a strategy to win the debate. So the real question might be: do we want our collective decisions made through debate or argument, through logical reasoned discourse or through some mix of logic and emotion that allows us to consider both how we think about the issues and how we feel about them?Sep 10 2013: Everything is purely subjectivity. What I thought as something important might be something not important for others. Debate cant be pure logic as long as there is perspective there. :)
Sep 12 2013: but isn't subjectivity objective?
Sep 21 2013: Yes, but objectivity is quite subjective as well.Sep 10 2013: I believe a debate absolutely can be logical provided we accept that apathy is the absence of emotion and not the emotion itself.
If the participants truly do not care one way or the other about the outcome of a debate and their goal is simply to determine to the best of their ability which situation is more true in the given instance I feel they can do this logically.
It is true that all persons have bias or a per-determined way of looking at a thing based on experience, however being aware of their bias is a key to controlling it by taking it into account and applying a counterweight.Sep 10 2013: Human beings can not be thought without emotion. Some people might say the difference between human and animals is emotional thing. One could imagine that only logical ideas would exist in debates. But one's logic is formed itself through one's subjectivity. So I think it is inevitable to consider deep relationships betweem ourselves and emotions:)
Sep 12 2013: You chose clothes to wear today, yes, are you saying that your choice was solely based on an emotional impulse?
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THE statistical chances now of finding missing Madeleine McCann hover somewhere between slim and nil.
But if any should choose to doubt the all-consuming power of absolute faith, they should look in awe to her parents, Gerry and Kate McCann, who have never doubted they will be reunited with their daughter. They'll have no truck with statistics.
Only a parent who has lost a child to tragedy could begin to appreciate the pain that loss involves. Only a parent could dare to imagine which scenario might be preferable – knowing a loved one is safely at peace or clinging to a grain of hope that he or she will one day be home again.
The McCanns have precious little on which to build their hopes. A new computer-generated photo, words of comforting encouragement fro Scotland Yard. It doesn't amount to much.
But in the five years since little Maddie left their lives so suddenly, they have constructed a worldwide conscience-case with ability to move mountains. They will not give up. They will never stop searching for their daughter.
It's impossible not to be moved by their determination. Unconditional love, the kind that recognises no obstacles, accepts no barriers and fights fiercely for its own sake is irresistible.
It can move mountains. Faith of this unquestioning nature has changed the world.
Gerry and Kate McCann have invested all their faith in that power. And frankly, it would seem rudely limited and less than human not to want to do the same.
Police in Portugal do not. They have said they can find no good reason to reopen the case of missing Madeleine. They want no more to do with the distraught parents nor with what is believed to new evidence for investigation.
And former home secretary Alan Johnson didn't help when he said he wasn't surprised there was "some resentment" towards the family in Portugal. Maybe he was right. Desperation, faith and unconditional love are difficult forces to deal with. They bring screams of frustration at perceived inaction. They combine to produce criticism and are translated too readily as hysterical obsession. A kind of madness.
But what parent in their position wouldn't act in precisely the same way? What mother wouldn't claw ferociously at anyone or anything standing in the way of her holding her lost baby in her arms again?
Police here have refused to say what new evidence they have to suggest Maddie McCann was abducted by a stranger from the family's holiday flat in Praia da Luz and is still alive.But their conviction will raise hopes in many who had feared the worst for Maddie.Not so Gerry and Kate. For them the flame of hope and conviction has never faltered. And if absolute faith can change the world, it can surely bring a little girl home again to unconditional love.
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I'm sorry but I would replace "unconditional love" with guilt. The guilt taht comes with wishing they hadn't done what they did on the night.All the mothers I know would never, ever leave children of that age alone for a minute, never mind going for a meal a few hundred yards away.I feel sorry for them but I'm afraid your article is way over the top.
Horrid parents.
Portugal owes them nothing.
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Will the Supreme Court Overturn Obamacare?
The Supreme Court has reinserted itself in the heart of domestic politics by agreeing to review the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). How is the Court likely to rule? Consider two scenarios.
The first scenario relies on a prominent theory of judicial decision-making called the attitudinal model. It holds that justices are unconstrained policymakers. To predict and explain Court actions we simply need to figure out the policy implications of the legislation and justices policy preferences. The vote takes care of itself from that point.
In our recently published book, The Constrained Court (you should buy it here—think holiday stocking stuffer), we use politicians' positions on Court cases to "bridge" preference estimates making them comparable across Congress and the Supreme Court (see here for more details). Applying this technique to the PPACA we can estimate probability that each justice would vote to overturn the law if ideology were the only factor. Based on preferences alone, 5 justices, including the "swing" justice Anthony Kennedy, are predicted to vote to overturn the PPACA—as depicted in the top graph below. In the graph immediately below it, we calculate the probable vote margin. The most likely scenario is a 5-4 decision overturning the PPACA. Under this scenario, the Court would be a lock to overturn. Goodbye Obamacare.
But consider a second scenario. We (and many others) think there is more to justices' behavior than policy preferences. Justices have famously bucked their presumed policy preferences on high-profile cases—such as when Rehnquist supported Miranda rights in Dickerson v. United States based on support for precedent and Scalia supported flag-burners (whom he openly admitted he'd like to see in jail) in Texas v. Johnson based on support for First Amendment speech rights. We show in our book that virtually every justice deviates from their policy preferences in favor of one or more of several prominent legal values such as respect for precedent, although the justices differ in how much they value precedent.
In considering the possible role of precedent, what precedent(s) should we take into account? This is not a simple question. While United States v. Lopez and United States v. Morrison offer possible precedents, we are persuaded that the Wickard v. Filburn and Gonzales v. Raich are most clearly relevant (as argued, for example, in conservative Judge Laurence Silberman's DC Circuit decision upholding the law).
Given that precedent established by Wickard and Gonzales is supportive of upholding the law, we then calculated the predicted vote of each justice based not only on their policy preferences but based on their tendency to defer to precedent. Deference to precedent varies by justice: Kennedy does so much more than Thomas, for example. More details on the underlying method are here.
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Kennedy's predicted behavior shifts dramatically, going from a certain vote to overturn the PPACA in the ideology-only model to only a 46% likelihood of voting to overturn when we factor in precedent. Roberts and Alito also shift, although not so markedly. In the second graph, the probability of overturning the law is therefore much lower (30%).
As always, predictions are hard, especially about the future (see Berra v. Bohr) and especially when it isn't clear which precedents apply or which legal doctrines are likely to dominate. Thus, any specific prediction must go beyond the model.
That said, here is ours: 6-3 or 7-2 to uphold the law.
Respect for precedent pushes Kennedy to support the law and Roberts comes along for the ride in order to keep the opinion out of Kennedy's hands (and possibly writing an opinion that cabins the Commerce Clause more than it is now). Alito probably goes with Roberts, but seems more up for grabs. If we are wrong, expect the justices to either downplay precedent and emphasize other legal values (such as federalism) or play up the few precedents that protect state rights.
Policy motivations won't be irrelevant, but score this one for law.
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I think you're probably right about the result, except this whole "comi[ng] along for the ride in order to keep the opinion out of" whoever's hands things is kind of overstated. This is not a new trick. All the Justices and all of their clerks and all 2Ls know about this, as does everyone who has read The Brethren.
It could just as easily fragment the case into sections where there are 5, 6, and 7 votes. I seriously doubt they're going to let Roberts hijack the whole thing, and, as the 6th vote he just doesn't have the leverage to do it. Especially not when you have someone as eager to be in the history books as Anthony Kennedy.
So, I'll say it's 5-4 uphold/Kennedy writing—or an opinion divided into numerous sections with 7-2 on some questions and 5-4 on others, with Kennedy, Roberts, and Bereyer writing important sections separately.
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Mon, 2011-11-21 15:03
I'll take the under.
I'm cynical enough to believe they'll blow up the bill, because it is Obama's signature legislative accomplishment, and it's an election year, and then, with Congress and the White House safely in GOP hands, the Republicans turn right around and pass the same law, complete with mandate -- mandate-and-subsidize began life as a Heritage Institute creation, after all -- in order to drive captive customers into the arms of an industry that's a major campaign contributor.
And then they run on it in 2014, as their signature legislative accomplishment.
There's always some bullsh*t reason available, if you're an appellate judge, to distinguish a Democratic mandate from a Republican mandate if you look hard enough, and the HIAA pays enough.
Mon, 2011-11-21 20:36
I think new makes a good point about the possibility of a plurality, perhaps one that has no clear majority - it could leave us scratching our heads for years to come. At the same time, it's not just Kennedy who has to consider his legacy. Does Roberts want to lead the court to a sound decision on a difficult issue, achieving a 7-2 (or, better, a 9-0) against the odds to uphold the law? (See, e.g., the unanimous decision in Brown v Board). Or will he want one of the most important decisions of his career to make him look ineffective as the leader of "the Roberts Court", or land him in the history books alongside Justices like C.J. Taney (author of Dred Scott). Does he want to create a context in which, through they eye of history, the dissenting justices look like the ones better fit to serve and the ones whose opinions are remembered (e.g., Harlan's dissent in Plessy v Ferguson)?
Also, not that it's stopped them before, adopting the specious "action / inaction" distinction will result in a mind-blowing proliferation of Commerce Clause cases. It's easy to reinvent even historically settled cases like Wickard v Filburn as being about mandating action (you can't grow feed grain - you must by it from others or let your livestock starve) as opposed to inaction.
Fri, 2011-11-25 17:01
This decision does make me a little nervous. Since the President's comment in his state of the union address re: freedom of speech and campagin contributions, I worry how much of a revenge factor will ne involved. If there is a good legal argument for ruling it unconstitutional, I fear that Alito, Roberts, Scallia and Thomas will rule against it. As much as I'd like to believe that politics does not play a part in Supreme Court decisions, history informs me otherwise. The most recent ruling by the DC Circuit gives me hope if the Supreme Court gives any weight to it. I think it will be a 5-4 decision to uphold with Kennedy being the swing vote. This one could be really tricky and I hope my fears do not come true.
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Posted 26 April 2013 - 20:03
Lots of money required to pay for expensive bills. Move somewhere else, make less money pay for less expensive but the same stuff...
Posted 26 April 2013 - 20:19
But salaries outside NY are so low. Not sure how much difference that would make, especially when you factor in the added cost of moving. My aunt and her kids live in Florida and their life is not any easier than mine. I don't understand why people insist that life outside NY is such glory.
Posted 26 April 2013 - 20:28
I live in Florida, and you can buy a 3 bedroom 2 bath house for $100K, property taxes would be about $1000 a year, and insurance about $1000 a year also. Just to give you an idea. Cost of living is also lower here, and no state income tax.
Posted 26 April 2013 - 20:34
I live in Florida, and you can buy a 3 bedroom 2 bath house for $100K, property taxes would be about $1000 a year, and insurance about $1000 a year also. Just to give you an idea. Cost of living is also lower here, and no state income tax.
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you have to look at comparables in that neighborhood before you can have any leverage in bringing down the price. no one is going to just give you $50K off the price just for asking,unless they are desperate. If there are other similar places that sold for around $200k in the area, then maybe you'll have a leg to stand on. Do your research,and bring this info when you make an offer.
Posted 26 April 2013 - 21:44
In my neighborhood, 1 bedroom apartments are selling between $160K to $260K in my area.
Posted 26 April 2013 - 22:35
I'm looking to move out of my parents house and buy a Co-op. My parents live in Queens, New York. The part of Queens we live is Woodside. I would like to buy a Co-op apartment in that neighborhood so I'm not too far from my family. Many 1 bedroom apartments are available for around $220k-250k. I'm looking to negotiate and have them knock their price down to $200k. Is that too unreasonable or is what I'm offering fair? I would like to know if there's a good chance they'll accept my offer. If it's not a fair price, what's a good price to offer?
Posted 26 April 2013 - 22:49
then you have a case. document the square footage and all the features of the ones that have sold, then you have a lot of leverage. You have to make sure you don't start too low,or else this could **** off the seller and they wont want to speak with you anymore.
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I live in Ontario Canada. I bought a 2 bedroom, 1 bathroom house (one level) for 132k. I pay ~1600 a year property taxes, and 1000$ or so insurance.
I too was when I read this topic, here you can get a 1 bedroom apartment for under 100k no questions. 200k gets you the 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom 3 level style houses, 250k is the 4 bedroom, 2 bath, 3 level houses.
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