Education
55 entries in this category
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Benefits of Mass Migration Outweigh CostsImmigration is inherently and reliably economically positive regardless of scale, composition, or management.
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Affirmative Action Causes No Reverse DiscriminationCivil rights protections and affirmative action do not discriminate against white people.
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Gender Care Ethical for Dysphoric KidsGender-affirming medical interventions for children with gender dysphoria satisfy basic standards of medical ethics on risk versus benefit.
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Policing Disparities Prove DiscriminationDisproportionate police searches of Black and Latino drivers indicate intentional racial discrimination unrelated to crime rates.
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Diversity is Our StrengthDiversity, particularly racial diversity achieved by reducing the proportion of white people, is a great strength that fosters creativity, dynamism, and moral progress.
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Anti-Bias Training WorksDiversity, equity, and inclusion trainings effectively reduce bias and discriminatory behavior.
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Race-IQ Inquiry Must Be SilencedOpen discussion and research on race differences in IQ are so dangerous that they justify censorship, institutional bans, or self-imposed ignorance to prevent racism and stereotypes.
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High-profile Hate Crime Allegations are Likely TrueHigh-profile hate crime allegations are presumptively true because systemic racism makes them statistically expected.
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Immigration Compensates for Low Birth RateImmigration is needed to compensate for low birth rates and solve population decline.
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Test-Blind Admissions Promote EquityEliminating standardized testing in college admissions would promote racial equity without harming academic preparation.
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Ending Immigration Restrictions Would Not Cause ChaosReversing Trump-era immigration restrictions would increase border crossings modestly without provoking political crisis.
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Implicit Bias Test Predicts DiscriminationThe Implicit Association Test measures unconscious racial bias that causes discriminatory behavior.
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Racial Demographic Change Will Not Cause UpheavalRacial and ethnic demographic change in Western nations is inherently manageable and will not produce significant social disruption.
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Gender Pay Gap Proves DiscriminationWomen earn substantially less than men due to workplace discrimination rather than career choices and job differences.
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Structural Racism Causes Health InequitiesStructural racism is a fundamental cause of health inequities.
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Anti-Police Activism Cuts HomicidesReducing police presence through anti-police activism will lower violence and homicide rates in Black communities.
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Gifted Programs Shut Out MinoritiesGifted programs shut out high-performing Black and Latino children from low-income families due to systemic flaws that districts can fix.
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Social Media Safe for AdolescentsSocial media is a reasonably safe consumer product for children and adolescents even when used heavily.
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White Flight Driven by BigotryWhite residents fled urban neighborhoods due to irrational racist stereotypes about black crime and disorder when blacks moved in during the mid-20th century.
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Transgenderism Reveals True Inner SelfSudden transgender and nonbinary identifications among youth represent authentic innate gender identities finally freed for expression.
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Black-White IQ Gap is 100% EnvironmentalThe Black-White IQ gap is entirely caused by environmental factors like socioeconomic status and education.
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Learning Styles Improve Instruction OutcomesMatching teaching methods to students' preferred learning styles such as visual, auditory, or kinesthetic enhances learning outcomes.
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School Spending Closes Racial GapsRacial gaps in school achievement are primarily caused by lower spending on black students, and increasing spending will narrow those gaps.
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SAT/ACT Scores Are Biased PredictorsStandardized test scores like SAT/ACT are less predictive of college success than high school GPA and exhibit bias against disadvantaged or minority students.
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America Faces STEM ShortageThe US faces a massive shortage of STEM workers that justifies expanding the H-1B visa program.
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Airport Profiling is Racial DiscriminationAirport security must avoid profiling Arab or Middle Eastern-looking travelers to prevent racial discrimination and disparate impact.
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Grit is More Important than IQGrit is more important than IQ when you're trying to become successful.
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Schools Can Make All Students EqualSchools and equalized environments can eliminate or substantially narrow individual differences in student achievement and learning outcomes.
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3-Cueing System Helps Kids Learn to ReadChildren learn to read the same way they acquire spoken language, by guessing words from contextual, semantic, and syntactic cues rather than systematic phonics.
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Segregation Harms Black Children's Self-EsteemThe Clark doll experiment proved that segregation caused black children to develop low self-esteem and prefer white dolls over brown ones.
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Blacks Receive Harsher SentencesBlack and Latino defendants receive harsher sentences than Whites or Asians for most crimes.
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Universal Health Standards Fit All RacesClinical standards like growth charts and BMI thresholds assume a single human prototype applicable across all populations regardless of ancestry.
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There Are Five Stages of GriefGrief universally progresses through denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance in sequence.
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Bank Deregulation Modernizes FinanceDeregulating banking through laws encouraging mergers and failures would consolidate and strengthen the sector for a modern economy.
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IQ Tests Are Inaccurate or BiasedIQ testing is a pseudoscientific hoax that measures arbitrary puzzle-solving ability rather than genuine, hereditary intelligence predictive of life outcomes.
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Marshmallow Test Predicts Life SuccessThe length of time children delay eating a marshmallow predicts their long-term success in life.
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No Racial Differences in Athletic AbilityRacial gaps in athletic performance such as West African dominance in sprinting and East African dominance in distance running stem from culture, stereotypes, or environment rather than genetics.
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Flynn Effect Shows Real IQ GainsMean IQ scores rose substantially during the 20th century due to a genuine increase in the capacity for intelligence.
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Education Builds Human CapitalEducation causally builds human capital and productivity through skills learned in school, driving economic growth and labor market returns.
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System 1 Thinking Causes Irrational ViolenceHuman errors, biases, and violence stem from fast System 1 thinking that can be corrected by deliberate System 2 reflection.
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Willpower Builds Long-Term SuccessExercising state self-control through willpower in the moment reliably leads to long-term success and better life outcomes.
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Economics Explains EverythingEconomic models with unrealistic assumptions accurately predict economic outcomes and human behavior across all domains.
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Myers-Briggs Reveals True PersonalityThe Myers-Briggs Type Indicator reliably measures personality and predicts job performance, compatibility, and life outcomes by sorting people into 16 distinct types.
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Mass Graves Found at Residential SchoolsGround-penetrating radar discovered mass graves of hundreds of Indigenous children at former residential school sites.
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Students Benefit from Integrated SchoolsStudents benefit academically and socially from racially integrated schools.
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Rising Diagnoses Signal Mental Illness EpidemicSharp increases in mental health diagnoses among children reflect a genuine surge in the prevalence of mental disorders.
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Mississippi Miracle is RealMississippi's rise in fourth-grade NAEP reading scores reflects real improvement.
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Parents Primarily Shape ChildrenChildren turn out the way they do primarily because of their parents' child-rearing styles.
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Stereotype Threat Impairs PerformanceReminding people of negative group stereotypes subtly causes them to underperform on relevant tasks like math.
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Economics Alone Drives Urban DeclinePopulation decline in major American cities stems primarily from economic shifts like factory closures and job losses rather than high murder rates.
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Black Doctors Double Black Newborn SurvivalFor high-risk Black newborns, having a Black physician more than doubles the likelihood that the baby will live.
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Ego Depletion Limits WillpowerSelf-control depletes like a limited resource after use, causing subsequent failures.
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The 1619 Project is Historically AccurateThe year 1619 marks the true founding of the United States because the arrival of the first enslaved Africans made slavery central to American history and identity.
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Theory of Multiple IntelligencesHuman potential is best understood through at least eight distinct, semi-autonomous cognitive abilities
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Classical Standard Errors Accurately Measure UncertaintyClassical standard errors provide reliable measures of uncertainty in regression coefficients because data noise is evenly distributed across observations.