2/ etc ... basically, his own data shows that immigrants AND THEIR DESCENDANTS are markedly more authoritarian / less libertarian than the existing population of Americans... he hedged, refusing to answer the question as to whether this data might be correct until I identified
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3/ ...the source, and when I DID identify the source (his own paper) he said that, yes, there were small blips in the data, but they were statistically insignificant, and snidely asked me if I understood that that phrase meant. (Alex always assumes that people who disagree
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4/ with him are trolls and/or retards, and can't conceive that his interlocutors might be as smart - or smarter - than he is.
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5/ so here's my question to
@AlexNowrasteh re statistical significance in table 19 you show that ~31% of immigrants are in favor of government enforced redistribution, while ~21% of native Americans are in table 2 you show that ~6,000 people answered this poll questionpic.twitter.com/T3306bqZEw
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6/ I'm familiar with several mathematical techniques for determining statistical significance (although I, a mere coder and not a statistician, have only worked closed with Student's t test https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Student%27s_t-test … ) Which technique do you use to prove that the answers to #19
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7/ (where 150% as large a proportion of immigrants as natives are in favor of government redistribution) are statistically insignificant? I understand that maybe you didn't use Student's t, and used something else.
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8/ Please tell me,
@AlexNowrasteh ,so that I can get the data ( The General Social Survey, National Opinion Research Center) and reproduce your an analysis. Since I'm an "innumerate troll" (your words) it should be pretty simple to shut me up with just 2 or 3 words.Show this thread -
9/ When you tell me what statistical test you used, and then I go off and get the raw data and re-run the test, and find that you were right this whole time, I will certainly slink away in silence,
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10/ ...because every time after that, when someone taunts you on twitter and says that your own data proves that your conclusions are wrong, you can just smirk and say "oh? Then why did
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11/ This would be such a complete and utter own, Alex - you'd shut down an internet troll with just a handful of words. Flawless victory! So...which statistical technique did you use to show that the answers to table 19 are insignificant?pic.twitter.com/fO9c8hIXdg
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12/ No, I think Alex will! He's a very straight shooter, absolutely ethical, and very very good at statistics! Alex can prove that he's right, and it's not just a case of him and
@CatoInstitute taking donations from American firms outsourcing jobs >https://twitter.com/MorlockP/status/1484152032399396865 …Show this thread -
13/ to foreign labor, and then dancing to the tune that their master calls. Why, someone even asked Alex about this on the chat last night: "how do we know that you're not just saying what the think tank wants you to say", and Alex very straightforwardly ... said... some words.
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14/ Hey
@AlexNowrasteh , since we're talking about the podcast last night, you mentioned that it's illegal for American firms to employ 95% of the people on the planet. As far as I can tell, this is absolutely false. American firms can contract with people anywhere on anyShow this thread -
15/ continent, and pay them via 1099. Heck, I believe that American firms can even set up foreign factories or offices and hire foreigners are direct employees. When I try to make sense of your " 95% " comment, the only thing that makes sense is that what you ACTUALLY meant
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16/ ...is that it is illegal for American firms to PHYSICALLY IMPORT foreigners onto American soil and have them work here. Now, the interesting thing about high value knowledge workers is that more and more they can do their job remotely, via email, Slack, zoom, etc.
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17/ ...so if an American firm wants to hire foreign coders, or artists, or writers, or attorneys, etc. it can just give them a password to the Slack, and BANG they're on board. However, this doesn't work so well with, say, butchers, or factory workers. ...which is exactly...
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18/ ...the kind of staff that the firms that donate to Cato employ. Curious!
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19/ Another question about the podcast last night
@AlexNowrasteh . You said that you were firmly, uncompromisingly in favor of birthright citizenship. Why? Why are you so far out of step with international norms? why do you want the US to have the same citizenship policy asShow this thread -
20/ say, Guyana, El Salvador, and the Dominican Republic? Have those countries policies of birthright citzenship contributed to their economic success?https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/countries-who-offer-birthright-citizenship.html …
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21/ why are you against the citizenship policies of, say, Germany, France, Italy, Sweden, and Japan? If we embrace / keep the same immigration policies as the Dominican Republic and abjure those of Japan, will this help us converge with the Dominican Republic's success?
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22/ Please RT this poll to get wide responses. Q: would you buy a book from
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