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内特·希尔只想证明自己是对的

<p>民调正处于危机中。近几周,民调大幅高估了进步派候选人的支持率,比如阿卜杜勒·赛义德(胜出幅度远低于预期)和弗朗西丝卡·洪(尽管民调显示领先,但她仍落败)。<br><br>而这还只是本月的选举结果。</p><p>为了解释发生了什么,选举奇才内特·西尔弗加入了<em>论点</em>周三进行直播对话。</p><p>“我不想影响讨论。我只想他妈的对,“银说。</p><p>这就是整个游戏。拉克希亚·贾因,<em>论点</em>政治数据总监,与西尔弗就他的建模选择进行了辩论(这里<em></em>以及<em>论点</em>的<em></em>).</p><p>西尔弗指出,大多数模型,包括他自己的模型,都无法衡量候选人与特朗普及其政策的高度契合度。他们也大多忽视候选人是否温和。鉴于特朗普的-20好感度和温和派的选举优势,这些遗漏可能影响到他。</p><p>尽管如此,这些都没有动摇西尔弗对模特的信心。</p><p>“有人会问我,'你对这场比赛的真实感受是什么?'”银回忆道。“嗯,这就是我有模特的原因。”</p><p>观看上方视频,完整听到对话。</p>
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为什么家长会青睐一所数据造假的学校

<p>阿尔法学校——私立学校的加盟在远远更短的时间内教导学生比传统学校更多的内容——正在全国各地涌现。我家附近有一家,海湾对岸旧金山还有一家,年收75,000美元。<br><br>奥斯汀有很多这样的学校,包括德州体育学院——他们的主张似乎是让你尽快完成学业,这样你就能把更多时间花在体育上——为玩家设计的NextGen学院,为创业者准备的Founders School,以及融合Alpha模式与蒙特梭利教学的Montessorium。</p><p>所有Alpha学校的共同点是公司“2小时学习”技术,称为Timeback。这个想法是每天,每位学生都会被分配两小时的活动,通过各种教育科技应用完成。<br><br>这些内容可以包括阅读理解题、数学课程和练习题,以及帮助学生练习公众演讲的录音应用。</p><p>工作内容根据学生当前的学习水平进行个性化调整。他们应该尽快完成工作,以便腾出剩下的时间进行项目和工作坊。公司声称,因此,孩子们的学习速度远快于普通学校的孩子。</p><p>Alpha的创新之一是,这些学生本身就是项目中非常成功的市场推广者——校友,我看到孩子展示了他们在升学前需要掌握的技能清单。</p><p>Alpha对学生学习速度有相当明确的规定。如果你访问Alpha Anywhere的网站,这家公司的家庭教育/远程学习平台,会发现它提供“针对您的孩子量身定制的精通学习,旨在每天2小时内实现2倍快的学习速度,无论在…</p>
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AI is (probably) not conscious yet

Of all people, Richard Dawkins should know better. In May, the renowned biologist and famous atheist published an essay arguing that his personal interactions with Claude convinced him it was consciou...
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JD Vance's economic pitch is higher prices

Welcome to The Closing Argument, our verdict on the news, plus everything The Argument published and appeared in this week. The Verdict, by Jerusalem Demsas There’s an entire Wikipedia article devoted...
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True Crime Brain comes for Lindsay Clancy

Welcome to The Weekly Scroll! The Weekly Scroll is a once-a-week roundup of the funniest, most interesting, and strangest stories from around the social internet. The internet is not just a strange, h...
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Can liberalism survive the algorithm?

Editor’s note: The first essay The Argument ever published asked, “ How do we live with each other? ” To mark our first anniversary on Aug. 17, we’re returning to that founding question with a series ...
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No one is buying the right-wing theory of the elite

After 75 years of conservative attacks on college professors, journalists, and bureaucrats, hardly anyone — including Trump voters — calls those groups elite. Way back in 1951, conservative William F....
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No, Senator Murphy, I don't want to join your cult.

Editor’s note: The first essay The Argument ever published asked, “ How do we live with each other? ” To mark our first anniversary on Aug. 17, we’re returning to that founding question with a series ...
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How do we live with each other?

Next week marks one year since The Argument was born. The very first thing we published was an essay of mine called “ How do we live with each other? “ It asked the question at the heart of this magaz...
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I don’t need you to believe I’m a woman

Editor’s note: The first essay The Argument ever published asked, “How do we live with each other?” To mark our first anniversary on August 17, we’re returning to that founding question with a series ...
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In defense of gerontocracy

At 92, Sen. Chuck Grassley, left, is the oldest sitting member of Congress. His Senate Judiciary Committee counterpart, spring chicken Dick Durbin, right, retires next year at a mere 82. (Photo by Ann...
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John Thomason joins The Argument as senior editor

The best opinion journalism doesn’t just sling takes. It requires editors who know how to turn a promising argument into an unavoidable one, who can build the kind of writing culture that produces tho...
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The left’s climate denial problem

The Obama administration’s cancellation of the Keystone XL pipeline was hailed as a big win for environmentalists, even as the benefits to the environment remain unclear to this day. (Photo by Tom Pen...
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简·雅各布斯是第一个NIMBY吗?

文章质疑城市学家简·雅各布斯是否也是“邻避主义者”(NIMBY)。作者认为热爱城市并不意味着了解其真正需求,探讨了城市规划中理想与现实的冲突。 该话题涉及城市社会学经典人物的重新审视,容易引发关于社区发展、住房政策及历史人物评价的激烈讨论,具有鲜明的观点冲突性。
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是的,你可以欺骗AI为你开脱罪责

文章以Francesca Gino和Lawrence Lessig为例,指出人们可以利用AI生成虚假共识来洗白自己。这揭示了AI在事实核查和道德判断上的潜在漏洞。 这是一个极具争议且紧迫的话题,直接关联AI安全、学术诚信和法律伦理,极易引发科技读者对AI能力边界和滥用风险的深度讨论。
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白天服(DayQuil)这类感冒药应该被禁止吗?

文章揭露了OTC感冒药(如DayQuil)的高额溢价与无效成分问题。主要成分对乙酰氨基酚单独购买仅需几美分,而复方药售价高达数美元,且含有大量无效的右美沙芬和伪麻黄碱替代品。 作者指出这种“安慰剂+单一有效成分”的组合不仅误导消费者,还导致非故意药物过量风险激增。建议将止痛成分与感冒药分离销售,以保障用药安全并遏制药企缺乏创新动力的现状。
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