American Economics Thread

[KYli]

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[TK3600]

They need to do a by-country breakdown rather than lump all Asians together cus I know these aren't East Asian much less Chinese people. Chinese people make fun of you if you didn't get the full 800 on the math SAT/GRE. The Chinese kids I know who were in Asian gangs were taking still taking AP Calculus BC... and volunteering at the hospital during thier non-gang time LOL Don't wanna be racist by pointing out specific countries even though I have a pretty good idea, but they need to separate the type of Asian cus they're making Chinese people look bad.

I am just gonna spell it out for you. Indians.

 

[vincent]

I am just gonna spell it out for you. Indians.

Actually, Indians in the West are high performers.

 

[Chevalier]

Actually, Indians in the West are high performers.

Maybe in the 90s when Brahmin higher castes were the ones who could afford to come to America and the anglosphere, these days you have the rest of the sub 80 IQ denizens of the subcontinent filling up H1b visas.

 

[supercat]

The Big Mac Index:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1606696232495484928

 

[hullopilllw]

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[Michaelsinodef]

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I mean, I would say the headline is ok but the actual content is kinda mixed and it can get kinda hard to distinguish between the article thoughts vs the thoughts of Jed Esty who is referenced to a lot.

in fact it kinda reads a bit like an ad for Esty's book.

 

[Bellum_Romanum]

I mean, I would say the headline is ok but the actual content is kinda mixed and it can get kinda hard to distinguish between the article thoughts vs the thoughts of Jed Esty who is referenced to a lot.

in fact it kinda reads a bit like an ad for Esty's book.

Have you read The Future of Decline: Anglo-American Culture at its Limits... What's your thought on the book and the author's thesis.

 

[Biscuits]

They need to do a by-country breakdown rather than lump all Asians together cus I know these aren't East Asian much less Chinese people. Chinese people make fun of you if you didn't get the full 800 on the math SAT/GRE. The Chinese kids I know who were in Asian gangs were taking still taking AP Calculus BC... and volunteering at the hospital during thier non-gang time LOL Don't wanna be racist by pointing out specific countries even though I have a pretty good idea, but they need to separate the type of Asian cus they're making Chinese people look bad.

As someone who has never and will likely never been in US, just out of curiosity how do these SAT tests work?

Is it common that people can get full score on them or does it take a lot of practice?

I find it quite bizarre to have big tests if many people can ace them. How will you be able to differentiate between ppl every normal ish person gets high or even top scores?

 

[Maikeru]

As someone who has never and will likely never been in US, just out of curiosity how do these SAT tests work?

Is it common that people can get full score on them or does it take a lot of practice?

I find it quite bizarre to have big tests if many people can ace them. How will you be able to differentiate between ppl every normal ish person gets high or even top scores?

SATs used to be a valid test of academic potential and highly correlated with IQ. However, because certain groups scored lower than others it is/was deemed racist and so increasingly dumbed down to the extent that, at the higher end, it is no longer useful in distinguishing the merely good from the great. This same process is happening with all similar tests across the US, including MCAT (medical aptitude) and LSAT (law school).