A letter to Steven Pinker about global poverty

Re:A letter to Steven Pinker about global poverty by falcor84 on Tuesday February 12, 2019 @11:43AM (#19145052)

I somewhat disagree, Hans does spend some time in this article refuting the claim that benchmark doesn't matter. In particular, he shows charts demonstrating how raising the benchmark changes the result.

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Re:A letter to Steven Pinker about global poverty by titanomachy on Tuesday February 12, 2019 @01:12PM (#19145943)

Who is Hans? Isn't this article by Jason Hickel?

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Re:A letter to Steven Pinker about global poverty by falcor84 on Tuesday February 12, 2019 @05:28PM (#19148307)

Apologies, yes, I was referring to Hickel. I can't seem to be able to edit the comment anymore.

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