JJ Husker Posted December 8, 2017 Share Posted December 8, 2017 9 hours ago, BigRedBuster said: @BigRedBuster You left out the important part. What was your bias score? Link to comment
RedDenver Posted December 8, 2017 Share Posted December 8, 2017 16 hours ago, Comfortably Numb said: Well......this is an actual picture of the place. That’s definitely more than power or heat to run the facility. But it may very well be that it is from generating power from a source other than nuclear. I don’t know that much about it but I do know there is still nuclear material on site because they still have a strong military presence and it requires background checks etc. to even get inside the gate. We did some work on an outbuilding where the guards stay. Actually, I did a little googling and the DOE stores spent nuclear fuel there, about 13% of their total inventory by volume so that would explain why they keep it so secure. They stopped nuclear production in 1989 and it has been recommissioned as a natural gas powered electricity plant so that would explain the steam emissions. So yeah, the guards were likely having a little fun with us. I always get a little nervous when guys are walking around with M16’s and the entrance signs state that use of deadly force is allowed. At that point I’ll believe anything they tell me The snow on the ground in that photo also means the cold will make it look like a lot more steam than if you saw it in the summer. Link to comment
JJ Husker Posted December 8, 2017 Share Posted December 8, 2017 It pretty much looks like that every day, even in the summer but we're way off topic now. Link to comment
BigRedBuster Posted December 8, 2017 Share Posted December 8, 2017 13 hours ago, Comfortably Numb said: @BigRedBuster You left out the important part. What was your bias score? I don't remember seeing it. Link to comment
RedDenver Posted December 8, 2017 Share Posted December 8, 2017 43 minutes ago, BigRedBuster said: I don't remember seeing it. I didn't see mine either; someone mentioned you have to click through to the later pages to see your bias score. Link to comment
TGHusker Posted December 8, 2017 Share Posted December 8, 2017 My Bias score was 0. However, 7/18 wasn't good on the questions. So does that make me unbiased but ignorant The site notes the following to help us 'deal' with our biases. Quote Many people are working hard to reduce the level of bias and animosity in American politics. We especially recommend the anti-bias sites All Sides and Civil Politics, as well as the fact-check sites FactCheck.org and PolitiFact.com. If you want to learn more about your own moral and political views, we recommend this test at YourMorals.org. For those who want to dig deeper, Jonathan Haidt’s book The Righteous Mind on moral and political psychology is warmly recommended. and this Quote f you'd like to work on reducing your bias, in politics and in the rest of your life, here are some free tools and programs from ClearerThinking.org that can help! The Belief Challenger Tool: Gain More Accurate Beliefs Gauging the Strength of Evidence: Bayesian Thinking Rhetorical Fallacies: Dodging Argument Traps The Common Misconceptions Quiz: Sorting Popular True Beliefs from Complete B.S. Learning From Mistakes: A Systematic Approach 1 Link to comment
knapplc Posted December 8, 2017 Share Posted December 8, 2017 I only got 8/18 questions correct, but it said my bias score was 0%. So I got that going for me. Link to comment
RedDenver Posted December 8, 2017 Share Posted December 8, 2017 1 hour ago, knapplc said: I only got 8/18 questions correct, but it said my bias score was 0%. So I got that going for me. Link to comment
zoogs Posted December 8, 2017 Author Share Posted December 8, 2017 That's roughly around the mark I expected to hit as I was taking it. I was very uncertain about a lot of the questions. Link to comment
commando Posted December 8, 2017 Share Posted December 8, 2017 when the answer to so many questions is we don't really know.....you are bound to miss a few. lol Link to comment
zoogs Posted December 8, 2017 Author Share Posted December 8, 2017 I think that was the answer to two questions, actually! The two on crime, IIRC. I answered both of those in a direction corresponding to my "strongly against" tough-on-crime perspective. Link to comment
NM11046 Posted December 9, 2017 Share Posted December 9, 2017 (edited) Humbling. Made me feel kinda dumb! Political knowledge - 7/18 (38.89%) Bias - 52.7% My big misses were the economy (no surprise - I've got zero passion for that topic) Edited December 9, 2017 by NM11046 Link to comment
zoogs Posted December 9, 2017 Author Share Posted December 9, 2017 The US is a very wealthy country. Per capita GDP is really high. A lot of people don't see much of that. Link to comment
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