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Re: Do we have a "Random" thread?
« Reply #180 on: September 03, 2014, 03:22:34 pm »
Quote from: wombat on September 03, 2014, 03:14:36 pm
I don't think Inev was even alive in 1976.

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Re: Do we have a "Random" thread?
« Reply #181 on: September 03, 2014, 06:12:54 pm »
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Dude, Winter Olympics in 1964 and 1976?  Julie Andrews prancing through the promontories?  Arnold Schwarzenegger?  Those disgusting little sausages that come in cans?  Nothing?

I wasn't even alive in 1987, much less 1976.

But yeah, none of those things (except the olympics) preclude Austria being a part of Germany. I knew it WAS a country before WWII, but I thought it wasn't anymore.

Now I'm vaguely remembering that a friend went to Vienna and I looked up where it was and maybe had a similar realization. But clearly it didn't stick. I also had to memorize every country in Asia, Africa, Europe, and South America in middle school, but those all kind of blended together after a while.
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Re: Do we have a "Random" thread?
« Reply #182 on: September 03, 2014, 10:38:24 pm »
I'm still not sure who is sovereign, who is autonomous, and who is history in the Balkans.  I don't know that any of them know either...
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Re: Do we have a "Random" thread?
« Reply #183 on: September 03, 2014, 11:28:37 pm »
There are definitely parts of the world where memorizing them in middle school is sure to be a big waste of time.
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Re: Do we have a "Random" thread?
« Reply #184 on: September 04, 2014, 12:13:02 am »
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Re: Do we have a "Random" thread?
« Reply #185 on: September 04, 2014, 02:03:52 am »
I would be willing to bet I have a pretty good grasp on where most countries are that aren't in Africa. And I definitely won't forget Austria now.
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Re: Do we have a "Random" thread?
« Reply #186 on: September 04, 2014, 05:59:34 am »
I have a pretty good idea if somewhat vague idea of where most countries are. In Africa I think I could probably find Egypt and South Africa and that's about it.
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Re: Do we have a "Random" thread?
« Reply #187 on: September 05, 2014, 04:59:17 pm »
Cameroon is in the armpit of Africa, which seems like an unfortunate term since my impression is that they generally have their ducks in a row.  Somalia is another easy one, because its on that pointy bit aiming at India.
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« Reply #188 on: September 18, 2014, 05:54:07 am »
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Re: Do we have a "Random" thread?
« Reply #189 on: September 20, 2014, 07:04:56 pm »
I'm trying to choose a website to start learning how to read Japanese again. I think I found the right one.
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Re: Do we have a "Random" thread?
« Reply #190 on: December 01, 2014, 06:16:13 pm »
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I'm trying to choose a website to start learning how to read Japanese again. I think I found the right one.
I clicked through there to WWWJDIC.  Wow, that place looks like a rabbit-hole...
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Re: Do we have a "Random" thread?
« Reply #191 on: December 09, 2014, 06:13:14 pm »
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Re: Do we have a "Random" thread?
« Reply #192 on: December 09, 2014, 10:03:45 pm »
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Re: Do we have a "Random" thread?
« Reply #193 on: December 10, 2014, 10:15:55 pm »
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Re: Do we have a "Random" thread?
« Reply #194 on: December 12, 2014, 01:08:54 am »
Here you go Inev: http://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2014/12/are-anthropologists-better-than-you-think.html

Most of the best economists I follow would agree with this argument and do their best to do "anthropological type field work" to get a better understanding of what happens with real people as opposed to on a chalkboard. They also give the best presentations. 
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