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Bernardo de La Paz

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9. Your "know" would be criminal justice standard. However, we can figure out what is likely, what is a

Reply to Hortensis (Reply #7)

Tue Nov 30, 2021, 04:25 PM

Nov 2021

... what is a good bet.

Sure, he's an adolescent, operating as a vigilante.

Beware the tyranny of binary thinking. Just because we can't know 100% doesn't mean we can't make judgements and bets and informed speculation, all of which would be in the range of 51% to 99%.

Binary discrimination applies to things like "innocent unless proven guilty in a court of law". That is either 100% or 0%. There a binary mode serves a very useful purpose for society.

But if I were to bet on Rittenhouse being a serious student I would bet against him. Not because I'm 100% sure, but because I'm more likely to be right than wrong.

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As controversy over his enrollment swirls, ASU says Kyle Rittenhouse is not currently a student [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2021 OP

I disagree with keeping him out of college vlyons Nov 2021 #1

So, a fake registration for a get-out-of-jail card Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2021 #2

That's what this was Johnny2X2X Nov 2021 #3

It's possible to wish him ill without claiming to know Hortensis Nov 2021 #4

You are free to believe what you want about him. And free to present evidence he IS a serious studen Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2021 #6

That is not something I could possibly know. Nor you. Hortensis Nov 2021 #7

Your "know" would be criminal justice standard. However, we can figure out what is likely, what is a Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2021 #9

:) Black and white are the classic binary. Good and bad. Hortensis Nov 2021 #11

Send that Hans Rosling quote to the families of the 2 human beings gab13by13 Nov 2021 #14

Rittenhouse did not get created by a vacuum. He pulled the trigger, but there are deeper roots. . nt Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2021 #16

It isn't rocket science, gab13by13 Nov 2021 #21

Well getting a key fact right isn't always rocket science either Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2021 #22

Rosling quote is very good. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2021 #15

I agree with every bit of your post except 1 item, gab13by13 Nov 2021 #13

Vigilantes deserve NO respect. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2021 #17

Was dropping out a choice? LiberatedUSA Nov 2021 #8

He dropped out before he killed. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2021 #10

Well...then that answers that. N/t LiberatedUSA Nov 2021 #12

Long before. Fascistic Governor Rick Scott would strongly agree that Hortensis Nov 2021 #19

+1. But Rittenhouse's online registration at ASU was just for show. He wasn't prevented. . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2021 #23

Very possible. Things changed between signing up Hortensis Nov 2021 #24

Why join the military or get a degree in any thing, when you can sell out to Fox... Thomas Hurt Nov 2021 #5

FYI - my dog could get accepted at ASU underpants Nov 2021 #18

Education is a good thing. pinkstarburst Nov 2021 #20