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It’s hard out there being a non-Indo-European speaker in Europe
Thank you for the correction, Razib.
Still, wasn?t the general point about non-Indo-European speakers?
Still, wasn?t the general point about non-Indo-European speakers?
WHO data for 2005.
Male suicide rates per 100.000 in the neighboring Latvia, Lithuania (Germanic languages) and Estonia (Finno-Ugrian language) are 42, 68 and 35.5, respectively. The language hypothesis does not seem to work.
Male suicide rates per 100.000 in the neighboring Latvia, Lithuania (Germanic languages) and Estonia (Finno-Ugrian language) are 42, 68 and 35.5, respectively. The language hypothesis does not seem to work.
Measuring whether an artist is under- or over-valued
The main idea is interesting, but the actual comparison may be flawed.
Unlike sales which are set by the general public, the music encyclopedias are written by critics. The latter group has a natural attraction towards obscure composers that general public does not know (like your ?most under-valued? group). They are also highly influenced by factors unrelated to the art quality, such as artist?s biography (for the extreme examples of this see ?Disumbrationism? or ?Ern Malley?).
This is very unlike stocks which, overvalued or not, still require everyone to pay the same monetary price.
Unlike sales which are set by the general public, the music encyclopedias are written by critics. The latter group has a natural attraction towards obscure composers that general public does not know (like your ?most under-valued? group). They are also highly influenced by factors unrelated to the art quality, such as artist?s biography (for the extreme examples of this see ?Disumbrationism? or ?Ern Malley?).
This is very unlike stocks which, overvalued or not, still require everyone to pay the same monetary price.
Virtue, sin and normalcy
The primary function of religion and of almost any secular ideology is to divide the world into friends and enemies. Especially in times of conflict the best catholic is not the one who turns the second cheek to the heretical protestants, but the one who does not hesitate to break the sixth commandment in defense of his church.
James was the true Defender of the Faith. Compared to that having a mistress is small penny. By the way there was a malicious rumor running about him that to mortify his flesh he always chose only ugly women as his mistresses. After reading about Gandi?s (another pillar of spirituality) exploits, I?m not sure if this can be dismissed as pure slander.
James was the true Defender of the Faith. Compared to that having a mistress is small penny. By the way there was a malicious rumor running about him that to mortify his flesh he always chose only ugly women as his mistresses. After reading about Gandi?s (another pillar of spirituality) exploits, I?m not sure if this can be dismissed as pure slander.
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