Gregory's Server@yogthos @AgreeableLandscape To me 21st century China is truly the worst of both worlds. So I guess our perceptions of reality diverge so fast now that productive conversation is impossible.
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@AgreeableLandscape @yogthos @adiz@outerkosm.us I know several people who have lived there, some of which were born there.  @ninpnin @AgreeableLandscape same here, and sounds like people we know have a different impression. There is such a thing as selection bias. @yogthos @AgreeableLandscape Selection bias is irrelevant here, I only wanted to rebut the claim that I only get my information from "cherry picked media". Of course people who left the country have a different impression of those who ended up staying there. And those who hang out in ML circles, for that matter. I'm well aware of that, and I hope you are too. @ninpnin @AgreeableLandscape sure that's fair, but when you look at any actual statistics from China they show far higher levels of happiness and government satisfaction than pretty much anywhere in the west. So, it's not just my biases or those of people who hang out in ML circles. This is the view of the vast majority of people who actually live in China. @yogthos @AgreeableLandscape Where does the discrepancy between China's internal statistics and international happiness surveys come from? @yogthos @AgreeableLandscape Well, China does not appear anywhere near the top of world happiness report. Please let me know what data you prefer over that. I assume you have some. |
@ninpnin trust you about China? Why would we do that? Do you live there? Have you experienced it? Do you know the languages or the cultures there? Do you personally know literally anything about what life is like there outside of cherry picked media?
( @yogthos @adiz )