Comments on: Hey, free internet idiocy http://www.prosebeforehos.com/blog-roundup/05/04/hey-free-internet-idiocy/ The Pen Is Mightier Than Thy Wench Mon, 13 Feb 2012 04:30:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: alechttp://www.prosebeforehos.com/blog-roundup/05/04/hey-free-internet-idiocy/comment-page-1/#comment-19461 alec Sat, 05 May 2007 22:43:23 +0000 http://www.prosebeforehos.com/blog-roundup/05/04/hey-free-internet-idiocy/#comment-19461 Haha, well I'm glad you took my humor in good taste. I mean, I accused you of being an idiot and you didn't accuse me of being an idiot. Even though I probably am one. There's a good article available on the subject that actually proves me wrong: http://www.springerlink.com/content/7557245468015475/ "This paper presents the results of a statistical study, using cross-national data, on the relationships between total fertility rate and women's level of education and women's labor participation. Aggregate data on seventy-one countries were collected from numerous sources. Eight variables related to women's fertility, mortality, economic status, labor participation, and education are analyzed using multivariate linear regression analyses. Two models are considered. The first model regresses five variables on total fertility rate: per capita Cross National Product (GNP), percentage of women ages 15 to 19 who are married, female life expectancy at birth, calories available as a percentage of need, and percentage of married couples using contraception. The second model includes two additional regressors: the average number of years of schooling for women, and the percentage of women in the labor force. These seven variables are regressed on total fertility rate. Although the data are crude, the results of the analyses suggest that the model which incorporates women's level of education and women's labor participation captures the data better than the smaller model. The full model suggests that the percentage of women in the labor force is directly related to total fertility rate, whereas the average number of years of education for women is indirectly related to total fertility rate." So it's labor participation & education rather than just education. My bad :( Haha, well I’m glad you took my humor in good taste. I mean, I accused you of being an idiot and you didn’t accuse me of being an idiot. Even though I probably am one.

There’s a good article available on the subject that actually proves me wrong: http://www.springerlink.com/content/7557245468015475/

“This paper presents the results of a statistical study, using cross-national data, on the relationships between total fertility rate and women’s level of education and women’s labor participation. Aggregate data on seventy-one countries were collected from numerous sources. Eight variables related to women’s fertility, mortality, economic status, labor participation, and education are analyzed using multivariate linear regression analyses. Two models are considered. The first model regresses five variables on total fertility rate: per capita Cross National Product (GNP), percentage of women ages 15 to 19 who are married, female life expectancy at birth, calories available as a percentage of need, and percentage of married couples using contraception. The second model includes two additional regressors: the average number of years of schooling for women, and the percentage of women in the labor force. These seven variables are regressed on total fertility rate. Although the data are crude, the results of the analyses suggest that the model which incorporates women’s level of education and women’s labor participation captures the data better than the smaller model. The full model suggests that the percentage of women in the labor force is directly related to total fertility rate, whereas the average number of years of education for women is indirectly related to total fertility rate.”

So it’s labor participation & education rather than just education. My bad :(

]]> By: TheLastPsychiatristhttp://www.prosebeforehos.com/blog-roundup/05/04/hey-free-internet-idiocy/comment-page-1/#comment-19457 TheLastPsychiatrist Sat, 05 May 2007 21:02:33 +0000 http://www.prosebeforehos.com/blog-roundup/05/04/hey-free-internet-idiocy/#comment-19457 last sentence should have been "the real cause is the decline in the desire of men to have kids-- multiple kids." Which is dramatically different. So I don't completely blame you for misreading my post. :-) last sentence should have been “the real cause is the decline in the desire of men to have kids– multiple kids.” Which is dramatically different.

So I don’t completely blame you for misreading my post. :-)

]]> By: TheLastPsychiatristhttp://www.prosebeforehos.com/blog-roundup/05/04/hey-free-internet-idiocy/comment-page-1/#comment-19456 TheLastPsychiatrist Sat, 05 May 2007 20:57:40 +0000 http://www.prosebeforehos.com/blog-roundup/05/04/hey-free-internet-idiocy/#comment-19456 Hi. I'm the yim yammering idiot he references, with my link to the porn article here: http://thelastpsychiatrist.com/2007/04/a_quick_word_on_porns_effect_o.html And you have completely misunderstood my post. I'm not blaming porn for a declining birthrate; I'm saying the opposite. Porn doesn't have anything to do with poor relationships, violence, impotence, or a declining birth rate (which was an incidental point anyway.) Porn is the SCAPEGOAT. The problem isn't porn. And, for what it's worth, education isn't the cause of declining birth rate either. Certainly it is a factor, but I think the real cause of the decline is the desire of men, not women, to have kids-- or multiple kids. Hi. I’m the yim yammering idiot he references, with my link to the porn article here:

http://thelastpsychiatrist.com/2007/04/a_quick_word_on_porns_effect_o.html

And you have completely misunderstood my post. I’m not blaming porn for a declining birthrate; I’m saying the opposite. Porn doesn’t have anything to do with poor relationships, violence, impotence, or a declining birth rate (which was an incidental point anyway.) Porn is the SCAPEGOAT. The problem isn’t porn.

And, for what it’s worth, education isn’t the cause of declining birth rate either. Certainly it is a factor, but I think the real cause of the decline is the desire of men, not women, to have kids– or multiple kids.

]]> By: alechttp://www.prosebeforehos.com/blog-roundup/05/04/hey-free-internet-idiocy/comment-page-1/#comment-19345 alec Fri, 04 May 2007 21:31:50 +0000 http://www.prosebeforehos.com/blog-roundup/05/04/hey-free-internet-idiocy/#comment-19345 Haha, son of a bitch. You shoulda changed your name to "canyoulink??" Haha, son of a bitch. You shoulda changed your name to “canyoulink??”

]]> By: canyouadd?http://www.prosebeforehos.com/blog-roundup/05/04/hey-free-internet-idiocy/comment-page-1/#comment-19344 canyouadd? Fri, 04 May 2007 21:22:01 +0000 http://www.prosebeforehos.com/blog-roundup/05/04/hey-free-internet-idiocy/#comment-19344 Not only are you numerically challenged, but your link to the "this fabulous piece" don't work either, seems your the, "electronic idiot" your ranting about here...... Error 404 - Not Found Hope your not a computer science major either.... Not only are you numerically challenged, but your link to the “this fabulous piece” don’t work either,

seems your the, “electronic idiot” your ranting about here……

Error 404 – Not Found

Hope your not a computer science major either….

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