Alpha males
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You have to use parables to teach moral concepts to most people.
This one weird fact drives nerds crazy, but for newer, better ideas to take hold in society they have to be translated into simple stories.
As a person with a career in data analytics...
You are completely correct.
When talking to non nerds, non autists, non data wonks...
Yep, 100% you absolutely must be able to present your data as a narrative of some kind if you want to have any hope of most people having any reaction other than confusion or their eyes glossing over.
I have learned this the hard way in my own life, and its why people like Sagan and Nye and Tyson were/are science communicators, which is a different skillset from being an actual scientist in whatever field.
People of science understand, without the parables, because they have the working and "book" knowledge to interpret the relative meaning of the presented data. To communicate the meaning relative data, without the background knowledge, and without taking the time to learn (or even package for small, focused learning) it is easier to understand, if put into a relative comparable, with similar, relative distance, or changes. Especially when people are already overloaded with *gestures towards everything. The way to eat an elephant, small bites. It's an elephant to people without all that back knowledge or ability to interpret the science, so you gotta break it into small bites for them, using your understanding.
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I observe this in the stray dog population. There is always one calm and confident dog like this.
And? Of course there is. They're also on a spectrum. Everyone is everything to some degree.
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Alpha means "first", it does not mean "wolf who fights other wolves while in captivity according to one study."
Do people not know this?
Normally you would be right, that's not the case here, just looking at ALPHA, outside of the content of the above statement, is problematic at best...The statement does indeed talk to the behavior of pack animals...Do You Not Know This?
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Alpha means "first", it does not mean "wolf who fights other wolves while in captivity according to one study."
Do people not know this?
Gee. It's almost like language evolves!
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Gee. It's almost like language evolves!
It does! However, alpha still means "first", as it always has. The word predates the study by centuries.
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Normally you would be right, that's not the case here, just looking at ALPHA, outside of the content of the above statement, is problematic at best...The statement does indeed talk to the behavior of pack animals...Do You Not Know This?
wrote last edited by [email protected]I'm right still, you are wrong! Alpha is not problematic in any way. It's in the Bible (the best selling book on Earth, at least at one time), it's used in pop culture while not referring to the study in any way. So now annoying people use "alpha" just like "king" and "prince" and "the best" and "the greatest".
You'll all get over it soon, as usual. I promise.
p.s as per your question, yes I do know of it, as stated in my post that you responded to. I'm sorry that referring to it was an inadequate indicator that I knew of it, so I'm guessing your question is a joke? I mean, it's obvious.
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Alpha means "first", it does not mean "wolf who fights other wolves while in captivity according to one study."
Do people not know this?
No, alpha is the anglicization of the first letter of the greek alphabet. It doesn't mean 'first' any more than the letter A does.
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Let's do it, but only if this online friendship doesn't lead to a chance meetcute where my friend dies and the will is contested, and you happen to be the best damn testicle lawyer this side of the Mississippi River.
I've already given up on love and nothing will thaw this icy heart. Not even the best damn testicle lawyer this side of the Mississippi River.
Oh, my brother is the best damn testicle lawyer this side of the Mississipp. I'm just a collector.
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I'm right still, you are wrong! Alpha is not problematic in any way. It's in the Bible (the best selling book on Earth, at least at one time), it's used in pop culture while not referring to the study in any way. So now annoying people use "alpha" just like "king" and "prince" and "the best" and "the greatest".
You'll all get over it soon, as usual. I promise.
p.s as per your question, yes I do know of it, as stated in my post that you responded to. I'm sorry that referring to it was an inadequate indicator that I knew of it, so I'm guessing your question is a joke? I mean, it's obvious.
What’s it like living inside of your own asshole?
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Gee. It's almost like language evolves!
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I'm right still, you are wrong! Alpha is not problematic in any way. It's in the Bible (the best selling book on Earth, at least at one time), it's used in pop culture while not referring to the study in any way. So now annoying people use "alpha" just like "king" and "prince" and "the best" and "the greatest".
You'll all get over it soon, as usual. I promise.
p.s as per your question, yes I do know of it, as stated in my post that you responded to. I'm sorry that referring to it was an inadequate indicator that I knew of it, so I'm guessing your question is a joke? I mean, it's obvious.
wrote last edited by [email protected]"I am the alpha and the omega" only means "I am the beginning and the end" because alpha and omega are the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet. Alpha does not mean "first" in Greek you smug dipshit.
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Oh, my brother is the best damn testicle lawyer this side of the Mississipp. I'm just a collector.
Blood related, adopted, or is it more of a spiritual relationship? (For sex reasons)
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Blood related, adopted, or is it more of a spiritual relationship? (For sex reasons)
uh, you go right on ahead. brother is brother.
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"I am the alpha and the omega" only means "I am the beginning and the end" because alpha and omega are the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet. Alpha does not mean "first" in Greek you smug dipshit.
wrote last edited by [email protected]Wow, this is big news... you should write Webster, Oxford, et al immediately and let everyone know they've made a massive mistake! Thank you for saving us from this horrid linguistic error!
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/alpha
You are 100% wrong, and not even worth an insult. You bring shame to your family and make me sad.
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What’s it like living inside of your own asshole?
I don't know, you tell me... here we are having a nice discussion, and why are you thinking of assholes? Nasty.
Alpha means first, as it has for millennia. Get mad about it
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No, alpha is the anglicization of the first letter of the greek alphabet. It doesn't mean 'first' any more than the letter A does.
wrote last edited by [email protected]You're wrong according to any dictionary ever printed, sorry.
It has more than one definition, and one of those is "first", and you must accept that as fact.
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You're wrong according to any dictionary ever printed, sorry.
It has more than one definition, and one of those is "first", and you must accept that as fact.
In correct. "It" does have many definitions, but none of them are 'first'.
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Think about rape out of nowhere some more, that will surely prove you're not a vile worm
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I think "alpha" males appear naturally in some species, but not in wolves and definitely not in hominids, lol.
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In correct. "It" does have many definitions, but none of them are 'first'.
wrote last edited by [email protected]You're wrong, according to the definition, anyway. You should let Oxford know that you know better! I'm sure they will crown you as king.
