Emster23
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Chamber of Commerce Says More Migrant Workers Needed
Emster23 replied to snoop1130's topic in Thailand News
Bring in millions of migrants from countries even worse off than Thailand rather than pay a decent living wage to Thais for the work. Yeah, makes sense. -
Bangkok Considers Setting Up Hawker Centers Throughout City
Emster23 replied to snoop1130's topic in Bangkok News
They may seem "disorganized" but being a fan of free market capitalism and "the invisible hand", my view is that they go where the customers are rather than some bureaucrat deciding where they should sell. Seems those bureaucrats can't stop themselves from gumming up the economy with all sorts of interferences -
Thailand on course to welcome one millionth tourist later this month
Emster23 replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
amen to that. I've been physically threatened for politely asking foreigners to wear masks when on baht buses. Morons. No one enforces the "rule". Am in Bangkok right now: have seen two foreigners walking about either without masks or below the nose in two weeks. Thais all wear the masks. -
Cannabis Treatments Added to Gold Card Scheme
Emster23 replied to snoop1130's topic in Thailand News
Is this the barely measurable THC stuff again? Placebo central Might as well toss homeopathic in there for good measure. Equally useless, other than making some folks a bit of cash -
Thai children’s IQ levels on the rise, over 10% above 130
Emster23 replied to snoop1130's topic in Thailand News
Oh, where to begin? Looked at a couple of those cited sites: 123 supposedly has a quick, do it yourself test (no IQ test online would qualify as a valid, reliable, culture free test... this on the level of "click bait" ads "Only people with IQ over 130 can see the red unicorn in this photo..."), another has list of high IQ celebrities. This SPM test... is it the Raven's SPM? They don't say, other than Quick and sloppy, multiple choice (that right there eliminates any chance at validity). When I was high school student teaching, one class i taught was psychology. Had section about IQ, tests, etc. To demo how useless multiple choice IQ tests are, I handed out answer sheet one day. "Where's the questions?" one student asked... "No questions. Just fill in the slots with what you think may be the best guesses." Gave back results next day, a range from may 30 to 150 IQ. The surprising result (to me) was those that had high scores were very proud, strutting about & those with low scores embarrassed. IT IS PURE CHANCE!....hahah In training for special education masters, much time is spent learning about validity and reliability of a wide variety of tests, including sampling bias etc. To have 10% of student population about 130 is a red flag something is off (2.1% is std for above 130). Who administered the tests is first on my list. Regular classroom teachers of these students? Seems they would want their kids to score well and may have "influenced" results, consciously or not. "Noting the high ratio of students with an IQ above 130....the figures reflect an inequality in Thai society and further studies are needed to tackle the gap." I reckon easier to dumb down than smart up.... Bell shaped curves by their nature show differences.... jeeze! An ideal IQ test would have no tasks or questions that depend on prior learning. Should be equally valid if given to Bangkok person or Amazon native who's never seen a phone or TV. When reviewing tests, you do check which populations test have been "normed" to, cross checking to other accepted valid tests, etc... I found that interesting, but then again, I do have mild Asperger's. Stanford-Binet was the accepted gold standard for IQ tests back when I took it. Friend was getting her school psych certificate, had to give X number of tests. I got 137. I wish I had tried more, but I was watching a Monday Night Football game at the time, Miami v Buffalo.... I think Dolphins won, but could be wrong -
Thailand Affirms Neutral Stance on Russia-Ukraine Crisis
Emster23 replied to snoop1130's topic in Thailand News
NATO, not the UN. They are already in that org -
25-year-old driver fined for illegally opening sirens in Pattaya
Emster23 replied to snoop1130's topic in Pattaya News
Explains why cops went to "letter of the law" as they "enveloped" him with officers. Time to "stamp" this sort of behavior out! Sorry... having petite mal seizure, maybe -
Numbers I heard were 100k Asians died building the railway and only 7 are in marked graves. Thailand was complicit, but do remember it was the Japanese that ran the show. Take it up with them. I don't like double pricing, but I reckon until foreigners demand to be paid same as Thais, they don't have solid grounds to complain...