determinism v. probabilism

Another thing just occurred to me : in future, I must remember that "deterministic" and "probabilistic" are not mutually exclusive adjectives per se. The specific mechanism of implementation has to be laid out to reify the meaning. Broadly, all things in life are probabilistic - and it is determinism which is a convenient fiction of language. I often say I am a fatalist, but that has more to do with acknowledgment that the factors governing momentary human progress from conception to death are beyond our control - it is not a statement about the fundamental laws of physics, I think. 

desensitivity training

Select control surface. Increase load. Pain spikes, without structural damage, indicating hyperalgesia from detraining which must be retrained. Neurogenic hyperthermia follows : endocrine cascades occur across at least four axes, resulting in risen body temperature. Hold. Repeat. The process is incredibly simple to practice. But the biochemical details are complex.

teenager management : by race

(forum question, and my thin slice)

"why are chinese parents strict, and malay parents more relaxed with teenagers?" 

It depends on target outcomes. The political environment is that poor Malays are coaxed by rich Malays into providing more voters as a matter of spiritual/racial responsibility.

In compliment with that, minority races don't depend on majority law for competitive advantage, so they aren't pumping sic breeder stats.

I think this point is often missed by the naive, and forgotten when people assume everyone knows it. It is quite a fundamental CONSTANT in our national experience, related to what I call kedukaan sebangsa Malaysia.