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I think part of the problem is that Holmes's voice sounded artificial. To be effective, generally speaking, you would imagine the voice couldn't sound like you were trying to speak…

I'd actually be really interested to know what causes discrepancies in subject matter authorship in Wikipedia. Physics, for example, is rife with very thorough articles, many of wh…

I'm glad to hear of this class. I think I'll take it in order to see if I can learn some things I didn't know. That said, the article is very poorly written. The author appears to …

I'm afraid I must strongly disagree with your comment, or at least your conclusion. The existence of pain itself is predicated on its accurate coupling to injury, since the purpose…

He's also a double non-sequiter in most games he's modded into. Not only are there no trains, there are no trains with faces. He stands out instantly as out of place in a way that …

I think nearly all of us that aren't secretly abusing medication feel that ambivalence. For me and I assume for others, it is not a fully adequate treatment. Some symptoms it fixes…

ADHD is objectively a bundle of true deficits, not just a set of traits society frowns on. Certainly these deficits weren't as much of a disadvantage in early human evolution, but …

I think I'd add that my concerns aren't just, or even primarily, that they are trying to do something nefarious. Rather, I tend to view issues as having a certain amount of public …

I don't blame our OP for wanting more information. Certainly anything trumpeting the zeitgeist or offering a suspiciously tuned Worry De Jour should be evaluated carefully. (That i…

The crux of it, I'd say, is that it ought to be regulated as a medical device, and the manufacturer ought to be required to prove it is safe. If it leaves any form of residue or se…

They also seem to miss a fairly obvious reason for the fearsome but humorous rabbits and snails: Farmers, as most monks were, do not get on horseback and fight dragons but instead …

As I understand it, very small. Most allergens are denatured by acid and enzymes in the stomach. Many food allergies, which typically are not the same kind of immunological reactio…

As the article notes, planting both actually reduces one of the problems: pollen. Female plants attract and capture pollen. So you will slightly increase litter while moderately re…

Certainly plenty of prominent scientists have had extremely odd views, and this does not much change the validity of their work. It appears his work has been peer reviewed, althoug…

I'll confess I'm very skeptical of this account, as a former Marine who has also experienced mild hallucinations on deployment and a registered polysomnographic technologist. (I do…

Stories like this remind me that trust is an indispensable aspect of civilization. Ultimately we have to trust our road workers to do good work, our bank tellers to be honest, and …

The sensible solution, I think, is requiring digital advertisers to support non-personalized ads as a fallback for tracking ads; that is, a digital advertiser would not be allowed …

While I largely agree with your sentiment, I'd like to note that alphabetizing only assists those who know what they are looking for. In a bookstore, this is a virtue. But we appea…

As strange as it may sound, this is why I enjoy mysteries-- unexplained things-- very much. I should note that my definition of "mystery" is very broad. Many in my collection are r…

Majorities being > than minorities is an aspect of democracy in its natural state, for certain, but I would not go so far as to call it a feature. The bicameral legislature of the …

I think that your heart is in the right place with this comment, but you seem to be suggesting that this is the (only) right way to relate to death: to interpret reminders of the d…

Perhaps your assertion that we worry about this too much is true, but I do take issue with your hidden assumption that merit is directly proportional to effort. That is, the org ch…

I wonder how their feelings might change when the maintenance costs come home to roost, when their frequent driving involves them in an accident their insurance company refuses to …

My vote is for boring, unsexy industries that are always needed. Non-software focused. Warehousing. Power companies. Preferably an industry halfway to monopoly. Companies that don'…

The problem before (and I think what is still the problem): 1) We talk about very broad macronutrient classes as though much could be said about them that is meaningful. Fats are n…