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That phrase is just flamebait and that's probably why it's framed in quotation marks. That said, I'm not surprised to learn that doctors use Google. We go to doctors to benefit fro…

Modern meme culture is just modern culture. Information is embedded in society memetically, at least in Dawkins' framework. That memes are simple, stupid jokes like "badger badger …

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Everyone knows you're a slacker, except management. Because management sucks. It's pretty much an axiom at this point. >Do people regularly run into coworkers like me during their …

I am not a scientist but I don't think that's right. A decay and rot situation should put some amount of carbon in the ground. Where else would all the peat that formed coal have c…

Is there any reason we don't genetically modify trees so that they grow huge? GMOs are some of our most advanced technologies, yet it seems no one has thought to modify trees to gr…

"To invest" sounds great, but I'll believe it when I see it. For a long time now, American car makes have treated EVs like a second-class product compared to their gas models. Even…

That contact and messages access exploit is quite neat. Some might say it even looks straightforward. I can only assume this is the "private API" that darkly patterned apps use, be…

I wonder how ob/ob mutant mice behave. Do they move less and sleep more? Is their body set temperature lower? It doesn't make thermodynamic sense that they would get obese on half …

Would you prevent the next Einstein from flourishing simply because you believe he or she should endure a random socialization process?

The targeted ad banner is hilarious. It reminds me of that scene in Silicon Valley where Dominos appears in a fantasy medieval universe because Dinesh mentions pizza.

He is not saying there are no good guys or bad guys. He is saying that when we're told of good guys or bad guys, they are usually characters in a narrative. But he does not go so f…

The "hide" part from the title: > But there is an important caveat: The government doesn’t publicly divulge the use of antipsychotics given to residents with schizophrenia or two o…

The "don't take the lift" suggestion in the screenshot is excellent. This presents a daily challenge that you can feel proud of tracking. However, I think that this is only because…

Lol, mathlets when will they learn?

You might be giving too much credit to your ability to pay attention to your surroundings. It is possible that looking around as a passenger might actually increases risk. There's …