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Living systems are in dynamic equilibrium. They bound from one extreme to another. A large adult gives way to a small child and back again. If they reach static equilibriums we cal…

Actually we need local and universal time. Say you have a meeting with remote participants. You want to know that it's at 9am UTC. With only that everyone knows when to meet. You a…

The major problem with legalization is the incentive that companies have to promote addiction in our society. Tobacco use is much higher than it would be if it weren't for marketin…

The #1 problem is with p-values is the word "significant". We should use "detectable" instead. Significant implies meaningful to most people, but not in a statistical context. This…

It's an old strategy. I was reading Grimm's Fairy tales to my wife this morning and the brave little tailor used the same clever approach. * * * Leaping into the woods, he looked t…

I agree that it is interesting to wonder why certain cultures are more violent and militant than others. My points, more clearly: 1. That # of Jihadist does not indicate how violen…

> why many middle eastern countries generate so many young angry jihadists This is akin to wondering why Europeans generated so many young angry crusaders. The term jihadists denot…