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How can we be confident that some of us on this forum are not trolls working to discredit the story? We can't be.

You are absolutely correct. People make mistakes. Even very well trained professionals make mistakes. Incredibly experienced skydivers die. Industrial safety is tough despite well …

Skipping over what others have pointed out - you don't interview a co-founder. a) ensure this is someone you are going to get along with b) get someone else to assess their technic…

My sense of the available evidence of the behavior of social groups with blatantly mistaken beliefs is that many don't 'see the error of their ways.'

Kenneth Williams used it when a popular comic and nobody straight had the first idea of the gay subtext.

This sort of application is wildly out of bounds of the true scope of the theory. The relationship between physics (unified or otherwise) can't be resolved with reference to Godel'…

Very true. London is an incredibly diverse international city. San Francisco is, by comparison, a village.

Generalizations are not equal to stereotypes.

There is a difference between generalizations, which may have value if shrewdly observed, and shallow stereotypical characterizations. This post was shallow. Pointing that out is e…

I have lived in both for years. IMHO this is a shallow comparison indeed. Not to be relied upon.

This is a well understood phenomenon in the history of science. Nothing new here.

Introduce channels to reduce noise and focus content.

The health system in the US is a total mess. Single payer is the only sane way to go. That too will be imperfect and ragged but it is provenly absurdly cheaper - practically all ad…

IMHO they have a process problem. To my certain knowledge they haven't followed up and asked why when very very talented people have gotten so sick of the recruitment process that …

What BS. This guy can't talk to a plumber and it's the fault of elite colleges? Pleeese!

Sounds vulgar.

IMHO it's an issue.

The paper makes no mention of subjects in ketosis. Would have been interesting.

If true, this boss is a staggering douchebag who deserves the toxic work environment he/she has been supporting.

Srinivasa Ramanujan

Feels to me like you handled it extremely well on both occasions. Thanks (really) for sharing.

I like the tone of this article. I do, however, believe that there is rather more science backing up low carb eating than the piece would have you believe.

I like the tone of this article. I do, however, believe that there is rather more science backing up low carb eating than the piece would have you believe.

I was a big fan of 'Meaning and the Moral Sciences.'

A was a big fan of 'Meaning and the Moral Sciences.'