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The most fundamental problem in the U.S. is this: Infinite Growth Capitalism The VAST majority of what is wrong with our society (political and obviously economic) can be traced to…

It is so deeply painful to witness in my lifetime how our nation's law makers have openly become so profoundly morally and intellectually bankrupt.

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That is the main reason I go to the dentist is to prevent gum issues, which I have had once or twice.

Maybe. I grew up in a very rural area. Others I'm related to have plenty of cavities, and others my age do too...

So... is the existence, or non-existence, of a certain bacteria why some people never get cavities? I'm sure there can be multiple factors, but I'm 51 and never had a cavity, but d…

And yet it garnered millions of users within days . It has inspired people who don't do computers to feel like they can actually get amazing things done with computers. The pace of…

This likely depends on the degree and the purpose for which you tried to obtain it. Some online Masters degree programs are just scams preying on people's desire to improve their c…

In this case, a "well established method" simply means common-place methodology, not necessarily a robust scientific protocol. The problem is the humans. We are not reliable witnes…

Oh, yeah, the biochemistry of individuals is what makes so especially challenging, but not insurmountable. Maybe we are in a simulation to find out whether eating fish is good for …

I just don't know how ethical it would be to force a particular diet that might affect someone's life expectancy without their consent. I mean, I suppose you could get volunteers..…

I just think there is far too much noise in this sort of study to draw any sort of conclusion. An effect has to be very strong to manifest in such noise. Yeah, if the difference in…

Every time I've considered how to really do nutrition research, it essentially amounts to a prison, even if voluntary. You would need to be able to lock different populations away …

Yeah, it bugs me deeply that this passes as science (and other such "research"). I realize it's difficult to conduct meaningful science in this area, given how different the bioche…

That particular behavioral change likely wouldn't be bad itself, but that was more a rant on these sorts of studies overall. Poor research has real world consequences in this case …

Yeah, the ethics would be tough, but essentially to really do nutrition research, you MUST control the food intake. Control for age, weight, calories and activity, and vary only th…

So I studied as a scientist (physicist) and have a high bar for what constitutes a meaningful scientific study and scientific result. A food frequency questionnaire, of the sort th…

I was contacted by their recruiters recently and started getting warmed up on their interviewing, etc. However, this was back in December when they put out ads against Apple's choi…

That doesn't rebut my assertion or complaint at all, since you are referring to a specific type of genetic disorder. The research in general on nutrition and hearth health is still…

So much nutrition research is all correlation and no causation. Statements like this, which over-infer, kill me: "There is little doubt that people with high cholesterol have an in…

Apologies, shorting-bans isn't necessarily a long-term view rule, just an example of something they could do around constraints on trading, not necessarily something they should do…

Apologies, shorting-bans isn't necessarily a long-term view rule, just an example of something they could do around constraints on trading, not necessarily something they should do…

Hmmm, a bit disappointed after reading their blog and site. I expected that they'd integrated some clever rules around stock trading itself in order to force, or encourage, long te…

No, not just for academia. Apparently, Amazon uses it to check their designs for correctness. https://lamport.azurewebsites.net/tla/formal-methods-amazon....