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How about this scene from It's a Wonderful Life. Is this movie still popular at Christmas time ? https://youtu.be/6SLDMMGzkyI?t=61 But regarding torture, in the 70's Christian/Roma…

> because it makes less radiologically hazardous material Why is there any radioactive material produced by a fusion reactor ?

IIRC DNA methylation (sp?) is used in blood tests to determine the rate at which you are aging biologically. This article does claim that the children who are touched less develop …

Perhaps evolution has partially tuned the mixture of personality types that is optimal for us as a species. For example if there is a leadership gene then it should be ~10 times ra…

Years ago I just accepted being "hangry", and "that 3PM feeling" as a consequence of being thin. With low body fat, of course I can't skip a meal and I need to drink a bottle of Ga…

Same here, legally changed my name at 10 years of age knowing that a whiter name would give me a better shot in life. One of the best decisions I made.

In 6th grade we started learning about the various torture methods used on Catholic saints. There was one particularly enthusiastic lesson where our teacher explained how doctors r…

Any guess what the compensation is like for these positions ?

"What option women settle on because of that isn’t yet clear". Well from my experience it isn't settling for an older man. When I was in my 30's and making $100K+ I tried on-line d…

It can be difficult to predict the knowledge gaps in a high school kid, even the "intelligent" ones. A smart friend told me that a score of 800 is all it took to "pass the SAT". He…

Well if you casually observed the last two generations of my Hispanic family, you would say we made it work too. But that is because the culture pushes the youngest daughters to no…

Does the U.S. president claim that the Chinese are paying the tariffs on the EU products too ? I still can't tell if our all tactics and no strategy president understands how tarif…

One of most surprising headlines I saw this week is that in NYC you can be fined $250,000 for calling someone an "illegal immigrant". I can understand that such an accusation may b…

Before quitting, try your best to make changes that will reduce stress and improve the project's manageablity with or without permission. Your work sounds so mission critical you c…

Imagine if this headline read "Research on drunks' preference for aggressiveness and sobers' for politeness". Would anyone argue that nurture and societal norms is the reason drunk…

As much as I want to believe climate change can mitigated by individuals making conscientious decisions, it seems as naive as telling someone in 1970 that if they care about the sm…

A "startup" typically implies hyper-growth. That means raising money, hiring, and motivating the team to execute quickly, all of which is easier with the right vision/idea. If you …

This company needs to sponsor the Storm Area 51 event.

"To enroll, brands need to provide a government-registered trademark number." I had heard some US sellers get a trademark from a foreign country since the process is often faster a…

"it is not very good at explaining the process it has gone through to reach such a conclusion". The above statement is just too convenient and practically superstitious. AI is data…

On our current trajectory, "who pays" isn't the most pressing issue. Suppose Medicare for All does save 10% as the article claims, if the cost just keeps rising then it only buys a…

It's not a talk , but worth a mention. Joe Rogan interviews Matthew Walker, a Professor of Neuroscience and Psychology at the University of California, Berkeley, and Founder and Di…

The human mind is susceptible to priming. When I read the SciAm article earlier this week I was sure I read "200 Billion" since that is what I was expecting. But upon reading the c…