Excellent response. Most journalists that cover scientific findings couldn’t make it half way through the abstract, much less accurately interpret the results.

As a psychology student with research aspirations, I want more people to read this. Every time I hear about the reproducibility “crisis” I want to hit my head against a wall in frustration, because they don’t know what it actually means, don’t understand how the statistics work that lead to failed replications (it…

Holy shit - this is just a straight forward informative post explaining the answer to an interesting question. Well done.

I like this piece, Redford, but it details a good example of one of the reasons Americans don’t get cycling.

But, see... that’s not exactly how it works. For example, Walmart trademarked the word “Always” for use in certain circumstances related to their advertising. They can’t sue me if I type the word “Always” into Twitter. Nor can they even if I use the words “Walmart” and “Always” together on Twitter. Enforcing trademark…

It’s very likely that the reason the drug test failure was revealed six days after the fight is because that’s when the UFC found out about the drug test failure.

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Why can’t Apple say “OK, we will crack it for you. Bring us the phone. Go away. We will call you when it is open.” That way, the FBI gets the data, Apple keeps the technique safe, everyone is happy.

That’s called “in medias res”.

Like Dr. Emilio Lizardo said, The Matrix was great. My personal favorite is Goodfellas. Drops you somewhere in the middle of the movie and lets you know it’s going to be a heckuva ride. Love the second scene too. In fact, it’s by far my favorite movie.

Native German, living in the US for the past 23 years or so. Yes, there are cultural differences. But reading the German press on all this - there’s no doubt in my mind that there are millions of Germans who are very clear that this thing very much has an overriding ethical/moral dimension. And that VW’s reaction is a…

The solution to disproportionate responses by the government to persons of color is not to call for disproportionate responses by the government to white people. It’s to stop disproportionate responses against persons of color.

Listen, the very notion that they’re genuinely “doing” anything is flattering to them. If they were serious about some sort of insurrection against government, they could—would—have picked virtually any other building in North America to start it. They don’t want a fight. They want to get interviewed on Fox News.

Great thoughts...I appreciate reading good comments about this.

This is why science is great. They re-test. Scientists re-evaluate. They peer-review. All of these things lead us closer to real truth. Sure, some people’s feelings are going to get hurt. We all like to think we do things the right away but again, it’s the process of science that brings us more knowledge and…

Burying information in paperwork to sneak something by.

People complain about massive amounts of government paperwork, but it is that same paperwork which helps inform things like congressional legislation and major supreme court decisions decades later. Sure, some of it, like this, sounds pointless, but documenting everything that goes on in the government is a good thing.

Sweet. I'll buy this when Tavarish posts about it in 2024.