This is an add-on that is luxurious, but not necessary, and doesn’t mean anything for the quality of road handling. I think the more people rely on sensors-here-sensors-there, the less proficient they become in controlling a vehicle (which is a complex task...). You can see this every day in numerous situations. A few…

The problem is - the German engineers have somehow not realized yet how terrible roads are in the US (yeah - the common perception in Europe is that since the US is great for road-tripping, the roads must be great, too). As a result of this, parts of the suspension are under-engineered, and show excessive wear after a…

Get some good Central/South American coffee (I find the Honduran, or the Bolivian kind quite non-acidic), a (porcellain) drip filter, some non-bleached filter paper, an electric kettle, and pour your own! You won’t even need milk, because the coffee itself tastes so good.

hehe - one dead giveaway is when somebody does the “Europe in ten days” thing...

I assumed that ;-) . But how does that take care of the pellets? (I’m serious - my Mom once chipped a tooth due to that)

So - how then does one avoid biting on the multiple shot pellets (?) that are lodged somewhere in the bird’s meat, ruining one’s teeth?

As long as your cat is cruising around on a Roomba, it should be ok...

From Merriam-Webster: Demagogue - definition

...a pair of black holes spiral furiously about one another...

no, I didn’t mean it in the sense that ‘truth’ gets replaced by a newer ‘truth’ - that’s fine; I meant it in the sense that, as you say, science speaks about facts, but ‘truth’ is another dimension, where one needs to be very careful with statements. It’s similar to when students talk about science ‘proving’ this or…

still too explosive... ;-)

...which brings us to a wholly different discussion: shouldn’t scientists strive more to tame their egos, and laugh a bit more about themselves? The fact that science progresses through ‘falsifying’ theories has something inherently negative in it (although it’s necessary). I think many scientists are not aware that…

...lead us closer to real truth...

I largely agree (also scientist here). What would also be effective, is reporting effect sizes. Some of the better journals are starting with this. You can have all the significance you want, if the effect is minuscule - that should raise questions as to what this really means. Sometimes very small effect sizes…

What usain’ here is a bit insensitive!

Is there a difference between (digital) ‘solarization’ and a negative (in traditional b&w film)?

It’s quite riveting, is’t it?

Reminds me of a talk the Dalai Lama gave a few years ago at a big science conference. At some point he said “if there was a pill for enlightenment, I would take it”.

No, I meant the very end. It’s terrible and sad, but memorable.

Easy Rider