Is he capable of speaking without it sounding like he’s acting? I’ve seen more convincingly natural performances in high school theater. I know that all candidates are putting on a show to a degree, but his constantly cloying delivery is really troubling. I genuinely suspect that he’s a psychopath, in the technical…

Most of the exercises there are good, but there’s very little evidence that adults can learn to develop perfect pitch. Basically what the perfect pitch exercise is is really an exercise in pitch memory (combined with an exercise in intervals — you identify one pitch correctly and then probably use that information to…

Johnston deserved the red card, yeah, and didn’t play her best game in the world cup final (though the score was such that it hardly mattered), but she’s been incredibly great all WC long, including in that Germany game. The US’s D wasn’t as dominant as it was because of Hope Solo. Solo barely had any balls to save…

Contra is way harder with two people than it is with one. I can beat the game on my own. My brother can beat the game on his own. doing it together is next to impossible unles one of us dies.

I agree that the Cook’s Illustrated New Best Recipe is an excellent choice for beginners.

I developed a horrible sunscreen allergy about two-ish years ago, which is odd since it has worked just fine for three decades. I also happen to be a redhead and extremely pale. Despite trying numerous sunscreen that are supposed to be allergy-free, I haven’t found anything that doesn’t result in hives. Recently, I…

I developed a horrible sunscreen allergy about two-ish years ago, which is odd since it has worked just fine for…

This statement is a bit hyperbolic. Rainwater collected from rain barrels is safe to irrigate vegetables. The article linked below goes on to state that you can decrease your risk by washing vegetables in potable water.

From NC State’s Cooperative Extension in 2009: “As most of the contaminants detected in rooftop…

It’s possible to find it in soda, but there are a few reasons why it’s not more common, including price. (Here is some information that I’m assuming is accurate but didn’t dig into.)

There was a study that showed that correlation, but think about who drinks the most diet soda: people who are already skinny, or people who are trying to lose weight? The study wasn’t designed in a way that could tell the difference between diet soda causing obesity, and obese people being more likely to drink diet…

Actually, there are two separate categories that doctors look at. Symptoms are perceived by a patient, and can’t be measured or proven. These include pain, dizziness, nausea. Signs, on the other hand, are measurable, objective items, such as x-rays, blood tests, pathology samples, etc.

The problem is that the conversation is always about when you can rear-face your child not when you should. Rear facing as long as possible is recommended because a childs C3 vertebra does not fully fuse until ages 2-3. Maybe you rear-facing child’s legs get broken in a bad accident. I’d rather have that happen than a…

Oh look... http://www.snopes.com/food/tainted/a…

Totally agree. Every time I see someone in Under Armor (who's not old or fat and just wearing tit because that's what they wear these days) I'm like, "PAID TOO MUCH!".

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I worked with a DO who did a residency at MD Anderson in pediatric hematology/oncology. She was (and is!) a damn fine physician, and is currently on the faculty of an allopathic medical school. DOs in the US really do train pretty much the same as an allopathic MD, and if they do an allopathic residency, they are no…

Bullshit. Osteopaths receive the same medical training as allopaths (MDs) and are licensed the same way as MDs in every state. This doctor is an idiot but don't blame his training. He's an idiot all on his own.

A formal DO in the USA is the same degree as an MD.

I stopped after I read your critique on DOs. I'm currently at CCOM (his alma mater) and our "scientific rigors" are equal to that of an allopathic education. How do I know this? I compare my notes to friends and family who are current students at top allopathic schools (UChicago, OSU, Wake Forest). On top of that,…

I'd highly, highly recommend watching the episode of Errol Morris' First Person about Denny Fitch. Part one is here: