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alan-hn
2y ago
Many people who are addicted to drugs are self medicating for a variety of mental health issues
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2y ago
Perhaps the issue then is the structure of capitalism
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Top review I see, ISIS has infiltrated the PBS reviews section : Reviewer: Lin7650 - - April 28, 2024 Subject: WARNING!! THE SPAM COMMENTS BELOW (AND POSSIBLY ABOVE) ARE FOR ISIS WEBSITES!! DON'T CLICK THEM AT ALL COSTS!!
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They aren't modern day intellectual arguments and the author explains how the old rationalizations have contributed to current day ideas, which are definitely not intellectual
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The reason for so much theft is because of poverty. People can't afford to live, police can't solve that issue
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2y ago
Again reductionism in action "an oncogene" is so vague that its meaningless. Do you have any idea how many oncogenes there are and how many different things they do?
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2y ago
Its interesting how your example perfectly illustrates reductionism in action. There are so many things that can go wrong, which is why cancer is such a heterogeneous group of diseases. There are many mutations that can happen which can l
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Snorting a drug allows it to reach the brain faster in a larger bolus, just a larger concentration increase faster means it feels better than a slow come up. Someone referring to a quick release is simply referring to IR formulations
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Methamphetamine not only has a different volume of distribution, meaning it is distributed in tissues differently than amphetamine but methamphetamine also has much greater serotonergic activity which greatly impacts the effects.
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2y ago
Are governments profiting from a technology or treatment? PMI profits off the the smokeless tech
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We read the underlying paper while crying because we know one of our family members will come up to us talking about the incredible new world changing discovery
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To somewhere with a nationalized health system? Why can't we just have that here
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Tell that to the insurance companies that keep denying my meds
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Yea its a shame that public services get undermined and underfunded at every turn
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2y ago
Deloading is important. Your muscles need time to heal and recover and periods of light work to emphasize recovery also desensitize muscles to adaptation allowing you to easily break through plateaus
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2y ago
Tell that to all the people who write recipes without weight measurements
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You're comparing oranges to orangutans Not only are they cooked differently but you've added extra non processed stuff to the pasta and culminated in using a simple sweeping term of "healthy" You can also add herbs to fr
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2y ago
How does one trespass on public land
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2y ago
Do you realize we are discussing people who own no property at all?
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2y ago
So where do you suggest homeless people sleep
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2y ago
No, but I think protein isolate does have a use in the context of athletes
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How long do you think humans have been cooking food
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More processing usually equates to more refining which means removal of micro nutrients. So yes, while five guys fries will make you fat if you eat too many they at least contain the normal micro nutrients of potatoes without added preserva
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I'm not sure that it would be detectable with a Geiger counter. Other chemical analysis methods are used to detect isotopes like this
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I found it much more convenient and comfortable to watch lectures on my own time in my office at home. Professors were always very responsive and helpful when I emailed them with questions and were available by zoom if I needed to meet. Not
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Something I have noticed is that non scientists don't understand the methods so when they do try and critique the methods those critiques don't make sense because they lack the understanding of the underlying principles There is a
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I have 3 in person degrees and some of my classes were online during covid Are you jealous that people got the same education in a better environment? That's the vibe I'm getting here
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Many physicians also tend to be very conservative in terms of adopting new treatments. They tend to stick with what they know "works" and don't want to take risks to try something new
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How is the learning different? All you're doing is listing costs and numbers of people then hand waving the rest which is what matters. Is there a difference in information retention? Understanding of the material? Or is a degree just
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2y ago
My comment was more about arguments being made against UBI rather than positives
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