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asbestas
10y ago
This makes me so angry. Your poor wife! We have laws to protect the identity of victims in many cases in the USA for this very reason. We really need to draw a firm line about this "blame the victim" behavior. I haven't exper
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asbestas
10y ago
Nate Silver totally fails to note the enormous financial transfer from professors (all new professors are cheap adjuncts) to administrators. I know adjunct professors that are on food stamps. Academia is a hellhole and college administrator
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asbestas
10y ago
First of all, I think you are missing my point. These kinds of experiments (i.e. the introduction of variables to "improve" an environment) have a long and sordid history. The Cane Toad is a cautionary tale: it was supposed to eat
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asbestas
10y ago
Chances are, he will do more harm than good. This field does not have great track record. See, for example, the introduction of the Cane Toad to Australia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cane_toad#Australia
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asbestas
10y ago
>What are whole fruits and why do you feel fruits of any kind are healthy? The levels of sugars in them are unnatural. I am slightly skeptical. Don't get me wrong, I'm 100% on the no added sugar train. But I regularly go and pi
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asbestas
10y ago
I agree with you. I suspect people think you're being sexist? I am a woman and if my husband drank so much soda I would lay down the law. I find it surprising and alarming in other people's relationships (in America, anyway -- I n