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by gyuserbti 7y ago
I think they meant "commodity" in the general sense of "something you have to pay for" or "something subject to market pricing" as opposed to something always assumed.
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by gyuserbti 7y ago
Experiments have problems too. Let's say you successfuly blind people in a nutrition study (is this possible?). Randomized. How do you ensure they're following protocol? For how long? And who is adhering? How do you know you'
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by gyuserbti 7y ago
I have a lot of respect for Ioannadis but also find it reprehensible to talk about banning or otherwise forbidding large classes of research. Science only progresses when unfettered; prohibitions never help. If a study is flawed, address th
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by gyuserbti 7y ago
I don't think the truth is always in the middle but it often is. Climate change is an interesting example; maybe too much to say via mobile but I'd argue that even though the evidence for climate change is pretty clear, climate sc
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by gyuserbti 7y ago
Like a lot of things, the truth is in the middle, and for awhile the pendulum has swung in the direction of certified experts. The problem with this societal paradigm is that experts are often wrong, there's fads, and corruption. Respo
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by gyuserbti 7y ago
I think this is a predictable response to a healthcare system characterized by rent seeking and monopoly. People want to exercise greater choice and feel their autonomy is threatened when they have little diversity of options but are financ
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by gyuserbti 7y ago
I've noticed turmeric is increasingly used as a natural colorant in the US. This makes me a bit worried about lead slipping through, with turmeric being used in that way.
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by gyuserbti 7y ago
The special thing about housing though is you have to pay monthly payments for housing. This is the reason why those monthly payments are privileged in consideration. So the alternative is rent, which at the moment in many places is looking
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by gyuserbti 7y ago
I think the hold-out paradigm is woefully overrated in part for similar reasons. It's always seemed odd to me to emphasize hold out samples when you know their asymptotic performance in the form of fit statistics. I'm always for e
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by gyuserbti 7y ago
Surprised clipless pedals aren't included in the list of myths. These sorts of myths exist in many sports; I am fascinated by them.
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by gyuserbti 7y ago
I've worked as a "nonacademic" professional as well after my degree but before my faculty position. There there was less time for research but any research was highly encouraged. I also ironically felt more freedom as a grad
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by gyuserbti 7y ago
Also tenured professor who left. I don't think of myself as second rate but academics, at least in many fields of the US, is becoming full of bullshit-chasing fads. Universities see your role as to bring in money from the federal gov,
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by gyuserbti 7y ago
The watermelon example is incorrect. That started as a posting on social media and shortly after there were corrections by botanists and agricultural experts. The watermelon in the painting is an example of a pathology that still occurs in
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by gyuserbti 7y ago
It amazes me how the problems with our drug and medical regulation system never come up even when it's staring us in the face. This article is typical, framing it as a problem with pharm companies rather than with the regulatory system
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by gyuserbti 8y ago
Not understanding this. Why, for example, doesn't a clarinetist just play a C? I'm on mobile so I can't explain my question well, but: why isn't the transposed version just the default interpretation of the score? If cla
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by gyuserbti 8y ago
Not really the same. People were complaining about Flash for years before Apple's decision, there were good alternatives, and the complaints were about Apple not supporting Flash when it could have. I hated Flash but also thought it wa