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by zdean 13y ago
I was really surprised to read that at the end of the article as well.
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Toxoplasma infection permanently shifts balance in cat-and-mouse game(newscenter.berkeley.edu)
6 points by zdean 13y ago|8 comments
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by zdean 13y ago
This issue was well-presented and discussed a few days ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6375169
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Stephen Hawking backs assisted suicide(telegraph.co.uk)
2 points by zdean 13y ago|0 comments
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3D-Printed Rocket Injector Passes NASA Test(space.com)
1 points by zdean 13y ago|0 comments
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2 atom thick glass made by accident(news.discovery.com)
1 points by zdean 13y ago|0 comments
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by zdean 13y ago
Could you clarify/expound on this?
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First Mechanical Gear Found in a Living Creature(popularmechanics.com)
641 points by zdean 13y ago|183 comments
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by zdean 13y ago
Michael Pollan's "In Defense of Food" is an excellent, well thought out counter-argument to this position: http://michaelpollan.com/books/in-defense-of-food/ http://www.nytimes.com/2
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by zdean 13y ago
...about his circle of homeschoolers, not the general homeschooling community.
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by zdean 13y ago
There is no inherent isolation in homeschooling and there are standards if that's what you're looking for. On an academic level: http://www.topmastersineducation.com/homeschooled/ On a political level, the fe
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by zdean 13y ago
No, because X is not static. Today, the religious component (the early adopters) represent a large portion of the entire group (and I would challenge this if you're looking at the homeschooling movement worldwide and not just in the US
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by zdean 13y ago
"makes is that some people believe public-schooling to be a lesser evil than the probability of home-schooling being indoctrination instead of education" I'd love to see these people back it up with facts. To me it seems like
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by zdean 13y ago
It doesn't need to be. Furthermore, I don't think any/many homeschool parents would advocate that it should be the only alternative to public school. Right now, there are dozens of educational options available to parents fro
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by zdean 13y ago
No, it's actually a generalization about the homeschoolers that he knows...which is a subset (that he selected) of the greater homeschooling community. Look, no one is denying that there are lots of religiously motivated people that
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by zdean 13y ago
1) tokenadult doesn't make any generalizations about the homeschooling community at large. He simply shares his personal homeschooling experience and rational for pursuing it. 2) what difference does it make if 99% of the early adopter
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Samsung Introduces Galaxy Gear(samsungmobilepress.com)
1 points by zdean 13y ago|0 comments
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by zdean 13y ago
"It seems to me that the parlous semi-free market state of the US healthcare system is in fact a perfect demonstration of the dangers we'd encounter if we moved to a completely free market. Claims that "oh no it's not ac
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by zdean 13y ago
"How does one legitimately comparison shop for a baby delivery?" How did you and your spouse decide on an ob/gyn when you were expecting your kids? How did you decide on a pediatrician after they were born? Would you be able
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by zdean 13y ago
"US healthcare system is in fact a perfect demonstration of the dangers of a completely free market" The commenter actually says exactly that...that the US healthcare system is (in fact) a perfect demonstration of a completely fre
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by zdean 13y ago
Well, I think it would have to start somewhere. I'd be happy to be able to comparison shop for routine, non-emergency stuff...let's say dentists to start off with. I have a feeling that once you start chipping away at it, the outl
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by zdean 13y ago
Apparently the bar isn't too high: http://www.zorotools.com/g/00107210/k-G4226537?utm_source=go...
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How to Charge $546 for Six Liters of Saltwater(nytimes.com)
175 points by zdean 13y ago|183 comments
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Google is reportedly designing its own self-driving car(theverge.com)
1 points by zdean 13y ago|0 comments
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Steven Sinofsky to Set Up Shop at Andreessen Horowitz(stream.wsj.com)
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Coroner: Journalist Hastings had drugs in system(usatoday.com)
1 points by zdean 13y ago|0 comments
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by zdean 13y ago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obesity_in_Mexico I can't say what the cause of the high-salt is, but we have a good idea what might be contributing (at least) to the high sugar/high fat parts of their diet.
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by zdean 13y ago
"One need look no further than the $190 billion farm bill President Bush signed last month to wonder whose interests are really being served here. Under the 10-year program, taxpayers will pay farmers $4 billion a year to grow ever mor
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by zdean 13y ago
Sugar costs 40% more than corn syrup...so regardless of its 'sweetness density', it's a much more prevalent sweetener: http://www.forbes.com/sites/katetaylor/2012/07/30/how-the-dr...
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by zdean 13y ago
Corn is in 75% of supermarket products...it's just as hard finding whole classes of other products without corn syrup.

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