via thehealthyskeptic.org The Healthy Skeptic has an excellent post explaining the difficulty of teasing out the causes of obesity. Be sure to check out the Obesity Systems Influence Diagram. Money quote: “I know that most men, including those at ease with problems of the greatest complexity, can seldom accept even the simplest and most obvious [...]
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One of the reasons we get bad government policy is because people are bad at handling large numbers. Our brains are just not evolved to deal with them. That’s why visualizations like this are so helpful. They make concrete the abstract concepts of a “billion” and “trillion”, and allow our brains to get some purchase [...]
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via popsci.com ” The robot is designed to help dental students practice, so researchers at Showa University made it as realistic as possible. That means it chokes, coughs, sneezes, moves its tongue and even gets a sore jaw. The builders worked with Japan’s leading maker of “love dolls” for adults, Orient Industry, to make the [...]
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via economist.com “MILTON FRIEDMAN famously called for the abolition of the Federal Reserve, which he thought ought to be replaced by an automated system which would increase the money supply at a steady, predetermined rate. This, he argued, would put a lid on inflation, setting spending and investment decisions on a surer footing. Now, Friedman’s [...]
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via youtube.com Kudos to Rachel Maddow! It’s nice to see a liberal who cares about civil liberties even under a democratic president.
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Anybody know of a good place in the Bay Area to rent a Smart Car?
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Teachers unions and their political allies argue that market forces can’t supply quality education. According to them, only our existing system—politicized and monopolistic—will do the trick. Yet Americans would find that approach ludicrous if applied to other vital goods or services. Suppose that groceries were supplied in the same way as K-12 education. Residents of [...]
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….officially launched her company Ecobold today. Ecobold sells green, natural, and non-toxic products. For example, I like these hemp pants: http://www.ecobold.com/products/66-organic-men-pants If you’re into green living, and you want to buy products that reflect your values, check it out. To celebrate the launch, Ecobold will plant a tree for every person that signs up for [...]
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LA brims with beautiful people. Humminah. Chris
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Should ignorant people be allowed to vote? A provocative question for sure; however, I’m not bringing it up for shock value, but rather to give us all pause. If I were to ask you to ingest an unknown medicine from someone who knew nothing about the medical field, you probably wouldn’t do it. And I [...]
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