No smoking, no drinking, healthy eating, exercise . . . and then I lose it all cos of all the sitting I do 😭

Freud is described as a pseudoscientist now, by some, though I disagree. Many of his concepts are now part of popular talk, and we don't even notice it. Like when we talk about the sub/unconscious, for

It affects animals too. Recently I saw a headline about a white cobra in the news, and after clicking it it turned out it suffered from albinism.

Well what do you say to the American civil war, which was about the freedom of blacks? I know war is a terrible thing, but I personally can't make blanket statements like "all civil war is bad".

I also have sensitive teeth. I find sugary and acidic foods make it worse. Also, it's recommended to brush your teeth 1 hour before or after you eat. If you brush your teeth and immediately eat, obviously

This raises the question of whether the quantum world can influence the observable world. Seems to me that if the observable world isn't 100% deterministic and it can be influenced by the quantum world,

Yeah, this happened to a relative. Any idea which diet is relative, or it depends on the case? It would seem that a low-carb diet would help with diabetes, but some say the opposite.

Some say violence is never the option either. But there is such a thing as defending yourself from an attacker by using violence. Similarly there is such a thing called defensive war, such as what the

That's a nice quote about viruses from Tony Goldberg. I knew this about bacteria, but not viruses. I guess, like sharks, most categories of living things in the world do more good than harm. Maybe that's

I agree with your conclusion of seeing AI as an enhancer, not a competitor. Should cancer researchers feel threatened if AI discovers the cure for cancer, or should they rejoice? If people feel threatened

Sometimes I wonder, in a family that has many members, whether that negatively impacts some forms of learning at school, where the student maybe needs some quiet. Or other extracurricular learning, like

As someone who plays and piano and draws and uses the mouse a lot, carpal tunnel is definitely to be avoided! When it first happened to me, many many years ago, I just let it develop and ended up taking

Yeah, I've heard all those excuses galore. "I prefer to die 10 years younger but live happily", or "the doctor says I have the heart of a 20-year-old", etc. Well, all those sportspeople

I didn't even know ultrasound was used this way, until quite recently when my mom underwent this kind of therapy.

I was going to ask how it compares to aspirin, because I thought I remembered that aspirin is safer. But you say here paracetamol is safer. Worth keeping in mind, then.

If energy drinks are to be used at all, they should be used for what they're meant for: drinking before/during/after strenuous exercise. Like before a lift or during running. But personally I never found

Lots of "accidents" lead to discoveries, I guess, like penicillin. But one has to be a good observant scientist, listening for the knock on the door, to catch it when it comes.

I don't know much about this, but I believe the genetic evidence says that we did interbreed with the Neanderthals. And yes, as far as I remember, we didn't kill them off, but simply out-competed them.

Yeah, it's interesting how drug addiction and other behavioral or mental issues seem to go together. Maybe it's the tendency to violate norms, maybe it's that they don't find happiness in society as it

Do you believe in generalizations? Do you think it is possible to make general statements about people in a group and have validity to your claims? For example, are women more emotional than men? Are men