GreyEyedGhost

The one thing I'm not egalitarian about- straight men need to be taught to pee sitting down, or at least lift the seat, damn. I know it's not all of you, but there are a couple of animals out there that need help. :p

This isn't really a gender issue, either, but I acknowledge men tend to be more of a problem here. But the solution is simple and egalitarian (or feminist, if you prefer): If you make a mess, clean it up. It also works in places besides the bathroom.

If you haven't had Old Dutch's Mexican Chili you haven't really lived.

My grandfather had an ugly dog. It died a long time ago and the world was a better and more beautiful place. My grandfather liked it, though, so I guess it wasn't completely irredeemable.

And also, we have no efficient way to produce hydrogen...that doesn't start with hydrocarbons. Storage is also an issue. At that point it isn't any better than batteries, and allows us to "transition" from fossil fuels with this intermediate step, like with methane.

I blame it on the editor. What, you don't have one? Neither does the paper, apparently.

The real answer is it's a quote. It may be an inaccurate quote, but it's still a quote. And people used to expect better from professionals, even professional lawmakers, like the ones in this story.

FYI "endemic" and "on its way out" do not mean the same thing.

We are also taught to be more fearful through media and our politicians, because scared people are more than willing to give up all kinds of rights. In spite of violent crime and car deaths going down, people are more worried about those things than before. The same holds true for child abductions. The rate of stranger abductions has gone down, but the fear of it happening has gone up.

I'm not saying these things aren't problems or shouldn't be addressed, but they are still less of a risk than previously.

Not a fan of coffee, but I'm very careful about the amount of caffeine I take. This gives me fewer negative effects, lower tolerance, and a better kick if I'm feeling drowsy and turn to caffeine to solve that problem.

A proper amount of sleep is the better way, but I have a really hard time falling asleep before 9 and need to wake up at 5.

I'm not sure which how-to's you've come across, but my wanderings led me to this guy, who seems to have a very comprehensive video.

That's who I sent my email to.

There is a difference between confidence and expectation and faith. The scientific method has 5 steps.

1. Question
2. Research
3. Hypothesis
4. Experiment
5. Conclusion

Yes, as a general rule, scientists believe a certain outcome will occur. This isn't faith, though, this is an expectation based on their knowledge and the research they've done to design the experiment. They then go on to ignore their beliefs and test it anyway. They do this because they don't operate on faith, they operate on proof. And if the outcome isn't something they expect, which has certainly happened, they then try to find out why, design new experiments, and perform further studies until they have confidence that they have a good understanding of what they're studying.

If they were operating on faith, they could skip all those steps and just go on what they believe, like with Aristotle believing women had fewer teeth. This leads into other related components of the scientific method: verification and repeatability. A good experiment can be repeated by another scientist and get the same results. And why would they repeat the test? Certainly not due to faith!

I was bringing a counterpoint on why spoilers can be good, but (incorrectly) edited it based on another comment saying it was inaccurate. Now, i would have read the spoiler anyway...