Note: this article was a part of another, larger article composed in December of 2015. I honestly don’t even know where to begin on the data I’ve looked at over the last week or so. There are so many conversations about homicide, suicide, and guns you could have that any number of different arguments are…
Category: Health
Stop Saying Exercise Cures Depression
Saw this on my news-feed tonight. If I ever take myself out, it’s going to be in a jogging suit in one of these asshole’s offices. Exercise is good for many reasons, and from what I’ve gleaned, we honestly know very little about why it’s good. If you want a good textbook on the science,…
No Evidence that the Holocaust is Heritable
What makes a man? This is the perennial question of mankind. In recent years, advancements in biology and medicine have given us a thousand new ways to ponder that question. We may have stopped looking for a literal soul, but the line between nature and nurture is a fun one to skim. Our genetic code,…
Is HR Biased Against Fat People?
The Germans say “yes”, although their study leaves much to be desired. This article was brought to my attention by a friend, so let the record show I take requests. “Stigmatization of obese individuals by human resource professionals: an experimental study” You can skip the part under “Abstract”. That’s just the teaser. The paper itself…
Heroin and Prescription Drugs
The heroin “epidemic” is the new bête noire of local news organizations and to a lesser extent government legislators. It was mentioned on the Democratic debate last night, so I have a couple tabs on it open that I want to clear out. “Between 2002 and 2013, the rate of heroin-related overdose deaths nearly quadrupled,”…