Is Sunscreen the New Margarine?
Evidence is growing that the cause of Alzheimer's is: gum disease.
When black and white televisions were common, people mostly reported that their dreams were in black and white. But before and after that, most people say their dreams are in color. Perhaps "dreams are neither colored nor black and white"? Link.
The happiest countries tend to also have the highest rates of mental illness among young people. ??? Link.
"Female employees earn lower wages if their supervisor is also a woman". ??? Link.
"Fatal police shootings of unarmed people... have dropped substantially compared to 2015." Link.
"Crime Along the Mexican Border Is Lower Than in the Rest of the Country... If the entire United States had crime rates as low as those along the border in 2017, then the number of homicides would have been 33.8 percent lower, property crimes would have been 2.1 percent lower, and violent crimes would have dropped 8 percent." Link.
In a poll, 52% of Republicans said they would support postponing the 2020 election if Trump proposed it. Link. ... ...
Robin Hanson said this in response to a paper about how being attractive leads to better publishing outcomes for economists, and now I can't not think about discrimination in this way: "I predict that learning about this kind of discrimination will induce almost zero outrage... we don't directly care much about unfair discrimination. We instead sometimes use issue to ally ourselves with particular groups who have suffered discrimination. Probably when that helps us ally against other groups we dislike. It's all coalition politics." Link.
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