Well Rishi I was on the fence but fuck me you've sold me.
Sorry where is the 'neuroscience' in the article?
The Kim Jung-Un fella needs to gain another 100kg to really fit the part.
Oh my mistake there then. Rockhoppers are one species that are monogamous for life.
That doesn't explain why the same couples keep coming back to each other season after season.
A BTG a day keeps the vatniks at bay.
10 hours per month? It's a start at least.
Thanks, I guess it was the part where how this caused "malicious harm" given he didn't reveal any sort of hidden scandal or illegal acitivty but the other user explained it'll result in patients being afraid to access medical care which is beginning to make sense to me. I'm not based in the US, this is all so alien to me.
Thank for taking the time to lay that out for me. I am unable to comprehend the motives, but that at least starts to explain it. Unthinkable.
Dude forgot his hippocratic oath.
Could you spell it out for me? Genuinely drawing a blank here.
Edit: No need, some kind user came through. Horrifying.
It just says he passed it on to conversative activists, I still cannot begin to understand how this furthers a conservative agenda? The hospital wasn't doing anything illegal and now he's looking at a 10 year prison sentence. He committed a felony, threw away his entire career and he didn't even 'own the libs'.
Dolphins have been observed engaging in purely recreational sex.
Penguins are monogamous and that applies to gay penguins as well.
Here's two that built a nest together https://mashable.com/article/same-sex-penguin-couple
Animals don't think "I'm gonna go find another dude to have gay sex with," they just get the urge and act on it with whoever looks good nearby.
Several animal species are famously monogamous, penguns for example.
If the government wants more babies surely it would be more effective to invest in childcare and a mandatory reduction of working hours to something more manageable?
Elimination? He should be up on terrorism charges. Was he passing the info onto some sort of right-wong militia group?
I still don't get it though, how does having medical information do anything for his 'ideology'? Dude committed a felony.
Wouldn't it be more concerning if it was speeding up?
Murmansk or bust.
For what possible purpose would he need medical records? It can't be money surely.
Mayor of Cologne heaps praise on the Tartan Army
Dear Scots, those have been a wonderful couple of days with you. I could not be a happier mayor. You are always welcome to come back to Cologne! #tartanarmy @ScotlandNT #euro2024
Why Smart People Believe Stupid Things
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Steven Pinker explains the cognitive biases we all suffer from and how they can short-circuit rational thinking and lead us into believing stupid things. Skip to 12:15 to bypass the preamble.
Female foragers sometimes hunt, yet gendered divisions of labor are real: a comment on Anderson et al. (2023) The Myth of Man the Hunter
Tl;dr an undergraduate paper last year claiming females hunt just as often as males got picked up by the media and amplified before it was discovered their analysis was deeply flawed and unreliable. Here several anthropologists present a very gracious rebuttal.
Women perform better at visiospatial and anticipatory processess when menstruating
There was no group difference in reaction times and accuracy between males and females (using contraception and not). However, within subject analyses revealed that regularly menstruating females performed better during menstruation compared to being in any other phase, with faster reaction times (10ms c.ca, p < .01), fewer errors (p < .05) and lower dispersion intra-individual variability (p < .05). In contrast they exhibited slower reaction times (10ms c.ca, p < .01) and poorer timing anticipation (p < .01) in the luteal phase, and more errors in the predicted ovulatory phase (p < .01). Self-reported mood, cognitive and physical symptoms were all worst during menstruation (p < .01), and a significant proportion of females felt that their symptoms were negatively affecting their cognitive performance during menstruation on testing day, which was incongruent with their actual performance.
Maternal mortality in the United States: are the high and rising rates due to changes in obstetrical factors, maternal medical conditions, or maternal mortality surveillance?
New paper casts doubt on the often reported huge rise in maternal deaths in the United States over the past 20 years. They put the blame firmly on a change in the reporting method.
The UK government has introduced regulations to halt new private prescriptions of puberty blockers for under 18s.
Rushed through last minute before parliament is dissolved using emergency powers.
Should've been debated in the commons at least.
Brain Really Uses Quantum Effects, New Study Finds
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Was Roger Penrose not completely insane when he proposed his Orch OR theory of the mind? Still doesn't explain the hard problem of consciousness, but a step closer?
The Ideological Subversion of Biology
Excellent essay from Coyne and Maroja that picks apart six widespread examples of biology being corrupted by (often well-intentioned) ideology.
Humza Yousaf holds emergency cabinet meeting as SNP abandons power sharing with Greens
First minister reportedly plans to run minority administration amid dispute over decision to ditch climate change target
Were the Greens booted out before they could quit? Lorna's properly fuming calling it "an act of political cowardice".
If the opposition put forward a VONC on Humza right now, I'm not sure he'd survive it.
Dan Dennett died today, RIP
Well, this is unexpected, and details will be forthcoming. He was 82. I have lots of stories about Dan, and found him amiable and charitable, though sometimes he could be domineering, especially wh…
Brilliant mind. I was lucky enough to meet him at an invited lecture once and he was nice enough to sign Freedom Evolves for me.
Another horseman falls.
The husband of Nicola Sturgeon has been re-arrested in connection with the SNP finances investigation.
SNP having a great day
Breaking Down Cass Review Myths Part 2 – The Quackometer
There is a lot of disinformation flying around about this. The original myth about Cass "dismissing 98% of all data" started because an activist on twitter read the wrong paper.
Question everything, especially if it agrees with you.
Breaking Down Cass Review Myths and Misconceptions: What You Need to Know – The Quackometer
Seen the "98% of studies were ignored!" one doing the rounds on social media. The editorial in the BMJ put it in much better terms:
"One emerging criticism of the Cass review is that it set the methodological bar too high for research to be included in its analysis and discarded too many studies on the basis of quality. In fact, the reality is different: studies in gender medicine fall woefully short in terms of methodological rigour; the methodological bar for gender medicine studies was set too low, generating research findings that are therefore hard to interpret."
NHS England to review seven specialist services after staff share misgivings privately
Appendix 4 in the Cass Review revealed that 6 out of the 7 adult GDC clinics currently operating in the UK refused to collect or share their patient followup data. If you want better care for struggling LGBT kids, you need the data.
"Don't seek refuge in the false security of consensus"
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The mighty Hitch and one of his great orations. I often wonder what would he think of the world, such as it is, in 2024.
Murdo Fraser said the force had ‘serious questions’ to answer
We might be living in topsy-turvy world when Murdo Fraser has a point. Honestly, the whole idea of the police keeping "hate" notes on you when you haven't committed a crime is pretty dystopian.
The Scottish government’s legislation is frankly unworkable. I worry it may stifle honestly expressed, contentious views, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins
If even the Guardian won't get behind your Hate Crime Act, maybe it's worth having a wee think about it?
MSPs vote for controls as it emerges another hen harrier has vanished in area ‘notorious’ for persecution
Grouse Moors will need to be licensed? About time.