Dr Cog

Not in any way, no. Our brains can’t predict what we will be interested in or good at.

But we do have predispositions. If you are able to focus intently on things, or are creative, or are more athletic, which are reflected in neuronal connectivity, you might be more interested in more detail-oriented or creative or athletic hobbies.

I wish I was a better piano player

I’m a competent musician in many instruments but I could never get the hang of using my left hand for accompaniment

From someone with a science background: There are a lot of expenses with that type of clinical trial.

In particular, if you’re going to assign someone to a group that is known to be unhealthy (brushing once a month) you need to pay for any dental or medical problems that arise from them not brushing.

It would be a problem if he was brought on to talk about COVID being a hoax. It’s not really a problem if he’s talking about something entirely different and not problematic

Probably not. Just make a new account and fly under the radar for a while. If you keep getting banned on different accounts they will IP ban you.

Technically it’s against the rules to make a new account to avoid a ban, but like I said, they probably won’t look into it unless you give them a reason to

Definitely better than this outdated version. Nobody uses Python2 unless they want to at this point

I think the problem is that a lot of shows become overhyped once they reach a certain level of popularity. While you may have enjoyed it if you came across it naturally, the hype you’ve encountered around it makes you expect more. Avatar and Parks and Rec are great shows, but they’re definitely not the best shows of all time (although I do really love Parks and Rec) and you’d probably expect them to be these amazing shows if all you know about them is the hype from superfans.

Two cuties*

Always get cats in pairs. They tire themselves out instead of constantly needing attention from you

Oh, it’s definitely likely to be more than just saturated fats at play. My post was a) a gross oversimplification, and b) probably missing some nuance that I’m not informed on. My doctorate is in cognitive psychology, not nutrition science :)

The thing that tastes “creamy” is the saturated fat, the same type of fat in butter and cheese. Peanuts are around 6.3% saturated fat by mass, and cashews are 7.9%.

So you’re right on: cashews are creamier.

Always good to recognize that while there are many things most people should realize by the time they are adults, there are also about 10,000 people becoming adults every day.

I really don’t understand how they can so rabidly defend atrocious behavior by dictators and strongmen and then claim to be left-wing. Do they not realize these fascists they are defending are right-wing?

Aldi has the best store-brand snacks

Their chips, though, are legitimately better than any other brand I’ve had including name brand

Sync has a monthly fee to get rid of ads, Eternity is always ad-free

Where do you live? Because I doubt you are the original settler of your land.

If you’re an American (North or South), you are not responsible for the reprehensible actions of your ancestors towards the Native populations just because you now live there. Similarly with Russia, China, most of Africa, Australia, Europe… basically the entirety of the world has a history of war and settling on conquered land. And you don’t deserve death for the actions of your ancestors.

I assume EU-based ISPs will be forced to ban access to the website for noncompliance, otherwise it would have literally no teeth whatsoever

Sounds horrible. Quality of life must be terrible there!

I’m a scientist and I agree with the statement that most if not all organisms have emotions and some degree of consciousness.

There is no evidence to support this, though

Tried to store documents in paint and it ruined the documents, 0/10

I’ll let you know how my file cabinet art show goes

The incentive is a publication on your CV.

Here’s one

The problem is that people don’t know how to search for scientific articles, and aren’t versed in understanding what makes a study a good one.

Nearly all “alternative medicines” have been scientifically studied. The difference between them and regular medicines are that the real medicines have a clear clinical benefit.