Recent content by stanley

Fruit and meat are a great combo and common in many cuisines, from Turkish Tagine (lamb, apricots, nuts and spices cooked in clay pot) to al pastor tacos which is pork and pineapple, or any taco with mango salsa, German dishes that have pork and apple, procuitto wrapped dates, sicilian...

Even if you're not into sports, you probably heard about the debates about the WNBA rookies, Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese. This is not about the racist subtext underlying much of the Caitlin Clark fandom or critique of Angel Reese's sportsmanship. Both are great players and have weakness...

. What your article shows is that about 87% of blacks pass the USMLE board exams on the first attempt, despite being admitted to med school with lower scores. And other data show 70% of people who fail and retake it pass. So, we're talking about maybe 4% who won't get licensed, which is not a...

The goal of medical schools is not to make you feel warm and fuzzy about a delusional belief that the USA is or ever has been anything resembling a meritocracy. They exist to ensure that the public is being optimally served by medical professionals, and that means the whole public. Bumfuck USA...

Ooops. I just edited the link my original post. Try it now. BTW, it's a review article of existing research, not presenting original data.

I'm guessing that if you have more than a few working neurons and the honesty to use them, you'll be able to shred whatever "argument" or "evidence" that book presents. The argument that anyone resembling Jesus existed at all is quite weak and based solely on the Bible. The argument he existed...

Nearly all the evidence of negative long term effects on cognitive function are for people who smoked significantly as a teen. There is little evidence of such impacts for older adults who smoke and even some evidence of a positive effects. "The limited evidence on this important topic suggests...

That is not true. These two studies do control for pretty much all other possible confounders, and still show that black people have better health outcomes when treated by black doctors. The first one focuses on infant mortality. For many reasons black infants have higher mortality rates than...

Pot is a drug and can be addictive, but the vast majority of users show no addiction and it is not remotely as addictive as alcohol or tobacco, which studies show is the most addictive drug there is (more than cocaine and heroin). No. First, police reports don't mean shit. Cops have zero...

Blacks are highly under represented among med students and doctors. This is a problem, because there is evidence that black patients have superior health outcomes when treated by black doctors. There are multiple factors for that, one being that a black doctor is more likely to be familiar with...

Whites are only under-represented because of the over-representation of Asians, while Blacks and Hispanics are even more under-represented. Whites are actually over-represented relative to Blacks and Hispanics. There are 4.6 times as many whites compared to blacks in the US, but there are 5.2...

I am very aware of the difference between fact and opinion, and my post is rooted in reasoned analysis of fact. Importantly, I am aware of the relationship between fact and moral attitudes, something which Gould was ignorant or dishonest about. Morals deal with actions and consequences...

Science is not formal logic or true and false dichotomy. Science is mostly inductive reasoning, evaluating the relative probability of competing claims. In fact, "true and false" dichotomy is far more a part of religion, where it's lack of reasoning or honest consideration of alternatives allows...

This study doesn't speak to that, but others do and show that in fact transwomen's difference from cismen move them closer to what is found in ciswomen. Now, their whole brains are still significantly difference from cisfemale, but that would be expected given this current study showing the...

No worries. I had assumed you just misread my quote and didn't think religion was based on facts. I figured it was still useful to explain which assumed facts of religion are in conflict with science, b/c it is relevant to showing how NOMA is just not an honest assessment of the psychological...