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I would not have guessed the gap was so large. Part of it is easy to understand — everyone needs health care but education tends to be limited to certain stages of life. But that only gets you to a 20–1 or so ratio.
Questions that are rarely asked
It is estimated that less than $1B is spent in the U.S. each year on education research, with the federal government spending about $700M and universities, foundations and the private sector spending …
The last few sentences are pure gold.
Paradox of Hoaxes: How Errors Persist, Even When Corrected | Wired Science | Wired.com
Not only were people spreading incorrect information with recent hoaxes, the collective internet consciousness didn’t even recognize the return of the same error. And even when we do recognize such er…
Somehow this never occurred to me. Wow. I knew 3D printers were going to give plenty of people headaches, but it never occurred to me that they might also be responsible for exit wounds.
Guns don’t kill people, printers do!
Imagine an America in which anyone can download and print a gun in their own home. They wouldn’t need a license, a background check, or much technical knowledge, just a 3D printer. That’s the vision a…
I consider myself fairly well-informed about this issue, but some of these citations were new to me.
In this post, I’m going to address two misconceptions that people often hold concerning abortion. First, many people assume that elective abortions are a fairly recent phenomenon—something made possib…
Heh. I love it when someone uses simple numbers to explode a ridiculous claim (or in this case, a purportedly unanswerable question).
Sand in the Gears » Blog Archive » Abandoning children
What happened in Nebraska doesn’t raise the question, it answers it. Using U.S. Census Bureau data, we can determine that when Nebraska parents have the opportunity to give up their children with no c…
What a clever experiment. The human brain is fascinating…
How to confuse a moral compass
Survey ‘magic trick’ causes attitude reversal.
I was skeptical, but it is a plausible contender.
Over the past two months, Ted McCagg has been running a contest on his blog to find the best word ever. A winner was recently anno
This is a life-saving chart and should be posted prominently wherever men and women cross paths.
When Is It Okay to Ask a Woman If She’s Pregnant?
It’s a tricky question, but this chart provides a good rule of thumb. HT: The CornerIt’s a tricky question, but this chart provides a good rule of thumb. HT: The Corner
I have always thought this is the dumbest possible criticism of the Catholic Church. It’s like saying that Batman doesn’t fight crime because Bruce Wayne goes to parties. It misses the way the narrative fits together.
Out of Ur: Do Megachurches Hurt the Poor?
Conversations for Ministry Leaders
File this under “terrifying anecdotes”
Seth’s Blog » Blog Archive » Unaccountable by Marty Makary
The author, Marty Makary, asked the same question at his talks and got the same response. Both of them — Leape and Makary — should have started asking “What fraction of the surgeons you work with are …