About the nicest thing you can say is that cancer patients probably should drink water; and have good reasons to drink alcohol, so some homeopathic 'remedies' may accidentally be useful...
I think everyone should definitely drink water, regardless of their medical condition, but I'm not sure what alcohol has to do with homeopathy.
This is a California thing in general. There are some additional California rules that go beyond ADA requirements that tend to be abused. There is essentially no enforcement though, except by roving bands of lawyers who threaten to sue people. This is by design because it is cheaper than hiring regulators paid by the state (and it's also Republican friendly to have private enterprise suing people). It's cheaper to pay off the lawyer than to go to court and get an exemption or time extension or clarification of the rules.
This happens in Oklahoma City, too. When business gets slow, painting companies will drive around looking for houses that need paint and report them to the city, then within a couple of days of the notices getting sent out, this company goes door to door seeing if they would like their house painted.
What? You have laws in the US about your house having to be painted? Is it a crime to have weeds on your lawn too?
A mental illness is still an illness. So the ADA would still apply.
Yes but what should the school do about it? Screw everyone else because they have one disabled child? Or provide a facility for the disabled child to work within the system.
I say we put the kid in a cage.
One of my kids wasn't allowed to take peanut butter sandwiches for her lunch because one of her classmates was allergic to nuts. The obvious alternative was to tell the greedy litle sod not to nick other people's sandwiches.
Move to Alaska in the winter and Antarctica in the summer and you'll be able to be free from most of the sun! Or just living in a cave works too I suppose.
Or just visit a seaside resort in the summer here in the UK. I can guarantee you won't be bothered by the sun.
Is there a name for an anti-placebo where you are giving them an actual drug but telling them it's a placebo to test if a patient thinking the drug does nothing is overcome by any actual benefits of the drug itself?
You do realise that when you do these tests you don't actually tell the patients that they're placebos? Right?
"I'm not a professional gynecologist but I'll certainly take a look at it for you."
(sometimes said while holding the printed side of a CD to my forehead)
I'm just guessing but you're still a virgin aren't you?
Yup. Totally doable, just look outside this night and you will see millions of those devices, smart people call them stars.
The tricky part could be to bring one of them to earth without annihilating us.
So you're saying it's just an engineering problem, right?
No, I'm saying if we make perfect measurements, every single time, the scientific process (for fun, let us say the Baconian version), will never be able to answer the thread's question of "what causes gravity?". Never. No study, no amount of money, no matter how smart a person is. "What causes gravity?" is not a difficult question, it is philosophical question.
You seem to be mixing up two different questions: "how does gravity work?" and "why does gravity exist?"
Science can answer the first question, and the second is either meaningless or theological depending on your point of view.
For example, we know how hydrogen and oxygen combine to make water. We do not know why hydrogen and oxygen exist in the first place, other than that is how the universe appears to be.
You can answer any causal question with "because God said so" but that is not a falsifiable response.
That is philosophy. We don't know that we aren't in the Matrix, either. We don't know why anything is, scientifically speaking. Science doesn't really do "why" except schematically.
The theory of electromagnetism explains how we see objects. There is no analogous explanation for what causes the perceived effects of gravity or consciousness.
It's not a non-scientific "philosophical" question, we just don't (yet) know how gravity or consciousness work.
How can a post which is reiterating the point of TFA be a troll?
Looks to me like a self-entitled academic got mod points, thereby reinforcing the whole point about how hard it is to admit that you don't know everything.
Now at what point does a human first gain anything considered consciousness? That has yet to be proven, but most guesses put it at or around 15-20 weeks of gestation; around the same time the brain forms... but no one knows or can prove either way, and there's no way to tell for certain when the lower mental functions spring into being.
Most people wouldn't even credit a new born child with consciousness in any meaningful sense of the word. A one week old baby is no more conscious than a kitten, in fact potentially less so in terms of responding to what's going on around them.
When they forecast a 'barbecue summer' just before the heavens open and the country floods, they wreck their credibility.
Even if this were true (and it isn't - the "barbecue summer" was a selective misquote from one broadcaster, not the official Met Office position) short term weather forecasting is not the same thing as long term climate change modelling.
If neoliberals had their way, children would have to pay their parents for board and lodging.
Kids these days have it easy.
When I were a lad I had to get up in the morning at ten o'clock at night half an hour before I went to bed, drink a cup of sulphuric acid, work twenty-nine hours a day down mill, and pay mill owner for permission to come to work, and when we got home, our Dad and our mother would kill us and dance about on our graves singing Hallelujah.
things like "a chance of rain tomorrow" vs. "45% chance of rain between 3pm and 5pm tomorrow"
Maybe I'm just not enough of a weather geek, but what does saying that there's a "45% chance of rain between 3pm and 5pm tomorrow" actually tell you that's useful?
If I'm planning anything weather-dependent (say a barbecue between 3pm and 5pm) then I would only be interested in something along the lines of "there's a 90% chance it will be sunny for those two hours, a 10% chance it will be cloudy and a 0% chance of rain".
Predicting a 45% (or 38% or 56%) chance of rain is of no more value than saying it might or might not rain.
I have no doubt that Top Gear could continue to be great without Clarkson et. al, but only if they get the right people in. Chris Evans is not the right people.
The main problem with Chris Evans is that despite his ability to grin a lot, he appears to have no actual sense of humour.
That's not the real story. The Met Office have all ready been knocked out.
It's stupid, ideology driven nonsense. They are both effectively state organisations. Far better for Britain that the money the BBC spends on forecasts stays in Britain, rather than enriches a foreign commercial enterprise.
What the state BBC has gained, the state Met Office has lost. Pointless.
Exactly, the Tories don't want either the BBC or the Met Office to be state organisations. The more they can turn them into pseudo-businesses, the sooner they can sell them off to their City friends at a knock down price.
TLDR Stupid people are usually too stupid to realise that they're stupid.
It's more a question of ignorance than stupidity. You can be extremely intelligent and knowledgeable in certain areas, but clueless about everything else. As is proved by most slashdot comments on non-tech issues.
I was going to say pretty much the same thing!
I've been a consultant for close to 20 years and I'm AMAZED by the decisions made by high level executives based solely on a sales pitch or based on the advice of a family member or friend that 'knows about computers and stuff'.
Unless you're talking about some one-man band operation, "high level executives" do not get to make major unilateral investment decisions based on random hunches.
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If the kid is that sensitive, the microwave oven down the block should make him convulse.
Especially if dropped on his head from a great height.
About the nicest thing you can say is that cancer patients probably should drink water; and have good reasons to drink alcohol, so some homeopathic 'remedies' may accidentally be useful...
I think everyone should definitely drink water, regardless of their medical condition, but I'm not sure what alcohol has to do with homeopathy.
This is a California thing in general. There are some additional California rules that go beyond ADA requirements that tend to be abused. There is essentially no enforcement though, except by roving bands of lawyers who threaten to sue people. This is by design because it is cheaper than hiring regulators paid by the state (and it's also Republican friendly to have private enterprise suing people). It's cheaper to pay off the lawyer than to go to court and get an exemption or time extension or clarification of the rules.
This happens in Oklahoma City, too. When business gets slow, painting companies will drive around looking for houses that need paint and report them to the city, then within a couple of days of the notices getting sent out, this company goes door to door seeing if they would like their house painted.
What? You have laws in the US about your house having to be painted? Is it a crime to have weeds on your lawn too?
A mental illness is still an illness. So the ADA would still apply.
Yes but what should the school do about it? Screw everyone else because they have one disabled child? Or provide a facility for the disabled child to work within the system.
I say we put the kid in a cage.
One of my kids wasn't allowed to take peanut butter sandwiches for her lunch because one of her classmates was allergic to nuts. The obvious alternative was to tell the greedy litle sod not to nick other people's sandwiches.
Move to Alaska in the winter and Antarctica in the summer and you'll be able to be free from most of the sun! Or just living in a cave works too I suppose.
Or just visit a seaside resort in the summer here in the UK. I can guarantee you won't be bothered by the sun.
Global warming, my arse.
Just buy a small tube of black model aircraft paint. Effective, and stylish too, plus the chicks dig a guy who makes model airplanes.
Citation, please. If genuine, this study needs to be cited every time this issue comes up.
I imagine the school's lawyers would be quite grateful for a link too.
I've found that liquid electrical tape works pretty good as well. I've even used foil a couple times.
In any situation, you should use tinfoil regardless. You never know who or what is watching you.
Is there a name for an anti-placebo where you are giving them an actual drug but telling them it's a placebo to test if a patient thinking the drug does nothing is overcome by any actual benefits of the drug itself?
You do realise that when you do these tests you don't actually tell the patients that they're placebos? Right?
"I'm not a professional gynecologist but I'll certainly take a look at it for you." (sometimes said while holding the printed side of a CD to my forehead)
I'm just guessing but you're still a virgin aren't you?
He worked one day a week just to keep his hand in.
*rimshot* (oops)
Yup. Totally doable, just look outside this night and you will see millions of those devices, smart people call them stars. The tricky part could be to bring one of them to earth without annihilating us.
So you're saying it's just an engineering problem, right?
No, I'm saying if we make perfect measurements, every single time, the scientific process (for fun, let us say the Baconian version), will never be able to answer the thread's question of "what causes gravity?". Never. No study, no amount of money, no matter how smart a person is. "What causes gravity?" is not a difficult question, it is philosophical question.
You seem to be mixing up two different questions: "how does gravity work?" and "why does gravity exist?"
Science can answer the first question, and the second is either meaningless or theological depending on your point of view.
For example, we know how hydrogen and oxygen combine to make water. We do not know why hydrogen and oxygen exist in the first place, other than that is how the universe appears to be.
You can answer any causal question with "because God said so" but that is not a falsifiable response.
We don't have anything similar with gravity at the moment, but that doesn't mean it will always be a mysterious or miraculous force.
That is philosophy. We don't know that we aren't in the Matrix, either. We don't know why anything is, scientifically speaking. Science doesn't really do "why" except schematically.
The theory of electromagnetism explains how we see objects. There is no analogous explanation for what causes the perceived effects of gravity or consciousness.
It's not a non-scientific "philosophical" question, we just don't (yet) know how gravity or consciousness work.
Looks to me like a self-entitled academic got mod points, thereby reinforcing the whole point about how hard it is to admit that you don't know everything.
Now at what point does a human first gain anything considered consciousness? That has yet to be proven, but most guesses put it at or around 15-20 weeks of gestation; around the same time the brain forms... but no one knows or can prove either way, and there's no way to tell for certain when the lower mental functions spring into being.
Most people wouldn't even credit a new born child with consciousness in any meaningful sense of the word. A one week old baby is no more conscious than a kitten, in fact potentially less so in terms of responding to what's going on around them.
When they forecast a 'barbecue summer' just before the heavens open and the country floods, they wreck their credibility.
Even if this were true (and it isn't - the "barbecue summer" was a selective misquote from one broadcaster, not the official Met Office position) short term weather forecasting is not the same thing as long term climate change modelling.
If they source it to the Spanish weather service, maybe the weather across the UK will improve! I heard their forecasts are much better! :-)
Scorcio!
I doubt the Spanish would have enough little pictures of clouds.
If neoliberals had their way, children would have to pay their parents for board and lodging.
Kids these days have it easy.
When I were a lad I had to get up in the morning at ten o'clock at night half an hour before I went to bed, drink a cup of sulphuric acid, work twenty-nine hours a day down mill, and pay mill owner for permission to come to work, and when we got home, our Dad and our mother would kill us and dance about on our graves singing Hallelujah.
things like "a chance of rain tomorrow" vs. "45% chance of rain between 3pm and 5pm tomorrow"
Maybe I'm just not enough of a weather geek, but what does saying that there's a "45% chance of rain between 3pm and 5pm tomorrow" actually tell you that's useful?
If I'm planning anything weather-dependent (say a barbecue between 3pm and 5pm) then I would only be interested in something along the lines of "there's a 90% chance it will be sunny for those two hours, a 10% chance it will be cloudy and a 0% chance of rain".
Predicting a 45% (or 38% or 56%) chance of rain is of no more value than saying it might or might not rain.
I have no doubt that Top Gear could continue to be great without Clarkson et. al, but only if they get the right people in. Chris Evans is not the right people.
The main problem with Chris Evans is that despite his ability to grin a lot, he appears to have no actual sense of humour.
At least Clarkson, Hammond and May were funny.
That's not the real story. The Met Office have all ready been knocked out.
It's stupid, ideology driven nonsense. They are both effectively state organisations. Far better for Britain that the money the BBC spends on forecasts stays in Britain, rather than enriches a foreign commercial enterprise.
What the state BBC has gained, the state Met Office has lost. Pointless.
Exactly, the Tories don't want either the BBC or the Met Office to be state organisations. The more they can turn them into pseudo-businesses, the sooner they can sell them off to their City friends at a knock down price.
TLDR Stupid people are usually too stupid to realise that they're stupid.
It's more a question of ignorance than stupidity. You can be extremely intelligent and knowledgeable in certain areas, but clueless about everything else. As is proved by most slashdot comments on non-tech issues.
I was going to say pretty much the same thing! I've been a consultant for close to 20 years and I'm AMAZED by the decisions made by high level executives based solely on a sales pitch or based on the advice of a family member or friend that 'knows about computers and stuff'.
Unless you're talking about some one-man band operation, "high level executives" do not get to make major unilateral investment decisions based on random hunches.