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Oddstrider | 3 years ago | on: No Dislikes has officially ruined YouTube for me

I am sure you are wrong about it not being the dislike button but it could be something else. Obviously though, this means there is no longer any open source fraud control anymore, of course this would happen!

Oddstrider | 7 years ago | on: L-theanine, a constituent in tea, and its effect on mental state (2008) [pdf]

"These data indicate that L-theanine, at realistic dietary levels, has a significant effect on the general state of mental alertness or arousal."

Oddstrider | 7 years ago | on: Are Black People Naturally Hipper Than White People? This Study Says Yes

Are we talking about different behavioral expressions of races' genes now?

Oddstrider | 7 years ago | on: Physics as a Way of Thinking (1936) [pdf]

It seems to me this article uses Physics to justify the view that courts should "abstract new laws" as they deem necessary.

This is wholly undemocratic and while it claims to solve one problem (that of legal frameworks growing obsolete) it swaps democracy for 'laws by committee' or 'expert rule'. As a computer scientist I'd call this unscientific or at least a sloppy proposal.

Oddstrider | 7 years ago | on: Physics as a Way of Thinking (1936) [pdf]

It seems to me this article uses Physics to justify the view that courts should "abstract new laws" as they deem necessary.

This is wholly undemocratic and while it claims to solve one problem (that of legal frameworks growing obsolete) it creates the problem of 'laws by committee' or 'expert rule'.

Oddstrider | 8 years ago | on: Susan Wojcicki, CEO of YouTube Responds to Google Memo

Appealing to emotion throughout and not tackling any of the questions that the memo raised, I am left feeling disappointed.

Oddstrider | 8 years ago | on: Happy nations don't focus on growth

The nations mentioned are some of the most advanced in the world, and their lower-than-world-average GDP growth is being used to show that "it's not all about wealth". I don't think this article makes a very good point.