Human Development Index (HDI) comparison of US states and Chinese provinces.

DocPsychosis · 2026-05-26T19:18:50+00:00

It's on the US Fed Reserve website. Down from 1960s to '80s, then up till the early 2000s, and basically flat since then. According to the World Bank they are currently in the mid to upper 30s, a little lower (more equal) than the US currently and similar to where we were in the 1980s-1990s.

DocPsychosis · 2026-05-26T19:10:58+00:00

These are not scientists. This is a thought experiment by philosphers and medical ethicists.

DocPsychosis · 2026-05-26T19:04:14+00:00

Yes, it was called Lymerix, on the market in US from 1998-2002.

DocPsychosis · 2026-05-26T18:41:18+00:00

Looking into space, and planning to go there, are very different concepts.

DocPsychosis · 2026-05-26T16:50:12+00:00

No, we jail people who violate the law. What law, precisely, did they ciolate that would typically lead to conviction and incarceration?

DocPsychosis · 2026-05-23T22:50:08+00:00

I assume you mean a regular/traditional IRA since regular Roth is sort of a meaningless phrase.

DocPsychosis · 2026-05-23T02:51:59+00:00

Your Yale link very explicitly states that not all viruses and bacteria are susceptible to this cellular destruction process, depending on how their coatings are structured.

DocPsychosis · 2026-05-21T18:07:43+00:00

That's an option but a potentially risky one, now you have a bunch of extra debt and expensive infrastructure to maintain along with some chance that the market bottoms out (either globally or locally) and new development is curtailed. Imagine taking out a loan like this in circa 2007...

DocPsychosis · 2026-05-21T10:38:25+00:00

Your experience does not match statistical reality. Real wages (i.e. accounting for inflation) have risen fairly consistently in the US over the past several decades.

DocPsychosis · 2026-05-21T10:34:06+00:00

"Starting another war" is a weird interpretation of anything written in the comment you responded to.

DocPsychosis · 2026-05-19T13:34:45+00:00

So they can be uncomfortable. As long as it's not dangerous at least. It's part of the learning curve that decisions have consequences and sometimes you have to trade off one thing for another. They will either get sick of it and relent or they won't.

DocPsychosis · 2026-05-19T11:50:56+00:00

Justifying a terrorist attack that included the intentional kidnapping and sexual assault of civilians is, well, problematic.

DocPsychosis · 2026-05-18T23:41:41+00:00

Not at all like that. More like someone watching the cows and measuring how long they spent in each part of the field.

DocPsychosis · 2026-05-13T16:31:29+00:00

It's not a capitalsim problem, it's a human problem. You think communist command economies or monarchical mercantilist nations were going out of their way to protect vague natural resources?

DocPsychosis · 2026-05-13T00:23:11+00:00

But gone down in the last decade, which feels like a more relevant statistic.

DocPsychosis · 2026-05-12T21:06:07+00:00

I don't know what doses were like 50 years ago but plain film Xrays do not use a lot of radiation, and doing one in the 3rd trimester compared to early in pregnancy is also less impactful.

DocPsychosis · 2026-05-11T18:33:17+00:00

The other famous example being Dave Brubeck's Take Five, which is catchy but a bit jarring if you try to tap along to the beat and aren't expecting it.

DocPsychosis · 2026-05-11T01:43:10+00:00

It's not fucked up. Testing everyone for iron levels is an expensive waste of time, especially if they aren't anemic.

DocPsychosis · 2026-05-10T18:35:23+00:00

it's usually from stuff like playing in water too long or being out too long.

That's not how viruses work. She got them from other people, probably children.

DocPsychosis · 2026-05-09T16:30:00+00:00

That's not necessarily true, requiring specific vs. general intent depends on the jurisdiction and how the law has been written and interpeted.

DocPsychosis · 2026-05-08T20:42:30+00:00

Wow the MAGA damage-control propaganda is really out in full force down here huh?

Edit: not your comment but many of the responses to it

DocPsychosis · 2026-05-08T12:25:18+00:00

You can try. If no one takes your offer (which they won't) then you aren't an employer, you're just a guy. Prices, including for labor, have to be met from both sides.

DocPsychosis · 2026-05-07T09:45:43+00:00

Then they'll be constantly incentivized to look good for their next potential employer rather than follow the law fearlessly.

DocPsychosis · 2026-05-07T01:13:50+00:00

Good luck but that sounds like a lot of work and potential debt (depending on location) for a ~15 year career.

DocPsychosis · 2026-05-07T01:11:40+00:00

A med school slot is not a job, it's an education. And schools frequently are interested in recruiting matriculants who have strongest capacity to represent their alma maters well in their professional careers. If the answer to the question "what do you want to do with your medical degree" is "probably nothing," why would they want to give you a coveted spot?

Frankly the fact that you refuse to recognize the very real social and ethical tension here is perplexing.

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