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Comment Re:Snake oil is everywhere (Score 1) 668

Just having a doctor say "there are no studies showing it's effective" won't cut it any more

That's good, because the statement you have put in quotes has zero implications regarding the effectiveness or non-effectiveness of the substance or treatment in question. Perhaps basic logic training would also be helpful.

Comment What's the catch? (Score 1) 277

I find it hard to trust a company like Microsoft to give away an upgrade (that supposedly improves a thing or two) for free without some catch. Do they guarantee full service and support? Will there never be a subscription fee for any features? Will windows 10 never pester me with any advertisements or force software on me that I don't want? Will all the features remain active indefinitely in the future? Will the new rolling release upgrade schedule never send my PC into some infinite upgrade loop or blue screen of death?

If I had good faith that the answer is "yes" to all of these questions, then I'd upgrade. But I don't have this faith, so I'll rather pass this upgrade until I buy a new machine or until there is some compelling reason to upgrade.

Comment Re:Social mobility was killed, but not this way (Score 1) 1032

Why is a university the only way to learn about art history or philosophy? Go to the library. Take a night class. Enrichment doesn't require 4 years in an accredited institution.

It's much better to go to an accredited institution. Unless you're exceptionally talented you cannot learn advanced philosophy from night classes or self-study, just as it is extremely hard to learn advanced math from night classes and self-study. You cannot learn everything "on the fly" from Wikipedia or skimming through popular science books.

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