I didn't talk about Ayn's rejection of science because there is no argument there. She clearly did it to her own peril.
My argument is simply that she didn't die of lung cancer because the facts don't seem to support that. Had she died of something such as respiratory failure or pulmonary hemorrhage it would be very clear that she died of lung cancer.
Wait. The official cause of death is listed as Cardiovascular Disease and I'm the one who's reaching? I never said lung cancer didn't contribute to it, just that the official reason is heart failure and saying she died of lung cancer is perpetuating a myth.
There is ample evidence showing smoking increases the risk of Cardiovascular Disease, so it's safe to say that smoking contributed to her death, just not in the manner you described.
I suppose "cardiovascular disease" or "heart failure" don't have the same emotional impact as "lung cancer"...
Ayn Rand fervently believed, and publicly claimed, that all research indicating a link between smoking and lung cancer was a communist plot. She died of smoking-induced lung-cancer and maintained her refusal to accept the science even on her deathbed.
It would appear she did not die of lung cancer, but actually heart failure.
The problem is most people hate being passed, and think the people passing are jerks (instead of simply not caring, which we should all do more of - worry about yourself). I think it has to do with transactional analysis. I often drive in off-peak hours, and use cruise control (not autopilot!) because it actually helps me pay more attention to the road without worrying about driving a consistent speed.
Maybe they feel like if they are being passed then they are going too slow. I think more often people just don't like "losing" the social interaction with others on the roadway.
I think you're on the right track with using cruise control to help you pay more attention to driving. My hypothesis is a lot of people don't pay attention to their speed and just kind of (almost subconsciously) match the speed of the cars around them.
I've often been in situations where, for one reason or another, I slow down to change lanes and the car in the other lane also slows down preventing my lane change. Then I gradually accelerate and, again, they speed up.
I don't think they are doing it maliciously, I think it's just because they are focused on other aspects of driving and not their speed.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... is used by the courts already.
And with 32% accuracy.
That seems a reasonable factor on which to base a court decision.
“He was quite religious,” said the friend, who also spoke on the condition of anonymity.
So it was one of Mateen's friends speaking on condition of anonymity, not his ex-wife.
2. There is nothing wrong with "outdated 2009" Outlook Web Access. That would be either Excahange 2007 or more likely Exchange 2010. Both are still fully supported and do not suffer any egregious vulnerabilities that would allow co-installed Wordpress to access the Exchange Server.
Minor quibble, but as I read the summary, where I saw "outdated" I thought "unpatched," and it seems quite reasonable that an Exchange 2007/2010 server without the latest patches could suffer egregious vulnerabilities. Unsupported and unpatched would probably be better words.
Common sense, the human brain?
I don't think that's what the police departments are looking for...
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