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http://tn.com.ar/economia/ojos-que-no-ven-ahora-hay-cupos-de-compra-para-los-lentes-de-contacto_575760

Thanks for clarifying, Ries! I am always curious as to what people mean when they say things. We all hail from very diverse backgrounds and express our realities differently, and I am very fascinated on what aspect of reality one puts emphasis when speaking about something as general as (in the...

Thank you Montauk_Project for sharing your take on the description 'educated'. I was curious what is it that the author of the post had in mind when he used the words 'educated' and 'worldly'. As for your statement '...I´m not sure how many Argentines you have talked to about intellectual...

I am curious about two characteristics from the above list: educated and worldly. I admit that, 'educated' caught me by surprise, because I associate 'educated' with 'performance' in the education system, and Argentina has a chronic record of near-the-bottom performance on PISA. So, to clarify...

'...when people’s beliefs are threatened, they often take flight to a land where facts do not matter. In scientific terms, their beliefs become less “falsifiable” because they can no longer be tested scientifically for verification or refutation...'...

Ah, ok, I hear you...you are saying that it IS an indicator but should NOT be used in ANY analysis. I am glad we agree! Kind of like 'if a tree falls in the forest and nobody is there to hear it, did it make a noise?' kind of a thing. No harm intended my friend, I am just playing with your...

Matias, it appears from your writing that you have very little or no experience with statistics, study design, and cognitive errors. Would you agree? If you look up a topic known as 'study design' you will understand exactly where the errors in your statements occur and what makes something a...

Please do share, kind sir, what does Malbec represent to us, and please, please define 'us'!

You are kidding, right? There are so many other factors (some explained with basic social psychology) that can contribute to coca cola consumption increases/decreases that make this particular 'indicator' so vulnerable to any scientific study's internal and external validity bias. And not to...

http://www.elcolombiano.com/internacional/america-latina/cristina-fernandez-orgullosa-porque-argentina-es-el-pais-que-mas-consume-gaseosa-NB1366942

I have lived in Barcelona in the past and still spend considerable time there every year. If you are a Spanish resident (independent of your citizenship, but you have a Spanish and/or EU resident card) with a legally declared and registered address in Barcelona, in other words, 'empadronado' en...

Good point, ElQuesto. I, too (if it were up to me), would prioritize major research funding towards addressing conditions that may not be addressed any other way with current medical treatments/therapies. I am glad of course that I am not the one who needs to decide what constitutes priority...

Researchers at Cambridge University discovered that it is possible to make human egg and sperm cells using the skin from two adults of the same gender: http://www.hngn.com/articles/71635/20150223/same-sex-couples-babies-new-stem-cell-breakthrough-cambridge-study.htm

I have difficulty following you, sorry....could you clarify please who is 'they; in the above statement? Are you implying that your personal experience invalidates a study? Do you have a link to how is Sweden '...encouraging people to adap high fat/low carb diet...'? Via a health policy or is...

Do you happen to have a link or two to peer-reviewed studies that supports your claim or is this your conclusion based on the information you have been exposed through over the years? Could it be that the observation you are citing is not related to a faulty scientific methodology, but rather...

Where in the article did you note that ' someone picks what they think is a 'healthy' diet' and more so, that someone tries to '...define the world by it'? Healthy was defined in the study as a scale with tendencies, meaning some combination of '... fruits, vegetables, beans and legumes, nuts...

Being elected over and over and over during the past 17 years is quite easily explained using basic social psychology and a few other indicators from the human development index.

Out of curiosity, why do you 'hate the word "experts"..'?

I would say that it is quite valuable given the robust study design, as the results can be used to guide policy and health economics. Wouldn't you agree?

The authors of the original study (freely available in the original format) explain the contextual correlations you are questioning. Life expectancy is a compound statistical measure that is not only related to dietary intake, therefore, looking at dietary intake and life expectancy side by...