the first time aspartame went before the FDA(1980), the FDA shot it down because three independent scientists confirmed that it “might induce brain tumors.” On January 21, 1981, the day after Ronald Reagan’s inauguration, they re-applied to the FDA for approval to use aspartame. Reagan’s new FDA commissioner, Arthur Hayes Hull, Jr., appointed a 5-person […]
Government agencies are run by people like everyone else. Those people aren’t smarter or more caring than others. Government agencies don’t have superpowers or access to secret information that private individuals can’t access…
Here is a link to an awesome short video that aired on ABC that explains how private companies do a better job than […]
Fascinating article. Someone may have already mentioned this, but it just popped into my head (perhaps of my own free will…?):
Firstly, I’m not a physicist, so please forgive my butchery of the theories I reference/inappropriate vocab…
If I understand correctly, a deterministic universe is one giant Rube Goldberg machine, with every bit of matter down to […]
I think his point is that the Universe is far larger than the Earth. Our modern-day society is incredibly advanced in comparison to the Greeks, but our Galaxy–much less the cluster of galaxies our galaxy exists within–are exponentially larger still. If anything allowed humanity to develop past the dark ages, it was our humility and […]
Ha, actually that is precisely what I got from it.
As for that, I think TreatsTheBear replied a good one:
“As for the “How do we know we’re not forcing those neurons to fire?” question, if we were forcing them to fire, what would we be forcing them with? If it’s just regular known physical forces, then […]
For numerous obvious reasons, like:
Cost. They are very expensive.
ROI. They pay for themselves after 15-30 years, but how many people are sure they will live in the same house for that long? And if you sell early, how much of the investment do you get back?
Help. Some towns and states help citizens buy […]
This is just another example of the government dragging their feet. First the FCC allows Comcast to get away with cheating their customers and blocking paying consumers bandwidth. And here we see the the government dragging their feet again in the form of the FDA. All these agencies seems to exists in name only, they […]
I know Kevin personally.
He is many things. Crazy? Sure. Reckless? You bet. Stupid? Not so much. He’s quite intelligent, actually. His actions here, however, were blatantly dumb. I don’t think many people would question the fact that there is no excuse for engaging in such a […]
Yeah, I feel like algae is the way to go, though this seems somewhat promising as well. I think looking in all directions is a good move.
Though, as another poster said, biofuels are a stop-gap. We need to really improve our energy infrastructure. In the future, many different types of renewable methods will feed into […]
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Yeah, and who provides oversight to “Consumer Reports” once they take over the job of food and drug safety? They are a business also. Who provides oversight to their activities? Does anyone ever think through their arguments on here? The point of government is to provide transparent oversight into corporations, which […]