Category: Humility
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Men as the weak sex. Humility. Practical philosophy.
It is generally well known that men have an overall shorter life expectancy compared to women. A recent study shows a correlation between a loss of the Y chromosome in blood cells and both a shorter life span and higher mortality from cancer in other organs. (1) Men tend to believe they are stronger. Men…
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Bad science, humility, virtues.
Among Stanford University's palm trees and sandstone arches—the picture of ivory-tower—there's going to be a center dedicated to chipping away that ivory, The Economist reports. The university plans to open a Meta-Research Innovation Center: a center for the study of bad science. The center will take aim at biomedical studies that are poorly designed, are…
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