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- What helps you sleep?: Good sex or a boring movie.
- Too many teeth or No teeth at all
- Zune or Segway
- Cowgirls, Inc. or Pony
- What is your sweetest taboo?: As in a personal taboo that would make people go, "AWWWW?"
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May 22
Arsenic7 commented on Portland Voters Are Stoopid.
Arsenic7 commented on Portland Voters Are Stoopid.
@96
Interesting that you specifically picked out aether which is a belief of pre-scientific theory science and pre-peer review.
You are, of course, correct to reject majority opinion as a good reason to believe something. But the answer for that is not to reject the opinion of experts but to make certain they are taking their duties of objectivity and peer review seriously. Seems to me you don't care for any of that.
Interesting that you specifically picked out aether which is a belief of pre-scientific theory science and pre-peer review.
You are, of course, correct to reject majority opinion as a good reason to believe something. But the answer for that is not to reject the opinion of experts but to make certain they are taking their duties of objectivity and peer review seriously. Seems to me you don't care for any of that.
May 22
Arsenic7 commented on Portland Voters Are Stoopid.
Arsenic7 commented on Portland Voters Are Stoopid.
1. Majority of health scientists believe fluoride is safe and should be added to drinking water at appropriate levels where it does not occur naturally.
2. These scientists believe the issue is settled and there is enough evidence to conclude that fluoride is, indeed, as safe as claimed.
3. These scientists are better equipped to make this decision than the general public. We can either accept their expertise or reject it UNLESS...
4. THEY ARE INVOLVED IN A CONSPIRACY TO (blank).
That last one seems like a stretch.
I'm just going to point out that there have been no health deficiencies indicated to be caused by fluoridated water over the many decades it's been added to municipal water supplies and there is no evidence that it causes any harm. Therefore the onus of proving it is harmful, rather than helpful, falls on the opponents. Interestingly, those same opponents seem to all be non-experts with fears based on...nothing...
So which version of reality should I believe.
2. These scientists believe the issue is settled and there is enough evidence to conclude that fluoride is, indeed, as safe as claimed.
3. These scientists are better equipped to make this decision than the general public. We can either accept their expertise or reject it UNLESS...
4. THEY ARE INVOLVED IN A CONSPIRACY TO (blank).
That last one seems like a stretch.
I'm just going to point out that there have been no health deficiencies indicated to be caused by fluoridated water over the many decades it's been added to municipal water supplies and there is no evidence that it causes any harm. Therefore the onus of proving it is harmful, rather than helpful, falls on the opponents. Interestingly, those same opponents seem to all be non-experts with fears based on...nothing...
So which version of reality should I believe.
May 22
Arsenic7 commented on Portland Voters Are Stoopid.
Arsenic7 commented on Portland Voters Are Stoopid.
@49
The onus is on you to prove something DOES hold exist and hold true when subjected to challenges, if we are talking science.
But you are not talking science. You are talking bullshit.
In science, "absence of evidence" is not evidence of...anything.
Meanwhile, there is ample evidence that fluoride is safe.
The onus is on you to prove something DOES hold exist and hold true when subjected to challenges, if we are talking science.
But you are not talking science. You are talking bullshit.
In science, "absence of evidence" is not evidence of...anything.
Meanwhile, there is ample evidence that fluoride is safe.
May 22
Arsenic7 commented on Portland Voters Are Stoopid.
Arsenic7 commented on Portland Voters Are Stoopid.
BIG DENTAL STRIKES AGAIN!
But seriously, the medical and biological research community all agree that flouride is safe. If you believe there isn't enough evidence in this area, then you're ignoring the very simple evidence we have that fluoridation of the water supply results in better dental health and...that's it. There are no negative side effects that we know of. So why don't we base our evidence on what we know, rather than coming up with all these crazy ideas about how what we don't know my be WORLD SHATTERING.
Lots of false comments, like the guy who implied that Portland has better dental health than other cities with fluoride in their water (um what?) or 28 who is confusing resistance to antibiotics amongst bacteria with resistance to anti-microbial in general (fluoride is used to increase tooth health, not in concentrations that would sterilize water) are just trying to complicate an issue that is not complicated.
Portland made the wrong decision.
But seriously, the medical and biological research community all agree that flouride is safe. If you believe there isn't enough evidence in this area, then you're ignoring the very simple evidence we have that fluoridation of the water supply results in better dental health and...that's it. There are no negative side effects that we know of. So why don't we base our evidence on what we know, rather than coming up with all these crazy ideas about how what we don't know my be WORLD SHATTERING.
Lots of false comments, like the guy who implied that Portland has better dental health than other cities with fluoride in their water (um what?) or 28 who is confusing resistance to antibiotics amongst bacteria with resistance to anti-microbial in general (fluoride is used to increase tooth health, not in concentrations that would sterilize water) are just trying to complicate an issue that is not complicated.
Portland made the wrong decision.
May 17
Arsenic7 commented on "What would you consider the number one priority in the making of Atlas Shrugged Part III?".
Arsenic7 commented on "What would you consider the number one priority in the making of Atlas Shrugged Part III?".
"Pick one."
Apr 4
Arsenic7 commented on The Doctor Who Business Is Male-Dominated.
Arsenic7 commented on The Doctor Who Business Is Male-Dominated.
For the Doctor Who geeks, isn't there some implication by the doctor that there isn't even necessarily any reason why he always regenerates as a male and not a female?
Mar 29
Arsenic7 commented on Alaska's Only Congressman Calls Mexicans Wetbacks.
Arsenic7 commented on Alaska's Only Congressman Calls Mexicans Wetbacks.
Saying wetback is not racist because people used to use it without batting an eye is like saying the same thing about the word "nigger." Just because people used it casually all the time in "polite" company doesn't mean it's not horrible.
Mar 22
Arsenic7 commented on Woman Really into Science, Internet Poops Itself with Stupidity.
Arsenic7 commented on Woman Really into Science, Internet Poops Itself with Stupidity.
Why so, Asparagus?
Mar 6
Arsenic7 commented on Dear Nerds: Don't Do Blackface.
Arsenic7 commented on Dear Nerds: Don't Do Blackface.
The race of the character is relevant to the plot.
But referencing the character is just as effective, if not more so, by simply copying their dress, hair style, and accoutrements.
But referencing the character is just as effective, if not more so, by simply copying their dress, hair style, and accoutrements.
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Two things.
The cdc page you linked says it's fine and, at worst, there is a mildly higher chance that your child could suffer from fluorosis if you use tap water EVERY TIME to reconstitute formula and all you feed them is formula.
This is fluorosis:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dental_fluo…
The major health side effect...is completely cosmetic.
Not really that scary.