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I just had a thought earlier. Is it possible to be sexist against your own gender? I know for example the N word is a big no no for a white person to say, yet the black community use it all the time. In a similar vein, is it ok for men to use the term "mansplaining" and still be non-sexist...

Doc: I spoke to someone years ago who was doing some biomed type degree. They said there were 5 criteria you need to satisfy to say something is living. They said viruses only satisfied 3 or 4 of them. So, the question is are viruses alive? My understanding is they are a bit like bits of DNA...

Ok, it is Saturday and I weighed myself today. On Monday I was 14st 4lbs. Today - 5 days later - I am 14st 0.6lbs. That is a 3.4lb loss, which I am very pleased with. :D The changes I made and stuck to were: breakfast (superfood shake or granola + milk (small portion)); small cappuccino instead...

I came across this article earlier today: https://www.wired.co.uk/article/artificial-life-vint-cerf In it, they claim they have created a lifeform with only 473 genes. Does this make them God? Are these really lifeforms or just a case of man meddling with the dangerous primordial soup? [For...

To be fair, I am logging many factors: BMI, body fat percentage, weight, waist size, blood pressure. Hopefully, the needle should move in the right direction for all these factors. Yet building muscle is way slower than losing fat. The benefit of gaining muscle is you can increase your BMR. BMR...

Nooooo! My local coffee shop (Costa) has introduced a coffee and walnut cake. Generally speaking, I don't like the long-life cakes in Costa. Fresh is best. But when you have restricted supply, it gets tempting. Banned until the weekend!

Bee, I understand your point which is why I said, "sometimes." However, the perspective of if something is a disability or not may depend on the environment. Let's go back to the giraffe. With strong competition for the veg at lower levels, those high-up leaves may be plentiful. Everything has a...

It is Day 3 and I have lost 2.2 lbs so far. No doubt much of that is water as glycogen (which attracts water) gets flushed from my body. I am having reasonable control over my diet. Just plodding along for now.

I suspect that "evolved" would suffice. My angle is that sometimes, those with Aspergers can be exceptionally logical, gifted in fact, in some areas. Say perhaps maths, although that is a guess. While it is considered a disability, perhaps in evolutionary terms it is in fact an adaption to take...

Nice perspective Doc. As always, I am creating an argument out of nothing. :rolleyes::D:p

I had a very low score on aesthetics too. No wonder I can't ever remember going to an art gallery!

Giraffes evolved to feed on the leaves that others couldn't reach. This can be referred to as The Red Queen Effect. An evolutionary adaption comes to the fore, enabling a competitive advantage for those newly evolved traits. Could Aspergers be an example of this? Does anyone here have Aspergers...

Then how do we know if we are being rational about trying to be rational? That is like this statement: This sentence is false. Within your claim is a kind of loop. A bit like saying, it is red, up until the fact that it is not always red. :LOL: Perhaps it is better to say: It is irrational to...

Since we are riddled with cognitive biases, when we try to be rational, we are not necessarily being rational. So is it not rational to be aware that we are not rational? Or is that irrational? :eek:

Haha! I wonder if it is to do with if there are unread posts or not.

Uncle, do you have dirty glasses too?

Thanks for posting that Uncle. Yes, yours looks fine. Mine has measles. Not sure why. Hopefully find out soon.

Back in the day, retirement was short. But nowadays, people live so much longer than before that there must be great opportunity to do the things that you've always wanted. I've always believed it is good practice to listen to those older than yourself, because they have been where you will...

Thanks for the suggestion Uncle. Perhaps in the interim, it is worth creating a thread for this math genius in the Amazing People forum?

We spend most of our life either working while adults or studying while children. What is it like to finally stop working and put your feet up? Is it better or worse than expected? All those who have retired, please let us poor workers know! I haven't retired myself, it just looks that way when...