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  1. Penumbra

    Wine

    When I drink wine, I prefer biodynamic very dry red varieties. Normal wine has so many added chemicals these days. I've had some good ones out of Italy in particular. If you go to a decent wine shop, an experienced staff person there should be able to help you select something based on your...
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    Taxation....How To Do It?

    In the context of my post, when I referred to capital gains taxes being lower than ordinary income taxes, I was referring to equities and other primary investing assets. I was talking about that in the context of billionaires, capital gains, dividends, corporate tax, etc. There aren't a whole...
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    Why are women paid less than men, if they are? (reasons and solutions)

    You still haven't actually addressed the studies I presented. I don't really expect to convince you of anything. However, for anybody reading this, I'll present further evidence. 1) Here's an article providing information about the wage gap. It's based on both gender and race...
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    Why are women paid less than men, if they are? (reasons and solutions)

    I'll recommend, again, actually reading what's posted. https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/unofficial-prognosis/study-shows-gender-bias-in-science-is-real-heres-why-it-matters/ They showed literally identical application packages to scientists. Half were given ones that had a female name...
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    Why are women paid less than men, if they are? (reasons and solutions)

    I recommend actually reading what has been posted, prior to commenting. The first example study specifically has female applicants being given 15% lower salary offers than men, for identical applications. The identical female applicants were considered less hireable and assigned lower...
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    Why are women paid less than men, if they are? (reasons and solutions)

    None of that addresses the study. -Given identical resumes, both women and men prefer applicants with male names, rate them higher in terms of hireability, and consider them worthy of higher salaries. The same thing happens if you send out identical resumes with ethnically black or white...
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    Are you a vegetarian?

    What buddhist is saying about ketones is correct. I've personally experienced it and there's a ton of science on it. For the vast majority of people, their brain runs on glucose, because they eat a lot of carbs/sugar every day. So yeah, most doctors would say the brain runs on glucose as its...
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    Are you a vegetarian?

    I was a vegetarian (near-vegan) for several years, for health and compassion. I definitely support outlawing factory farms. Eventually due to a variety of research, in order to improve my health and the environment, I started adding some meat back in to my otherwise plant-based diet. Some...
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    Half-naked animal rights activists brand each other with hot irons, and more.

    They're pretty tough. As long as they clean the wounds well, then I say not bad.
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    Taxation....How To Do It?

    No, I even agreed that adjusting capital gains for inflation would be acceptable. It's a reasonable policy, especially if everything else is simplified enough. I'm not interested in taxing phantom gains. You didn't address the practical fact that the top 1% (which make much of their income...
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    Polls: Clinton Wins Second Debate by Narrower Margin than First

    Depends on which measure. I of course agree with Clinton over Trump on most points in the debate, including her positions on energy and the environment, religious freedom, supreme court nominees, Trump's statements and treatments towards women and racial and religious minorities and veterans...
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    Taxation....How To Do It?

    Despite the fact that he increased them, dividend tax rates and capital tax rates on stocks, real estate, etc. are still lower than several of the ordinary income tax brackets. That's how a billionaire like Warren Buffett can end up paying a lower tax rate than a physician. And the "carried...
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    Why are women paid less than men, if they are? (reasons and solutions)

    Or, you know, facts:
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    Why are women paid less than men, if they are? (reasons and solutions)

    What are you talking about? Are you serious? If you get identical resumes from a male and female applicant, you confidently assume the female applicant didn't truly earn those credentials and the male did? Both applicants had the stated desire on their resume to go and get a PhD in a couple...
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    Taxation....How To Do It?

    Not necessarily. The average American corporation pays an effective federal tax rate of about 12.6%, according to the Government Accountability Office. That's despite the 35% official rate. http://money.cnn.com/2013/07/01/news/economy/corporate-tax-rate/ Then, dividend taxes are only 20% for...
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    Taxation....How To Do It?

    Yes, I do think taxpayers should be able to deduct losses from income, including losses exceeding income for future years, at least in regards to the tax code as its currently structured. -If a person has two separate million dollar investments, and one of them doubles to $2 million and the...
  17. Penumbra

    Which Sex is Most Resilient?

    I don't notice a difference in magnitude for psychological resilience. Qualitatively, women seem more likely to react to problems with sadness/crying while menseem more likely to react with irrational levels of anger or misapplied anger. I've seen some studies both ways in terms of physical...
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    Why are women paid less than men, if they are? (reasons and solutions)

    Here's a very specific study showing evidence of a wage gap: https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/unofficial-prognosis/study-shows-gender-bias-in-science-is-real-heres-why-it-matters/ They gave qualified application packages to scientists for a lab manager position. Although the applications...
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    Do you fast?

    Yeah I sometimes skip breakfast. I rarely have an appetite in the morning. I've gone periods where I regularly skipped breakfast, and periods where I just have one egg for breakfast. Or a protein bar. After 48-72 hours on a fast, the brain starts running on high levels of ketones instead of...
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    Do you fast?

    Yup. ^-^ You're right about that, from what I've researched. Short fasts boost growth hormones dramatically, which benefits both the body and the brain. Some bodybuilders or other people looking for Adonis-like physiques do intermittent fasts now because it allows them to cut fat while...
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