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  1. Penumbra

    Bicycles!

    I think I can honestly say I have zero bike geekiness. I figure that the mechanical engineers at Trek know how to make a bike better than me, so I'm not going to do any modification. Years back, I just looked up various pros and cons of mountain bikes, checked out reviews, and picked one...
  2. Penumbra

    Head Transplant: Does it work?

    Before they even approach head transplants, they should figure out how to re-attach severed spinal chords to cure paralysis.
  3. Penumbra

    Bicycles!

    I've got a pretty generic decent quality hardtail mountain bike. Seems to get the job done.
  4. Penumbra

    Who Is the best Superhero (American Animation)?

    I've always liked Batman, starting with the animated series. I also liked the version of Hawkgirl in the animated Justice League tv show from a while back.
  5. Penumbra

    If you don't believe in judgement, where are the ethics coming from?

    Reason and instinctual empathy. Personally, I probably wouldn't spend a lot of time around people that feel they have no internal ethical compass or no way to derive proper behavior from context, and instead base their behavior entirely on the premise that they'll be judged. What would happen...
  6. Penumbra

    Nice Going Governor.. 15 an hour for Fast Food Workers across the State of New York. oh boy.....

    Labor costs only make up a certain percentage of expenses of restaurants, and food costs only make up a certain percentage of a person's income. So, increasing wages does not increase food costs to the customer by an equal amount, and whatever price increases do get passed onto a customer do...
  7. Penumbra

    Non-religious people: What convinced you to stop believing in God?

    Lack of evidence for anything specific. Reading multiple texts from various religions and having none of them stand out as seeming to be anything other than culturally-biased human writings.
  8. Penumbra

    does the bible contain anything of value

    I don't find much unique value in it, personally.
  9. Penumbra

    How liberal or conservative are you relative to the U.S. voting population?

    I'm socially liberal and economically progressive. Basically, like Bernie Sanders. I'm left of the average U.S. voting population on most issues. Mathematics, mostly.
  10. Penumbra

    Does Blending Destroy Nutritions?

    Cool experiment: regular blender (lots of oxidation) vs immersion stick blender (little oxidation): It's exaggerated because the bananas were blended unnecessarily long in the regular blender. But it shows that if you're hardcore into blending, it's worth considering getting an immersion...
  11. Penumbra

    beer; never again, now all wine!

    I prefer wine.
  12. Penumbra

    Does Blending Destroy Nutritions?

    That particular claim is not evidenced, and it sounds highly exaggerated. Not even boiling vegetables does that much nutrient damage per minute. If blending is literally an order of magnitude more destructive to nutrients than boiling, that sounds like something that would be evidenced. When...
  13. Penumbra

    As of this moment, who would you vote for in the Democratic nomination?

    I view it the opposite way; any GOP candidate has a disadvantage in a presidential-year election. It's not impossible, but it's an uphill battle. In terms of single-issue polls, Bernie the majority of the population supports Bernie. He's not as far off as people might think. There are more...
  14. Penumbra

    Can you 'beat' depression?

    A statistical example of something that is essentially unbeatable would be an ailment that has fairly consistent rates among multiple demographics and locations, with little or no evidence linking it to any lifestyle elements. Unipolar depression, on the other hand, most likely has a cultural...
  15. Penumbra

    What are you eating?

    Stir fry with coconut oil, tofu, broccoli, kale, fresh cut ginger, and soy sauce, served over brown rice, paired with a dry rose wine.
  16. Penumbra

    Matcha Green Tea Powder

    Chinese matcha, which is typically cheaper, is more likely to have lead. The plant absorbs it from the soil when it grows. Higher grade matcha from Japan is unlikely to have lead. This is a product where price usually does matter. I get Japanese matcha from Kenko Tea, and they do lead...
  17. Penumbra

    Black Lives Matter TOO

    What a wild speculation that is. I presented evidence. Your turn.
  18. Penumbra

    Will Hillary's email problem be her undoing?

    No, emails won't be the downfall. If she doesn't win, I think it will be from lack of enthusiasm from Democrats. As much as I'd like to see a female president, I didn't support her in 2008 because she was slippery. She didn't answer specifics, and her responses seemed manufactured. She's...
  19. Penumbra

    As of this moment, who would you vote for in the Democratic nomination?

    Bernie.
  20. Penumbra

    Black Lives Matter TOO

    No reasonable person argues that murderers should not be imprisoned for a long time. But, focusing on murder and the argument that black culture is more violent, misses the primary reason for incarceration and police contact by a long shot. The exact statistics depend on the year the data is...
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