Posted on Jun 16, 2023 | Comments Off on With Government Opposing Smoking Cessation Tools, Alternatives Like Gum Come Back Into Play
In the 1990s, culture seemed to truly get that cigarettes and the damage they cause are the leading preventable lifestyle killer. Tobacco companies got penalized to the tune of tens of billions of dollars for their part in suppressing data showing the harms of smoking but instead of celebrating the win and using that money to promote smoking cessation and harm reduction, much of it went to trial...
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Posted on Jun 13, 2023 | Comments Off on Healthcare Patients May Be Biased Against Chatbot Avatars
A decade ago, automated telephone menus were what everyone hated. It was common to press 0 or yell 'Agent' at the phone because you knew that after inputting everything it wanted, when you got to an agent they were going to ask you for everything all over again.Today, you probably ignore the chat window that opens up on a website, especially if you think it is a bot. A Verizon bot is going to be...
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Posted on Apr 19, 2023 | Comments Off on IARC Conflict Of Interest On Aspartame – Ramazzini Director Seems To Know The Result In Advance
The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), a United Nations epidemiology group headquartered in France, could be in ethical hot water again over the claim by a Ramazzini Institute leader that seems to know in advance that IARC will consider aspartame a carcinogen - a designation which leads to automatic warning labels or even bans in places like California, which under Proposition 65...
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Posted on Feb 23, 2023 | Comments Off on Sheep Are Expensive Lawn Mowers – But Maybe Cheap Mental Health
If you have ever seen pictures of people doing yoga with goats or sunning their butt-holes(1), you may have assumed it is California, but that is unfair. It is just as likely to be any state on the west coast.read...
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Posted on Feb 23, 2023 | Comments Off on Sheep Are Expensive Lawn Mowers – But Maybe Cheap Mental Health
If you have ever seen pictures of people doing yoga with goats or sunning their butt-holes(1), you may have assumed it is California, but that is unfair. It is just as likely to be any state on the west coast.read...
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Posted on Feb 14, 2023 | Comments Off on For Valentine’s Day, Academics Want More Women With God Complexes In Films
Films have been common for over a century and a new paper laments that for much of that time men have been the unhinged scientists with a 'God complex', because by not having more 'mad' women in the 1930s, modern Artificial Intelligence routines are perpetuating gender stereotypes.When you think of 'mad scientist' you probably do think of a man, and the authors argue that is a symptom of deeper...
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