I'm using this post to hold a link to this good breakdown on unconscious bias from Scientific American: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-to-think-about-implicit-…
Key Points:
Science worth Saving
Higher sensitivity to disgust correlated with being right wing. Interesting theory. Sample size is only 50 though
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.00255…
Now that I live in the USA, I've had a lot more arguments about gun control. They rarely go anywhere, since there's a gulf in values between left and right wing thinkers on this issue. I want to use this post as a staging ground to collect the common arguments on gun control from both sides, and point out research which validates or contradicts the various arguments.
To summarize my current position:
This one makes me happy. Pink sea salt is no better or worse than regular salt.
https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/pass-the-salt-but-not-that-pink-himala…
There are so many people online saying "there is no pay gap", or "there is a pay gap". Often it's really hard to get clarity on an apples-to-apples comparison showing data that demonstrates the pay gap.
Here's a link to a study showing a pay gap in the first year after college. This ignores the problem of lost wages because of maternity leave, and also differences in negotiation (which is debatable - apparently some studies have shown that women who negotiate salary are penalized). If there's good research on that, send me a message!
http://www.aasmnet.org/JCSM/ViewAbstract.aspx?pid=29198
Takeaway: caffeine affects you 6 hours or more before bed.