Tag: Health

When your ‘gurus’ or other ‘authoritative sources’ make clever arguments that seem reasonable to you, it still doesn’t mean that following the ‘gurus’ is thinking for yourself. Another classic error of reasoning is believing that thinking differently is necessarily thinking better or smarter. The reality is, an offbeat clever argument can cause damage that could be avoided by willing to be ordinary. Of course the challenge is to know when to do which.

What we should do, but probably won’t; Give two choices: accept the treatment offered without harassing (or worse) those treating you or acknowledge one’s choice of going home and managing on one’s own against doctor’s advice. If you can’t make a choice, you’re not competent to make a decision, so you are on a Form 1 and evaluated for mental health (or other impairment) issues.

No offence meant to the bean dish in the cover photo, but it reminds me of the results of an awful bout of food-borne illness I recently experienced.

The COVID-19 pandemic brought the term vaccine efficacy into the public eye. But what do the efficacy numbers mean?

A poem and discussion of the problem of lactose intolerance and lack of ingredients lists with online grocery shopping.