Definitely not shelf, fucking snitches

Horriblest babby sister is horriblest

And, once you formalize an inductive argument, often the important part is whether the premises are acceptable in the given context

Even Joyce?

Peace bench (bench of peace)

The problem with conspiracy theorists is far more complex than just getting people to "trust science." And tackling it requires more complex tools.

I had a long discussion with a conspiracy theorist (vaccine cause autism, chemtrails, the whole nine yards). He kept sending me scientific papers as evidence for his claims. He wasn't anti-science... exactly the opposite. He was better informed about vaccines than I was.

The importantest question

Pumpkin pie is a jar of baby food on a crust (complimentary)

Old babies, on the other hand, genuinely are friendly and harmless and you should totally just walk up to them

What to do about this fourth kind of stories, about mundane-sounding policies that could be a nothingburger or could be opening the door to abuse? I don't really have a good answer—my own reporting is as fraught with the uncertainty of whether a policy like gold standard science will matter at all.

Unnecessary parentheses wrapping entire sides of equations is v Continental