Uninsured ER patients twice as likely to die:
insured patients with traumatic injuries, such as car crashes, falls and gunshot wounds, were almost twice as likely to die in the hospital as similarly injured patients with health insurance, according to a troubling new study. The findings by Harvard University researchers surprised doctors and health experts who have believed emergency room care was equitable. "This is another drop in a sea of evidence that the uninsured fare much worse in their health in the United States," said senior author…
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The most boring video game ever made:
sert Bus is the best known minigame in the package, and was a featured part of Electronic Gaming Monthly's preview. The objective of the game is to drive a bus from Tucson, Arizona to Las Vegas, Nevada in real time at a maximum speed of 45mph. The feat requires 8 hours of continuous play to complete, since the game cannot be paused. The bus contains no passengers, and there is no scenery or other traffic on the road. The bus…
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Priest, Minister and Rabbi: Which one does the most for the public good?
a freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com A priest, a minister, and a rabbi walk into an economics lab. Which one is most likely to increase contributions to the public good? A new study found that Protestants were more likely than Jews or Catholics to contribute money to a public pool. The Protestants also worked hardest for wages in a labor market game. Consider it evidence for the Protestant work ethic. (HT: Chris Blattman) Join over 320,000 readers. Get a free weekly update via email here. Related posts:…
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What, specifically, is the numerical definiton of ‘most’:
ademic linguists have traditionally agreed that when we use the word "most" in English, we usually mean anything from 51 to 99 percent of given group of people or collection of objects. "Some linguists have argued that the word 'most' includes the 100% value as well, and that the meaning of 'most' is identical to that of 'more than half.' My study has proved them wrong," says Prof. Ariel. Working with 60 volunteers from English-speaking countries including Australia, Britain and…
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GODZILLA’S FOOD, EXERCISE, AND DREAM DIARY.
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What Does “Hostile Takeover” Mean? (Video):
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What Intelligence Tests Miss:
ybe we would better understand ourselves and the animals with which we share our world if we stopped thinking we were so different from them, and realised how often we behave like irrational (yet sophisticated) automatons who can only make up stories to justify their behaviour after the fact. Maybe the surprise is not our failures of rationality, but that we are able to be rational at all. via timeshighereducation.co.uk Join over 320,000 readers. Get a free weekly update via email here.…
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What are the odds a naked homeowner will stop an intruder at gunpoint?
a bookofodds.com Ninety-one-year-old Robert E. Thompson of Lake Worth, Florida didn’t bother getting dressed when he heard a commotion in his backyard this September, which explains why police found him naked and pointing a loaded gun at an intruder. Police say Thompson woke up, jumped out of bed, and grabbed his .38 caliber revolver after 26-year-old Jose Pascual climbed his backyard fence. Pascual had already been met by Thompson’s charging dog, Rett, a Rottweiler mix, according to the local CBS…
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