Interesting Links for 30-08-2018

[andrewducker]

98.6 Degrees Is A Normal Body Temperature, Right? Not Quite

(tags: temperature history research biology health )

If you're genuinely unsure whether to quit your job or break up, then you probably should

(tags: happiness relationships jobs change )

The School Shootings That Weren't

(tags: research guns fail )

Why are French and British fleets arguing about scallops?

(tags: france uk fish ocean )

‘Hasn’t He Been Punished Enough?’ Say Friends of Man Who Hasn’t Ruined a Woman’s Career in Months

(tags: comedy abuse louisck )

22% of 14-year-old girls, 9% of boys in UK have self-harmed

(tags: self-harm UK children )

Everything You Need to Know About Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria

(tags: lgbt transgender fraud )

The Queensferry Crossing has been open for a year

(tags: transport Edinburgh bridge scotland )

Comments

[ninetydegrees]

"98.6 Degrees Is A Normal Body Temperature, Right? Not Quite"

The results of the study fit me completely. Normal temp at 36.5C and fever-like symptoms starting at 37.4C or less. Thanks for the link!

[andrewducker]

My pleasure!

[danieldwilliam]

Surely if you had a tempreture of 98.6 degrees you'd have either boiled inside your own skull or be completely frozen.

[andrewducker]

Probably both at once.

[danieldwilliam]

It's a hell of way to go.

It wasn't the heat that got him, or the cold, but that pedantic Unit of Measurement Metric System is viscous.

[andrewducker]

I'm fairly sure that the viscous pedant is in the second edition monster manual.

[danieldwilliam]

Only in the third reprint of the second edition.

[simont]

Viscous pendant, please.

[calimac]

I presume we're making ponderous measuring-system jokes here? The article did say "F" after the first temperature given in its text.

[danieldwilliam]

Ponderous jokes? Nah, it's too hot / cold for that.

[calimac]

The sarcastic article on Louis C.K. - and it's a good sarcastic article, entirely on point - refers to him as "the man who made an art form out of masturbation jokes."

Serious question here, because I'm unfamiliar with his work and had barely heard of him before the scandal broke: to what extent is that description true? I've seen other implications that his humor suggested it shouldn't have been surprising that he'd turn out to be the kind who'd jerk off in front of unwilling women. If so, that kind of implies something about those fans who so desperately want him back.

[andrewducker]

It's...somewhat true. He definitely did a lot of jokes in the "Men are pathetic, see how pathetic I can be" space. But he also did a lot of other stuff too. I first encountered him talking about how amazing modern life and technology is.

He did seem to be highlighting things in a "We could be better" way, which made people think that he wouldn't do that kind of thing himself. Which I think triggered a lot of the disappointment people felt when it turned out that he was actually that kind of person.

[calimac]

Thanks. From this it'd seem that the negative implications from his humor are more ex post facto than "obvious warning signs."

I was wondering because of similar implications drawn from Bill Cosby, whose work I did know. Part of what made the Cosby revelations so disturbing was his previous reputation for "clean," family-friendly humor. But much was made of an early routine of his about rape drugs ("Spanish fly"). However, it seemed to me the warning quality of this was diluted by Cosby saying nothing specific about what the drugs did, and that the punchline of the routine was that however legendary the drugs might be, nobody had any.

[andrewducker]

Yeah, people sometimes focus on tiny things that are only obvious in hindsight.

The Spanish Fly thing is odd, because I've only ever heard of it as a libido booster, not a rape drug. I've not seen the Cosby skit though.

[andrewducker]

Never mind, have now gone and read up more about Cosby.

Uncertainty About Jobs

[dewline]

Specific to this article:

https://80000hours.org/2018/08/randomised-experiment-if-youre-really-unsure-whether-to-quit-your-job-or-break-up-you-really-probably-should/

This is going to haunt me.

Re: Uncertainty About Jobs

[andrewducker]

Not sure if you fancy a new one?

Re: Uncertainty About Jobs

[dewline]

I should probably start a webcomic from scratch if I'm going to do anything useful about this. Soon.

Re: Uncertainty About Jobs

[andrewducker]

Got any plans for this evening?