Interesting Links for 20-07-2022

[andrewducker]

1. Yay! 60% of Americans aren't Creationists!

(tags:religion usa headdesk evolution belief )

2. UK pay falls at fastest rate on record as inflation hits

(tags:inequality uk pay )

3. A fictional dictionary entry from the future, about the first ever upload. Fascinating and horrifying.

(tags:transhumanism viaCharlesStross scifi )

4. How to encourage your child to have a healthy relationship with food

(tags:psychology food children )

5. Anti-Corbyn Labour officials covertly diverted election funds away from winnable seats, Forde report finds

(tags:labour corruption OhForFucksSake )

6. Beware of bad science reporting: No, we haven't killed 90% of all plankton

(tags:FactCheck ocean doom )

7. A cool debugging story (this one about nuclear detectors in space!)

(tags:space nuclearweapons bug history development viaPatrickHadfield )

8. Government quietly removes commitments to women's rights after summit on freedom of beliefs

(tags:UK abortion women rights OhForFucksSake )

9. Neil Gaiman's Graveyard Book Is Being Disneyfied

(tags:Disney neilgaiman )

10. The Labour Party is making a terrible mistake if it ignores the Forde report

(tags:labour democracy politics corruption uk )

11. Stranger Things 4 creators reveal they've secretly been editing past seasons without viewers noticing

(tags:TV editing )

12. Battery cost declines raise prospects of all-electric container shipping

(tags:electricity ships shipping batteries )

13. A Brief History of "Nobody Wants to Work Anymore"

(tags:work history newspapers )

14. 'Unacceptable' waits for Edinburgh high-rise mould repairs

(tags:edinburgh housing OhForFucksSake )

15. Gender-Affirming Care Improves Mental Health And Saves Lives

(tags:psychology transgender lgbt )

Comments

[adrian_turtle]

Catholic + Protestant + None = 101%, which strongly suggests they asked people to self-categorize just that way. If anyone said, "no, I'm Muslim," the surveyor would just tick "no religion," and go on to the next question. Same as the surveyor would tick "Protestant" if somebody said they were a Methodist. The point I was trying to make was that the Muslim would be more likely to roll their eyes at the Christian essentialism and hang up.

But it's significant that they say "none," rather than "other" or "other/none." I'd hang up on somebody who asked if I was Catholic or Protestant or not religious. I might stay on the line if the choices were Catholic, Protestant, other, or none. Even if "other" didn't have a write-in field.