There is an assumption bedded in this take that data is *always* better than anecdotes or general vibes. But if the data is crappy enough, and the anecdotes are frequent and extreme enough, you actually should discard the data and maybe start trusting the vibes more. Remember

>go to get blood test >suddenly have a golf ball sized swelling at my elbow >"Wow, its like the blood vessel ruptured and blood leaked into the tissue" >tell nurse, she assures me its just swelling >ask random doctor in the hall >"Oh the blood vessel ruptured in leaked into the

Just goes to show even the director of a film doesn't necessarily understand it. The ending of Whiplash is such a triumphant moment, so obviously positive and awesome, that you can't possibly come away from the movie thinking things would turn bad for Andrew. You could argue he

Are you talking about the whole world, or a specific country? Are you comparing now to 20 years ago, or 30, or 40, or 50? What metrics are you looking at? The answer isn't anywhere near as obvious as most people think.

Avoiding Verstappen's latest support act weaving across the road like a madman does not deserve a penalty

Most of the outrage about this is coming from the "New Right", broadly speaking. The sensible, anti-all-racism classical liberal types, including Objectivists, tend to treat this kind of anti-white racism as regrettable, but rarely rail against it with the kind of force they use

As it should be. Rules are defined by the tests you run to verify them. The rule is "the compression ratio must be 16:1 under an ambient temperature test". If it goes higher than that in different situations, that's irrelevant (and also completely unprovable).

Even historically accurate armour can't save this film from the fact that none of the actors look even remotely Greek. Matt Damon looks like an aging college football player. Tom Holland looks like a British public school kid. All of the actors look like they are from

One of the most important things for sensible people to come to terms with is the fact that some cultures are worse than others. Because it's a little too close to racism to admit this fact, most people are sticking their heads in the sand and pretending it isn't obvious that

Controversial opinion but drink driving is so overrated as a bad thing. Anyone with a brain can literally just drive more carefully if they're a little drunk. There certainly comes a point where you shouldn't be driving, but I'd argue that point is much drunker than most laws

No, Hitler was not right. But this post highlights just how important aesthetics actually are. People would rather live in aesthetically pleasing hell than whatever the fuck the UK is these days. It is so unrelentingly ugly, everywhere you look you see decay, or outright

It might actually be the most cringe larp ever

Normal, non-famous pedophiles gotta be feeling smug as hell right now

Compression ratio is a defined, test-based parameter. Compression ratio is not regulated as: “The engine must never experience more than X compression under any condition” It is regulated as: “No cylinder may have a geometric compression ratio greater than 16.0, determined using

Should be 3. Rules are perfectly clear: the test at ambient temperature is the ONLY rule regarding compression ratios. Mercedes pass that test and confirmed multiple times with the FIA their engine was legal. Other teams should not be allowed to use politics to nerf Mercedes

Really hope the AM works out in the end because this car is absolutely gorgeous

BREAKING: Ferrari rear wing now rotates to ensure maximum eyeballs on the HP logo

I remember arguing Trump was far superior than the left in terms of foreign policy some time ago. At this point I feel pretty vindicated. Obviously he's incredibly flawed, but at the very least he has the balls to make America's enemies actually scared again. America is no

Celebrating the death of the Ayatollah with the lads