Both sides are making me uncomfortable on this. This is an issue in which if you can't see the merits in the other side of the argument then you don't really deserve to join in. (View Post)

No, I didn't mean generous, I meant ungenerous! i.e. I think the true odds are more like 10-1. (View Post)

Broadly, yes. Though note that there is no magic wall between Lab and Ref and votes can bleed between the two (and also between LD and Ref - the "Fuck 'em" vote which LDs used to monop… (View Post)

Apologies, just seen Louise Haigh was privately educated. I didn't know that. (View Post)

Can you not see any downsides though? The subtle pressure not to be a burden? The damage to the Hippocratic Oath - which has always been a moderatly successful principle on which to practice medicine… (View Post)