JosiasJessop said: "So it becomes a case of the good of all, versus individual good. And it doesn't matter if Disease A is actually more likely to make me ill than the vaccine, as the vacci… (View Post)

Since you folks have raised the issue, I'll just note that those two couples at the Boris Johnson party may have been working on the UK's demographic problem. (For those who believe "d… (View Post)

On selling kidneys: Some years ago, one of the late night talk show hosts called our attention to a man in China who had sold a kidney in order to buy the latest iPhone. The host quipped that we shou… (View Post)

NickPalmer said: "This thread is very weird. Jim M seems to be drunk, . . ." What's that Latin phrase? Famous enough so that even I know it? Ah, yes. "In vino veritas." I am … (View Post)

Here's the kind of skiing most of you should be doing: "Cross-country skiing is a form of skiing where skiers rely on their own locomotion to move across snow-covered terrain, rather than u… (View Post)