I've lost 30 lbs. eating mostly fat and a decent amount of protein, very few carbohydrates and no sugar. Same amount of exercise before and after. Calories in do not equal calories out.
All other things aside, why should we trust research from someone who would lie to get raw materials? Why don't you just fake the data and the whole project and be done with it?
By this reasoning, Less evolved primates should have a very strong belief in God. On the other end of the scale, conservatives and believers in God will someday be extinct, leaving only atheists and liberals to argue with each other.
Have other economists verified Mr. Barker's results? It seems we should hold the work of economists up to peer review if they want to be taken seriously.
Most of Oatmeal's examples aren't human error. They're spell checker mistakes! Thus our own pet peeves are yet another example of our increasing acceptance of the machine into our arsenal of mental tools.
A more proper response to the problem, true to the examples listed, would be to upgrade spell check programs so that they automatically correct grammar as well.
A more proper response to the problem, true to the examples listed, would be to upgrade spell check programs so that they automatically correct grammar as well.