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I think that's a self defeating attitude. If voting didn't work, why would the rich spend their untold billions on campaigns and media ads that are only minimally successful at swaying anyone's vote?

Look at Evangelical Christians, they have their interests represented heavily in congress, every state legislature, and they totally control many local governments. Not just because they vote when they have something at stake, but they vote every election, like clockwork. Why would a congressperson go after millennial votes if they'll vote during the presidential election, and then leave them hanging during the off year elections?

I've recently started to do research work at my medical school. It's mostly done by statistical analysis of patient charts, trying to find a trend between poorly controlled diabetes and the likelihood of having a certain type of heart attacks. The literature on this issue heavily contradicts itself, and most of it is riddled with problems like poor sample sizes and errors in methodology. By the end of the summer I doubt I'll have accomplished anything more than contributing to this noise.

I'm interested in a career in academics, and someday I hope to make real contributions to the scientific community. But right now I'm at the bottom of the totem poll and, unless I try to apply for some Ivy League residency, the quantity of my publications are far more important than their quality. Since we have a system that encourages this type of thinking, you end up with a large body of low quality science published in a large number of low quality journals.

I see what you mean, I haven't been here very long so my opinion is probably isn't as informed as yours. I also haven't put much time into finding users and tags that I like to follow, and usually just browse on Global, so maybe that's why this place feels a little empty to me.

I notice that there's a lot of content on this site with 0 comments. Maybe it's just because I'm used to Reddit, but I think that the comments can usually be more entertaining and insightful than the articles, it's also a sign of a strong vibrant community.

I think if everyone posted fewer articles of higher quality it would go a long way to increasing the amount of discussion going on here, and make it feel like less of a ghost town.

I use the flashcard software Anki exclusively. It has a little bit of a learning curve, but it's the most efficient way for me to memorize a large amount of material in a short time.

I found packs of 8 chicken legs for $2.00 at the grocery store, bought two of those and hot dogs. I grilled them yesterday because I didn't feel like waiting. I'm just going to stay in today.

People are making this logo thing about the "Bush" name, I think his team is just anticipating people's jokes about the redundancy of calling him by his initials, followed by his last name. John Ellis Bush (J.E.B.) Bush.

You're right, it certainly depends on the kind of person that OP is. I'm speaking from the perspective of someone who has seen plenty of friends and family fizzle out of school due to a lack of direction or motivation, so maybe I'm just sensitive to that possibility.

I've found that the most important thing is to decide on a plan as early as possible and start working towards it. The specifics of the plan aren't so important as the goal oriented mindset it'll give you. The people with vague motivations to take a couple years of basic courses and see what they like often end up late to the game when their peers are making connections, doing internships, and applying to professional schools.

I'm not saying that spending time to explore your options is a bad thing, but tuition isn't cheap; and time is your biggest asset at this point in your life.

Would you be surprised if he won the nomination? He may not be a good choice, but I think he might be the best choice for a party that cannot realistically win the presidency without winning Florida.

You can ask that same question to anyone that cares what happens after they die. And although it might be a good question, nobody will stop caring.

Thanks for the welcome! Speaking of the physician/philosopher combo I can't help remembering this old ~2 page paper written by the original Galen: THE BEST PHYSICIAN IS ALSO A PHILOSOPHER. I find that it's still relevant 2000 years later. Do you think there's a tag worth posting this under? I'm looking forward to contributing to this site.

I tend to binge when it comes to gaming. I'll spend 48 hours on a game of Civ or something and then I don't touch it for another 6 months. I think that keeps old games from feeling stale.

I tried Civ V when it first came out but didn't like it, I heard that it got a lot better after the expansions and updates, but I don't feel like investing more money into something that I already found disappointing (Same exact story for Total War: Rome II). I've never tried Europa Universalis, but hear good things about it.

Do you find Chatter very useful? It seems like a strange hodgepodge of unrelated and disembodied conversation fragments.

Hi! I'm a (rising) 2nd year medical student living in Texas. I just found this place, but I've been looking for a less toxic Reddit alternative for a while.

I studied Philosophy at my undergrad institution also, and found that it complemented my science courses surprisingly well. I recommend it.

I have loads of free time on my hands now that Summer started. I play mostly single player PC games like Civilization III, and Total War: Shogun II.