matt_black

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I'm a chemist by training and a management consultant by profession. I've worked for everything from the oil industry to the NHS.

I have a particular aversion to obvious answers as they are too often both wrong and dangerous. As a result I seem to spend too much of my life arguing about government policy.

In my spare time I conduct evil experiments on my identical twins to differentiate nature and nurture.

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32	Are old car models more reliable than new ones?
30	Is diet soda less healthy than regular soda?
25	Does wearing a bicycle helmet make the cyclist safer?
25	Has most peer-reviewed research on homeopathy given positive results?
22	Are train passengers exposed to dangerous levels of cell phone electromagnetic radiation?

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+10	Is drinking raw milk more dangerous than drinking pasteurized milk?
+25	Is it accurate to say that 97% of experts agree that global warming is anthropogenic?
-2	Can competition among providers create better quality and lower cost healthcare?
+10	Does wearing a bicycle helmet make the cyclist safer?

78 Questions

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25	Does a tidy desk make you more productive than a messy one?
19	Is more than 30% of US healthcare spending waste?
19	Do old master musical instruments sound better than their modern equivalents in blind trials?
18	Is the world warmer now than during the Medieval Warm Period?
17	Did the National Rifle Association (NRA) block research into statistics related to gun control?

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71 electromagnetism × 7	50 mobile-phones × 5
66 statistics × 37	48 economics × 11
65 nutrition × 10	42 united-states × 15
50 safety × 12	37 health × 3

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