Questions: Society & Politics

Mentioning no names, but you've probably come across a few on here.

Just for fun, I'll unblock all 10 people I've blocked in nearly 10 years on here, until each tells a lie, refuses to accept a fact, or gratuitously insults me.

Just to get people started: Trump didn't win the majority of votes in 2016 or 2024. Even the finest dust will fall down in a vacuum, there's literally nothing there for it to be suspended in. Masks do help reduce the spread of Covid. Social distancing does, too. Vaccines work. Preventing less than 100% of something bad is not the same as preventing 0%, it is often still worthwhile. The US has a higher rate of knife murders than the UK, and that's less than 30% of US murders. There is no crisis of crime in US cities, in fact the crime rates have been going down. Trump's administration brought a convicted murderer convicted for brutally killing three people back to the US and set him free (Spain might be allowed to request he be caught, extradited, tried and re-convicted for the crime he was spending 30 in prison for, but nobody knows where he is.)

Feel free to post friendly wagers on how long each will last!

I was reading this NPR article that reads: "They found that genes associated with African ancestry appear to affect certain brain cells in ways that could increase the risk of Alzheimer's disease and stroke. But genes associated with European ancestry seem to influence other brain cells in ways that could increase the risk of Parkinson's disease, a disorder that is less common in Black Americans."

Although this may be scientifically true, I find it sketchy because it suggests innate differences between the brains of the races. What do you think?