Word: correctible
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...Rather than worsen this obsession, it is possible that providing calorie information might correct false assumptions. For instance, a student may categorically assume that there are 115 calories in an ounce of cheese, when really the amount could be much less if it’s part-skim cheese, or more if it’s triple-cream cheese...
...more than just tastebuds and genetics determining gourmandism, including a complex knot of perceptive psychology, pre-natal diet, and cultural norms. We may never reach the stage where we can predict what food people will like and choose given their physiological profiles, but if the core of hedonics is correct, there must be a tangible link between our biology and our taste in food.If this is true, what does it really mean to be a supertaster? The health consequences of a supertaster’s diet are complicated. On the one hand, a supertaster is less likely to reach...
...Republican campaign trail, a white woman in the audience voiced her concerns about Obama. “I have read about him,” she explaining, pointing out that “he’s an Arab.” Though McCain was quick to correct her, his response was curious: “No, ma’am, he’s a decent family man and citizen that I just happen to have disagreements with over fundamental issues.” Somehow, “family man” and “Arab?...
...that, and more. At first detectives from the Israel Antiquities Authority suspected that the ossuary was authentic but had been stolen from a site by Arab grave diggers and sold to Golan. Israeli sleuths say they discovered that the limestone casket was indeed authentic, and dated back to the correct period of A.D. 60. But the key inscription, linking the object to Jesus Christ, was a clever fake. An analysis of the patina also revealed the presence of Tel Aviv tap water. In his defense, Golan claims it was because his mother occasionally scrubbed the ossuary with soap and water...
...audience members, including Kurt L. Sonntag, a Kennedy School national security fellow who has spent time in Afghanistan and Pakistan, disagreed with where Rashid placed blame for the Taliban’s rise. “Some of the premises that the U.S. is at fault are not quite correct,” Sonntag said. “But there needs to be an international solution, so everything he said bears looking at.” Timothy F. Krysiek, a Cambridge energy consultant who attended the lecture, found that Rashid’s insight was important but unavailable...