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    Society/Culture Are people who join sub-cultures just conformists like the rest of us?

    This statement has pretty much nailed what a non-conformist really is I reckon. IMO non-conformists don't care about being different, mainstream, or whatever. It doesn't concern them. They just do whatever pleases them personally, irrespective of how they might appear to others. They know that...
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    Society/Culture Are people who join sub-cultures just conformists like the rest of us?

    I was watching an interesting show from National Geographic recently about different sub-cultures in Western societies. One person from the show, a part of the punk sub-culture in England, made it clear he was a non-conformist and was proud to be punk because it separated him from ‘mainstream’...
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    Society/Culture How much of what you read in the press can you believe?

    Correct, but I was more referring to journos actually inventing non-existent studies to support their arguments. It's very easy for a journo to say: "A recent study found that..." and then fail to give an author, source or any specific details of the research. This was known to happen during...
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    Society/Culture How much of what you read in the press can you believe?

    As far as articles reporting on scientific/health research are concerned, I wouldn't believe anything I'd read in a newspaper. Cherry picking, inventing results (and entire studies for that matter), falsely concluding cause and effect, and ignoring limitations of studies are just some of the...
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