About The Site


Comments Policy

While comments are encouraged on The Checkmate Scientist, there are some minor conditions, mostly because of the a small number of people that enjoy abusing their ability to think and type.

So, I'd like you to share your thoughts, and I won't edit any comments for their content or links.  However, I will delete any comments that I feel don't belong here.  Generally speaking, those fall into one or more of the following categories:
  • Spam and/or advertisements
  • Comments that digress far from the post's topic (find another post to comment on!)
  • Posts that add little to no value
  • Comments that are personal attacks and/or hate speech

In addition, not all posts will have comments enabled.  Usually these will be short comments on other content linked to.

Legal Stuff

First, a short disclaimer.  The views and opinions on The Checkmate Scientist do not necessarily reflect those of anyone I know, have worked with or for, or of any organization I may be affiliated with.  I thought that went without saying but nevertheless here it is.


I also want to emphasize that I'm not a health professional or a physician, and though many topics may cover subjects that are medical in nature, no opinions on this site should be taken as medical advice. 

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