Why is Watson a 'he'?

So there was an article recently about how Watson was moving beyond jeopardy and going into medicine.Throughout the article, Watson is referred to with male pronouns. Personally, I always refer to computers as, 'it'. To do otherwise is just feels strange to me. It would be like giving my lettuce gender. "My, he's very crispy tonight."What I found even more strange about the article was how Watson was going to beat "his competitor", another diagnosis...

Healthy Skeptic Podcast

Chris Kresser has just posted our recent interview/discussion on his blog The Healthy Skeptic.  You can listen to it on Chris's blog here.  The discussion mostly centered around body fat and food reward.  I also answered a few reader questions.  Here are some highlights:How does the food reward system work? Why did it evolve?Why do certain flavors we don’t initially like become appealing over time?How does industrially processed...