Fareed Awan
@fareedawan.bsky.social
Philosophy PhD in Montréal - Faculty @ John Abbott College via McGill, UMN, UW-Seattle, SUNY Upstate and Lehigh. Bioethics, political philosophy, and global health. Lentil aficionado.
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This moment is *not* about the question "do you think things have gotten too woke in the last ten years?"
It's about the questions "do you believe in independent research under conditions of academic freedom? Do you believe in civil society and intermediate associations free of political control?
It's about the questions "do you believe in independent research under conditions of academic freedom? Do you believe in civil society and intermediate associations free of political control?
August 14, 2025 at 12:38 AM
This moment is *not* about the question "do you think things have gotten too woke in the last ten years?"
It's about the questions "do you believe in independent research under conditions of academic freedom? Do you believe in civil society and intermediate associations free of political control?
It's about the questions "do you believe in independent research under conditions of academic freedom? Do you believe in civil society and intermediate associations free of political control?
Ah this might be a terminological issue - ‘clinical equipoise’ does not assume a 50/50 epistemological standard.
May 2, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Ah this might be a terminological issue - ‘clinical equipoise’ does not assume a 50/50 epistemological standard.
And certainly PFS or survival is not the only goal of treatment; patients should drive those decisions as much as docs and research should aim at a broad range of pt goals. In the vaccine case, I do see this as a bald-faced violation of pt rights against substandard intervention for no reason.
May 2, 2025 at 2:22 PM
And certainly PFS or survival is not the only goal of treatment; patients should drive those decisions as much as docs and research should aim at a broad range of pt goals. In the vaccine case, I do see this as a bald-faced violation of pt rights against substandard intervention for no reason.