Mark Histed
@markhisted.org
How brain neural nets do computations; we aim to understand differences in brain wiring, using lasers and neuro-AI.
Lab head, NIH. Prev: media policy for democracypolicy.network.
linktr.ee/markhisted; Pers. views; neuro posts: 🧠 /🧪
Lab head, NIH. Prev: media policy for democracypolicy.network.
linktr.ee/markhisted; Pers. views; neuro posts: 🧠 /🧪
“we will need, the next time we have power, to do serious reform of the Supreme Court and do things like add new states…”
Short detour into history and Grover Cleveland, who in the 1880s and 90s understood they were admitting states into the Union to change the balance of power in the Senate.
Short detour into history and Grover Cleveland, who in the 1880s and 90s understood they were admitting states into the Union to change the balance of power in the Senate.
November 1, 2025 at 7:13 PM
“we will need, the next time we have power, to do serious reform of the Supreme Court and do things like add new states…”
Short detour into history and Grover Cleveland, who in the 1880s and 90s understood they were admitting states into the Union to change the balance of power in the Senate.
Short detour into history and Grover Cleveland, who in the 1880s and 90s understood they were admitting states into the Union to change the balance of power in the Senate.
The second big reason is related:
Fundamental, basic science, the foundation of US tech and biotech innovation, is a public good in the economics sense.
As @josephestiglitz.bsky.social puts it: a key feature of public goods is that without the gov’t they are underprovisioned.
/last vid
Fundamental, basic science, the foundation of US tech and biotech innovation, is a public good in the economics sense.
As @josephestiglitz.bsky.social puts it: a key feature of public goods is that without the gov’t they are underprovisioned.
/last vid
October 29, 2025 at 11:49 PM
The second big reason is related:
Fundamental, basic science, the foundation of US tech and biotech innovation, is a public good in the economics sense.
As @josephestiglitz.bsky.social puts it: a key feature of public goods is that without the gov’t they are underprovisioned.
/last vid
Fundamental, basic science, the foundation of US tech and biotech innovation, is a public good in the economics sense.
As @josephestiglitz.bsky.social puts it: a key feature of public goods is that without the gov’t they are underprovisioned.
/last vid
The first big reason why NIH is irreplaceable?
Scale. The NIMH budget alone is $2.4 BILLION. NIH’s budget is around $48 billion. In comparison @hhmi.org is $1B, the fabulous American Cancer Society is around $150M. We are talking about the diff between millions and billions.
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Scale. The NIMH budget alone is $2.4 BILLION. NIH’s budget is around $48 billion. In comparison @hhmi.org is $1B, the fabulous American Cancer Society is around $150M. We are talking about the diff between millions and billions.
3/
October 29, 2025 at 11:42 PM
The first big reason why NIH is irreplaceable?
Scale. The NIMH budget alone is $2.4 BILLION. NIH’s budget is around $48 billion. In comparison @hhmi.org is $1B, the fabulous American Cancer Society is around $150M. We are talking about the diff between millions and billions.
3/
Scale. The NIMH budget alone is $2.4 BILLION. NIH’s budget is around $48 billion. In comparison @hhmi.org is $1B, the fabulous American Cancer Society is around $150M. We are talking about the diff between millions and billions.
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Someone asked me the other day*:
How do we replace all the science that’s being lost across the US as NIH, NSF etc are being lawlessly destroyed?
The answer is: we cannot. It is impossible.
The task now is to defend #NIH and public funding for medical research.
1/ 🧪 #neuroscience
How do we replace all the science that’s being lost across the US as NIH, NSF etc are being lawlessly destroyed?
The answer is: we cannot. It is impossible.
The task now is to defend #NIH and public funding for medical research.
1/ 🧪 #neuroscience
October 29, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Someone asked me the other day*:
How do we replace all the science that’s being lost across the US as NIH, NSF etc are being lawlessly destroyed?
The answer is: we cannot. It is impossible.
The task now is to defend #NIH and public funding for medical research.
1/ 🧪 #neuroscience
How do we replace all the science that’s being lost across the US as NIH, NSF etc are being lawlessly destroyed?
The answer is: we cannot. It is impossible.
The task now is to defend #NIH and public funding for medical research.
1/ 🧪 #neuroscience