G. Owen Schaefer
@owenschaefer.bsky.social
Bioethicist and Philosopher at the Centre for Biomedical Ethics, National University of Singapore (views are my own, not NUS's). Film critic, in another life.
Good job on the paper!
October 30, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Good job on the paper!
Pro tip: solve the whole thing in your head first before entering any guesses! Many days there's fakeout legit groups of 4, which fall apart when you try to sort the whole grid.
October 1, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Pro tip: solve the whole thing in your head first before entering any guesses! Many days there's fakeout legit groups of 4, which fall apart when you try to sort the whole grid.
Mild counterpoint: we just did a scoping review of ethics articles related to use of AI in emergency medicine. Most positive/optimistic, some neutral, but none overall negative or pessimistic. Just one domain, but if there's a bias it seems in the opposite direction.
September 6, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Mild counterpoint: we just did a scoping review of ethics articles related to use of AI in emergency medicine. Most positive/optimistic, some neutral, but none overall negative or pessimistic. Just one domain, but if there's a bias it seems in the opposite direction.
Reposted by G. Owen Schaefer
so glad to live after thomas bayes' illustrious theorem—now when i wake up and the sidewalk is wet, i can conclude that it rained last night. before father bayes, people would just sorta bump into walls
August 3, 2025 at 5:16 AM
so glad to live after thomas bayes' illustrious theorem—now when i wake up and the sidewalk is wet, i can conclude that it rained last night. before father bayes, people would just sorta bump into walls
Interestingly, the NEJM papers themselves use less contentious language, emphasizing the interests of the mother in reproductive choice/health, and not claiming that any lives were saved or children spared from disease. www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
Mitochondrial Donation in a Reproductive Care Pathway for mtDNA Disease | NEJM
Pathogenic variants in mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) are a common cause of severe, often
fatal, inherited metabolic disease. A reproductive care pathway was implemented to
provide women carrying pathog...
www.nejm.org
July 17, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Interestingly, the NEJM papers themselves use less contentious language, emphasizing the interests of the mother in reproductive choice/health, and not claiming that any lives were saved or children spared from disease. www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....