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One of the many many lines from Terry Pratchett's Equal Rites that made me crack up. A joke about the ignorance that lies at the heart of so many types of expertise: "They both savored the strange warm glow of being much more ignorant than ordinary people, who were ignorant of only ordinary things"
January 11, 2025 at 7:12 AM
One of the many many lines from Terry Pratchett's Equal Rites that made me crack up. A joke about the ignorance that lies at the heart of so many types of expertise: "They both savored the strange warm glow of being much more ignorant than ordinary people, who were ignorant of only ordinary things"
Since 2021, Indian govt. has made plans to build several new BSL-3/BSL-4 labs, that handle dangerous pathogens, to conduct critical health research. Michael Schulson and I looked into how these labs are regulated, and the politics of biosafety, for @undarkmag undark.org/2025/01/02/u...
As Biolabs Multiply Globally, Some Experts Worry About Oversight
India’s policymakers have ambitious plans for pathogen research. Can safety infrastructure keep up?
undark.org
January 3, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Since 2021, Indian govt. has made plans to build several new BSL-3/BSL-4 labs, that handle dangerous pathogens, to conduct critical health research. Michael Schulson and I looked into how these labs are regulated, and the politics of biosafety, for @undarkmag undark.org/2025/01/02/u...
The boring truth about some of the interventions that are played up as sure-shot remedies for better mental health. Does exercise help? Yes, of course. But is it better than medication or other interventions, in all scenarios? The answer to that is probably very complicated.
Another in an endless series of flawed meta-analyses of exercise & mood disorder. Sure, people who walk farther tend to be less depressed, but what sort of people take long walks? Any such study should contain a detailed consideration of reverse causation.
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December 18, 2024 at 6:43 AM
The boring truth about some of the interventions that are played up as sure-shot remedies for better mental health. Does exercise help? Yes, of course. But is it better than medication or other interventions, in all scenarios? The answer to that is probably very complicated.
Hello, new app with a "decentralised nature"
December 16, 2024 at 6:45 AM
Hello, new app with a "decentralised nature"