R. Lor Randall
@rlrandallmd.bsky.social
Honored to be part of a curious, academic medical community dedicated to a better tomorrow.
"I believe in the value of two things: kindness & clear thinking. At first these two remained more or less distinct. Gradually, they have come together in my feelings. I find that much unclear thought exists as an excuse for cruelty, and cruelty is prompted by superstitious beliefs."Bertrand Russell
November 27, 2025 at 3:38 PM
"I believe in the value of two things: kindness & clear thinking. At first these two remained more or less distinct. Gradually, they have come together in my feelings. I find that much unclear thought exists as an excuse for cruelty, and cruelty is prompted by superstitious beliefs."Bertrand Russell
Just finished this witty look into our theistic tendencies. The purpose of life? "It is our activities that have purpose-or don't." Wish we could put down the Fallacy of Wishful Thinking to celebrate what it means to be alive & do good in this world for its own sake, rather an eternal reward.
November 27, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Just finished this witty look into our theistic tendencies. The purpose of life? "It is our activities that have purpose-or don't." Wish we could put down the Fallacy of Wishful Thinking to celebrate what it means to be alive & do good in this world for its own sake, rather an eternal reward.
Read a lot of Asimov to my kids growing up. Rediscovered this quote recently. Seems particularly relevant to remember given the growing vitriol and violence as we turn on each other, and are subsumed by the derision algorithms at play...
October 3, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Read a lot of Asimov to my kids growing up. Rediscovered this quote recently. Seems particularly relevant to remember given the growing vitriol and violence as we turn on each other, and are subsumed by the derision algorithms at play...
"Never regard something as doing you good if it makes you betray a trust, or lose your sense of shame, or make you show hatred, suspicion, ill will, or hypocrisy, or desire for things best done behind closed doors." Marcus Aurelius. Where has all the shame gone?
September 30, 2025 at 3:27 AM
"Never regard something as doing you good if it makes you betray a trust, or lose your sense of shame, or make you show hatred, suspicion, ill will, or hypocrisy, or desire for things best done behind closed doors." Marcus Aurelius. Where has all the shame gone?
A recommendations from my son. The evidentiary claim is clear: material circumstance drives editorial & media agendas. While a little dated, a masterwork. So grateful for the recommendation. @mit.edu @upenn.edu @washingtonpost.com @nytimes.com @newsweek.com @economist.com @brownupolisci.bsky.social
September 1, 2025 at 2:41 PM
A recommendations from my son. The evidentiary claim is clear: material circumstance drives editorial & media agendas. While a little dated, a masterwork. So grateful for the recommendation. @mit.edu @upenn.edu @washingtonpost.com @nytimes.com @newsweek.com @economist.com @brownupolisci.bsky.social
Super important and relevant read. TY @stevenpinker.bsky.social While we have so many subconscious parts of our brain that influence our behavior, we must use Reason as our gimbel to navigate and manufacture a better tomorrow. @philsci.bsky.social @philosophybites.bsky.social @sciam.bsky.social
September 1, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Super important and relevant read. TY @stevenpinker.bsky.social While we have so many subconscious parts of our brain that influence our behavior, we must use Reason as our gimbel to navigate and manufacture a better tomorrow. @philsci.bsky.social @philosophybites.bsky.social @sciam.bsky.social
Happiness is in the in-between. The good life is defined by the quality of our relationships. Consider reaching out to someone you care about who has become remote in your life.You will both be enriched. Especially consider one who thinks differently on important issues.You may find commonality.
June 22, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Happiness is in the in-between. The good life is defined by the quality of our relationships. Consider reaching out to someone you care about who has become remote in your life.You will both be enriched. Especially consider one who thinks differently on important issues.You may find commonality.
The declination of investing in education leads to the rise of demagoguery. @philosophybites.bsky.social @thephillibrary.bsky.social @philosophymatters.bsky.social @philsci.bsky.social @philtalkradio.bsky.social @sciam.bsky.social @science.org
June 21, 2025 at 4:50 PM
The declination of investing in education leads to the rise of demagoguery. @philosophybites.bsky.social @thephillibrary.bsky.social @philosophymatters.bsky.social @philsci.bsky.social @philtalkradio.bsky.social @sciam.bsky.social @science.org
Pls consider reading. We all bring many assumptions to our outlook. So much hatred. Our moral fabric is unwinding. Assuredly time well spent, no matter what your angle.You will become more enlightened abt yourself, others & hopefully we can all find a way to get along. TY @jonathanhaidt.bsky.social
June 15, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Pls consider reading. We all bring many assumptions to our outlook. So much hatred. Our moral fabric is unwinding. Assuredly time well spent, no matter what your angle.You will become more enlightened abt yourself, others & hopefully we can all find a way to get along. TY @jonathanhaidt.bsky.social
"We mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor" signifies the commitment to one another and the cause of freedom & community. Care/Fairness/Loyalty/Authority/Sanctity/Liberty. A spectrum. Not all value the same & there lies the angst. Let's look through alt lenses.
June 9, 2025 at 10:04 PM
"We mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor" signifies the commitment to one another and the cause of freedom & community. Care/Fairness/Loyalty/Authority/Sanctity/Liberty. A spectrum. Not all value the same & there lies the angst. Let's look through alt lenses.
Is the anger people feel towards oppressors the same as the anger they feel towards cheaters?Notions of fairness must manage equality vs. proportionality of accountability.Progressives & conservatives both embrace a righteous stance, just different optics.Come together? @jonathanhaidt.bsky.social
June 9, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Is the anger people feel towards oppressors the same as the anger they feel towards cheaters?Notions of fairness must manage equality vs. proportionality of accountability.Progressives & conservatives both embrace a righteous stance, just different optics.Come together? @jonathanhaidt.bsky.social
Feels like science is currently being controlled for political means. "Keep science cloistered, don't try to apply it, don't try to do anything about it until men are holy." WM Miller Jr.
June 5, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Feels like science is currently being controlled for political means. "Keep science cloistered, don't try to apply it, don't try to do anything about it until men are holy." WM Miller Jr.
"I am a simpleton! We'll build a town and call it Simple Town, b/c then all the smart bastards that caused all these problems, they'll be dead. Anybody not a simpleton? Get that bastard,if there is." Canticle for Leibowitz, prescient to our times. The hatred directed at education is our downfall.
June 1, 2025 at 5:14 PM
"I am a simpleton! We'll build a town and call it Simple Town, b/c then all the smart bastards that caused all these problems, they'll be dead. Anybody not a simpleton? Get that bastard,if there is." Canticle for Leibowitz, prescient to our times. The hatred directed at education is our downfall.
"I am a simpleton! We'll build a town and call it Simple Town, b/c then all the smart bastards that caused all these problems, they'll be dead. Anybody not a simpleton? Get that bastard,if there is." Canticle for Leibowitz, prescient to our times. The hatred directed at education is our downfall.
June 1, 2025 at 5:14 PM
"I am a simpleton! We'll build a town and call it Simple Town, b/c then all the smart bastards that caused all these problems, they'll be dead. Anybody not a simpleton? Get that bastard,if there is." Canticle for Leibowitz, prescient to our times. The hatred directed at education is our downfall.
@lulumiller.bsky.social on optimism: "...his mesmerizing way of pulling laughter from the cold earth.That levity was the quality I wanted to be near,the substance I wanted to learn how to manufacture in myself."Not all us have natural witticism but all of us can find purpose for the sake of it.TYLM!
May 30, 2025 at 1:14 AM
@lulumiller.bsky.social on optimism: "...his mesmerizing way of pulling laughter from the cold earth.That levity was the quality I wanted to be near,the substance I wanted to learn how to manufacture in myself."Not all us have natural witticism but all of us can find purpose for the sake of it.TYLM!
The interconnectedness of all living things. Paraphrasing:if we decide to shut out the hard and obvious truths,affirmed through stringent cognition,for happiness derived from suspension of reason,we must expect society's declination.TY @lulumill.bsky.social. @npr.org @sciam.bsky.social @science.org
May 28, 2025 at 4:24 AM
The interconnectedness of all living things. Paraphrasing:if we decide to shut out the hard and obvious truths,affirmed through stringent cognition,for happiness derived from suspension of reason,we must expect society's declination.TY @lulumill.bsky.social. @npr.org @sciam.bsky.social @science.org
"Chinese new generation AI plan proposes by 2030, China's AI theories, tech, & apps will achieve world leading levels, making China the world's premier AI innovation center." Ibid.
Meanwhile, we are attacking Harvard et al, and the brain trust (Atlas) is bleeding (not shrugging) and leaving. Ironic.
Meanwhile, we are attacking Harvard et al, and the brain trust (Atlas) is bleeding (not shrugging) and leaving. Ironic.
May 25, 2025 at 2:13 AM
"Chinese new generation AI plan proposes by 2030, China's AI theories, tech, & apps will achieve world leading levels, making China the world's premier AI innovation center." Ibid.
Meanwhile, we are attacking Harvard et al, and the brain trust (Atlas) is bleeding (not shrugging) and leaving. Ironic.
Meanwhile, we are attacking Harvard et al, and the brain trust (Atlas) is bleeding (not shrugging) and leaving. Ironic.
So many conservatives reference this novel as a political yarn for liberalism marginalizing our nation's intellectual capital. The exact opposite is happening now as the magnates are destroying our intellectual institutions to craft an ignorant populace.Atlas isn't shrugging,he is being struck down.
May 23, 2025 at 4:49 AM
So many conservatives reference this novel as a political yarn for liberalism marginalizing our nation's intellectual capital. The exact opposite is happening now as the magnates are destroying our intellectual institutions to craft an ignorant populace.Atlas isn't shrugging,he is being struck down.
Sleepless surveillance: #AI in 2 hrs can process as much intel as a high functioning cognitive human professional working 24 hrs/d for 40 years. YN Harari, #Nexus And we constantly feed them material. @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social @cnbc.com #lesswrong
May 18, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Sleepless surveillance: #AI in 2 hrs can process as much intel as a high functioning cognitive human professional working 24 hrs/d for 40 years. YN Harari, #Nexus And we constantly feed them material. @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social @cnbc.com #lesswrong
YN Harari: evolutionary theory greatly advances our understanding of origins & bio of species, including H. sapiens, but also undermines central myths that maintain order. No wonder that various govts & churches have banned teaching of evolution, preferring to sacrifice truth for the sake of order.
May 13, 2025 at 4:32 PM
YN Harari: evolutionary theory greatly advances our understanding of origins & bio of species, including H. sapiens, but also undermines central myths that maintain order. No wonder that various govts & churches have banned teaching of evolution, preferring to sacrifice truth for the sake of order.
Thx for the opportunity to share my mechanistic research @harvard.edu and interact with such bright, aspiring young scientists. Tense time to be curious. We must support them. @harvard.edu @ucdavis.bsky.social @orssociety.bsky.social @theaacr.bsky.social @onclive.bsky.social @curesarcoma.bsky.social
May 11, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Thx for the opportunity to share my mechanistic research @harvard.edu and interact with such bright, aspiring young scientists. Tense time to be curious. We must support them. @harvard.edu @ucdavis.bsky.social @orssociety.bsky.social @theaacr.bsky.social @onclive.bsky.social @curesarcoma.bsky.social
@mchvdm.bsky.social many thanks for a terrific but too brief visit as our Featured Scientist to celebrate our UC Davis #NIH T-32. Your expertise and insights are so very much appreciated! Let's keep up advocating for #science! Thx also to @kleach5.bsky.social!
April 28, 2025 at 12:18 AM
@mchvdm.bsky.social many thanks for a terrific but too brief visit as our Featured Scientist to celebrate our UC Davis #NIH T-32. Your expertise and insights are so very much appreciated! Let's keep up advocating for #science! Thx also to @kleach5.bsky.social!
"Bring those damned scientist to heel. And make sure that our SS men take charge of everything." Nazi authorities in J. Michener's Space on seizing rocket technology to make war when the scientists wanted to explore the heavens. Deja Vu? @philosophybites.bsky.social @philscijournal.bsky.social
April 20, 2025 at 2:20 AM
"Bring those damned scientist to heel. And make sure that our SS men take charge of everything." Nazi authorities in J. Michener's Space on seizing rocket technology to make war when the scientists wanted to explore the heavens. Deja Vu? @philosophybites.bsky.social @philscijournal.bsky.social
My primal pro calling is caring for children with musculoskeletal tumors. So proud to be a part of this effort at @shrinerschildrens.bsky.social NorCal. In partnership with @ucdavis.bsky.social, kids care is elevated in the region and beyond. Better together.
April 19, 2025 at 3:29 PM
My primal pro calling is caring for children with musculoskeletal tumors. So proud to be a part of this effort at @shrinerschildrens.bsky.social NorCal. In partnership with @ucdavis.bsky.social, kids care is elevated in the region and beyond. Better together.
Always remember that you & I live on a minor planet attached to a minor star, at the far edge of a minor galaxy.We live here briefly, and when we're done, we're forgotten...the galaxies too.The only morality that makes sense is to do something useful with the brief time we're allotted. -JA Michener
April 19, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Always remember that you & I live on a minor planet attached to a minor star, at the far edge of a minor galaxy.We live here briefly, and when we're done, we're forgotten...the galaxies too.The only morality that makes sense is to do something useful with the brief time we're allotted. -JA Michener