Do Not Ball In These Shoes
I am anticipating an approaching apparel crisis, unless someone can help me. You see, a few years ago I bought a pair of
Trying To Ford the River, My Oxen Died
One day, on my usual trek to lab, I paused at a little rock monument and found that it was a marker for the
Everything You Know Is Wrong
One of the more interesting scientific articles I have read this year was a statistical analysis showing why Most Published Research Findings are False. In particular, “genetic association” studies (often publicized by the media), as well as “hot” fields where there are many groups working on the same project, are most likely to give false positives. Within the next couple of days, I happened to come across two different practical examples, the first being this article arguing that the influenza vaccine is not nearly as useful as commonly claimed, and the second this inflammatory claim that there is little-to-no scientific data supporting the idea that exercise helps you lose weight.
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So I told some of my colleagues about the exercise article, and they essentially refused to even look at the evidence ("Well that can't be true, because..."). Controversial indeed.
I felt sorry for you being the only one to comment on your entry, so I came out of my comment silence. So you'd better appreciate it. In case you were wondering, I haven't found it necessary yet to take up an exciting hobby such as pinball. Sorry to dissapoint.
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