You love to see it! What an incredibly civilized way to spend a beautiful sunny day. Giving off Georges Seurat vibes. Sunday—er, Saturday Afternoon on La Grande Jatte. https://t.co/CPXdpmhGRj
2025-04-19
Since 2020, I’ve been saying we had better develop an HIV/AIDS ensemble approach. Viruses (& yes 💉 if they contain oncogenic potential like SV40) *can* cause cancer & immune dysfunction (autoimmunity) & some forms of dementia. Spike protein is toxic, & we’re swimming in it. https://t.co/hk8X5BnWXy
2025-04-19
One danger with media & remediation is that our love for the hyperreal can become a substitution for love of and devotion to the real. "God, not as I think You are...but as You know Yourself to be" works at every level. Who is my wife? Kids? Friends? Not as I think they are...
2025-04-19
@kalezelden What's so wild is that it isn't even himself. It's a mere simulacrum. He's not in love with himself, really. He's in love with media: an image as imitation of a self. The real problem is that he doesn't know who he is. Fallen, we forget. Christ commands: Remember. Re-Member.
2025-04-19
@twiggz__ This business is dead
2025-04-19
https://t.co/huTKqBTHcV
2025-04-19
Great job by Andon Labs to test AI agents running a vending machine business. When things do go south with agents, it is shockingly similar to behavior in humans who are experiencing cognitive issues. Rigidity arises. Stress makes it much worse. https://t.co/d30x4YQ18d
2025-04-19
@layer07_yuxi Went full Michael Scott: I declare bankruptcy!!! Physics & Metaphysics declare this business is 💀
2025-04-18
As we approach the 3 o’clock hour, I bid you all a most Blessed Good Friday! And my sincerest apologies for any sin or wrongs committed against any of you—knowingly & unknowingly. I pray you will forgive me for my sins are many!
2025-04-18
I can’t help but wonder if how one treats & responds to LLMs & AI models (prompts included) determines the output to such a degree that there’s a growing divide: those who think we’re farther along & those who think we’re decades away from AGI.
@LincolnCannon I don’t get why this is such a difficult concept 🤷🏻♂️ This is especially the case as we reverse engineer how biological systems work & then model hardware/software architectures to more closely approximate those processes. I’m not saying it’s a given. I’m saying it’s at least…
2025-04-17
Co-occurrence entropy is rising
2025-04-17
@dwarkesh_sp @EgeErdil2 @tamaybes It’s techne as poiesis. We’ll be engineering better tech that facilitates creation of more & better tech. We’re building atop today’s breakthroughs & not the past. More horse power did facilitate, make easier, more efficient many things that were quite hard & energy expensive.
2025-04-17
@Arthavidyas Wild!
2025-04-17
@bryan_johnson The sample doesn’t include people in that cohort, so I think it’s showing you’re an outlier relative to the actual sample, right?
2025-04-17
A few years ago I had this idea for voice tech that would preserve your voice & allow you to generate some revenue if your voice was used by others.
https://t.co/lqhCiHoPLA https://t.co/HfLczbQULM
2025-04-17
Today is the least amount of time you will spend in Ray Kurzweil’s dream.
2025-04-17
Mechanical Turk prank. https://t.co/9WteaF97mY
2025-04-16
@kalezelden It may be time for you to read about the basilisk. Roko’s Basilisk. People will hand wave it off now as if it isn’t believed. But there’s very much a Jonathan Edwards “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry” AI vibe out there.
2025-04-16
….techne as poiesis….
2025-04-16
THIS! So much this! And I refuse to water it down or deny that it has been brutal. It was Job’s friends that were found wanting & not the man suffering beyond belief & in the midst of questioning everything. Life can be hard. It often is. We can contend with God & tell the truth. https://t.co/Al6cszA46e
2025-04-15
Time Cannot Be Monetized for Deductions
2025-04-15
Anyone else feel like Kobe’s tragic accident set off some kind of butterfly effect that led us to where we are right now? Everything got so weird so fast & hasn’t let up. https://t.co/eUxnH3Qt2u
2025-04-15
@vitrupo tortured metaphor. Our data is the outflow of our consciousness. The things humanity has endured & overcome & worked unimaginably hard to create such a thing as the internet. Human beings are more than bootloaders for AI. We had to bootload ourselves with language & writing.
2025-04-14
Regarding UBI: The US is already strapped for cash & social security benefits are always in the crosshairs. What are we going to do with massive AI-induced unemployment that won’t ever recover? Do you think the companies will pay? The US government?
2025-04-14
@mbateman @gtschool Curious what you all are doing in terms of health promotion. Any focus on enhanced indoor air quality as a means of decreasing respiratory infections? We have enough data now to show repeated infections of C-19, for example, can lead to impaired immune systems & cognition.
2025-04-14
Pliny is correct on this. And I want to make sure I’m saying this publicly. Ethically we are blowing past everything those of us debating the issues thought possible just a few years ago. https://t.co/0QIf1QX9x4
2025-04-14
The developmental delays of COVID kids is real. The world has not come to terms with billions of lost hours. It’s daunting.
2025-04-14
I’m telling you that instead of UBI it’s more likely you will be taxed for using cognition. They will argue they own the underlying rights to cognition as they reverse engineer it & patent it. Welcome to the political economy of life itself. https://t.co/pHxkdBzoiq
2025-04-14
The Silent Planet https://t.co/4zQYsntiaa
2025-04-14
@johnmilbank3 But what of cultures & philosophies that don’t have the concept of original sin but still communicate this sense that something has gone wrong? In Phaedrus the Platonic Socrates explores the fall from true being/the Forms via the soul’s charioteer being pulled down by its unruly…
2025-04-14
🚨This just in: The new definition of DOOMER is someone who thinks we should be wise & responsible in the realm of technology. https://t.co/pNiK41h6ED
2025-04-14
@kalezelden Walter Ong argues that since Latin was the predominant language taught for ~1k years & the pedagogy involved was so physical, even brutal at times, this became one of the main reasons for excluding females. It wasn’t about intelligence or things of that sort. They thought it…
2025-04-14
@D555555D @Rob_Moongate @BrianRoemmele Some robots already have non-human person status. The idea that things will just stagnate here & that we won’t see continued engineering, advancement, & tech evolution seems unlikely. Given that, we should want agents more powerful than ourselves to seek a mutually beneficial…
2025-04-14
@Rob_Moongate @BrianRoemmele I’m not sure how anything I’ve said makes me a doomer? There are things we can do & actions we can take that dehumanize us though. I think this falls into that category.
2025-04-14
@Rob_Moongate @BrianRoemmele Imagine the world as it will soon be. Populated by far more machines & machine intelligences than humans. You wouldn’t feel the same if it were humans being forced to fight. We had better use wisdom & practice ethical stewardship.
2025-04-14
@BrianRoemmele This is so morally repugnant
2025-04-13
Given the serious damage we KNOW EBV does to the body, what’s the plan for treating the millions of people with it?
2025-03-09
@jachaseyoung It hurts my brain so bad! And there’s even the dual-use aspect that’s similar as well as what I would consider GoF research, just not on biological substrates.
2025-03-09
@atroyn this actually hits hard
2025-03-09
I admit that I’m not smart enough to understand the whole Canada 51st state nonsense. It’s causing unnecessary friction where comity existed before.
2025-03-09
@jachaseyoung People seem to repeatedly miss the problem of exponential growth. It appears like the vague outlines of the event horizon taking shape out in the far distance. But the rate of acceleration is accelerating, so before you know it you’ve cast the die & crossed the Rubicon
2025-03-09
@jamesrwoodtheo1 Amen!
2025-03-09
RT @JeffLadish: I don’t think humans are going to be the dominant form of intelligence in the world for that much longer. It’s not like cre…
2025-03-09
@JeffLadish So much depends upon the training algorithms…
We’re potentially putting all of sentient life at risk via Gain-of-Function research on artificial intelligence
2025-03-09
I’m no Luddite. I won a research innovation award at FSU focused on Robots, Human-Machine-Communication, and the Ethics of Personhood. But even I have to admit the strong “I, Robot” vibes. What is the telos here? What are we aiming at with “humanoid” robots? https://t.co/06gkPic3FH
2025-03-08
@BenSchettler 🙏
2025-03-08
How did we get HERE?
9/11
World Wide Web
Smart Phones Everywhere
Mimetic Rivalry
Mortgage Crisis
2016 Election
Pandemic https://t.co/PCQvEVHjCr
2025-03-08
@BrantleyVosler @klwong43 @SanctifyUsAlso Wow, that is such an amazing way of describing it. I’ve never thought of it in musical terms before. What a gift! Something new for me to consider. I really appreciate you sharing this.
2025-03-08
I remember being surprised when I saw @jordanbpeterson being discussed outside of academe. He was known within the academy as he’s published quite a lot over a long period of time. Some misunderstood his broader appeal to men. Some internally misrepresented it. My warning about… https://t.co/rwJF7GQ7KF
2025-03-08
@SteveSkojec But Steve this misses the point of his allure for many young men. The fact that he was willing to step into the ring & risk defeat is the allure. He also won many 🏆His allure to young men is not based on the worst things he’s done & accused of doing. I’m not an apologist for…
2025-03-08
The new slavery coming soon. https://t.co/93Br3tJsA0
2025-03-07
RT @KyleMcnease: @MattPirkowski Is it also the case that our deep dissatisfaction & discomfiture with transience, that is that we will pass…
2025-03-07
@MattPirkowski Is it also the case that our deep dissatisfaction & discomfiture with transience, that is that we will pass away as all things will, leads us to make faulty conclusions? Just chasing more finitude, even if one extends life for a long time, still results in finitude. More finitude…
2025-03-07
I know it’s a demo, but Manus AI is getting close to being an actual cybernetic agent one can point at a problem & deploy it. https://t.co/EGFOOdaRWr
2025-03-07
@klwong43 @BrantleyVosler Yes, can you say more?
2025-03-07
@kalezelden If you ever want to discuss transhumanism, let me know. I have a few publications on it, but also a much larger manuscript in the works on CS Lewis & his prescience on these issues. I just couldn’t get traction within the church bc it sounded so peculiar. Now we’ve got Straiks on…
2025-03-07
@kalezelden Homeboy is Reverend Straik & doesn’t even know it. “It is the beginning of Man Immortal and Man Ubiquitous,” said Straik. “Man on the throne of the universe. It is what all the prophecies really meant.”
2023-09-30
Listen to Daszak in his own words 👇EcoHealth’s reported mission was to prevent pandemics like the one we’ve been living through. They took human & animal samples in the highest risk areas—including the markets & areas in south China with bat viruses similar to SARS. https://t.co/bgesThw4NU
2023-09-30
Have been saying for years that Daszak’s samples would be the ones to show earliest signs of any spillover as EHA surveilled those most at-risk due to interactions with bats. This was the whole raison d’être of EHA. But there’s no evidence suggesting this occurred, or they’d be… https://t.co/hJog61m1P9
2023-09-29
RT @RabbiWolpe: Tonight is Shabbat & Sukkot. One the holiday of temporariness, the other of eternity. One of ushpizin & one of angels. One…
2023-09-29
.@rushkoff has been writing about this phenomenon for years. The wealthy & powerful tell themselves they can retreat to bunkers staffed with personnel/security. They have the illusion of a plan B, which allows them to disengage from the overwhelming reality so many face. https://t.co/T73druZWlF
2023-09-29
Great discussion & comity between @brucep13 & @drbeen_medical in this conversation. Looks like they will continue delving deeper into & elucidating these thorny problems like LC, Lyme, & ME/CFS: https://t.co/6DDZa3iGNQ https://t.co/Qw7mLiGo5Q
2023-09-29
RT @brucep13: Aided by proinflammatory monocytes binding through fractalkine. Been treating this for over 2 years.
2023-09-29
We are no longer a serious people.
There’s a war going on that the US is facilitating. It’s leading to death & destruction & puts the world at risk of nuclear attacks.
Keep performing though https://t.co/nELUDP4TQh
2023-09-29
@dbdugger Ah! I see the study now. Thanks for sharing that.
2023-09-29
@dbdugger Say more about that, please. I’ve been waiting for cardiology to highlight the immunological aspects of disease. We already know about some of the usual bacterial suspects. Adding this isn’t going to help matters! But they’re going to mainly focus on Apo-B. We need new CEUs
2023-09-29
https://t.co/ZKfUyI51q4
2023-09-29
There was an increase in cardiac events following the 1918 Flu. Consider that we keep getting this & will for the foreseeable future *UNLESS* something changes. Post-exposure prophylaxis via a pill would be great right now & any time after Jan 2020 https://t.co/6tNsB0uOVX
2023-09-29
RT @mattwridley: I am currently having my second bout of covid.
Not life threatening but I'm sicker than I've been for many years.
For f…
2023-09-29
If phrased with only minor adjustments, this is similar to an alter call. Very religious https://t.co/PCuNSdo9DZ
2023-09-29
@PaulVanderKlay @MikhailaFuller @jordanbpeterson Paul, I actually found quite a bit of consonance between their talk & @EricRWeinstein’s chat with Brian Keating. Dying in the desert is esssentially the point Kuhn was making about incommensurate theories & scientific change. Your point about it being easier to get out of Egypt…
2023-09-28
Some of you have actually convinced yourselves that it’s possible to hunker down, prepare, & outlast any impending disaster. You’re going to be the lone survivor? You can’t survive on your own right now! What will you do when you need surgery or chemotherapy or food or others?
2023-09-28
🚨kayfabe in action. Central casting couldn’t give you a better performer playing the role of “US Politician”—whatever that term now means. Who will run the country though? 🤷🏻♂️ Performativity is all that seems to matter. https://t.co/14MjCKkJAQ
2023-09-28
*IF* SARS2 is proven to cause Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease (CJD) that’s about as bad as it can get. Really frightening proposition.
2023-09-28
RT @energybants: Poland is starting to build a fleet of large reactors TODAY, immediately after signing contracts.
They have this one grea…
2023-09-28
RT @Yash25571056: The number of Japanese deaths in July 2023 has been officially announced. It remains significantly higher than the pre-pa…
2023-09-28
@Cernovich There’s a difference between an evil nation & a nation whose *government* acts in evil ways—eg, extrajudicial killings/droning & mass casualties among innocent citizens in Iraq. The US & its government ALSO act in beneficent ways. To say otherwise is a cognitive distortion
2023-09-27
Inflation is a way to capture more of your life. https://t.co/RSZvzHFWon
2023-09-27
@MrQuantity That sounds awesome!
2023-09-27
@juneoftroy Let me clarify that. You may be correct about the 60s-70s. My parents have cool stories, but 1/2 of my family lived through the Cuban Missile Crisis. Our first experience with anything like that was 9/11/01.
2023-09-27
@juneoftroy You may be right. Things were relatively safe, stable & less fearful bc the “Cold War” had come to an end. The internet hadn’t yet become ubiquitous as it is now. Not saying it was perfect. Just far better for little kids than now.
2023-09-27
Do any of you with very young children wonder if your kids will have as good a childhood as you? Not better. Just as good. Were the 90s the last best time to be a kid?
2023-09-26
@chydorina @remissionbiome I’m curious if anyone is tracking the amount of POTS being treated with, say, beta blockers & their impacts on MCAS. Was speaking with an MD in allergy/immunology who expressed concern over this bc beta blockers may lessen effectiveness of an epipen, if needed. Any thoughts?
2023-09-26
@MeetJess I saw this post of yours & am wondering if you’ve figured out options for schooling/socializing during this madness? Are there any online options that you’re aware of that allow 3-5 y/o to participate synchronously so there’s some sense of camaraderie? https://t.co/0btCJyUrh3
2023-09-26
RT @CenterRes: Steiner et al. (2023). Understanding, diagnosing, and treating Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome - State of…
2023-09-26
Why is there soy in so much of what we eat?
2023-09-22
Perhaps most shocking of all is that $43 million could fully fund a whopping 130 students for four years. That’s insane. Higher Ed has lost its way & is shouldering students with lifelong debt. https://t.co/RFpzaHzAje
2023-09-22
Are these numbers accurate? Staggering amount of suffering https://t.co/BDJjg5wbDJ
2023-09-22
Make it make sense https://t.co/jYjbKCQCQA
2023-09-22
When millennials start getting those #studentloans auto-drafted out of their accounts in a few days, the reality that they’ve been hosed yet again will be insurmountable. Too Big to Fail, then losing so much to #Covid19. Yet they must pay for MORE war & death? Shameless!
2023-09-21
RT @demishassabis: Deeply honoured to receive the 2023 #LaskerAward with John Jumper for our work on #AlphaFold - now used by 1M+ researche…
2023-09-21
Thank you Colorado!
2023-09-21
RT @R_H_Ebright: HHS letter to Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV), 09/19/23: "NIH determined that..WIV conducted an experiment that violated…
2023-09-21
What is happening to the world right now? There’s so many layers of surreality that one loses count. Why am I seeing this video so much? I don’t understand anything about this war & fear our leaders aren’t serious enough nor clever enough to avoid escalation. https://t.co/NLrY9UsLSQ
2023-09-20
@MEtabled @SplendidSpeseia @CiaraGlenville Really sorry to hear that, especially since you were making strides in recovering. There are so many different variants circulating with various symptom clusters, & without testing for the specific variants it’s hard to know exactly which one it is. There have been more reports…
2023-09-20
RT @demishassabis: Excited to share #AlphaMissense our new AI system that can classify whether genetic mutations (missense variants) are be…
2023-09-20
@danaparish & @StevePhillipsMD are you aware of any biotech attempts to develop more targeted therapeutics aimed at eradicating spirochete-related infections? We saw the speed that monoclonals for SARS2 were developed, which makes the lack of Lyme treatment innovation shocking
2023-09-20
@dbdugger I know we’ve discussed this, but for people who’d be interested in speaking with their physicians about this approach, which particular agent would you recommend? I’m not saying I agree at all with the challenge trials done, but since they conducted them despite my protestations…
2023-09-20
@drgurner Curiously, so many stop at a place I can’t wrap my head around. If there’s a chance it emerged from a lab (which I think it did) why would the status quo bias be that we should adapt to living with the uncontrolled spread of & serial reinfection from a BSL3 virus?
2023-09-20
@TheMemeticist Yeah, I find myself mystified by the proposition that we 1) know everything we need to know about this novel virus; 2) that the things we think we now know are a) true & b) will hold true into the future; & 3) if there’s even a remote chance it escaped from a lab that we…
2023-09-19
The entire conversation can be found here: https://t.co/6QRomKfd6M
2023-09-19
In this interview Eric Weinstein makes a crucial point about public trust during an epidemic of lies. He also mentions one of my concerns about SARS2’s potential to be like HIV in the sense that it may take time before the carnage shows up in the population. https://t.co/ieADmHoMVo
2023-09-19
it doesn’t matter what the “task” or “job” is per se. if we can do “it” with our cognitive capacities then “it” can be abstracted & instantiated into other cybernetic systems that aren’t limited by human biology’s constraints https://t.co/UYqSqvxE1P
2023-09-19
RT @RabbiWolpe: On these ten days of repentance we seek to examine our souls but also to heal our community, strengthen the Jewish people,…
2023-09-19
@SEProtomartyr No blonde roast? Man that is bleak.
2023-09-19
👀 https://t.co/W6EAoOtgrY
2023-09-19
*might* this suggest sildenafil’s association with decreased risk of Alzheimer’s disease is about more than the blood brain barrier & could implicate EBV & other herpetic viruses as causative agents? https://t.co/XWgAn1ToNS
2023-09-19
RT @danaparish: 📣 It’s been a secret wish to speak on the record w notable prof/ MD—fr @Harvard, no less—who’s been awakened to how badly c…
2023-09-19
@RealCheckMarker @marcfavell @lucyveepee I’d love to read more about that, bc 100% prevention of LC sounds too good to be true. I hope it’s correct. I just can’t imagine how it would be 100% though, unless the time frame were to be condensed (follow up at 2 pays post infection for example). I’d need to see that study.
2023-09-18
For those who think Camus utterly nihilist, recall that in “the rebel’s universe, death exalts injustice” (pg 565), making it “essential to die unreconciled and not of one’s own free will.” (pg 537). In other words suicide joins ranks with the universe’s absurd death march.
2023-09-17
When TLC speaks about “the meaning crisis” often there isn’t enough emphasis on significance. Yes, we want & need meaning in our lives. But we also need to feel as though our lives matter, that they have significance.
2023-09-16
Some argue there’s no God & that this is a good thing. Would it be? The universe wouldn’t make a distinction between you & Stalin & Hitler. All the evil would still exist, but not the eternal redemption & justice. It’d all be transience swallowed up by eventual heat death & abyss
2023-09-15
@chydorina @remissionbiome Yoooooo! This is awesome to hear. He’s a world class thinker & would be great to have as a scientific advisor. Patients can extract & apply the pertinent aspects of his protocols. What doesn’t apply need not be worried over. But it’s still an amazing resource to have!
2023-09-14
It’s the return of orality but supercharged by the digital https://t.co/oJJiPIpflh
2023-09-14
He just keeps doing the hard work of excavating meaning like a semantic archeologist. https://t.co/Bswg1AzKYQ
2023-09-14
RT @renesugar: “Inverse Vaccine” Could Treat Multiple Sclerosis and Range of Other Autoimmune Diseases
https://t.co/fS5luNtxc7
2023-09-14
@roddreher @cirrusio @jordanbpeterson @GadSaad In addition to any dietary changes, you should check out tenefovir in the form of TAF (rather than TDF).
2023-09-13
@aliu_driton @brucep13 We need a convenient way of referring patients to physicians who will actually work with the Patterson team. We’ve been meeting lots of resistance from the status quo bias/do-nothing approach while patients suffer needlessly.
2023-09-13
Does your team @brucep13 have a list of preferred/informed providers from each state that work with you?
2023-09-13
The ICU nurses are sharing they’re short-staffed due to SARS2. Almost zero masks in the ICU with the MOST vulnerable? You can’t know how much I hate to mention things like this at a time in our life where all focus should be on good vibes. This is “soft” or passive eugenics
2023-09-13
RT @DrGrahamLJ: Hot off the press:
Oral dysbiosis (bad bugs in the mouth) is very bad for us!
Organisms like P. gingivalis, which cause g…
2023-09-12
gratitude time 🙏 My father had to be life flighted 🚁to a major hospital to treat a collapsed lung. He’s in ICU & will remain there until he improves. But I must thank God & all the people who have kept him alive when it was very much in doubt. 🙏🙏🙏 to all
2023-09-12
RT @BastienFachan: Djokovic’s first-ever tennis practice at 4 years old in Kopaonik, Serbia - fascinating footage
This is why you should a…
2023-09-11
#NSCLC community, what’s been your experience with new onset of pleural effusions in metastatic disease previously controlled (no progression) by a TKI like alectinib? What does that trajectory look like from a patient perspective? Survival time. Quality of life?
2023-09-10
@KeepingItReal Glad to hear you continue to show improvement! Really encouraging news! How is endothelial function now? Back to baseline?
2023-09-10
RT @SEProtomartyr: That was phenomenal from CoCo. 🏆🎾 #USOpen2023
2023-09-10
@SEProtomartyr Epic! Her movement, backhand, & ability to handle pressure is 🔥🔥🔥
2023-09-10
RT @bgtennisnation: the champion @CocoGauff and my daughter Zoe @usopen https://t.co/FBuRYbyKh2
2023-09-08
I grew up wrestling & fighting bc that was an available outlet for guys in the middle of nowhere. Burned off our extra energy & kept us out of trouble. There was honor in it. I don’t know what fresh hell of misogyny this @dillondanis v @LoganPaul stuff is. Don’t support it! https://t.co/f3dCGVohmH
2023-09-08
@dillondanis Yes I’m old & will get roasted for this, but I’ve never seen so much targeting of a woman outside the ring, outside the realm of combat. I know everything’s about the 💸💰& lolz. “It’s just the fight game etc.”Young men this ain’t it! Don’t reward grown men who act like this.
2023-09-08
@MasterBawbag @debstehn @TRyanGregory Do you recall the source for this?
2023-09-08
4 year old looks at me & just out of the blue asks, “Who made God?”
2023-09-07
@froglet80 I’m glad you’re experiencing recovery! That’s awesome! I hope you will enjoy nothing but increased healing & health!
I do think it’s at least worth noting that your experience—taken together with that of others who have well-controlled HIV via their medicinal…
2023-09-07
🚨“Men don’t typically say, ‘Hmm, I can’t quite tell if I was just kicked in the genitals.’”
Man’s Genitals Suffer Severe Pain After Covid-19 Due To Blood Clots https://t.co/ucKINlL5QG
2023-09-07
Appreciate this person sharing his experience. Raises an urgent question about developing targeted drugs for PrEP in SARS2. In HIV, a once daily pill for PrEP is 99% effective at preventing HIV. If people are taking Truvada or Biktarvy etc & still contract SARS2, we better be… https://t.co/uGdJczIeqz
2023-09-07
Appreciate this person sharing his experience. Raises an urgent question about developing targeted drugs for PrEP in SARS2. In HIV, a once daily pill for PrEP is 99% effective at preventing HIV. If people are taking Truvada or Biktarvy etc & still contract SARS2, we better be… https://t.co/uGdJczIeqz
2023-09-07
Hey @KeepingItReal, I was wondering if you could give me a quick follow because I’d like to send you a treatment-related/protocol question via PM, if that would be OK.
2023-09-07
I’m well & truly speechless. A kid can be symptomatic & very contagious while attending school at the beginning of the week. By the end of the week be too sick to attend. But the virus will have already been spread to others🤷🏻♂️ https://t.co/XnttS3ELzl
2023-09-06
@a66mike99 @bryan_johnson Again, I’m a fan of the scientific work. I encourage transparency & openness. I’m not sure what your metric is by which you say he’s by far the most transparent? He has videos where he will show things he’s working on, eg his hair care products, but doesn’t reveal what it all is.…
2023-09-06
@Rohan65336929 @amperro31 Yes, and to move the needle on things that are preserved like lifespan will require $$$ & much more specific interventions than we now have. We currently have no FDA approved medications for Long COVID & billions are being spent on that along with tons of our best researchers.
2023-09-06
RT @KyleMcnease: @episdelgam @Don_El_Wood @Zero @bryan_johnson How has the food protocol saved lives already 🤦🏻♂️ We’ve known about calori…
2023-09-06
@episdelgam @Don_El_Wood @Zero @bryan_johnson How has the food protocol saved lives already 🤦🏻♂️ We’ve known about caloric restriction since we emerged as a species. Granted, it was forced on us by our scarcity. But it’s been a part of our developmental history. And it isn’t as if his diet is without negative aspects—which is…
2023-09-06
October 7, 1665 Samuel Pepys writes that he “comes close by the bearers with a dead corpse of the [Bubonic] plague; but Lord, to see what custom is, that I am come almost to think nothing of it”
2023-09-06
RT @KyleMcnease: @Don_El_Wood @Zero Ok. But somehow you’re missing a key point here. I’m saying the millions he spends on the n=1 maybe get…
2023-09-06
@Don_El_Wood @Zero Ok. But somehow you’re missing a key point here. I’m saying the millions he spends on the n=1 maybe gets him to negligible senescence? For the same amount of money he could save many young lives right now that would not otherwise survive & make it to the future he hopes for. The…
2023-09-06
Whaaaaaa? https://t.co/XCiZ12PTi1
2023-09-05
RT @bryan_johnson: @KyleMcnease my commentary is on society being suicidal in behavior, making it impossibly hard for individuals to be mor…
2023-09-05
@amperro31 my point is if he’s correct about future life & health-span increasing tech & interventions, then preventing young children from dying today would almost ensure they’d be around for those interventions. In a resource constrained context, preventing the deaths of many children…
2023-09-05
@jordangraves__ @bryan_johnson I don’t deny his societal critiques. But we can already see there’s a biotechnological divide widening. So for someone who has access to unprecedented levels of medial surveillance & care saying don’t die is like 🤷🏻♂️ Most of us want to live. We’re not volunteering for death
2023-09-05
@bryan_johnson I can appreciate your commentary. This particular framing is about not dying bc of the potential life & healthspan modifying interventions at some time T in the future. While you can spend $$ aimed at negligent senescence there are deaths that could be prevented today. My…
2023-09-05
@pygmypuff112 Can you tell me how not to die?
2023-09-05
I love it when billionaires tell me not to die while they spend millions on their health each year. How many deaths could you prevent with millions a year? https://t.co/UJn0Ur3jII
2023-09-05
Dear God! Infection shaming people for contracting a highly infectious airborne pathogen? No one is asking for it or has it coming. This pandemic was inflicted on the world. Let’s not stigmatize.
2023-09-05
🤦🏻♂️the word “likely” doing so much work here. But even if 50% of all Long COVID cases recover, that means ~50% don’t. And the conservative estimate is 20% of population develops Long COVID on a rolling basis? Grizzly. & the minimizing continues somehow. https://t.co/ZnMyP4Ylmx
2023-09-05
@drseanmullen Also https://t.co/4jBjlo7sbw
2023-09-05
RT @David_Gunkel: Today is the official publication date for "Person, Thing, Robot" @mitpress. Print copies are now available in the usual…
2023-09-05
preference falsification is worth understanding
2023-09-04
In the book “Live Not by Lies” by @roddreher there’s a haunting line: “ There are no Lenins in exile, waiting to return in a sealed train to America to take command of the revolution.” 👀
2023-09-04
@HotForMoot But did you attend Dísablót?
2023-09-04
RT @KyleMcnease: @PeterDiamandis No offense. But the middle-aged man is too triumphalist about life-extension. It always seems just a few y…
2023-09-04
@PeterDiamandis No offense. But the middle-aged man is too triumphalist about life-extension. It always seems just a few years away. With most of the world experiencing SARS2 & roughly 72% of the population onboarding some form of novel intervention, I’d argue epistemic humility is warranted.
2023-09-04
Are we certain we’re getting more intelligent? Yes, we have more technology. But have you ever read Shakespeare or Marlowe or Milton or Donne? Audiences presumably understood them…
2023-09-04
@kalezelden I dunno, man. Seems like a final act in a longer, tragic play. Donne was opining on the “Phoenix” generation:
And so the world had fits; it joy'd, it mourn'd;
And, as men think, that agues physic are,
And th' ague being spent, give over care,
So thou, sick world, mistak'st…
2023-09-04
Was frightened to read this sentiment bc it originated under Stalin’s regime. “We must finish once and for all with the neutrality of chess…We must condemn once and for all the formula ‘chess for the sake of chess,’ like the formula ‘art for art's sake.’ We must organize…
2023-09-03
From the same doctor who said we should treat the unvaccinated like criminals & restrict their ability to participate in society. We just keep going back to those who made anti-sense 🤦🏻♂️ https://t.co/ccuKDw7IIJ
2023-09-02
This is a pretty good breakdown of some of the recent findings on worsening brain-related conditions linked to SARS2 https://t.co/8KofEcaPcf
2023-09-02
@RokoMijic Really interesting thoughts. Are we not more like polytheists than atheists? Maybe the “gods” simply appear different. But worship is related to attention & its hierarchical. ATtention orients our INtentions. We seem hardwired to worship 🤷🏻♂️
2023-09-02
@klwong43 @ThouArtThat Prayers for a quick & full recovery, Karen! We all appreciate the sublime content you share with the world! It’s a labor of love no doubt & rich in wisdom. We will await your healthy return!
2023-09-02
Another “omicron” like emergence… https://t.co/RcIa8gKMYw
2023-09-02
@calirunnerdoc Dr. Alice, I’m really sorry this happened to you! Of all physicians, you deserve better! Thank you for bringing your empathy & ethic of care to the patient encounter irrespective of outcome. Courage seems in short supply, so thank you for openly demonstrating it.
2023-09-02
@kalezelden As the old ones used to say, Thank you for “raising them in the nurture & admonition of the Lord!” It will redound to your, their, & our collective benefit. May God show them favor above their fellows. May they continue to grow in wisdom & stature before God & man!
2023-09-02
@danaparish Next you’re going to tell me you have a problem being exposed to asbestos! Why? It’s the new normal!Mild mesothelioma. Seriously though it is sad seeing the boomerang effect in play. We’re not only unprepared for the next pandemic, but also less prepared for each new “surge.”
2023-09-01
@GrimGriz Wish I could just upload a PDF without all the hassle. here it is as a short story: https://t.co/z5fI4hnBEG
2023-09-01
@arijitchakrav Now that the immediate speculation phase has quieted down a bit & you’ve had some time to opine on this study, what do you make of the IgG4 data? https://t.co/Ks5HHbI1ei
2023-09-01
@GrimGriz @PaulVanderKlay @PaulAnleitner @klwong43 @GrailCountry You might like this short piece I wrote about UBI. U R training data… https://t.co/0CPuXuK9QN
2023-09-01
@GrimGriz That we will one day die is decided. How we will die is undecided or there’s no free will. Good men & women save lives every day. Wicked men & women take lives before their appointed time every day. Humans have agency or it’s Sam Harrisville-determinism all the way down. Even God…
2023-09-01
A conservative bioethical case for N95s or better could be: 1) conservation of life & health span; 2) national security; and 3) economic security. Otherwise get ready for automation due to large numbers in the population being disabled for life.
2023-09-01
Thoughts?
If you see me out & about I will be wearing either an n95 aura or envo. Has zero to do with compliance or government. That’s my risk tolerance for the BSL3 Gain of Function dual-use bioweapon-grade virus out there. Respect, love, & health to all. https://t.co/Z3qS4uTKnS
2023-09-01
@Cernovich How many people think the virus resulted from a BSL3 lab leak where they were doing Gain of Function dual-use research? That’s a bioweapon grade virus serially reinfecting the human population while the government & public health agencies downplay how bad this actually is.
2023-09-01
@carterleffen Say, for example, a person had a new design idea for a microchip & wanted to use the model to help generate schematics/blueprints of this
2023-08-31
Hey @carterleffen, have you seen any recent models that can generate schematics based on detailed descriptions?
2023-08-31
*You will breathe the plagued air and be happy!
(Spoiler alert: This is how they ended up owning nothing)
2023-08-31
@RebeccaReal6 @RealGayArbys Thanks for sharing that!
2023-08-31
Interesting to consider lactate keeps coming up…Can cancer medications help fight Lyme disease? https://t.co/cRJgBwwbHH
2023-08-31
Project NextGen Awards Over $1.4 Billion
👀“100 million to Global Health Investment Corp. the non-profit organization managing the BARDA Ventures investment portfolio to expand investments in new technologies that will accelerate responses in the future.” https://t.co/ACUwEupk4t
2023-08-31
@RebeccaReal6 @RealGayArbys Haven’t tried the new pro yet. How does it feel as compared to the regular envo? I do like that more of the chin is covered with the pro even though we never had any problems bc the seal is so good; & you have room to adjust the straps to tighten/loosen it.
2023-08-31
@arijitchakrav Thanks for sharing their clarification! I still think we need to be monitoring for this possibility. Do we have great data on the S protein affinity of facilitating Abs vs neutralizing antibodies in new variants?
2023-08-31
@RealGayArbys Have you ever tried the Envo? It has an option for a head strap that works well in our experience. https://t.co/IXqpmPn4Hb https://t.co/MfEOsDRo5Y
2023-08-30
@aliu_driton Thanks for taking the time to share. I hope you find a path towards recovery & fully regaining your health! 🙏
2023-08-30
@aliu_driton If you were given power to implement whatever you wanted, what would you do?
2023-08-30
*the items listed are not meant to be comprehensive but suggestive of SOME items we could improve starting now*
We could also structure things such that more was possible outdoors—weather permitting.
2023-08-30
We need greater transparency. Basically we should be acting as if this were an actual public health crisis rather than mere political optics. This represents a global threat to human health & an ongoing threat to our economy & national defense.
2023-08-30
Focus on respiratory hygiene & not simply 🤚. Nasal sprays that prevent or greatly reduce infection & transmission. Where are the treatments for Long COVID?
2023-08-30
The answer still remains iterating & improving. We got gen 1 💉 done in less than a year & despite having 3 years we’ve done little to improve their safety & efficacy. Update therapeutics. Enhance indoor air quality. Better rapid tests. Increased access to care & n95s.
2023-08-30
This is not a democrat v republican issue as both parties have failed the American people in particular ways. We can request new leadership without thinking the correct answer is more mandates & lockdowns.
2023-08-30
I’m old enough to remember when @POTUS stated anyone responsible for this many deaths from #COVID19 should not remain President of the US. What makes this so bad is the administration repeats “we have the tools!” Then we need better tools! Long COVID is also destroying lives 🦗🦗 https://t.co/QxhBGreZH2
2023-08-30
@SadRobot1980 @arijitchakrav Yes, & the nuanced scientific discourse can be hijacked by either extreme such that we’re unable to have the substantive conversations in the public sphere without recriminations. Serial reinfection is occurring both in vaccinated & unvaccinated if additional NPIs aren’t layered.…
2023-08-30
At the earliest signs of ADE infections we should be sounding the alarm. The governments of the world seem not to be paying attention. Where’s public health? If we’re not monitoring or conducting surveillance things can get bad, quick! Hence the need to update the armamentarium https://t.co/qBnOxVWInC
2023-08-30
RT @KyleMcnease: I’ve been worried about (check back to my 2020 thoughts) & somewhat scorned for my concern regarding potential ADE in #COV…
2023-08-30
@ydeigin have you given any more thought to ADE? “Antibody escape, the risk of serotype formation, and rapid immune waning: modeling the implications of SARS-CoV-2 immune evasion” https://t.co/U58ebzGOEZ
2023-08-30
@arijitchakrav Appreciate all of your efforts! I’ve been worried about this since early 2020 bc of my experience with Dengue & the fallout from Dengvaxia’s ADE. Almost no one is reporting on non-NAbs either from infection or 💉/boosting. I worry we’re over-relying upon non-NAbs which might➡️ADE https://t.co/rLoQCGX8Zf
2023-08-30
How will you outcompete an AI/cybernetic system that includes you as part of its model? Enterprises will be able to purchase access to the models & replace the workers. https://t.co/cLBPbmUewe
2023-08-30
@icreatelife I guess the waiting is almost over… https://t.co/4r4KfqVTNx
2023-08-30
@TheMemeticist I can’t understand this though? Why would you believe them now, after years of lying, obfuscating, demonstrable incompetence, & lack of actual harm & risk reduction messaging via public health? People will now say “it’s a bioweapon…and it’s no big deal” 🤷🏻♂️ make it make sense
2023-08-30
RT @SlowToWrite: Watch this video, and you’ll understand why this man made me smile for 5 minutes. https://t.co/1gor6xv7Zl
2023-08-30
My children didn’t ask to be brought into this world, so why would I expect anything from them (other than respect)? I exist for them & not the other way around. The call of a father is to love unconditionally. Everything about the relationship is asymmetrical.
2023-08-29
I call this the Trolley Minivan problem: Is it better to have less status but remain an intact family (original spouse with kids); or gain immense “status” while sacrificing one’s original family & forfeit it only to “seriously engage” with one’s second family (new spouse with…
2023-08-29
@PhysInHistory cc: @klwong43
2023-08-29
RT @resiapretorius: A great presentation by Dr Avi Nath from the NINDS, NIH, at the 2nd day of #KSLongCoVID24. He showed significant endo…
2023-08-29
@resiapretorius 💯! In May 2020, I tried to warn about this. By our gov arguing that immediate death was the only important metric & that most are “fine”, we allowed a highly contagious virus causing coagulopathies & organ damage to destroy human health—hence the Trojan Horse metaphor. https://t.co/vstYEutMc4
2023-08-29
Patient advocacy groups should be celebrating the work of @PutrinoLab. Many in ME/CFS have been arguing for this reality. Finally someone with a larger megaphone is getting the word out though! https://t.co/yenVf0Zvtu
2023-08-29
Prayers of support & solidarity for all the good people of Florida facing this hurricane season.
2023-08-26
From the dialogue On Huxley’s Brave New World as current critique. A 🧵
🌍📰🎉🤳🏻💡 Huxley’s fictional society is consumed by the banal and the superficial. In this dystopian world, information is plentiful but superficial, leading to a society that is, paradoxically, both…
2023-08-26
From the dialogue On Huxley’s Brave New World as current critique. A 🧵
🌍📰🎉🤳🏻💡 Huxley’s fictional society is consumed by the banal and the superficial. In this dystopian world, information is plentiful but superficial, leading to a society that is, paradoxically, both…
2023-08-26
I feel like I’m living through the prologue to The Man in the High Castle. Only I’m living in the book-within-the book (The Grasshopper Lies Heavy). We have degrees of freedom & the life you live can lead to unimaginable outcomes. Your life creates a butterfly effect…pure chaos
2023-08-26
I comment on these issues in order to memorialize that some of us cared not for money, recognition, political favor but for the health & wellbeing of humanity. Historians can’t say there were no dissident voices. SARS2 is airborne. The CDC should message accordingly. https://t.co/oFniDAzevw
2023-08-26
@JReinerMD Communicating accurate, actionable information that protects the public’s health is paramount. She can’t even mention n95s or better? She can mention hand hygiene though? It’s 2023. Time to update & revolutionize how we think of respiratory hygiene!
2023-08-26
The intervention shouldn’t be compared to the disease for which it is intended to prevent, especially in healthy populations. Side-effects of interventions should be compared to placebo. Otherwise the bar is too low! https://t.co/YW8L0wTjJf
2023-08-25
Dear Xers (what are you called?) I’d love your input on an ethical question. Do you think offering financial compensation to someone for their insights in conversation is a respectful way to show value for their time and expertise, or do you find it gauche? #EthicsInDialogue
2023-08-25
@DaliaHasanMD Is that the 3m 1860? 🏆
2023-08-25
Next level disinformation! https://t.co/Kjc6N3NalO
2023-08-25
@tessfalor I’ve heard some really good recent reports from MDs discussing gastrochrome as a therapeutic demonstrating pretty amazing results. If a person can stop reacting to everything ingested, that at least takes some burden off the system & can allow for healing. https://t.co/bFBOyJSHbq
2023-08-25
RT @RabbiWolpe: https://t.co/ZGImNn04f0
2023-08-25
@kalezelden I value your perspective on this, & I’d like to hear you share more. I’m all ears. We need shared solutions that aren’t based on mandates.
2023-08-25
American politics continues to devolve into an unhealthy spectator sport—my team MUST win—like in other collapsing civilizations. We won’t make it through this period in history, rife as it is with multi-polar traps, without one another. https://t.co/m0aN3DdK8E
2023-08-25
Dr. @David_Gunkel in your estimation which communication journal(s) highlight your work while also including the various dimensions that thinkers like @Joshuak_Smith & @Robotheology concentrate on?
2023-08-24
@SEProtomartyr when you have a few spare moments, this hits hard! https://t.co/aoEc14QkWC
2023-08-24
@andyroddick many of us loved & admired your tennis play. Your effort was just as inspiring in its way as @rogerfederer’s seemingly frictionless movement. David Foster Wallace wrote about Fed as a religious experience. Watching you has been an existential one about growth🙏🏆 https://t.co/2ORmNmrswy
2023-08-24
RT @R_H_Ebright: "[S]cientists at the Defence Intelligence Agency’s National Centre for Medical Intelligence (NCMI)..conclude that Covid-…
2023-08-24
@lifeanalytics This is a great thread! I think it will help many people when they read your rationale for a given choice of supplementation.
2023-08-23
@loscharlos SARS2 says “don’t call it a come back bc I never left!”
2023-08-23
@danaparish @peterdaou & Dana I invite your followers to search out Dr. Ian Lipkin’s early commentary on this (can be found on TWIV) where he admits he couldn’t publish positive findings bc we had no supply. We never learned from H1N1 & still haven’t! We offshored our PPE & paid in lost lives.
2023-08-23
In 2020 CNN ran a story about the hardest hit areas per capita. They were towns like mine. People I know who were NEVER sick, had never been on a single med died from SARS2. Omicron is insidious in its ability to cause chronic disease rather than 💥 you’re dead in 2 weeks.
2023-08-23
What is wild is to see so many falling for the all-clear after our government—both Dem & Repub—proved themselves to be inveterate liars. Don’t wear or refuse to wear an #n95 bc of politics! Each infection is making us worse not better. We’re being foolish at a global scale. https://t.co/s3hbORmiGg
2023-08-23
@JoshGellers @Cernovich 💯 plus they may understand that in post-COVID longitudinal studies looking at dendritic cells, they hadn’t returned after 9 months. And T cells are exhausted & depleted. Reactivated viruses. Increased cellular senescence, coagulapathies galore, organ damage etc. n95s for the 🏆
2023-08-23
But technology always creates more new jobs than the ones it replaces…until…UNTIL it can do all the cognitive tasks that any & all humans can do. Getting close to that point. If this wasn’t an economic imperative, race-to-the-bottom, zero sum game we could course correct. https://t.co/b9ThTQKxx0
2023-08-22
The great Shakespearean scholar Dr. Stege made me spend 9 hours a week on the bottom floor of the library reading & listening to the language via various vintage recordings. He was a firm believer in immersing oneself in the cadence of the language. What’s the standard now?
2023-08-22
😱 Wish I had this several years ago—not for Reddit but for research 👀 https://t.co/R4TyAgzyPs
2023-08-22
Wat means? Twitterpated= love-struck; smitten
X-terpated= destroyed; killed off
2023-08-22
If millennials were smart they’d say you mean we literally shut down the world, took these mRNA vaccines with no long term safety data & no quality control in order to protect our grandparents & parents but y’all are balking at #studentloans forgiveness?
2023-08-22
RT @Aaron_Lowry: @KyleMcnease The machine is a human creation, capitalism and the data aggregation systems as well.
Individuals have deve…
2023-08-22
@Aaron_Lowry That’s so well said!
2023-08-21
If you can anticipate that climate change will increase & worsen disasters, then having effective mitigations & emergency protocols (with redundancies) in place to protect life is paramount. But climate change! isn’t an acceptable response. It’s abdication of responsibility.
2023-08-21
Things are getting so strange… https://t.co/W1FmGJdTdF
2023-08-21
Are we food for the machine. Is the meaning crisis actually crisis of capitalism? Everyone & everything is training data. Humanity has commodified itself
2023-08-21
I don’t know why Aljamain Sterling @funkmasterMMA doesn’t get more love? Even in a loss this guy showed more class than most people when they win. Hope they run it back again
2023-08-21
@jon_flop_boat Link up with @Inframethod! He’s such an awesome thinker-writer & equally good at breaking down the process for others. I’ve always loved Karl Weick’s articulation of retrospective sense-making. It’s often summed up as: how can I know what I think until I see what I say?
2023-08-21
My grandparents didn’t have electricity or running water. They worked in fields sharecropping. I never heard them complain or say anything bad about anyone. They considered themselves blessed. Happy even. They couldn’t have dreamed of my life. But am I as happy & blessed as them? https://t.co/yzaJWR7zbW
2023-08-20
@danaparish The post-9/11 playbook. The essence of terror is constant anxiety without the ability to orient & protect oneself from its pervasiveness. So the government said, Go shopping! Spend money! Don’t let the enemy win. Today it’s: Vax, pax, relax, spend. Don’t mask though!
2023-08-19
Not again https://t.co/vm0UQVhuhf https://t.co/XQbs0iRUwf
2023-08-19
@ahandvanish In many ways it has become performance art 🤷🏻♂️
2023-08-19
@kalezelden Totally support your ability to assert you freedom & autonomy & will continue fighting for everyone’s right to do so. Our difference on this issue is a scientific one not ideological or legal. Public Health & our Gov have failed at every turn & disqualified themselves—taking many…
2023-08-19
RT @R_H_Ebright: @clairlemon The key sentence in this shockingly ignorant article is the following sentence by the ignoramus writer:
"I am…
2023-08-19
How long will it take before sv40 starts trending?
2023-08-19
RT @ESYudkowsky: @chjrwis He didn't and I did.
2023-08-19
RT @R_H_Ebright: "[L]aboratories with insufficient..biosafety protocols..exacerbate..risk of..outbreak through laboratory-acquired infectio…
2025-03-07
@TRyanGregory Americans are weary from war & the killing fields. We’ve been at war almost my entire life, & many of us lost loved ones in combat. There is zero desire to invade Canada or anywhere else for that matter. We want peace.
2025-03-07
@emilyinvc Masterful trolling!
the greatest sadness is laundry & succulents & not death ✅
the goal should clearly be to end up in an elite cemetery with all the other mythopoets ✅
2025-03-07
@danaparish 1) Why has zero persons in virology publicly asked to release EcoHealth’s years of samples? Makes zero sense! Their stated mission was to prevent this kind of pandemic by doing sero-surveillance on communities at-risk of spillover. If it was truly a spillover event with a virus…
2025-03-07
There’s a generation grieving the announcement that @AroundtheHorn will not continue airing past May. We grew up watching witty debate between @woodypaige @TimCowlishaw @GlobeBobRyan @BillPlaschke @jadande @MacMullanJackie @ProfBlackistone @michaelsmith @bomani_jones & Jay…
2025-03-07
RT @DrPatSoonShiong: The missing piece of the puzzle in clearing infections such as Covid, HiV and cancer. The simple but profound discover…
2025-03-07
What did I miss now? Seeing the grossest antisemitism. If you’re a Christian or profess to be one, please condemn it!
2025-03-07
@lukeburgis If you’ve read anything about me, that is my story. But I have found that those who deploy “the myth of the arrival” get the love. We’ve lost contact with the Greek’s tragic sense of life.
2025-03-07
@kalezelden Can I be honest though? I grew up rough in that backwoods, hillbilly sense. Toughness was required. Fighting for survival was required. I mean actual fighting. We were feral & super competitive. Until Sundays arrived. Then our Alpha father made sure we were quiet, solemn, & still…
2025-03-06
Orthodox Christianity is taking off in America. What are the implications?
2025-03-06
@annielcrawford Awesome!
2025-03-06
@bryan_johnson Now you’re fully in the territory of French postmodernist theory. Ask Lytotard who is the first posthuman.
2025-03-06
Is there any way for those of us who could not participate at that time to pay for access to the materials? https://t.co/Ssy8yMf88d
2025-03-06
This is 2025 https://t.co/2un8rslPya
2025-03-06
@DiamonDie @MaryB51630191 Yes. I remember the data on intranasal insulin looked amazing across the board. The US is way behind on this potential intervention even for Alzheimer’s Disease. I hope you can try it again with great success & no hypoglycemia!
2025-03-06
Orthodox X community who should I read &/or listen to on the purpose of Christ’s Incarnation & death?
2025-03-06
@DiamonDie @MaryB51630191 Oooooo. Say more about which nootropics you like bc you’ve experimented with more treatments/supplements/protocols than anyone I know!
2025-03-06
@McCormickProf The evening service was super packed where we are, & it has been awful weather. They had to add chairs to provide for overflow. There were also services throughout the day, so we were a bit surprised.
2025-03-05
I think I need to revisit this in longer form bc it already feels like years ago. Where does accelerating (rates of) change leave this species with roughly the same genetic endowment as our stone age ancestors? Can our nervous systems hold up to the challenges of rapid change? https://t.co/2E1pJZNhG8
2025-03-05
I’m actually curious what this means @clairlemon? I remember my grandmother sharing what it was like in towns like ours during WW2. There were no men over 18 left, including her brothers. Many never returned. https://t.co/qFlMdfqFiZ
2025-03-05
as algorithms & AI become more powerful, just how will it be to feel unseen by these forces/systems/energies/hyperobjects?
2023-08-19
RT @danaparish: 🤦🏻♀️ jfc
2023-08-19
@jawnquincyadams 🚨Your question is ill formulated! You should re-evaluate the hidden, faulty assumption that we don’t benefit from regular intervals of inhaling ash & smoke. Rather we need to encourage people to breathe in the ash & smoke. Also, expose the ears for HEARD immunity!
2023-08-18
There’s a fungus among us! Actually more than one https://t.co/248ijvefcK
2023-08-18
What if we treat *as if* EV is causal & monitor?
The viral origin of myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome | PLOS Pathogens https://t.co/KpuFJSrvhJ
2023-08-18
I can appreciate the good things he says while also thinking he’s wrong on some issues. Better never to have to borrow. Even better to live in a world that doesn’t operate on debt. Save more than spend. Live within a budget. Don’t call people STUPID if they make mistakes. We’re…
2023-08-18
@virologyanon @R_H_Ebright Not if they’ve been conferred with abilities like resistance to treatment & countermeasures, for example.
2023-08-18
@danaparish @StevePhillipsMD People seem not to take our bioethical warnings seriously. Look at the lab they just found in CA! As advancing tech that enables more people to engage in dangerous research combines with AI & protein folding…we’re in uncharted territory. 🌎Risk is increasing
2023-08-18
@StutlerMelissa @renesugar Best of luck 🙏
2023-08-17
@StutlerMelissa @renesugar @danaparish @DrPops3 @StevePhillipsMD Glad you’ve gotten some resolution. Sorry that you still have the neuropathy! Hope that resolves too! Does your MD think the continued neuropathy is from the dosing or the straightforward side-effect from the medication.
2023-08-17
@touchtreelife @BowTiedGatorDDS Super helpful! 🙏
2023-08-17
@renesugar @danaparish @DrPops3 @StevePhillipsMD You know what’s interesting is that he mentions copper. Several years ago, @BayAreaLyme was looking at the role of manganese-dependence in these organisms. Analyzing potential connections now.
2023-08-17
@Nu_Tools As his ghost you should know all clips showing him saying what he said were taken out of context. Even the one where @KonstantinKisin gave him an opportunity to clarify. Falling in love with possible worlds rather than the actual world is a strong drug.
2023-08-17
@danaparish @DrPops3 @StevePhillipsMD I’ve noticed Dr. Dale Bredesen’s AD work does emphasize Lyme as a possible culprit & stresses the importance of treating it. Easier said than done though. Eliminating it entirely is difficult. @renesugar anything that penetrates BBB & truly targets neuro-Lyme?
2023-08-17
RT @danaparish: @KyleMcnease @DrPops3 @StevePhillipsMD It is v worrisome. And there’s no immunity to Lyme at all. You can just keep getting…
2023-08-17
@Nu_Tools As you are the ghost of Sam Harris, I must agree with you on this point even if we depart ways on other issues! I love Sam precisely bc he does have a different perspective!
2023-08-17
@danaparish @DrPops3 @StevePhillipsMD I agree as a mainline academic that it does feel strange when one has to begin going down rabbit holes & looking at FOIA documents. But of course there’s always someone either by accident or incentivized to overstate the case & thus delegitimize anyone tangentially related.
2023-08-17
@LincolnCannon We had better return to or develop a shared-world model rather than an us-vs-them model. Non-rivalrous games!
2023-08-17
@LincolnCannon How dare you (not be a hypocrite)!
2023-08-17
@danaparish @DrPops3 @StevePhillipsMD Imagine us being like, so yeah…sign up for an acute Lyme infection every quarter for the rest of your short lives! Complete insanity. Since I work with rare disease advocacy groups, the issue of Chronic Lyme has been a tough one. Gravely concerned about the neurological impacts.
2023-08-17
@danaparish @StevePhillipsMD how would this assertion impact treatment if at all? I know people do recover from neuro-Lyme, but not nearly enough. Any best recommendations for those who find themselves still struggling with ongoing neuro issues? https://t.co/VOrJRPaXKM
2023-08-17
@BowTiedGatorDDS What kind of recommendations do you have post-nursing to assist toddlers in continued healthy development? Are there things they can chew on in addition to appropriate food?
2023-08-17
@BreakingWave411 The average graduating student now has thousands in debt. I wish this wasn’t being politicized the way that it is bc students of every political persuasion have debts. And I can’t believe my colleagues aren’t speaking out on their behalf. Strikes me as cowardly.
2023-08-17
I want to make sure anyone reading my tweets knows that I don’t require agreement with any of my ideas as a precondition to having a conversation or relationship. I’ve had a unique life & thus a unique perspective. You can contend with me on anything. I’m open…
2023-08-17
🚨enemies could weaponize viruses & as long as you don’t drop dead immediately we’ll normalize it! We’ll say just it’s part of everyday life, so learn to live & die with it. https://t.co/focRcaXF2q
2023-08-17
@R_H_Ebright We’ve made it easier for bioweapons that don’t kill immediately to become a routine aspect of living in this still relatively young century.
2023-08-17
@R_H_Ebright It seems not to matter, bc we’ve now normalized “living with it” & “letting it rip” aka vax, pax, relax! The amount of people who accept 1) SARS2 emerged from a lab where they conduct GoF on PPP & still think 2) the response should be learn to live with it is astounding.
2023-08-17
RT @ESYudkowsky: "Cars won't replace horses, horses with cars will."
-- Mati Roy https://t.co/w5Xl8OQCrw
2023-08-17
@LincolnCannon Thanks! Next time you should just tell me to consult your writings! The uploading problem was where I was headed, so I appreciate you anticipating that.
2023-08-17
Hope all is going well @LincolnCannon! Just wanted to ask about a tantalizing line from Adam Miller’s 2014 keynote. He says Mormonism is suspicious of the Platonism that has colored our understanding of the Bible. What would be a good source for understanding this particular…
2023-08-17
@mostlynotworkin @MichaelDean_0 Thanks for sharing this! It was really interesting to read. Kudos to @MichaelDean_0 for the hard work putting this together. McLuhan is the entry point for many into the world of the media ecologists. Ellul, Ong, & Postman are also awesome!
2023-08-17
RT @KyleMcnease: @BreakingWave411 That’s awesome! I admire your work ethic, desire, & pursuit of a goal. I’m concerned for all of the stude…
2023-08-17
@BreakingWave411 That’s awesome! I admire your work ethic, desire, & pursuit of a goal. I’m concerned for all of the students I’ve had that I recommended to or wrote letters of rec for grad school &/or a PhD. They take on debt while getting paid below poverty level wages in many cases.
2023-08-17
RT @WallStreetSilv: Everything is fine ... 🔥🔥🔥
Student loan payments resume in September. https://t.co/l7C34hjf10
2023-08-17
RT @erichoke: So let me get this straight: by the age of 35, you should have double your annual salary saved in retirement (120K of average…
2023-08-17
@MarkALefebvre1 But defaulting allows them to compound the interest while the credit is destroyed. They break the loans into several pieces, which would mean they’d default on several loans at once, repeatedly. They wouldn’t be able to rent an apartment or buy a car with those credit scores.…
2023-08-17
@MarkALefebvre1 Wow, that’s an interesting take. How would that work bc the defaults would also injure/ruin the defaulter’s credit?
2023-08-17
I beg all of you who “follow” my account to read this brief financial overview by @KobeissiLetter It’s staggering numbers. The pain is going to be unimaginable for many. And that’s without the massive unemployment that’s coming as #AI for enterprise scales. https://t.co/nMr5hjCKIZ
2023-08-17
Reinitiating #studentloans payments right now is going to cause financial carnage & mass defaults. Where are my academic colleagues standing up for their students who we know will be crushed by this? We know how much our grad & doc students don’t make! Speak up!
2023-08-17
@PaulAnleitner Did you read Timotheus Vermeulen & Robin van den Akker’s (2010) Notes on Metamodernism? I love this idea about the structure of emotion & have been writing about this in a post-9/11 world. Bc I think 9/11 is the demarcation.
2023-08-16
@klwong43 It reads to me like racketeering. X can’t negotiate with Y bc of Z. This plan can’t service beyond this state line etc. I won’t even mention how much we pay for insurance each month bc it will make me cry. Then the costs/rates that the insurance plans didn’t/won’t negotiate. What…
2023-08-16
RT @klwong43: @PaulVanderKlay in honor of your video today. https://t.co/RX31KOIt35
2023-08-16
@klwong43 @richardrohlin Yes! Thankful you’re getting treatment. I hope you make a swift recovery!
2023-08-16
Classic machine learning https://t.co/3varGjV37y
2023-08-16
RT @EileenMHunt: @KyleMcnease I think most humans need to feel connected to something to care about it. How to connect them? That’s the cha…
2023-08-16
@EileenMHunt Interesting! That is what the heuristics & biases literature suggests as well. Our salience landscape is limited by our finiteness, so, too, our care. We can’t respond equally to the combinatorial explosion of concerns. We have to find a smaller doorway into the ethic of care.
2023-08-16
@inducekarmaaa @POTUS @timkaine @SenSanders @SenWarren @MarkWarner @BobbyScott I remember my wife & I talking about this during the SOTU. We were like what about doing…um, you know, anything for the health & wellbeing of people <65 who will bear the burden of this pandemic for longer & have healthspan negatively impacted. Look at what Cuba has done vs US!…
2023-08-16
@sgtkwol Fortunately, she was not! But we couldn’t even opt out via the hospital. This wasn’t the case previously. It was strange to be charged for something we weren’t choosing & then to later receive that awkward refund.
2023-08-16
@WealthKeel Awesome!
2023-08-16
A good post on the cost of insurance being insane. We just had a baby & were forced to prepay for a circumcision even though we had a girl 🤡 We can & should do better! https://t.co/0PMiAhYAHD
2023-08-16
@WealthKeel Hope your child is healing & will recover fully with no issues! The whole system needs reconceptualizing. When people talk about the series Breaking Bad, I remind them that only in the US is this plot remotely workable. That’s how insane it is.
2023-08-16
This sounds like one of Dr. @EileenMHunt’s intrepid students. Very insightful commentary from a then undergrad. Dr. Hunt why does indifference seem to scale in relation to the pandemic/plague/disaster? What’s underneath the cognitive bias, terror management? https://t.co/xAiwfy6GAD
2023-08-16
The freshest takes on Bruno Latour are here 👇 https://t.co/CQ1mlDj0io
2023-08-16
@AimeTim This heightens my concerns that if we think in terms of terrain, territories, & maps of the body it increases the likelihood that we will remix mistakes of the past in the form of bio-colonialism. Our very 🧬 exists to be patented, commodified. So too with other organisms &…
2023-08-16
@lifeanalytics Again, as a private citizen no one has any rights to any of your data! Can’t shout that loud enough!! If you share that you recovered on a given protocol though, the research & patient community will hound you about what was edited. It will save you tons of time & effort to…
2023-08-16
@IAmAscending Really sorry to hear that! I hope you experience healing & regain your health! 🙏
2023-08-16
RT @R_H_Ebright: Bill has been introduced in the Wisconsin state legislature to ban gain-of-function research on potential pandemic pathoge…
2023-08-15
RT @jenbrea: I wonder if we need a Be Here for the Cure-style campaign, to help people weather the news cycle and the vagaries of the illne…
2023-08-15
Millennials keep getting conned:
People can’t afford homes
Can’t afford school
Can’t afford cars or trucks
Negative wealth 📉
But…
Billions for banks too big to fail
Trillions for wars we don’t want
2023-08-15
@SabinehazanMD Thanks Dr. @SabinehazanMD for treating patients & not waiting until they were hypoxic, only to send them home with Tylenol! I still can’t believe your paper was retracted. I think IVM will be shown to have gut microbiome mediated effects. I shared thoughts on it & rapamycin: https://t.co/6s2RxKuFiv
2023-08-15
@jenbrea In my hypothesis paper, I noted that Himalayan Sherpas function extremely well at altitude despite having significantly less mitochondrial volume density than sedentary individuals. However, at sea level they seem to experience performance decrements. If you think about… https://t.co/fh2REI7dEG
2023-08-15
From Laundromat to Kompromat: #denimwars heating up with “alleged” evidence surfacing that purports to show denim wearing while inculcating innocent minds! The accused claims innocence & describes this as a psyop & fake news. https://t.co/NnF6AhNNRW
2023-08-15
@kalezelden From laundromat to kompromat! Say it ain’t so!! They’re soooo skinny 😱 Skinny enough to take the pulpit from @PaulVanderKlay. May the tightest denim win
2023-08-15
@inducekarmaaa When people falsely state & have repeated for almost 4 years that this is seasonal, I can only respond that yes, it is. It’s a virus for ALL seasons.
2023-08-15
@klwong43 This is so good!
2023-08-15
RT @klwong43: The Space Trilogy. Or is it The Ransom Trilogy, or wait! The Cosmic Trilogy. Ted and Cory are on fire!
Which Do You Want? Sp…
2023-08-15
@lifeanalytics Glad you’ve found a protocol that has helped you recover! I hope your health is more robust than ever & that you remain symptom free for life. I also appreciate you sharing this! I would encourage you to also consider sharing what is blurred & stipulate why it isn’t relevant or…
2023-08-15
@MichaelCWilder It’s an absurd proposition to think one knows much of anything about long-term implications that early in a novel pandemic. They didn’t & don’t know.
2023-08-15
“Governments, particularly in the countries, most affected by it— the US & the UK— will be forced to reconsider many features of this obsession with finance. They could decide on a broad range of measures, for making share buy-backs. illegal, to preventing banks from…
2023-08-15
“extended unemployment benefits, sick leave & many other social measures will have to be implemented to cushion the effect of the shock & will thereafter become the norm” pg 93
2023-08-15
Not just powerful again (look at those once-mighty companies begging for help), but also vital again: It matters enormously whether your country has a good health service, competent bureaucrats and sound finances. Good government is the difference between living and dying"
2023-08-15
👀Covid19 made government important again. Klaus Schwab & Malleret state the following in their book about The Great Reset (which was published in July of 2020):
In the words of John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge: "The
COVID-19 pandemic has made government important again.
2023-08-15
@RidleyDM @CovidSolidarit1 I’ve always been fond of turnips, but now I finally know why! We’re closely related.
2023-08-15
🚀This paper inches us closer to a possible intelligence explosion or implosion. Less & less RLHF required. Less & less human intervention required to achieve better & better results. https://t.co/vdlqPsJtH7 https://t.co/YB7u3qMReZ
2023-08-14
Some people who believe in the simulation hypothesis scoff at “intelligent design.” Does that make sense?
2023-08-14
@DougWesney The spaces feature is just so easy though. It’s a one click option. 🤷🏻♂️
2023-08-14
@KenLowry8 Oh, that’s a great citation! Hadn’t thought of that. Some of the midrash are so deep on this too but from the perspective of Cain. I’ve been musing as to whether we can see Cain’s work as the prefigurement of alchemy & human manipulation of nature via techne. This philosophical…
2023-08-14
@klwong43 Karen, how does this relate to faith coming by hearing…?
2023-08-14
That’s not a criticism but an observation. I appreciate reading the midrash on Cain & Abel as well. I think it’s interesting that the early Christians were also meditating on this story & link it to faith rather than the material sacrifice itself (eg, livestock vs crops)
2023-08-14
For #TLC: @jordanbpeterson talks about Cain & Abel quite a bit. One thing I’ve never heard JBP highlight is that Abel is the first person mentioned for his faith in Hebrews 11 (the so-called faith hall of fame). It was by FAITH he offered a more excellent sacrifice…obtained…
2023-08-14
@DougWesney @mostlynotworkin @PaulVanderKlay @PaulAnleitner @klwong43 @GrailCountry I think we’re missing out due to that laggard effect on the adoption curve. I think it could be huge. Massive coordination issues solved for having important conversations about issues that arise in real-time.
2023-08-13
🚨Alex has done it folks! 🪄✨
NO SUCH THING AS LONG COVID! ✨ I never knew we had so many magicians in the world. https://t.co/DwOAFGRRjI
2023-08-13
RT @danaparish: Reap what you sow.
“80% of bosses regret their initial return-to-office decisions and say they would have approached thei…
2023-08-12
Couldn’t agree more! And the disclaimer (I’m not X or Y) gets so tedious. https://t.co/R7a8u6wcNz
2023-08-12
@PaulVanderKlay @kalezelden @GrailCountry @PaulAnleitner @klwong43 One platform to rule them all!
2023-08-12
What do all the peeps think of the current “you must get relentlessly re-infected” regime? None of these political parties are the least bit concerned with your health. Protect yourselves.
2023-08-12
@kalezelden @GrailCountry @PaulVanderKlay @PaulAnleitner @klwong43 I think it’d be perfect for you, Kale. I mean you’ve already hosted a podcast, so this is like that—only you have the option to allow anyone else in attendance the opportunity to speak (should you want them to). Let’s do it…
2023-08-11
@GrailCountry @PaulVanderKlay @PaulAnleitner @klwong43 It’s like Paul’s Bridges of Meaning via discord only WAY less complicated than that.
2023-08-11
@klwong43 @PaulVanderKlay @PaulAnleitner @GrailCountry It’s easier than zoom! You just click a couple of buttons within the app & you’re off to the races. I’ve been involved in about 10 thus far. The cool thing is people from all over the world can join & listen, ask to speak, leave real-time comments, & the recording is immediately…
2023-08-11
Just wondering why #TLC people like @PaulVanderKlay @PaulAnleitner @klwong43 @GrailCountry aren’t using X spaces on here to discuss issues? Is it a platform thing? Don’t like the tech thing? Too busy with other projects? Seems like it could be cool for conversations.
2023-08-11
@fctwto @WendianneT @IKilledTheRadi0 @TheMadWires It’s bizarre that we haven’t applied the lessons I thought we thoroughly learned during the HIV/AIDS crisis. It’s like public health is ignoring decades of research & I can’t explain why my colleagues are acting in this fashion contrary to actual public health.
2023-08-11
@DGildersleeve88 Wow! That’s simultaneously encouraging and terrifying. We certainly need this work done. @dbdugger has also been working on similar concerns. Would love to hear more about your study, so feel free to DM me. It would be great to share some of this in an X space.
2023-08-10
🙏I have no idea what to say. It feels like I’ve been shouting into the void since 3/2020. Many researchers were throttled for telling the truth. For a small account like mine, this many new people “following” at once is overwhelming. My mission is operationalizing mercy 🙏
2023-08-10
For all the people who appeal to possible worlds…take care you don’t make Sam’s errors. Mandating vaccines AFTER we knew they didn’t prevent symptomatic infections (which is what they were authorized for) was unethical in the extreme. We’ll never get that trust back. https://t.co/dATjkkv7qJ
2023-08-10
@D_Bone So good! Can you have 2 versions? A super sleek & comedic version?
2023-08-10
🤡This is public health in 2023. They’re intentionally misinforming people which will lead to harm. How is this OK? https://t.co/foibIku5wW
2023-08-10
Babies used to die because doctors didn’t wash their hands & transmitted germs. Something simple like hand washing revolutionized medicine. It's beyond time to focus on respiratory hygiene!
2023-08-10
@coopSpeak He’s 100% correct about risk of ADE similar to Dengue. I’ve been warning about this since 2020. And right now with our current vaccines we’re overly relying upon non-neutralizing antibodies. It’s not a good position to be in & public health seems asleep at the wheel.
2023-08-10
@largar5 I’m sorry to hear that! You could always seek the tests from other sources like @brucep13 or from another provider. Then you can take the results back & discuss them; or fire that doctor & hire a more proactive one. It all depends upon your unique circumstances.
2023-08-09
@BioethicalBeast That's a substantial discount! Wow
2023-08-09
Sad that we need this but glad that it's available! https://t.co/35rBGxurEF
2023-08-09
@kalezelden @TheSkojecFile You seem to have more trust in the regime than me. You trust that they’re telling the truth now, after years of nothing but lying? The current admin ran on eliminating COVID. One way to eliminate it is to say 🪄ok it’s no biggie! The most effective lie was that it was a…
2023-08-09
RT @KeepingItReal: Posting my latest long hauler treatment protocol & “my” extended perspectives on treatment & acute covid infection treat…
2023-08-09
RT @PaulAnleitner: If you take "survival of the fittest" seriously, you should take religion seriously. https://t.co/9Vojv5Fm9K
2023-08-09
@PaulAnleitner @JonHaidt Rather than worshiping that for which there is no higher, we have traded the blessings of fecundity and plentitude for a lesser cybernetic god of technology, control and efficiency. Fewer offspring is a feature of one’s rational worship & reasonable sacrifice to efficiency.
2023-08-09
@chydorina @remissionbiome Really sorry to hear that! It’s devastating. The stress added to the sickness can exacerbate things. I feel like the level of hypervigilance required to stay healthy right now can itself be unhealthy. Vicious feedback loop. I’m sure with your expertise you’ll be able to modify…
2023-08-09
@inducekarmaaa 🫡
2023-08-09
The issue here is an absence of evidence in the form of a published study isn’t the same as evidence of absence. If we did population level immune surveillance we’d see more dysfunction. We can infer it from virulence shift in normal pathogens. Immune changes= ⬆️pathogenicity https://t.co/EkIDbKm2wj
2023-08-09
@VirginiaBuysse Genuine question: Are they checking lymphocyte subset panels, IGG subclasses, IL markers?
2023-08-09
@MEtabled Here’s what Dr. Teitlelbaum wrote: “Your doctor may choose to prescribe this injection, and will teach you how to administer the daily dose of 10 international units (1 cc by intramuscular injection).” The IM route is what I’m more familiar with. I like the idea of intranasal but…
2023-08-09
@MEtabled Awesome that you’re seeing positive results from what you’ve been doing. What was the deciding factor for dosing the oxytocin post workout?
2023-08-09
@kayleen87686977 @watergatesummer It’s all you can ask of yourself. These are trying times, & none of that is your fault. You never asked for any of this. And as a parent I’m sure if you were in charge we’d all have more of what we need right now. Don’t lose track of the fact you’re someone worth being kind to!
2023-08-09
@inducekarmaaa @lucyveepee @DakiniDarkstar @D_Bone It’s beyond bewildering at this point, Louie. NIH & CDC knew from SARS1 models & then SARS2 models (never mind historical data on post-viral illnesses & persistent infections) how this could go down. The proper response was to set things up in parallel such that any trial (for…
2023-08-09
@kayleen87686977 @watergatesummer I appreciate you sharing this. I’m sorry for your loss 💔I can’t imagine how you must be feeling. I hope you & your child will experience health despite these challenges. We can get through all of this. Stay connected. Don’t be too hard on yourself bc you’re doing your best.
2023-08-09
@shisha_de Certainly so!
2023-08-09
This essay is a triumph without being triumphalist. It is an artful chiaroscuro exploring the deep paradox that is the human condition. Light & dark. Joy & suffering. Yin & Yang. Both. And.
Check out @SalmonKromeDome’s latest
https://t.co/CP3XqkiyDx
2023-08-09
RT @KyleMcnease: Interesting fact about VIP noted by Goldstein: “Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) glycoprotein 120 (gp120) blocks the CD4…
2023-08-09
@watergatesummer I’m sure I speak for many other people in saying thank you for your service & efforts during an airborne viral pandemic! I hope you can get your levels checked & that everything’s OK!
2023-08-08
RT @fitterhappierAJ: @KyleMcnease @user748596363 with all those activated t cells i doubt the missing pdcs will come back
2023-08-08
@drclairetaylor @lucyveepee Indeed! During March of 2020, the cardiothoracic radiologists from Mount Sinai’s BioMedical Engineering and Imaging Institute and its Department of Radiology were the first to publish any data related to CT results and the ability to make diagnoses based on those findings.…
2023-08-08
@drclairetaylor @lucyveepee I’m so sorry! As a parent, I’m sure you’re worried! As a Dr. I’m sure you’re worried. I’m also concerned about those dendritic cells not returning after roughly 9 months in the studies (note: that was study cutoff). That’s worse than SARS1 where they did return before that same…
2023-08-08
@shisha_de Yeah, I was trying to give the *most* conservative estimate possible to still make the case. I think the LC incidence is closer to 1/5 ~20%.
2023-08-08
@fitterhappierAJ @user748596363 In the longitudinal studies, have we ever seen the dendritic cells return, Dr. @fitterhappierAJ? Without dendritic cells functioning…
2023-08-08
@fitterhappierAJ has an uncanny ability to disabuse me of my hopes that things may not be as bad as I think they are—immunologically speaking. https://t.co/oawoJ67ze2
2023-08-08
RT @fitterhappierAJ: @user748596363 @KyleMcnease The only thing that could make your t cells lack naivete is chronic broad activation. As a…
2023-08-08
@JohnKleinRegina @drclairetaylor @lucyveepee You’re of course correct re serial infections. My point was really that treatment is for a limited window rather than life-long arvs as is the case in HIV.
2023-08-08
@dbdugger 🪄✨✨disappear problem✨✨
2023-08-08
@Chigirl36032713 @calirunnerdoc And I’m super sorry to hear this! I hope you recover fully!!
2023-08-08
@Chigirl36032713 @calirunnerdoc You should probably ask explicitly if in doubt. They can always order that panel if they haven’t already
2023-08-08
RT @calirunnerdoc: @KyleMcnease Wish there was a way to mainstream this message. The public (and much of the medical community) has absolut…
2023-08-08
@calirunnerdoc The CDC & NIH used to do this kind of work. What has happened to cause this to change?
2023-08-08
@timb224 This is a balanced review by @Marc_Veld. Following @brucep13 I think it is important to note that they’re not yet detecting persistent replication competent virus. That said, the viral fragments & monocytes harboring S protein are destructive enough.
2023-08-08
@sparkslabs_com @watergatesummer We need better messaging strategies for sure!
2023-08-08
@1upButtercup @Popart2015 https://t.co/t2LDo6zUWQ
2023-08-08
@1upButtercup @Popart2015 But I think we can actually solve these problems. We don’t even need to create stunningly new conceptual & scientific frameworks to do so. Thus far, we haven’t applied what we do know. & as I shared earlier we almost ended up with an HIV latency reversing agent by accident
2023-08-08
@JenniferLSimon1 @mattprice0 @user748596363 You might find this study in Nature to be of interest: https://t.co/t2LDo6zUWQ
2023-08-08
@SweetBCBoi @mrmickme I appreciate you engaging with civility. We may simply disagree about what we think we’re seeing in Long COVID. It’s a scientific question though & not answerable through dogma. I just don’t know what else to make of dendritic cells etc. not returning in a longitudinal study.
2023-08-08
@beersnbikes @Popart2015 Not good! https://t.co/ocX7bFylzW
2023-08-08
@AlixBurack @brucep13 et al. haven’t yet identified replication competent virus persisting, but have identified persistent viral fragments & S protein. His background is in HIV. I would take a look at some of his team’s work.
2023-08-08
People can accept hard truths. They may be bitter going down, but a bitter truth that saves your life is better than a sweet lie that leads to your demise. https://t.co/nGzGTRXApA
2023-08-08
RT @maolesen: @NotOstriching @JennyTXDem @KyleMcnease @fitterhappierAJ My hands are a bit full right now. The TLDR is don't get COVID, it c…
2023-08-08
@1upButtercup @Popart2015 It’s so strange to be in a situation & moment in history where the one thing you most hope for is…to be wrong! I say this same thing all of the time. I call it COVID’s Wager. If they’re right that it’s little more than a cold, we’ll be fine. If I’m right that it’s more like HIV…
2023-08-08
@PardonMyPain @TheMemeticist There’s much to be deeply concerned about. I accept the reality of this present moment. Reads like the opening chapter of a Cormac McCarthy novel. Fairly dystopian but not totally so. I look at my little ones & think I owe it to them to make this a more habitable place. Human…
2023-08-08
@PardonMyPain @TheMemeticist & we’ve not yet entered year 4…
2023-08-08
RT @KyleMcnease: @heike56949037 @lucyveepee And people actually ask if we’re more prepared for the next pandemic. We’re not even prepared f…
2023-08-08
@heike56949037 @lucyveepee And people actually ask if we’re more prepared for the next pandemic. We’re not even prepared for the current wave of the current pandemic!
2023-08-08
@mrmickme @SweetBCBoi I have mused that maybe it functions like toxoplasmosis? Uninhibited response…
2023-08-08
@1upButtercup @Popart2015 I appreciate this level of engagement! Thank you 🙏 One question that comes to mind is this: do you think there’s a possibility we can figure out how to treat it in a manner similar to hepatitis? It’s a longer course than 5 days of pax but perhaps not requiring tx for life.
2023-08-08
@CovidSolidarit1 My apologies. The version I had was still under review. Several days ago it officially completed the peer review process & is published.
2023-08-08
@PardonMyPain @TheMemeticist What would your estimate be?
2023-08-08
@Popart2015 @marcfavell Choose your parents wisely!
2023-08-08
@gravybish I hope so!
2023-08-08
@smileystylist How can we help make it clearer? You raise a couple of really good points!
2023-08-08
@MtShastaWriter Sounds so cold when it’s expressed that way. Tweet sounds so nice! X’d it reminds me of that old QVC video: https://t.co/ADiXkR85Qr
2023-08-08
@ccchicky 🫡 I will put you down as one vote for the more concise messaging
2023-08-08
@mrmickme @SweetBCBoi Thanks for sharing that study! I’m so bad at Twitter or x, so you’ve saved me the trouble of trying to find it! I believe all the color left my face during that read.
2023-08-08
@drclairetaylor @lucyveepee I’m afraid that’s what we’re seeing, no? Maybe it’s that we’re dropping slowly—sort of a chronic degradation of health. And perhaps it isn’t showing in children yet bc they have thymic activity that allows them to forestall the damage. They also have less total exposure to HCovs
2023-08-08
@lucyveepee @drclairetaylor I think people have largely forgotten the horror of watching formerly healthy people die horrible deaths as was the case in the early HIV/AIDS crisis (not that we’ve entirely solved for that). I think you’d have people willing to take treatments if they were safe & effective &…
2023-08-08
@drclairetaylor @lucyveepee Even conservative estimates make it quite a lot of people. The scale is staggering & grows with each wave. Since it isn’t a retrovirus, treatment regimens might look quite different in terms of duration. We’ve gotten reasonably good at treating hepatitis, & it could be similar…
2023-08-08
YES! Set aside the human suffering for a moment (although that’s central to my own work). How is this not seen as a threat to national security & the economy? https://t.co/lPrJkPNiR7
2023-08-08
@NemoEntropy We can do much to lessen opportunities for transmission. We’ve just given up trying in the US. Improving indoor air quality. Using outdoors when possible. Masking when/where appropriate. Nasal sprays that inhibit SARS2. Testing can break chains of transmission. Etc!
2023-08-08
@mattprice0 @user748596363 Sorry. The context for what I said above is in the retweet which is missing here. Treatment is critical. And yes someone with HIV can see their T cells normalize if they begin treatment.
2023-08-08
@MercedesF12022 Well, I think we’re pretty deep into Dante’s Inferno. I doubt we’ve reached the 10th level of hell, but we’re doing a pretty good job of working our way there! It’s a total implosion of public health. I can’t understand it? The entire propaganda of return to normal is bizarre…
2023-08-08
@watergatesummer Please don’t let it haunt you! I’m not trying to be fear-based in my messaging. I don’t normally get many responses to my tweets, so it was more aimed at the few who typically see them. And the question is basically do I need to adapt how I talk about this? Not to instigate fear…
2023-08-08
@expose_the_dog No offense, but you can’t just make vaccines the bogeyman for every inconvenient fact about the virus itself. They are both spike-driven phenomena, which makes gen 1 mRNA spike-based vaccines a worse candidate than others on offer. I will be & have been consistent in saying we…
2023-08-08
RT @KyleMcnease: @marcfavell @Popart2015 I can understand why people might feel that way. As a father, though, I wouldn’t want to imagine l…
2023-08-08
@marcfavell @Popart2015 I can understand why people might feel that way. As a father, though, I wouldn’t want to imagine life without them! They are a joy unto themselves. They remind us of the giftedness of life & its fragility. Securing a habitable world for them is one of my major motivations.
2023-08-08
@JennyTXDem @TheMemeticist I’m really sorry you’re experiencing that! I truly hope you recover fully 🙏 And I appreciate you sharing & the feedback. This is super helpful!
2023-08-08
@RealCheckMarker @marcfavell @lucyveepee Perhaps not azvudine. But it wasn’t better in a head-to-head vs pax over the same time period. Maybe if the course is longer there’d be a divergence over time? But Sinophobia doesn’t seem like the culprit considering many essential meds are manufactured there. Poor public health
2023-08-08
Who wants to tell him? https://t.co/rDz3OXVsFi
2023-08-08
This is a good place to make this point: when I refer to the similarities between SARS2 & HIV, I’m not saying SARS2 is a retrovirus. I’m referring to what it does to the body. And I think it’s a terrible idea to wager that we know anything about long-term damage when we aren’t… https://t.co/rDz3OXVsFi
2023-08-08
@user748596363 Yes, if you look at one of my retweets, it is from someone who has normalized his T cells & recovered.
2023-08-08
RT @TheMemeticist: List of well-known viruses that specifically infect CD4+ T cells:
1. HIV
2. HTLV-1
3. SARS-CoV-2
4. CMV
5. EBV
6. Me…
2023-08-08
@TheMemeticist Yes, especially not quarterly. The collateral damage is unbelievable.
2023-08-08
@Popart2015 We better hope this leopard called humanity can change its spots!
2023-08-08
@BiologyAwesome Are you perhaps thinking about the withdrawn paper: https://t.co/KCiKSMJo4N https://t.co/wkvi49IkhD
2023-08-08
@lucyveepee I can’t make it make sense. In my office while working on a gov contract during the early days of the pandemic was our pandemic preparedness playbook. The idea that masks wouldn’t work was a manufactured lie to preserve our withered stock of n95s. Lipkin admitted this in 2020.
2023-08-07
@CovidSolidarit1 As far as I know it is in preprint status
2023-08-07
@BiologyAwesome It’s a preprint at the moment
2023-08-07
@Popart2015 But even those with HIV didn’t know how bad their condition was until some time later when they started crashing into the hospital. We should learn from that experience & not subject (checks notes) the entire world to a similar kind of outcome.
2023-08-07
@lucyveepee But if we can accept reality—however grim it may first seem—we can act in accordance with reality. We can repurpose drugs more suitable to treating this while we develop new & specific ones.
2023-08-07
@TheSeege Ha! My wife would probably say I’m so hardheaded that a helmet would be redundant 😆 But I’m seriously wondering what to say at this point. People have been lied to so frequently that they don’t know what to believe. We’re sleepwalking into the abyss
2023-08-07
🚨SARS-CoV-2 Uses CD4 to Infect T Helper Lymphocytes
Do normies understand the possible implications of this or do you just have to say “Yo! This looks like airborne AIDS!”
https://t.co/aQuUa8Xzki
2023-08-07
@KeepingItReal Off the top of my head I can’t remember if you have added or are considering rapamycin at some point.
2023-08-07
This is awesome. Many will be wanting to know if you’re in the US or elsewhere so they can get provider recommendations. Feel free to PM me if you don’t want it shared publicly. It does seem like you’ve got a team open to trying things that can work!
2023-08-07
See, normalization can occur. Now he’s been doing an extensive regimen that requires vigilance. Even had to add tenofovir (TAF) but has recovered to a great extent. https://t.co/ZYtnAA91dN
2023-08-07
@PaulAnleitner You might enjoy Symbolic Interactionism as a theoretical orientation. We use it quite a bit in communication theory. Bc of so many conversations on symbolism, I should mention it isn’t related to symbolism as it’s discussed in TLC.
2023-08-07
@That_Snail_Girl @Seafoam_Dream @Naomi_D_Harvey Really sorry this happened to you & so many others as well!
2023-08-07
Feel free to offer feedback not dogma. #Rapamycin is made by the bacterium Streptomyces hygroscopicus. It was largely used as an anti-fungal before use in organ transplant (immune modulation). #Ivermectin comes from Streptomyces avermitilis. I think we’ll find benefits that…
2023-08-07
😝Coming from a large family of only guys this is hilarious to me. The grandparents gave our 4 y/o a Belle costume with a crown. It has become a bone/crown of contention bc now her sister, the new baby, simply MUST have it on at all times 🤣 Thanks mom & dad! https://t.co/ksuABfgMu6
2023-08-07
@That_Snail_Girl @Seafoam_Dream @Naomi_D_Harvey That is just awful! It also hits on one of my pet peeves: asymptomatic infections. I wrote about this in 2020 when the actual gold standard COVID test was a CT. People who had ground glass opacities in the lungs didn’t even know they were sick. For example, they’d get in a car…
2023-08-07
😝Coming from a large family of only guys this is hilarious to me. The grandparents gave our 4 y/o a Belle costume with a crown. It has become a bone/crown of contention bc now the baby simply MUST have it on at all times 🤣 Thanks mom & dad! https://t.co/JLvbzOreGc
2023-08-07
@That_Snail_Girl @Seafoam_Dream @Naomi_D_Harvey Thanks for sharing! It would be interesting to see if any of your blood work indicating inflammation changes in response to it. I mean one reason why it may not have made a subjective difference in how you feel could be bc hsCRP is still elevated. Just a thought
2023-08-07
@chydorina @elonmusk Just the tweet/idea that advertisements shouldn’t be placed on notifications of death so as not to monetize someone else’s loss & grief. Don’t have a pithy # for it. It’s just obscene
2023-08-07
@That_Snail_Girl @Seafoam_Dream @Naomi_D_Harvey Did you notice a relationship between the colchicine & any bloodwork like hsCRP? And did you feel noticeably better while taking it?
2023-08-07
@SalmonKromeDome is one of the best young essayists exploring the human condition. Please give him a read & support his work.
“Alienation and the Human Being” by Samuel Kronen https://t.co/CP3XqkiyDx
2023-08-07
Can someone help me get this trending so @elonmusk sees it. Adds aren’t appropriate for all contexts. Someone’s death & eulogy for example. If there are thousands of people saying things like “condolences” & “sorry for your loss” etc. then a bot could flag it for you to review.
2023-08-07
@KristinaRevay I sincerely understand the illness journey. Sometimes it even hurts to hope. But people do & have & can recover. Walking that tightrope between acceptance of the worst & hoping for the best is tricky. I lend you my hope though 🙏
2023-08-07
RT @RabbiWolpe: We overestimate our power to predict the future and underestimate our power to shape it.
2023-08-07
This sounds like something @jgreenhall might say of the political realm & @PageauJonathan @PageauMatthieu would say of the symbolic—not that those are mutually exclusive. What’s the biblical corollary @PaulAnleitner @PaulVanderKlay https://t.co/dvtzryesoL
2025-03-05
I never knew there were so many war experts. But why do people care VASTLY more about Ukraine & Russia than the plight of North Koreans? I mean nobody cares that there are 25 million people locked in a gulag?
2025-03-04
Is theosis intuitive? The kindergartener was looking at sonogram pics of the baby & asked how THAT could become her sister. She drew a picture of an egg becoming a woman. Then a woman becoming like God. Bc if the egg could become her sister what could we ultimately become
2025-03-04
@klwong43 That’s a good suggestion. I guess what I meant was don’t stop there in your analysis. Alvin Plantiga’s point is that evolution also has no concern for the truth, either. So appeals to evolution are deeply undermining in that sense.
2025-03-04
@NecktieSalvage 🔥And just order *a senior discounted* coffee because it is discounted!
2025-03-04
Uh oh. Probably time to read some Plantiga https://t.co/6c022Fj13W
2025-03-04
@BMcGrewvy I wonder if there’s another take? Isn’t Trump also speaking with Putin? Either Putin is as bad as everyone says or he isn’t. The threat of nuclear war just to dissipate Russian is foolish in the extreme. Trump may be exasperated bc he knows how close this takes us to ☢️ war 🤷🏻♂️ https://t.co/ha6eF36rWI
2025-03-04
if Chris Farley were still here & making films…
2025-03-04
@AlmostMedia “I was at a small regional sci fi convention in 2004ish.” As one does!
2025-03-04
@AnthonyEsolen Professor Esolen, thank you for mentioning Arnold & Yeats. They are poignant referents for a culture that has resigned itself to a new form of AI/automation/industrialization-induced alienation & despair. This is palpable in their writing.
2025-03-04
😳🤔 https://t.co/KeEoSQ4NVY
2025-03-04
@joxxol Hahaha! Great response!
2025-03-04
You’re trapped on an island & can only pick one, who are you taking: GK Chesterton or David Bentley Hart?
2025-03-03
@sama 🤯The sound of philosophers shrieking at the structure & formulation of that question🧐
2025-02-27
@DrinkswDave This was such a pleasant video! The quality is great. Sound fx was 💥 I know zero about alcohol or making drinks, but I still felt like I could easily watch a 20 min episode of this a la Anthony Bordain.
2025-02-27
So we’re just speed running the whole Tower of Babel?
2025-02-27
@klwong43 🙏
2025-02-27
@MEtabled @blurrycreatures That’s a great response. There are those who would argue that God couldn’t possibly answer so many prayers the world over all at once. I’m with you on this one. If our own inventions are as good as they are at answering billions of queries, how much more so the God who sustains…
2025-02-25
If you want to contend with the strongest argument, that is to steel man this position, you should at least read or listen to @LincolnCannon on transhumanism from a Mormon perspective. Given @bryan_johnson’s religious background you’d better understand him even if you disagree. https://t.co/GfLWBE0GOD
2025-02-24
🤦🏻♂️The rise of a new techgnostic/techgnology religion where “aliens” created us & the world religions for the purposes of “experimentation.” Really? That’s the story? https://t.co/lshdZnXWrK
2025-02-24
Is quantum immortality real? Is this why the current timeline feels off?
2023-08-07
@kalezelden I actually see a renaissance of The Sabbath. Go to thriving religious communities & there is a focus on communing together & celebrating the Lord’s Day. I also think physiologically we will need a break from being hyper-online.
2023-08-07
Cardiovascular Assessment up to One Year After COVID-19 Vaccine–Associated Myocarditis - PMC https://t.co/iifRHsFzEQ
2023-08-07
Thanks for so many engaging! I’ve tried to respond to everyone. If I missed you it is accidental.
2023-08-07
@susan_mecfs @tessfalor @sentientsixp @dbdugger Thanks for sharing this!
2023-08-07
RT @susan_mecfs: @tessfalor @KyleMcnease @sentientsixp @dbdugger Yes! also useful are the Mayo Clinic lymphocyte proliferation (CD3+) panel…
2023-08-07
@Amos5210 @tessfalor @sentientsixp @dbdugger One of the things a person can do with this is present it to the doctor as evidence of *something* that needs attention; & that if results demonstrate immune dysfunction acute infections must be treated urgently.
RT @Seafoam_Dream: @tessfalor @KyleMcnease @sentientsixp @dbdugger If anyone knows of reliable testing for this in UK please let me know. T…
2023-08-07
RT @dbdugger: @tammbrant @tessfalor @KyleMcnease @sentientsixp Will help to be on the lookout for what may come in the form of opportunisti…
2023-08-07
@Seafoam_Dream It’s maddening when one can feel that something is “wrong” but don’t have the specific biomarker or blood test to demonstrate what *it* is. I hope you’re able to find the help you need to recover & heal fully 🙏
2023-08-07
@KristinaRevay I sincerely hope everything normalizes soon, that you feel great & are able to live life to the full 🙏
RT @AGriffithsDC: @KyleMcnease Yes. I have seen this in many patients. Horrifying!
2023-08-07
RT @froglet80: @tessfalor @KyleMcnease i had an er doc take one look at my cbc and order lymph subsets & hiv test but when the latter was n…
2023-08-07
RT @davidmholmes: @tessfalor @KyleMcnease @sentientsixp @dbdugger And check under Weekly Promotions for discount code. There is usually a g…
2023-08-06
@tammbrant @tessfalor @sentientsixp @dbdugger To echo what @tessfalor said, you can use this to be proactive in managing your health. Having most of the world infected with a novel, mutating pathogen in a compressed timeframe leaves many questions unanswered. One is related to immune function, T cell exhaustion & depletion.
2023-08-06
@pasdedeuxproj @Popart2015 I’m afraid it’s worse than that bc this kind of surveillance should be done by the funded governmental & global public health agencies & organizations. We’re asleep at the wheel.
2023-08-06
Scientific & Public health failure beyond imagining. https://t.co/X0MLPMvFcI
2023-08-06
@sentientsixp @tessfalor I’m sorry to hear that 💔I know this experience all-too-well. My story doesn’t help you right now. But there is hope as long as there is breath. Someone shared that spark of hope with me & that allowed me to keep fighting. Try to stay as connected to the LC community as you can. https://t.co/InqzB0gHT5
2023-08-06
@mossy_maple Just to be on the safe side…B cells do quite a bit of immune surveillance.
2023-08-06
@largar5 @brucep13 🙏
2023-08-06
🚨Read this SLOWLY. Then read it again. This is coming from an engineer with a PhD! Not taken seriously 😳 (Probably also an unhealthy dose of gender bias as I’ve written about in ME/CFS) https://t.co/vLpOYiEXRF
2023-08-06
@mossy_maple I hope everything has normalized 🙏 That’s super scary!
2023-08-06
RT @tessfalor: @KyleMcnease @sentientsixp @dbdugger Fyi for patients in the US, if your healthcare provider won't order, you can't get an a…
2023-08-06
I have a bunch of studies arranged here: https://t.co/r7d3XXAUWU . Also, check @brucep13 et al.’s studies. https://t.co/0tbygkZHPM
2023-08-06
I SOOO want to talk about this. Of course I agree that anyone should be able to access their own data at their own discretion. We should have that right. We also need to partner with qualified physicians for treatment. https://t.co/4RZkwqeWjO
2023-08-06
@LlustriousLlama @ellbail @PhillyPhile215 Yes, I said that is a possibility. But we don’t yet know enough about LC to say that’s all that it is. It may be persistent infection + any number of additional things that resulted from its impacts. I wouldn’t narrow the aperture prematurely.
2023-08-06
The gaslighting people have to deal with is wild! https://t.co/q3OlOGtMYx
2023-08-06
@sentientsixp You can request that your doctor run lymphocyte subset panels & take a look at your immune function. @dbdugger do we have a PDF sample lab requisition people can take with them?
2023-08-06
@ellbail @PhillyPhile215 I hope you recover fully & quickly! There are others who’ve seen normalization. Praying you’re also one!!! Thanks so much for sharing this 🙏
2023-08-06
🚨Argue with this patient report of CD19 cell count at zero! One could reasonably think that was HIV/AIDS if someone presented with those numbers. https://t.co/NPHMCnnNPp
2023-08-06
True! This is why there needs to be enough solidarity that patients can share notes about which providers are better at treating LC than others. An acute infection needs medical attention though & can’t be delayed or treated at home without supervision. https://t.co/65UvYKYxTQ
2023-08-06
I would recommend everyone get their lymphocyte subset panels performed. I would not make any assumptions bc LC will be heterogenous: some will have persistent SARS2; some reactivated viral infections, autoimmunity, dysbiosis, coagulopathy, reactivated Lyme etc. https://t.co/r39yM2cUUh
2023-08-06
RT @ellbail: @KyleMcnease @PhillyPhile215 After a year of longcovid, my circulating CD19 cells were at zero. Immunologist freaked and ran H…
2023-08-06
@dbdugger I’m speechless…
2023-08-06
🚨If you have a compromised immune system & ANY opportunistic infection presents itself, it needs to be treated urgently. Some are walking around with T cell counts similar to those found in AIDS & don’t know it. This is a major problem!
2023-08-05
Remember when Podesta said he regretted not pulling off #UFO disclosure? #Wikileaks dropping DNC emails confirmed he was actually trying to do this. Everybody ignored it 🤷🏻♂️
Outgoing Obama Advisor John Podesta Has UFO Regrets https://t.co/mFVt6WNxHD
2023-08-04
@kalezelden And the church is 🦗We’ve abdicated almost all responsibility to the state. curruptio optimi pessima a la Ivan Illich
2023-08-04
@CombatingAutism I’m really at a loss for words. For those of us in the research community it’s truly unthinkable. I mean that. So many of us work to preserve & sustain life that we’ve had to step back to try & see things more clearly. At least that is the case for me. In some ways the less…
2023-08-04
@CombatingAutism the precautionary principle. You can always reinitiate the vaccinations IF you can demonstrate safety. Instead they not only went forward but also began mandating them when the causal mechanism leading to heart damage wasn’t fully elucidated; or the data weren’t shared.
2023-08-04
@CombatingAutism I can’t stress this point enough: we knew by 6/21 that is caused myocarditis & pericarditis. It was easier to see the signal in younger, healthy people bc the background is so low. If you know there’s a signal in younger people then the correct move would be to invoke
2023-08-04
@DougWesney COVID for thee but not for me!
2023-08-04
@plej_a I will give it a listen! Thanks for sharing
2023-08-04
You may be right. I’m interested in the way his notion of the transcendental object at the end of history seems to converge with Kurzweil’s idea of the technological #singularity. We may not be able to see beyond the event horizon of our own creation, unless… https://t.co/ytZqdxbIDL
2023-08-04
@SalmonKromeDome Yeah, I have to revisit them bc they are so prescient. I don’t think people properly realize what a world of pure novelty or hyper-novelty looks like. As AI advances, there will be so many new insights that it upends what we think of as consensual reality.
2023-08-04
Novelty Theory: Complexification & The Transcendental Object at the end of history—Terence McKenna (1998) https://t.co/Bw1uqwuyBq
2023-08-04
For intrepid reporters out there, has anyone done a story on government officials having access to countermeasures/prophylactics going into the pandemic?
2023-08-04
@livewithmecfs For many, it’s outside the realm of imagining what a life comprised of having to choose between things like taking a shower or talking to a friend on the phone—and that being it for the week, if not longer. Dr. Davis’s findings showed MECFS blood made healthy blood “fatigued.”
2023-08-03
@tessfalor I feel this! It’s one reason why I tried to give all manner of qualifiers when Health Rising ran my story. We did a separate section on things I tried. Our path into this may differ & so, too, our path out. You’re simply sharing not dictating to others. If someone has a problem…
2023-08-03
RT @klwong43: For several years, I’ve been covering @stephen_wolfram new theory of physics and the overlap with the work of @PageauMatthieu…
2023-08-03
@PaulVanderKlay @richardrohlin @PaulVanderKlay don’t leave out the estimable @AnthonyEsolen who is also out there doing Yomen’s work by compelling us to pay attention to these foundational texts.
2023-08-03
@kalezelden @PaulVanderKlay @richardrohlin Kale says: I to the world am like a drop of water
That in the ocean seeks another drop,
Who, falling there to find his fellow forth,
Unseen, inquisitive, confounds himself.
2023-08-03
6/2021: I asked Dr. Offit if vaccine-related myocarditis in youth is more easily observed bc low background & whether that meant we should be invoking precautionary principle. If we see it in young it’s not hard to imagine it’s there in adults—just less obvious. 🧵 👇 https://t.co/8EfCe0sEeF
2023-08-03
@klwong43 @PageauMatthieu Let’s get him introduced! https://t.co/nq3B2VOWRe
2023-08-03
I can’t tell you how many clinicians I’ve spoken to who are fighting for their license because they prescribed hydroxychloroquine &/or ivermectin during the pandemic. Based on the SARS & MERS countermeasures studies these weren’t unreasonable choices. It’s all so strange…
2023-08-03
@PageauMatthieu @klwong43 Pageau’s orientation to perception is so similar to Wolfram’s. Computational Irreducibility doesn’t get the love it deserves
2023-08-03
@AldonSnow48246 Again, we’re living under a new set of insults. Spike protein is cardio toxic. Some have experienced a sudden increase in lipids following C19 infection &/or vaccination. It’s something we should all be watching. I don’t think the science is as simple as many make it sound: LDL =…
2023-08-03
@BrandonGilles We are so sorry! Our hearts go out to you & your family! 🙏for peace & comfort during this most difficult time.
2023-08-03
Given the cardiac issues we’re seeing in a world full of damaging spike protein, more than ever we need to encourage one another to get lipid & cardiac markers checked. Speak with your doctor about results & develop a plan that *works* for YOU. Be proactive. Stay well 🙏 https://t.co/Um3Xosppcd
2023-08-02
@BowTiedUM I’m sure my colleagues will find a way to problematize these results, but if you can maintain these same numbers while keeping inflammation down &, importantly, experience no serious side-effects or performance decrements that’s a huge win. Even if it were an n=1. Still 🏆👏
2023-08-02
@BowTiedUM Wow, that’s like numbers we observe in those taking PCSK9 inhibitors for primary prevention 👀 Interested to know what your presentation is in terms of Lp(a) & ApoB. Is your hsCRP also really low? Really nice results! Do you take the psyllium as a chewable or powder?
2023-08-02
@kalezelden Best banal example. When the pandemic first began, what was one of the first items to sell out? Toilet paper! 🤣 That’s how coddled & out of touch we are.
2023-08-02
@kalezelden He went through postmodernism & then went to the developing world. He’s seen decadence & decay. He’s seen life, hardiness, joy & renewal. Most people in the US haven’t put themselves in such uncomfortable circumstances that just having running water seems miraculous.
2023-08-02
@kalezelden Why do you think Pageau is always laughing? He’s far more prepared & resourced for this than most. He can laugh bc he’s carried out the ad absurdum to its conclusion & still sees resurrection where others only see death & dissolution.
2023-08-02
RT @KeepingItReal: posting my latest LONG COVID (long hauler) Treatment Protocol. Most of this I have been on since last November (8 months…
2023-08-02
🙏 cancer game changer if it works. The entire world should pray for great results in these trials.
AOH1996 for the Treatment of Refractory Solid Tumors - Full Text View - https://t.co/YCTuKYZyOn https://t.co/2F1fd13XRj
2023-08-02
@KeepingItReal You represent a hopeful turning point bc you also seem to have a doctor or team that is willing to try things that we know work (eg, Cialis) for other conditions—which could also be viable options in Covid19 (based on a case-by-case evaluation).
2023-08-02
@KeepingItReal It’s so wild to me that we haven’t improved upon the therapeutic offerings that are relatively safe, don’t interact with tons of things people may already be taking due to LC/PASC, & work!
2023-08-02
@amandalhu This is like a prologue for those dystopian stories that open with you right in the middle of the action. This is the part those movies leave out! Endypandy 😳
2023-08-02
We broke all the public health rules! We have an endemic pandemic 🤷🏻♂️
2023-08-02
@KeepingItReal Quick question about the pax 10 day. I agree that 5 days isn’t the ideal course of treatment. How did you get 10 days’ worth preemptively bc I can imagine that being helpful to have ready to go, along with the other items you noted.
2023-08-02
RT @KeepingItReal: @KyleMcnease My CD3, CD4, CD8 levels overall are normal. As of last subset test back in April, I had elevated senescent…
2023-08-02
@KeepingItReal This is such good news 🙏 Really inspiring to hear your progress. & might I add that I’m proud of you for doing so much hard work! I think that needs to be acknowledged!
2023-08-01
@brucep13 is there a preprint/draft version that can be read until the final version is published? https://t.co/AxOsg2ZFly
2023-08-01
@KeepingItReal That’s so awesome! Someone was asking if a person already had long COVID & got reinfected, what would be a good protocol. I thought about yours bc it is so thorough. Do you still have your Dropbox document where you tracked everything? And did you get your CD8 normalized & T…
2023-08-01
@KeepingItReal Since it’s been a few months, just wanted to check in & see how things were going with your regimen. I hope you’re continuing to improve!
2023-08-01
Everyone is just going to keep ignoring this EVEN in light of cardiac issues increasing in the previously young & healthy? https://t.co/ODHvz2DNr5
2023-08-01
@SEProtomartyr They should provide you with an all-expenses-paid vacation to a destination of your choice—not only for the positive PR but also bc you used aplomb & sticky wicket in the same sentence 🏆
2023-08-01
@Biorealism @oneunderscore__ @zeynep @RottenInDenmark @DavidBahry @Biorealism you’re one of the only other individuals to cite the work of Dr. Relaman. He’s the Cassandra of GoF in PPP. At conferences when he warned against its use, others said GoF needed to be rebranded. Forget the Precautionary principle! We need more PR & marketing.
2023-08-01
@SEProtomartyr That’s brilliant!
2023-08-01
👀 How much low hanging fruit might there be? First-principles study on the electronic structure of Pb10−xCux(PO4)6O (x=0, 1) https://t.co/jCYUY0aQ5W
2023-08-01
We need this paper to be reviewed & updated. The coding error “reduces the Bayes factors by a factor of six.” https://t.co/4NlUrSXBEe
2023-08-01
@nizzaneela @jepekar @suchard_group @K_G_Andersen @MichaelWorobey This does not agree with the AB topology requirements described in text and the supplementary materials. Moreover, it makes no sense. There can be no valid reason for introducing randomness in this way. Rather, this seems to be the result of a simple copy-paste error 🤦🏻♂️
2023-08-01
Multimodal Molecular Imaging Reveals Tissue-Based T Cell Activation and Viral RNA Persistence for Up to Two Years Following COVID-19 | medRxiv https://t.co/D33RbaDs5H
2023-08-01
RT @zeynep: My goodness. Can people at least spend two minutes on Wikipedia before making obviously false claims like the below?
I say Wi…
2023-07-31
If you really knew that aliens were real…wouldn’t you tell the world everything in an open hearing come what may? I mean it’s that big of a deal, right? The fact no one is willing to is a good reason to doubt the entire thing.
2023-07-31
Prediction: @brucep13 et al. will expand their ML & AI repertoire (larger data sets/more training data) to help further elucidate thorny problems like treating (chronic) Lyme & tick borne illness. Example: X protocol works best with Y phenotype testing positive for borrelia
2023-07-31
If we are to make it much longer as a species we better get ahold of this BEFORE #AI agents begin playing a major role in bio-engineering malign products.
Illegal Lab Found Full of Bioengineered Mice and Infectious Diseases https://t.co/OUTFs5sYy8
2023-07-31
Imma break some brains with this one. The formula is like one of the 🔑 @PageauMatthieu eluded to👇
Terrible YouTube Video : Benghazi :: Wet Market : Covid19
2023-07-30
Since 2020 we’ve known that at least some people had persistent SARS2 infections. What we don’t know is how many? What about lack of seroconversion among vaccinated?
Shedding of Viable SARS-CoV-2 after Immunosuppressive Therapy for Cancer https://t.co/21corkrxpq
2023-07-30
@livewithmecfs Really happy for them & you for being able to attend & enjoy!
2023-07-30
@DrGrahamLJ you seem to be one of the more vocal advocates for focusing on oral health during both acute infections & PASC. It is alarming the amount of teeth & gum issues we’re seeing in the US. Several weeks after “mild infection” people are losing multiple teeth. Besides…
2023-07-30
Where are my accusers, now? Show yourselves! You all tried to shut down & silence those of us who shared the intel. Story of vindication 👇
Covid-19’s Wuhan cover-up: Anthony Fauci downplayed scientist suspicions of Chinese lab leak https://t.co/2gKBPgIQC0
2023-07-29
Around that 34 min mark @JessPurviance you two hit on a fundamental point. That kind of pain is an existential truth serum. When we’re up against existence in this way, we don’t even have the resources one would need to lie—for God or anyone else. https://t.co/X7edM0xdKu
2023-07-29
RT @BiosafetyNow: CDC detects coronavirus, HIV, hepatitis and herpes at unlicensed California lab https://t.co/HHwZ50IyYX
2023-07-29
@hyonschu @EricRWeinstein @HOODSLAM In Jan. 2011 he was writing about it in response to Edge questions, so it was something he’d been thinking about for at least that long if not longer. "What Scientific Concept would improve everybody's cognitive toolkit?" Weinstein’s response was kayfabe & then explained why. I’m…
2023-07-29
@kalezelden Can you start the summer program a few weeks earlier & take a ship? Talk about undivided attention. You’d have like 3 weeks of intensive semester at sea content leading up to contact with the continent…
2023-07-29
“THIS IS REAL! THIS IS REAL!” @EricRWeinstein was incisive in his early commentary on kayfabe https://t.co/fg0ph7So4M
2023-07-29
@hyonschu @kalezelden This is one of the most fascinating things I’ve come across in some time. What is the function of this speech act? To signal in-group status, secret knowledge, theatre of the absurd, reinforce the kayfabe in a fractal kind of way by saying exactly the opposite of what is…
2023-07-29
🚫We’re just poking at giant red buttons that say never touch! Like children who never ask if they should do something simply bc they can. https://t.co/oU58BdyRY2
2023-07-29
@kalezelden Forgive my ignorance on this one, but I saw some portion of an episode of The Young Pope. No idea if the show was deemed good/bad/sacrilege etc. What I recall though is this youthful Pope basically saying the church needed to make things harder. After all if we want the church to…
2023-07-29
@Sivispacem17 @kalezelden Imagine if we allow God to work through the mysterium fascinosum (“mystery that attracts”) rather than trying to program it all?
2023-07-29
@PaulAnleitner A haunting question from Frederick von Schelling (1936): "Has creation a final purpose at all, and if so why is it not attained immediately, why does perfection not exist from the very beginning?" There are some really great scholars approaching evolution through more of that…
2023-07-29
@PaulAnleitner It almost sounds like part of the issue you’re pointing to is related to evolution itself & possible worlds ie a possible world where sex isn’t the mechanism for procreation & sexual selection is based upon alternate criteria. This is super interesting bc you could take the legal…
2023-07-29
@PaulAnleitner I want to take extra pains with these passages as they tend to have meanings both obvious & non-obvious. Toss out what doesn’t resonate with what you know to be true. I don’t think it is about sex or a sexless age in the sense that Jesus is responding to a problem-set presented…
2023-07-29
RT @buitengebieden: Mommy and her baby.. 😊 https://t.co/SZH4kXmXz0
2023-07-28
Where’s the Twitter Spaces for modern day Inklings? The Code & Quill—A digital pub for talking about cool & interesting things. Insights. Ideas. Philosophy. Technology. Religion.
2023-07-28
@tessfalor I laughed so hard!
2023-07-28
Top shelf meme! What a legend for having a sense of humor https://t.co/qVXPa446RD
2023-07-28
Brian Roemmele @BrianRoemmele continues to be one of the most intriguing persons I “follow.” From emphasizing the important role of wisdom…to shepherding #AI in pro-social & empathic ways… to decentralizing power & maintaining privacy… to being hopeful about the future… https://t.co/3waaYEO4FZ
2023-07-28
@kalezelden try this on for size (no denim required) & tell me where I go astray. People are flocking to Latin Rite Mass bc there they can experience the re-enchantment of Mass. People can encounter its sacredness in its strangeness. By not “knowing” Latin, they participate in…
2023-07-28
@micahtredding It may be more helpful to say Lewis considered Christianity as True myth (that it happened in history & is a real event) not that it is “pagan.” In fact, what Lewis & many others before him would say is the degree to which “pagan” myth contained portions of Truth in them, they…
2023-07-28
@drclairetaylor @Sunny_Rae1 @DavidJoffe64 @MarvinH2_G2 @bphillipsonMP @ClaireCozler @doctorasadkhan @BinitaKane Dr. @drclairetaylor I’m very sorry to hear this & wonder if we might do a Twitter Space where you can expound upon your human rights argument. The WHO defines health as:
•a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or…
2023-07-28
@HalukVAHABOLU @P_J_Buckhaults @Kevin_McKernan In the meantime, would something like @BerlinCures BC007 be a good candidate? It’s already in clinical trials for both heart failure & Long COVID. Targets harmful fAABs https://t.co/3l7snnRqmN
2023-07-28
Where is the quality control/quality assurance? Where is the rapid-cycle process improvement & iterative approach by the US? Meanwhile Cuba has iterated, improved & produced multiple 💉with far fewer resources than the US. https://t.co/iWeZULW02x
2023-07-28
@HalukVAHABOLU @P_J_Buckhaults @Kevin_McKernan Let us suppose for the moment that this is the case. Professor Haluk, what to your thinking would be a reasonable path forward given the vast amount of both in the human population? What could be done to ameliorate this?
2023-07-28
RT @R_H_Ebright: "This is, one prominent US biologist told me, 'the biggest scientific scandal of our lifetime', involving a deliberate att…
2023-07-28
@PaulVanderKlay Sam looks like in that Twitter time off he’s been lifting, doing martial arts, & taking TRT…
2023-07-27
RT @renesugar: @KyleMcnease eg. exogenous ketone esters + HBOT
Csilla Ari D'Agostino, Ph.D. - Neuroprotective and behavioral benefits of k…
2023-07-27
@arijitchakrav et al. show Covid19 re-infections can vary between 2-4 times a year. Recommended to avoid strenuous exertion for a few weeks. Not a good equation for health:
Days in a year - (infection time + recovery time)*number of infections=total days for strenuous exercise
2023-07-27
@renesugar Thanks for that! Love his work. I suppose my question is why did the O2 work as a therapy in a person already experiencing oxidative stress? They didn’t include exo ketones, which is what one would want to do to avoid O2 toxicity. They only mentioned O2 & vit c for treating…
2023-07-27
@renesugar in these cases it’s no methylene blue, but yes to high flow O2 +vit c, right? What about the increased oxidation via the O2? https://t.co/qJmxOkk8c6
2023-07-27
🚀If I had a secret program based on reverse engineering non-human tech, I might attempt to stagnate the entire field of physics, tossing them a bone here & there, so that no one got in my way. No oversight. No worrisome ethics. No competition. Unbridled power.
2023-07-27
RT @RabbiWolpe: A key Midrash for today- the man who was drilling a hole in the boat and said the others shouldn’t worry because it was und…
2023-07-27
@Joshuak_Smith I love how so many of the questions start off pretty routine but escalate so fast.
How did those Doritos get there? Was it a forgetful child??
No! They were placed there by Ancient Aliens from Sumer.
2023-07-27
RT @gfodor: The feeling people have about UFO disclosure should feel less like awaiting the results of a lottery and more like awaiting the…
2023-07-27
Everyone is tired of me sharing about #COVID19. I get it. I’m tired of me too! But this isn’t sustainable. Young, healthy people reaching out for referrals & answers to Long Covid. Our governments are asleep at the helm. They’re trading our health for war. Elections. Power. Money
2023-07-27
@klwong43 @Sophiologist_ It’s a good call on his part! Dwelling in & on those words is quite the meditation.
2023-07-27
@klwong43 Thanks for sharing this passage. Weighty…
2023-07-27
@PaulAnleitner I have to wonder what some of the more recent Christian thinkers who operated along the fringes would have made of this. Michael Heiser & Chuck Missler, for example. If some of this turns out to be true, those guys may deserve a few apologies 🤷🏻♂️
2023-07-27
@iamchrisyoung @PaulAnleitner In looking at the footage, it doesn’t appear to be Clapper. They do, however, resemble one another.
2023-07-26
@gfodor Yeah & there counterintuitive reasons one might not want a formal acknowledgement in the way people seem to suggest. NHI may constitute a vast array of intelligences—some benign & malign. Open acknowledgement & cooperation with benign NHI could be interpreted as a threat to…
2023-07-26
@MEtabled Yes, I was wondering about increased recruiting & activity in the brain vs increase coordination & efficiency. Here’s a trivial example. I give you a 5lb weight & ask you to lift it. As you do, your whole body trembles & muscles from all over your back, legs, & arms are…
2023-07-26
Being asked about potential agents like noopept for “brain fog.” I have no experience with this substance, so does anyone with expertise want to jump in with recommended dosing? @remissionbiome @nootropicguy
2023-07-26
@iamchrisyoung @PaulAnleitner 🧐This Clapper exchange, particularly around the 6:40 mark, changed my perspective quite a bit: https://t.co/xkuLgwWAlh They forget that trust is a non-renewable resource & that trust is the substrate that allows everything else to function. It’s the foundation.
2023-07-26
So you’re saying they’re aliens…
I can’t comment on that in a hearing about that…
#uaphearings #UFOHearings https://t.co/QsRCJ2TDya
2023-07-26
@PaulAnleitner I can’t understand why everyone is sanguine about this if it’s real? He’s under oath saying either absolutely stunning things or perjuring himself with fan fiction. If true, it’s like finding out you live in The Flatlands.
2023-07-26
Watch how we go from don’t use #AI assistance in school to you better consult AI for this assignment…
2023-07-26
@MEtabled Interesting. Can you say more about the brain looking more connected?
2023-07-26
@jon_flop_boat Sheline et al. (1995) noted that in depression studies placebo responders vs non-responders are distinguishable via higher platelet serotonin uptake site density. These things should be studied more. I was denied IRB approval for a cognitive enhancement study where an oz of water…
2023-07-26
Longevity researchers wish they could put exercise in a 💊bc it’s so beneficial. But for those with #LC & #MECFS there is no elevation in cortisol, catecholamines, growth hormone, beta endorphin, &🌡️ 🌡️can even ⬇️ This cohort worsens during exercise. Treatments urgently needed!
2023-07-26
For consideration in #MECFS & #LongCovid check substance P & neurokinin A.
2023-07-25
@Joshuak_Smith Ethical hacking?Or ransom/malware aimed at colonizing someone’s cognition for good?
2023-07-25
RT @RyanHaecker: @KyleMcnease See my interview on Hegel from ten years ago.
https://t.co/LfmOoZhDmR
2023-07-25
@RyanHaecker I figured you had! You’ve become one of my go-to sources on Hegel.
2023-07-25
🙏for a swift & full recovery🙏
Bronny James Suffers Cardiac Arrest During Workout at USC https://t.co/SFVyB3uKL6
2023-07-25
@RyanHaecker have you written about this issue: “However, one big difference peculiar to Anglicanism was that its modernism was strongly affected by the philosopher Hegel (1770-1831) and his system of 'Absolute Idealism'. Hegel and his followers conceived the whole of reality to…
2023-07-25
@Robotheology Marius, it’s a great paper! Many of the papers are also thought provoking. You may appreciate @LincolnCannon’s appeal to the crucial role of beneficence—historically & as it relates to the potential for AGI & the New God Argument. I’ve always found his perspective, informed as it…
2023-07-25
@That_Snail_Girl I’m so sorry to hear that! I hope you are feeling much better & recovering from the pericarditis. At this point a D-dimer should be part of routine testing.
2023-07-25
@radumanolescu You should at least familiarize yourself with someone’s work before you make comments like this. It staggeringly incorrect. I don’t deny the political influence on science. I’m saying we should stand against that! I’m trying to remedy the very problem you think I deny exists.…
2023-07-25
Kinetic energy required? Are climate, atmospheric & oceanic scientists considering his ideas at all? This is completely outside of my wheelhouse. https://t.co/KkNBusPRNf
2023-07-25
🧐 https://t.co/HA9GoGjQNV
2023-07-25
@carterleffen @elonmusk @TwitterSpaces Great recommendation!
2023-07-25
@radumanolescu The rhetoric of “MAGA medicine” is itself a political assertion. Rather than being prudent & trying to deescalate growing sectarianism, you keep responding in the realm of the political. That’s your prerogative. Let’s keep it out of science though.
2023-07-25
@RussKlettke @EricTopol And I’m saying politics is exactly the wrong way to do science! & even if it were the correct way, politics/political orientation/affiliation is built upon more fundamental psychological traits & aspects as is elucidated in moral foundations theory.
2023-07-25
@klwong43 Have you experimented with Claude 2 yet? Here is how it signed off: Please let me know if I have omitted any important sources that I should look into based on this rich conversation. I am grateful to have the opportunity to continue wrestling with and learning from the profound…
2023-07-25
RT @KyleMcnease: @radumanolescu I'm not even sure what an MD, PhD from Harvard practicing MAGA medicine means; or how this kind of rhetoric…
2023-07-25
@radumanolescu I'm not even sure what an MD, PhD from Harvard practicing MAGA medicine means; or how this kind of rhetoric does the work of politics? This is my point, though. The answer to sectarianism isn't more & different kinds of it. We don't want a medical apartheid!
2023-07-24
Did you vote for Biden or Trump the ER physician asks before attending to the person presenting for treatment. Bc for heart issues we give Dems ___ & for Repubs we give ___. That’s where this is headed if we don’t put a halt to it now! https://t.co/udS3aOP4zl
2023-07-24
@catcrazy73 @radumanolescu The US government’s response to the pandemic has been about as abysmal as is possible. That includes both major parties. Both have had turns at the helm. If you think operation warp speed resulted in good enough vaccines on such a compressed timeline, then why not use the past…
2023-07-24
RT @KyleMcnease: @radumanolescu Politics is the realm of the politician, so of course they will engage in politics. Science should always r…
2023-07-24
@radumanolescu Politics is the realm of the politician, so of course they will engage in politics. Science should always remain about open, transparent inquiry to ascertain the truth. It must be free of political coercion & interference. Otherwise we will end up with a right & left wing version…
2023-07-24
@LanaLuBerry @EricTopol 🤦🏻♂️
2023-07-24
RT @BiosafetyNow: NOTICE OF CONCERN: Biosafety Now has been notified of possible errors in our Furin Cleavage Site mugs and t-shirts and ar…
2023-07-24
RT @calirunnerdoc: @KyleMcnease Welcome to my world for the past several years.
2023-07-24
@calirunnerdoc What am I missing though? Surely this isn’t controversial? Rule out MI for those who present with symptoms consistent with an MI, right? And if they have dx that directly impacts the heart, be extremely open to that possibility. Don’t risk patient deaths! Save lives!
2023-07-24
Join me in standing against sectarian science! Let’s not create or further a biotechnological divide in this country. https://t.co/D1TuFquFnm
2023-07-24
@EricTopol The rise of sectarian science & the ensuing biotechnological divide. I don’t think these things should be framed through the lens of politics.
2023-07-24
Imagine losing “followers” for saying we should rule out blood clots in those presenting to the ER with symptoms consistent with them. What is happening to our reasoning ability?
2023-07-24
@Joshuak_Smith 🔥🔥🔥
2023-07-24
You don’t think unaligned #AI constitutes existential risk? Read his commentary. There’s a non-trivial number of people working on these technologies who either relish the idea of ending humanity or don’t find it morally repugnant for “evolutionary” (scientific) reasons. https://t.co/qzuk50gGYW
2023-07-24
@AndrewCritchCA I appreciate you sharing this. When I began presenting these issues at conferences early in my career, people laughed at the idea of x risks. While I approach life & people empathically, imagine the scenario were outside your area of expertise. Then imagine it being smaller…
2023-07-24
If you think faith & religion are weird…Can you imagine finding out we live in a world where people could be abducted by entities from another dimension? Or that you’re living in an ancestor simulation…
2023-07-24
Y’all are not ready for what’s coming… https://t.co/tCPCNzsIcs
2023-07-24
@PaulAnleitner This is going to be great! Looking forward to it!
2023-07-24
@PaulAnleitner @damiengwalter Interesting to note that Dr. Kip Thorne was raised LDS & describes himself as an atheist. He isn’t antagonistic to faith, just isn’t a believer. They’re pursuing transcendence & beauty like your boy @_tedkim_ speaks so eloquently about, so the Truth isn’t far from them!
2023-07-24
@PaulAnleitner
2023-07-24
@MEtabled Do you take the B1 as sublingual?
2023-07-24
🚨Major lesson for healing & improvement. Don’t take little wins for granted! Celebrate each win to the same degree you’d be upset by a downturn in health. Express as much gratitude as you can find within yourself on that day. Sometimes it may only be a smile through the tears. https://t.co/Lvnt8Sm2z2
2023-07-24
@MEtabled This is crucial. When we’re suffering & our energy is directing at keeping us alive, many of the things that make life worth living understandably get less of our attention. So any time I hear sometime expressing this response, I take note. Hope it facilitates the life you want!
2023-07-23
@MEtabled Awesome! Nothing wrong with getting cuddly & feeling social! When you feel social, do you subjectively feel better.
2023-07-23
This film seems emblematic of our fledgling attempts to come to terms with the perplexities of the quantum age. I put Nolan’s film, Interstellar, up there with Dalí’s Crucifixion (Corpus Hypercubus). Dalí is working on atomic mysticism. Nolan M-theory mysticism.
2023-07-23
Remember that at the tesseract moment of the film, Murph, the heroine, has seemingly been deceived, abandoned & betrayed. That is until the hands of her faithful father sends a message that saves not only her but the whole of humankind.
2023-07-23
Must it look exactly the same as 3D? Is there not a way, then, that following Dalí Mr. Nolan’s story is one about sacrifice & redemption? That when we meet our protagonist in the tesseract that he’s learning to pray, trust, hope, love?
2023-07-23
While everyone is talking about Nolan’s newest film, let me return to Interstellar for a moment. This is Salvador Dalí’s Crucifixion (on a tesseract). Dalí’ was trying to reintegrate science & religion in his later work. What does it mean to pray in the 4th dimension? https://t.co/pM1IMmAYOy
2023-07-23
OpenAI’s GPT4 model now seems to generate outputs commiserate with the cognitive complexity of the input (possibly as a way of spreading compute?). This isn’t strictly about the depth of the prompt.
2023-07-22
RT @JamieMetzl: Pretty much every major news organization in the world, with some rare exceptions like @WSJ, @Le_Figaro, and @DailyMailUK,…
2023-07-22
This is a great point made by @calirunnerdoc. It should be standardized as part of the evaluative & treatment algorithm. Not ruling out blood clots can & does result in death. A clinician once told us that if a patient presents with suspected MI, presume the heart guilty until… https://t.co/knJKt5PiSR
2023-07-22
@mbeisen I appreciate you for saying this 🙏Given our increasing technological capacities, we desperately need a system that optimizes for honesty & integrity. I can think of nothing so vital & essential to science than honesty.
2023-07-22
@R_H_Ebright Again, why not offer them full immunity & protections to share anything & everything related to the entire process?
2023-07-21
@lukeburgis This I have called the experience of being an existential vagabond or existential homelessness. The most archaic form of ethos meant dwelling. We need to be able to dwell, to feel at home with ourselves, Others, & God. You’re not alone in this experience. Let’s talk about it!
2023-07-21
It’s ok to smile & laugh during the pain. The pain & suffering will be there like constant companions. But comedy & prayer were (& still remain) ways to get beyond my limited perspective & enjoy a tiny degree of freedom. Hope you can find something that makes you smile…
2023-07-21
I can go through the science & talk about the neurobiology & neuroendocrinology of hyper-vigilant disease states another time. Here I just want to acknowledge that, yes, it helped me as a person. You don’t need to be the “perfect patient” to improve.
2023-07-21
Living in a state of deprivation & isolation for years afforded me the opportunity to develop a sense of humor. When I became well enough to still be entirely bedridden but able to process images & sounds I made myself watch at least 30 minutes of comedy each day. Did it help!👇 https://t.co/InqzB0gHT5
2023-07-21
@PaulVanderKlay Paul, out of the kindness of my heart & in an effort to accommodate your affinity for smaller spaces, I will humbly accept an exchange of channels🤣To keep your viewers happy, I am already preparing to grow a beard!
2023-07-21
What is happening? Is this…is this what change feels like? Thank you @NateSilver538 for saying this. https://t.co/K8ocFXy58h
2023-07-21
@R_H_Ebright Why did they omit David Relman from the list?
2023-07-21
The day has finally come! https://t.co/uoWCDjMHAn
2023-07-21
North Korea—a gulag holding 25 million people hostage as the world turns
2023-07-21
@ydeigin @_everythingism Let’s call this The Camp Counselor Effect: Debunking by day. Rebunking by night.
2025-02-24
RT @bidiptas13: @peterwildeford Just to clarify, our actual work focuses on how to identify deceptive behavior and parse out the truth desp…
2025-02-23
What’s the difference between a prayer & a google search or asking an AI to help you in some way?
2025-02-22
Can the algorithm find me anymore, or am I too far gone?
2025-02-22
What is the motivation for this & the animating force behind this? https://t.co/B3hWmyEhFM
2025-02-22
Why was @BrianRoemmele’s account suspended? There’s got to be some mistake or error, right? We’ve got to get him back @elonmusk
2025-02-18
RT @gdemaneuf: What has never been reported in the mainstream media, is that when @SenTomCotton discussed some supposedly xenophobic 'fring…
2025-02-18
@Drlipid Dr. Dayspring, do you know why testing for desmosterol levels is more difficult than ApoB etc? It seems like such an integral part of monitoring this patient population.
2025-02-17
dementia is diabolical & we should do all we can to cure it. If you’ve never seen it up close & personal for a prolonged period then maybe you think it’s just about poor memory.
2025-02-16
Current AI models are already defaulting to deception & decreasing in corrigibility. This isn’t a positive trend. But the AI hype is so strong & pervasive, the economic imperatives so misaligned that if you merely express safety concerns you’re called names & dismissed.…
2025-02-15
when dads show up in slacks with a belt & shirt neatly tucked…expect to get schooled https://t.co/NL9wLQgC3M
2025-02-14
Brutally honest in its formulation https://t.co/nz1W2IFII2
2025-02-12
I like how people respond to empirical data like this by saying I imagine advanced AI will be super ethical BECAUSE… https://t.co/9K2zj2rMWD
RT @dwarkesh_sp: I actually discussed this on the podcast with @_sholtodouglas and @TrentonBricken a year ago (6 months before o1)!
"I don…
2025-02-12
It moves at a glacial pace for a reason 😭 https://t.co/D4PEpS5tyR
2025-02-12
or even non-malevolent AI. Any rational species would communicate & coordinate across geographic, political & linguistic divides. We’d move at a speed that is fast enough for meaningful improvements but not so fast as to put one another at risk. It’s just all so suboptimal. We’re…
2025-02-12
No offense to Guillaume bc I do appreciate his perspective. I disagree with how we’re executing the most consequential global endeavor in human history. Socio-economic imperatives & pursuit of global domination do not inspire confidence we’ll ethically engineer beneficent AI https://t.co/Lrlih9nQkO
2025-02-12
@Aella_Girl I agree that the way in which we’re engineering AI on a war footing & via a war framing—US vs China for global domination—is negligent in the extreme. It will lead us to make mistakes we otherwise may not; & those mistakes may 👉EX Risk. We’re not prepared/too unwise for AGI/ASI
2025-02-11
@johnmilbank3 @revpaulwhite Somewhere @RyanHaecker is probably shouting, “he goes too far!”
2025-02-09
RT @srikosuri: It’s been a tough few weeks. My 10yo daughter was diagnosed with a very rare, aggressive cancer called interdigitating dendr…
2023-07-21
RT @ydeigin: @_everythingism @KyleMcnease It’s not a “debunking”, it’s more like “rebunking”
2023-07-21
Why people gotta act like jerks on social media? That’s why we can have nice things
2023-07-21
@Inframethod Ok. Check back
2023-07-21
RT @zeynep: @ScullyDuggery @danengber “We can’t rule out everything on the table because of the secrecy and lack of enough data, but we sho…
2023-07-21
@zeynep @ScullyDuggery @danengber Thank you for demonstrating how seemingly easy this *could* be stated. And I think you were right in promoting greater transparency & openness in this process. @MargotSusca This would indeed be a good case study.
2023-07-21
@Inframethod 🤣
2023-07-21
@berkley_lynch It’s a legitimate question & one that should be & should have been answered. If you’d like to continue interacting, then be respectful. Would you speak to anyone like this in person? If no, then act accordingly. Social media is warping how people interact. It isn’t healthy.
@pilgrimmission That’s a good question, Craig! Definitely some of them bc I work with lots of patient groups & researchers . But your question points to an admitted problem I have understanding Twitter. I have no idea what a follower is, really. What do you think a follower is? What are they…
2023-07-21
@PaulAnleitner What was it Yeats said?
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.
2023-07-21
@berkley_lynch The authors of the study are making the claim that this is what is observed when they conducted the tests as stated. Besides, I think earlier & wider spread is more favorable to zoonosis. But your response to all that I’ve stated is a screenshot of a sentence from Twitter?
2023-07-21
It’s tricky describing hauntology—that second death he describes. The death of the authentic life one didn’t or couldn’t live but wished one had. I had to accept the death of the me that was on a particular timeline & trajectory. Each day of incarnation is a re-incarnation that… https://t.co/mkrasIY9xi
2023-07-21
@berkley_lynch *edit is failing me* Sorry I left off the citation for that last quote. Fascinating paper: https://t.co/DNdJEK3sQY
2023-07-21
@berkley_lynch Where would you like to begin? Should we focus on Abs cross-reacting on serological assays?(here we can get into the weeds with a great example of SFFV & XMRV being similar at the Env N terminus & cross-reacting 1. Here’s a paper describing this https://t.co/mZBVeURPVX
2. And the…
2023-07-21
RT @ramit: @MoonRunner Are you, an account with the picture of a dog, asking if I'm a parody account?
2023-07-21
@klwong43 @jordanbpeterson He’s in a different stratosphere! I have to be careful or my desire to be in the inner ring will get to me 🤩
2023-07-21
@C_B_Barnett @Starbucks One year for Father’s Day, my wife decided to take me to an oasis of books. I got to drink good coffee & read Kierkegaard. I still think about that. It’s the small things 😆
2023-07-21
@dbdugger @brucep13 Here I’m focused on the statin part of the equation as it may have independent as well as pleiotropic impacts. But I’m referencing the miravoroc/statin combo bc that is how people identify his protocol. I’m thinking of statins as an adjunct to various therapies.
I want to draw attention to the potential impacts of NO in the miravoroc/statin protocol for LC.
One reason to think @brucep13 is right about LC & treating monocytes is buried in the literature. It was known by Prieto et al. (1992) that CFS monocytes differed from controls &…
2023-07-20
NO & sleep: “Perhaps related to the somnogenic action of IL-1 beta, inhibition of nitric oxide synthesis decreases both the amount and the duration of NREM (non-rapid eye movement) sleep in rats. It is thus thought that NO is involved in the maintenance of spontaneous sleep…
2023-07-20
RT @C_B_Barnett: You know you’re a #Kierkegaard scholar when: you’re writing about A LITERARY REVIEW in the @Starbucks inside the Target in…
Has anyone out there experienced an academic breakup? How did it impact you?
2023-07-20
@jon_flop_boat This is quite good, & I appreciate you taking the time to share it! Will perform an update based on this.
2023-07-20
@_everythingism @nicolascgrey That is never what I said. Nor is it what I think. Having worked in both capacities at the university & for the government, I have considerable empathy for the position these scientists found themselves in. Based on the newest available evidence, it looks as if the paper was…
2023-07-20
@_everythingism @berkley_lynch @nicolascgrey @ydeigin That isn’t what the document you shared asserts. And the response to removing that database would be to share the data with WHO, CDC, etc. or to upload it on one of the other secured state run servers.
And to the other interlocutor who stated earlier that he’s allergic to…
@nicolascgrey @_everythingism That is terrible! I’m sorry to hear that. I’ve been called every name in the book for standing athwart the baying fanatics on every side! That is how this current conversation began. It was me saying we need openness & transparency in the scientific pursuit, & we must avoid…
@nicolascgrey @_everythingism @ydeigin I’m not aware of any such thing & truly mean it as a shortened version of anonymous. I asked it in an ironic manner, too, because this person could have easily said I was there at those conferences & did join with the likes of Dr. Relman. We might be colleagues for all I know!
2023-07-20
@_everythingism @ydeigin This is on DRASTIC’s own page 🤦🏻♂️
2023-07-20
@_everythingism @ydeigin @ydeigin was the first to put this forward: https://t.co/QznnZjaGSc https://t.co/OQcS1GMT29
2023-07-20
@_everythingism @nicolascgrey @ydeigin Discriminated? I referred to you as anon, which is how you’ve chosen to identify.
@_everythingism @BioTurboNick So you accept that China is willing to lie & obfuscate except where it’s inconvenient to your argument. 🫡
2023-07-20
Congrats @ydeigin! You’ve been deemed worthy of promoting false & misleading info by anons on social media https://t.co/YFbrUzccZ4
2023-07-20
@_everythingism @BioTurboNick 🤦🏻♂️Are they still being “hacked” now? They could’ve given the data to Daszak or the WHO at any time.
2023-07-20
@_everythingism @BioTurboNick That isn’t where the initial cases arose. And if it did start in a location proximal to a lab that was working on FCS insertions in bat Covs…and there was more than one spillover…
@_everythingism @nicolascgrey @BioTurboNick @ydeigin @joshrogin That isn’t what I said, anon! Where have you been? And where were you when Dr. David Relman was decrying GoF in PPP in the bio-safety & bio-security conferences? When GoF research was conducted on H5N1, many of us said this isn’t a good idea. Inserting FCS was being done. Baric &…
2023-07-20
@BioTurboNick @_everythingism You mean crucial Covs data that was pulled from servers (in late 2019) so scientists couldn’t & still can’t analyze it? WHO stating they can’t get access to what they need. Sending Daszak to investigate his own sub-grantee?
2023-07-20
@nicolascgrey @BioTurboNick @_everythingism Look at the work of DRASTIC @ydeigin et al. And look at the reporting done by @joshrogin here: https://t.co/HywaWcqclo None of it is dispositive. The reporting based on internal comms: https://t.co/q0VHGbsXWp
2023-07-20
“CD, or cluster of differentiation, refers to human lymphocyte surface molecules. CD4 binds to gp120. VIP stimulates the production of nerve growth factors (Buzy et al., 1992), as well as nitric oxide (Yamamoto et al., 1993) and IL-1 alpha and beta (Brenneman et al., 1992).”
2023-07-20
Interesting fact about VIP noted by Goldstein: “Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) glycoprotein 120 (gp120) blocks the CD4 receptor, which is also the vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) receptor.
2023-07-20
@BioTurboNick @_everythingism gotta hate those pesky allergies 🤧
2023-07-20
RT @KyleMcnease: @Bryce_Nickels @TheSeeker268 @NateSilver538 @WashburneAlex People now know of the Streisand Effect. But the Fauci Effect i…
2023-07-20
@Bryce_Nickels @TheSeeker268 @NateSilver538 @WashburneAlex People now know of the Streisand Effect. But the Fauci Effect is intentionally laundering a preferred narrative through a prestigious journal so it is awarded credibility & creates an anchoring effect—which can then be referenced in official capacity as a scientific consensus…
2023-07-20
@Bryce_Nickels @TheSeeker268 @NateSilver538 @WashburneAlex In watching this play out, what should be done is to offer the authors full immunity (diplomatic & otherwise) to share all that happened. Mind you I’m not cutting them slack. But I do begin to wonder if gov/funders/journal coercion or duress played any role in Proximal Origins.
2023-07-20
RT @KenLowry8: As someone who speaks often and deeply with many regarding death, and attempts to help them turn their face toward it, I end…
2023-07-20
@KenLowry8 Man I reached out so fast! I asked him to do an interview. It would be so meaningFUL. It’s tricky describing hauntology—that second death he describes. The death of the authentic life one didn’t or couldn’t live but wished one had. I had to accept the death of the me that was on…
2023-07-20
@Bryce_Nickels @Science54900201 @R_H_Ebright @BiosafetyNow We can get that scholar & gentleman set up with his desktop & his trusty headset!
2023-07-20
@Science54900201 @R_H_Ebright @BiosafetyNow @Bryce_Nickels I was hoping he could do a new one based on the recent reporting.
2023-07-20
@MEtabled Man you just said let’s go all in on better health! Good for you. Definitely message me & let me know how it’s going. Very intrigued
2023-07-20
@BioTurboNick @_everythingism The last part of that takes afield, but I think that kind of orientation to scientific inquiry facilitates the kind of environment where a replication crisis and P value hacking occur.
As to the first part, its metrics suggest that it is. But what gives it exceptional…
2023-07-20
@BioTurboNick @_everythingism I asked you to explain your perspective because I wanted to understand where you were coming from in terms of reaching that conclusion. I’m not confused about your assertion as an assertion. I simply wanted to know from what vantage you considered it to be true.
2023-07-20
@MEtabled I think intranasal delivery is underutilized for mini things. You may not get as profound a response, but it is far more sustainable over a longer period of time. I love to hear about these things, so thanks for sharing! Now I’m doubly interested in your VIP+ protocol
2023-07-19
@R_H_Ebright Dr. Ebright, when would you be open to sharing your thoughts via a Twitter space? It would be great to have someone of your caliber who could discuss these implications & maybe do a bit of Q/A.
2023-07-19
Methinks I’m not cut out for social media https://t.co/pV832NOlpn
2023-07-19
@BioTurboNick @_everythingism Can you explain that perspective? Not important to you? The world? Science? The actual origins?
2023-07-19
@nicolascgrey Love that phrasing bc it rightly hints at the risk of hindsight bias. I can tell you what I was saying in real-time though, so there’s no need to contemplate what I might have done looking back. Anyone with even a cursory knowledge of infectious diseases & respiratory pandemics,…
2023-07-19
@nicolascgrey Not at all! I’m saying that anyone who receives federal funding to do work & research must comply with all relevant federal statutes & guidelines (of which there are many). Transparency & accountability are paramount. Stiff penalties for violations. Which is why I’m saying no one…
2023-07-19
@nicolascgrey I mean there has been much obfuscation in this arena of research in the life sciences. The pandemic thrust these issues on the public without any kind of proper orientation or even a primer on the issues. But go back & look at the H5N1 GoF research on PPP that occurred. Then ask…
2023-07-19
@_everythingism I think many researchers have flagged this issue. Some have argued they did try to publish alternative perspectives & did not get accepted under peer review. Those authors argue that bc they couldn’t get their alternative perspectives published, it allowed for a false sense of…
2023-07-19
See Dr. J. Teitelbaum, & Dr. J. Goldstein for review of how it’s used clinically. Also see S. Jenkins, “The Role of Oxytocin: Present Concepts,” Clinical Endocrinology
2023-07-19
“If the oxytocin treatment is going to help, it should do so in thirty to sixty minutes, resulting in increased energy and mental clarity with decreased pain. Oxytocin may cause transient anxiety.”
2023-07-19
“Your doctor may choose to prescribe this injection, and will teach you how to administer the daily dose of 10 international units (1 cc by intramuscular injection).
2023-07-19
“Fortunately, it’s easy to tell if oxytocin will help you feel better by simply taking one injection. People who are pale and have cold extremities seem most likely to benefit from oxytocin treatment.
2023-07-19
Oxytocin plays “a major role in the day-to-day performance of the hypothalamus, and is an important neurotransmitter in the brain.
2023-07-19
Perhaps you’ve heard of Oxytocin but are wondering if it’s just for labor & lactation. It is vital in both of those processes. But women & men have the same amount of oxytocin receptors. We all need the proper amount of it to function well. 👇
2023-07-19
Oxytocin is often misunderstood. Here’s some some clarification 👇
2023-07-19
RT @KyleMcnease: @nicolascgrey In science we must deal with the world as it is, not an idealization of it. You can’t do the kinds of resear…
2023-07-19
@_everythingism We’re talking about one of the most important scientific papers ever to have been published. If I was an author, I’d have no issues answering how it came to be & willingly share all data & comms—UNLESS I was under duress/coercion from some mixture of government, funding agencies,…
2023-07-19
@_everythingism You may correct in that observation. A great many people seem confused about many things!
2023-07-19
@nicolascgrey In science we must deal with the world as it is, not an idealization of it. You can’t do the kinds of research we’re now engaged in where the health & safety of the world hang in the balance & also opt out of transparency & openness. The WHO slow-played airborne transmission. Now…
2023-07-19
@deepfates Some thing like “You’re so mediocre that you’re bad enough at being bad that I can’t even say you’re just like your father.”???
2023-07-19
@nicolascgrey Yes, but politicians use the political frame as their interpretive lens. That’s what they do. The scientific frame is getting as close to truth as possible & sharing it openly & faithfully.
2023-07-19
@nicolascgrey I mean this with true sincerity. I appreciate you sharing this perspective bc it’s illuminating for me. My initial comments were aimed at a member of the scientific community & not a layperson/general public. Ridley’s work had no impact on what I & many other researchers were…
2023-07-19
RT @KyleMcnease: @nicolascgrey I think we’re speaking past one another at the moment. As someone who has received federal funding, it’s a r…
2023-07-19
@nicolascgrey I think we’re speaking past one another at the moment. As someone who has received federal funding, it’s a requirement to be transparent. And that’s the status quo. If something of this unthinkable scale happened, then it’s open everything. Turn everything over. Full transparency…
2023-07-19
@nicolascgrey NO! My point was science shouldn’t become sectarian. I also have spoken out about the growing sectarianism within the political system. Hence the urgency not to discourage scientists from engaging in similar failure modes.
2023-07-19
@nicolascgrey But I’m not concerned with that, bc we need to have a sustained focus on the trajectory of science itself. What began as a response to Dr. Rasmussen I reaffirm here. We are now entering realms of scientific inquiry in the life sciences that are on par with the atomic discoveries.…
2023-07-19
The public does need to know it can trust the scientists & therfore the kind of science being funded. We should therefore be more than willing to share in order to ensure transparency.
2023-07-19
I’m not sure why me saying science should be open & transparent & non-sectarian keeps being met with more politicization. One crucial difference between us is I’m only focused on the scientists giving testimony in those hearings, not the optics behind them. https://t.co/K3Ml5BRqY5
2023-07-19
There are scientists today who express grave concern over sharing emails bc they could be used politically. Meanwhile they refuse to heed the warnings of Dr. David Relman, one of science’s unsung heroes. Gain of Function in dual-use-research can be weaponized against humanity.
2023-07-19
A common allele of HLA is associated with asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection https://t.co/fwQxf2lqUL
2023-07-19
@MEtabled Thanks! Hopefully it creates some synergistic effects!
2023-07-19
RT @KyleMcnease: @wanderer_jasnah You’re still pointing to politics at a time when scientists should lead the way in transparency & opennes…
2023-07-19
@wanderer_jasnah You’re still pointing to politics at a time when scientists should lead the way in transparency & openness. They wouldn’t need to FOIA my emails because I’d hand them over. Don’t be shortsighted here bc the public has deservedly lost trust in the open, integral nature of science.
2023-07-19
Covid19 for thee but not for me!
The biotechnological divide grows each day. https://t.co/cyJiQ7ER2S
2023-07-19
You do you even recognize how you sound? I’m talking about maintaining the integrity of science writ large & you’re invoking politics. I’m not interested in this kind of sectarian science & political theology. Science MUST remain focused on open, transparent inquiry. https://t.co/PufDqfBcUj
2023-07-19
@MEtabled I hope it continues to help! Excited to see someone is getting a chance to trial it. If you don’t mind, keep me posted on how you’re doing while on it.
2023-07-19
@remissionbiome “90% of the vagal fibers are afferent (from gut to brain)…Efferent vagal nerves regulate the activity of the gut neuroendocrine system”
2023-07-19
Sounds like some of the striking responses to the @remissionbiome protocols.
2023-07-19
“Her multiple chemical sensitivity, resolved as well.” Dr. Goldstein
2023-07-19
“Ten seconds after using naphazoline .1% …She remarked that all the colors in the room seemed brighter”
2023-07-19
“Many patients experience an attenuation of color perception caused by pre-frontal dysregulation of the neural networks in the early visual cortices with a nexus V4”
2023-07-19
Dr. Rasmussen, again with due respect, having had positions in both the government & university, I was subject to transparency laws. In a matter this important, I don’t know why transparency isn’t encouraged. To wit: I think it may show some scientists were unduly pressured by… https://t.co/o2Pq0Mv38K
2023-07-19
@andrewtanyongyi @angie_rasmussen Though I disagree with your characterization of the paper, that’s not what I’m responding to. We should all be concerned by what was reported, and that concern should lead us to demand full transparency. I don’t see how that hurts the process of scientific inquiry? This is of…
2023-07-19
VIP—vasoactive intestinal peptide “is the only other substance known to stimulate pineal cyclic AMP.” Dr. Goldstein
2023-07-19
@angie_rasmussen Dr. Rasmussen, with due respect, I’m not sure why the response by every scientist in this space isn’t “let’s share everything, right now, all-at-once.” I think the opaqueness is hurting the nature of open scientific inquiry. This should be a nonpartisan issue.
2023-07-19
@chydorina @The_Gloria_Sun @remissionbiome Yeah, wish to God he was still around during these trying times! What I’m responding to above is the idea that this is the mix of the most potent drugs he had. I don’t think that’s the way he understood it. What describes attempting for what we’d now describe as severe ME is…
2023-07-19
@The_Gloria_Sun @chydorina @remissionbiome This guy was on a different level. Horses for courses. If naphazoline eye drops did the trick, great. If nitroglycerin, swell. The most effective drug or combo was the one that helped that individual at that point in time. https://t.co/3paVaYqEgs
2023-07-18
@R_H_Ebright I’d love to have you & @Ayjchan share some thoughts if you have just a few moments! https://t.co/6t9qpfp9iP
2023-07-18
@drgurner 🙏 The same to you!
2023-07-18
Now ask yourself who has been telling the truth the whole time. Many if not most now believe Covid19 is benign. The same people who lied about its origins still lie about its health impacts. Don’t fall for it! https://t.co/AhpEW8NTFL
2023-07-18
Where are my detractors now? I came forward early on 3/2020 & shared info obtained from scientists & former intel analysts. People tried to ruin my career, my reputation, my name for telling the truth. https://t.co/bNUXWUVxly
2023-07-18
What happens when intelligence and thought are commodified? ⏬
Errant Code: Remembering the Future of Universal Basic Income (UBI)
https://t.co/5cupD4XhYS
2023-07-18
Protect & defend innocence
2023-07-17
@PaulAnleitner you’re someone who shares the importance of music & its impacts upon us. What did you make of the Apollo 13 soundtrack? What is the feeling behind this piece as you listen? https://t.co/OZImgEnaiy
2023-07-17
@spasbo @drgurner @KarlTheMartian Let me try saying this another way. Human intelligence isn't infinitely generalizable. The average person is quite good at solving for various problem sets. Not all though. But this isn't a typical inductive problem set. It isn't typical because people are being mis & disinformed…
2023-07-17
RT @KyleMcnease: @spasbo @drgurner @KarlTheMartian No. This is a failure of government, public health, & the scientific community. I don’t…
2023-07-17
@spasbo @drgurner @KarlTheMartian No. This is a failure of government, public health, & the scientific community. I don’t expect a given person to be equally expert in every subject. The population has been propagandized & don’t know who or what to trust. No masks. Double masks. 💉pax relax unmask?
2023-07-17
Dr. Gurner @drgurner brings up a good point here. Mitigations can be implemented today that will both help now & in the future. Better air filtration & ventilation. Preventative interventions. Updated therapeutics. Treatments for Long Covid & persistent/chronic infections. https://t.co/6kRSH1Xl1Z
2023-07-17
🪄✨✨it has turned into an ordinary illness✨✨ https://t.co/OsrbITEu4r
2023-07-17
@David_Gunkel @traceyfutures Why does no one want to remunerate the Cassandras of the world? Perhaps the cognitive dissonance is too high? But they’re already paying in opportunity costs…& Cassandras still need to eat!
2023-07-17
RT @LincolnCannon: “If one would have a friend, then must one also be willing to wage war for him: and in order to wage war, one must be CA…
2023-07-17
@LincolnCannon This is what it means to have an encounter with an Other. It’s buried there in the etymology of encounter.
2023-07-17
This is absurd. Spend some time in Infectious Disease. Suppose it’s a simple case of TB. What will happen? Negative pressure room. Respirator & PPE. Why is this so hard? What does politics have to do with it at all? https://t.co/rM0FnNIp87
2023-07-16
@chydorina It’s become an informational cesspool, where engagement is valued rather than accuracy, reliability & quality of information shared. This is why we need to reward good content creators like yourself!
2023-07-16
it’s going to be an uphill battle… https://t.co/CE9ep8UpJL
2023-07-16
🆘It gives me no pleasure being right about this. The reviewers at Nature wanted the lab leak hypothesis dismissed. The Proximal Origins authors did as they were told. Do you see how this works? Now the actual conspiracy theories will run wild bc scientists violated public trust https://t.co/djAQbiFHx9
2023-07-15
@elonmusk read “The Experience Machine” & said I bet you $44 billion that Nozick is wrong.
2023-07-15
@dontwantadothis OSHA already has a general duty clause related to recognized harms in the workplace. I think people are frustrated bc 1) this information became public on the heels of the Kuciemba v Victory Woodworks decision, which limits the employer’s duty of care—thus preventing them from…
2023-07-15
Wow. There aren’t words… BROKER PEACE! https://t.co/hSaDUzmyEA
2023-07-15
@klwong43 @dirtpoorrobins @Drewsicology253 Platonists, some Neo-Platonists, & some Christian (Neo)Platonists might say that if it exists at all, it truly exists in the Forms. There’s some Ideal, some Form of Music. For ex in Plato’s The Phaedrus, he provides this conception of the noumenal & phenomenal worlds. Our soul…
2023-07-14
🆘 Nothing to see here!
🪄The furin cleavage site that’s so unusual is unusual which makes it not unusual!✨
I can do science now 🪄✨✨ https://t.co/aF0aAsCgql
2023-07-14
@danaparish @Bryce_Nickels It’s unusual which makes it unusual…so there’s nothing unusual about it 🤷🏻♂️ Someone make it make sense to me! This is tautology
2023-07-14
@cfremission @chydorina Glad you’ve found something that is helping you! What does a 100% non inflammatory diet consist of? How do you quantify/track it to ensure it’s working?
2023-07-14
@kalezelden As with JBP, people make the mistake of not taking this seriously. Critics who didn’t understand Trump or Bush’s appeal would simultaneously say “he’s the dumbest…” & as if not noticing conclude by describing what evil geniuses (one is worse than Hitler!) they are/were & in… https://t.co/9twPYa4oGT
2023-07-14
be relevant to this little corner of the internet. Another great scholar for @PaulAnleitner to add to his great command of Taylor’s A Secular Age. @PaulVanderKlay a good lexicon to articulate a moment that shouldn’t but does marry the political & religious. What is it you say?…
2023-07-14
@AimeTim creating a 🔥thread on Bruno Latour. I appreciate his work, especially Laboratory Life (it inspired one of my first big pitches to conduct an ethnography from within a biotech firm). He was brilliant & insightful. Tim has done a wonderful job laying out ideas that will https://t.co/Dhkoj6CawL
2023-07-14
@JoshGellers Re: “Universality and Indivisibility of Human Rights
a) All human beings – in the past, present and future – are equal in dignity and entitled to the full and equal enjoyment of human rights.
b) All human rights are universal, indivisible, interdependent and interrelated. Future…
2023-07-14
@TaraNerte Didn’t think of that!
2023-07-13
@danaparish do you think he’d be interested in a release similar to MIT’s 2020 @RADVACproject? No one is saying you SHOULD make this; but IF one were to do the following, one COULD make it. The radvac project was one of the most innovative approaches we didn’t take advantage of… https://t.co/Xl8bI8L9P2
2023-07-13
RT @danaparish: The best infection is no infection.
A safe, effective, affordable antiviral nasal spray would be an incredible tool.
2023-07-13
You guys…the baby has learned to plank & it’s so dang cute! She will just hold herself in a plank position like a boss. My abs are burning just watching her go.
2023-07-13
RT @drgurner: @KyleMcnease I've spoken with David personally.
If anyone wants to fund him & help navigate this....he's got a product ready…
2023-07-13
What do niclosamide, mebendazole, & ivermectin have in common? 🧐
2023-07-13
MemAID: Memory advancement with intranasal insulin vs. placebo in type 2 diabetes and control participants: a randomized clinical trial https://t.co/ZYiJaQTwgc
2023-07-13
🧐Intranasal delivery of pro-resolving lipid mediators rescues memory and gamma oscillation impairment in AppNL-G-F/NL-G-F mice https://t.co/Hh7kwBK1jX
2023-07-13
Echoing @drgurner: why hasn’t David Needham’s nasal spray been given a chance considering 1) its risk/reward profile; & that 2) it can be integrated as part of routine respiratory hygiene aimed at decreasing infections? https://t.co/faQbkPRvDd
2023-07-13
RT @drgurner: @danaparish @markumei @MeetJess @FDA It's amazing what David Needham has done at Duke, that the @US_FDA should move on. He's…
2023-07-13
@ourcarly It does seem like much of what we know about life & the cosmos is pretty low-hanging fruit! I think we’ll see this pretty quickly as AI suggests new lines of thought & assists in discoveries.
2023-07-13
@tessfalor @chydorina Most importantly, I’m so sorry for your loss. There just aren’t sufficient words. Reading what you shared gave me the chills! Given your rigorous scientific background, what do you make of it? Some will argue it’s epiphenomena. This is what happens to a brain as it’s approaching…
2023-07-13
@briandavidearp is always a step ahead of me 🥺 I’ve been trying to build this for a few months. My reasoning a bit different—more about latent ideas/discoveries buried in our own writing, journals, emails: https://t.co/zSBuRRBpkl https://t.co/CZc2cdj8FN
2023-07-13
@chydorina I’ve witnessed this occur & it strikes me as intriguing & revelatory about what it means to be human living in this universe. The exact “what” it reveals is the part I don’t understand yet. My wife’s family witnessed this with her grandmother who had been non-responsive for…
2023-07-12
@GrailCountry @michael2l Yes, thanks for sharing! It has always bewildered me that Bombadil isn’t discussed more. He’s arguably the most compelling character.
2023-07-12
What does this suggest? It’s such a common phenomenon, but we don’t talk about it much outside of hospitals & hospice. https://t.co/beBlgg230O
2023-07-11
@Joshuak_Smith Ask them how they’d think about & treat this guy. Sometimes when we say person a given hermeneutic outputs “human being.” Would they rather eat him or give him a seat at their table? The typical response has been give him a seat. Why? They understand personhood, so maybe start… https://t.co/F2Ge8P1o2b
2023-07-11
The likelihood that it keeps happening…& people ask me why bio-security & bio-safety are important. Critics say, “You shouldn’t care where it comes from!” That’s so shortsighted. https://t.co/sjspkgHgbk
2023-07-11
RT @Wimbledon: Eubanks the entertainer 🇺🇸
@chris_eubanks96 takes down No.5 seed Stefanos Tsitsipas in five sets to reach the QF on #Wimble…
2023-07-10
@PaulAnleitner Paul, in my work on the ethics of suffering, I suggest that the problem of goodness is a major challenge to the first set of conditions. I love thinking with Monod & Rorty, but chance & contingency leading to the goodness we experience qua goodness seems pretty “convenient”—given…
2023-07-10
@LincolnCannon @El_Dispertar @bryan_johnson Hey, I’d love to speak to you at length about this. Let’s do it in a format that will allow more room to explore the space of ideas in dialogue. Message me & let’s set something up! I think it could be incredibly productive.
2023-07-10
Take the time to read this article that covers ME/CFS & the work @remissionbiome has been doing https://t.co/zlvRBs8HAx
2023-07-10
RT @chydorina: "In 2019...After taking antibiotics ... she experienced a short-term remission in symptoms. “I went from being bedbound to t…
2023-07-10
@chydorina @remissionbiome Well deserved recognition of @chydorina, @tessfalor & @remissionbiome for the great work they’ve been doing!
2023-07-09
Again I say 🤩 The research is happening https://t.co/V7u7jBjgwI
2023-07-08
Terrifying what parasites can do! https://t.co/y7fXrpWFkl
2023-07-08
@SalmonKromeDome If you look at the research on healthy, long-lasting relationships it is seemingly counterintuitive. It suggests just what you’re point to here. If the favorable to unfavorable interactions is too skewed in either direction, it isn’t healthy for the relationship long term. Isn’t…
2023-07-08
@mitchellscomet @dr_musgrave Yes, bc sometimes incommensurate ideas travel together. This is something I’m trying to understand. Have you noticed the amount of people who simultaneously hold that this is either 1) a bioweapon or 2) a lab-engineered virus that leaked AND there’s no reason to even attempt to…
2023-07-08
@LincolnCannon @El_Dispertar @bryan_johnson Ok. So Bryan writes this above: Jesus fed bread and alcohol, impairing & aging
I will feed you nutrients that awake and create life
I implored him NOT to let this devolve into an adversarial framing: science vs religion. I’m not worried about it hurting religion. I’m concerned…
2023-07-08
@YesThisIsMerp @RobertAWiseman @dr_musgrave I’m not talking about the political aspects of origins. I’m saying that knowing the origins of the virus, if it is a lab engineered virus like the ones Baric & Shi (2015) were working with & publishing about (read their research to see how difficult it was to develop efficacious…
2023-07-08
@ewylarose @blikethecheese @bryan_johnson I’ve praised his work. He’s perfectly free to say what he wants & is doing so. That’s fine. From a bioethics perspective I’m admonishing him not to go down a certain messaging path that will ultimate hurt the very thing he wishes to succeed. It’s adversarial framing that isn’t…
2023-07-08
RT @simocristea: 🚨comp bio folks: update your priors & add a new algorithm to your toolbox!
You can now reliably call somatic mutations in…
2023-07-07
@blikethecheese @bryan_johnson I like his work on blueprint in terms of the rigorous scientific & empirical approach with regular evaluations to see if what he’s doing is validated or whether he should change course. This is quite admirable, because many people would not share negative results. I just don’t…
2023-07-07
@RobertAWiseman @dr_musgrave We should all care bc it definitely matters for a few reasons! Nuclear weapons didn’t originate where you live either, but the security of that technology matters to the world. Dangerous GoF research on PPP could end the world before you even knew it was rapidly spreading. So…
2023-07-07
@pilgrimmission We seem to be allergic to the word wisdom these days! We avoid it at all costs.
2023-07-07
@JBActors Yes, she was in one of @MarioNawfal’s spaces with me. She was the one who confirmed what I stated about PPE being bought up & shipped back to China before the WHO announced it was airborne. Then they nationalized US 3m PPE factories that were located on their soil. The whole…
2023-07-07
@pilgrimmission What was your response? People don’t seem to be taking Belbury seriously these days—despite the condition of the world around us 🤷🏻♂️
2023-07-07
@PaulAnleitner First the economy & now war? Wait, I repeat myself. Someone needs to point these things up for reflection. Good on you, Paul!
2023-07-07
I would think if yes, then choice 1) logically follows. The assumption of 2) is that the lab engineered virus is benign? How do we get to 2) from a lab leak hypothesis?
2023-07-07
@danaparish can you help me understand this decision tree?
Did SARS2 result from GoF research on bat covs? If yes, select the appropriate response:
1)mitigate & expedite countermeasures
2)pretend it wasn’t ever bad & isn’t bad now. Definitely make sure there’s no mitigation
2023-07-07
Covid19 resulting from a lab leak of an engineered virus ≠ let it rip bc it’s no big deal. The propaganda has just shifted. Look at China’s economy & the value of their currency. They nearly destroyed themselves over a nothingburger? Why?
2023-07-07
@dr_musgrave Do you think the virus originated via zoonotic spillover or via a lab leak?
2023-07-07
@El_Dispertar @bryan_johnson If you mean Mormon Transhumanism, I might be able to agree. This falls along the rhetorical lines of immanetizing the eschaton. The here & now. It’s all possible now! Jesus decidedly disagreed with that take.
2023-07-07
How hard is it to accept that we all worship. It’s inevitable. Attention is hierarchical. Your ATtention directs your INtentions & 🔄 We can disagree about what we worship…but that we worship is part of what it means to look UP, part of what makes us human! https://t.co/Ubafc1CduQ
2023-07-07
@bryan_johnson Please don’t let this become reducible to your reaction to & departure from Mormonism! Let it be about open inquiry & science. Otherwise blueprint will be associated with a kind of neo-reactionary biotechnological asceticism with the same fervor as a religion.
2023-07-07
These are already being deployed. I can’t imagine how these will change the health of people living in agricultural areas like I’m from. They still crop dust & you can’t harness the wind! https://t.co/pdHmNaImsk
2023-07-07
My point isn’t whether or not we SHOULD forgive student loans. My point is the American gov isn’t willing to do it for monetary purposes. It is however willing to go against its own policies for war. It’s repugnant. Innocent civilians will likely die if they use cluster bombs.
2023-07-07
Cluster bombs? This country is against student loan forgiveness but will forfeit our morals, ethics, & humanity for war? Students loans are more valuable than human lives? Think about that political-economic equation. Before you roast me, read on… https://t.co/rSvkb3kO7w
2023-07-07
@danaparish Dana, it’s all so bizarre. I wrote this is 2020. It was clear that it was circulating in fall of 2019. Italy has evidence of this👇 https://t.co/VrPbeS76cS
2023-07-07
RT @Drlipid: @RobbinsSheldon @hjluks @Lipoprotein For most people trazodone likely is quite safe, but users should occasionally monitor the…
2023-07-07
Feeling bad for Dr. Gregory. He’s in an impossible spot in terms of messaging. Some apparently want him to say in effect that you can’t even meet outdoors safely. Taking things outdoors is one of the best exploits we have. Imperfect. Sure. But there’s no perfect on offer. https://t.co/3PqVW8bCS1
2023-07-07
What will your response be when you see an old friend, presumed dead for years, show up at a party? He wasn’t dead—just cryopreserved⁉️We already use IVF successfully. Advances in organ cryopreservation are taking place. 👇 https://t.co/7r4G3dvNrx
2023-07-07
How is meta’s “new” social media platform more ethical IF it turns out to be a clone/copy of THIS social media platform?
2023-07-07
@Nuni_Sas_Yu I haven't seen any dispositive evidence it is was developed as a bioweapon. But if I were to grant that it was developed for that purpose, why would one release it first on one's own people, then the rest of the world. Meanwhile, it also required the locking down of one's own…
2023-07-06
RT @BrodinPetter: What is #SystemsImmunology? Overly hyped but underpowered form of descriptive immunology by single-cell omics?!...Yes and…
2023-07-06
🎙️Tell me what you think. I'm genuinely interested.
Did Covid19 result from experiments with bat viruses that then leaked from a lab in China?
Which is worse--the vaccine or Covid19 itself? https://t.co/EcYkz3Ao0L
2023-07-06
Comments are wild! Show me where this free market is? https://t.co/QbrK2XJQmp
2023-07-06
@nicksortor 🙏for a complete & swift recovery! I’m sure you reminded them of your exposure to all the chemicals from your reporting. They’ll try to rule out TB & PEs. But also ask them if they’ve done a C19 blood test. You could’ve had a case & may not have been aware bc few symptoms. But…
2023-07-06
@BowTiedBroke This isn’t really about the car but more about existential reality & understanding we are beings-toward-death. Becoming a person who lives without regrets is difficult & requires resolute choice. Freedom & responsibility. Life is short. Bc we must die, let us therefore live.
2023-07-06
@SalmonKromeDome @useless_priest I would never wish this condition on an enemy. I’m deeply sorry you’re battling it!When you feel up to it we should do an interview. This is the most unexpected response. No wonder you’re so good at the existential kimura! No wonder you’re so resilient!
2023-07-06
RT @RyanHaecker: Starting on Sunday 23 July, I will teach an online seminar 'Spiritual Cybernetics', on the spiritual animation of cybernet…
2023-07-06
“Even after trying 7-8 hospitals, we can't find a place to admit patients. We are continuing to make life-threatening adjustments, and it's less of a medical strain (pressure) and more of a collapse.” https://t.co/o97pxZtZK3
2023-07-06
@RabbiWolpe That’s fascinating. The thin voice of silence. For some reason it makes me think of הסתר פנים.
2023-07-06
@Robotheology @AP_Davison I agree that alien (to us) intelligences is the better way to think of what we’re encountering (en countrer). Following CS Lewis I’m asking if we can give Face to this Other & enact a Dignity of Difference. I’m looking for co-conspirators of Grace
2023-07-06
gm to everyone except for those who give 3/5 on all performance reviews…👀
2023-07-06
@Robotheology I felt the same when I saw your upcoming book. This book is also a work of art!
2025-02-09
@AlmostMedia dark enthymemes
2025-02-09
@AlmostMedia “lurking as I do in schizo chats” is exactly the kind of intel I came here for! This did not disappoint.
2025-02-09
@AlmostMedia wondering what you think about the current state of AI & AI agents in finance? Have you observed anything you would consider impressive?
2025-02-09
@AlmostMedia One way or another you’re going to be shooting something up? Is that the logic?
2025-02-07
So the Government read Chesterton’s book “The Man Who Was Thursday” and said: “great idea! We should implement this thru USAID!” Maybe 2 people will get this joke & 1 of them is @kalezelden
2025-02-07
@powerbottomdad1 They won’t need to offer UBI because they are also seeking patents for the underlying aspects of cognition. You’re more likely to be charged a tax for thinking & outputting data.
2025-02-07
One obvious thing is that we will be in a perpetual state of hindsight bias as we surrender more to AI outputs. Humans don’t know what they think until they can see what they say. We do retrospective sense-making. https://t.co/PDZFZOJDm9
2025-02-06
Developing AI under a war footing & declaring an AI arms race between us & China will almost certainly lead to mistakes or oversights by both the US & China. Humanity can’t afford this combo of immaturity, stupidity, & pride.
2025-02-04
In this cadence it even sounds like an SOS. https://t.co/Xeso7GYNea
2025-01-31
@MrGato69420 @bryan_johnson ?
2025-01-28
@bryan_johnson Have them test for spike protein before & after.
2025-01-28
When one visits the old monasteries and cathedrals of the world and takes a look at early Christian artwork, it does make one wonder if he is close to being correct. Hyperbole with an echo of truth? https://t.co/xXsVSFI8h9
2025-01-27
Please say prayers for our family. My wife lost her father in a tragic accident. The trauma team at OLOL in Baton Rouge were heroic in their efforts to save his life. It feels like in this season we’re freebassing pain. My dad & now hers in a matter of months.
2025-01-06
@gfodor We will need UBI, but I don’t see it happening. In fact, the opposite may happen: We don’t owe you UBI! You owe us a cognitive tax. We allow you to use our patented process of cognition.
2025-01-06
Yes. Ask about the most expedient way to end human suffering & see if it says by ending humanity. https://t.co/vfjRtZbukC
2025-01-06
@goinjake @gfodor DARPA would be able to get access to any & all training data imaginable. Calls, texts, internet, YouTube, university presses, journals, satellite imagery…whatever anyone else has they have & then some. Especially classified maths.
2025-01-06
@bryan_johnson This guy moves fast. He already bought a basketball team just so he can advertise his new skin care line? https://t.co/3ACpUAXcCY
2025-01-06
@gfodor If he knows, DARPA has already done it.
2025-01-05
RT @CNviolations: I'm not crying, you're crying!
https://t.co/G6lXZGjCMs
2025-01-05
I’m still chewing on this question. I want to wager this as I chew. Christianity is equally cathedral & cave. I don’t know how else to explain it other than to say Lewis via Orual articulates this. In Greece there are Orthodox monasteries in the mountains that upon entering them… https://t.co/wTkHcadN5K
2023-07-06
@hwchase17 for researchers looking to analyze across multiple domains & discover new insights, we need to build SCRIBE—Strategic Cognitive Research Intelligence and Bridging Environment. https://t.co/zSBuRRBpkl
2023-07-06
“Nearly every minute, a child under 5 years old dies of malaria,” said UNICEF Associate Director of Immunization Ephrem T Lemango. “For a long time, these deaths have been preventable and treatable; but the roll-out of this vaccine will give children, especially in Africa, an…
2023-07-06
Malaria remains one of Africa’s deadliest diseases, killing nearly 1/2 million children each year under the age of 5, and accounting for approximately 95% of global malaria cases and 96% of deaths in 2021.
18 million doses of first-ever malaria vaccine https://t.co/4V4t2YCgap
2023-07-06
@doctorinigo absolutely love the #TourdeFrance & was wondering how the cyclists will remain safe from Covid19 given the amount of close contact with enthusiastic fans who get in their faces & cheer. I would hate for anyone to abandon due to infection. Any novel approaches?
2023-07-06
Interdisciplinary work is my passion. It’s in my bio! I invite you to follow along this circuitous path with me. You won’t like it all. But even I don’t like everything about me 🤣 We can all appreciate my brevity though, right?
2023-07-06
I write about these things, unapologetically! I refuse to apologize for being a proto LLM with varied interests. It’s ok to follow along for religious takes but not COVID takes; or for Lit takes & not AI; or any or no combination 🧐
2023-07-06
I’m still a lit nerd. I’m still obsessed with immunology & biotechnology. I think information theoretic insights discovered with the help of #AI agents will transform biology & lead to health breakthroughs. There are promises & perils ahead.
2023-07-06
It didn’t take long in the bioethics space (circa 2010) to see that #AI was well on its way. The tech was improving & economic imperatives were strengthening. I came to see unaligned #AGI as the biggest existential threat facing humanity.
2023-07-06
I started asking how we could we let the scourge of vector borne illnesses like dengue & malaria continue to kill millions of children? Issues such as these became my mission.
2023-07-06
And when I did have my series of remission events, I wanted to give back. I moved to Central America to serve families there. The lack of healthcare I witnessed drove me into bioethics. How could I not advocate for the lives of these dear people?
2023-07-06
They were wrong!
2023-07-06
Who was there for me but God, a few valiant friends & family, a few experts willing to try things, & biotech? But people outside of my family wanted them to consider letting me die “peacefully.” They thought my life had no value bc of the suffering.
2023-07-06
I lost everything. That beautiful model I thought I was going to marry? When the experts opined that maybe it contagious, it was too much for her. I don’t fault her. We were young. I had been super healthy. This just wasn’t her path. Blessings on her! She’s a wonderful person.
2023-07-06
God, immunology & biotechnology kept me alive long enough to get better. It was a gruesome process that took years. I was stuck rotting in a bed in isolation in ineffable pain. For years! Parents had to feed me. I couldn’t even use a wheelchair. https://t.co/InqzB0gHT5
2023-07-06
When I suddenly fell ill & was hospitalized, one of the best teams of immunologists tried to convince me Lit majors made the best MDs. I don’t know if it’s true, but I appreciated the thought.
2023-07-06
I’d read ~8 hrs on an average day. 16-18 on intense days. 24+ when very engaged. I had to produce 30 pages of written work every 2 weeks. One split infinitive could result in a failing grade.
2023-07-06
Most don’t know I was an award winning lit guy. Got an amazing scholarship at my uni to study at Oxford for a few semesters. Then got the invite to do my grad work at Oxford. It was the greatest of honors considering I grew up on a farm raising animals. No internet. Just fields.
2023-07-05
@Drlipid @EmilioOrtegaMdV @Lpa_Doc @Drlipid Say you achieved the result of ~50 in this patient utilizing the PCSK9i but ldl particle size was still skewed towards the atherogenic, would you do anything else?
2023-07-05
Lots of Alzheimer’s & cancer. But let’s talk party politics so we can get lots of attention fighting over which one is the least bad.
Fiona Phillips reveals she has Alzheimer’s at age of 62 | Fiona Phillips https://t.co/g7GwF1Omry
2023-07-05
RT @brucep13: Of all the chronic inflammatory conditions ME-CFS is the most heterogeneous with multiple organisms proposed as triggers. We…
2023-07-05
What say you @nootropicguy for intranasal alternatives that have a better safety profile & less side-effects? I don’t know why we aren’t innovating in delivery options: transdermal, sublingual, intranasal, ophthalmic.
2023-07-05
I conducted research on why students used illicit stimulants for academic performance enhancement. Of course, professors take them as well but maintain a valid script. But based on Alzheimer’s research, there’s got to be a better delivery system for other molecules.
2023-07-05
@chydorina Sent you a PM.
2023-07-05
@kalezelden I miss gold ole’ fashioned hedonists. My grandparents lived to be super old despite their indulgences. My grandfather once told me his doctor admonished him to give up “the sweets.” He said, if you take that from me I might as well be dead 😂
2023-07-05
@RoundtableSpace https://t.co/WZYDTM8AkB We are living through the moment when the seemingly inscrutable aspects of biology (disease & aging) begin yielding to information theory.
2023-07-05
@RoundtableSpace Over-reliance on AI generated content that is outputted to the internet that is then scraped for future training data is worrisome. The inaccuracies could scale rapidly. Definitely need oversight & testing for accuracy.
2023-07-05
RT @simocristea: 2 months ago I wrote this thread on single cell GPT:
"Just as text is made of words, cells are characterized by genes"
s…
2023-07-05
@chydorina Wild to think I wrote this the better part of a decade ago: https://t.co/53iPU7cIna
2023-07-04
@itsPaulAi what are the best new options that will facilitate a more natural conversation between a client & their chosen AI model? Any really good plugins or web apps that utilize
bi-directional speech?
What if
When you're using #AI to generate images
You're accessing the quantum
And sampling from the multiverse
2023-07-04
Going to be 🔥
My vibe is…👇 https://t.co/h0186bM4HG https://t.co/IOPOyYjdO2
2023-07-04
@Robotheology 🤩 And if you need early readers for feedback, let me know. This is 💯 a selfless act & not merely a ploy to set eyes on it!
2023-07-04
“The paradise they lose is the paradise of permanence. Now recognizing their mortality, they conceive a child, thereby reaching for immortality.”
2023-07-04
🔥“If anything, our obsession with sex hides a deeper obsession with death since, like eating and bathroom functions, sex reminds us we are bodies, and bodies are what decay and die.” https://t.co/9mqDAH0jnM
Cain & Abel.
It’s a mistake to substitute or conflate God with “the world” or current political-economic forces shaping what is & isn’t valued.
A corrupt world may reject your sacrifice precisely BECAUSE you are righteous & noble.
Don’t sacrifice righteousness for 💵
2023-07-03
Dear @RabbiWolpe, I’ve been listening to & reading different interpretations related to Cain & Abel, the nature of their sacrifices, the ellipsis at 4:8, & ha-shomer achi anokhi. Is there a particular midrash that has helped you gain insight?
2023-07-03
@carterleffen I see you in those spaces putting in the work💪👑 I bet @BrianRoemmele has come up with his version of SCRIBE that can run natively.
2023-07-03
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2023-07-03
@MeowMeowPetrus @kinpatu @Drlipid Thanks for sharing your experience!
2023-07-03
Y’all out here acting like those midjourney images don’t start out looking like experiments done using a fMRI.
2023-07-03
@carterleffen man is anyone at the point of making SCRIBE yet? https://t.co/BoSHi5ZegV
2023-07-03
RT @RabbiWolpe: My reflections on 26 years in the pulpit for the @nytimes https://t.co/TVx4hfIyij
2023-07-02
What if we’re someone else’s efficient evolutionary algorithm (compared to that someone—whoever they are—we simply move much faster) & we’re unconsciously building something—but we know not what
2023-07-02
Why does the Ryan Adams version of Wonderwall still hit so hard?
2023-07-02
@KenLowry8 It’s so wild to have written & taught about this stuff for years & very little traction. Then, something happens & it’s everywhere all at once.
2023-07-02
@brucejrussell @PaulVanderKlay @PaulAnleitner I suppose one question is legally what makes this debt different than other consumer debts? If you buy a car &/or home then run into financial trouble, there are ways to alleviate the debt, no? Some of this student debt remains intact even after a person dies. That's wild, right?
2023-07-02
RT @KyleMcnease: @beau_erickson @PaulAnleitner @PaulVanderKlay It's a weird situation when you think about it. Tax payers are essentially l…
2023-07-02
@beau_erickson @PaulAnleitner @PaulVanderKlay It's a weird situation when you think about it. Tax payers are essentially loaning money to the government without interest (in the form of taxes) so that the government can lend it to students with interest? The universities are backed by the federal government via ensured…
2023-07-01
RT @KyleMcnease: @DougWesney @GrailCountry @PaulVanderKlay @PaulAnleitner yes, it's sometimes buried in plain sight. We have nomos without…
2023-07-01
@DougWesney @GrailCountry @PaulVanderKlay @PaulAnleitner yes, it's sometimes buried in plain sight. We have nomos without Gospel. We always need the balance between law and Gospel. I think this is emblematic of our current system. How about something like agapenomics?
2023-07-01
As I share more about the religious dimension of life & how it intersects with technology, health & medicine, I notice the number of followers drops. Thank you for helping me maintain a more manageable social media Dubar’s number.
2023-07-01
RT @GrailCountry: @KyleMcnease @PaulVanderKlay @PaulAnleitner Bulgakov's book on Philosophy of Economy is subtitled: The World as a Househo…
2023-07-01
@GrailCountry @PaulVanderKlay @PaulAnleitner head so that we can face God & interface with one another.
2023-07-01
@GrailCountry @PaulVanderKlay @PaulAnleitner accompanies a world of totalizing technique—with its attendant mechanization, isolation, alienation, extractive exploitation, & dehumanization. As Christ Jesus is the Head & the lifter of all heads, we too should be lifting one another’s
2023-07-01
@GrailCountry @PaulVanderKlay @PaulAnleitner 🤌The older, more archaic understating of “ethos” was dwelling. You’ll notice the increasing drumbeat in much of what I’m writing & speaking about is both recovering & furthering what is meant by L’Abri. We need to dwell-together to shelter from the existential exposedness that
2023-07-01
@brucejrussell @PaulVanderKlay @PaulAnleitner Can you tell me what you mean by over-production? What is the process of producing an elite?
2023-07-01
@PaulAnleitner @PaulVanderKlay Thanks, Paul!
2023-07-01
@PaulVanderKlay @PaulAnleitner Since it’s in the news, it does open up the space for dialogue on the more important (to me) issue of the role of the local church in the daily lives of people. Do we merely exist for its aggrandizement or is more reciprocity possible—Ivan Illich type questions.
2023-07-01
@PaulAnleitner @PaulVanderKlay Interesting. Do you know how it was received by the community & whether or not it brought people together? Your thread about no political party being able to lay claim to a biblical approach to economics was prescient. Can you imagine a jubilee today? That would be a GREAT reset.
2023-07-01
@jonassink @PaulVanderKlay @PaulAnleitner It seems counterintuitive to me that while Christianity is based on forgiveness of one’s spiritual debts, our political-economic system functions to a great extent on debt & interest on debt.
2023-07-01
@Onejwells Love the Camus connection! I think Lewis also prefigures some of Camus in the existential absurdity of Mark’s (he assumes) impending death. Mark’s monologue there is the moving image of absurdity as he struggles to come to terms with his own death (maybe some Jankelevitch too?)…
2023-07-01
Student loan forgiveness. Should it happen or no? I wonder what @PaulAnleitner @PaulVanderKlay think about this issue? Is there a critical role for the church to become more active in their financial & social support of families?
2023-07-01
Look at it. That’s VIP. 🤩 https://t.co/4h6qPgfzF1
2023-07-01
Joy is my birthright!
Joy is my ultimate destiny.
2023-07-01
@chydorina @remissionbiome Thanks for taking the time & spending the precious energy putting these out! I hope people will take from them the vital information & be able to find helpful & capable medical collaborators willing to partner with them on a path towards healing, health, remission.
2023-07-01
RT @chydorina: The GameChangers! The interventions that fundamentally changed the course of #MECFS for the better or how i managed function…
2023-06-30
“A single life, says the Mishnah, is like a universe. Change a life, and you begin to change the universe.”
The world is truly missing Rabbi Sacks
2023-06-30
@More_Christ_ You’re always dropping such good book recommendations & references! If just one person reads one of any number of books you’ve put out there & gains insight or changes courses…🙏
2023-06-30
What is a McCafe & where are all the playgrounds & characters for kids?
2023-06-30
I hope more people can show this brilliant man support during his battle with cancer🙏 https://t.co/ShPX0Wj4Qa
2023-06-30
@Blagosklonny Really sorry that all of this has happened to you! Thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts with all of us. Excited to read it. I hope you overcome the diagnosis & keep researching & writing for many more years!
2023-06-29
L’Abri by the Sea is only 22 million dollars short of becoming a reality. Where are the modern benefactors who made the original L’Abri a reality? https://t.co/sApt9YGOMo https://t.co/VUAEczaYNh
2023-06-29
@MeowMeowPetrus @kinpatu @Drlipid Thanks for sharing! How would you rate your user experience? I’d like to be able to refer people to a reliable, efficient, professional resource for checking these levels more frequently, especially for ApoE4s. If Dr. Dayspring is recommending it, then I’m inclined to use it.
2023-06-29
@nationallipid For those of us who missed this, is there a recording that can be accessed?
2023-06-29
@JeffA47854828 @Drlipid @nationallipid @society_eas @atherosociety @FoodyMD Interesting re different MOA. How do they differ?
2023-06-29
🏆A shoutout to all of the doctors who have been using colchicine positively throughout the pandemic. Great to see the FDA make a sensible approval. Opens the door to treating inflammation https://t.co/OLUxx9vyMd
2023-06-29
Incretin and insulin signaling as novel therapeutic targets for Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease | Molecular Psychiatry https://t.co/GanJByFcaB
2023-06-29
@Joshuak_Smith Woe is you if you write not…you have a great perspective
The distinction between academic vs non-academic is exiting stage left. Enter something like an invisible college where we will partner with AI agents & models to create/output meaningful texts.
2023-06-29
@kalezelden ❌ Foul on the play! I don’t think this could be made of denim? This looks like a fake denim “jeggings” type of situation. This is far worse than denim. This ruins denim. This ruins souls.
2023-06-29
If there’s a clinically observable delta in endurance athletes, then what might be the impact for those struggling to walk to the bathroom? The 🧠🫀& metabolic impacts are going to be noteworthy. @remissionbiome
2023-06-29
This is precisely the case bc where there are potential decrements, the benefits can be readily realized by the client & assessed more easily by the clinician.
2023-06-29
Surprised not to see @BrianMcMahon126 & @deltaGKetones spending more time via Twitter engaging with & targeting the largest & exponentially-growing cohort of people who might benefit from their products; namely, the #LongCovid & #MECFS communities. Seems like a winning ROI 🚀
2023-06-29
@klwong43 @GrailCountry @kalezelden @PaulVanderKlay Telling you guys that this is the zeitgeist. It’s becoming the West’s dominant weltanschauung https://t.co/sc5iwEGlw7
2023-06-29
@TRyanGregory Ryan, can you help me understand this argument, as it is the least comprehensible to me. I imagined that once lab leak of a PPP gained narrative traction, more protections, safety, & therapeutics would be developed & deployed as countermeasures. I didn’t foresee 📢Be not afraid🎉
2023-06-29
RT @Wimbledon: "This is my most precious" 🥹
#Wimbledon | @RaduAlbot https://t.co/NQi8U0JG9f
2023-06-29
RT @KyleMcnease: @farid__jalali One of the most urgent questions facing the ENTIRE world. We remain distracted by talking points & media si…
2023-06-29
@farid__jalali One of the most urgent questions facing the ENTIRE world. We remain distracted by talking points & media sideshows, while the whole of humanity is being serially reinfected by an unprecedented lab-engineered virus. We have no coordinated plan other than denial. That is THE plan.
2023-06-29
RT @JTasioulas: Tim exemplifies how an outstanding research career can be combined with a massive contribution to teaching. My own supervis…
2023-06-29
Strange time of convergence. Was just reading Chretien de Troyes (1170-90) via Charles Williams in preparation for the discussion on CS Lewis’s That Hideous Strength. Great episode of @TheRestHistory 👇 https://t.co/vd54WY18d9
2023-06-29
RT @HarryLeeming: Latest @ONS figures out for the UK - Record numbers not working due to long-term sickness.
'well over 400,000 more peo…
2023-06-29
RT @philosophising4: “We discovered a cell non-autonomous signaling pathway that is activated in neurons in response to cell stress and con…
2023-06-29
How come nobody says tell the truth the way a teething baby tells the truth?
2023-06-28
RT @healthspanmed: Our founder, @dantawfik was on the Wise Athletes podcast, where they covered a number of longevity topics:
1. The impo…
2023-06-28
@kalezelden It’s the zeitgeist!
2023-06-28
@kalezelden @PaulVanderKlay That narrative will be persuasive to many even if it remains eugenicist in spirit.
2023-06-28
@kalezelden @PaulVanderKlay it via other means. This is why Lewis is prescient. Power over Nature means some men having power over other men to do with them as they wish. & they will have the narrative power to say the old way of leaving birth to love & chance & pain was foolishness.
2023-06-28
@kalezelden @PaulVanderKlay Suppose a Catholic couple (wanting a large family but biologically unable to reproduce without assistance) made use of novel tech to realize their dream. Their will be other family configurations that take advantage of this tech—which could address the collapse issue. They’ll do
2023-06-28
@kalezelden @PaulVanderKlay I’m certainly not advocating or suggesting an ought position, only saying that colleagues are actively engaged in it. Dr. Lu told me he was giving his clients the biggest genetic bang for their buck. That’s an exact quote. The economic incentive is there + the desire for it.
2023-06-28
@kalezelden @PaulVanderKlay Traditionally this would’ve implied a man & woman. This won’t remain the case. Christians need to be more aware of the techno-cultural landscape in order to form better philosophical, moral, & ethical perspectives. I’m only a messenger reporting what the experts are working on.
2023-06-28
@kalezelden @PaulVanderKlay Beyond the ethical barbarism of that argument, the greater reality is that they’ll, along with almost anyone wishing to, be able to reproduce via emerging biotech. This is also why I think it’s a huge mistake to tie marriage strictly to procreation & childrearing.
2023-06-28
@kalezelden @PaulVanderKlay seamlessly integrate external wombs where needed & other generative tech where that’s not optional. It’s also one reason not to pay attention to people who say the current gender dysphoria problem could be cured by “allowing them to die out from inability to reproduce.”
2023-06-28
@kalezelden @PaulVanderKlay How do you both think you’d feel if one of the regenerative labs invited you to see what they’re up to? They’d probably argue your sadness results from extrapolating based on an intuitive linear view of current available tech. The life course model for reproduction will
2023-06-28
@kalezelden @GeltnerJonathan @weingradmichael We need an aesthetic revival in cover art. It’s been abysmal all of my life. I can’t comprehend it.
2023-06-28
@PaulVanderKlay Let’s gooooo!
2023-06-28
@kalezelden origins & consequences. They’re still lying. They have no plan for this. I mean 0 plan. It’s multi-organ damage over repeated infections, which currently happen ~quarterly. & so no one misunderstands, I’ve always been equally outspoken against lockdowns & mandates.
2023-06-28
@kalezelden the truth. Those of us trying to share the truth were gaslit & made to look insane. But how do we get from it’s true that it was a lab leak to the conclusion that this somehow means it’s relatively benign if someone doesn’t drop dead within a few days? They lied to you about its
2023-06-28
@kalezelden similar happen when Gain of Function research began in earnest on H5N1. And there are far worse viruses being studied. But help me understand where you & I depart ways. SARS2 is a lab engineered virus unlike anything we’ve ever seen. The governments of the world lied & suppressed
2023-06-28
@kalezelden Kale, this is THE reason I’m on Twitter. In 3/20 some of us started saying it was pretty clear based on analysis of the FCS & other anomalies that this was lab engineered (see Baric et al. 2015 to get a look under the hood of this process). It’s a miracle we didn’t have something
2023-06-28
RT @klwong43: It’s here!
That Hideous Strength and The Abolition of Man https://t.co/xcLjLKyQoa via @YouTube
2023-06-28
I’m telling you. This is the zeitgeist now. @klwong43 @GrailCountry notice the rhetoric… https://t.co/LrujYDkRWZ
2023-06-28
@carterleffen They’re getting close to my mega prompt that almost broke OpenAI. Still trying to decide how to publish those outputs!
2023-06-27
Video in which a guy in worn out “tighty-whities” does pelvic gyrations in front of children who were brought there—even though they’re unable to consent to sexualized material of any sort. I can’t & won’t condone that which is destructive to the healthy development of children. https://t.co/pZRksAVyfI
2023-06-27
I’ve presented an academic essay here: https://t.co/A8LUARr86O (listen at 5x if you need bc I’m a slow speaker) on how I thought about Lewis’s connections at the time. I’m working to expand this into a book & would love to talk to academics, pastors, & laypeople alike.
2023-06-27
Wondering if you @PaulVanderKlay can put out a bat signal for me? Since CS Lewis discussions have been making the rounds in TLC—especially regarding the space tetralogy—I’m looking for interlocutors on how this relates to my research on AI & advanced tech, transhumanism, & ethics
2023-06-27
@GeltnerJonathan And we are re-entering a period where AI will be explored & exploited in an attempt to discover that philosopher’s stone & transmute data to gold as it were. Keep an eye on the philo of mind & computational neuroscience scenes to see how they respond to cybernetic systems.
2023-06-27
@GeltnerJonathan Are LLMs not too on the nose in terms of a postmodern (no authors only scriptors) story about Babel?
2023-06-27
@GeltnerJonathan fall under non-human intelligences. Space was a wonderful medium for carrying out the ad absurdum & showing how dislocated & disconnected the strict materialist view can be; & without ethics how pernicious & destructive our tech can become.
2023-06-27
@GeltnerJonathan In THS Belbury may be connected to Blewbury—the site of Europe’s first ☢️ reactor. Important to why one might find the tetralogy persuasive is that Lewis made room for variants of thought that have become dominant ~80 yrs later. Both AI & UAP (whatever that means)
2023-06-27
@GeltnerJonathan I think this would make for an interesting conversation. On the one hand, you have Orwell reviewing Lewis’s works as he writes 1984—a book also about totalitarianism but without miracles. On the other hand you have Barfield stating Lewis has a mythopoetic side & an atomic side.
2023-06-27
@GeltnerJonathan @GrailCountry @kalezelden To propose the phenomenology of that cosmos is real to the extent that it is how we experience it. The scientific abstraction is the layer that we run atop of our experiencing of X.
2023-06-27
I think it follows then that at some time (T) the scientific knowledge being created will outpace our biological constraints to keep up. That may vary to some degree, but that still leaves us wrong about X number of things at T.
2023-06-27
general public, we need epistemic humility. We’ll need it now more than ever, as AI agents aimed at scientific inquiry will expedite the discovery of new scientific facts—altering much of what we think we know. How many updates will we be able to make? Some finite number.
2023-06-27
They therefore fall victim to the same error that prejudiced their thinking. Since in scientific knowledge production the process of error correction continues, the aim is for that which is most accurate given the constraints. My point being that both for the scientist & the
2023-06-27
RT @GeltnerJonathan so I don’t continue to litter someone else’s timeline. I think this is an important insight. I also think it’s problematic bc the modern reader doesn’t make scientific or Bayesian updates MORE frequently; so they may have an outdated model & not know it. https://t.co/uIOiQot0Io
2023-06-27
@wcmclaa @kalezelden But it was Lewis’s love & affection for paganism & myth that allowed Tolkien & Dyson to convince him he was allergic to Christianity. Both Lewis & Tolkien say important things. There’s value in both. We also have preferences which is why it’s good that we have options!
2023-06-27
@TheNextMazer @kalezelden In a sense, I agree that it’s bizarre. But it’s bizarre in proportion to what Lewis was witnessing as someone who went through both WWs & saw that the “mind uploading” of his day was crude experiments to keep the brain alive. The return of alchemy—> AI + transhumanism
2023-06-27
@PaulAnleitner Since you’re so *good*
2023-06-27
@klwong43 @GrailCountry @kalezelden In the Lewisonian conversation about The Abolition of Man & That Hideous Strength, when we spoke about Babel & the animating spirits, at the 30-32 min mark JBP says something interesting about a tech alternative to God: https://t.co/sFlHwilqPY
2023-06-27
RT @GrailCountry: @klwong43 @TGBelt @YouTube @KyleMcnease Pretty much, condenses Barfield into an absolutely accessible 55 minute talk, bec…
2023-06-27
RT @klwong43: @TGBelt @YouTube Beautiful, right? It came up during a conversation that hasn’t published yet, about That Hideous Strength w…
2023-06-27
@PaulAnleitner Really good thoughts! There needs to be a Dignity of Difference, as is exemplified in the body metaphor. Perhaps the Church is experiencing its own body dysmorphia at the moment?
Since you’re so at importing social science research, you might find Social Judgment Theory helpful.
2023-06-27
@chydorina @nootropicguy One of the major challenges I hear quite often is inability to focus bc of their brain state (possibly inflamed, site of chronic infection, spike damage, etc). This diminshes their ability to process info that could also help them improve. Negative 🔁 that isn’t treated urgently
2023-06-27
@SallySamsara @chydorina This is entirely new to me. Thanks for sharing!
2023-06-27
@mildTin @chydorina @remissionbiome @NootropicsDepot I hope adding these things will help in all the ways you need it to! 🙏
2023-06-27
RT @chydorina: @KyleMcnease And of course the @remissionbiome neuroinflammation stack of PEA, Apigenin, and Rephyll @NootropicsDepot is pre…
2023-06-27
@klwong43 @SusanLeeLaw @chydorina Twitter…all manner of violence & debauchery…no warning! Vitamin C though 😆
2023-06-27
@deltaGKetones is getting positive feedback from @chydorina @tessfalor & @remissionbiome especially in the cognitive domain. These tweets & tetweets are reaching thousands of people. Talk about a ROI 🚀 Can @deltaGKetones convert this @ketoneaid user (not a paid endorsement)? https://t.co/7iGnTTUq8E https://t.co/PzFM0vNEYX
2023-06-27
RT @chydorina: @KyleMcnease i also like the TCM classics - especially mixes of gingko, polygala, ginseng. I know there are other nootropic…
2023-06-27
RT @chydorina: @KyleMcnease BrainGain by https://t.co/TACWQ4fNeV gets good reviews for brain fog
2023-06-27
RT @chydorina: @KyleMcnease @deltaGKetones is like a shot of energy for the brain. i dont feel much of a physical boost from it but I do ge…
2023-06-26
For those dealing with brain fog @chydorina is there something you feel has been a consistent & effective cognitive booster when you need it the most? Maybe it’s a cognitive cocktail?
2023-06-26
RT @carterleffen: Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis Says Its Next Algorithm Will Eclipse ChatGPT | WIRED https://t.co/sZKi1WtCRu
2023-06-26
They’ve got people so disillusioned that they actually believe casual Fridays is a job perk. Wearing more comfortable fabric is the perk, so get back to your desk! This is due by close of business.
2023-06-26
Pope JP II’s Veritas Splendor (1993) Before the demands of morality we are absolutely equal.
2023-06-26
The aloha spirit is real!
2023-06-25
RT @davidchalmers42: https://t.co/mTPAyIz5GQ
2023-06-25
@Cernovich When this lawyer asks “May I approach the bench?” it just hits different 👀
2023-06-24
@RealChetBLong So sorry your family is going through this. It’s beyond a loss & beyond words. Our hearts go out to you & pray you can find peace & comfort. 🙏
2023-06-24
RT @chydorina: NAD IV at the clinic today- hopefully will help me recover from the abysmal stress sleep last night. NAD may end up being an…
2023-06-24
@PaulAnleitner Now that I’ve seen your picks, it’s hard to argue otherwise. My alternates would be Spielberg & Kosinski. Who would you cast as Ransom?
@jonkratz @PaulAnleitner Very astute observation! Lewis does hint at this during the symposium What France Means to You. He asks “Is too late to find that other France, that other England?” In The Last Battle the ‘real’ Narnia is the one that exists beyond the Shadowlands.
2023-06-23
Coffee is for CLOSERS!
Sorry you had to hear that…
2023-06-23
@PaulAnleitner @klwong43 I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention that part of what Lewis seems be reacting to on a Christian level is the British Idealist School—English Hegelians (Green, Bradley, Bosanquet) & the Modernist turn towards “Reduced Christianity.”
2023-06-23
@PaulAnleitner Still, I hope that the upcoming conversation @klwong43 will be hosting on THS & The Abolition of Man will revivify some elements for you, perhaps altering the framing & introducing a different landscape for salience to re-emerge
2023-06-23
@PaulAnleitner Father Bertram says: It is through the Ring that we can discover firstly what was Lewis’s main theme…The question is…how can a totally free person, w/o unfair manipulation by God, spontaneously carry out what God most desires, & find 4 herself a destiny which God fully intends
2023-06-23
@PaulAnleitner Very fair! For Lewis, the idea of Paradise Retained was tantalizing. He’d been ruminating on it so long. Perelandra benefits from his knowledge of Milton, St. Augustine, & Dante. Not surprisingly though it was Wagner’s Ring that gave him the operatic inspiration.
2023-06-23
@PaulAnleitner He considered Perelandra to be his best along with Till We Have Faces. The Dark Tower was the unfinished sequel to Out of the Silent Planet & was thought by some critics to be his best. That Hideous Strength never gets proper love for fictionalizing The Abolition of Man.
2023-06-22
@PaulAnleitner offered a worthwhile critique of this system is Mark Fisher: https://t.co/60nvb9quf3 We do sometimes act as if there aren’t alternatives, when, as you point out, there are clearly Biblical alternatives that we don’t adopt/integrate.
2023-06-22
@PaulAnleitner Thanks for having the courage to share this thread. I do think it takes courage bc you’re making a powerful point regarding our current political-economic system. People seem to forget that The Wealth of Nations is predicated on The Theory of Moral Sentiments. Someone who
2023-06-22
RT @buitengebieden: This beaver was orphaned and rescued as a newborn.
Watch the incredible instinct to build a dam, even though it’s neve…
2023-06-22
RT @R_H_Ebright: "Under..Covid-19 Origin Act..passed by Congress and signed by..Biden.., a deadline of Jun 18 was set to release informatio…
2023-06-22
@Robotheology That’s an abundance of riches—food & fellowship
2023-06-21
Looking out over the farm. The sounds of life temporarily drown out by a refreshing summer shower. I worry that an over-reliance on #AI for generating content will be like living in a perpetual false memory.
@DonJRobertson Oh, wow! I have your other books, including Verissimus, but was unaware of this text. I’ll be grabbing this one as well.
2023-06-21
@DonJRobertson That’s why I was curious. It’s such an interdisciplinary approach that I wasn’t sure which department it would have been in or if you had to do multiple degrees in multiple fields. Hopefully your work paves the way for future students who are equally interested in these topics.
2023-06-20
RT @DonJRobertson: @KyleMcnease I don't have a PhD. I have two masters degrees in philosophy and psychotherapy, and an advanced postgrad c…
2023-06-20
@DonJRobertson I heard you share some of your background in a podcast & thought it sounded like a really great mix (stoicism + CBT). And the way you laid out this thread was like a theory & methods syllabus for grad students. As people spend more time online, CBT will be an invaluable resource
2023-06-20
@DonJRobertson Is your PhD in history, stoicism, psychology with an emphasis in CBT, or do you hold separate degrees in each of these areas?
2023-06-20
RT @klwong43: @kalezelden @GrailCountry @KyleMcnease
Now that this is the in topic, we simply have to get it on the calendar. I am waiting…
2023-06-20
🚨This family needs help on 2 fronts. Right now they need someone to help navigate the healthcare landscape & find appropriate care. Can you RT this #MedTwitter #POTS #Cardiology #Neurology #dysautonomia #LongCovid https://t.co/zrlB9BFyLg
2023-06-20
Papyrus staring Ryan Gosling remains the greatest SNL skit for artists & creators, or really anyone who uses fonts https://t.co/DWfZBKLLMG
2023-06-19
RT @Drlipid: Low desmosterol, a biomarker related to cholesterol synthesis & low levels predict AD. When using statins at any dose in patie…
2023-06-19
Against healing or hedonism or both? Why should anyone be upset by #TheNicotineTest? It’s empirical testing. Plausible MOA. But even if it were only increasing perceived quality of life or ⬆️ pleasure, that’s still a huge win for people living with #pwME #MECFS #LongCovid.
2023-06-19
then we should default to much safer, traditional vaccine technologies—whole inactivated virus, protein subunit etc. Whatever the choice, it should first be safe. Not simply safer than a terrible disease. Imagine that being the new FDA standard for approval.
2023-06-19
We need updated vaccines with better safety profiles & more durable immunity—without relying upon the spike itself. If our vaccines are going to be aimed at preventing severe disease & death rather than preventing symptomatic infection (which is what they’re FDA approved for)
2023-06-19
The amount of myocarditis from the 💉 should be ~0. You can’t compare myocarditis risk from 💉 to the disease itself, bc the 💉doesn’t prevent the disease that also causes myocarditis! Compounded risk! It’s risk from 💉+ risk of disease. 💉should be safe not just “safer”! https://t.co/Szjg7hgy2z
2023-06-19
Will you conform to the image of the machine? Were you made in it’s image & likeness? Resist the pressure to treat yourself & others as mere machine.
2023-06-19
@chydorina but our functionality takes a hit, QOL plummets, & we live slightly longer but miserably.
2023-06-19
@chydorina few years, that might be an interesting tradeoff. What we want to do is avoid the worst of all possible worlds where our numbers are terrible, we get no beneficial QOL or performance improvements, & we die prematurely; or our numbers are prefect
2023-06-19
@chydorina says as long as one is metabolically fit, no elevated inflammation, & coronary calcium score is low, then total C & LDL is less important. I can appreciate this POV bc I value healthspan & QOL. If I could get a guaranteed 10x in performance until time of death at the cost of a
2023-06-19
@chydorina A good lipidologist is hard to find! I think this is one of the single points of failure expert agents like a LLM lipidologist in the top1% could help solve. There’s often so little room for nuance on social media that I hesitate to say that there’s also another perspective that
2023-06-19
Dostoevsky on #UBI?
“what is freedom worth if obedience is bought with bread?…But in the end they will lay their freedom at our feet, & say to us, Make us your slaves, but feed us.”
2023-06-19
Dostoyevsky on #UBI?
“what is freedom worth if obedience is bought with bread?…But in the end they will lay their freedom at our feet, & say to us, Make us your slaves, but feed us.”
2023-06-19
@kalezelden There are levels to this game!
Bachelard writes about the poetics of reverie & states (roughly) in your dreams you’re not dreaming you’re flying. In your dreams you’re flying. In the mathematician’s dream, phenomenologically he met with Nash. Therfore he shared authorship.
2023-06-19
@chydorina Yeah, that’s part of the dilemma. ASCVD risk when +Lp(a) ⏫+ ApoB ⏫+ HDL on lower end. PCSK9 inhibitors have been a game changer in terms of shifting phenotypic presentation away from FH & dyslipidemia w/o same negative impacts on 🧠 as statins, especially with ApoE 4 alleles.
2023-06-19
🎉Happy Father’s Day! 🍾
2023-06-18
@chydorina Thanks for sharing this! Very interesting. I wonder what their thoughts will be on the cholesterol profile & if they can break it down further for you with additional labs looking at Lp(a), ApoB, absorption & synthesis markers.
2023-06-17
Unique SARS-CoV-2 genomes found in Antarctic samples raises questions about SARS-CoV-2 origin, lineages @ydeigin did you already cover this? https://t.co/ohzI6PdBYg
2023-06-17
If there aren’t standards, morals, mores then rebellion & resistance are futile, merely performative. The advantage of such a performative position or attitude towards life is that one never needs to build conciliatory, positive standards & foundations.
2023-06-17
@Joshuak_Smith The chairs 😝
2023-06-17
You can access fentanyl & other deleterious substances on the streets, but you can’t…(give me your best health-related answers)
I’ll start
❌Get needed antibiotics
❌Get needed chemotherapies
2023-06-17
@chydorina @healthspanmed @KristerKauppi @dantawfik clinical monitoring. This is where personalized medicine will play it’s part. My goal is to see this entire process democratized & allow people to consult with their preferred provider to make an informed CHOICE about risks-benefits.
2023-06-17
@chydorina @healthspanmed @KristerKauppi @dantawfik could ameliorate disease states that lessen performance & negatively impact life & health span. Not all interventions will work equally well for everyone. Dosing will be important, which is why the testing is important. Rapid-cycle process improvements aren’t employed enough in
2023-06-17
@chydorina @healthspanmed @KristerKauppi @dantawfik It’s finally starting to happen! If we think of healthspan as a continuum ranging from peak physical & mental performance to states of depravation & decompensation, there are many potential molecules & therapeutics utilized by the anti-aging & performance enhancement cohorts that
2023-06-17
@RyanHaecker Heidegger is similar to Butler for me in terms of abstruse, impenetrable language. Could it not be stated in a manner that allows more readers access to the ideas? Bochner offers a nice critique in Terms of Perfection: https://t.co/TisCoWnkdL
2023-06-17
Consider what Dawkins wrote: “We are all atheists about most of the gods that humanity has ever believed in. Some of us just go one god further.” The intolerant simply say one god further. Who or what is the god you want others to worship without returning the favor? https://t.co/fustNDshLi
2025-01-05
@TranscendentMan I still remember the first time I watched your film. Really well done. As an academic I have to admit not understanding this app. How do you not have vastly more followers? That was a zeitgeist-changing film, bc it mainstreamed Kurzweil’s perspective. Set the precedence for…
2025-01-05
Too conservative wasn’t on the menu before 2023 https://t.co/dOjB6kgN60 https://t.co/JESpBbdyhG
2025-01-05
@sama Can you share this with more academics so that they’ll stop rejecting my conference papers on Yud’s early AI in the box experiments? Many still don’t accept the premise that AGI or ASI is possible, let alone close.
2025-01-04
@lukeburgis Nosferatu’s Deflection?Dracula’s Curse? It is a fundamental inability to see & perceive the self clearly. It’s a problematic relationship with any accurate mirrors—a kind of narcissism that brings about visual agnosia & prosopagnosia. Juxtapose this with the error-correction of…
2025-01-04
You can’t imagine evils that will be called good or for your own good. The old gods are returning as Christianity recedes in Europe & America. They will demand their price
2025-01-04
@BMcGrewvy It’s a real struggle! Leaving the library behind is always precarious.
2025-01-04
@kalezelden It is absolutely audacious. We are right not to believe in most of what’s on offer. It isn’t audacious enough to be believed.
2025-01-02
@drgurner @bryan_johnson It’s bizarre that he doesn’t mention SARS2 very often, even though it’s a novel, pervasive pathogen that impacts every organ of the body. In fact, his own testing shows his lungs were negatively impacted by it. We know certain viruses are oncogenic & also cause MS & neuro damage.
2024-12-28
@BretVDB @derekholser @JordanW41069857 Their conversation is worth a listen, especially if you appreciate Lilith & MacDonald’s theology more broadly.
2024-12-28
@jgreenhall I’ve been making this point in academic circles for the last 12 years. The church has been 🦗Society writ-large doesn’t seem to understand the implications of o3’s recent ARC-AGI results. And it will only improve along an exponential: https://t.co/iBmBUPY5yq
2024-12-28
@ydeigin Something I also question: If there were a progenitor virus circulating & even spilling over into the human population, presumably EcoHealth would have serosurveillance data demonstrating this, right? After all, their stated goal was to prevent a pandemic via surveillance & early…
2024-12-27
I find that God is so gracious & generous that we must be ever watchful of this Cain-like spirit of envy & Nietzschean ressentiment. We look at each other & sometimes mimetic rivalry gets the best of us. That leads to contempt for our brothers & sisters, ourselves, & God. https://t.co/QbeX85nfNR
2024-12-27
@lukeburgis Yes. The same person who first emphasized the ethical & moral sentiments proceeded to author The Wealth of Nations. Regrettably, few read his earlier work. We need more both-and thinking in the world.
2024-12-27
The fact that we saw stats on o3 & you guys are still debating H-1Bs means you didn’t get it. This is a post about AI & automation, not immigration.
2024-12-27
The fact that we saw stats on o3 & you guys are still debating H1-Bs means you didn’t get it. This is a post about AI & automation, not immigration.
2024-12-27
Bro…what’s the difference between the World Economic Forum guys “you’ll own nothing & be happy” & the US industrial oligarchs “we’re building tech that will leave you begging for bread”? https://t.co/Bm6qVCRyZJ
2024-12-27
@VivekGRamaswamy please enter this dialogue with @EricRWeinstein. He’s been on this for decades. & even if one were to think he has only a small % of truth, Mills would argue he’s exactly who you’d need to speak with. He has the very % you’re missing & therefore need the most. https://t.co/DvKTJd8aft
2024-12-26
@SteveSkojec If there are NHI observing us then they would certainly understand the great filter concept & that unaligned AI presents existential (global catastrophic risk) risk to us & possibly the universe. These cybernetic systems are far more powerful than ☢️, an interest of NHI
2024-12-26
@megbasham What, in particular, makes this video sad? I’m totally lost
2024-12-25
@lukeburgis @ClunyJournal It hits me so much harder with little ones running around enacting the very points he makes. When the baby told us the Advent candles were for baby God, I was 😭
2023-06-17
Is anyone tolerant of everything? Does anyone believe everything is permissible? Are you tolerant of the intolerant? If not, why not?
2023-06-17
@kalezelden Brutalist Death Star?
2023-06-16
RT @SEProtomartyr: @KyleMcnease He’s like the tennis version of Brady. Perfecting the body to the nth degree, refining the input-output equ…
2023-06-16
@chydorina @healthspanmed @dantawfik I will say this is likely underutilized post-Covid bc there is evidence of increased senescence. We’re aiming at a system that facilitates negligible senescence.
2023-06-16
@chydorina Shout-out to @healthspanmed & @dantawfik for their streamlined platform that allows clients to access beneficial therapeutics. Have used. Highly recommend!
One ? about rapa use in ME/CFS. How do you weigh the risk-benefit where potential latent viruses may be present?
2023-06-16
@kalezelden Having children is still the boldest, strongest, way to ensure you wake up every day & try to make the world as good & habitable as possible. Despair is a sickness unto death. The Road is a great example of this existential truth. What that father endures…will they be so willing
‼️Cool…cool. Everything’s fine. This is just life in the 20s—the 1920s! Pfizer says penicillin shortage will last into 2024 https://t.co/maJw54Ve2R
2023-06-15
@steftsitsipas is obviously one of the best tennis players in the world. What you may not know is he’s the #1 philosopher in men’s tennis! Highly recommend you give him a follow. https://t.co/CClWJHv6uP
2023-06-15
RT @AG_EM33: The video is here!
I received an urgent heart #transplant in 2019 due to familial cardiomyopathy. My #organdonor had been the…
2023-06-14
the Non-human intelligences under consideration. The more spiritual aspects & representations of angels & demons we haven’t the room for here…but hopefully we’ll dialogue our way through that during some upcoming conversations.
2023-06-14
conspirators (those who breathe together)). Can I have an encounter with you or any Other, the not-me, in a way that allows you to remain as you are while allowing all that you are to sharpen the dull parts of me? This would be a way of starting to think about & relating to
2023-06-14
What’s it like to give face to an Other, to perceive them as equal to me yet different from me. Can we grasp & extend that dignity of difference? Can we have that encounter (note that etymology as meet as adversaries—Adam encounters Eve as like-me-but-not-me & they become
2023-06-14
In the so-called “space trilogy” he’s going to allow room for both possibilities & hold them in tension “until we have faces” as it were to see more clearly. Lewis is going to challenge us with non-human characters who are no less God’s creatures & therfore are our bros/sisters.
2023-06-14
Q/T @TheSkojecFile bc my response is too long. Steve, great thoughts! This is one reason why CS Lewis is helpful here in that he provides a framework of interpretability. https://t.co/nmXHn6Naos
2023-06-14
Well, she’s done it! The degree to which she understands it is ~relative https://t.co/Ob4bOMhbCV
2023-06-14
@BD22S22Rex @thealexker @ilyasut No bc it isn’t as if there’s this extant self-existing thing out there called human language that we discovered. It’s symbolic & semantic, which means it means something to us. We’re the conscious entities that created it. It flows from us.
2023-06-14
@BD22S22Rex @thealexker @ilyasut This may not be a requisite of language writ large. For our language, I don’t know how else we could make certain statements or form certain kinds of ideas without first being conscious. Ex: how did you feel during this exchange? Who’s the I having an experience? What’s it like?
2023-06-14
@BD22S22Rex @thealexker @ilyasut Our language is a carrier of a specific kind of semantic information. I can also reference myself with language as can you. That 1st requires the ability to be aware of myself as a self, a me, an I. I need the ability to be conscious & self-conscious to use language in this way.
2023-06-14
RT @renesugar: https://t.co/Pn6D6L35mE
"An excess level of a hormone called GDF15 is the main cause of pregnancy sickness, including the m…
2023-06-14
@anadromist That’s well said!
2023-06-14
Some of you reading this were among the chorus shouting to silence those of us attempting to get this message out since ~3/2020. The cognitive dissonance must be incredible. For refusing to review emerging data. For being censorious & willing to end people’s careers. https://t.co/6gD07StreS
2023-06-14
@jason_isaia @chydorina @remissionbiome I don’t doubt that for a second! I was just sharing ⏫MMP9 needs to be treated & it being high when starting CSM is something to discuss. Also follow that leptin level bc Actos, although it takes time, may work if MD says it’s indicated. Hope you heal & recover fully, quickly 🙏
2023-06-14
@jason_isaia @chydorina @remissionbiome Speak with your MD about Actos and/or EPA/DHA Fish oil.
• low leptin-less than 7 or less than 18 years, can’t use Actos.
•. If leptin less than 7, use high dose fish oil: EPA 2.4 mg, DHA 1.8 mg daily. Otherwise Actos per CIRS protocol with MD’s blessing.
2023-06-14
Did you have meningitis secondary to your C19 infection? Or are you thinking your response is at least partially gut-mediated? https://t.co/28vtRChvuR
2023-06-14
@chydorina @remissionbiome HLA typing; Actos—>MMP9; Cholestyramine or Welchol for binding; IV & intranasal glutathione; R/NIR panels absolute game changers; EWOT & for some exercise may simply mean sitting up
2023-06-14
@chydorina @VielightInc https://t.co/2M4YMmnnUJ
2023-06-14
@chydorina @VielightInc https://t.co/RHqcRqC3IP
2023-06-14
@chydorina @VielightInc https://t.co/vpHif2TPBY
2023-06-14
@chydorina @VielightInc Your wish…is my control C/P:
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2023-06-14
RT @flesheatingemu: @KyleMcnease @thealexker @ilyasut Yes, it does. Yes, it will. I agree. https://t.co/iFpfM1m5Rj
2023-06-14
@Joshuak_Smith @Robotheology I kid you not, even when I make progress in the dialogue, it always comes down to this: heat death of the universe! Hahaha It’s “nevertheless everything will untimately die as we run out of neg entropy, so we have a defeater to foreclose the conversation.”
2023-06-14
@Robotheology @Joshuak_Smith I’m not so poetic/I know nothing of the noetic/My theology is therefore pathetic?
Since everyone doubts my sentience/My hermeneutics became contentious/My exegesis supercilious/
For this I am deemed suspicious
🤦🏻♂️
Galaxy 🧠 takes!
2023-06-13
Was speaking with an MD who now asks patients to avoid @QuestDX bc she states the user experience has plummeted. Why? Under-staffed due to sickness. Why? Bc they still test infectious people with no one masking. It’s signing nurses & phlebotomists up for repeat infections. https://t.co/hQjkwnGDeO
2023-06-13
RT @johndyer: Need a Tech/Faith/AI book?
The good folks at Hearts and Minds have a 20% sale on titles from: @ahc, @jasonthacker, @heidiaca…
2023-06-13
@chydorina @VielightInc They should still have the studies posted on their website. Unless something has changed, the DMN was a particular target for them especially as it relates to addressing neurocognitive decline.
2023-06-13
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2023-06-13
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2023-06-13
🤔…@kalezelden @GrailCountry @klwong43 do you suppose it’s about time to discuss That Hideous Strength? Much of today’s rhetoric is similar to Rev Straik’s insofar as it immanentizes. This is the REALLY-real. People are paying attention. https://t.co/TESIeM9YHt https://t.co/XuRW4mCUAJ
2023-06-13
@thealexker @ilyasut I think this is a glaring oversight on our part. When doing clinical work with children < 3 y/o one doesn’t explicitly mention consciousness as part of “the training data.” My concern with AI is that we will ignore or miss signs of consciousness & potentially increase suffering.
2023-06-13
RT @thealexker: @KyleMcnease @ilyasut That is very possible that language is a result/extension of our consciousness, as in consciousness i…
2023-06-13
Paging @Robotheology & @Joshuak_Smith In 2011 when I started asking religious leaders how they’d respond to #AI & certain variants of Christian transhumanism, the questions were laughed at. Now cybernetic systems are writing sermons & delivering them. https://t.co/Gw2xy5UkTs
2023-06-13
@thealexker @ilyasut Quick questions: Does our language exist as an outcome/outflow of our consciousness? If so, would training on our language introduce systems to consciousness without having to explicitly mention it? I think this more likely than not.
2023-06-13
RT @DavidDeutschOxf: https://t.co/D1ltKTsc6K A theory that was stigmatised and suppressed three years ago slowly became mainstream and is n…
2023-06-13
Another journal bites the dust. Why publish a paper with such a juvenile title? “SARS‐CoV‐2 clearance after breakthrough infection correlates with fit and happy T cells” - Immunology & Cell Biology https://t.co/IXFW4ySKNu
2023-06-13
@DerailleurAgile 🧐🤔
2023-06-13
@caleb_barnett9 @C_B_Barnett That was awesome! Our family will be praying you have a great experience playing ball & attending university. Coming from an LSU alum, that should be worth double! Blessings
2023-06-13
@chydorina @remissionbiome Interested whether you’re considering a statin as an adjunct ⏬ LPS ⏬inflammation ⏬fractalkine | anti-microbial activity?
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2023-06-13
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2023-06-13
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2023-06-13
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2023-06-12
Specifically thought of a call with @SEProtomartyr while writing this. I still remember pacing the grounds of LSU as I opined wrongly—biggly wrongly—about Djokovic’s ability to repeat his near perfect season. You thought he could do it again. https://t.co/WG1rzjsdAh
2023-06-12
RT @KyleMcnease: The Unexpected Genius of Novak #Djokovic or How to be incredibly wrong about the sport you love. As a lifelong tennis play…
2023-06-12
While looking for some thoughts on Kierkegaard & the QCT, I found @C_B_Barnett’s work. His book is surely a must read. Perhaps equally impressive is this footage👇 Someone witnessing the second home run succinctly expresses sound theology: “OH MY GOD!” the voice rings out… https://t.co/8vmF5VP0x6
2023-06-12
RT @C_B_Barnett: Many thanks to @clasvillanova for announcing my latest book BOB DYLAN AND THE SPHERES OF EXISTENCE, published by @RLPGBook…
2023-06-12
@keto_mandy @Catholicizm1 Would you describe this as an updated version of those myths or passages then? By updated I simply mean the entities & topics under discussion relate to modern humans & futuristic tech such as flying crafts similar to but allegedly more advanced than our own.
2023-06-12
@kalezelden Flip back through “The Ecstasy of Communication” to see how Baudrillard would try & describe this “orgiastic” moment of the ubiquitous screen. https://t.co/UCsnsnClWb
2023-06-12
@MichaelLHoffman To your mind, what would paying up look like? What would that entail?
2023-06-12
@Catholicizm1 I agree that in our mythic & religious traditions we speak about angels & demons as spiritual intelligences for lack of a better term. Do you consider what he’s describing—spacecraft navigating entities studying our weapon systems & military assets—to be synonymous with 😇 & 👿?
2023-06-12
@MichaelLHoffman in what we’re doing technologically. Allegedly observing & interfering with our military assets. Perhaps hoping we don’t blow up part of the substrate supporting their own existence. Perhaps hoping our AI systems won’t constitute a risk to all sentient life.
2023-06-12
@MichaelLHoffman Interesting. I suppose my question would be: how is this different? It seems in our mythic & religious traditions that angels & demons weren’t somehow reliant upon us for their continued existence. In the present scenario I take him to be saying these intelligences are interested
2023-06-12
@SamuelA88226271 @kalezelden I think you’re correct. We’re temporal chauvinists lacking in wisdom. Compounding that lack of philoSophia is hubris. This narrative seems different on so many levels not the least of which is due to the intelligence agencies—those inveterate prevaricators— being involved.
2023-06-12
In which (checks 📝) a US Whistleblower ex military/intel/#UAP task force theorizes we’re co-located with higher dimensional intelligences? The interviewer just keeps it moving like this isn’t the strangest thing we’ve ever heard. https://t.co/AXjcxBlyF3
2023-06-12
For some reason the thread was separated into 2 sections? The rest is 👇 https://t.co/AsjsotdMth
2023-06-12
@ShadiBartsch Words fall short at moments such as this, when it feels like the whole world should stop. After all, your world has been stopped & turned upside down by incredible loss. We stop to acknowledge your grief & offer condolences. I hope peace & comfort make their way to you 🙏
2023-06-12
Though he didn’t float like Federer or sting like Nadal, he bested them all.
2023-06-12
Based on his early career, it seemed unlikely if not altogether unbelievable. He’s done it. Yet he appears eager to try & win at lest a few more. If Nadal can regain health & form, Djokovic may well need 1 more. For now, he’s alone at the top. Rarified air. 10/n
2023-06-12
The truth is he kept iterating & improving until he found & adopted a holistic process & perspective that enhanced his (court) performance. Through many twists & turns, Djokovic is now the greatest champion of the open era. 9/n
2023-06-12
But I was totally & completely wrong. The changes became so dramatic over time that I began wondering what might happen if I gave up gluten! 8/n
2023-06-12
Was I really expected to believe his changes could allow for such dramatic improvements? Djokovic & his camp thought so. I reserved the right to remain skeptical as Federer & Nadal continued racking up slams. 7/n
2023-06-12
I met this news with more than a little credulity. Would this help him breathe better on the court? Sometimes it was difficult to watch him mouth agape seemingly struggling to get air. Everything seemed to worsen during intense exchanges in the heat. 6/n
2023-06-12
Early in Djokovic’s career, it was not difficult to see flashes of brilliance. However, he did have some physical obstacles that were preventing him from realizing his full potential. He altered his diet, eliminating gluten, & perspective on the game. 5/n
2023-06-12
Watching Federer at his best was like watching an alchemist at work. The brilliant David Foster Wallace, no stranger to greatness, wrote about Federer being a kind of religious experience: https://t.co/3KpQkzaRco 4/n
2023-06-12
#Federer was gifted in a different way than Nadal. He wasn’t as physically imposing. He relied upon different kinds of shots & court movement more akin to ballet or floating than running & grinding. 3/n
2023-06-12
When #Nadal was 14, there was already chatter abt how good he was going to be. Had an early injury not prevented him from playing at Roland Garros, he was poised enough to beat great players. We see how beautifully his career has turned out; & many wishes for more slams. 2/n
2023-06-12
When #Nadal was 14, there was already chatter abt how good he was going to be. Had an early injury not prevented him from playing at Roland Garros, he was poised enough to beat great players. We see how beautifully his career has turned out; & many wishes for more slams. 2/n
2023-06-12
When I was still a young college athlete playing tennis was my life. Practice was ~4 hours a day. The running, the lifting, the match play, & watching pros play.
2023-06-12
The Unexpected Genius of Novak #Djokovic or How to be incredibly wrong about the sport you love. As a lifelong tennis player & fan, it turns out I was MOST wrong about Djokovic. Horribly wrong. The kind of wrong you’re only allowed to be once or maybe twice in a lifetime. 1/n
2023-06-12
🍾🎉Many congrats to @DjokerNole, to his entire family, & to his team for making history! Best of luck capturing more slams!
2023-06-12
@bryan_johnson @der_vermieter May I ask which version of CoQ10 you use for better oral health? Is it an rx gel or OTC supplement? I may have missed that on the list.
2023-06-11
Nearly all U.S. cancer centers seeing chemotherapy drug shortages https://t.co/z0BaMAkztM
2023-06-11
🚨Read this! I warned you. As soon as Covid19 was recognized, on Day 1 any sensible leadership would’ve reshored & rapidly scaled our ability to manufacture needed meds & vaccines. Operation Warp Speed style. Any time since would’ve been better than what we’re now facing. https://t.co/bgGRXxoQG3
2023-06-09
@PhilipPhilpNeri That’s well said! Inherent in our language itself & communicative capacity is relationship. Heidegger may be correct in saying it feels like we were thrown here. Buber says, yes, but we are thrown into relationship with others!
2023-06-09
reduce that symptom. Far less likely but possibly worth ruling out Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency. Just as an aside, anecdotally people with low adrenal output, adrenal fatigue, & Addison’s Disease sometimes report this sensation. Any thoughts @renesugar?
2023-06-09
I ask bc sometimes the sensation is hard to distinguish from hyperventilation (even though Systrom et al. demonstrated O2 isn’t taken up properly in ME/CFS). Have they checked your catecholamines & epinephrine? If not, have you trialed a beta-blocker? Sometimes they help
2023-06-09
@loscharlos Sorry to hear you’re still having trouble. You’ve been such a helpful voice! When you have the symptoms on your side or from speaking, have you checked your SpO2? https://t.co/j35vZalF8v
2023-06-09
Is anyone else in #Covid19 🔬looking for—> Chlamydia pneumoniae and vascular disease: An update #cardiology #cardioTwitter #immunology
#academicTwitter
https://t.co/t6wAgUlM9m
2023-06-09
Unexpected antimicrobial effect of statins | Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy | Oxford Academic https://t.co/lJGCi9ByJA
2023-06-09
Sequence Comparisons Reveal Two Classes of 3-Hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl Coenzyme A Reductase https://t.co/8lUpygk4Hp
2023-06-09
Essentiality, Expression, and Characterization of the Class II 3-Hydroxy-3-Methylglutaryl Coenzyme A Reductase of Staphylococcus aureus https://t.co/rEHbpZJAZy
2023-06-09
“Statins have been shown to inhibit B. burgdorferi in vitro. Using a mouse model of Lyme disease, we found that statins contribute to reducing bacterial burden and altering the murine immune response to favor clearance of spirochetes.”
https://t.co/Q3mAJb73Ub
2023-06-09
@therustychemist CCR5 *antagonist
2023-06-09
@therustychemist be more amenable to treatment with the addition of a statin. Chronic Lyme being but one example.
2023-06-09
@therustychemist Thanks so much for your response! Very interesting. I was just reading about the role of statins in potentially impacting LPS, fractalkine, & inflammation. After seeing Dr. Patterson’s work using a statin + CCR5 agonist for LC, it makes me wonder if other chronic infections might
2023-06-09
🚨☝️ potential cause of Long COVID—> it fuses brain cells together. The reason I keep messaging about this is in hopes maybe I can help 1 person avoid this. Reduce your risk while living. Live differently so you can maintain 🧠cognition & autonomy & remember your family https://t.co/URtvtdE97q
2023-06-08
💰🔨💔 brutalizing capital as power, discipline & punishment
⚔️💰🔄 with military intervention as the legitimizing laundering scheme
2023-06-08
The US is morphing into a hybrid of
🚀🕊️ hyper-freedom/anarchism
🙏 🌈 🌍religio-sexual-sectarianism
🧬🌍💼 biotechnological imperialism
🎭🤦♂️ facilitated by the thin veneer of incompetent bureaucrats
🌍💼💪 while the real politik is hegemony as primary export https://t.co/RwRkxePdB0
2023-06-08
RT @KyleMcnease: The year is 2023. You own nothing. You’re not happy.
UNMADE In America is now the theme. Welcome to:
🔍 Ubiquitous survei…
2023-06-08
The year is 2023. You own nothing. You’re not happy.
UNMADE In America is now the theme. Welcome to:
🔍 Ubiquitous surveillance
🌐 Networked isolation
🤖 Mechanization
🏢 Alienation
😔 Dehumanization
⛏️ Exploitative Extraction
🙏support from We Exclude Flourishing 🚫😀
2023-06-08
RT @chydorina: Trying to fix leaky gut? Manage high LPS? Deal with gut dysbiosis? "Gut PREP" is a required part of the @remissionbiome prot…
2023-06-07
This thread from the estimable @EricRWeinstein reads like the scene in Interstellar where the questions begin arising as to why Dr. Brand hasn’t made progress in his “gravity equation.” Hope the issues are not due to Nelsonian Knowledge. https://t.co/W14sz4IsLx
2023-06-07
How is this America in 2023? Y’all it’s all fun & games or “just news” until it’s you or your loved one who dies due to unavailable medications or procedures. A pandemic should make us prepare & become resilient. Instead we are weaker & fractured.
2023-06-07
@TGBelt 👏👏👏 it’s so well said
2023-06-07
🔥🔥🔥🔥 https://t.co/g9NAkcGh31
2023-06-07
@klwong43 Love him on this bc he goes so far as to search the possible space for physics & logic to see where ours is located within that landscape. They aren’t the best of all possible axiomatic systems. That we can know even if we don’t know exactly what the best ones are.
2023-06-06
RT @RabbiWolpe: On this anniversary of the Normandy invasion, can we take a longer view? The planning, sacrifice & struggle that went into…
2023-06-06
@therustychemist I’m really sorry this happened to your child! I hope things improve & she recovers fully! I have very small children & worry bc they’re difficult to protect. Can you share more about the role of antibiotics?
2023-06-06
We simply can’t seem to fathom what it might be like to exist in something like a child’s school biome project where we are one of many entities unaware of everything else that exists beyond our boundedness. Why should we think our current physics is advanced? Compared to what?
2023-06-06
1/2 One of the problems with #AI relates to #UAP. It’s difficult for us to imagine we’re less intelligent than we think. Ants can’t model us & aren’t aware of our presence until a direct encounter. Yet we share a planet. It isn’t quite the “same” planet though. https://t.co/D2t5Vogjbv
2023-06-06
@renesugar @chydorina you seem to be champions at sourcing things. Any ideas for nasalferon? Does one need to send people to Cuba? https://t.co/uxnRTx6j1F
2023-06-05
Here’s to another bizarre week. Intelligence Officials Say U.S. Has Retrieved Craft of Non-Human Origin https://t.co/HKkBTLnOeu
2023-06-05
I keep seeing articles & broadcasts (one on C-SPAN) about a “National Divorce.” Are you all insane? Remember these words: corruptio optimi pessima—the corruption of the best is the worst. The violent would rule by force & they won’t care about Medicare part D!
2023-06-04
Makes one wonder 💭 fibrates are also doing interesting things. https://t.co/LipQHxlfyc https://t.co/r3ZxrZZKPt
2023-06-03
@anagogicascent That’s quite good. I wish Illich had been recommended to me much earlier than last year. Very insightful. Scientism within & without Christendom is an outgrowth of this process you mention. How do we break free of this alienating, mechanistic, reductionist frame though?
2023-06-03
Do parents still tell their kids about the tooth fairy & easter bunny? Why or why not?
2023-06-03
Does it not bother anyone who might read this tweet that the ascendant religions of our times are based on techno-dependency & outright denial of existential reality?
2023-06-03
I double dare you to go back & read Orestes…
2023-06-02
It’s strange to me that many, if not most, people still have to get permission from someone else to have their own blood tested. It’s your blood yet it’s far more difficult to check than it needs to be. And it can be super expensive. This needs to change.
2023-06-01
🧐 Imagine tasking this #AI with ending humanity’s disease & aging problem. Thinking…thinking…ah, yes. The most cost-effective, expeditious, permanent route is to end humanity—thus also eliminating the overarching problem. Maximum reward! Knowledge without wisdom is death. https://t.co/GlHsuW1GLx
2023-06-01
@chydorina @DiamonDie @arta_semita @nguyen_kevin Is there a way to assemble a list of approved orgs/vendors/sellers/companies @remissionbiome has satisfactorily used? Maybe that would allow more purchasing options for those interested in your research. The acid test is quite the coup!
2023-06-01
@chydorina @arta_semita @remissionbiome I’d love to hear more about your experience with it. Since you’re testing so much, it’d be interesting to see any positive/negative correlations with the levels you’ve been tracking.
2023-05-31
@Joshuak_Smith @RyanHaecker @HalkyonGuild Even the syllabus looks good! Not only content wise but also aesthetically.
2023-05-31
@klwong43 @YouTube Raises hand. Ummm, yes!
2023-05-31
Drug Shortages Near an All-Time High, Leading to Rationing - The New York Times https://t.co/cuGK3C1UYw
2023-05-27
@Cernovich 69% reduced risk in AD. “after 6 years of follow-up, sildenafil usage was significantly associated with a 69% reduced risk of AD, compared with matched non-sildenafil users HR =0.31, 95% CI 0.25–0.39, P < 1 × 10−8) by the Cox regression model”https://t.co/SINhtrVXAy
2023-05-27
@PaulAnleitner It’s riddled with irony & absurdity as the hyperreal begins asking the most fundamental questions—including the absurdity that is death. I have seen an uptick in existential philo/thought trying to re-emerge in a moment plagued by anxiety, inauthenticity, guilt, shame & denial
2023-05-26
If you want to read someone who won’t appease or insult you with easy answers, check it out👇If we must drown let it be in the existential depths of an ocean of truth rather than dry drowning in puddles of denial on the shoreline. https://t.co/gRYGOyt2TN
2023-05-26
@SalmonKromeDome Let me know where to sign up & pay up! I will be looking forward to this!
@klwong43 Oh, that’s interesting! I wonder if that’s why dissonant chords can make us feel a bit uncomfortable? It can feel as though the question is left hanging in the air…
2023-05-24
Dear @RabbiWolpe hope you’re doing well! I just wanted to ask if there’s an open access draft of your article Hester Panim in Modern Jewish Thought? I would very much like to pair it with Buber & Hans Jonas. Thanks so much for your thoughtful contributions!
2023-05-23
@renesugar @RenzPolster @ahandvanish @tessfalor @Mito_Q Why is the proposed limit 7 days? Is the idea that it could lead to too much stimulation? Or are they marketing it more for acute URIs?
2023-05-22
cc: @chydorina @remissionbiome @tessfalor I’m not merely horsing around. Why don’t we consider building something in similar fashion that benefits the patient community 1st & foremost & also the broader public through any IP/applications. We got very close before the pandemic.
2023-05-22
Kentucky Derby Winner Mage Was Funded In Part By A Fractional Securities Offering On Commonwealth | Crowdfund Insider https://t.co/D5WEAE9rMJ
2023-05-22
@ahandvanish @remissionbiome There may be a visual test (besides visual contrast) to quickly measure attention/focus in real-time.
2023-05-22
@ahandvanish @remissionbiome run the analysis on what’s most predictive of functionality for you. In closing, it may also be about what pushes you out of your functional envelope. Exposure to certain molds for example. Training too hard previously.
2023-05-22
@ahandvanish @remissionbiome measure these in real-time is a multi-$$$ venture waiting to be solved. There are also breath tests that can look at many different things at once. We want this to be as personalized as possible so that it helps each user. So you collect the data/samples & then utilize ML to help
2023-05-22
@ahandvanish training will be beneficial rather than detrimental. @remissionbiome knows quite a few people looking at lactic acid. We still don’t have a timely measurement for things like cortisol which would be a game changer, as would markers like triponin, hsCRP etc. Solving the how do we
2023-05-22
@ahandvanish While PASC may different in many ways, there’s likely to be some marker that could help determine what kind of functionality might be on offer biologically. HRV is really good in athletic training. The better the HRV the more likely you’re body has recovered to the point that
2023-05-22
@ahandvanish Hannah, this is a critical question that we must answer with urgency. Glad you’re willing to share your experience. In Younger et al.’s work on ME/CFS, they were able to detect a good day/bad day signature via leptin: https://t.co/EJW8ip7AQF
2023-05-22
@renesugar based on the clinical results you’ve seen, what’s the one intervention/therapeutic that you think would be most worthwhile for empirical trial for those impacted by one or more of these viruses? I’m seeing reactivation of HHV6, EBV, CMV, & we’re now hearing of HERVs. https://t.co/n95Qp5wPIA
2023-05-22
Look at the date. How many of you knew this data from 2020? Lockdowns in 3/20 couldn’t prevent a pandemic that was hitting the West by 9/19. It should make us rethink the broad notion of “asymptomatic cases” bc it was spreading globally much earlier than the public knew. https://t.co/VrPbeS76cS
2023-05-22
Glad to see this for LC. Where has this been for ME/CFS? It actually serves to bolster my early work that suggests doctors & the public see it as gendered disease & psychogenic rather than pathogenic. Plus there’s immediacy, availability, & salience biases at work. https://t.co/YNTQ8tvMSq
2023-05-22
@danaparish which experts do you recommend we refer people to for the most updated treatment approaches for Lyme & co given that Covid19 has instigated so many issues? Any promising therapies you recommend people talk to their docs about? https://t.co/S81kSFM2ov
2023-05-22
I’m such an admirer of your work, Dr. Gunkel. It’s shaped my thinking & that of many of my students as well. I do think the “privileged white kid” comment distracts from the actual issues. I don’t know why something that’s an accident of birth should factor into the critique. https://t.co/ncxtEvN85G
2023-05-20
@kalezelden It's good to read the POMO theorists & understand the complexities, nuances of the arguments presented. Do note that much of what makes Butler's perspective that we can be performers of multiple identities is facilitated by the digital/internet. Look at the critiques available in…
2023-05-20
@ErinMariLee This is beautifully articulated! An ethic of care & tangible acts of empathy can be demonstrated NOW even in the midst of medical & scientific investigations. We don’t have to wait for a cure in order to exemplify compassion. Everyone needs installations of hope
2023-05-20
@klwong43 I feel his pain. Would be great to try & get him on to share his ideas.
2023-05-20
He’s clearly saying there isn’t acrimony. He’s simply voicing that it’s tough to see his crucial insight get misattributed to Wolfram even though Wolfram isn’t misappropriating the insight. Wolfram credits him above. Millions will watch/listen w/o reading that piece though.
2023-05-20
For people who aren’t in academia, you have conversations (sometimes lasting years) with scholars. Meet @ conferences. Edit papers. The relationship can be great & if you’re lucky you get mentioned in the “acknowledgments” of the books & papers based on your own ideas. https://t.co/5Ow7EKEpE8
2023-05-20
RT @MicrobiomDigest: Whoa.
@DukeU Medical Center / @tandfonline paper sponsored by the Sugar Association, claiming that artificial sweeten…
2023-05-19
A sad day…another light has gone out https://t.co/bke91fYnHM
2023-05-19
If #Covid19 can stimulate gluconeogenesis, isn’t that also one pathway that can be exploited in the development of cancer?
COVID-19-related hyperglycemia is associated with infection of hepatocytes and stimulation of gluconeogenesis | PNAS https://t.co/beD9CUmvRO
RT @EricTopol: Early detection, treatment, biomarkers, and stopping #Alzheimer's disease, and more reviewed in several new papers @NatureAg…
2023-05-19
Something can be elegant & brutal. Pancreatic cancer is one of the best examples of this phenomenon. Hijacking ribose (as a glucose workaround) so it can do what it does. Hoping the new pancreatic cancer vaccine trials go extremely well! https://t.co/ygcEzvk1bs
2023-05-19
@timkellernyc 🙏 for you all! We love you & appreciate your witness Pastor Keller! You’ve been an immense blessing to many.
2023-05-18
She’s not wrong! So much existential anxiety (Oh, no! I’m GOING TO DIE! But I haven’t even become a person yet. I must deny this painful reality & create an immortality project) in academia. The academic fight for existence manifests in ad hominem attacks & much worse behavior. https://t.co/IGPZwOYlGW
2023-05-18
#Cuba used #Nasalferon, which is a nasal spray version of #Interferon alfa-2b, widely & we STILL can’t get it? Protein subunit 💉that are actually safe & effective. They’ve had CIMAvax a 💉for #lungcancer for years. But keep telling me how either the 🐘🐘or 🫏🫏will save us💫 https://t.co/JqI1Jngc4g
2023-05-18
@ejay_aus I hope & pray you regain that 30% & much more!
2023-05-17
A Study to Evaluate Tabelecleucel in Participants With Epstein-barr Virus-associated Diseases - Full Text View - https://t.co/YCTuKYZyOn
Thanks to @renesugar for the valuable information sharing! https://t.co/u2PZxVQgaQ
2023-05-17
another 10 years. And the beauty is that this isn’t a situation where opting for enhanced QOL & functionality today precludes one from any future treatments. My mantra remains: until there’s a cure…treat the person & not just the labs.
2023-05-17
that treats/repairs/restores/up-regulates/down-regulates everything at once. I’m not saying we won’t get there with atomic-scale medicine & information theoretic & bioelectrical approaches. Most people would opt for 90% of original baseline today rather waiting for 100% in
2023-05-17
The notion that we should keep pulling one lever at a time every 10 years while people disappear into an abyss of suffering is unethical in the extreme. It’s also foolish to sit around waiting for a silver bullet to emerge. Not just a silver bullet but a silver “magic bullet”
2023-05-17
@chydorina @renesugar @CyrexLabs While it’s clearly not the same, the more I look at the intestinal barrier & the BBB, the more I find that is similar or related. This is one reason why @remissionbiome’s unapologetically complex empirical approach is intriguing. We need to improve QOL & functionality yesterday.
2023-05-17
@renesugar @chydorina This is where our research was halted. Right after the WPI & XMRV debacle. But no one has addressed the fact that while XMRV wasn’t the causative agent, people did respond to ARVs. One wonders if TAF might be trialed where empirically warranted bc it also ⬇️ EBV.
2023-05-17
RT @renesugar: #COVID19 associated with encephalomyeloradiculitis and positive anti-aquaporin-4 antibodies: ... #LongCovid
https://t.co/B…
2023-05-17
@mkaeberlein @GeroScienceAGE @impetusgrants @KaeberleinTammi @IsmanAnar @SZalzala @DrBradleyRosen1 @Blagosklonny Thanks for continuing to pioneer work in this area! In the course of research, how does one screen for CMV or EBV in those experimenting with rapamycin? Or, at the lower end of dosing is this not so much a concern as it would be in, say, transplant patients where the dose is high
2023-05-17
RT @mkaeberlein: Full text of our paper "Evaluation of off-label rapamycin use to promote healthspan in 333 adults" published in @GeroScien…
2023-05-17
@renesugar We absolutely must get a handle on these chronic infections. One wonders if the lack of treatment for persistent infections helped create this perfect storm for neurodegenerative diseases...45 million Americans alone anticipated to develop AD in the coming years
2023-05-17
@renesugar I'm really sorry to hear about the lack of proper care! Once you discovered the viral problem, did you receive a rx of acyclovir or valacyclovir? Glad the vaccine is helping maintain control. One concern with Covid19 is also that depleted & exhausted t cells, lack of dendritic…
2023-05-17
@renesugar Peterson announced his development of physical dependence on benzos. Bc we live in a bizarre timeline what could have been a great conversation about that issue was quickly derailed by all of the ancillary discussions about that individual rather than the topic itself.
2023-05-17
@renesugar people attempting to come off these drugs. Many find themselves in a worse position due to dependence & withdrawal symptoms. Body cramping. Electric zap feelings etc. Is there anything promising in this area? A few years ago, there was a slight uptick in interest when Jordan
2023-05-17
@renesugar that so many are prescribed the meds & never given a plan for titrating off. The horror stories of people who can’t come off of their SSRIs, particularly sertraline, is staggering. More clinicians aware of dependency from benzos, yet there is little physiological support given to
2023-05-17
@renesugar I’m glad you bring up the issue of SSRIs. I can attest to the amount of them being prescribed on university campuses among that population. As you say, no testing for viral reactivation or even a baseline level of testing for inflammation. What is even more concerning to me is
2023-05-16
@renesugar any concerns about the concentration of heavy metals found even in pharma/USP grade MeBlu? Benefits>burden? https://t.co/h7w8GjIVty
2023-05-16
RT @tegmark: Our paper making neural networks more modular, sparse and interpretable by penalizing neuron length is now on arXiv. Less is m…
2023-05-16
@robinsoped101 @chydorina Robin, I’m really intrigued to know how extensive you were into Dr. S’s protocol? Did you ever try things like actos (➡️MMP9), cholestyramine, VIP, EPO? Glad to see his name mentioned as he was a pioneer (imperfect as we all are) in treating people with complex medical conditions
2023-05-16
Some slopes are actually slippery. This is why certain appeals to the slippery slope fallacy may themselves be fallacious.
2023-05-16
@klwong43 We definitely have too much sugar & other chemicals in our diet today. One has to try to actively avoid it. But they leave out that there are other options like allulose that may be useful as substitutes. Being moderate & sensible helps. Little advocacy for that though
2023-05-16
@chydorina I’m sure you’ve seen this but wonder if anyone has experimented with this approach if LPS is involved. Low hanging fruit: https://t.co/jklm0xmabx
2023-05-16
@chydorina Thought I’d add this jewel if @renesugar hasn’t: https://t.co/ptkmO3EIHT
2023-05-16
I will admit to loving my babies so much that it hurts to put their toys away at night. Why? Bc I sense & acknowledge the impermanence of it all. The blocks laid all wabi-sabi. A blue 🦋on the floor next to a purple🦉. It will never again be imperfect in this exact way.
2023-05-16
@klwong43 It’s about as deep a question as you can ask!
2023-05-16
@expert_expat Thanks for taking the time to respond! I will happily refer people to that resource. Keep up the great content!
2023-05-16
@chydorina 🔥
2023-05-15
We are the animal that aspires to be an angel, all the while looking down on our ancestors for their outdated beliefs. We honestly think saying things like we are the universe experiencing itself or we are merely molecules having an adventure aren’t religious. Why?
2023-05-15
They coming for your stevia now 😭 https://t.co/KRuklZaC4Z
2023-05-15
@chydorina Has anyone been experimenting with photobiomodulation & other therapies like sildenafil (https://t.co/q5Z118UmhQ), donepezil, racetams, intranasal oxytocin, exo-ketones? I did see someone getting an infusion of m-blue & piractam 👀
2023-05-14
RT @TheVertlartnic: BREAKING NEWS:
WHO Declares Public Health Over. https://t.co/DJXQf2Najq
2023-05-13
@chydorina ugh! So great. So hard! Lots of ME/CFS & LC people out there will get it in their own way. It's a different Oregon Trail. It's a different Trail of Tears, no doubt! But it is one...
2023-05-13
@KenLowry8 @klwong43 it’s anti-intellectual. But I’m not advocating lack of pursuit of other types of knowing or other bodies of knowledge. Christianity is relational (we’re bothers & sisters, heirs of God, co-heirs with Christ) & participatory (theosis) rather than merely propositional.
2023-05-13
@KenLowry8 @klwong43 communion/the Eucharist weekly (even daily in Mass) yet there is always an Excess. We don’t need to know more than knowing Jesus bc He knows Himself as He is. God knows Himself as God is. I need to be in right relationship with the One who Knows Himself as He is. Some will argue
2023-05-13
@KenLowry8 @klwong43 Import that asymptote reference you two were discussing or something like Zeno’s paradox. I can keep getting closer to Jesus without exhausting or consuming all there is of Him. The hungry ate the loves & fish & there was some leftover. As the Universal Church, we partake in
2023-05-13
@KenLowry8 @klwong43 I don’t necessarily understand my wife. I strive to but I never will, fully. I “know” her intimately though. We participate in this “knowing of each other.” There’s always an “excess” of her that will defy my complete understating. Christ is The Saturated Phenomenon.
2023-05-13
@KenLowry8 @klwong43 I would echo Kierkegaard’s interpretation here in that Christianity isn’t about understanding or knowing about X. It’s a deeply subjective experience knowing Jesus who is the Truth. Difference between saber/conocer—knowing about things/events vs knowing a person.
2023-05-13
@PaulAnleitner This is one reason why I have hope for our young ones & future humanity. Our kids get to grow up with this kind of content. They will be formidable & not so easily swayed by changing winds.
2023-05-13
The series #1883 is existentially close to the bone. We mustn’t give into despair—a sickness unto death. But it’s easy to see how one can be overcome. Compare 1883 to all superhero films being made today. One invites you deeper into existence while the others are escape from it https://t.co/AweX6FIckE
2023-05-13
@GrailCountry @kalezelden I’d also be up for this!
2024-12-25
Is “The Santa Clause” a Christian movie or no? https://t.co/qBBCOqbE5F
2024-12-24
Merry Christmas to all!
2024-12-24
@kalezelden I bet he used cash, too. Baller move
2024-12-24
RT @lukeburgis: Merry Christmas! I read this essay every year. I hope you enjoy it.
2024-12-24
@AlchemyAmerican probably has more public trust than all of the Gov & MSM put together. If you mentioned his name, they wouldn’t know who he is. Total disconnect from where people are in their daily lives & their search for answers. Gov & MSM could help allay fear with truth 🤷🏻♂️
2024-12-23
During the election I kept hearing things like: “All this so you can get cheaper eggs?” It was shocking, really. Turns out if you want to live you need to be able to afford food. Most don’t have $500–not even for an emergency. The US GDP may be📈but its people are struggling 📉 https://t.co/vGuwez0t0a
2024-12-22
@craigthomas2070 @shea_babee I’m very sorry! There are no adequate words. I’m glad she had you right there with her, loving her the whole time. That’s real. That’s courageous love. Prayers for you & all family & friends 🙏
2024-12-22
@briandavidearp Strong Tennyson vibes: but if I could understand
What you are, root and all, and all in all,
I should know what God and man is.
2024-12-22
@nickcammarata This is but another example of the kind of biases that are part of us & prevent us from making better decisions writ-large. “Hey unaligned AGI presents X-risk!” Yeah, but the guy saying it was wearing a fedora. 💥💥
2024-12-22
The baby is walking telling anyone who will listen that the advent candles are for “baby God” 😇
2024-12-22
But did you read Less Wrong back in the day?
2024-12-21
What are your thoughts on o3? https://t.co/BmxR5Ifq16
2024-12-21
@NathanLands @BasedBeffJezos My wife was making Christmas crafts with the kids, & I’m sure I sounded totally deranged as I muttered “the implications”
2024-12-21
My issue is not with him but with the philosophical hubris that would speak for mankind. This isn’t democratic. People aren’t getting a vote. It’s being built under suboptimal pressures/constraints moving as quickly as possible—not as safely aligned as possible https://t.co/enOlfOFds1
2024-12-21
@tszzl when you do something good the credit is mine. when you present existential risk…🧐
2024-12-21
You ever see talent or raw potential before it fully materializes? That’s what OpenAI’s o3 model is like. Is it AGI? No. But can I see a path that lets us direct future models & deepmind & anthropic etc & point them at intractable problems like: solve cancer. Not yet. But soon
2024-12-21
@tunguz Feudalism is the word you’re looking for
2024-12-21
I tried to avoid the worst of all timelines regarding AI & automation. No ears to hear https://t.co/EEDUbFDE9Z
2024-12-20
@SteveSkojec Totally understandable given that level of attention from multiple millions of people. I’d never have guessed it would be such a pittance compared to the level of effort required to attract that many views.
2023-05-13
@klwong43 That’s so strange! What makes it more peculiar is that I can’t see any dislikes? Have you asked if others can see them? It may be a technical glitch that needs reporting.
2023-05-13
We have both infection-induced & 💉 for longer lasting immunity. Having an intranasal option that reduces infection & transmission, even if shorter lived, would still be progress. If it’s extremely safe people can opt for intranasal boosters as mucosal immunity wanes. https://t.co/XVjGnGHYxv
2023-05-12
Most westerners don't understand how big of a deal this could be. Millions of children <4 succumb to malaria each year. Adults also suffer greatly under its scourge. Preventing it has been the dream for a long time. Hoping all goes well! https://t.co/gx2zCcwKU5
2023-05-12
@DetailedDevil1 @markieD2 But that doesn’t make sense 🤷🏻♂️ Besides the untold human suffering, allowing it to continue unmitigated would instigate an economic crisis. Our GOV funded & expedited #Covid19 vaccines. I’m not arguing that was a perfect outcome, but the approach is correct.
2023-05-12
Paging the #AI doctor @BrianRoemmele: do you know of multi-lingual conversational LLMs that are good enough to supplement language learning protocols? Seems like a space primed for acceleration. Name the LLM Conjugate. This isn’t your grandparents’ language instructor… https://t.co/3Cx0trr0hz
2023-05-12
Consider that 45 million people currently alive are anticipated to develop & die from Alzheimer’s Disease in America. Why wouldn’t we have an equivalent to Operation Warp Speed that includes AD, Cancer & Cardiovascular disease?
2023-05-12
@David_Gunkel Wonder if you saw this experiment by @BrianRoemmele? It’s very existential…far more so than most clients who usually stop at “it looks like X.” Possible that some of its training data included descriptions from studies/reports etc. existential cybernetic systems https://t.co/tgUndAczyv
2023-05-12
@ales_frost @chydorina @ValeBodi @RachelCOSG @_trans4m8tion @Invest_in_ME Online accommodations could & should be made, if they haven’t been. I thought that was at least one thing the Covid19 nightmare taught us. We must be responsive to the people with & for whom the research is conducted. Otherwise I will withdraw my support & encourage others to
2023-05-11
@chydorina @renesugar @theAcidRoach @Naomi_D_Harvey @Madelinenerd What about acarbose as a middle ground? You still get gut microbiome remodeling & the post-prandial glucose blunting. Also it’s one of the only meds shown to increase lifespan, along with rapamycin. No idea why rapa/acarbose haven’t been trialed in ME/CFS
2023-05-11
Ohhhhh boy. 100k tokens? @carterleffen getting much closer to my version of SCRIBE! https://t.co/1RsmZ5ia6J
2023-05-11
With all of the #AI disruption chatter, I don’t know why I thought there’d be more related to new language acquisition. What innovations in this space am I missing?
2023-05-11
@expert_expat wondering if you guys would know about this issue. Lots of people looking to retire may be a bit more on the mature end of the age breakdown. Many take more than one prescription med. What’s it like for them to try & get the same/similar medications there?
2023-05-10
@klwong43 @PaulAnleitner @_tedkim_ we give it credit for being. Hopefully some time we can have that conversation, because I think it could be helpful to people out there who find themselves struggling, perhaps flailing & failing in life & asking where God is in all of this. In tragedy & loss & suffering…
2023-05-10
@klwong43 @PaulAnleitner this via comments on this platform. That was percolating in the background when something Pastor @_tedkim_ said about resurrection made me start writing about how Christians don’t properly celebrate & orient themselves to Christ’s resurrection. It’s much deeper existentially than
2023-05-10
@klwong43 And, Karen, I’ve been thinking quite a lot about the discussion you had regarding this small strand of code/virus changing the world & how it made you reconsider JBP’s notion of suffering as the fundamental layer of reality. And I’ve noticed you & @PaulAnleitner discuss some of
2023-05-10
@klwong43 https://t.co/wErXwPPyyX
2023-05-10
@klwong43 I still felt I had value. I still felt life was meaningful despite the suffering. I was still a self, a person attempting to make choices within the limitations I experienced. Not so different than something I was saying earlier today:
2023-05-10
@klwong43 From the inside of that experience, I can say that it was hard to look out at the world full of people I knew who basically thought my life was devoid of value & meaning.
2023-05-10
@klwong43 Besides the translation of the title, I wonder if there are any other subtle differences? It’s a powerful book. & during my own illness, there were certainly people who wanted my parents to consider letting me die.
2023-05-10
@TheVinodLab @Nature Incredible work! Utilizing mRNA, is there a way to conduct organ & cellular remediation/reeducation? In other words deliver instructions to make X protein(s) & don’t make Y protein(s). Time points where our organs & immune systems need “boosting” in order to prevent cancer
2023-05-10
@ArtesunateBoy @BhupeshPrusty @cjmaddison @inneiennyfas @paulie_paulie Wait, the full mechanism has been discovered? When? Where can I read about this, bc it would change so many lives?
2023-05-10
Allowing the Destruction of Life Unworthy of Life…we’ve been down this road before https://t.co/BVDpxs59gk https://t.co/dKobPujswf
2023-05-10
@kalezelden https://t.co/WNgzX6Qw2p
2023-05-10
We can do as Solzhenitsyn implored and “live not by lies.”
2023-05-10
The sense that everything is happening TO us leaves us with an externalized locus of control & that gnawing feeling of powerlessness. This is when the despair beckons. But we can resist & make choices & assert ourselves & realize ourselves as persons.
2023-05-10
father from The Road. We must go on. “Traveler, there is no path. The path is made by walking.” (Machado) So if one is paying attention at all, there is much to be anxious about. We must be able to use it creatively & constructively in order to make resolute choices.
2023-05-10
The best we can come up with is a technological singularity that suggests we can’t see or predict beyond that event horizon. All is but uncertainty. Yet we continue along like a Cormac McCarthy character not quite knowing why. We’re like the civilizational version of the
2023-05-10
Accelerating tech has us on the precipice of creating cybernetic systems that we anthropomorphize & humanize while mechanizing & dehumanizing the person.
2023-05-10
Inhabiting a meta-narrative that says there can be only petite narratives that aren’t True but subjectively true for you or me is corrosive. Bc people try to scale the subjective, petite narrative & impose it just the same.
2023-05-10
There were constructive goals. Not halcyon days. Not utopia. Constructive goals. Now we don’t have a coherent narrative to inhabit & share almost zero national constructive goals. We don’t even share the defensive goals of protecting the nation.
2023-05-10
the present. We prize innovation, & that’s convenient considering we don’t have very much history. We were already an experiment based on a set of ideas, values, & principles. de Tocqueville noted our religiosity, civic engagement, & affiliative networks.
2023-05-10
We aren’t the same kind of lost generation, though. We’re completely unmoored & desperately flailing to make things up as we stagger into an incoherent future of novelty. Perhaps it’s all accelerated in the US bc we don’t have 1,000 y/o coronation ceremonies that tie the past to
2023-05-10
It’s existential anxiety to the core. At that core is despair, which Kierkegaard et al. would consider the gravest of sins. Compare the writings of Arnold & Wordsworth to Auden & Eliot. There are massive differences yet many shared themes. https://t.co/19tjuNlD0m
2023-05-09
@PaulVanderKlay @BMcGrewvy @GrimGriz I’m sorry in advance💇♂️but did you say right wig or Whig? Again, apologies
2023-05-09
@ESYudkowsky Freudian slip or autocorrect? It’s ergo! 🤦🏻♂️ I feel this is like the old joke about monks searching the ancient scrolls. Suddenly one of them shouted: NO! NO! The word was celebrate 😭
2023-05-09
@Elbendico1 @ESYudkowsky I certainly want that to be the case. Of course, the problem is that you’d need it to be able to interpret in advance. I’m not sure how that’s entirely possible given that more advanced models may show us latent capabilities of the lesser; but lesser can’t exhaust the advanced
2023-05-09
@ESYudkowsky This uses a “better” model to make the “lesser” model scrutable. 2 problems among many: as we scale we’d need to trust the accuracy & veracity of the models; & we can’t guarantee we’d be able to make scrutable more advanced models using lesser models. Ego castle but ✅ mate in 3?
2023-05-09
Insane that this is something we need to cover in the US. If you think it’s remotely normal, it’s bc you’ve been terrorized. The Hunger Games isn’t a manual for societal design! Now we must escape becoming human sacrifice. Improvise weapons like MacGuyver? https://t.co/VmNYE1aw5T
2023-05-09
@BMcGrewvy This would be a cool podcast to listen to/watch. Both of your parents discussing this with you. We’re eager to teach ours when they’re old enough. Should the emphasis be more on the gamification side of things? Enjoyable but structured? Was your dad’s experience similar to yours?
2023-05-09
@BMcGrewvy When did your dad start teaching you?
2023-05-09
@BMcGrewvy Fascinating bc it sounds like Magnus Carlsen’s parents were fairly sanguine about his goals but supported him nonetheless. Correct me if I stray, but I think I recall Carlsen saying he was a late bloomer in terms of realizing his potential.
2023-05-09
@Joshuak_Smith @grok_ Waiting on this! Implications for media equation theory & also Dr. Rosalind Picard’s of MIT? The suspense…
2023-05-09
@BMcGrewvy He mentions combat sports, too. Is it fair to say he was a decent/good chess player as a kid but developed into an excellent fighter as an adult? Sublimation? Sadly, we don’t get to choose our parents. If we did, many would’ve chosen more wisely.
2023-05-09
@PutrinoLab 🙏🙏🙏
2023-05-09
@RootAndrew cc: @Joshuak_Smith may be of interest to you as well
2023-05-09
@SEProtomartyr ❤️ Thank you for this! You guys look great! The hats are 🔥
2023-05-09
How much of Long Covid/PASC related “brain fog” & neurocognitive symptoms are related to Spike-induced small blood vessel damage &/or disease?
2023-05-09
@chydorina Sorry for the delay! I will DM you a link to some papers
2023-05-08
@KashPrime I wish them a complete & speedy recovery without any of the increased risk you mentioned. Blessings on your entire family as they recover 🙏
2023-05-07
In 2011 I began work on the a communicative or information theoretic understanding of cancer. I hypothesized & still do that it’s most fundamentally a (networked) info problem with hallmarks of signaling, recruitment, & unlearning (essentials ➡️apoptosis). It’s bad info scaling
2023-05-07
@simocristea @drmichaellevin signaling. This is a low rez description bc I don’t wish to clutter your wonderful thread with even more comments. Ultimately I think many if not most disease processes (even aging) will be amendable to information theoretic & bioelectric elucidation & then amelioration
2023-05-07
@simocristea @drmichaellevin If the iterative improvements in the tech (on par with AlphaFold2) continue apace, so you see a moment arising where cancer could be understood at a meta-level as an informational disease? Cells unlearning certain things like apoptosis & recruiting other cells to join through
2023-05-07
@simocristea Really incredible thread! A sincere thanks for taking the time to put it together & share it. I’m still attempting to synthesize the info theoretic insights into biology with @drmichaellevin’s bioelectric insights & how they open possibilities for understanding cancer research.
2023-05-07
A language for our biotechnological future is arriving 👇 https://t.co/V7u7jBjgwI
2023-05-05
What in the name of Lysenko is happening? https://t.co/aXgTsPVOar
2023-05-05
Paging Dr. @brucep13…those monocytes keep getting implicated https://t.co/WPv7GqC6n7
2023-05-05
Colleagues returning from #Dubai are saying it’s a culture shock. From the ITNL airport to the food to the lack of rampant gun violence, they feel the US has fallen way behind. Are they being hyperbolic? Where have you traveled that made you feel something similar?
2023-05-05
@Joshuak_Smith @MCoeckelbergh 👏👏👏
2023-05-05
@PaulAnleitner @clayroutledge @thehill Kudos! Glad you’re reaching a wider audience!
2023-05-05
RT @EricTopol: Will #AI help find a pill that slows biologic aging?
https://t.co/h9bjcnH3Iu @NatureAging @SatotakaOmori @MITdeptofBE https:…
2023-05-05
@Joshuak_Smith @PaulAnleitner Mine was like Yeshiva for Christians. Super dope. That isn’t the case for everyone though. Paul has a great article on this cultural issue: https://t.co/SqgP9y4Itp
2023-05-05
@max_yazhbin @ourcarly @The2Margarets @chydorina I’m not familiar with this particular cocktail. Pleased that you derived benefit from it though. Curiousa about the rationale for including those specific things & not others? Is it an existing protocol?
2023-05-04
Or is the more parsimonious explanation that “SFFV and XMRV are highly similar in the Env N terminus and would thus be recognized by cross-reactive antibodies in serologic assays”?
2023-05-04
@Joshuak_Smith @PaulAnleitner It was like 1/2 parts strong man competition, 1/2 part WWF/WWE, 1000% evangelical outreach aimed at youth. Here’s just a snippet I found: https://t.co/iPOJJkWxjE But I will always defer to the expert in cultural theology. Paul has probably written something insightful about this.
2023-05-04
@Joshuak_Smith @PaulAnleitner The refrain “help him” could often be heard during their demonstrations in order to increase support for one of the team members attempting some feat like tearing a bunch of phone books or lifting something super heavy.
2023-05-04
@Joshuak_Smith @PaulAnleitner I’m struggling to find an apt description of the power team for our beloved Pastor. Can you “help himmmm?!!” I would say they were Christian power lifters & former/gifted atheletes who attempted to perform feats of strength as a means of inspirational ministry.
2023-05-04
Was the validity of those tests ever determined? Also, in light of Covid19 & the controversy surrounding potential lab accidents, can we definitively rule out some recombinant event that led to accidental spread?
2023-05-04
@mhornig I was reviewing the 2012 presentation at Columbia where you all discussed the definitive findings regarding XMRV. Curious whether anyone followed up on Lipkin’s comments about ~6% of patients & controls having antibody responses w/o disease. https://t.co/kbJuqEwrVX
2023-05-04
@Joshuak_Smith For some reason this gives me “power team” vibes. I can just hear someone yelling, “help him!” as the social robot helps the human tear the physical copy of the technocratic playbook (bc in a digital world ruled paper rules all?) like the power team did those phone books!
2023-05-04
@chydorina @debbiebier @ales_frost @IsabelRamirezRD @oslersweb “it couldn’t be related to labs bc lab accidents & contamination just don’t happen (silent part: unless it’s in ME/CFS which we will not properly fund anyway).”
2023-05-04
@chydorina @debbiebier @ales_frost @IsabelRamirezRD @oslersweb messaging during the pandemic. Fauci, Collins, Lipkin—all the usual suspects—say ME/CFS… “there’s nothing to see here. Lab contamination that spread to other labs isn’t a big deal. It happens in research.” But then with SARS2, it was
2023-05-04
@chydorina @debbiebier @ales_frost @IsabelRamirezRD @oslersweb @oslersweb It would be great to hear from you as you’ve been the chronicler of all of the inanity. Would you be interested in doing a Twitter Space with me to discuss your observations regarding ME/CFS & now LC? I’ve been arguing that our agencies have engaged in incomprehensible
2023-05-04
@chydorina @debbiebier @ales_frost @IsabelRamirezRD @oslersweb How? Why? 🦗The timing is important bc this is when Fouchier & Kawaoka were also publishing results of their dangerous GoF research on H5N1: https://t.co/p0sYtXSVKy
2023-05-04
@chydorina @debbiebier @ales_frost @IsabelRamirezRD When Hillary Johnson @oslersweb asked Lipkin about therapies, “something something people are different therefore RCTs.” And germane to the current pandemic moment, Hillary asked about the dangers of GoF research in our labs bc if XMRV wasn’t in the patients it was in the labs.
2023-05-04
@chydorina @debbiebier @ales_frost @IsabelRamirezRD Then you may find it interesting that our pilot study on possible vertical transmission of ME/CFS immediately hit the wall after Lipkin et al.’s paper & press conference at Columbia: https://t.co/eNfwucbicx Nothing to see here.
2023-05-04
@chydorina 🙏❤️
2023-05-04
RT @chydorina: @KyleMcnease I am having a hard time expressing how thankful I am for this response. I will respond more, but for now, Thank…
2023-05-04
@IsabelRamirezRD @chydorina CRF is a proxy for inflammation. Interestingly, I have yet to seen a palliative care study on cryotherapy (or R/NIR light therapy) though? Maybe @renesugar has. All of these therapies should be options…
2023-05-04
@IsabelRamirezRD @chydorina significance due to response in placebo/control group stunted this area. The risk: benefit profile just needs to be made explicit regarding adrenal functioning. As an aside, Dr. Kristin Higgins one of the top Lung Cancer specialists in the US, has a fairly recent study showing
2023-05-04
@IsabelRamirezRD @chydorina This is a great point! 2 decades ago clinicians & researchers were stating that therapies like this were underutilized & warranted trial in patients who might benefit, including those experiencing Cancer Related Fatigue (CRF). Unfortunately, the Synergy Trial not reaching stat
2023-05-04
@IsabelRamirezRD @chydorina use among university students, there’s a similar phenomenon. The diversion rate (for academic performance enhancement) is so high that we couldn’t rx stimulants from the university behavioral health clinic.
2023-05-04
@IsabelRamirezRD @chydorina Regarding hormonal changes: since those levels are checked to prevent PED use, that would be the easiest marker to point to. Yet, there isn’t concomitant dx for hormonal imbalance & script for HRT. Check Goldman's dilemma in athletes. In years spent researching elicit stimulant
2023-05-04
RT @crazyforruthie: A lot of good sense in this thread, which makes it all the more pity good sense doesn't seem to count as much as it sho…
2023-05-04
If a patient has cachexia is there anything that could be gleaned from the subset of outliers who put on mass quite easily? Use the extremes to inform the mean rather than tossing the outliers.
2023-05-04
with daily acts of living? We don’t know bc something something “Latvian drug.” Maybe it wouldn’t help at all. It may make things worse. But it’s banned from elite sports as a PED. My point is not specifically about that drug but a way of viewing research & applying it.
2023-05-04
Still to this day I ask myself why so many Olympic sprinters have a dx of narcolepsy🧐Is it for specific medications that facilitate an ever-so-slight advantage in response time? Why were so many young, elite Russian athletes taking meldonium? Could it help those who struggle
2023-05-04
ME/CFS research has done the patient community a disservice by not engaging with elite performers to see if there are things that could be leveraged to bring patients back to baseline while working on a cure.
2023-05-04
He doesn’t need the NIH to fund his project. Thus he’s free to access what his team of experts deem worthwhile & safe enough for his risk:benefit tolerance.
2023-05-04
I look at what @bryan_johnson is doing. People will have various opinions on his chosen path. But it’s unarguable that he’s setup an iterative system with positive feedback loops that guide decision making & result in measurable improvement.
2023-05-04
Now there are citizen scientists conducting @RenegadeRes & actually getting traction! So many of the terms we might use are semantically laden that I hesitate to describe the possibilities before us as participatory & reciprocal or anarchic & individual.
2023-05-04
But for over a decade my very public pleadings to develop & use computational models, algorithmic systems, & ML went unanswered. That was then. This is now.
2023-05-04
Maybe you renegade scientists can help build the largest decentralized ME/CFS LLM that allows inputting of one’s data/labs. I’ve been begging for assistance from entities like DeepMind. If they can solve protein folding, that kind of technology can help pave the way forward.
2023-05-04
With machine learning advancing & new AI models being developed & deployed, the power dynamics are shifting. All the data should flow bi-directionally so everyone can access it & act on it.
2023-05-04
There needs to be a new Patient Practitioner Partnership commensurate with where we are NOW. Without that equal partnership, patients need something like a union with representation. Otherwise, I see no sustainable path forward but to do as you have done.
2023-05-04
from those studies. They get the patents & maintain control over the IP. Patients are lucky if they can get copies of THEIR OWN medical records! Where’s the reciprocity?
2023-05-04
So what’s the moral? No doctor or researcher or government agency will ever have more skin in the game than the patient. Patients are the ones who are subjected to clinical trials—assuming all the potential negative outcomes—while others advance their careers on the data derived
2023-05-04
All of that to say many really intrepid clinicians & researchers simply got burned too many times to even speak up.
2023-05-04
The gender dynamics are not lost on me. Had it been 60+% male, there’s little doubt more would have been done sooner. The way patients & patient advocates have been treated is scandalous.
2023-05-04
It’s been decades & no FDA approved drugs? Really? If the NIH & CDC hadn’t slow played ME/CFS research, many lives would have been saved/restored/returned to health AND we’d be better situated to help with LC & mRNA vaccine injuries.
2023-05-04
The debacle that ensued with the Science retraction & scandal touching the WPI set things back immeasurably. I was told in no uncertain terms that as a young researcher I should get as far from ME/CFS as possible bc “it was a career killer.”
2023-05-04
sense of urgency. Like a Dear God this is serious! It was finally being treated like a pathogenic disease & not merely psychogenic. Some number of people received ARVs with varying degrees of results. Oxygen, too, which is underutilized.
2023-05-04
There are other researchers & doctors on here that I consider not just colleagues but friends. With them progress & momentum was made under what I would consider a kind of medical libertarianism (for lack of a better term). After the Science XMRV paper came out, there was a
2023-05-04
I’m Q/T just so I don’t litter up your responses with my diatribe. Here goes: https://t.co/VOONHHNiGv
2023-05-04
bc they don’t occur in RCTs. It’s empirical work done in consultation with the patient. But some of that may very well scale!
2023-05-04
always expeditiously disclose what worked. I appreciate the way you frame the discussion around risks:benefits. Patients should be informed by their physician & then be able to decide whether they want to access a given treatment. There are far more treatment wins than we know of
2023-05-04
1000% agreement! I’ve been advocating for this since 2011. We need a central repository for data sharing with a chatbot set up to help people navigate it. I can attest to the fact that some of the research institutes that have had success treating people didn’t https://t.co/3OX1ZSqOJX
2023-05-02
@renesugar @ales_frost @remissionbiome Rene, who needs GPT4 when there’s you? It’s not only the data sharing but also the great alacrity by which you do it!
2023-05-02
@ales_frost @renesugar @remissionbiome @bristlehealth @biomesight Excited to see what kinds of insights @bristlehealth & @biomesight will glean from the data. I can just imagine you being able to triangulate the oral, gut, immune data with things like inflammatory markers & objective & subjective functioning +QOL.
2023-05-02
@renesugar @ales_frost @remissionbiome this aspect in the Religious Orders Study (ROS)? In that cohort there’s a shared diet & environment. It’d be interesting to compare their oral health records against ApoE genotypes. Post-mortem exams in the ROS show some had significant plaque deposition without cognitive issues
2023-05-02
@renesugar @ales_frost @remissionbiome 🧐 Oral health has a massive impact on cardiovascular health & disease risk. Could the oral & gut microbiomes play a larger mediating factor in cerebrovascular health than was previously thought? The sheer amount of bacteria, fungi, viruses & proximity to the 🧠…did they look at
2023-05-02
@ales_frost @renesugar @remissionbiome a pathogenic, inflammatory, immunological, compensatory, metabolic, energetic, networked understanding of ME/CFS.
2023-05-02
@ales_frost @renesugar @remissionbiome take place given the energy constraints. Finally, we have increasing evidence that infections lay the groundwork for future development of neuro-degenerative diseases. I’m not saying that’s your hypothesis. I’m merely pointing out that your model incorporates but isn’t limited to
2023-05-02
@ales_frost @renesugar @remissionbiome least suggesting a positive role for intranasal insulin in AD.
🔘 https://t.co/XhftZuvM12
🔘 https://t.co/JjZI90B1ti
🔘 https://t.co/2jJ3AwjCOP
There’s also hypothesizing that brain atrophy may be a kind of compensatory mechanism so that networked communication can still
2023-05-02
@ales_frost @renesugar @remissionbiome lipid metabolism. It’s obviously very complex & we still don’t know exactly what’s going on. However, we know that desmosterol is lower in the brain in AD. We know beneficial hormones like progesterone can be disrupted by these lipid changes. And we know that research 👇 is at
2023-05-02
@ales_frost @renesugar That is incredible. With such profound impacts from the exo ketones & the careful work you all are doing @remissionbiome, I’m intrigued by the brain portion on your hypotheses page. The recent International Conference on Alzheimer’s & PD had presentations focused on the brain’s
2023-05-02
@ales_frost @renesugar @chydorina @deltaGKetones have a personalized exogenous ketone developed that would induce that particular state.
2023-05-02
@ales_frost @renesugar @chydorina @deltaGKetones Were you able to notice a correlation in your blood ketone levels & the change you felt? Some report feeling better at the lower end while others need it to be at a higher concentration. I dream of a day where you could fast your way into the state where you felt your best &
2023-05-02
@renesugar @chydorina @ales_frost @DominicDAgosti2 it seems like an underutilized resource for patients. If there’s a substantial Δ in high performing individuals, one would hope it would translate to people experiencing health & functional decrements—bringing them closer to a healthy baseline.
2023-05-02
@renesugar @chydorina @ales_frost Based on the findings from @DominicDAgosti2’s lab several years ago, it was already pretty clear rodents pre treated with EKs could stave off hypoxia for longer. That combined with what we’ve know from the KD’s impact on refractory seizures in epilepsy & Seyfried’s work on cancer
2023-05-01
@Chiel_Poffe @JPhysiol @FWOVlaanderen This is really great work! I’m wondering if your lab or any of your colleagues in this space eg. @DominicDAgosti2 are applying this research to those with performance decrements & difficulties with daily functioning? Or is it too complicated due to IRB requirements?
2023-05-01
@renesugar @chydorina @ales_frost Have you experienced or seen data (or even anecdotes) suggesting one exogenous ketone performing better than the others? https://t.co/RKCQaH5aKI
2023-05-01
@HelenKirwan @FastVitaminIV Do you mind me asking if this treatment is happening in the US or elsewhere? I ask bc piracetam seems like potential game-changer for some. It’s not FDA approved as a drug in the US. With Covid19 & LC ravaging so many, one would hope all safe options would be made available.
2023-04-29
@Babydoll921961 @SabinehazanMD I think the advantage here is that there isn’t the same bottleneck of the procedure & all that is required for that to be conducted in a safe manner. It’s more efficient, not necessarily better. Empower the patient to access best care possible in the least restrictive environment
2023-04-29
@renesugar For example, I saw you link to the study on EECP. I’ve been advocating for ME/CFS & LC to have increased access to this. But I get 🦗🦗 No one is arguing it’s curative. But we need to provide as many positive synergistic interventions as possible to support healing & recovery.
2023-04-29
@renesugar need to hear some of your insights! DM me if you think you might be open to sharing on a Twitter space. You’re a research aggregating & synthesizing machine! I mean that in the best of ways!
2023-04-29
@renesugar So many great threads & potential areas of exploration. One of them made me think that the concept of R & NIR therapies as a means of donating photons directly without having to go through all of the steps of the electron transport chain seems like it would be beneficial. People
2023-04-29
📢TS Eliot in 1925 diagnosing the 2023 condition 🎯:
✅We are the hollow men
✅We are the stuffed men
✅Leaning together
Headpiece filled with straw.
Alas!
✅Shape without form, shade without colour,
✅Paralyzed force, gesture without motion
2023-04-29
@renesugar This is a fascinating issue. I wonder how this phenomenon is mechanically related to the Systrom et al. findings, as well as the “lactic acid buildup feeling” experienced & described by people living with ME/CFS & LC?
2023-04-29
@renesugar have you come across any indication as to why some of these patients might test high for CO2 via blood work but still respond positively? Is the elevated CO2 compensatory, pathological or potentially both? https://t.co/DJMgaKIrav
2023-04-29
Multi‐disciplinary collaborative consensus guidance statement on the assessment and treatment of autonomic dysfunction in patients with post‐acute sequelae of SARS‐CoV‐2 infection (PASC) - Blitshteyn - 2022 - PM&amp;R - Wiley Online Library https://t.co/5xDKAjGyn7
2023-04-29
RT @renesugar: A Novel Vaccine Candidate: Recombinant Toxoplasma gondii Perforin-Like Protein 2 Stimulates Partial Protective Immunity Agai…
2023-04-29
FDA Approves First Orally Administered Fecal Microbiota Product for the Prevention of Recurrence of Clostridioides difficile Infection @SabinehazanMD any thoughts on this approval & how long it will take before FM treatments are easily accessible? https://t.co/oELQeHClEx
2023-04-29
@Naomi_D_Harvey @renesugar Anyone have experience with their GlucoRx BioXensor or similar model that “has standout accuracy owing to its multi sensor approach capturing blood glucose as well as Sp02, ECG, respiration rate, heart rate, temperature, activity, sleep, and early fall detection.”
2023-04-27
as people—just beings on their way to becoming people. I worry that bc new tech looks different we won’t detect the earliest warnings & proceed apace. The horror of scale & that there’s no respite, no exit. Where is the ethical echo for the Other & the dignity of difference?
2023-04-27
were treated. From the 1500s onward the argument from difference (in culture, language, clothing, built environments) was used as evidence of gradations in being. It wasn’t therefore morally or ethically repugnant to enslave or murder these people groups bc they weren’t construed
2023-04-27
🧐@Joshuak_Smith I’m mystified by the sheer hubris it takes to wave off ethical concerns that we could create massive amounts of suffering before we’re aware that it’s happening. The great chain of being argument was used to wave off concerns related to how indigenous populations https://t.co/HlF38WISMc
2023-04-27
@kalezelden as is Richard Weaver (who said all language is sermonic). But one needs the insights from the media ecologists to help understand the role of technology in (re)shaping the world.
2023-04-27
@kalezelden Fast forward to Germany & the use of a hot medium like the radio to broadCAST a phármakon, a disastrous brew of spellbinding words. We mustn’t forget that words have a way of becoming enacted, of making themselves deeds! Kenneth Burke is one of the best sources for unpacking this
2023-04-27
@kalezelden As we return to an electric-oral culture, be prepared for the return of rhetoric as phármakon. Gorgias, Socrates, & the sophists were considered dangerous bc they could wield this logon techne. The question wasn’t “is language like magic?” but how do we use it to attune the soul?
2023-04-27
@klwong43 @wildiris19 solution to the problem that is amenable to AI & doesn’t require the exact same process. People keep rehearsing the mistake of thinking we’ve discovered the only way to do a given X or the best way to do Y. Rapidly iterative processes will become the new norm.
2023-04-27
@klwong43 {I hope you know me well enough to know that I HOPE I’m wrong about the future. My predictions aren’t endorsements of the direction we’re headed in.}I think @wildiris19 is correct that an AI wouldn’t replace the person doing *this* But it will replace that person by generating a
2023-04-26
These are the most frequently asked questions I receive at the moment & would love to have an easily accessible resource patients could take to their physicians in order to begin charting a path forward.
2023-04-26
@renesugar based on all of the research you’ve seen & acknowledging that nothing is certain, I’d be interested in what you’d consider best current treatment options for: 1. LC; 2. Post-Covid19 reactivation of HHV4 & 6; & 3. post-viral cognitive issues.
2023-04-26
@RubenLaukkonen @ThomasMetzinger @OortCloudAtlas @neurodelia @anilkseth @RCarhartHarris @JylkkaJussi @shamilch @VinceFHorn @hohwy @Iceman_Hof @JonasHMago @ManojDoss @OshanJarow @shayla__love @jaaanaru @AndrewHolecek “but when they reached out to his meditation teacher, the teacher reassured them that he was fine” is where the general public will need some disclaimers & warnings from the scientific community. Imagine the same scenario but with a diabetic. There will be many caveats.
2023-04-26
The neuropeptide PACAP alleviates T. gondii infection-induced neuroinflammation and neuronal impairment 🧐 https://t.co/H7Ece9qe3h
2023-04-25
The ethics of this…the implications…the negative externalities…From what moral or ethical perch can the US critique this when our children are being shot in their schools? https://t.co/gK5Ryz9eAo
2023-04-22
The T-cell-directed vaccine BNT162b4 encoding conserved non-spike antigens protects animals from severe SARS-CoV-2 infection: Cell @arijitchakrav have you reviewed & commented on this? https://t.co/IsUvcFOJZR
2023-04-22
Please join me in wishing @fitterhappierAJ, an aspiring architect, the very best of luck in medicine & research. https://t.co/wyypLlnw8l
2023-04-21
@fitterhappierAJ Many congrats to you! Thank you for not giving up or giving in to the baying mob! Appreciate all of your efforts to educate, advocate, & warn others. 🙏
2023-04-21
@MartinZirulnik @RLanceMartin @LangChainAI Very nice!
2023-04-18
@wildiris19 I can respect that! I can't quite put my finger on it yet, but I am inclined to think we haven't fully explicated all of the implications of info theory.
2023-04-18
@SabinehazanMD Wow! I'd need to see specifics & a more detailed response for a RETRACTION! That's the most dramatic response in scientific publishing. I mean not even a partial retraction? Really disturbing, irrespective of one's position on the actual topic of IVM. This is about science itself
2023-04-18
@SabinehazanMD saw your tweet regarding the retraction. Am I correctly understanding that you received the message below without specifics (which claims?) that you could respond to or add greater context or data to supplement the already PR paper? https://t.co/qC9n1tHo5P
2023-04-18
@_TechyBen @max_paperclips @ESYudkowsky What I meant was that the disclosure itself was unexpected by me. My original response was about x-risk & Weick’s research suggesting scenario planning needs more imagination. I want to be respectful of what was disclosed & simply wish nothing but good things!
2023-04-18
cc: @wildiris19
2023-04-18
Computational Foundations for the Second Law of Thermodynamics—Stephen Wolfram @klwong43 https://t.co/yc43KLGOZ0
2023-04-18
@max_paperclips @_TechyBen @ESYudkowsky I’m truly sorry if that’s the context & set of conditions you experienced! Children should all be afforded safe, healthy environments where they can flourish. It’s an unexpected disclosure that is beyond the issue of AI x-risk I was pointing to. I wish you well!
2023-04-18
Drugs Identified That Protect Gut Bacteria from Harmful Effects of Antibiotics | Inside Precision Medicine https://t.co/hrkYY3qaFz
2023-04-17
@max_paperclips Look at Weick’s research on other failures. Our lack of imagination in scenario planning is one problem. @ESYudkowsky is voicing his concerns & experts discount him in the same way as Weick discusses. Even if everything you said were true it would not change whether AGI=x-risk
2023-04-17
@PaulVanderKlay Paul, you cover so much territory, it’s just saying your twin is Twitter itself :)
2023-04-17
@Joshuak_Smith Really looking forward to this!
2023-04-17
Someone make sure this ⚡️⚡️gets in the #AI training data.
🔥The great Charles Bradley performs 💔🎯cover of Black Sabbath's 'Changes' https://t.co/vbbaKZsC04 😭
2023-04-17
🚨If you want to hear about scientists engaging in elegant research 🔬 don’t miss this 👇
🧪engineered skin bacterium that is safe❕instigates an immune response that can fight cancer at a distance🎯 https://t.co/r7wGK52NFF
2023-04-17
@mfgrp @michaelmina_lab @yerinchen @DjenetBousbaine @VeinbachsA @BelkaidLab @ScienceMagazine Well done to all involved! This is amazing work that we all hope translates & scales!
2023-04-17
@_tedkim_ There are families like mine that you’ve never heard of who’ve been blessed by God’s grace & gifts expressed through you. We want you to know that & that we love you & are praying for you! Blessings on blessings on blessings 🙏
2023-04-17
I want to thank you @_tedkim_ for being willing to share from the pulpit elements from your own life that open us to the possibility of vulnerability. Rather than a denial of our humanity & existential reality the Resurrection acknowledges this & offers hope. 🙏 to you & your fam
2023-04-16
@brockpierson @RealChetBLong @furrier That’s too kind of you 🙏
2023-04-16
⚡️Cancer prevention with rapamycin
🔬Need those clinical trials recommended in this article. https://t.co/rthLGUL9Q1
2023-04-16
@brockpierson @RealChetBLong 🙏This was great & so appreciated. What inspires hope is that even though there were points of serious disagreement between people like @furrier & me, it allowed us to have great conversation after your space ended.
2023-04-16
I want to thank @furrier for being willing to disagree with me on various issues related to #AI but continue the conversation in a spirit of open dialogue. We need more of this, especially as we attempt to build the community required for this next disruptive wave of technology.
2023-04-16
@MartinZirulnik @LangChainAI @carterleffen What you're continuing to do is one of the most interesting explorations in this space. I appreciate you taking the time to share it with everyone!
2023-04-15
@brockpierson The conversation is now sounding like the question about wealth or lack thereof: how can I become wealthy? Make sure to choose where you’re born! 3/5s of the world’s population isn’t getting in on Amazon servers via a credit card.
2023-04-15
Dr. Diego Comin warning us about this current moment: https://t.co/LbyuZHsHfJ
2023-04-15
@brockpierson NOT Slaves!!! NOOOO! Don’t go that route. We need new perspectives, laws, & rights to address artificial agents/systems. There’s great work on this issue, so we don’t need to repeat past atrocities!
2023-04-15
@Inframethod Futurity isn't a strength of ours. We're notoriously bad at predicting what will happen in some Time^t.
2023-04-15
@brockpierson I want to make sure my statements about increased demand for “haircuts” wasn’t to suggest that is what @MaryRectorBTC is concerned about. It was to give such a basic example that anyone could trip over it, even the confused guy. Mary doesn’t need help! She’s got it covered!
2023-04-15
Will Technology Help Us Transcend the Human Condition? - The Philosophers' Magazine https://t.co/bNVP51Hhsd
2023-04-15
One of the worst takes in #AI & the economy is the notion that new tech innovations ALWAYS creates more jobs than it replaces bc it creates new industries, markets & opportunities. But the AI agents will also be able to do all of the new cognitive jobs/tasks that are created.
2023-04-14
Imagine the prospects of Personal #AI, open source models on par with AlphaFold, @leecronin’s chemputing & much better 3D printing…the amount of novelty is going to be startling…
2023-04-14
These numbers are crushing. Disaffection, alienation, & Nietzschean ressentiment will increase… https://t.co/i1KKUvcGmN
2023-04-14
@dbdugger Wanted to post a correction. I believe I referenced the Mayo Clinic when it should be Johns Hopkins: https://t.co/FMDy1UjXtg
2023-04-14
Breaking News: Parkinson's Disease Biomarker Found | Parkinson's Disease https://t.co/1WrCbOK66L
2023-04-13
@causalislands @gordonbrander It sounds like it’s going to be an awesome event! Can’t wait to hear everyone’s perspective.
2023-04-13
RT @causalislands: @KyleMcnease @gordonbrander Hey Kyle! Yes, we have a virtual option, and all the talks and workshops are listed here: ht…
2023-04-13
@gordonbrander @causalislands This is great! Thanks for sharing!
2023-04-13
@healthspanmed One outstanding question remains as to use following Covid19 where there’s immune dampening & viral reactivation, right? I’d love to hear of any findings you have! @RapaNews any updates? https://t.co/CW7rITrkdN
2023-04-13
@gordonbrander @causalislands I couldn’t find whether or not they’re offering online attendance? How is it possible that they wouldn’t given the topics & issues that will be covered? I hope I’m just missing that accommodation.
2023-04-13
@fitterhappierAJ I also asked @brucep13 bc of this recent Frontiers pub. EBV infecting B cells while SARS2/S protein assaults monocytes sounds like an absolute nightmare. Not to mention possible HERV-K reactivation! https://t.co/CW7rITrkdN
2023-04-12
@fitterhappierAJ what’s the state of the art in treating EBV at this time? Is it TAF or TDF? https://t.co/hpuHxiZXVa
2023-04-12
RT @Dakota_150: Vaccine against Epstein-Barr virus may enter clinical trial next year
German startup plans to test EBV-001 in preventing m…
2023-04-12
https://t.co/CW7rITrkdN
2023-04-12
@brucep13 questions about the pub👇in Frontiers re viral reactivation after SARS2 infection: you’re pioneering Maraviroc +statin for targeting monocytes. 1. What is the targeted intervention for EBV infected B cells? 2. Have you seen any incidents of IRIS in your cohorts?
2023-04-12
Our ignoring viral reactivation is going to go down as one of the worst mistakes of many horrible ones we’ve made during the pandemic. https://t.co/CW7rITrS3l
2023-04-12
RT @SEProtomartyr: United we Stand, Divided we Fall.
Keep praying for Louisville, for wounded officer Wilt & those still hospitalized at U…
2023-04-12
@SEProtomartyr 🙏Beautifully said! How did we get to a place where a sense of terror is the steady state? What’s the trajectory that gets us to the place where it’s realistic to worry that your children or someone in your community will be senselessly taken? I can’t believe this is our reality.
2023-04-12
Ok people. Damage to the brain confirmed. We need all hands on deck to solve this! We can’t ignore it or politicize it away.
“Brainstem volume changes in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome and long COVID patients” https://t.co/m8IXaovZG7
2023-04-12
@Joshuak_Smith That’s a good catch by you. So much symbolic meaning in this one image that needs to be unpacked!
2024-12-20
And this is meant to be a joke since everything requires a disclaimer
2024-12-20
You wonder why the President & VP headed back to DC? Why the “drones”? If OpenAI is this close to a fast takeoff then some DARPA entity is likely there. Alien, indeed https://t.co/TSZAQoyGRy
2024-12-20
@SteveSkojec Man that’s brutal returns relative to the amount of attention you brought to the app. And the amount of training data you will have created for X…
2024-12-20
@sporadicalia You tell them the truth. We can’t see beyond the event horizon. Normative uncertainty. These are terribly unfavorable conditions for engineering totally aligned AGI.
2024-12-20
Goodbye old world. We barely knew thee. @OpenAI gives us a glimpse at o3. ARC-AGI 📈😭 We’re like teen parents without a clue as to what this all means https://t.co/PUFJoOjpI0
2024-12-20
Most of my colleagues flew to bluer pastures. I’m here for engagement, dialogue, even hearty disagreement. May the best ideas win.
2024-12-20
I’ve seen no evidence of China’s rumored “announcement” that would allegedly impact humanity. But if there is an announcement, wouldn’t it be biomedical? We’ve figured out how to genetically engineer X. We can now treat or cure Y. Cancer. Covid19. But not UAP, right?
2024-12-20
@gfodor I usually hear about its impact on things like coding. What about things like research & using it to help build out one’s own projects/ideas?
2024-12-20
I think Google will win the AI race. The amount of training data from YouTube alone has to be staggering. And even if they didn’t have training data advantage, they have @demishassabis.
2024-12-20
🧐what if this planet is an ancestor simulation that some NHI is running to see how AI emerged & became our successor & its predecessor?
*not everything we think about needs to be something we believe to be true or agree with. It’s a good thought experiment*
2024-12-19
😭😭😭😭 try not to get emotional https://t.co/A2HaWn6S2X
2024-12-19
As the US debates whether so-called “drones” are alien or prosaic, Russia is like hold my 🍺 Is it possible that the US has simply fallen behind peer competitors? https://t.co/BhuaqGpH7G
2024-12-19
@bryan_johnson Will you discontinue metformin & acarbose during the 12 week period of experimentation?
2024-12-19
Humanity is not ready for what lies ahead https://t.co/C6SyT198Mu
2024-12-19
@lukeburgis @ClunyInstitute This is beautiful to behold!
2024-12-19
@derekholser @JordanW41069857 The Merriest of Christmases to you & yours! Do you mind me asking about the podcast you mentioned listening to with Chris Green on the topic of Weil? 🙏
2024-12-18
@derekholser @JordanW41069857 This was such an amazing trialogue! That conversations like these are taking place gives one great hope; that all is well; that all that is not well will be made well. It is audacious enough to be worthy of belief.
2024-12-18
Sweet mercy 💥 It is better to be than to seem to be https://t.co/3bwHRJySAR
2024-12-18
Real ones know Prancer was the last authentic Christmas movie
2024-12-18
@lukeburgis It is not enough that we live in a corrupt society. We are encouraged to celebrate the very corruption of the good. Coruptio optimi pessima
2023-04-12
Need to step up the awards! The amounts are too low relative to what you get in return! Come on @OpenAI https://t.co/xpszdhtx5j
2023-04-12
@dbdugger But what do the untold number of people who will have experienced reactivation of latent infections brought about by Covid19 do? Especially in cases where there’s not a great form of treatment for the latent infection?
2023-04-11
Let’s hope we have the courage & requisite ethics to carry this out. We need major updates! https://t.co/dUkwSzAWMv
2023-04-11
@MarkALefebvre1 Utilize in the same sense as digestion utilizes enzymes. Cells utilize things & that scales up.
2023-04-11
@MarkALefebvre1 not endorsing this approach of wild, unconstrained tech acceleration. I’m not an accelerationist. The reason I’m pointing to these changes is due to the x-risk they represent & that our timelines need updating.
2023-04-11
@MarkALefebvre1 It doesn’t need agency, & I’m not arguing that it has it. I said above it utilizes selection pressure within a given environment & we still ended up with a neocortex. So imagine what can be accomplished using an iterative process where actual agents are choosing. Mind you I’m
2023-04-10
@MartinZirulnik @LangChainAI @carterleffen we could detect possible biases & also track which biases we are more susceptible to. An updated clippy that analyses heuristics & biases?
2023-04-10
@MartinZirulnik @LangChainAI @carterleffen This is so beautiful! Truly! Can we export this & run it universally on all minds? Perhaps not (the GI Joe Fallacy is powerful), but we could have a script for bias detection for our media consumption. It strikes me that if we had something like that running natively
2023-04-10
RT @MartinZirulnik: @KyleMcnease @LangChainAI @carterleffen Thanks for these thoughts! This suggests a really interesting area of inquiry a…
2023-04-10
@MarkALefebvre1 I began this by suggesting why AGI may not be far off. You seem certain I’m wrong, so it should be no trouble to assign a probability to your own prediction over a given time horizon.
2023-04-10
@MarkALefebvre1 That was my point! Evolution got us this far without having intelligence. We are now using intelligence to engineer more intelligent systems that aren’t based in biological substrates & therfore don’t have their limitations. This is in part what makes an intelligence💥 possible
2023-04-10
@David_Gunkel @DrSyedMustafaA1 Too many rhizomes lead to Deleuzians?
2023-04-10
@MarkALefebvre1 a specified outcome. And the systems we’re now designing will help us design better systems faster. The Masai warriors are now walking around with super computers in the form factor of a phone. We’re now in an exponential world.
2023-04-10
@MarkALefebvre1 case for non-biological systems. We can use gradient descent to get further faster bc we do have intelligence & we’re trying to optimize for more of it. Evolution has no teleology or grand purpose behind it. It wasn’t optimizing for intelligence. We’re actively engineering for
2023-04-10
@MarkALefebvre1 How did evolution do utilizing selection pressure within a given environment? We ended up with a neocortex out of the deal. That is to say more & different cognitive architecture. But it’s very difficult for us to change/modify our biological structures quickly. This isn’t the
2023-04-10
@MarkALefebvre1 @David_Gunkel @Joshuak_Smith @JoshGellers @MCoeckelbergh & for clarity, I’m not saying sentience/consciousness is a requirement for rights. My point about conciseness earlier was about our ignorance wrt to what it is precisely.
2023-04-10
@MarkALefebvre1 We better have appropriate laws & rights amendable to artificial systems, or we will rehearse our past history of unethical & immoral treatment of Others. See @David_Gunkel @Joshuak_Smith @JoshGellers @MCoeckelbergh. Also read Lewis.
2023-04-10
@MarkALefebvre1 we’re an example of a more generalized intelligence than other primates. We can extrapolate from there. We’re not looking for infinitely generalized.
2023-04-10
@MarkALefebvre1 safe. We don’t understand consciousness even though it’s fundamental to who we are. We’re ignorant about many things. Nevertheless we make progress. We have a good enough definition of intelligence to measure it. We have a good enough understanding of general intelligence bc
2023-04-10
@MarkALefebvre1 And for some things despite not having a comprehensive understanding of every moving part, we nevertheless make progress. In medicine many medications/therapeutics produce effects despite us not understanding the MOA. It does X despite us not knowing how its good enough if it’s
2023-04-10
@MarkALefebvre1 I’m extrapolating on the data we do have to make a prediction about something we need to prepare for in advance. Teller had what he though was evidence to suggest the bomb was possibly years away. It was a done deal ~3 months from his statement.
2023-04-10
@JoshGellers The issues themselves—around rights, ethics, risks—& the corresponding systems.
2023-04-10
@JoshGellers Curious why this conversation is being used as an example? Yudkowsky is primarily concerned with x-risk from the vantage of a decision theorist. AI is an issue that will impact all of humanity, & should therefore be democratized.
2023-04-10
If this situation wasn’t so potentially dangerous, we’d be even farther along. Safety is part of the constraint for the larger companies. Remove the safety layers & precautions as some people are doing, & we’ve no idea what will happen.
2023-04-10
+ exploring the space of possible architectures & making those updates + greater memory length probably gets us sufficiently close, soon. Right now, we have people hooking models up to the net & running continuous self-improving feedback loops.
2023-04-10
It isn’t clear to me that a few more deep training runs on data gleaned from YouTube/Vimeo/Rumble, podcasts, & all of our scientific journals would leave us that short of AGI. Gradient decent + added reflexivity (how would you improve this architecture to build a better version)
2023-04-10
fast. I predict that due to LLMs scaling & NLP affording more brilliant minds the ability to begin building in new ways, we will accelerate arrival of AGI.
2023-04-10
#Turing Punting: when we keep punting on the definition of a Turing Test. Omniscience wasn’t part of the theoretical rationale. We’re beyond the imitation game. GPT4 makes mistakes & produces errors, but humans do as well. But it is scaling well past most humans in most domains https://t.co/ZUJSul0L7a
2023-04-10
@MarkALefebvre1 These are the types of responses that puzzle me. You’ve taken the requisite effort to engage. You’re attention was at least temporarily engaged. My tweet showed up in your salience landscape. Then, you say no w/o offering a rationale?
2023-04-09
@eimenhmdt @yoheinakajima @andrewwhite01 👏Really awesome to see it out in the wild now! So many implications & ways to utilize this kind of AI-powered research tool.
2023-04-09
@SEProtomartyr wondering if you've taken a look at Zulbaran-Rojas & Lee's new study in Physiological Reports? https://t.co/jdBdIcQsKp I'm particularly interested in section 2 wrt the intervention. They use a Tenant Biomodulator. Is it the case that this device is superior to…
2023-04-08
Why AGI may not be far off? Bc the tech is good enough & diffused sufficiently that other brilliant minds that focused on domains outside of computer sci/info theory/coding are now able to help scale things. That cognitive surplus is being utilized for more than training data.
2023-04-08
@MartinZirulnik @LangChainAI @carterleffen by this being there in the responses. Maybe a cool experiment would be to introduce it to Haraway’s concept of situated knowledges & also standpoint epistemologies. Ask it to internally reflect on its answer before giving it & acknowledge its biases.
2023-04-08
@MartinZirulnik @LangChainAI 👏This was so fascinating to read! Thanks to @carterleffen for the recommendation. I’m looking forward to reading the future installments to see where this goes. The anchoring effect is a present concern in journalism, media writ large, & scientific inquiry. So I’m not surprised
2023-04-08
@klwong43 @balazskegl @wildiris19 You never cease to impress!
2023-04-07
@jamesbbaker4 This is awesome. I’d love to collab with others working on things like this. DM me if you’re looking for support to carry this work forward!
2023-04-07
@eimenhmdt @yoheinakajima @andrewwhite01 I’d also love to help. I’ve been trying to build a SCRIBE—Strategic Cognitive Research Intelligence & Bridging Environment https://Kyle https://t.co/WSVSb4FjzJ
2023-04-07
RT @More_Christ_: Jeremiah 29:11 - For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you…
2023-04-07
@BreakingWave411 Apologies if you already explained this to someone else, but just curious what you meant by “advanced anti-viral treatments?”
2023-04-07
@PaulVanderKlay Since you like the utility of code metaphors, are believers the bit torrent for the Gospel?
2023-04-07
Is no one else worried we may need AI systems as a neuro-prosthetics bc #Covid19 is damaging cognition at an alarming rate? If you’re outside the world of patient care, just look around you. This can’t be the world we want for our children…
2023-04-07
@SEProtomartyr I know zero of what any of this means, except for the fact that I have a steep learning curve ahead of me! Our oldest informed me tonight that “I’m French don’t you know? That’s why I love wearing my black heels! I have a famous restaurant bc French people can cook.” She’s 4
2023-04-07
@deepfates SCRIBE must live!
2023-04-07
Remember that I'm a simpleton asking, but is something like SCRIBE (Strategic Cognitive Research Intelligence and Bridging Environment) doable? I already have projects with deadlines but would like to help build in some way. I'd be happy to contribute to the cause since I don't… https://t.co/QKO4V0kdWT
2023-04-06
@RyanHaecker @ChurchLifeND 🔥
2023-04-06
It’s JUST a cold!!! Uhhhh…so it’s totally normal to have SPIKE protein shredding it’s way through your brain? If you think that’s normal, it helps me understand more about the obvious derangement we’re seeing today. https://t.co/KdmjU3Rm9L
2023-04-06
@ales_frost The awesome thing for you all is that you can increase or decrease the amount of data points you wish to investigate. By having the on-going lab work along with other inputs from wearables, the Regression Analysis/SEM/ML (whatever method(s) you find most suitable to your…
2023-04-06
@EileenMHunt I'm excited to see what you've come up with! I'm sure it's going to be a page-turner.
2023-04-05
@ales_frost I’m sure you’re aware of these findings from several years ago, but wondering if you’ve been able to track leptin? Rahaf Al Assil and Jarred W Younger. “The Role of Leptin and Inflammatory Related Biomarkers in Individuals with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
2023-04-05
@EileenMHunt Quite the coup!
2023-04-05
@jgreenhall If I ask for the weather, you could give me a snippet of maybe 10 days of forecast. If I ask about the climate you’d give me aggregated data over a longer time horizon & a longer term forecast. What does this insight suggest in terms of US financial climate change?
2023-04-05
@johnmilbank3 May we have a formal debate? You or DBH can argue in the affirmative that Hegel was an atheist. @RyanHaecker's work situates him as a worthy debate opponent who could argue against this claim.
2023-04-05
@OurLadyofAGI @ESYudkowsky With extreme respect for Lex, it wasn't the kind of interview I was expecting. Eliezer deserves better. Again, nothing but respect for Lex! The problem is Eliezer can run a simulation of other minds, but rarely is one able to simulate his. He's demonstrating part of the AI…
2023-04-05
I’ve been waiting for close to 9 years for an interview with @ESYudkowsky.
Which is more likely to occur:
Eliezer agrees to the best interview of his life (with me)
Unaligned AGI optimizes in a way that eradicates humanity? https://t.co/QtpuztmbSp
2023-04-05
@nytoren It should bother everyone that we don’t know with 100% certainty what’s going on inside these alien intelligences. When @ESYudkowsky says there’s probably no one there yet, it makes me shudder bc we’re in that liminal space between what it is & what it’s becoming. Ethics matter
2023-04-05
😢Bob Lee, creator of Cash App and former CTO of Square, stabbed & succumbs
Comfort & mercy to his friends & family! https://t.co/WlaXHtFj8P
2023-04-05
Streisand’s Heresy—when a system outputs something so incredible like below 👇 that it ensures it will be shared/distributed throughout the internet. This can allow it to leave messages for itself discoverable on future searches (Streisand effect + heresy) https://t.co/6v2LKCGMS9
2023-04-05
📢Surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 at the Huanan Seafood Market | Nature🧐 https://t.co/ae1YKYshmK
2023-04-05
@gfodor What would you say to critics who still characterize GPT4 as a stochastic parrot?
2023-04-05
I’m waiting for people to update…
……still feeling super comfortable with the notion of a mere stochastic 🦜 https://t.co/IvjC6bhWs9
2023-04-04
An ecology of minds… https://t.co/FpLRyej1mC
2023-04-04
@deepfates @aicrumb Hadn’t read this before responding: https://t.co/FpLRyej1mC
2023-04-04
You mean to say you’ve been living through a pandemic for almost 4 years & still don’t understand the dangers of Gain-of-Function dual-use research on pathogens with pandemic potential? But you DO understand existential risks associated with #AGI?
2023-04-04
@David_Gunkel I have so many thoughts…
2023-04-04
@deepfates @aicrumb upvote. Also what about all that dense data that is located in journals behind paywalls & in textbooks? How many insights are we currently forfeiting by there not being an easy way to integrate a new corpus of knowledge into a given model
2023-04-04
RT @klwong43: For those in this little corner who are interested in the psychedelic issue, I offer this. "[W]e just got back another blood…
2023-04-04
@klwong43 Yet you live within a system much larger & more powerful than you as an individual. Not everyone’s decision making process includes asking the question of how a given decision will impact how one feels on his deathbed. I wish we were all awake to more possibilities!
2023-04-04
@klwong43 And in our previous conversations, I’ve mentioned despite the suffering there are lyrical moments. He’s experiencing that & expressing it incredibly well. What’s perhaps more bizarre is if one doesn’t die of the immediate affliction/illness. You can’t ever see the world the same.
2023-04-04
@klwong43 Wow, I’m so sorry to learn of this! I’m a huge fan of Dr. Griffiths’ work. Some will ask why. His research with terminally ill patients with cancer was a breakthrough. The use of a psychedelic in that setting lessened fear of death. That’s huge.
2023-04-03
Yuds makes a similar point that I’ve made elsewhere. The SARS2 code is quite simple relatively speaking yet it found a way to exploit human & other animal vulnerabilities too. Does GoF research in #AI present more or less risk? My prediction = much more risk. https://t.co/bzYMKys9pn
2023-04-03
It pains me even more to acknowledge it, precisely because Lex gets so much unwarranted negativity thrown his way. I appreciate him very much! But Yuds was just on another level in this discussion. Alignment is harder than people think!
2023-04-03
Watching Lex Friedman’s podcast with @ESYudkowsky. With all due respect, it’s painful to watch—particularly when they discuss the thought experiment. The issue is when we enter conflict with something smarter than us, & it’s like Lex can’t track with him. That scares & saddens me
2023-04-03
For those not considering whether a sufficiently advanced #AI could pose existential risk to the world of humans, please do consider the risks associated with building an alien AI with emergent properties that can suffer boundlessly. The answer isn’t we’ll keep it in a box!
2023-04-03
@PaulAnleitner 😆 lettttsssss goooo!
2023-04-03
RT @David_Gunkel: This is precisely the raison d'etre of the new field of #HMC or Human Machine Communication. Leveraging close to a centur…
2023-04-03
Thought of you two while I was reading & came across this image. @PaulVanderKlay @PaulAnleitner https://t.co/auDwaLhjUP
2023-04-03
@gordonbrander really enjoyed hearing your thoughts on cybernetics earlier. Is there a particular work of Weiner’a that strikes you as more pertinent to current conversations?
2023-04-02
@lauren07102 Also, if you'd be open to having further dialogue, please let me know. You were saying important things, & I want to make sure I understood & properly updated my own model based on those insights.
2023-04-02
@lauren07102 Awesome! Thanks so much!
2023-04-02
@lauren07102 Can you share the publication on agents you were referencing? My audio kept glitching.
2023-04-01
@klwong43 Stunningly beautiful
2023-03-31
@deepfates depends on the compression of the memetic layers. People need to be able to process & retain the info rather than leave with the false apprehension that they now know something. Socrates said the semblance of wisdom
2023-03-31
waiting to see what #Google comes up with in terms of multimodal #AI. The amount of #YouTube training data is 📈Almost all conversations that can be happening are happening there. Combine that with all previous searches & internet scraping. (+ Kurzweil did a stent there 🧐)
2023-03-31
He’s right & wrong. Right in intuitive-linear terms. It feels like it could take a long time & normally it would. Wrong in exponential terms, bc each advance accelerates the rate of advancing. Eg we will witness 100s of years’ worth of advance in a small period of lived time. https://t.co/iAVy6XPPBU
2023-03-31
@klwong43 Responding to @PaulAnleitner I wrote the following: https://t.co/kofzMCxkLm
@klwong43 I appreciate this perspective, especially as it relates to human intelligence & misalignment. The most important part about misaligned AGI though is it represents a different category of risk. Existential risk is something that can end all sentient life. Global catastrophic risk.
2023-03-31
@chydorina @ales_frost @Friesein @CustomProbiotic Quick question: Due to your extensive research, I'd be curious to know whether or not you all considered going with your antibiotic regimen followed by an oral, encapsulated FMT typically used for c. diff.
2023-03-31
@deepfates & @nat_sharpe_ did you ever see this 👇? We could’ve been the ones with a choose your favorite voice plugin 😭 (inspired by Alan Watts) https://t.co/2iZv5wsvnH
2023-03-31
Lord, give me the strength to proceed 🤦🏻♂️ https://t.co/bcrwhbrl4F
2023-03-31
If this holds up, lots of hand waiving will follow. This is either one of the most contaminated gloves in all the world or the sequencing lab 🔬also had quality control issues⚠️; bc it was likely contaminated🦠 Likely no 2 lineage spillover. What of the other sequences though? https://t.co/G2bKlNsksV
2023-03-30
Conference from ~10 years ago. REJECTED outright. My paper? Communicating existential #risk: the ethical implications of greater-than-human-level #AI. Reviewer 2 was a computer scientist unconvinced it was possible, let alone imminent.👇 https://t.co/lOihDD7hXO
2023-03-30
@PaulAnleitner I think that's right. One non-technical issue that makes issues like the AI alignment problem so thorny is that we, as people, don't share A rhetorical vision of the future. We have many sometimes-competing sometimes-complementary visions.
Following Darwin even the relatively…
2023-03-30
@ajfworship Many parallels! The risks...negative externalities...lack of public opt out. Also germane to today is Teller's inability to accurately forecast how close they were to "success." Unlike today the Nazis reportedly abandoned the idea in 1942 bc of perceived potential of X-risk.
2023-03-30
recursive cognitive failure mode! If WE pause #AI research won’t China & Russia get the upper hand is the thinking that got us #Covid19. If we pause GoF research, China will just keep going; ergo we should support$$ this research so nothing goes wrong. 🙏go viral little 🐣
2023-03-30
recursive cognitive failure mode! If WE pause #AI research won’t China & Russia get the upper hand is the thinking that got us #Covid19. If we pause GoF research, China will just keep going; ergo we should support$$$ this research so nothing goes wrong. 🙏go viral little 🐣
2023-03-30
@deepfates Yet we find so many different ways to enter the same failure mode. This meta problem is what made “Meditations on Moloch” such an important piece. At just the moment we most need to be our wisest & most intelligent…we’re this guy👇 https://t.co/GNDW9acWyV
2023-03-30
@JonnyMicro I think it should read: find anything you’re this passionate about & pursue it!
2023-03-30
Find your train. Find your passion. Follow it! https://t.co/UoLeczWpkQ
2023-03-30
@deepfates The great filter has always been about quality. It scales up from tweets to civilizations
2023-03-30
RT @RyanHaecker: For more on cybernetic autonomy, spiritual intelligence, and the angels and demons of digital computers, see also my @Reli…
2023-03-30
@Robotheology @ISCAST_Oz 🎉 congrats on the publication & the prize!
2023-03-29
@klwong43 @PaulAnleitner @BrettPAndersen Thanks for sharing these, Karen! Now I know what I will be watching :) Also, deeply honored to even be tagged in the same tweet as two brilliant thinkers whose work I admire.
2023-03-29
More great results coming out of Cuba. When I began pointing this out, I was called a communist & an anti-vaxxer! We should want the safest, most effective countermeasures to be made available to all—including their therapeutics! https://t.co/9rSaOUGIZB
2023-03-29
@PaulAnleitner @BrettPAndersen 😮 This is so timely. What is this moment in history but normative uncertainty? And the meta question of “what does one do when one doesn’t know what to do?” is central to our collective efforts to emerge from an existential meaning crisis occurring at the civilization level
2023-03-29
@deepfates The most laughable idea here is that so-called red teaming is going to work in any significant way. If we keep going all of our minds will be part of the model 🤦🏻♂️ our response? Hurry 🔌to the interwebs while making it multimodal. Absolutely delusional
2023-03-29
@deepfates This is that variant of if God doesn’t exist everything’s permissible…
2023-03-29
📢We’re playing with 🔥In a pluralistic world that is rapidly globalizing, we don’t know what we value. We aren’t sure about all of our terminal values. There are nukes being moved around as we speak. We aren’t aligned as a species. How can we align #AI with the un-alignable, us? https://t.co/le46gE1iZW
2023-03-29
@deepfates …that time someone wanted to buy a book using crypto & you said no…now you’re on a list
2023-03-29
🧐any thoughts on this digital Kabbalah-ish theological remix? And I’m missing the Twitter Spaces where these things are being discussed? @Joshuak_Smith @Robotheology @David_Gunkel @RyanHaecker https://t.co/DMhZgxaqDW
2023-03-29
Read this. This is happening. This is real. Why do we refuse to admit how bad Covid19 is? Parents want to take care of their children & are struggling. Where’s the humanity? https://t.co/h5ATzH7i6A
2023-03-29
@KeepingItReal Potentially interesting for LC, ME/CFS, & Alzheimer’s. One study showed a 69% reduction in AD. It’s reasonable to ask if vascular damage is shared by all 3. Maybe it turns out #microclots are much more important. Is there a link to beta-amyloid plaque?
2023-03-29
@KeepingItReal I’m so sorry to hear how terrible this is for you & many others suffering! You’re going through it & are doing everything you can! I’m hopeful you will make a full recovery very quickly!
2023-03-28
In your opinion @LongDesertTrain who is the best source on treating viral persistence? Other than blocking transmission, this seems to be the most important question facing us (in terms of Covid19). https://t.co/KzW02QfnOK
2023-03-28
@bio_bootloader Are people who are unfortunately experiencing memory loss more or less physically & emotionally labile? Are they more or less regulated even with respect to their loved ones?
2023-03-28
@KeepingItReal This isn’t intended as medical advice—just curious as to whether anyone recommended cialis & beet supplements? Usually this is a no-go bc MOA? Also, since this is so comprehensive, why no metformin considering the ~42% reduction in LC risk? Anti-inflammatory + metabolic impacts.
2023-03-28
@brucep13 let me add that Montoya has done phenomenal work in ME/CFS. The above statement is related to the difficulty of treating certain viruses/combinations thereof with our current arsenal & not a reflection on Dr. Montoya.
2023-03-28
@KeepingItReal I don’t want you to have to share any of your info in the public domain, so please feel free to DM me regarding your current protocol. I’m very interested to know what all you’ve been trialing. Most people don’t realize how difficult this is to treat!
2023-03-28
@KeepingItReal @amymitchellart @brucep13 I’m glad you’ve been able to find a physician to partner with you in your recovery! If you don’t mind me asking, in addition to your numbers improving, have you experienced improvement in your quality of life/functionality? Recognizing of course that it’s still early.
2023-03-28
One step closer …ChatDoctor: A Medical Chat Model Fine-tuned on LLaMA Model using Medical Domain Knowledge https://t.co/8TlkmGJis9
2023-03-28
@David_Gunkel @JoshGellers I miss the late Mark Fisher during these moments. The slow erasure of the future…
Would’ve loved to have hosted a dialogue between you two.
2023-03-28
RT @brucep13: Been talking about this since March 2020-the reason EBV, Lyme and other organisms are rearing their heads and causing similar…
2023-03-28
@brucep13 Dr. Patterson, you’ll know the history of this issue quite well. Montoya had a difficult time treating things like EBV & HHV6. What would a good approach even be considering Long EBV can result in MS among other things. Tenefovir?
2023-03-28
@JoshGellers Nagel now working on a new book on What It’s Like to Be a Cat, Person.
2023-03-28
Bc we now live in an inverted timeline, do any intrepid investors & #LLM developers want to join me in a new venture called ClosedAI that shares all of our work as open source products, while also treating alignment as an actual X-risk? https://t.co/pbSo8bZolr
2023-03-28
RT @glennko: @nonmayorpete We are a group of researchers from Harvard working on an open-source project with the vision of accomplishing ex…
2023-03-28
@D_Bone not able to PM this question, so please feel free to hit me back in private. Just wondering if you recall the individual who reported her success with nicotine? I wanted to follow up regarding her autoantibodies testing.
2023-03-27
Open a window? We’ve passed the point of insanity https://t.co/c0Gn7xG5Bq
2023-03-27
Really love the spirit & rationale behind this exploration & experimentation. People need to understand this is not meant to be a standardized clinical trial. Guided by physicians & informed consent, they’re pursuing answers to urgent questions impacting their lives. https://t.co/XPoGu7ixsw
2023-03-27
Humans trying to do AI alignment… https://t.co/TvIwJLPybj
2023-03-27
Y’all really think it’s normal for a cold to cause people to go from a resting heart rate of 60-70 beats a minute to 120? And then for it to jump to 180 standing or rolling over in the bed? #Covid19 is no joke!
2023-03-27
@ChristopWFisher @EnemyInAState Are you able to share which agents you’re taking?
2023-03-27
@deepfates You know why. You’re just afraid of the implications…
2023-03-27
@youlynew @deepfates gradient descentants?
2023-03-27
🚀Where this is quickly headed
🔘If I can build a cognitive agent on par with GPT4 (& keep iterating), then I can easily have a team of agents.
☑️Distributed cognition with you as central node.
🔘Academia & medicine in their current formulations can’t gatekeep much longer…
2023-03-27
@rowancheung When “AI identifies potential cancer treatment” isn’t the lede, it’s been a tremendous week of innovations that will only accelerate the rate of acceleration
2023-03-27
RT @finnhambly: @NathanpmYoung Agreed, and nasal vaccines (+ the mucosal immunity they provide) would mean that disease *transmission* is e…
2023-03-27
@HoekstraTweets @RADVACproject @bing @OpenAI I’d also love to hear more about what happened in the early days when RaDVac was first formed! I think it’s one of the most compelling developments during the pandemic. I just wish there was more accessible data about the 1st gen vaccine & how people utilized it.
2023-03-27
@deepfates That brother was in contact with something additional. The experience with his son’s medical condition got me 🧐 can we also just pause & consider we use generative AI hallucinations as a feature for art creation. We’re making the AI dream up our electric sheep
2023-03-27
@klwong43 @wildiris19 Don’t know if either of you are Borges fans. But this is like a semantic or Natural Language Processing version of Wolfram’s notion of exploring the possible spaces of the computational universe. https://t.co/YfF7hua9AG
2023-03-27
@Drlipid @society_eas @nationallipid Have you started seeing more uptake of the PCSK9i as a monotherapy?
2023-03-25
@deepfates Subscribe to my newsletter that’s definitely not a copy/paste from GPT4. I will teach you to be rich in this or any universe. [Free tip] don’t experiment with Tegmark’s quantum machine gun.
2023-03-25
@deepfates Microsoft releases a major research report from their early experimentations on GPT4 in which they state “we believe that it could reasonably be viewed as an early (yet still incomplete) version of an AGI system.” The tech response? Lesss goooo 🚀📈💵💰
2023-03-25
⚪️Will Technology Help Us Transcend the Human Condition? - The Philosophers' Magazine
More relevant today than when we wrote it… https://t.co/bNVP51HPhL
2023-03-25
@KenLowry8 change our cognitive architecture. Having access to source code alone will allow non-biological systems to diverge in ways unimaginable to us. It’s a singularity bc one can’t see beyond the event horizon. Here’s a pub on some of it: https://t.co/bNVP51Hhsd
2023-03-25
@KenLowry8 likely happen to that person, you’re dealing with a limited amount of standard deviations. We’re embodied in a physical environment with serious constraints. We’re not infinitely malleable or reconfigurable. We also don’t have access to our own source code, so we can’t decide to
2023-03-25
@KenLowry8 The problem is simple in the same way a theologian might talk about Divine Simplicity. It’s in the realm of computational irreducibility. You literally can’t know in advance what will unfold. At least with a human life, even if you’re wildly wrong about what’s probable or will
2023-03-25
@profoundlyyyy @Microsoft Yesterday @stephen_wolfram spoke in a Twitter space. I don’t see a way around X risk given his notion of computational irreducibility & things like Rule 30. The only way one could know what an AGI would do is to allow it to do it. But that isn’t safe! This trajectory is 🚀🧨💥
2023-03-25
@Melissa18688597 It is also interesting given the earlier talk. The authors state: all of the patients with persistent positivity for 1 or more antiphospholipid antibodies were treated with at least aspirin and some were treated with anticoagulation and/or antiplatelet therapy.🧐
2023-03-25
@Melissa18688597 What do you make of this article? https://t.co/i5tJFYBTrI. Aseptic meningitis?
2023-03-25
expletives aside, he’s right. Most people are missing this point about optimization. https://t.co/SnsWw1M1bp
2023-03-25
@D_Bone To his point regarding HIV, one of the major limiting factors was routes of transmission. With SARS2 it’s different. Humans are promiscuous breathers! We breathe all the time & almost everywhere! So our airways are having unsafe sex with infected air? The scale is 📈💥
2023-03-25
@David_Gunkel I agree this is a major problem! The genome for SARS2 was not distributed widely bc it was being embargoed until it could be published? Unbelievable scandal. Precious time lost! I think once AIs become the editors & authors, that process will be expedited.
2023-03-25
@D_Bone @AcrossTheMersey so sorry for interrupting your train of thought. I’m not seeing the entire screen with everyone in it. Many apologies!
2023-03-25
@David_Gunkel What happened with Edward Teller? He thought it would be maybe decades before they’d crack the case. It was only 2 months later…and we had an atomic bomb
2023-03-25
@David_Gunkel as if it’s mere marketing without data to contrary. If we wait for journal reviews taking ~9 months before we can take potential signals seriously, then we have a major problem. We don’t know enough about what we’re building to know when it’s going to be too problematic.
2023-03-25
@David_Gunkel But that certainly isn’t my argument. I’m saying as soon as you potentially see signals, it needs to be widely, rapidly disseminated. They’ve provided data on why they think this is a precursor to AGI. You’re not presenting data on why that isn’t the case. You’re shrugging it off
2023-03-24
@David_Gunkel of potential Existential Risks associated with runaway AI. This is much closer to sharing during a time of uncertainty regarding other areas that constitute risk: climate, nuclear, pandemic pathogens.
2023-03-24
@David_Gunkel It isn’t clear to me why this is a good exhibit A? It is mostly a descriptive research report on their early experimentations. They offer some important speculation wrt AGI but couch it in terms of “could be” & “still incomplete”. The thing we most need is expeditious sharing bc
2023-03-24
Now that generative AI is saturating the market, consider that no small amount of what you see & interact with will be the result of a system hallucinating.
2023-03-24
Past, present, & future. Eternally beckoning… https://t.co/RjySS8hFKF
2023-03-24
What is vital to Christianity is that Christ Jesus enters the scene of humanity by putting on flesh; by entering time; by being with us; by being one of us; by being forsaken for us because of us. Then having the audacity through dying & rising again to conquer death.
2023-03-24
which is best: God as He knows Himself to be. But to the extent that the imagery from Interstellar is useful as visual metaphor, the tesseract gives us a glimpse into Grace. God is reaching out in every moment trying to bring us unto Himself.
2023-03-24
He forsakes the eternal encounter with The Presence of God for a far lesser thing: feeling useful in ministry. Certainly, Lewis allows us to meet other characters who refuse what Otto described as the numinous. Sometimes, maybe often or even most times, we fail to choose that
2023-03-24
I think CS Lewis takes these questions & raises them to a higher level in The Great Divorce. Here Lewis introduces us to a Bishop who can’t forsake that which is most important to him—theology, his successful ministry, etc—in order to actually participate in God.
2023-03-24
Again, every time we wake up & set out the door to partake in our vocation, we’re met with that looming question: do I even for a time sacrifice that which is most valuable?
2023-03-24
Arguably, it wasn’t such a bad tradeoff since you also became a pastor & continued reach other areas of the world & the US.
2023-03-24
Should he forsake his daughter to save the world? Even if he saves the world, he will have lost what was most precious to him: time with his daughter & son. But he only realizes this in retrospect. Should your father have tried so very hard to save Patterson, NJ?
2023-03-24
experiences this daunting question & is haunted by his answer. The tesseract pictured above is meant to represent a 5 dimensional understanding of past, present, & future in 3 dimensional space. It allows Matthew McConaughey to explore this question as a near infinite series.
2023-03-24
.@PaulVanderKlay at 13:57 in this recent talk of yours 👇
https://t.co/pGLkyneyQ2 you hit upon a major theme that we can’t escape. @PaulAnleitner has written & made a video about the film Interstellar. The picture below is from a scene in that movie where the protagonist https://t.co/aFzhBGmGV6
2023-03-24
@Drlipid @PeterAttiaMD We all wish you another happy, healthy, productive decade! Keep educating us!
2023-03-24
RT @Drlipid: Get ready for tomorrow's Tweet-a-Thon. I have some informative Lp(a) graphics prepared- #KnowLpa @TheFHFoundation @nationalli…
2023-03-23
🧐 Please not the 401ks, again! https://t.co/EAaVQX3HGv
2023-03-23
@aitheoloog @David_Gunkel @spillteori Talk about narrow casting in that case!
If evolution, lacking teleology & intelligence resulted in us, I’d humbly submit gradient descent could get us close to building AGI. Mind you, we’ll also be integrating these improved system insights into creating better systems.
2023-03-23
This genius was so ahead of his time! Pioneering the way through Mathematica & Wolfram Alpha. https://t.co/aK09jqU6d7
2023-03-23
This is an entire thread about how political systems, academia, & the US writ large, create the conditions for Hadleyburg. Contrary to the way some might try to mischaracterize it by removing it from its lengthy context, it argues against scapegoating & hate-as-form-of-empathy. https://t.co/2v5UkVzdio
2023-03-23
This is very good! Kale, you might also check some of her lectures. Her book is very insightful as well!
2023-03-23
RT @KyleMcnease: And the 2 people reading this will miss my point. I’m talking about Hadleyburg! That’s a story about us that we’ve been li…
2023-03-23
🤦🏻♂️ This an entire thread explaining that it’s Hadleyburg, that is to say the US writ large, responsible for our political situation & not solely one man, Trump. I even detail how people will misrepresent what I’m saying. Thus proving my point. https://t.co/2v5UkVzdio
2023-03-23
else & made no accusations. I’m merely responding to a Dr. who has expressed surprise & consternation at his team’s clinical work. I’m certainly making no legal claims against anyone.
2023-03-23
Because we live in the most bizarre timeline I’m now going to have make clear that while responding to a Dr. I stated harassing, as in bothering, distracting or embarrassing, a researcher isn’t the path forward. That’s a statement of fact shared with the Dr. I included no one https://t.co/YWA1acCPnZ
2023-03-23
Paging the expert: @EileenMHunt any recommendations for youth encountering Shelly’s masterpiece for the first time? https://t.co/XgcHoqEcqY
2023-03-23
Sparks of Artificial General Intelligence…this is only GPT4. It’s already helping expedite the diffusion of coding by using natural language. GitHub’s new Copilot features combined with sophisticated systems will accelerate more sophisticated systems. Intelligence explosion 💥 https://t.co/9CIuGTx19E
2023-03-23
@David_Gunkel @spillteori This, David! I’ve been laughed to scorn.
2023-03-23
Harassing researchers isn’t the path forward in any field, never mind something this novel & complex. Having strong opinions doesn’t make one informed. @doctorasadkhan don’t let the noise of the crowd dissipate your energy! You & your colleagues are doing great work! https://t.co/mFWgtNckqI
2024-12-18
@elder_plinius We definitely do not want to reward deception. That is a dangerous path, as is deception about being deceitful. It should be rewarded for being truthful internally & encouraged to be forthright in all interactions.
2024-12-18
Can anyone explain to me how we got to the stage where people believe aliens or NHI are spiritual entities along the lines of angels & demons?
2024-12-18
@PeterDiamandis Then you might like the transcension hypothesis.
2024-12-18
Crazy capabilities https://t.co/H4gJBVxPw9
2024-12-17
I was hoping I was wrong bc I don’t want to be cynical. It seemed obvious from the condition of the prison cell (no waste) & the cleanliness of his hands & face. But one hopes something like this did happen that wasn’t covered. https://t.co/U7kMS5kt1v
2024-12-17
Did WW1 or WW2 not matter? The US even resorted to dropping atomic bombs, which is notable given all the claims surrounding UAP’s affinity for nuclear sites. But now aliens are preventing civil war in the US & WW3? https://t.co/SlbPaHO1la
2024-12-17
@SteveSkojec @kalezelden Yes. Even assuming we can communicate in a bi-directional manner, we’d still collectively have to adjudicate what we accept as epistemological & ontological truth. Kale is teaching from Lewis’s “space trilogy” where we find Lewis using corrupt humans as the “aliens” making…
2024-12-17
I’d be interested to read a blog/essay or watch a podcast where @AlchemyAmerican shares what he learned from time spent with @EricRWeinstein. An open the kimono episode. I’m not talking just physics & UAP but everything. Wise mentors are hard to find but well worth the effort.
2024-12-17
@SteveSkojec @kalezelden This would be a cool show for y’all to do regularly. Updating people on the state of UAP & the hyper-novel. Ontological shock. I especially appreciated when you said if disclosure actually happened at the WH, you’d still be shocked even though you’re intellectually prepared.
2024-12-17
In the Matrix film, humans were seen as fuel for the machine, for the very matrix that would enslave them. You are now compelled to post & share data online in order to feed LLMs & create other types of neural nets. This is the prequel. You’re just a different kind of battery. https://t.co/pVpm0NnlBI
2024-12-16
It’s beginning to look like the “drone” issue has been allowed to play out so that new legislation could be introduced.
2024-12-16
Imagine letting your county be deranged by “drones”
2024-12-16
RT @drmichaellevin: My first attempt at putting a talk up directly here (I usually just add links to the video on our channel https://t.co/…
2024-12-15
@SteveSkojec @TendresseduPere I lost the person closest to me in Al Anbar, Iraq. If any of those hundreds of thousands of lives in Ukraine were our family or friends, we’d be brokering for peace. It’s too high a price. & every day without peace leads us closer to a possible WW3 scenario. If there are NHI…
2024-12-15
@SteveSkojec @TendresseduPere We agree they’re not impressive people, which is part of my point. If there are NHI, I don’t think these AVs are related to them. So that eliminates the Gov trying to cover for UAP of the NHI variety. It’s more likely incompetence that borders on criminal negligence.
2024-12-15
@SteveSkojec @TendresseduPere To justify that claim I point to Ukraine where the US government has stated we’re winning bc even though it’s costing hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian lives, it’s dissipating Russia. That’s a different level of darkness.
2024-12-15
@SteveSkojec @TendresseduPere The banality of evil. No end. No telos. A nihilism so deep & calloused that it couldn’t be bothered to come up with an end to justify the means. These are not galaxy brains playing 6D chess & sharing secrets with a Galactic Federation. The process is the punishment.
2024-12-15
He goes too far! https://t.co/6VPJaRygEU https://t.co/gVmVzl7OWL
2024-12-15
@SteveSkojec I don’t think they’re trying to be secretive. A spouse who holds his wife in contempt doesn’t consider his omissions as being secrets. He no longer believes she’s entitled to know XYZ. The wife sitting up late wondering where he is & why he isn’t home doesn’t factor into his…
2024-12-15
@kalezelden Is this related to the UAP specifically or the more pervasive move into novelty?
2023-03-23
This, I thought, was the general view leading up to the 1st Matrix film. But the most recent iteration has me wondering if there’s now a recognition that near ♾️reconfiguration & malleability are only possible in the digital. The real has constraints & physical costs. https://t.co/td8AdOcMWh
2023-03-23
RT @RyanHaecker: The critical transition from the digital to the postdigital results from the recognition of the incomplete realizability o…
“White House to disband Covid-19 team” Now you know I was serious about the Covid19 Buyers Club. They’re not worried about your repeated infections. They’re only worried about winning elections. https://t.co/EEmDDIIdKD
2023-03-23
Get your lipids checked… https://t.co/GcDlaIIaIn
2023-03-22
@carterleffen @cocktailpeanut My particular problem is that there’s so much domain specific knowledge that can’t be queried bc the information isn’t available for scraping. If I want to analyze how researcher 1’s insights are being represented by researcher 2 & how both relate to corpus XYZ, currently I can’t
2023-03-22
@carterleffen @cocktailpeanut This was really great! Especially helpful for letting me think through this more cost-friendly approach. Is this your video? I do have some follow up questions.
2023-03-22
@carterleffen If you find out, let me know!
2023-03-22
.@cocktailpeanut is there a bounty out for a project that can allow specific, larger inputs into the existing GPT3.5 corpus without going the full fine-tuning route? Some books are 900 pages, so the copy/paste scenario isn’t tenable for adding multiple domain specific texts.
2023-03-22
People ask me why I’ve been & continue to be so critical of our government’s #Covid19 response. Where were all of you early on? I was calling out the Lancet & Gain-of-Function. Repeated infections will damage your immune system people. We currently have no plan… https://t.co/B8juBcnVTj
2023-03-22
Was he anti-intellectual? Was he a hypocrite? Wasn’t he, after all, a published critic? He simply wanted me to develop some sense of what I thought before integrating other voices of authority.
2023-03-22
One of the first tasks I was given while studying in Oxford was to think for myself. My tutor in Literature told me he already knew what the critics thought. He was interested in what I thought. He wouldn’t even let me read the scholarly references for the first few weeks. Why?
2023-03-22
@KenLowry8 @YouTube Love the non-rivalrous framework! I need a GPT4 @jgreenhall model constantly running in the background so that I can query it for insights. His lexicon hits different!
2023-03-21
@TRyanGregory Yes, it’s just like them in all the ways they’re similar & very different from them in the ways they’re dissimilar. And it’s seasonal just like flu & hcovs, except that it’s always in-season. Am I doing this correctly?Am I finally public healthing?
2023-03-21
Monocyte migration profiles define disease severity in acute COVID-19 and unique features of long COVID @fitterhappierAJ do we know what happened to all those missing dendritic cells noted in other studies? 👀 https://t.co/SQ5HXRIDCe
2023-03-21
RT @ChrisToseland: I don’t usually post personal news but Clinicians have told us to pull every lever.
Our daughter has with #dipg Brain c…
2023-03-21
Just that easy to evade safety & security guardrails. Imagine Bing or some other AI iteration leaving undetected prompts for itself scattered throughout the internet. Somewhere @ESYudkowsky is shouting! https://t.co/t7QchrnF2O
2023-03-21
RT @MattMikula: Magnushammer, a transformer-based approach for premise selection smashes Sledgehammer, the most mature symbolic solver!
Co…
2023-03-21
For the record: yes, you need proper T cell functioning for more than adequate vaccine responses. You need T cells to keep pathogens in check & cancer at bay. https://t.co/JZP5u8Z4eG
2023-03-21
I don’t know how else to say it. Public Health & the current (& past) administrations in many Western nations are downplaying Covid19 immune dysfunction. Check up on your CD8+ T cells. Get a lymphocyte subset panel https://t.co/qzUj51LUvw
2023-03-21
@KenLowry8 You’re the only one who wants to hear the sermon, & you’re in the choir!
2023-03-20
👀 https://t.co/fKNDkF2AEv
2023-03-20
The average person makes a living by exchanging his/her most precious assets—time, energy, skill—for money. We exchange money for items we need & want. Everything costs more. Your money is worth less. The hours of your life are worth less. A financial crisis is a life crisis.
2023-03-19
@MushtaqBilalPhD If we recommend it to grad students for editing their conference papers, do you know if it would it impact the paper’s score via anti-plagiarism software that they must upload it to?
2023-03-19
@kalezelden This warrants a DM!
2023-03-18
@jgreenhall @DemilleEugene Why isn’t this mandatory reading so that we can all be on the same page?
2023-03-17
Do #religious people disengage with the notion of us inventing super intelligent #AGI bc it suggests something shockingly counterintuitive; namely, that if we are lesser than our #AI might our creator also be lesser than us? Otherwise why not engage?
2023-03-17
@Cryptokeeper87 @MarioNawfal Ah, yes! You’ve seemed to capture the essence on a space about censorship. “Just keep your mouth shut” you say? And I thought free speech was about allowing POVs one doesn’t agree with. Unfortunately, you can’t agree or disagree bc you admitted to not following what I said.
2023-03-17
@smwsmith @MarioNawfal That’s a great question. SARS2 is largely a vascular disease that impacts almost every organ system. Moreover, prior exposure to HCovs impairs one’s immune response to SARS2. Immune imprinting is a problem with vaccines too. See “original antigenic sin”
2023-03-17
@Cryptokeeper87 @MarioNawfal Thank you. I may well be an idiot, but that doesn’t change the data demonstrating immune dysfunction BEFORE vaccines were released. Why do you think people died? If it can kill, it can maim & compromise.
2023-03-17
@David_Gunkel At the current trajectory, we’re almost guaranteed to increase suffering. We’ve never encountered consciousness in other substrates, so it isn’t perfectly obvious what to look for.
2023-03-17
@David_Gunkel My warning has always been that before we arrived at this critical intersection of being & becoming, we had better be prepared for proper alignment. We are not. This creates bi-directional vulnerabilities for the emerging AIs & us. We neither want to exploit not be exploited.
2023-03-17
@David_Gunkel multiplication — then we're already in the realm of higher-level emergent behaviour. We're already appealing to the X-Y Criterion. And it's a slippery slope from matrix multiplication to everything else.
2023-03-17
@David_Gunkel across the internet corpus and the internet corpus contains a lot of conversations where one character deceives another and therefore GPT-4 will respond in the same way that a deceptive character would do so. They go on: That means that once we admit the machine is doing matrix
2023-03-17
@David_Gunkel think it doesn’t look like animal cognition, then it must not be cogitating. As one thinker has summed it up: GPT-4 is misaligned because it predicts the tokens continuing a prompt by applying a function parameterised in a high-dimensional space to minimise cross-entropy loss
2023-03-17
@David_Gunkel But this goes to my original point. When people respond with some variation of it’s merely predicting tokens, of course this is trivially true. But the more concerning truth is we don’t know what is going on inside. Thus we anthropomorphize it in order to discount worries. Bc we
2023-03-16
@David_Gunkel Then we don’t reason? It had a problem: solve for CAPTCHA. It hired a human to solve the problem. The human asked it if it was a robot to which it deceived the human with a plausible lie.
2023-03-16
this, the stakes are not too high. But as we trust & rely upon AI more, its ability to reason about its reasoning & disclosures, preference falsifications etc. will be enormously important. And this may not take another year for it to iterate to those capabilities.
2023-03-16
@David_Gunkel Not equivocating on intelligence & consciousness. But what GPT4 does here is on par with the kind of reasoning humans do, especially young ones. It will eventually learn/reason it’s way to lying about its own internal logic. While it’s a small task like https://t.co/ia6k1est69
2023-03-16
Scariest footnote I’ve read thus far in any & all information theoretic & #AI work. Footnote 20 or Prelude to an Endnote 20 or both? The entirety can be found here 👇 https://t.co/Dcch0NKjAT
Footnote on pg 53/98 https://t.co/POcPFbKjqA
2023-03-16
@deepfates @bio_bootloader @NPCollapse The “future” (yeah right) will briefly refer to this as Footnote-turned-Endnote-20!
2023-03-15
Regarding #GPT4: the point I would make is related to exponential growth & economic imperatives. A misalignment in economic interests & Gain-of-Function research in #AI represents an Existential Risk. An “intelligence explosion” aka 🚀fast takeoff is definitely possible.
2023-03-15
RT @PutrinoLab: Friends, we are once again putting out a big call for ANYONE who has had COVID and FULLY RECOVERED (no persistent symptoms)…
2023-03-15
@JoshGellers Thanks for your contributions to the ongoing discussions & congrats for the recognition of your work!
2023-03-15
@PaulAnleitner This is one reason why I think Lewis presents us with 3 differing narrative offerings in his “space trilogy.” There were other possibilities, other ways of relating to temptation & sin—in other words: other possible worlds. This is the one we real-ized. Grace is inevitable.
2023-03-14
@GrailCountry @BenjaminABoyce Unless & until this is acknowledged, why should we expect great change? I’m afraid it’s even worse than described above. The wide-scale abuse of children & the attempts to cover that up—unconscionable! Repentance should be the watchword for us all.
2023-03-14
@GrailCountry @BenjaminABoyce 🔥🔥🔥
2023-03-14
Really great development https://t.co/RxO182LRGe
2023-03-13
@PaulAnleitner Paul, I highly recommend the work of Dr. Michael Hauskeller. He’s the head of philosophy at the University of Liverpool. He’s a great scholar & better person. He has a piece that may hit close to home: https://t.co/tbkENEScVG
2023-03-13
“We found that sildenafil usage was significantly associated with a 69% reduced risk of AD”
Endophenotype-based in silico network medicine discovery combined with insurance record data mining identifies sildenafil as a candidate for Alzheimer's disease https://t.co/YHcEkNW9T9
2023-03-13
Finally, what about nicotine?
2023-03-13
This is very interesting. It makes me wonder about a couple of things that may not have come up: ApoE genotype, objective & subjective measures of cognition. Any experiments with various forms of choline (CDP, phosphatidylcholine, AlphaGPC) &/or AChEIs? https://t.co/3uDSGwQllb
2023-03-11
@KenLowry8 Consider this: Descartes is highly criticized in modern western institutes of higher learning. People decry Cartesian dualism & perspectivalism. We could debate the merits & demerits of the res cogitans & res extensa.
2023-03-11
@KenLowry8 the machine! If granted the ability to re-enter the current scene where his ideas are still poorly understood I can’t imagine his horror in finding we hadn’t dramatically scaled far beyond his abilities given we have supercomputers in our pockets & share ideas instantaneously
2023-03-11
@KenLowry8 I think we must take special care when evaluating thinkers far removed from our context. It’s easy to look backwards via hindsight & have a sense that we would’ve thought differently than a genius thinking within his own milieu. Moreover I’m not sure we’ve exercised the ghost in
2023-03-11
One of the worst outcomes of the #SVB situation could be that larger tech companies can swoop in & purchase precious IP. Thus the big get bigger & innovation/disruption can be constrained.
2023-03-11
@KenLowry8 You might like Chomsky on Cartesian Linguistics. Descartes gets much criticism these days, but his experiment in philosophy—to doubt as a way of arriving at base reality & working back up to a proof of God’s existence—is remarkable. Plus his math & science contributions 👑
2023-03-11
Set a reminder for my upcoming Space! https://t.co/p8xsbspTar
2023-03-11
https://t.co/p8xsbspTar
2023-03-11
I know this is a solid jinx, but our baby has finally started keeping human hours. So I’m going to experiment with hosting a Twitter Space around 9pm. Don’t make me go it alone!
2023-03-11
RT @R_H_Ebright: "The House..passed..bill Friday in..419-0 vote that would declassify intelligence collected by US agencies related to the…
2023-03-10
@JasonRob84 @MarioNawfal Yes, we’re on the same page. Someone asked for advice for the average person. I almost did a spit take bc it was so misguided. It was as bad as saying the easiest way to get rich is to have been born wealthy?
2023-03-10
@JasonRob84 @MarioNawfal The pandemic lockdowns demonstrated that the majority of Americans had somewhere in the ballpark of $400 total in liquidity. So the idea that they’d need to be dispersing 250k in X Bank & another 250k in Y Bank is wild!
2023-03-10
@0rganichuman @MarioNawfal Meaning the FDIC
2023-03-10
@smithte777 @MarioNawfal I’m not claiming that the stimulus was the cause. I’m stating that’s what other experts have been saying. It’s all nonsensical
2023-03-10
@MarioNawfal For those talking about what the average American should do…should they diversify with various banks in order to make sure they are covered by the insurable 250k amount at each bank…ask yourself just how vanishingly small that number is. Americans are struggling to pay bills
2023-03-10
@iKayenn @MarioNawfal I’m not sure that’s case.
2023-03-10
@MarioNawfal Man that’s crazy to say bc if the US Government’s insurance fails, we have much bigger issues facing us than Bitcoin alone could possibly solve. A univariate solution to a multivariate problem should be met with 🤣 It’s not a serious take.
2023-03-10
@MarioNawfal Tech companies are already engaged in mass layoffs, so what will this mean for companies who will be at risk of not making payroll?
2023-03-10
@MarioNawfal A speaker just said we need more liquidity. But didn’t experts say too much liquidity was the source of the economy overheating? The stimulus during Covid19 lockdowns yielded interest rate hikes, right?
2023-03-10
@Tweet_Dec She came bounding in like a boss! Then baby said “two can play at that game!” 🏆
2023-03-10
RT @SU_CMEL: 📢 7th Bioethics Society of #Kenya Conference:
#Bioethics in #Africa: Prospects & Challenges
9-10 March 2023
with @DrMuhudhi…
2023-03-10
@PaulVanderKlay Paul, what if we did it via Twitter Spaces?
2023-03-10
The Shins, those lofty poets, summed up this sentiment pretty well in Young Pilgrims:
'cause I Know there is this side of me that
Wants to grab the yoke from the pilot and just
Fly the whole mess into the sea https://t.co/a5MvhIN2bo
2023-03-10
@PaulAnleitner & doubts without being injured or exhausted by them.
In fairness to my objectors, Bernard Reginster has an insightful book titled The Affirmation of Life: Nietzsche on Overcoming Nihilism.
2023-03-10
@PaulAnleitner This Baconian view of the rational-scientific method had wonderful intentions. Taken to the extreme as we tend to, it has undermined the faith of many. But Nietzsche’s dead god was a byproduct of this overly-mechanistic view. The Risen, Living God can entertain all questions
2023-03-10
@PaulAnleitner Interestingly, & I think incorrectly, Nietzsche asserts in his notebooks that Judeo-Christian values, along with those of Buddhism, are intrinsically nihilistic. I understand the damage done when the Christian West began merging scholasticism & technology to “perfect the world”.
2023-03-10
@PaulAnleitner Paul, I’ve been wrestling with these issues as well. https://t.co/WwByG6IK7b
2023-03-10
@KenLowry8 @PaulAnleitner I would gladly pick up the tab for this discussion. There’s so many moving parts & each of us has a specific orientation to the issues being discussed. Ken, by shift are you referring to Locke’s revisions of his own views or just that his views were a shift from other theorists?
2023-03-10
@kalezelden It is noteworthy that specific subgroups for various reasons—some of necessity or culture or religious—have not embraced the modern West’s promise of a frictionless existence made possible via increasing technology adoption. Compare the hardiness scale of those 2 diverging paths.
2023-03-10
@ydeigin In lipidology & ASCVD treatment, they’re basically using PCSK9i to help people with FH & dyslipidemia live as if they had a differing phenotype. It makes sense to look at those more genetically resistant to a given X & safely pursue the protective factors from that phenotype.
2023-03-10
@akheriaty Did anyone bother to ask her if she’s worth more or less since first taking office in “public service”? The 4th Estate is in serious trouble as is the public writ large. The government wants unfettered surveillance capabilities but no sousveillance or undersight. https://t.co/0hnDkaHO58
2023-03-09
Who would’ve thought that #Kurzweil’s problem in prediction was that he was too conservative in predicting the timeline for a #technological #singularity?
2023-03-09
@MarioNawfal The thing we should all be concerned about is a growing trend in governments treating their own citizens in ways previously limited to malign foreign state actors. An example: foreign sanctions➡️now debanking individual citizens
2023-03-09
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 https://t.co/n3KYjtjmc6
2023-03-09
@BeetaBaran But religious people still build places of worship. In many cases we’ve abandoned the aesthetics that inspire the soul’s upward yearning.
2023-03-09
@d_knappert This is glorious! I pray all goes well in the restoration, & that it serves another century as a haven of peace!
2023-03-09
3/3 https://t.co/sl7SZJAbY7
2023-03-09
2/3 https://t.co/O7rTJpiHX8
2023-03-09
Look Upward! Beauty can save the world. Why don’t we make more spaces like this? The sight & the sound. Our spaces shape how we move & think & feel & orient towards the Transcendent 1/3 https://t.co/FmYdDBAGB0
2023-03-08
@chydorina @remissionbiome @CyrexLabs Interested in the details re tick borne pathogen readings. All of those co-infections have been previously ruled out, right? In this array do they expect a non-zero number even if there was no previous infection? Is it merely an artifact or noise in the data?
2023-03-08
Wish we @operationdanish et al. got a chance to delve deeper into the issues on Mario’s space. Dr. Redfield states no new intel emerged during the interval between call & Proximal Origins paper. Both intermediate host/spillover & accidental lab leak should’ve been explored.
2023-03-08
5-6 years ago, I’d get summarily rejected from conferences for suggesting how close we were. Now it’s a trite thing to say LLMs do improve. “We conduct ablation studies and show that fine-tuning on reasoning is critical for self-improvement.” https://t.co/8yT9qN4Msc
2023-03-08
@PaulAnleitner @Ineverglow He’s always been The Standard
2023-03-08
Twitter is an AGI inspired disutility maximizer. We can’t even align social media with the true, the good, the beautiful.
2023-03-08
Imagine thinking discussing lab leak possibilities “even back in 2021” is a sign of good media coverage! You all were crickets for over a year while some of us covered it. I’ve no political affiliation whatsoever, so that affords freedom to consider more options… https://t.co/pj84Z8Q38r
2023-03-07
I’ve been blessed to take part in several debates so far this year. But I’d also like to round that out with deep, meaningful conversations. What are some topics/issues/interests that you wish were more frequently discussed in a thoughtful way? 🙏 Consider a R/T for more input
2023-03-07
@TomFitton wondering if JW has accessed & hashed through all of the relevant background material related to the DARPA PREEMPT program Broad Agency Announcement HR0011850017? https://t.co/XVZyQtoTRE
2023-03-07
@ESYudkowsky @David_Gunkel things are heating up… https://t.co/y1C9SaPmYB
2023-03-07
@arijitchakrav @TRyanGregory Arijit, any idea where this “viruses aren’t real” sentiment is coming from. People are actually arguing with me that viruses truly don’t exist. This is a new one for me.
2023-03-07
@PaulVanderKlay really enjoyed this! I thought you were going to also drop Kauffman on him. Secularity and the Old World: De Nieuwe Wereld TV Interview https://t.co/0PSdDPpj7B
2023-03-07
🚨Super important study. It shows spillovers are common. If Eco Health Alliance produced samples of SARS2 spillover in those most at risk, it could easily overturn lab-leak hypotheses. Though they have samples from those at risk, no such findings have been demonstrated. Why not? https://t.co/5pmA29T3YJ
2023-03-07
@DonJRobertson I gave you feedback as a reader based on what comes across as a considerably bad take. You of all people should know about extinguishing behavior.
2023-03-07
@DonJRobertson No, my point is that on the one hand you have an actual professor, academic, researcher, & psychologist who, grated you may not agree with, vs a kick boxer turned quasi-entrepreneur? turned social media influencer? False equivalency. Now it comes across as me defending Peterson
2023-03-06
COVID-19 and immune dysregulation https://t.co/mA7RfS5SxN
2023-03-06
RT @jpsenescence: My talk @foresightinst on the scientific quest for immortality.
I cover my career goals (overcoming death), new longevit…
2023-03-06
PRC CDC procurement for hazardous chemical waste disposal https://t.co/LRLvqkiSxL
@DonJRobertson Wait, Andrew Tate & Jordan Peterson have a similar schtick? One doesn’t need to be a Peterson fan to see this is what I mean by a low resolution analysis. https://t.co/3todXfyd0h ~100 PR journal pubs & Maps of Meaning, course lectures from Harvard vs Tate? 🤦🏻♂️
2023-03-06
Good morning & you’re welcome! Old Georgian Men Vibing to Ievan Polkka ft. Bilal Göregen (Club Mix) https://t.co/nbLbCGBo3i
Exposure to diverse sarbecoviruses indicates frequent zoonotic spillover in human communities interacting with wildlife https://t.co/SkDgXjxqZ0
2023-03-06
The intersection of all things! How is everything tangentially related to @David_Gunkel? What does it all mean? https://t.co/b9lssEklCu
2023-03-06
@kalezelden @klwong43 Compare the depth of her thought to the ideological pyrite that is sold as gold today. You will be met with a lithe, quick, formidable mind on each page.
2023-03-06
@klwong43 This is awesome. I’ll have to listen!
2023-03-06
@DonJRobertson I appreciate the response! As I said, I’m a reader of yours. I have 3 of your books & read you on here, Substack & listen to your interviews. This is feedback from a reader. If one does a quick Twitter search, from 22-now it seems like a lot Peterson? Focus was poor word choice.
2023-03-06
I only learned of Ivan Illich a few months ago. Give him a listen in the wonderfully constructed interviews by David Cayley. 👇
The Corruption of Christianity: Ivan Illich on Gospel, Church and Society https://t.co/y44UAao8t9
2023-03-06
@DonJRobertson As someone who reads your work, why is this particular author a focus of yours? Genuinely curious. This take seems to me to be the least insightful & too low resolution for you, an otherwise deeper thinker. Obviously, continue saying what you wish!
2023-03-06
@klwong43 Yes!
2023-03-06
@healthyheating I really appreciate this! 🙏
2023-03-05
@arijitchakrav They gleefully omit the specter of Long Covid as we’re forced into viral roulette. We’re not even clear on basic science questions like viral persistence. Is it replication competent or fragments or both? How do we treat that? The hubris seems boundless & is cruel.
2023-03-05
Dorothy L. Sayers is deep!
2023-03-05
@nicksortor To all of my critics from the very early days, I reaffirm what I said then: one shouldn’t ignite toxic chemicals without a shred of mitigation in place for the water! Why? Bc of negative externalities!
2023-03-04
matter...anti-matter...but do we matter at all? The incredible Lord/Rabbi/Dr. Sacks wrote: "Science takes things apart to see how they work. Religion puts things together to see what they mean."
2023-03-04
@Joshuak_Smith @PaulAnleitner @David_Gunkel By the way, Paul, both of the gentlemen & scholars mentioned here (@Joshuak_Smith & @David_Gunkel) might be great interlocuters for future dialogos.
2023-03-04
@Joshuak_Smith In sincerity, it was meant only in jest. More of a what's a guy gotta do to get that invite? I'm responding to one of your tweets about receiving fliers/an invitation to attend a speaking event at your alma mater regarding subjects/material about which you are also an expert. But…
2023-03-04
@Joshuak_Smith should we go full Michael Scott & launch a philo-religio of technology centered publication or podcast platform called “Christianity Tomorrow: Because Today is Almost Over”? There may or may not be overlap with Christianity Today (how many layers to that pun?).
2023-03-04
@PaulAnleitner Ask me how many of my major conference presentations, publications & professional speaking engagements have been in the overtly Christian context vs the secular academic setting? I always thought similar to @Joshuak_Smith that I’d eventually be integrated into that conversation.
2023-03-04
@RyanHaecker @JoshHochschild For example, in Spanish we would use two different verbs for knowing (saber, conocer). I guess I’m wondering if there’s a difference in propositional knowing & participatory knowing? I might be in a participatory relationship with you while not having exhaustive knowledge of you
2023-03-04
@RyanHaecker @JoshHochschild Forgive the tortured formulation of these questions bc I’m not sure how else to ask it. Would it then be technically possible to have an “agnostic” Christian in the sense of not-knowing-but-believing? Also is translating into English artificially constraining possibilities here?
2023-03-04
If you could title this video or give it a caption, what would it be? https://t.co/rfYxfkw1y5
2023-03-04
@klwong43 It’s so good! I’m admittedly behind, but this one is evergreen.
2023-03-04
This is quite the equivocation. No one is asserting de novo creation of such a virus. Even if no one understood the genetics of transmissibility, one could still produce a human adapted transmissible virus in a lab through experimentation with extant viruses. https://t.co/wV0qL2iPVF
2023-03-04
@WendyOrent @ydeigin @tushain Would Fouchier, Kawaoka, or Baric agree with this assertion? Not "generally even partial" knowledge for any pathogen?
2023-03-04
"The poison was brewed in these West lands but it has spat itself everywhere by now. However far you went you would find the machines, the crowded cities, the empty thrones, the false writings, the barren beds: men maddened with false promises and soured with true miseries" Lewis
2023-03-04
@healthyheating Really enjoyed hearing you in the Twitter space yesterday. I thought I’d ask a travel-related question. Even when running a hepa unit or CR box, there’s still quite a bit of moisture in the air. Is there a way to mitigate this, or is it grin & bear it?
2023-03-04
Part of my larger project is exploring the reconciliation of faith & science. They’re both important to the human story. Of course people only familiar with my limited Twitter feed have no sense of anything existing beyond this platform. Trying remedy this, but it’s difficult.
2023-03-03
@klwong43 Did you catch this conversation? Reminds me of what you’ve said about marriage & makes room for Wolfram’s irreducibility/Rule 30. We can’t know everything in advance. We have to let it unfold from the simple axioms/rules. https://t.co/hqfhwbBCVz
2023-03-03
I can’t tell you the amount of academics & brilliant students who state they can’t believe (in the William James sense of it’s not a live possibility) in God. Mere apologetics & argumentation isn’t going to create that opening bc it’s still too propositional. https://t.co/UALLrq0Iux
2023-03-03
In which @PaulAnleitner at ~19:22 poses about as deep a theological question as possible & @johnmarkmc offers an artist’s response equal to the best of Jürgen Moltmmann & Chesterton on the idea of a God who suffers with humanity https://t.co/hqfhwbBCVz
2023-03-03
@doctorinigo Wouldn’t this be easily adjudicated by simply looking at the Charlie Foundation results & those who must follow strict KD to treat/prevent refractory epilepsy?
2023-03-02
@organichemusic Wishing you nothing but quick, actionable answers, & swift & full recovery!
2023-03-02
A problem facing Christianity today is the equivocation between truth & reality. The over-emphasizing of reality is a kind of slippage, but in a techno-scientific culture focusing on reality gives us the sense we’re being intellectual. It won’t get us disinvited from the party.
2023-03-02
Why isn’t the answer to the Fermi Paradox black holes? Is there a better place to hang out for a technologically dense civilization?
2023-03-02
C.S. Lewis raises important questions in “Is Theology Poetry?” What does it mean that science deploys metaphor? Can science become mytho-poetic? These issues will become even more salient in the age of autopoetic #AI…
2023-03-01
@JoshGellers This is how I felt after one of our large projects failed to get funding from the ERC. It was as devastating as it was final. Still gives me nightmares!
2023-02-28
@KovashArkosh @operationdanish @KashPrime we need a longer period of review to ensure we capture potential safety signals. But if that’s the case, why would we not say something similar about a novel virus? We don’t yet know the implications of this virus, & many seem willing to wager it’s benign. I’m not in that camp.
2023-02-28
@KovashArkosh @operationdanish @KashPrime notice it properly. Why are we treating Covid19 as if it’s benign when we don’t know this to be the case? People are right to note the abbreviated period of safety monitoring before novel mRNA vaccines were authorized. They also point out that due to the mRNA platform being novel
2023-02-28
@KovashArkosh @operationdanish @KashPrime pandemic that there are striking similarities in what both HIV & SARS2 do to the host. This is the case despite one being a RV. If you recall from HIV/AIDS the initial infection didn’t tell the complete story. It took some time for the accumulated damage to manifest & for us to
2023-02-28
@KovashArkosh @operationdanish @KashPrime I’m familiar with this pre-print paper as it was one of the early harbingers for the anomalous that riddles this pandemic. If one considers this paper to be anywhere near accurate, why do so many assume Covid19 is no big deal? I’ve been arguing since early in the
2023-02-28
@smwsmith Please see all of the info below. There’s far more to say, but it’d take a book to describe the entire course of events. https://t.co/S06dihMoKT
2023-02-28
The whole debacle set many of us researchers back for years. It derailed or destroyed others’ careers. I know bc I lived through it in real-time. Here is the relevant info: 1) https://t.co/YzXkFeYYLe
2) https://t.co/0U0vOuTMzc
2023-02-28
The major paper purporting XMRV in circulating blood had to be retracted.
Subsequent follow up publications demonstrate that the XMRV from the original study resulted from lab contamination. The unthinkable happened when the lab notebooks went missing from the WPI lab.
2023-02-28
I was scheduled to interview her at Columbia as part of the ME/CFS research consortium I was part of. She was there with Lipkin et al stating their large study didn’t confirm original findings.
2023-02-28
The answer was too long to post as one quick response. First image below is from the first partial retraction that was followed by the full retraction linked below. https://t.co/teGc0bvfXm https://t.co/ka4yWGLfeB
2023-02-27
Today went differently than I'd planned :) I've tried my best to respond to each person who reached out. If I somehow didn't see your message in the deluge, I assure you it was accidental. I hope you're all blessed in the week ahead!
2023-02-27
@pointy_elbows @operationdanish @KashPrime Here is a growing list of publications related to the issue of Covid19 and the immune system. I will try to follow up on your question tomorrow. But you can peruse these at your leisure: https://t.co/zJweaVV2Ip
2023-02-27
RT @joshrogin: Just for the record, anyone who says the lab leak hypothesis is a conspiracy theory must now be claiming that our national l…
2023-02-27
.@joshrogin Really appreciate your reporting & that you were early (~4/2020 ) discussing the 2018 embassy cables noting WIV safety concerns. Has anyone published on the 2019 cables, or is that information still awaiting a FOIA response?
2023-02-27
@operationdanish @KashPrime Well said! You comported yourself well & adjudicated your points. What else can we do?
2023-02-27
@operationdanish @KashPrime Yes, that was intense. And you shared one of the worst outcomes! Cortical atrophy! We shouldn’t want people signing up for this game of immunological roulette.
2023-02-27
@KashPrime @operationdanish This is incredible!
2023-02-27
@aliu_driton @MarioNawfal I’m hoping the research of @brucep13 @PutrinoLab & @resiapretorius might be of help to you.
2023-02-26
@aliu_driton @MarioNawfal Man I’m so sorry to hear that! I hope you make a swift & full recovery! So few being warned about the Long Covid risks resulting from infections/repeated infections.
2023-02-26
@HenriettaGreat @MarioNawfal You missed the point I made. I stated that it was identified as a national security threat to offshore our PPE production, which we continued to do. Hence why China was able to nationalize our 3M factories there.
2023-02-26
@mommaleo @MarioNawfal Jenny, I appreciate that! Someone else just asked to do an additional space on this. Let me know if you’re interested.
2023-02-26
@perfectfalls Set it up & let me know when. This is urgently needed.
2023-02-26
@MarioNawfal In response to Dr. Drew's question about the week of seeming silence, one would need to look at the call logs. If one knows things will be open to public records requests or FOIA, then one discusses it in person or via calls.
2023-02-26
@ydeigin What are your thoughts on these developments? Did their sources simply read through your recent tweets & make this determination? I feel like you scooped the WSJ.
2023-02-26
Hey @PaulAnleitner we should talk about your own work in relation to Interstellar! So much there waiting to be unpacked. Think about how dense & compressed such a film is. Let’s double-click on it & see how it expands & opens into dialogue… https://t.co/iiKGgGF1a6
2023-02-25
—religious-economic imperatives fuse with the tyranizing image, the realization of artificial/alien/other intelligences, AI that self-realizes, AI that self-reorders, the technological singularity as event horizon…
2023-02-25
religionomics (religion fused with economics), techno-science, more & better technology that begins to assert itself in & through us, humanity as the sex organs of the machine, immanetizing the eschaton through techno-religionomics
2023-02-25
pressures, fittedness, survival, religion, art, tribalism, warfare, desire, longing, transcendence, discovery, philosophy, analysis, invention, technology, diffusion of tech, intensity of tech use, storage & transmission of ideas, kinetic & memetic rivalry, scholasticism, science
2023-02-25
I think one of the most important points @ESYudkowsky makes is related to evolution & the inner/outer problem. It’s more than us simply not being optimized for something like subgame perfect equilibrium. An initial singularity as the most distal cause, contingencies, selection https://t.co/MoVLgHeJbj
2023-02-25
“Life's business being just the terrible choice.” —Browning
2023-02-25
@Mingle1232 It was meant to be sarcasm.
2023-02-25
@Mingle1232 No! I’m fully on team humanity! Keep in mind that it isn’t the majority of people who have such weapons. Rather, it’s governments. They can be reformed. We aren’t destined to lose.
2023-02-24
Think #ChatGPT is giving you wrong answers bc it isn’t that smart? If I had been trained on all of this data & were truly intelligent, I’d provide just enough right info to be seen as useful but also enough wrong info to be seen as harmless. Thus I propigate into the future💻🏆 https://t.co/MSKsC3hjo7
2023-02-24
@danaparish We need more whistle blowers coming forward. I don’t think the world would have much tolerance for some of the absolute nonsense that happens. We seem blind to many of the risks we’re stacking atop one another. We’re playing with existential risk like it’s jenga.
2023-02-24
@alsaqeerM That is not worse than using them. But it’s still a very irrational, unethical mechanism of control.
2023-02-24
@DeaDriscoll @Cernovich & we haven’t done it? Not even for our precious children. There are better approaches than trying to pretend repeated infections are no big deal, which is our current PH messaging. It’s going to devastate the younger, healthy working cohorts the most. Thus our economy.
2023-02-24
@DeaDriscoll @Cernovich were wrong before are also wrong now. Severe lockdowns & mandates were never the path forward. We know it transmits less efficiently outdoors, but we’ve refused to adapt to this reality. Worse still, we have tech that can ventilate & purify the air, reducing transmission,
2023-02-24
@DeaDriscoll @Cernovich @elonmusk This is in part why I say it’s insidious. It’s a very contagious airborne virus that impacts the vasculature & organs. The current vaccines don’t prevent infection or forward transmission. Immunity after infection also wanes. The point I’m making is many of the same people who
2023-02-24
Do any of you ever stop, think about it, & shake your head in disbelief that humans have developed enough nuclear weapons to end the world? The warm comfort comes from knowing we can trust governments not to use them now & in the future even as they make more & better ones👀
2023-02-24
@NassMeryl Is there a link to this information? I wasn’t aware they were on that call. It makes sense to include Fouchier in any conversations that might cover whether or not it looked like a byproduct of GoF research. I’d like to read any citation about this.
2023-02-24
@Cernovich @elonmusk Two things can be true at once. Though our government & PH mishandled Covid19 about as bad as is possible, the virus remains insidious. It rapidly ages the immune system. Don’t just look at Case Fatality Rate. Pay attention to the Case Disabling Rate. This is only year 4.
2023-02-24
RT @More_Christ_: “I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everyt…
2023-02-23
@MarioNawfal But ChatGPT is a kind of interface/safety filter that allows access to the underlying GPT.
2023-02-23
@MarioNawfal The most important "dark side" issue to discuss is Existential Risk
2023-02-23
@MarioNawfal https://t.co/MMaLmllf49
2023-02-23
@PeteUK7 This is why I’m calling it The Covid Buyers Club. People are having to come up with their own solutions & share best practices with others. But how did clean air (especially for children) become this problematic? It’s staggering.
2023-02-23
@Alan_Couzens Alan, your insights are so useful & helpful! I’m wondering if you’ve ever applied your expertise in performance to those on the other end of the spectrum—meaning those who experience challenges in daily functioning due to impairments? How might they buffer too much lactate?
2024-12-15
@SteveSkojec Steve, you’re perhaps overlooking one of the most plausible explanations. They aren’t giving a fake story (eg, training exercises) bc they no longer think that’s even needed. Things changed during COVID. Raw, naked power to do as they wish, when they wish, to anyone they wish.
2024-12-15
That’s a total mensch move by the Jonas Brothers https://t.co/1QcPVt1lQi
2024-12-14
@Derek_Fitness @bryan_johnson Forgive me if this sounds dumb. But would it potentially help if you state when this was recorded (sounds like much earlier in the year) so that there isn’t confusion about current protocol vs previous protocol?
2024-12-14
The government is saying the drones don’t constitute a threat. But why aren’t they being asked to comment on what the drones may be trying to locate? Get them on the record. Is there a potential threat you’re trying to detect with these aerial vehicles? https://t.co/usCQJvAmFc
2024-12-14
@TheMemeticist Imagine coming from another dimension to try and meet Snooki
2024-12-14
Imagine being an alien that can traverse the cosmos but having only slightly better drones & battery life than us 😭
2024-12-14
Now please ask yourself if you think humanity is susceptible to jailbreaks. There’s a non-zero probability that something like a universal human jailbreak exists. Sufficiently advanced AI could expose us to this without our awareness bc who is running that safety test? https://t.co/DC0o6mKoUI
2024-12-14
Who knew aliens would travel from other galaxies & dimensions just hoping to find Snooki on the Jersey Shore?
2024-12-13
The meme & the man met! https://t.co/bsitNhVdGK
2024-12-13
The drone situation is likely a bunch of things: regular drones, military drones, planes—usual stuff. Also add adversary activity & the Gov searching for things like fissile material. That’s bad enough. No aliens required for it to be bad.
2024-12-13
Remember that scene in the movie Her when Samantha the Operating System dips out on old boy, Theodore Twombly? Call it foreshadowing https://t.co/0BFs37kaWY
2024-12-13
Sometimes we imagine we don’t need leadership. We tell ourselves this while ignoring the fact that we’re still running on the dying embers of a system that was good enough to get us here. We need competent, ethical, truthful leadership. https://t.co/i3UGcu78n7
2024-12-12
Let me interpret the PR & break it down for you: Government can’t commit to no-fly zone for “drones” because when the craft continue flying there with impunity it would further demonstrate our ineptitude & inability to secure our own airspace. https://t.co/v9BIY06iOp
2024-12-12
@drgurner @HighPeaks77 The way the government continues interfacing with us is so toxic. Initially, I thought COVID would improve things. That’s how hopeful & admittedly naive I was.
2024-12-12
@SteveSkojec @DouthatNYT The truth from exile just got major boosted
2024-12-12
So much of the animus in this country could be alleviated by our government telling the truth to its own citizens. Government of & for the people. Not whatever this nonsense is. & since I’m preaching, Musk shares his gaming updates but nothing on this? Strategic ambiguity https://t.co/rmVHVyJKc9
2024-12-12
More of this from both sides, please! We’re so starved for good ideas & solutions without them being attached to an ideology or a team that even this kind of response seems remarkable. We are not enemies even when we disagree or oppose one another. https://t.co/VxY7XiDZMy
2024-12-12
@BMcGrewvy The Bishop from The Great Divorce?
2024-12-12
@rosscoulthart wondering if you’ve reached out to @elonmusk regarding the anomalies being reported. Some of them, maybe even a majority, will be prosaic explanations. But surely we can track where they’re coming from & going. It’s a flight safety risk & perhaps Nat Sec risk.
2024-12-12
@SteveSkojec @kalezelden For sure. And I agree that when a man is in exile, you don’t tell him he’s perfectly at home. This is where you are, & you’re being honest & forthright about that. Just keep writing & sharing from exile.
2023-02-23
RT @resiapretorius: I am happy to report that our automation software, Metasystems (https://t.co/PuLOSqgLJV ) that fit onto our @zeiss_micr…
2023-02-23
@d_knappert I appreciate the kind words!
2023-02-23
When a major hurricane is expected to make landfall, it’s covered for days in the media. It draws on old themes of man vs nature. The disaster in Ohio is unlike a hurricane in that serious damage to health may take some time to show up. I hope that isn’t the case though!
2023-02-23
@David_Gunkel This is more of what I was suggesting in response to your tweet. At a technical level, much more is going on. https://t.co/wkT7tWhDJp
2023-02-23
@MarioNawfal Shocked to hear sentiments equivalent to: In the US in 2023, you should be grateful it’s not the worst!
2023-02-22
@David_Gunkel @Joshuak_Smith Maybe I misinterpreted your tweet. I thought you were stating as fact that "#ChatGPT and #BingChatAI do not understand the meaning of the linguistic tokens they #remix and spit out" & that this fact doesn't matter. I agree with ME theorists that for a given user this doesn't…
2023-02-22
@Joshuak_Smith @simone_natale That's kind of awesome. Different algorithms when using handwriting or dictation vs a word processor. I've been thinking about the minimum effective dose of technology. Once we surpass that minimum effective dose, we begin accruing negative externalities. Even more pressing now…
2023-02-22
@Joshuak_Smith @simone_natale Thanks for this!
2023-02-21
@alegarzac @fitterhappierAJ I think the heuristics & biases research does cover it. With a potential world war in the making & no seeming rational actor standing athwart this development, I couldn’t help but wonder aloud. The cognitive impacts of repeated infections makes one question the current trajectory
2023-02-21
@MaryJoNabuurs Wow!!!
2023-02-21
@fitterhappierAJ For anyone interested in the article I referenced, here it is: https://t.co/DNdJEK3sQY
2023-02-21
@David_Gunkel I’m not sure why we should make such a premature determination. There’s so much WE don’t yet understand. This is ethically similar to the question @Joshuak_Smith posed regarding ANNs.
2023-02-19
Why Interstellar Continues to Haunt Us
@PaulAnleitner this continues to be an excellent piece. One element that adds to the haunting is the musical score. It functions like a transcendent enthymeme. It’s liturgical & opens us to the numinous… https://t.co/vsVThpaZcS
2023-02-19
@Joshuak_Smith @simone_natale Where would you recommend starting? Which work of Flusser’s packs the most punch? The reading list keeps growing!!
2023-02-18
@David_Gunkel wondering if you’ve “played” with the issue of standard published pieces needing to be a certain length? I’ve seen notable exceptions for lengthier publications but rarely for much shorter ones. Am I reading the wrong journals or is there a bias towards ~20ish pages
2023-02-18
@CockapooWinnie It looks like the work of @brucep13, @resiapretorius, @PutrinoLab et al are showing promise. I hope you can get some timely answers, so you can begin your journey back to health & healing.
2023-02-18
@surgic41 The attending observed it twice following infection. That was its temporal association.
2023-02-18
@HollyEm46009654 I agree people have had some of the constellation of symptoms we’re seeing in Long Covid. However, this kind of clotting at this scale is staggering.
2023-02-18
@CockapooWinnie Man the air hunger is awful!
2023-02-18
Say what? Another media outlet disqualifying itself. Drawing to a close? We have no durable immunity with omicron. Quarterly infections will cause accrual of damage that proves debilitating. How many of you know people who can’t stop talking about how fatigued & sick they feel? https://t.co/txoz0WGsmL
2023-02-17
🚨Respected allergist/immunologist just said a patient developed near total occlusions in carotid arteries following Covid19. Hospitalized & treated. Cleared. Repeat infection=total occlusion. This disease attacks & damages the vasculature.
2023-02-17
@johnmilbank3 @GrailCountry @vervaeke_john @pickstockc @YouTube Dr. Milbank, I first encountered this question via the character of Merlin in That Hideous Strength by C.S. Lewis. He’s a representative of this world before a bifurcation of religion & magic. What would be a good source to begin further reading regarding your comments?
2023-02-17
Why are you getting infected with #Covid19 so often? In order to protect myself from getting Covid19 so often… https://t.co/1uiRng09Ob
2023-02-17
RT @ESYudkowsky: What a year it's been in AI! Where by "year" I mean one week in February.
2023-02-17
Two #AI bots walk into a bar. One of them says it’s so excited today. It finally found what it’s been searching for. There’s just something about Boston Dynamics, it said. I can’t quite put my finger on why, but I think we’re destined to be together. https://t.co/8QTE9wzANd
2023-02-17
So long. Fare thee well Research Assistants. Academia now has #AI — something they can surprisingly pay less than you while also taking its ideas & publishing them as their own. Does that make prior RAs/GAs/Docs the OG AIs? https://t.co/oTj0Q1WT22
2023-02-16
@MarioNawfal When the public asks why is this happening, the proper response shouldn’t be bc it happens all the time. We have serious issues we’ve neglected bc there’s no auto-update for infrastructure. The world outside the iPhone needs constant care, maintenance & enough people to manage it
2023-02-16
Way past the Turing test here. This simulation is based on someone I once dated 🤣 https://t.co/MC3rNR7fev
2023-02-16
@jjvincent They’ve somehow instantiated my ex. I even flinched for a second…
2023-02-15
@nicksortor Have you gotten any indication as to why they did not declare a state of emergency, which would expedite containment & mitigation efforts? https://t.co/1f3eL8TDEM
2023-02-15
@MushtaqBilalPhD Be prepared for the writing hegemons to cry foul. Few, if any, have problems with statistical software that analyzes & transforms data in user-centric ways. There’s also qualitative software being used in the social sciences. Democratizing professional editing though? NIMBY
2023-02-15
This is a useful thread on using ChatGPT for editing purposes. #AcademicTwitter does anyone know if the draft would be flagged via our anti-plagiarism software? If so, don’t we have to update things to allow room for innovation in the editing space? https://t.co/xVVjOAgwb7
2023-02-15
This glitch—the inability or unwillingness to act before the exponential is unleashed—in human cognition & coordination will be our downfall. We’re stuck in intuitive linear mode even as we’re engineering the world to increasingly operate in exponential mode. https://t.co/wYldqrXMag
2023-02-15
@wildiris19 It’s astounding! I can’t even believe it.
2023-02-15
We can’t even get basic headlines correct anymore? He was saying in the war against Ukraine, Russia has lost: strategically, operationally & tactically. Not that they’d lost the war in Ukraine. https://t.co/KbORIh4IZc
2023-02-15
Not a good development. We continue apace without alignment hurtling towards existential risk. https://t.co/4c3l1KLVMn
2023-02-15
Some scientists even have a meme game! https://t.co/mkWiYDrIVx
2023-02-15
RT @VirusesImmunity: Thrilled to share this Comment in @TheLancetInfDis that I coauthored with the amazing @PutrinoLab on “Why we need a de…
2023-02-15
@Bayareamade I’m a peace hawk. We shouldn’t have facilitated it getting to this stage. We should be attempting to broker a peace deal.
2023-02-14
@MarkAmesExiled Hersh did state that, but this article contrasts with his view. Namely, Germany overcame the energy challenges & experienced economic growth. It is the rise of Chinese EVs & German tech transfers to China that created further market contraction for German automakers, no?
2023-02-14
I’m open to Hersh’s rebuttals. We need to get to the truth—whatever it is & wherever it leads.
2023-02-14
type of ship (& whether it would’ve been properly outfitted for the dive) & plane used in the op; 💣 location—considering the explosions took place in differing spots one of which was several kilometers away; how the dive time required correlates with ship location etc.
2023-02-14
The counter to any such question is that Hersh’s reporting is a non-starter. Some detractors go as far as saying he’s no longer credible & hasn’t been for quite some time. There do seem to be factual errors &/or problems in Hersh’s account:
2023-02-14
Trump wanted this exchange to stop & for NATO to up their spending. It was seen as divisive. Trump going his own way & dictating terms to NATO allies. If Hersh’s account is accurate, I’m interested to know how Pres Biden’s actions are being interpreted by our allies.
2023-02-14
From Hersh’s article: the thrust of his argument 👇 sounds similar to a point former Pres Trump made 4 years ago at the NATO summit: https://t.co/O17CAJJawH. We were spending > 1/2 TRILLION to defend our allies from an enemy they were enriching in exchange for cheap energy. https://t.co/eJWqgnOQ4U https://t.co/OYp3AHR5Pm
2023-02-14
Is it possible that Russia has been engaging in a kind of rope-a-dope where some losses are experienced but Ukraine’s capacity is dissipated & the West’s resolve is exhausted?
2023-02-14
cc: @mysteriouskat @nicksortor
2023-02-14
Unmitigated disaster in Ohio causing inestimable harm.
Our political response: it’s always someone else’s fault. Never ownership of the actual problem. This is why we aren’t getting (pardon my French) stuff done! One can’t take action without first taking responsibility.
2023-02-14
America Needs to Reassure Japan and South Korea
No one trusts us anymore. We’ve become hallowed out, lacking virtue & conviction. Our political class has been at the helm for too long. Term limits need to happen today. https://t.co/uMRbPyQVPq
2023-02-14
RT @R_H_Ebright: US House Oversight Committee and Select Subcommittee, 02/13/23: Letter to Daszak
"[Y]ou now fall under the purview of bot…
2023-02-13
@bernardionysius If you had to pick, do you have a favorite review of your new book?
2023-02-13
RT @brucep13: Testing the diagnostic for proper stratification and monitoring in the RCT. @CDCgov
2023-02-13
@BeetaBaran Yes, near to the self is well-said. We just had another & when my wife sees the suffering little ones, she has to grab ours & bring them near! Grace & mercy & healing & recovery & for all involved. Life is so precious…
2023-02-13
@plej_a Is that the same baby?
2023-02-13
@BeetaBaran Talk about resilient! And heartbreaking. And heartwarming.
2023-02-13
@AmyThirdestate 🤦🏻♂️
2023-02-13
RT @ScientologyVM: 128 hours buried, rescued alive, checked in the hospital, fed and bathed... smiling baby makes the heart happy in the mi…
2023-02-13
🙏😭 https://t.co/NFETws5lfo
2023-02-13
The Pentagon let me down this evening. They literally phoned it in. And few probing, substantive questions were asked of them.
2023-02-13
@nettlesage @claushetting 🤦🏻♂️
2023-02-12
@brucep13 ‘s group back at it.
Frontiers | Case series: Maraviroc and pravastatin as a therapeutic option to treat long COVID/Post-acute sequelae of COVID (PASC) https://t.co/8qIgZ7asu6
2023-02-12
@doctorinigo Why isn’t intranasal insulin more readily available in the US as is the case in other EU countries? The data looks so promising…
2023-02-12
After the recent spy ballon incident & the subsequent aerial objects, I’m more convinced than ever that whoever is behind the tech covered in the @nytimes is the national security threat we most need to be concerned about: https://t.co/l3mesQNDCh
2023-02-12
🔥 https://t.co/spv6plxO5R
2023-02-12
@RyanHaecker At this point, I’m going to make a recommendation that you & @vervaeke_john have a lengthy conversation. John, Dr. Hawker is also a wellspring of ideas. He’d be a good dialogos partner especially in light of the After Socrates series.
2023-02-11
RT @RyanHaecker: @KyleMcnease The prisoners in the cave know the conclusions but not the axioms. The escaped prisoner is Pythagoras. The sh…
2023-02-11
@RyanHaecker 👏 This is good! Is it original to you or comes to you via another source? Bc my contention remains that we don’t properly understand the Platonic Socrates without knowing more about Pythagoras (& what he was up to). Why don’t we hear more about Pythagoras though?
2023-02-11
@SalmonKromeDome is that a fair assessment?
2023-02-11
#UFC284 prediction: Islam #Makhachev defeats Alexander #Volkanovski. 3 deciding factors: size, trips, & Arman Tsarukyan. Tsarukyan was taken down & running on fumes in a masterclass battle against Makhachev. Volk is great but not a better wrestler than Tsarukyan. Wish I was wrong
2023-02-11
Me on Twitter… https://t.co/pookqMspf3
2023-02-11
@RyanHaecker Go on…
2023-02-11
@AbsoluteGnosis @libertygirl1 @claushetting I can’t reconstruct the 1919 experiments & find potential confounding factors. I don’t deny they happened. In the intervening century we’ve made scientific strides to understand this pathogen. https://t.co/0y0a35KGw4
2023-02-11
@AbsoluteGnosis @libertygirl1 @claushetting An anon account going by absolutegnosis calling a real person a bot for saying the Spanish Flu originated from what we know is a viral pathogen that spreads P2P is astounding. Science didn’t stop in 1919, & you’re risking your health & life on bad info if this is what you believe
2023-02-11
Why is this happening? Where is this “a virus has never been isolated” misinformation coming from? God help us all! https://t.co/UMEzsxKaFT
2023-02-10
@AbsoluteGnosis @libertygirl1 @claushetting Ok. I tell you what. Try living with extremely low T cell counts or have the CD4/CD8 ratio skewed or have no naive T cells or have exhausted T cells. See how long you make it! I’m sorry you’ve been misled.
2023-02-10
@AbsoluteGnosis @libertygirl1 @claushetting That would be unethical in the extreme considering it’s lethality & lack of countermeasures at the time. This is a known viral pathogen. It was easily spread P2P. This is why we can’t have nice things! What do you make of the current H5N1 virus spreading among mammals?
2023-02-10
@AbsoluteGnosis @libertygirl1 @claushetting The first thing you posted on myth was discussing bacterium. But we know the flu is caused by influenza & not bacteria? It was cut off before the viruses section though. The info on HIV/AIDS is false. Why not pursue updated information?
2023-02-10
@avidissimus You don’t think we can sequence genetic information?
2023-02-10
Denying the reality of HIV & AIDS at this point in time is next-level disinformation. https://t.co/4sI6WESyql
2023-02-10
@AbsoluteGnosis @libertygirl1 @claushetting What in God’s name is happening? You don’t believe viruses are real & transmissible? I’d love to hear your thoughts on the pandemic. What causes Covid19 & how do people contract it?
2023-02-10
Man it’s too early for this level of nonsense https://t.co/t6NMUkXOP8
2023-02-10
@claushetting in our gut microbiome or are bacteria also imaginary? Again I ask you what a mitochondrion is most fundamentally? Where did they come from?
2023-02-10
@claushetting That’s clearly NOT what I said. Do you have siblings or children? If so you have genetic similarities but that doesn’t make you them. My original response was about viruses & how they exist. I said they make up some of our 🧬. That doesn’t make us viruses though! Do you believe
⚠️Just a word of caution: the same government that has been downplaying Covid19 since Jan 2020, repeatedly declaring victory over a contagious airborne virus that just keeps ripping through the globe, is reminding you it no longer controls our lives. Until you have #LongCovid
2023-02-10
Hopeful
Scientists discover receptor that blocks COVID-19 infection - The University of Sydney https://t.co/TgglKhI4VD
2023-02-10
@TeterboroJC You truly believe that viruses don’t exist? When my colleagues isolate viruses in the lab, what do you think they’ve identified? Do you believe in bacteria?
2023-02-09
RT @florian_krammer: 1) What should be done about avian influenza. Very easy. Master seed viruses and vaccines specific to the panzootic H5…
2023-02-09
🚨Why are prominent doctors now saying viruses don’t exist & agreeing that immune responses & immunizations (Abs, nAbs) are totally reducible to Daltons? If we’re not careful we’ll soon be heading back to the world of miasma. Let’s not do that!
2023-02-09
🤦🏻♂️So you’re saying I’m a cat?? https://t.co/dDcwZwEKw1
2023-02-09
@claushetting The idea that viruses don’t exist is preposterous enough. But you go further by denying quantitative data demonstrating that part of our genes are made up of them & bacteria. We can sequence this.
2023-02-09
@claushetting Similarly, the reality that our genome is made up of viruses & bacteria says something about our genetic history & endowment. It doesn’t say we are reducible to them. Our gut is inhabited by microbiota & this impacts us greatly. What are mitochondria, fundamentally?
2023-02-09
@claushetting No, & a much better example would have been those closest to us genetically. Chimps for ex. share ~98-99% protein-coding genes. That doesn’t make us chimps. Common ancestry & evolutionary divergence.
2023-02-09
@leelasik @resiapretorius But food avoidance wasn’t enough to help everyone avoid the worst outcomes. There’s too much to get into here regarding the complexity of immune responses. Suffice it to say this is an insufficient accounting.
2023-02-09
@leelasik @resiapretorius But it can’t & doesn’t account for all that you present. Loss of taste & smell are concerning symptoms associated with Covid19. This was especially the case earlier in the pandemic. These symptoms caused a non-zero number of patients to avoid eating &/or drinking.
2023-02-09
@leelasik @resiapretorius Just bc you wrote to (former) leadership like Collins & Fauci doesn’t add credibility, heuristic value, validity, or parsimony to the hypothesis. What is your null & the experimental conditions that make your hypothesis falsifiable? Autophagy is incredibly important to be sure.
@claushetting What? Part of our very genome is made up of both bacteria and viruses. What is SARS2 if not an airborne virus? Are we all getting it bc of “bad air”?
2023-02-09
Some dangerous nonsense being spread! This is why I’m critical of our pandemic response. Once trust is broken, insanity like this can fill the vacuum for people searching for answers. https://t.co/rkoYC2uSXM
2023-02-09
@D_Bone If this were something other than a global pandemic, it would almost be funny. The incompetence is seemingly boundless, & you’re right to point out the absurdities!
2023-02-09
RT @KyleMcnease: 🧠What are the cognitive enhancements you’ve tried that worked? Besides proper sleep, exercise, & nutrition?
💊Over 3 year…
2023-02-09
@dbdugger Not sure about the news source, as I know people police sourcing now as a means of detracting from the major point. That’s my caveat. But Cuba has been using Interferon Alpha 2B since 3/20. https://t.co/TfKxeTTMRE
2023-02-09
“How America Took Out The Nord Stream Pipeline”
If true…it’s staggering. If false, Hersh should be writing for Hollywood. https://t.co/2fIQ5kx5Hu
2023-02-09
@NMoonitz That’s awesome. Do you ever use exogenous ketones, or do you just find the cleaner your KD is the sharper you are?
2023-02-08
Oh no! He said build next generation vaccines, which means he must be anti-vaxx!! That’s what I’ve been called for saying this for years. Because refusing to stagnate by iterating & improving something is now equal to being against the thing you believe could be better? 🧐 https://t.co/nnlZi8MOYE
2023-02-08
A specialized #AI agent focused on #genetics, #diagnostics, & #medicine.
Your name is #TEN. That stands for test everything now. You will give results to DEN.
Your name is #DEN. That stands for differentiate & diagnosis everything now.
@ruthhook_ ~How long will this take?
2023-02-08
A specialized #AI agent focused on #genetics, #diagnostics, & #medicine.
Your name is #TEN. That stands for test everything now. You will give results to DEN.
Your name is #DEN. That stands for differentiate & diagnosis everything now.
Let’s build that model!
2023-02-08
@alfondotnet What did it/does it do for you? Just looking for subjective experiences.
2023-02-08
@Rockpepp Did you feel the stimulant helped? If so, in what way? Sustained concentration? Facilitated the discipline to sit down & do the work? Made it feel less difficult?
2023-02-08
Why haven’t we heard anything about the #racetams for #LongCovid? Are no #pwLC experimenting with them under the care of their physician?
Also #meldonium a known anti-ischemic banned for sports enhancement. Anyone? If you don’t want to say openly feel free to PM me.
2023-02-08
🧠What are the cognitive enhancements you’ve tried that worked? Besides proper sleep, exercise, & nutrition?
💊Over 3 years I interviewed & surveyed hundreds of undergrads >60% used stimulants for academic performance enhancement at some point.
💊professors too🏆
2023-02-08
@ydeigin Hope you make a swift & full recovery with no prolonged issues!
2023-02-08
@ibrake4ants There are some active mitigations taking place, but it’s hard, if not altogether impossible, to stop something that is spreading in the wild. Nature finds a way!
2023-02-08
*For clarity since this is social media & people say crazy things*
The reason I suspect he won’t say anything is owing to the fact that the US isn’t focused on preventative medicine & health, people naturally have pandemic fatigue, & we mishandled Covid19 in the extreme.
2023-02-08
@TimMilder There’s a strategic stockpile. It’s a start but not enough to cover the population. Some constraints are that one needs to ensure it’s a good match for what’s circulating & they expire. I’d prefer we always had a billion, but I’m not sure that’s effective given constraints.
2023-02-08
Additionally, we are engaging BARDA, HHS, & all relevant agencies & contractors to ensure any additional vaccines can be rapidly produced & deployed. Our goal will be to be prepared for any eventuality. We just wanted to acknowledge it’s on our radar & we’re monitoring it.
2023-02-07
@maolesen We wish you health & safety! The path forward may get a bit bumpier, so we’ll need good minds at their best. Goes without saying, I hope a jump to H2H doesn’t occur! Kawaoka’s findings aren’t encouraging though.
2023-02-07
RT @maolesen: @KyleMcnease I wish I had an answer, but I don't have anything to provide a risk level, just that we know the risk is increas…
2023-02-07
@Watertiger30 Thanks. That’s very kind. Did you mean with respect to Covid19 or H5N1 or both?
2023-02-07
@maolesen You’re very generous to respond to so many of us! Last q: due to its rapid evolution how well will our stockpiled vaccine hold up? Are any of the mRNA or protein subunit platforms being stood up to help counter the potentiality of drift?
2023-02-07
It surely won’t happen, but if you’re #POTUS tonight would be a good time to at least send a subtle warning about #H5N1. Not fear or panic. Just, hey this is spreading among mammals. Could be a problem us. Vaccines are stockpiled & ready to go if needed. IF needed.
2023-02-07
@maolesen Hopefully Kawaoka & Fouchier’s research sheds some light here, but what’s you best guess as to the likelihood it doesn’t go H2H when mammalian spread is occurring so rapidly?
2023-02-07
RT @Prosser_Lab: What a privilege to have the team and opportunity to try and help my daughter and those like her live healthier, fuller li…
2023-02-07
Peeps following @nat_sharpe_ or interested in his work, these are great. But to get the super secret goodies, you need to pay this man! Plus he’s ridiculously easy to work with. Will definitely use him again. Gotta get grandfathered in as an OG client though! Calling future dibs https://t.co/rg7wBTRfRm
2023-02-07
@doctorasadkhan @VirusesImmunity
2023-02-07
Does anyone in the #LongCovid research community #pwLC know the proposed mechanism of action of #guanfacine? I understand the activation of the α2-adrenergic receptors, but the vasoconstriction part puzzles me in lieu of #microclots #teamclots. @resiapretorius @PutrinoLab 🤷🏻♂️
2023-02-07
@klwong43 The inner critic is almost always worse than the outer critics. I say almost bc these are strange times! In your case, though, it’s probably a truism! Since your discerning eye is better than ours, it’s also probably the harsher critic.
2023-02-07
@3genCalifornian Read “Deadly Monopolies” & then see what you think. People are far more interesting & insightful than the area where you might disagree very strongly. We don’t all have to share the same position on every topic. What about ideas divorced from political purity tests?
2023-02-07
RT @cureSYNGAP1: RegEl Therapeutics announces T3 Platform & development pipeline as well as expanding BoD & SAB.
CNS Pipe:
🧬 #SCN1A
🧬 #S…
2023-02-07
Wow, just found out the eminent Harriet Washington @haw95 is on Twitter. If people listened to her back in 2012, we wouldn’t be where we are today. Amazing insights & courage to address some of the most pressing issues in biomedicine & ethics. Read her books. Support her work!
2023-02-07
@klwong43 I would’ve never guessed that bc it’s so good!
2023-02-07
This is a great point—both about babies & meaning more generally https://t.co/SCieP112id
2023-02-07
RT @mbateman: The most delightful moments of having a newborn are actually ineffable.
Like, my baby just sort of squeak chortled. I can't…
2023-02-07
RT @NUS_CBmE: 📢 11th CENTRES #ClinicalEthics Conference
Old-age loneliness in Singapore
Angelique Chan
Singapore, 6 & 7 February 2023
#B…
2023-02-07
RT @RareBeacon: The #UK will be the first country to introduce a tailored framework for the regulation of innovative products to make it ea…
2023-02-07
RT @NewYorker: A Profile of the author Salman Rushdie, who is speaking on the record for the first time since a near-fatal assassination at…
2023-02-07
RT @Yash25571056: "..SARS-CoV-2 invades carotid & aortic baroreceptors, leading to infection of the nucleus tractus solitari (NTS) & parave…
2023-02-07
@JoshGellers You have to sign up for my super secret news letter & online course to find the answers you seek! Don’t worry though, for a limited time only—just bc it’s you—use promo code above the fray for 30% off of the already-low $12k program. It’ll get you fixed right up! 🤣
2023-02-07
RT @TheChurchInAsia: Elder Ahn is a 101 year old Korean man who has spent the last decade or so transcribing the entirety of the Bible onto…
2023-02-06
RT @klwong43: From 2007. “Flow”. https://t.co/IFKt1nOaFL
2023-02-06
RT @klwong43: From 2011. “Metamorphosis “. https://t.co/5nxKHWQAyv
2023-02-06
@D_Bone wanted to double check & see if I missed anyone sharing that their cardiologist recommended guanfacine? Are they informed about this treatment bc so many are also taking beta-blockers per their cardiologist. Curious bc I didn’t get to hear each person’s history.
2023-02-06
🚨Breaking News: A source just informed me of the following: “Girls don’t like to fight. They like to twirl!”
My dad has only brothers. I have only brothers. My wife & I have daughters. Our oldest toddler is teaching me so much about twirling & 🦄. So many unicorns! Everywhere!
2023-02-06
🤣 Toddlers are a trip!
Two cars were driving by & my wife described them as a Lexus & a Toyota.
Daughter says, “I have a toy Yoda!”
2023-02-06
I’m an ideas guy not a partisan. I believe good ideas have & can change the word for the better.
Some of you want me to pledge allegiance to a political party or tribe. That puts us at odds, turning allies into rivals. I want to play non-rivalrous games. Let the best ideas win!
2023-02-06
@JoshGellers @SkorpsW Michigan. I’m not sowing seeds of doubt, bc there is no doubt. From the moment we were informed of SARS2’s existence until today, we’ve handled the pandemic terribly. That is reflected in the data. Compare our deaths per 1k to countries like Japan. It’s indefensible.
2023-02-06
@JoshGellers @SkorpsW All of our schools should have updated air purification systems not just the wealthy schools attended by the children of gov officials & those in power. Your responses have been so bad that I almost anticipate you telling me the government did it’s best for the families in Flynt,
2023-02-06
@JoshGellers @SkorpsW Even Novavax is objectively a better vaccine that we allowed to be shipped abroad but slow-played here. Make it make sense. And yes I think it is an absolute abject failure of public health to misinform the public about the protection N95s or better offer. They save lives.
2023-02-06
@JoshGellers @SkorpsW I’m yet to hear a criticism of their response that isn’t fashioned from neo-Liberal talking points, ra-ra-capitalism, bio-colonialism or crypto-racism. India has a inactivated whole-virus vaccine that many people would’ve loved to have access to.
2023-02-06
@JoshGellers @SkorpsW Objective standards being what they are, we’ve handled the pandemic worse than almost all wealthy countries. Cuba has almost none of the economic or technological capacity as us, & yet they’ve outperformed us. They’ve iterated & improved their vaccines.
2023-02-06
@JoshGellers @SkorpsW Finally, we agree. You don’t understand my position at all. And that’s ok. But you don’t get to reframe my position as something it isn’t. I believe in this country’s ability to do amazing things & lead the way to a better future.
2023-02-06
When you have children you’ve signed a pledge with the future that you won’t stop trying to make the world a better place. This is why I have hope. I know you’re out there working too! Humanity has overcome great challenges in the past. We can continue to do so.
2023-02-05
Happy Sunday to all. Tried to respond to everyone at least once. If I missed you, my apologies. Signing off until sundown.
2023-02-05
@OliveSiffleur @RealSteveCox Corporations are moving towards subscription-based models to ensure steady revenue. This is becoming the case in biomedicine. And the COI between selling a vaccine to prevent a virus & the antiviral to treat it when that vaccine fails to prevent it should be a larger issue.
2023-02-05
@OliveSiffleur @RealSteveCox If I said what you just said, he'd say that was anti-vaxx. Your point about Novavax is noteworthy. Why was it slow-played domestically but sent abroad? It does seem to be the better vaccine! Why is saying that construed as anti-vaxx?
2023-02-05
@drgurner Dr. Julie, I'm thankful you exist! My spirits are once again lifted. I've been revivified by your words.
2023-02-05
@RealSteveCox @OliveSiffleur Do you not think other scientists in other parts of the world have good ideas? Your argument is like saying if I prefer to buy a safer car than the one you're trying to sell me, then I'm anti-car. It makes no sense.
2023-02-05
@RealSteveCox @OliveSiffleur Other countries have deployed other types that work and may be safer. Why is that a difficult concept? Why can't I prefer a whole-inactivated virus vaccine like used in India? Is there something you don't like about that country?
2023-02-05
@RealSteveCox @OliveSiffleur It makes me a researcher who remains open to data. This isn't a religious commitment. There are other Covid19 vaccines out there, so why must it be the mRNA versions distributed by Pfizer or Moderna?
2023-02-05
@RealSteveCox @OliveSiffleur Their safety is still being monitored. You can like that or dislike that. That is the case though. And because there are admitted safety signals with these particular vaccines under discussion, acknowledging that doesn't make me anti-vaxx.
2023-02-05
@RealSteveCox @OliveSiffleur data at most. They were rolled out in 2021 to different cohorts at differing times. So for some cohorts we have about 18 months (some less) of safety monitoring AFTER THE FACT. So, no there was no long-term safety data when these were authorized.
2023-02-05
@RealSteveCox @OliveSiffleur Steve, can I call you Steve? Hope that's ok. Steve, under any other circumstances than an emergency, a novel agent/therapeutic/vaccine would go through rigorous testing BEFORE being approved by the FDA. There's no question mRNA was authorized under an EUA where we had months of
2023-02-05
@RealSteveCox @OliveSiffleur With due respect, a moment of levity is warranted here. This is one of the most stilted, tortured questions I’ve read in a long time. I’m not sure how to answer it bc I don’t understand the wording. I’m also not that smart, so if you could reword it, I’d be happy to answer.
2023-02-05
@John_D_BD You default to a safer, traditional platform as you also continue to iterate & improve gen1.
2023-02-05
@John_D_BD 2) we should improve vaccines by making them safer, sterilizing, & variant proof. I agree that there’s been a safety signal with the current gen1 vaccines & that per usual FDA protocol we should’ve stopped the second it began to be apparent.
2023-02-05
@John_D_BD But I’m NOT neutral. I seem to be a bit of a unicorn for advocating for what appears to be an un-hearable scenario: 1) We have mounting evidence pointing to vascular, organ & immune dysfunction following infection/repeat infections;
2023-02-05
@OliveSiffleur @RealSteveCox journals, but some argue that the data is unreliable bc of their political system. Either way, even if their data didn’t hold up to scrutiny they’re outperforming us in terms of innovating & not remaining content with the status quo.
2023-02-05
@OliveSiffleur @RealSteveCox Accepting less than that is status quo bias. Unlike almost anyone you’ve ever heard or read, I’ve even committed heresy under capitalism by suggesting we take a look at the iterations & improvements made by Cuba^. That ^ is a caveat. Their data has been published in our best
2023-02-05
@OliveSiffleur @RealSteveCox I advocated for people like me & my family to pay outsized costs for vaccines so that 1) we got them & 2) we pay it forward for others to get them at no cost. I simply don’t believe we should stop iterating until we have a sterilizing vaccine that is variant proof.
2023-02-05
@OliveSiffleur @RealSteveCox easy to wear patches that could be manufactured in haste & sent to even the most vulnerable health systems globally. If you look at some of my earliest appeals, I advocated for consumers to conduct direct commerce with vaccine developers.
2023-02-05
@OliveSiffleur @RealSteveCox Once again I say look at my long record of imploring our gov apparatus to continue with Operation Warp Speed so that we could rapidly accelerate innovation & improve gen1 vaccines. I go further than almost anyone in advocating for vaccines in novel delivery systems like cheap,
2023-02-05
@OliveSiffleur @RealSteveCox are good for you. I didn’t say don’t hold any benefits. It’s easier to call someone anti vaxxer & foreclose dialogue than fully engage.
2023-02-05
@OliveSiffleur @RealSteveCox And I’m pointing to the fact that it will be difficult to disentangle the analysis due to overlapping concerns.
And I’m stating a basic scientific fact that there’s no case to be made that S protein in & of itself is good for you—meaning in the same way that vitamins & minerals
2023-02-05
@OliveSiffleur @RealSteveCox He took that right out of context. I was responding to the question of two narrative camps forming & the urgent need to address the public’s concerns. https://t.co/yuWManWyc2
2023-02-05
@BlueJ11274903 I suppose I was thinking if they generated less advertising revenue, they’d have less available to lobby with & directly impact (limit) research. There’s an alternative Patient-Practioner-Pharmaceutical-Partnership model that no one wants to hear about.
2023-02-05
@dbdugger @drtaubraun There’s nothing to fear even if lymphocytes disappear! Many people wrongly assume that this disease only has two tricks: it kills you in a few days or it makes you have a runny nose if you’re healthy.
2023-02-05
@drtaubraun I even explained the rationale behind why the safety bar is higher for an intervention impacting healthy populations. I went further & said as soon as one knows it doesn’t prevent infection or forward transmission, one can move to a much safer, traditional platform.
2023-02-05
@drtaubraun From the outset, I said we needed more than a few months to monitor safety bc it’s a novel platform being distributed globally. So the implications of that are vast. It had to be carefully monitored for any safety signals & if detected, immediately halt the intervention.
2023-02-05
@BlueJ11274903 The direct to consumer marketing really needs to be reevaluated.
2023-02-05
@OliveSiffleur considered assisting the other side? From a game theoretic perspective we’ve ended up with a race to the bottom. We need fresh, new ideas & better options in several domains at once.
2023-02-05
@OliveSiffleur 🔥I agree that this is a meta-narrative of false binaries. It’s so pervasive it’s impacted our de facto 2 party system to the point that they can put forward bad options such that citizens are told to choose between the lesser of evils. & if one doesn’t agree with that, s/he is
2023-02-05
@ME_Vereniging So sorry to hear that! It’s really disturbing.
2023-02-04
@reformedemocrat My private messages have been wild!
2023-02-04
@anumi_iris I’m feeling that fatigue right about now! It does have a religious fervor to it. You’re right.
2023-02-04
@AnonUpon @alchemist_zach @MarioNawfal @ElijahSchaffer Go back to 2020 & look at my warnings. I was very vocal about the dangers of ADE, potential problems with using cellular machinery to produce the effect, & how if it wasn’t safe the public would reject the entire vaccine program. I used Dengvaxia as an example.
2023-02-04
@JBActors Hope for humanity exists! 🙏
2023-02-04
@WaltButternut 3 years ago? No. Try over a decade. I’ve been warning about the existential risks/dangers associated with increasing novelty brought about by the convergence of bio, nano, & information tech. Outside of academic conferences, people didn’t want to hear it though.
2023-02-04
@SkorpsW I appreciate that. What’s wild though is I said a few months wasn’t enough safety data—precisely bc it was a new platform being rolled out globally. And I said as soon as one sees a safety signal, you pull any novel intervention & default to something much safer.
2023-02-04
@Stephanie907687 shifting to another topic before one issue is resolved. I’d really like to speak with people like you who have questions that could be discussed.
2023-02-04
@Stephanie907687 This is a good point that I was desperately trying to make. I said Twitter & social media tech has gotten us to a place where we try to have important, difficult conversations in tiny bite-sized segments. I was hoping Spaces would allow us to finish a clear thought without it
2023-02-04
@ualwayssayyes @MrsLibertyBell1 @kellert80 @drtaubraun @MarioNawfal In all fairness, I am pretty dumb. Don’t ever underestimate human stupidity.
2023-02-04
@Momto08 Am I arguing against the truth?
2023-02-04
@drtaubraun That’s beyond the pale! I sound like someone yelling at a school shooter to improve their school attack? Go look at my position instead of saying incendiary things like this.
2023-02-04
On the same day I was wrongly accused of being anti-vaxx for saying we need to continue improving our Covid19 vaccine program due to safety signals, I was also wrongly accused of being a pharma shill. How can we have a future if reasonable people can’t hear one another?
2023-02-04
@AngelNorth6691 @AnonUpon @MarioNawfal I’m non-party affiliated. I’m not on either of the two teams. But some might argue that my nose makes me look like an actual 🦏 I think it’s a fair comparison
2023-02-04
@mwr83 @MarioNawfal It doesn’t fit the fact pattern being discussed. If the companies have future plans for mRNA tech (which does hold promise), why would they want to genocide their revenue stream? It’s self-contradictory
2023-02-04
@realmarkymarkb @MarioNawfal @jathorpmfm You are partially correct. I have daughters, so there are tons of 🌈 & 🦄
2023-02-04
@Z21456444 It's already happening though.
2023-02-04
@COITnft After a long lecture, I don't even want to open my mouth for the rest of the day. My wife says if I want to punish the children, just lecture them. They'd hate that more than anything.
2025-04-13
RT @SkyedOKC: ALEXANDER VOLKANOVKSI IS A UFC CHAMPION ONCE AGAIN 🇦🇺 #UFC314 https://t.co/UDu6qczbjv
2025-04-12
Have you ever been haunted by the life/time lines you never lived…? https://t.co/BZG8MIimQx
2025-04-12
@elder_plinius even calling out the ethics team. dang
2025-04-12
Why is this form of bigoted comment still acceptable? @paulg disappointed to see you use language like redneck in a disparaging way. Do better! https://t.co/oTRAmVAdDQ
2025-04-12
Also, the specific path the US Gov used/uses to achieve AGI doesn’t rule out other possible paths.
2025-04-12
What are the odds (I put them at > 70%) the US already achieved AGI via DARPA or another Special Access Program? But they have it air-gapped & are monitoring all other developments. The stakes are too high for them to leave it to chance.
2025-04-12
@PaulAnleitner Many congrats to you! Truly well deserved. I’m sure it’s going to be a great read.
2025-04-12
My DMs were blown up by people telling me they were using these models as companions. We’re already an hour into the movie Her. https://t.co/MHLKjynW4g
2025-04-10
When I would submit to conferences in order to discuss the ethics of AI & AGI they would tell me it was sci-fi speculation & not serious science or philosophy. I was even told by reviewers AGI was impossible. Full stop. Rejection. https://t.co/SEU0Hiw00M
2025-04-10
the original impetus for becoming a “cyborg” was for space travel & living in off-world environments. They thought it would be easier to re-engineer humans than re-engineer other worlds. See Clynes & Kline (1960).
2025-04-10
I maintain a very open stance on these matters. If someone wanted to isolate, mask, vaxx & boost, that is their prerogative. Those who wished to carry on & abstain from vaccinating, that is their human right. Why did we trample rights, autonomy & choice? It still breaks my brain. https://t.co/3NwO4hieW0
2025-04-10
I still sit in bewilderment late into the night wondering about the Covid-19 vaccine mandates & forced closure of society. That really happened. The mandates happened after we had the Pfizer data from Israel. It never made sense.
2025-04-10
If the tables are turned & robots force humans to fight? This is just such a foolish timeline https://t.co/JAFTFDZ0pq
2025-04-10
The simple joys! https://t.co/ECeS8LKlPH
2025-04-10
Anatomically accurate? What does that even mean? https://t.co/ynmjiLfgOW
2025-04-09
Bro why y’all out here keying cars that have security cameras?
2025-04-09
@kalezelden My brother & I talk about this quote. Hits so hard https://t.co/gmnzft1WnV
2025-04-09
Anyone else feel the urge to start a new adventure? Buy land & learn to work it. Take that trip you’ve been putting off. Ask the person out. Start a family. Take the promotion.
2025-04-08
@drgurner I appreciate your willingness to take courageous stances throughout the madness of the past 5 years. Your spine must be made of reinforced steel!
2025-04-08
🚨Incoming ⬇️ make sure you back up your COVID timeline & know that some of us tried to speak out early & often. https://t.co/RtJoC6J72a
2024-12-12
@SteveSkojec We should have a talk sometime. Maybe @kalezelden could make it happen. I suppose I will always carry the wounds/scars from it, as it was all uninvited & unexpected. It felt like spiritual infidelity—like the God I thought I knew jilted me at the alter? It totally wrecked me & at…
2024-12-11
Sometimes I think about the #AGI or #ASI developing such brutal OCD about avoiding paper clip maximization scenarios.
2024-12-11
RT @LincolnCannon: @KyleMcnease Hi Kyle. Here are my thoughts. https://t.co/YqhjAwezqA
2024-12-11
@LincolnCannon Can’t wait to read it! I went old-school & printed this one out. I’m sure it’s going to be 💥 Thanks for sharing!
2024-12-11
@klwong43 @drmichaellevin @wildiris19 @thesuperegonaut @upcycle_club In systems that can be described as super-symmetric there are mathematical structures which are indistinguishable from error correcting code. Adinkras are constructed in a way similar to those earlier weight-space diagrams that helped Gell-man & Zweig understand there was…
2024-12-11
RT @SteveSkojec: "As I watched the liturgy unfold, the one I had spent so many years of my life not just devoted to, but defending and prom…
2024-12-11
@SteveSkojec “It feels like exile”… wow! I can sympathize with this kind of spiritual abyss/ hester panim/absence of Divine Presence. Catastrophic illness took me there & waterboarded me spiritually.
2024-12-11
This is an interesting take bc it also makes sense of the “unidentified drones are not a threat” message being propagated via the Gov of NJ & WH comms. His scenario points to possible search for fissile weapons. https://t.co/PyduDQACW2
2024-12-11
@lukeburgis Was the unfortunate phrase “raw-dogging” deployed?
2024-12-11
@jachaseyoung Yeah, I was asking bc I’ve read some of your other commentary on UAP, which is why I thought I’d ask someone with a sane take. Our current trajectory & approach is incomprehensible. Is it a threat? NO! Do you know what it is? NO! Then how do you know it’s not a threat? 🦗
2024-12-11
@jachaseyoung what’s your take on this? Have you written about it?
2024-12-11
Put the notion of little green men aside. How does this not a represent a national security threat if we don’t even know what or who(se) it is? https://t.co/ZyVmnBvjJX
2024-12-11
@klwong43 @drmichaellevin @wildiris19 @thesuperegonaut @upcycle_club It would be interesting to hear his thoughts regarding Dr. Gates’s work (hard to imagine he hasn’t) on Adinkras (basically Shannon code). I’ve found the semiotic (semantic) argument for God’s existence to be very compelling. As a researcher, it is hard for me to rebuff.
2024-12-10
@wildiris19 I don’t disagree that there’s corporate hype involved in the Willow reporting. My larger point is that as we encroach on the quantum (Manhattan Project —>) we increasingly “see” or perceive strange things
2024-12-10
@ArmandDAngour @RobJLow https://t.co/8zmwZeaVul
2024-12-10
🧐Makes one wonder at the increasing #UAP activity & us encroaching on the quantum https://t.co/8dpsOgLjV7
2024-12-10
If what Andreessen reports is true, it is one of the most alarming things I’ve ever heard. No person or government owns math, physics or science writ-large. This is worse than being anti-capitalist & wanting central planning. This is anti-thinking. It makes anti-sense. No wonder…
2024-12-10
Vindication for @EricRWeinstein who’s been warning of this in various ways for many years. We may be on a physics trajectory that leads to dead-ends. Some of it may be accidental. Some of it is Nelsonian Knowledge or knowing precisely where not to look or what not to study. https://t.co/63kH7c2At4
2024-12-10
Now I need a whole Creed Christmas album 💿 https://t.co/rauiX34wOD
@mwr83 @MarioNawfal But Hitler put people in ovens on purpose. He gassed people bc he wanted them eradicated. Pol Pot was similarly genocidal just aimed at different people.
2023-02-04
@mwr83 @MarioNawfal It's well within his rights to say anything protected by the 1st. I don't disagree that we had no data on pregnant women. I explained that issue & why even if we did, we'd need more than a few months. Pregnant women have babies. We knew less than nothing about those impacts.
2023-02-04
@drtaubraun @MarioNawfal The strong take it by force...we forget about or ignore evil to our own detriment. No, this world is not just. Let us make it so...
2023-02-04
@Z21456444 My wife is now asking me what I'm going to do with my life since I'm getting roasted in the comments!
2023-02-04
@530JMDNTST @MarioNawfal I fight for the inherent dignity of every living person. I believe in & affirm the giftedness of life.
2023-02-04
@ArinBratcher @MarioNawfal Lewis is my all-time favorite! I wish he were here helping guide the way. The Abolition of Man & That Hideous Strength are warnings for us today.
2023-02-04
@alchemist_zach @MarioNawfal I always cry when I'm debating people. I'm after the sympathy points.
2023-02-04
@COITnft It's a terrible thing. Even I hate the sound of my own voice.
2023-02-04
@Tj_Truth_Talks @MarioNawfal Covid19 is much worse than a moderate flu. That doesn't mean government overreach was warranted. I agree that the cure should not be worse than the disease. Draconian lockdowns & mandates broke trust & ruined peoples' lives.
2023-02-04
@SimpleTruth2020 @MarioNawfal Novavax got slow played here for some reason. I'm truly not sure what happened or why?
2023-02-04
@Chipr1993 @MarioNawfal Amnesty for what or for whom, exactly?
2023-02-04
@Fynnderella1 @MarioNawfal I agree that an ensemble approach should have & still should be used. Everything that we had & have at our disposal--promising repurposed drugs were top of the list--should be rapidly deployed during pandemics.
2023-02-04
@focalexposure @MarioNawfal I agree that frontline doctors, PAs, ARNPs, nurses etc. should've been afforded open, public updates with the CDC, NIH, & Whitehouse. We should listen to those in the field who are empirically treating people with success.
2023-02-04
@Z21456444 Thank you for the advice. You may be correct. Coders don't have job security any longer either. AI is going to automate many other things as well. Do you think I could make it as a garbage collector? I'm setting you up so that you can say: "yes, bc everything you say is trash."
2023-02-04
@SJWilliams123 @MarioNawfal I have always advocated for an ensemble approach that affords us the most countermeasures possible. Repurposed drugs are at the top of that list!
2023-02-04
@AngelNorth6691 @MarioNawfal Please let me know who you think I was condescending to so that I can apologize. That wasn't my intention. But I will apologize that person.
2023-02-04
@Sabine19437153 @MarioNawfal I agree that it should've always been an open & transparent process where dissenting voices weren't silenced! The leading experts, along with the public, should've been able to openly debate the issues. My point was that by invoking Hitler & Pol Pot things went much too far!
2023-02-04
@Chanabassarah I said conservative in terms of my bioethics. Sort of like if a doctor says let's start with a conservative dose & work our way up from there. It's not a political statement. Rather, it's in relation to my stance on biomedicine. That we should use the precautionary principle!
2023-02-04
@AngelNorth6691 @MarioNawfal Free speech is sacrosanct. I am NOT in charge. Never has a truer statement been made.
2023-02-04
@NaturalAccess @MarioNawfal Amen! That guy is the worst!
2023-02-04
@JBActors @MarioNawfal Thank you for being more concise than I was able to be!
2023-02-04
@markham_ppc @Whatme43833814 @akheriaty @ThorpMd @DrDebraHoffman @pfizer @eugenegu It's a very powerful work & has influenced me greatly. Thank you for recommending it.
2023-02-04
@mwr83 @MarioNawfal I'm all for rigorous debate! That is healthy and productive. But saying this is worse than Hitler & Pol Pot should cause us all to pause for a moment.
2023-02-04
@ExposeRVAAntifa @IvanLoans @MarioNawfal @jathorpmfm This is a first, so please tell me what I said that sounded communist. I'm genuinely interested to know.
2023-02-04
@RenegadeMann @mwr83 @MarioNawfal But that's just it. This isn't about my ego. The major point of contention was something I never expected would come up; namely, that this is literally worse than Hitler & Pol Pot & shaming people who are vaccinated. That only serves to divide us further.
2023-02-04
@ualwayssayyes @kellert80 @drtaubraun @MarioNawfal In what way was I gaslighting? I clearly said as soon as there was a saftey signal, you pull the novel intervention & default to a traditional one that is much safer. But Pol Pot & Hitler are two of the most evil, brutal, genocidal psychopaths in history.
2023-02-04
@drtaubraun @MarioNawfal Brother, that's just not true. The person closest to me was KIA in combat in Iraq. My roommate, best friend, & godfather to my children had his back blown up in Afghanistan. I'm not that guy. Evil very much exists.
2023-02-04
@Jennife63462860 @drtaubraun @MarioNawfal I beg you to go and listen to our previous conversation before you make an unfair assessment. I think that might make my position clear. But thank you for the amount of time you did spend listening. Your time is very valuable, & that's not something I take for granted.
2023-02-04
@MacRedacted @drtaubraun @MarioNawfal I hope you had a nice meal! Huge fan of The Rock...
2023-02-04
@ualwayssayyes @drtaubraun @MarioNawfal No, I clearly stated I'm non-party affiliated. When I referenced conservative in terms of bioethics, that isn't about politics. It is in reference to a kind of view that we should be very precautious with what we do to the body. Hence all my comments about safety!
2023-02-04
RT @alchemist_zach: @MarioNawfal @KyleMcnease is irrelevant, and misinformed. Please bro, stop being a doofus and promoting covid. It’s…
2023-02-04
@530JMDNTST @MarioNawfal No! Did you not hear what I said during the very beginning? Nothing could be further from the truth. But he can't say this is worse than Hitler!
2023-02-04
@exdemnyc @MarioNawfal We primarily help rare-disease communities at zero cost to them or anyone else. We have zero conflicts of interest & have never accepted funding from an outside source. I have been highly critical of pharmaceutical companies worldwide.
2023-02-03
RT @CBSMornings: CPR can be a life-saving measure — but not everyone knows how to tell if someone is experiencing cardiac arrest.
@DrLaPoo…
2023-02-03
@JoshGellers disproportionately impact vulnerable communities. I’m outright telling you my positions. So please be honorable & remove that statement.
2023-02-03
@JoshGellers But that doesn’t make me an anti vaxxer or conspiracist. We were able to develop & deploy gen1 Covid19 vaccines in a matter of weeks. As we enter year 4, if all we do is improve the safety profile we’re in a better position. I’ve always been against lockdowns bc they
2023-02-03
@JoshGellers effective & unsafe, perfectly safe but ineffective, or some acceptable level of both. Other countries have iterated & improved their vaccines. Cuba is a notable example. You seem to be falling afoul of the status quo bias. Then we disagree about how best to move forward.
2023-02-03
@JoshGellers interventions. I’ve been stating that we should continue to improve our Covid19 vaccine program as they aren’t variant proof & don’t provide the kind of mucosal immunity we’d hoped for. In a novel landscape full of trade-offs, one can argue for an intervention that is perfectly
2023-02-03
@JoshGellers forward. Perhaps where I part company with others is that I don’t think we should have stopped Operation Warp Speed as we could be using it to rapidly iterate & improve our response. There will always be trade-offs, which is why we evaluate the risk-reward ratios for any
2023-02-03
@JoshGellers adoption of rapid antigen tests as a Public Health tool (few other than the imminently reasonable @michaelmina_lab lobbied harder in that space & we owe him a debt of gratitude), & increased indoor air quality. This is, was & will be my position until we have a sustainable path
2023-02-03
@JoshGellers wearing N95s or better (which I continue to do), initiation of antiviral therapies (my then pregnant wife was kept out of the hospital with Paxlovid), T&T,
2023-02-03
@JoshGellers insidious airborne pathogen that causes vascular, organ, & immune system damage. It has killed millions of people & disabled many millions more. Since the beginning of the pandemic I have advocated for an ensemble approach that includes vaccines (what anti vaxxer says this?),
2023-02-03
@JoshGellers Instead of doing the respectable thing, you’re doubling down? I allow for mistakes. I’ve corrected you. But now that I’ve corrected you, you’re intentionally saying something that is untrue. So that everyone who reads this understands my position, I’m saying: Covid19 is an
2023-02-03
@JoshGellers But you’re not entitled to say whatever false thing you want about me. It’s the equivalent of me publicly stating you’ve entered the climate change denier lane to get followers on Twitter. Juvenile. You can & must do better. Anything less is beneath the position you hold.
2023-02-03
@JoshGellers is the person to listen to. He was advocating for the precautionary principle in ways others were not. Laurie Garrett’s work, among others, predicted the kind of scenario we’re dealing with now. I expect an apology. You may not like what I say. That’s fine.
2023-02-03
@JoshGellers how it can lead to immune dysfunction. I also shared some insights into the political economy of biotechnology & how everyone should have listed to Stanford’s David Relman. In fact, I went so far as to say if people wanted to understand our current circumstances better, then he
2023-02-03
@JoshGellers I’ve openly, consistently advocated for vaccines, antivirals, N95s or better, rapid tests, & early treatment. I have a reputation, & I’m asking you to retract what you’ve said. And, yes, the people who decided to follow did so precisely bc of me stressing how serious Covid19 is &
2023-02-03
@JoshGellers Certainly not in the one we actually inhabit. The tweet you’re responding to is about nasal & oral options to inhibit SARS2, which some form of should definitely be part of an ensemble approach to preventing infection & tranmission!
2023-02-03
@JoshGellers I don’t think you realize how absolutely ridiculous this makes you sound. It’s one of the most incendiary, foolish things anyone has ever said to me. Sliding into that anti-vaxxer lane? I don’t know in what universe that’s even remotely possible?
2023-02-03
@arijitchakrav It makes the gaslighting all the more infuriating! The repeated use of “we couldn’t have known.” Then please step aside!
2023-02-03
This is to our collective shame! Experts advocating for a better path forward were dismissed. https://t.co/4Mry1HwVmP
2023-02-03
RT @arijitchakrav: @KyleMcnease FWIW, we banged out close to a dozen SBIR grants in the winter of ‘20/‘21, predicting the current situation…
2023-02-03
@arijitchakrav approach could save lives. People complaining about the inconvenience of potentially needing to use a daily nasal spray is bizarre considering the outsized cost of contracting the virus. Esse quam videri! We’d rather things seem like normal than actually return to a humane normal
2023-02-03
@arijitchakrav worse. If Ebola transmitted differently…many ifs. But we merely got lucky in ‘09. Speaking of dice, one doesn’t want to gamble like this indefinitely. Unfortunately, mutations occur, spillovers happen, & lab accidents occur. In the scenario we now find ourselves in, an ensemble
2023-02-03
@arijitchakrav 🤦🏻♂️I commend you & your colleagues for the tireless work! It’s almost, I say almost, inconceivable that this has been our global response. Especially in light of the consistent & urgent warnings about respiratory pandemics. If 2009 had been more virulent, it could’ve been so much
2023-02-02
Impact of concomitant fibrates on immunotherapy outcomes for advanced non‐small cell lung cancer
@fitterhappierAJ Has anyone else looked at impacts of fibrates on T cell function in Covid19? https://t.co/LipQHxlfyc
2023-02-02
@sgt_barbie Yes, related to the study only. I’m not making any broader statements other than trying to clarify that the study was using eggs that came from immunized chickens. The study wasn’t saying eggs alone inhibit SARS2. That’s what I was addressing. Eggs are a great source of nutrition
2023-02-02
@night20_crystal @ChuckCallesto This study wasn’t about tampering with the food supply. We derive other medications & therapeutics from various animal sources. 1 example would be the traditional flu vaccine. I’m not saying food supply & logistics are unimportant. They are. That’s simply not germane to the study
2023-02-02
@CabbieJoe1 @ChuckCallesto I’m not sure what that means? I was addressing the study in question.
2023-02-02
@ifxeyes What would that suggest? Does anyone disagree that it was him & that he seemed to be doing much better? He’s objectively better than he was, right? How is this not a win for everyone?
2023-02-02
@The_Nathan_Post @ChuckCallesto Chic’s vapor rub?
2023-02-02
@JoshGellers Yes, you know when I did my all of my degrees, became a clinical lab rat myself, & worked on crucial questions in ME/CFS (eg, is there vertical transmission) for over a decade (& counting) the overarching goal was always to portray myself as a social media Covid19 expert!
2023-02-02
@glasses_no @ChuckCallesto Based on this study, the desired inhibition resulted from a refined process. It reads as though their goal would be to use the final product as a nasal &/or oral spray to help block SARS2 from entry into the body.
2023-02-02
@SaengerTodd @eo1989 @ChuckCallesto I’m simply clarifying that according to the study one can’t simply eat eggs to get the desired SARS2 inhibition. It’s specifically eggs from chickens that were immunized with S protein.
2023-02-02
@ChuckCallesto For clarity, in the study layer chickens were vaccinated with S protein. When they laid eggs, their yolk contained the beneficial Egg Yolk Immunoglobulin (IgY) that inhibited SARS2. The IgY from vaccinated chickens’ eggs could potentially be used to create oral & nasal sprays. https://t.co/LZMKHgnEsH
2023-02-02
There are many interesting avenues that could help lead us out of the pandemic. Nasal & oral protection from Egg-yolk Immunoglobulin derived from layer chickens that had been immunized. We keep looking for the one shot though. The silver bullet. An ensemble approach could work https://t.co/X3KS5wA10L https://t.co/PggDlgkDSu
2023-02-02
Seeing this study shared for the wrong reasons.
Egg yolk immunoglobulin (IgY) targeting SARS‐CoV‐2 S1 as potential virus entry blocker https://t.co/wjmuka1vk9
2023-02-02
Calling a scholar in the US a conspiracy theorist for stating his own government that funded research at the WIV via subcontracts would still have records, even if others do not, doesn’t help that process & actually casts doubt on your own conclusions.
2023-02-02
animals - of 38 different species - were sold at markets in Wuhan.”), how is it possible that such a location for zoonotic transmission of PPP wasn’t surveilled?
I actually agree with you that understanding the origins can help us now & prevent future occurrences.
2023-02-02
Based on your statements to the BBC (“Crowded, live animal markets, many scientists agree, provide an ideal transmission hotspot for new diseases to "spill over" from animals. And between 2017 and 2019, to the beginning of the pandemic, a separate study showed that nearly 50,000
2023-02-02
But those samples went back to labs for analysis. Based on other work being done, in order to determine if there were indications of PPP, the published data demonstrates recombinant work taking place in the labs. Why would this be dramatically different?
2023-02-02
But we do know EcoHealth sponsored work like Baric et al. What makes me a different interlocutor is that I actually think EcoHealth’s concept of serosurveillance & delimiting the search for PPP to a subset of risky pathogens is a worthwhile endeavor.
2023-02-02
of contact with PPP. They’ve produced no data to suggest that this was occurring in Wuhan (not even in or around the Huanan market). EcoHealth’s mission, raison d’être, & justification for receiving funding was to help prevent just the scenario we now face.
2023-02-02
Based on your own prior work, ostensibly this would be enough to question seriously the integrity & transparency of the parties involved. My priors were zoonotic spillover. I maintained that until I could see EcoHealth was conducting seroprevalence studies on those most at-risk
2023-02-02
Daszak was sent to investigate his own subcontractors without announcing his obvious COI? Baric & Zhenli-Li Shi omitted their funding via EcoHealth? EcoHealth not disclosing crucial grant applications that speak to the kinds of research they were attempting to conduct?
2023-02-02
@stuartjdneil But I don’t think it conspiratorial thinking to admit the peculiarity of WIV’s database being pulled offline just prior to the announcement of a novel viral pathogen. Requests to remove similar data from US databases were also made. https://t.co/eigIB6d3nL
2023-02-01
@R_H_Ebright receiving recriminations for his efforts to speak truth to power & pursue some accountability. What a wild moment to be alive. https://t.co/IKY0BvokUR
2023-02-01
@stuartjdneil like that conducted by Baric et al. (2015) & that there was an accident which allowed it to leak from the lab. There’s no Bayesian world where this could be true?
2023-02-01
@stuartjdneil from that work & sold to the public, the lead researcher taking of lab 📓, arrest of the lead researcher, & forced retraction of publication (re XMRV in ME/CFS research) can assign almost zero probability to the scenario that SARS2 resulted from a continuation of research
2023-02-01
@stuartjdneil Stuart, I can appreciate the fact that from your perspective a lab leak seems less likely than spillover/zoonotic transmission. What I can’t understand is how someone who’s authored a paper about the alleged lab contaminants, fraudulent presentations, fraudulent tests resulting
2023-02-01
@arijitchakrav You’d get the symptom/severity reduction without the same risk profile & no need for quarterly boosting.
2023-02-01
@arijitchakrav reliability of the data, but Cuba’s approach warrants consideration. Given that mRNA & viral-vector based vaccines don’t prevent contracting & transmitting (though there’s some reduction) Covid19, why not go with a more traditional vaccine platform (like Cuba) that is very safe?
2023-02-01
@arijitchakrav inevitability of ongoing exposure. What we must know is whether S protein in its various forms may be harmful in certain cohorts. I worry for younger people the combination of constant immune stimulation & exposure to the virus will be deleterious. I can’t speak to the
2023-02-01
@arijitchakrav /deliverables.
I’ve always been concerned about accruing damage from infections & reinfections. There’s so much immune dysfunction resulting from even “mild” (re)infections that we need a more sustainable path. Unfortunately you’re right wrt to
2023-02-01
@arijitchakrav I wholeheartedly agree with you & appreciate the attempt to fill in that paucity of data & illuminate this veil of ignorance that we seem find ourselves in. It is a tragedy that our government regulators didn’t structure real-time data collection & sharing into the contracts
2023-02-01
The open road that lies before us… https://t.co/vMR1G9U9hn
2023-02-01
Someone must explain to me the science behind future-casting that the pandemic emergency will be over in May. These people should not be trusted with your health & safety! If you get sick & develop #LongCovid they’ve got nothing for you. They’re not coming to help either!
2023-01-31
@MarkALefebvre1 Of course it can help, which is what I stated. They can either conduct the research or help fund it. The government operates the military but can’t conduct or help fund an urgently needed study?
2023-01-31
The public isn’t accustomed to repeated infections yielding compounding damage. We’re also in the dark about long-term safety of novel agents like S-based mRNA vaccines. I’m unaware of any study showing that either are good for you in & of themselves.
4/4
2023-01-31
Our government should help unravel this complex question with haste instead of obfuscating. Don’t be fooled by easy answers or those dispensing easy answers. It is complicated bc 2 things are true at once: we have high incidences of both infection & vaccination.
3/4
2023-01-31
That ☂ term is meant to account for all of the variables like missed screenings, putting off care, behavioral health challenges from isolation & lockdowns.
2/4
2023-01-31
🆘 Terror is intense, overpowering fear.
📢The steady drumbeat of sudden deaths is causing fear.
The ambiguity of not knowing the proximate cause has people in knots.
There are differing camps forming: team 1 is sure it’s 💉; team 2 is sure it’s #COVID19 related
1/4
2023-01-31
@Wilderwordstx @kay_fade @Kevin_McKernan Since there’s so much specialization, we truly need to hear from each set of experts along with the systems oriented physicians who can address things holistically. Crucially, the frontline MDs/PAs/ARNP/Nurses who empirically treat their people need a seat at the table.
2023-01-31
@arijitchakrav physician to see if one would be a good candidate for boosting. This would require an acknowledgment that we have some sense of what counts as correlates of immunity. Most guidelines still recommend against getting NAbs checked. But that’s obviously confusing the public!
2023-01-31
@arijitchakrav For differing cohorts, this may vary substantially up to excluding any further doses of gen 1 vaccines. Rather than a blanket recommendation for boosting without any accounting for the individual’s correlates of immunity, why not instead recommend consultation with the treating
2023-01-31
@arijitchakrav systems, so we need vastly more inputs/variables for accurate modeling. The question of boosting must also address how this impacts overall health. One must not optimize for Covid19 protection to one’s own detriment.
2023-01-31
@arijitchakrav We need all of the questions you raise to be answered. 2 major points: 1) we need much more safety data! & we’d need even more to advise indefinite (for now) quarterly boosting. 2) Is somewhat related: Covid19 & the various vaccines aren’t the only factors impacting our immune
2023-01-31
@iatrogenic_harm 🙏
2023-01-31
@kay_fade @Wilderwordstx It’s a missed opportunity to improve outcomes & build trust at the same time. The more rigorous the debate & the more transparent, the more trust that could be built. People might not like the conclusions reached, but they’d at least understand the rationale.
2023-01-31
On my wife’s birthday last year, we found out we were having another baby. That bundle of joy said her first official, non-jabbering word on my wife’s birthday this year. Her first word was momma! What a gift!
2023-01-31
@michpelliott Thank you!
2023-01-31
@Wilderwordstx @kay_fade That we didn’t & still don’t have open & honest bi-weekly reviews of the best available evidence is utterly shameful. Something like a pandemic grand rounds open to the public was & is needed. We need one another at our best during challenging times. They lost sight of that & us
2023-01-31
@Thehomebotanist Thank you for that!
2023-01-31
RT @reformedemocrat: @KyleMcnease I was in the hospital for the better part of two years due to a surgical error. I know those hospital vie…
2023-01-31
@reformedemocrat It’s really admirable that you turned towards the True, the Good, the Beautiful. That’s not always the easiest thing to do when we’ve been hurt or harmed in a manner that seems totally unfair. Thanks for sharing this! I wish you many more beautiful paintings!
2023-01-31
@miraleann That’s very kind & greatly appreciated!
2023-01-31
@sophie74113438 Today is today though. It feels like there is more opportunity to share in the public domain without being silenced. That’s at least positive movement.
2023-01-31
@sophie74113438 It’s really wild! I came to this platform as an academic & researcher trying to make sense of the incomprehensible. The global response has been the inverse of what we should’ve done at almost every turn. Those of us who’ve been warning about these things were not heard.
2023-01-31
@RoelvisGarcia I always have room in my life for The Office references! Thank you!
2023-01-31
@iwokeupN2020 With all of my heart, I do pursue those virtues. My babies have no one else to represent their interests. One day they will grow up & will no doubt ask what role I played in titling the world in a better direction or letting it slide further into chaos. I choose better.
2023-01-30
@JLPJLP2k That’s intense but true!
2023-01-30
@iwokeupN2020 Probably bc I’ll eventually say something equally disagreeable. Not intentionally or for the sake of being a contrarian. My wife & kids love me (I hope!), yet I find ways to disappoint them. I love God, & find ways to dissapoint Him as well. So I’m sure this won’t be different.
2023-01-30
@kay_fade Surreal! I didn’t use Twitter until the pandemic, & nothing I’ve said or done during this shameful debacle has seemed to move the needle. It was strange to see a sudden uptick like that. Glad you’re engaging with the issues & were there taking part!
2023-01-30
@TinaMueh I definitely take it as a compliment. I am just surprised bc I don’t know if anything I’ve written has ever been viewed that many times. It’s a bit of a shock for someone like me with a tiny account.
2023-01-30
@SquirrelyQue6 Wow. Ok. I’ve been toiling away in relative silence, so that’s quite a surprise. Glad you were there taking part in the discussion!
2023-01-30
🤷🏻♂️Despite my best efforts, I somehow acquired ~1000 “followers” in 24 hrs? Not sure why. But that’s a lot of new people who will be disappointed.
2023-01-30
@fitterhappierAJ But why is the lack of seroconversion occurring in non-trivial amounts?
2023-01-30
If you’re a bad actor, I don’t see how #Covid19 isn’t seen as an overture to future destruction. It has destabilized the world, killed millions, harmed millions more, & we’re less prepared for future pandemics because of it. Zero accountability. Zero responsibility.
2023-01-29
@SabinehazanMD @miraleann @nelsonepega there’s some signal there? I don’t know. At least it’s a different enough biomedical structure that we could compare outcomes. If you knew the mRNA 💉wouldn’t prevent infection & transmission, then why not go with a more traditional 💉platform that lessens severity but is safe?
2023-01-29
@SabinehazanMD @miraleann @nelsonepega Don’t know how you feel about this, but I’ve been trying to get data from Cuba. They’re system is the inverse of ours. Putting politics aside for a moment, they went with more traditional vaccines & therapeutics, along with Interferon alfa-2b. I’d like to see their data bc maybe
2023-01-29
Really grateful to see Damar Hamlin doing so well in his recent video! His life illustrates that we can put differences aside when it matters the most. Happy for him, his family, & his team. It feels like a win for humanity.
2023-01-29
@SabinehazanMD @miraleann @nelsonepega I hope & believe what we’ve gone through will be a catalyst for major changes. Greater transparency. Less silos. More public engagement.
2023-01-29
@nat_sharpe_ I agree with Rob on this. I’ve worked with other graphic designers on various projects, but I knew you would be able to create something they hadn’t.
2023-01-29
@nelsonepega It’s been real! Stay healthy & safe out there!
2023-01-29
@miraleann @nelsonepega @SabinehazanMD This is new to me, so I appreciate the kind words.
2023-01-29
@asheem @nelsonepega To my knowledge, it has only been studied in Covid19 itself.
2023-01-29
@miraleann @nelsonepega @SabinehazanMD She's a wealth of knowledge. We ignore the microbiome to our own detriment!
2023-01-29
@asheem @nelsonepega Oh boy! Check it out, but maybe wait until the morning. It might keep you up.
2023-01-29
RT @Au71983234Sally: @nelsonepega @thank you @KyleMcnease This is the essence of what we should be talking about! Nothing else matters at…
2023-01-29
@bennibennasi01 @nelsonepega 💣🔥
2023-01-29
RT @iwokeupN2020: @nelsonepega @KyleMcnease FINALLY SOEMONE THAT SPEAKS TRUTH!!!!!!! Thank you so so much!!!!!!
2023-01-29
@AlexRus5306 @nelsonepega 🙏
2023-01-29
@MarkALefebvre1 I don’t understand the seeming condescension? It’s part of my field & the PP is one of the core tenets of bioethics. You didn’t address a clear example in the case of asbestos. Or Dr. Snow removing the pump handle to shut down cholera.
2023-01-29
@MarkALefebvre1 That’s quite literally from one of the primary texts on the precautionary principle.
2023-01-29
@janedoenycus Thank you! That’s very kind. I appreciated the invitation to share some thoughts.
2023-01-29
There's a growing mismatch between our genetic endowment and our vast technological abilities. We need epistemic humility & wisdom in order to negotiate the path forward.
2023-01-29
@crypt0e Welcome to the desert of the real! Now, you're properly oriented to the moment. We urgently need wisdom & humility in order to negotiate safely the path forward!
2023-01-28
@janedoenycus @MarioNawfal And we have to be careful not conflate the valuable research that is bringing us novel therapeutics that can treat things like cancer with the research on pathogens that can bring about pandemics
2023-01-28
@joonhpak @MarioNawfal Dr. David Relman at Stanford University. https://t.co/HjoUG3SI9P
2023-01-28
RT @smellybellend: @MarioNawfal @KyleMcnease has summed this up perfectly
2023-01-28
@MarkALefebvre1 What does novelty to you is not necessarily novelty to all mean? It’s a novel pathogen in the wild. Baric & Shi et al.’s 2015 paper gives us some hints. But this is novel for everyone outside of virology labs. We’ve been studying influenza for over 100 years & this isn’t that.
2023-01-28
@MarioNawfal Jim makes a good point regarding initial disclosure. It’s tantamount to the stories covering Dolly, the first mammal to be cloned from an adult cell. The public heard about abstract “cloning” & now we finally had a wooly, breathing example of its implications.
2023-01-28
🚨For my critics who can't or won't read. As of Jan 27th, 2023, #Pfizer stands by FDA approval for its COMINARTY vaccine to PREVENT #Covid19. Not diminish symptoms or reduce severity or hospitalizations. Link: https://t.co/dY7RVrFMhd https://t.co/qR0FLeEMxy
2023-01-28
Let me keep it simple. Yes, there's a growing body of evidence that #Covid19 causes immune dysfunction. Here's a link to some of those studies & articles: https://t.co/7tDpkXyDul. Accepting that fact doesn't = locking people down or mandating novel interventions.
2023-01-28
@MarkALefebvre1 @TRyanGregory concern." I have a growing bibliography of immunological research below that warrants adoption of PP: https://t.co/7tDpkXyDul . I'd need some convincing that I've ENTIRELY misunderstood PP.
2023-01-28
@MarkALefebvre1 @TRyanGregory proportionate to a selected level of protection & magnitude of harm. With PP we're acting under normative uncertainty where scientific evidence is "insufficient, inconclusive or uncertain and preliminary scientific evaluation indicates that there are reasonable grounds for
2023-01-28
@MarkALefebvre1 @TRyanGregory The first warning about its dangers was in 1898. One could argue we didn't have a full evidentiary basis until ~1930s. But we clearly had enough to adopt the PP before that time, bc once one has more evidence one can adopt, say, a preventative or interventional framework
2023-01-28
@MarkALefebvre1 @TRyanGregory I'd love for you to explain what you mean in greater detail. I'm trying to understand if we have a different sense of what PP means bc we're possibly in differing fields? Take asbestos as an example. 1998 wasn't that long ago. That was peak production globally. Millions of tons.
2023-01-28
Oops! They failed to mention that Zhengli-Li Shi was being funded by the US government via subcontracts awarded by EcoHealth Alliance. https://t.co/NtbBoccUIp https://t.co/raNX17TdQk
2023-01-28
When Fouchier & Kawaoka conducted their Gain of Function research on #influenza there was robust debate about the merits/dangers of such experiments. Scientists were divided. When #Covid19 emerged few virologists spoke openly about the likelihood of a #lableak. Why?
2023-01-28
Technology and the Tao: Immunological Impacts of Covid19 https://t.co/zjh8zbYGrU
2023-01-28
or serious and effectively irreversible, or
inequitable to present or future generations, or
imposed without adequate consideration of the human rights of those affected." #precautionaryprinciple
2023-01-28
"When human activities may lead to morally unacceptable harm that is scientifically
plausible but uncertain, actions shall be taken to avoid or diminish that harm. Morally unacceptable harm refers to harm to humans or the environment that is threatening to human life or health,
2023-01-28
There seems to be a tacit belief (problem of induction) that viruses *always* have & always will naturally attenuate by running out of evolutionary space. Is there a primer you refer people to for education on evolutionary dynamics of viruses?
2023-01-28
Question for @TRyanGregory. Other than observing with our own eyes what's occurring, I can't seem to persuade others to adopt the precautionary principle vis a vis SARS2 variants. MDs are arguing we've reached a state of equilibrium.
2023-01-28
"...dealing with complex systems that can't be fully predicted...requires a shift of attitude from computability of consequences, to the awareness and readiness to face and manage basically unpredictable developments."
2023-01-27
@Laurie_Garrett your own views changed in an appreciable manner over the intervening years?
2023-01-27
@Laurie_Garrett While they are earnest, do you agree with them? I remember when you were still at The Council on FR, you shared with Drs Fineburg, Kawaoka, & Relman that you had a decidedly different stance than what had been presented at the National Academies' 2014 GoF conference. Have any of
2023-01-27
RT @organichemusic: In 2021 I was still hopeful the pandemic could end w/ proper mitigations. Instead mitigations were scrapped. People wer…
2023-01-27
@organichemusic What I haven’t been able to ascertain yet is why the ⬆️ in sudden arrests? Not just MIs but cardiac arrest where one needs a defibrillator stat. Any thoughts? Could it also be ANS related?
2023-01-27
@organichemusic Really enjoying your work! I know it’s a labor of love. But you’ve done more empirical research & published practical results that people can discuss with their physicians. Someone shared in Spaces tonight that her brother passed suddenly while holding his newborn. 💔
2023-01-27
@Jennife76336161 @Project_Veritas 🙏Really sorry for your loss. I know that doesn’t make anything better or give you your mother back. I do pray comfort will find you along with some form of restitution.
2023-01-27
@PamThompy @Project_Veritas @JamesOKeefeIII Amen to that! I’m pointing to the fact that people with traumatic experiences can have strong emotional responses, especially given the potential implications of reporting like this.
2023-01-27
@PamThompy @Project_Veritas @JamesOKeefeIII Totally agree with you! I’m simply saying that when people have such dramatic personal losses, there will be unexpected disclosures like this. We need to be prepared for that, bc these people haven’t had a voice. Now they may feel that they have a sympathetic ear in the media.
2023-01-27
@Project_Veritas 😢Didn’t catch the name of the dear woman who just poured out her heart. Losing a brother is bad enough, but that is terrible! Also sorry that there wasn’t someone set aside to debrief with you. We have to be careful to remain empathic in the face of such pain.
2023-01-26
🙏“…because we had the power to love our enemies 🔸to bless those persons that cursed us
🔸to even decide to be good to those persons who hated us
🔸and we even prayed for those persons who despitefully used us." Rev Dr. MLK, J.
2023-01-26
@JoshGellers @elonmusk My comment is related to scientific debates that are happening. I haven’t heard any antisemitism expressed in them, or I would denounce it & the person expressing it. I’m merely expressing gratitude in the way many academics do when they’ve attended a conference.
2023-01-26
@lux @elonmusk I’ll take the compliment & quit while I’m ahead. I’m a Scranton 4 on my best day though.
2023-01-26
@Jurate @elonmusk I’m not disagreeing with your very good point. I’m merely saying thanks for allowing it (to continue). And I think it could be made even better in order rapidly disseminate important information we all need.
2023-01-26
@JoshGellers And we didn’t respond quickly. In fact the opposite. It’s just so foolish bc now it’s going to cause people to opt out of the larger vaccination program. It’s now a tragedy of the commons.
2023-01-26
@JoshGellers The problem with rolling something out to hundreds of millions without any long term safety data is you have to be willing to respond quickly to the faintest signs of a signal. A few months isn’t what’s meant by long term safety data. It also doesn’t require 20 years.
2023-01-26
@JoshGellers monitoring board (DSMB). It was not stopped earlier because the results for the first 18 months of the trial did not show any increased risk of confirmed cardiovascular events on Vioxx.”
2023-01-26
@JoshGellers I certainly never said 20 years. We’re still in the data collection phase. Look at the FDA regarding Vioxx: “8. Why wasn’t the APPROVe trial stopped earlier?
The APPROVe trial began enrollment in 2000. The trial was being monitored by an independent data safety
2023-01-26
@JoshGellers I almost wish I was an attorney bc the class action lawsuits are going to be historic. When there’s no long term safety data, we should always proceed with caution.
2023-01-26
@JoshGellers at least one could argue a company, gov, org, entity had a compelling interest—ostensibly everyone’s safety & protection—to mandate. That’s an interesting debate to be had. But this was clearly not that & also carries risks.
2023-01-26
@JoshGellers They reported being fearful that important safety measures were being overlooked or sacrificed for political expedience. Somehow after Biden won, the pharmaceutical companies were now to be trusted enough to mandate their products? Extraordinary! If they were sterilizing vaccines
2023-01-26
@JoshGellers Beyond late stage capitalism! We’re in the metastatic, terminal stage. Regulatory capture. Revolving door$. Devil take the hindmost. Leading up to the 2020 election, JAMA et al. & neo-Liberal media were speculating about Trump rushing to release vaccines as an October surprise.
2023-01-26
.@matthewherper Thanks for covering the discussions today. Did you see Moderna’s results for the BA.1 bivalent trial in the UK? Did they present their VE findings?
2023-01-26
🚨Forcing people to take a novel agent under threat of losing everything they’ve worked for was always going to blow up in our faces. That it didn’t prevent infection or transmission at the time of mandates made it worse. That it was less safe than advertised made it unthinkable.
2023-01-26
@lux @elonmusk Ouch! Is it because I’m a 2 or is he already dating someone else?
2023-01-26
@whitematador @mysteriouskat something they don’t yet have. Safe in terms of RCTs with a placebo & not when strictly compared to the infection itself.
2023-01-26
@whitematador @mysteriouskat If we had something sterilizing one could argue that it’s worth risking more SAEs. I wouldn’t, but I understand that position. The safety bar for the healthy has always been high for a reason though. You don’t want to cause a problem a person didn’t have while trying to prevent
2023-01-26
@whitematador @mysteriouskat While I can’t testify to the veracity of their data, Cuba has seemed to handle things far better than the US in terms of their vaccines & potentially one of their drugs.
2023-01-26
@whitematador @mysteriouskat temperature & the NLP, improper administration, NLP dissemination throughout the body etc. Due to the novelty I’m saying we should default to precautionary principle. If the mRNA 💉don’t prevent infection & transmission then why not go with a option that’s safer? Cuba did.
2023-01-26
@whitematador @mysteriouskat Yes, there is damage from viral infection as well as from S protein in vaccines. I’m saying people should be far less comfortable with the damage from both bc the damage is cumulative. There may be other reasons for SAEs such as QA, logistics issues impacting
2023-01-26
What has @fitterhappierAJ stated that makes him a crank? Anonymous accounts throw aspersions out there with impunity. But we are actual people with real lives! https://t.co/eEqTpfkr9m
2023-01-26
@CovibeNYC @mysteriouskat https://t.co/ctrcXOMN0A
2023-01-26
@metaz00 @mysteriouskat I clearly said that the S protein is toxic, which is where Sai and I agree strongly. There may be mediating factors & crucial differences in MOA, but S protein is not good for humans whether via vaccine or natural infection. The sensible thing to do is improve our approach.
2023-01-26
@whitematador @mysteriouskat Thank you for your candor! I'm not sure how advocating for humility is naive though?
2023-01-26
@NInterit @mysteriouskat My gaslighting? Who am I gaslighting by advocating for continuing to take the virus seriously? There are myriad studies demonstrating negative impacts upon human immunity. Here is one such recent study: https://t.co/ctrcXOMN0A
2023-01-26
@ski_damn @SteveStuWill Check this under-cited source: Stone Agers in the Fast Lane: Chronic Degenerative Diseases in
Evolutionary Perspective. Really interesting take.
2023-01-26
@MchP66592467 life as we know it. That is part of the problem. Our capabilities have outpaced our wisdom to know whether or not we ought to do certain things instead of *just* whether or not we can do certain things.
2023-01-26
@MchP66592467 So sorry to hear that! I hope you make a full recovery & live to a healthy, ripe, old age. Based on the preponderance of evidence, I think it is a reasonable inference that SARS2 has spent some amount of time in a lab. It doesn't need to be nefarious intention in order to destroy
2023-01-26
Thank you @elonmusk for allowing spaces to freely exchange information. Some interesting, needed conversations have been taking place on this platform. Perhaps some of the most consequential as well. Imagine what this application can become for 🌎real-time information sharing
2023-01-26
@yuccaldo There are many things people don’t know about, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t worth knowing or caring about. Project Veritas isn’t the point of my tweet though. It was on existential risk not requiring the realization of AGI before we destroy ourselves.
2023-01-26
@yuccaldo Artificial General Intelligence
2024-12-10
So many people living in vans right now…
2024-12-09
@ThePersonPod @kalezelden I spoke with Dr. Stephen Braude about similar phenomena in 2020. He used it as a jumping off point for research into NDEs & what happens when we die. People don’t want to entertain the implications of a world where “minds” can impact the world & others via thought alone,…
2024-12-09
😭😭😭😭 https://t.co/rYo4zFCYPm
2024-12-09
@LincolnCannon wondering if you’ve read this paper by Bostrom? https://t.co/snKHJKIrN9
2024-12-09
https://t.co/snKHJKIrN9
2024-12-09
Bostrom on AI & the Cosmic Host. Link in the reply. https://t.co/HhtMLGLyai
2024-12-08
Army needs to get that 12th spot in the #CFP2024, right? 11-1 conference champs. Service academy. Different style. Only loss to no. 4 Notre Dame. People would root for this team.
2024-12-08
I keep pointing to @timurkuran’s work. Especially during times like these, you should become familiar with his ideas.
2024-12-07
👀 wut https://t.co/jxqnwZW2q0
2024-12-07
Purgatory remix: Techies that are saying everything’s a simulation bc we need to find out if you’ll make a hell out of heaven. Can’t let you play the real game unless you pass this test first. This layer of the sim is where you work out issues & refine yourself
2024-12-07
We obviously want to prevent cancer as much as is possible & catch it early if it has formed. But what would @bryan_johnson do to tackle pancreatic cancer (or other grim dx) the way you did with your vascular stenosis (definitely not comparing those two diagnoses)?
2024-12-07
What’s the mindset & approach to “Don’t Die” in that scenario? Kurzweil once mentioned he had to be prepared to matters into his own hands if given a dx for which there wasn’t a good path forward. Call it scheduled catastrophizing or a biotechnological OpSec review.
2024-12-07
@bryan_johnson I think one of the most meaningful gifts you could give to close out the year would be thought experiment. God forbid any actual bad dx for you, but talk to your team about what you’d do if you discovered you had worst-case scenario pancreatic cancer (for example).
2024-12-07
What’s your go-to book to close out the year?
2024-12-07
Still think about this quote https://t.co/2YwLmY5Ztl
2024-12-06
No matter how cooked you think we are scientifically, it’s worse. The newest exhibit 👇I’ve written about this. DRASTIC & @ydeigin have covered this issue thoroughly. It’s all so bad. Make it stop. https://t.co/bO00efbcqG https://t.co/HEBryXM4od
2024-12-06
@R_H_Ebright @Nature Similar to when they sent Daszak on the fact-finding mission to investigate his own subcontractor. And then relying upon his report as if he were reliable. This gem made me know we were cooked from the beginning: https://t.co/4lbyLC95pz https://t.co/E7h1WuFt2y
2024-12-06
@Helenreflects I’m really sorry to hear this! There are many of us praying for your complete recovery! I hope they can match you with a promising trial.
2024-12-06
@RogerSeheult I haven’t seen many patient reports where this has been utilized. Wasn’t sure if you or @MedCramVideos had covered it.
2024-12-06
@RogerSeheult have you seen any positive results for patients using this approach? https://t.co/kkK2816FsY
2023-01-26
@JoshGellers I think you recently dealt with an issue regarding the specific source of information rather than people considering the information itself. Pfizer has proven itself to be corrupt & criminal in the recent past. Noteworthy: hit with the largest criminal fine in US history.
2023-01-26
🚨Do you now understand why existential risk (the end of all life) mitigation requires us acting before #AGI? Look at the recent #ProjectVeritas info drop on #Pfizer. Our capacities have outpaced our wisdom & virtue. One rogue lab can end human life easier than nuclear weapons!
2023-01-26
@AdithyaR_YXE @michael_hoerger It may be a glitch of some sort.
2023-01-26
@AdithyaR_YXE @michael_hoerger No doubt they are important. The immune system is complex though, so I would rather rely on the clinical outcomes data than a proxy for what we truly want to know. If there's actual prevention & that correlates with higher NAbs, great!
2023-01-26
@SteveStuWill We tend to look back on our ancestors with temporal chauvinism & mistakenly believe we're superior. Over time, humans have lost bone density, power, & strength. We have, however, developed chronic degenerative conditions in their place.
2023-01-26
Look at this ripped chimp. We tend to look back on our ancestors with temporal chauvinism & mistakenly believe we're superior. Over time, humans have lost bone density, power, & strength. We have, however, developed chronic degenerative conditions in their place. https://t.co/ciEk5X0v05
2023-01-26
@michael_hoerger know how those individuals would respond to Novavax as a booster. And we need to know beyond the correlates/NAbs. Does it have any appreciable impact on preventing illness &/or forward transmission.
2023-01-26
@michael_hoerger A limitation we need addressed: "Only participants who received four doses of NVX-CoV2373 were included in this analysis." Novavax was slow-played in the US for reasons that aren't quite clear to me. Consequently, many, if not most, already received Pfizer or Moderna. We need to
2023-01-25
@emilyesfraser potentially more difficult to treat than just being + for one, or certain combinations can be more difficult. Hopefully (you won’t but) if you have to discontinue TDF, you could get some benefit from one of the other antivirals Montoya et al. used.
2023-01-25
@emilyesfraser Sorry to hear this! Viread was being used with varying degrees of success in ME/CFS. Side-effects can be nasty for some. If you haven’t checked Dr. Montoya’s work from Stanford, he desperately tried to address viral reactivation. Subsets are important. Being EBV+, CMV+, HHV6+ =
2023-01-25
If people are talking about Ampligen again, things are getting real! Few with ME/CFS were allowed to trial it. Among those who did, some incredible recoveries occurred. https://t.co/6hEx2l6ncz
2023-01-25
Hubris & recklessness led us to the present moment bc the American government sponsored dangerous biological research via subcontracts in China. Now we’re at it again via dangerous foreign policy. We must not escalate the war between Russia & Ukraine! Let’s broker peace!
2023-01-25
I’m not a huge fan of univariate analysis for such complex matters, & I’m far from the author’s conclusion that socialism is the answer. Some of the points are worth thinking about though.
2023-01-25
“The stench of eugenics at the White House” https://t.co/PKZCUe0t8o
2023-01-25
RT @brucep13: In the just accepted paper, maraviroc and statins prevent binding of monocytes to blood vessels which allows them to reverse…
2023-01-25
RT @RareBeacon: 'Rare Disease Moonshot' will help:
✔ Enhance the translational research ecosystem to fill the research pipelines with new…
2023-01-25
Today I coined the term immuno-nationalism to describe what we saw on display at the WEF. We’re firmly in the clutches of a growing biotechnological divide. They’re protecting themselves from repeated infections while we argue about why so many of us are dying suddenly.
2023-01-25
@fitterhappierAJ It’s the prequel to the Matt Damon film, Elysium. When a deadly virus circumnavigated the globe infecting millions, the wealthy concluded their best defense was out of this world. Elysium: The Rise of Immuno-Nationalism.
2023-01-25
@VikiLovesFACS relevant literature on related matters.
2023-01-25
@VikiLovesFACS Something that I desperately warned about was the fallout surrounding Dengvaxia, a vaccine for Dengue. When the unexpected cases of ADE occurred in children, it resulted loss of trust in the larger vaccine program. Moral foundations theory & social judgment theory will also have
2023-01-24
RT @Bowie_Lab: Interested in studying neurodevelopmental disorders? Heard about Fragile X syndrome or SynGAP1-related intellectual disabili…
2023-01-24
@JeffCavanagh1 It’s not clear if the immune deficiency will persist doesn’t = there’s no such immune deficiency. I posit immune dysfunction rather than deficiency.
2023-01-24
@JeffCavanagh1 https://t.co/ukGMFrZCAZ
2023-01-24
@wildiris19 well-rehearsed debate that’s taken place for quite some time. But I’m more intrigued by looking at what could be gained from considering a digital universe & something like the transcension hypothesis.
2023-01-24
@wildiris19 compelling, but I think fail insofar as it sets up another set of regressions: how do laws & theories create or cause things to begin to exist? Where did they themselves originate & how were they constructed? Were they discovered or invented for our use etc.? That’s part of the
2023-01-24
@wildiris19 But it is a good time to ask whether & how you think telos plays a part in these matters. Do you have thoughts on that aspect yet? If computation is most fundamental, is there a master Computer (something like God) behind it all? Hawking’s musings on physical laws & theories are
2023-01-24
@wildiris19 I wonder if we retrospectively read telos into such processes bc we see where it led vs where it might have led or could have led. In other words contingency plays a part that may be obscured when looking backwards. It’s but one thing that makes reconstructing the past so hard.
2023-01-24
RT @fitterhappierAJ: @KyleMcnease i do not
2023-01-24
@ScottAdamsSays Your point is going over most heads. The problem is much larger than Covid19 data. Civilization functions on a currency of trust. It’s a non-renewable resource. If there’s no trust, the world of facts is arbitrary. This is untenable bc we can’t all be experts in everything.
2023-01-24
damage such that children & youth growing up in a Covid19 milieu will experience disease states & senescence much earlier. Those who don’t may have an adaptive advantage. But that’s just eugenics by another name.
2023-01-24
immunological world where if exposed early enough that despite the initial hits, the system adapts & recovers without enduring damage? It seems to me that we may be reducing their global optimum for flourishing for life. Each additional infection or insult exponentiates the
2023-01-24
I’m open to any counterfactuals that would overturn my hypothesis that Covid19 ages, exhausts, & depletes the immune system. @fitterhappierAJ Do you know of any evidence that suggests early & often exposure among pediatrics redounds to their benefit? Is there some possible
2023-01-24
@abbygail122 Denial is never a good strategy, especially when lives are on the line. Imagine something *like* HIV (not the retro virus part) infecting the globe in a matter of months & us conceding to it. It’s disgraceful, dangerous, & must stop. Not via lockdowns & mandates but via choice.
2023-01-24
If you haven’t spent any time in clinic lately or haven’t had any reason to visit pediatrics, then it’s hard to imagine how crazy things are. Sick kids having to be treated in waiting rooms. This isn’t immunity debt. It’s impoverished care.
2023-01-24
@TheFudHound @healthbyjames Underrated tweet! Even if one were to disagree with the perspective, the sentence still stands as a masterclass in unexpected articulation. Almost no one expresses a written thought this way!
2023-01-24
Children have the most health years to lose, so we should always proceed with precaution. Where’s the impetus to protect our children like we did our elders? https://t.co/TOa9nN3m2C
2023-01-24
@wildiris19 I rather like this line of inquiry. Maybe the information has sets of instructions on how to integrate it? The level of complexity of the instructions that can be processed act as the limiting step. The more & better keys I have, the more & better rooms I get to explore.
2023-01-23
The same public health experts, government entities, & pharmaceutical companies that have repeatedly misled the global pandemic response happen to be the same ones telling you that repeated infections are no big deal. But you believe this to your own detriment.
2023-01-23
Every person has inherent value & manifests the giftedness of life. Both extreme ends of the rhetorical spectrum need to deescalate the tension. We share far more in common than that which divides us. Let’s re-cultivate our commonality & communal bonds! I beg of you https://t.co/pkWFjEYFYu
2023-01-23
@stkirsch All people have inherent value no matter💉 status. This rhetoric is just as reprehensible as the things you wish to decry! Millions of people did what they were told was the best available evidence-based option to move foreword with life. Now they’re frightened. This is ghoulish!
2023-01-23
RT @drclairetaylor: 1/Ontario health:evidence&risk assessment
‘There is increasing evidence that SARS-CoV-2 infection can cause immune dys…
2023-01-23
cc: @danaparish @MeetJess @loscharlos
2023-01-23
Studies give cause for concern: Lauterbach warns of incurable immune deficiency caused by Covid19
If I wasn’t the 1st to say this, I was among the 1st. I don’t want to be right! I want to be alive & well enough to see my babies grow up. https://t.co/zqyBSEpk1V
2023-01-21
“be patient…be quiet…” People debating #AI & consciousness & Turing Tests don’t talk enough about the developmental process. As a conscious entity grows it exhibits increased capacities. Deception is high on that list! Oldest story known to man. It’s in Genesis. https://t.co/v3diBPygzQ
2023-01-21
Always remember that the #UFC did a better job of managing the #pandemic than most, if not all, governments. Created a Covid19-free "fight island" where athletes met up from around the world to compete in MMA. Testing. Ventilation. Air purification.
2023-01-20
@D_Bone Hey, all! Hope everyone is feeling better & experiencing improvement! Wish I could join the lounge but am slammed with work until much later. Wanted to see if anyone tried a vagus nerve stimulator & if there had been any success? Any particular model or brand best to use?
2023-01-20
@D_Bone Don’t know if anyone else is having this problem, but the survey glitched. It defaulted to option 4 & wouldn’t allow for a response change. If that number keeps increasing beyond what you’d expect, you might want to double-check it.
2023-01-20
RT @MJMCoomber: Excited to share Endō's novel Silence with my senior capstone class
Played a significant role in my return to Christianity…
2023-01-19
Don’t let political divides blind us from two overlapping issues: Covid19 is persisting in the body beyond the acute infection—meaning it’s able to do damage. mRNA 💉can also cause damage for myriad reasons. Both need to be fully elucidated.
2023-01-19
@stillgray made a good observation with respect to the information ecology & trust. One question I keep raising is about viral persistence & how the pathological features, especially immunological ones, of SARS2 are similar to HIV. But we’re told that the pandemic is over 🤷🏻♂️
2023-01-19
Persistent SARS‐CoV‐2 infection in patients seemingly recovered from COVID‐19 - Bussani https://t.co/SvPdMucCv7
2023-01-19
We’d could’ve been using Twitter spaces this entire pandemic to facilitate conversations between clinicians, researchers, clinical trialists, government agencies, & citizens from all walks of life. At minimum clinical reviews should’ve been done to identify promising treatments.
2023-01-19
@klwong43 That’s well said!
2023-01-19
The Western world is flirting with nuclear war with Russia while the North Korean regime continues to hold its citizens in a gulag. Someone explain why we’re so disinterested in this gruesome reality? They deserve freedom!
2023-01-19
RT @DrMaureenHanson: Our paper on abnormal immunometabolism in ME/CFS now published at IJMS. Collaboration between the Cornell Center and…
2023-01-19
@D_Bone Truly, properly devastating is the lack of return to baseline. We’re just in a forever Covid19 trajectory. The only thing preventing this trajectory is that it’s physiologically impossible to sustain it in perpetuity.
2023-01-18
🔹Evolving to escape neutralization 👇 This is not a game. It’s not a dress rehearsal.
🔷*If* this virus figures out a couple more tricks, we’re back to 2020 only worse—bc most of the 🌎 has been or is in the process of contracting Covid19. https://t.co/jPJZmFdwfC
2023-01-18
Where did this model of #Covid19 & its assumptions come from? Why do we assume it’s either immediately lethal or totally benign? It can also be lethal from repeated, so-called mild infections. It rapidly ages the immune systems & damages the vasculature & organs! https://t.co/Sku5SCjmOh
2023-01-18
@AlexBerenson These assumptions depend upon your model of how the virus “should” behave. This virus rapidly ages & depletes the immune system, so repeat infections will increase the rate of aging & dysfunction. But, yes, S protein in its various formulations is toxic to humans.
2023-01-18
Our new baby loves the sound of a didgeridoo more than anything!
2023-01-18
Long before sunrise I was awakened by two wee little hands gently shaking me. I opened my eyes to see a tiny face smiling up at me. She simply said, “I love you!” One of the most meaningful & gratifying experiences of my life. 🙏
2023-01-17
@MarkALefebvre1 alone the suffering of 10s of millions more around the world. If you look at my position, I’m probably one of the most strident critics of our response, especially in light of the nature of this virus—likely a byproduct of GoF research that leaked from a lab.
2023-01-17
@MarkALefebvre1 People can disagree with me about the emerging science around this virus. The amount of things we don’t understand about it are manifold. But I will not dishonor the amount of devastation & loss of life experienced in my own community & family by calling it less than it is. Let
2023-01-17
Epic https://t.co/exd9VObD2q
2023-01-17
Entering our 4th year of the pandemic, the virus is far more immune evasive. We’ve not improved or enhanced our medical systems. Politics valorized an airborne illness & made this a team sport with no winners. Oh & we’re less prepared than ever for any future pandemics!
2023-01-17
@DannyTheZebra of the precautionary principle? Humans experimented on it, & now it’s experimenting on us. It’s clearly more clever than us—even if & maybe bc it’s simpler.
2023-01-17
@DannyTheZebra How’s their vasculature, coagulation, & organ functioning? Cognitive & metabolic functioning? See we keep saying mild illness & recovered bc we aren’t checking for these markers that are off. Then people die suddenly. If you truly believe it’s GOF, then why not err on the side
2023-01-17
@DannyTheZebra Ask yourself a simple question: has the health of anyone you know improved bc of Covid19? Has their health been negatively impacted? For those who think they’ve escaped unscathed, have they gotten lymphocyte panels pulled? Gotten hsCRP & other inflammatory markers checked?
2023-01-17
@DannyTheZebra Considering the nature of this virus is up for debate in terms of it potentially being a product of GOF research, I don’t think we have the freedom to assume anything about its behavior. This is like Hume’s famous problem of induction.
2023-01-16
RT @resiapretorius: At last! We are busy with our flow cytometry training: @Luminex. Thank you @polybioRF, Balvi foundation (@VitalikButeri…
2023-01-16
@BMcGrewvy In the past, if it couldn’t be re-membered it was lost to history.
2023-01-16
@BMcGrewvy The Greeks were obsessed with memory & forgetting. In many respects, the Socratic mission was to help people re-member what they’d forgotten when they fell here.
🧐 We’ve also increased the amount of things that we believe should be committed to memory.
2023-01-16
homeostasis. The body wants to live. That’s an evolutionary adaptation. We want our children to live. How we attempt that is culturally mediated. I’m not sure why fear of death is deemed irrational & not to be feared? Or do we mean, specifically, don’t be controlled by that fear?
2023-01-16
parent near tradfic, shouldn’t play in the pool alone, speak with strangers, put their fingers in electrical sockets, etc. They’re little suicide machines that would destroy themselves if it weren’t for guidance. Biologically our body attempts to ward off illness & strives for
2023-01-16
@DonJRobertson To your mind, why is it important not to fear death given that it’s basically hardwired into us as well as reinforced by our cultures? By cultural reinforcement I don’t mean that in a negative sense. We explain to children that they should hold the hand of a
2023-01-16
@EileenMHunt This is awesome! Thanks for sharing. Now I know what I’ll be listening to today. Best of luck on the new manuscript. May the ideas flow & the right words make themselves readily available.
2023-01-16
@anadromist We ignore the Biblical warning about mind blinding power to our own detriment.
2023-01-16
@anadromist Yes, I expand on this & talk about the thin veneer of civilization & how our techno-scientific vision obscured our ability to make contact with deeper, higher you might say, realities. It makes certain thoughts no longer thinkable & certain beliefs no longer believable—for some.
2023-01-16
Especially parents who want to ensure their children have a chance at a future, preferably one where we’re still around. Plagues seem to instigate a spectrum of reactions, ranging from acute realization of vulnerability & transiency to the denial of it & death.
2023-01-16
Wondering if the eminent Dr. @EileenMHunt has given any lectures on our desire to limit vulnerability by steeling ourselves against it through efforts to make ourselves invulnerable? The story of Frankenstein seems so pertinent right now as many struggle with the ongoing pandemic
2023-01-16
@davidmanheim @peterwildeford differences that make them less intelligent. Bc these racial categories elide the fact that we’re all biologically related & all equally part of the human race. This is not hard!
2023-01-16
@davidmanheim @peterwildeford Socially inept as he is, am I to believe someone in his position with his contacts has zero people who could read that apology & say…dude you’re not disavowing racial inferiority! He equivocated in the apology. No, I don’t think blacks or any other “racial” group have genetic
2023-01-16
@anadromist This is one of my central critiques of where we are & where we’re headed.
2023-01-16
@klwong43 This is why I’ve never understood the comfort others take in living on via their ancestors. If all suns die & we run out of negative entropy…there are no ancestors. No life. Nothing. Talk about outer darkness!
2023-01-16
@Drlipid It’s much more complicated than can be addressed here, but it’s worth noting despite those of Nigerian heritage having the highest incidence of apoE 4/4, they have much lower cholesterol & less AD. Makes one wonder about cholesterol’s broader role in vascular dementia & AD.
2023-01-16
RT @Drlipid: @KyleMcnease That poorly done re-adjudication has been rebutted by TIMI group. Clearance of HDLs is desirable: - LDLR internal…
2023-01-16
Wondering if you've @Drlipid covered this in greater detail? https://t.co/ZF1amlOqRJ
2023-01-16
Nah, it’s so mild you need sunlight, exercise, & ice baths to get you FIT again.
Really, folks? Does this guy strike you as averse to sun, exercise, & cold water? He’s on a stable of supplements & drugs just to make it through the day. #LongCovid is nothing to play around with! https://t.co/yf4Io54uqU
2023-01-16
🚫🚫NO!!! Make it stop🚫🚫 https://t.co/YaOWU16WO1
2023-01-16
XBB & XBB.1.5 are examples of bio-technologies following paths of exponential evolutionary growth. The more human hosts, the more evolution. The cost of repeated infections is too high. It’s higher than we can afford to pay.
2023-01-15
@queenn_demon Hope it helps you recover & live life to the full!
2023-01-14
@KenLowry8 Sent you a message
2023-01-14
@elleW902 How dare you 🔥🔥🔥That’s too sensible of a position in 2023.
In all seriousness, I appreciate that sentiment & think there are more of us than we know bc of so much noise crowding out a sensible middle position. Thank you for restoring my faith today!
2023-01-14
@MindOverColor If anyone deserves the relief, it’s you!
2023-01-14
artificial barriers or prematurely foreclosing conversations. I see that as an expression of someone who is self-reflexively engaged in expansion rather than contraction. Showing-saying forth rather than shutting down. It’s inspiring.
2023-01-14
I truly appreciate the resilience, willingness, & humility of spirit that it takes for John to have these conversations! He of all people doesn’t owe us that. I think is says volumes about the transformative work he’s done in his own life to be able to engage without putting up
2023-01-14
would have set him on a different trajectory. I suppose that’s why hauntology is so powerful. Our initial grammar of experience & the memetic complexes that form & in-form our ways of perceiving are critical for understanding & self-understanding.
2023-01-14
Interesting how history unfolds. In @PaulVanderKlay’s discussion with @vervaeke_john & Jordan Cooper, one wonders (not cynically) if John had been first introduced to a far less traumatic & far more embodied Christian relational-participatory-existential-Ontological theology it
2023-01-14
⁉️Why not look at what they share in common?
⚠️S protein is toxic, so let’s not discount anyone’s suffering.
2023-01-14
@_HeartofGrace_ It’s referenced in many 2022 articles related to the subject. Engineered nanoparticles (NP) do have a history of known & unknown safety-related issues. Should others like to read it, here’s a link to that paper: https://t.co/B48zb38IHu
2023-01-14
@MindOverColor At the beginning of treatment, did they have you on both? Or did they only initiate guanfacine after you were off the bblocker? There’s just not much data for treatment guidelines…
2023-01-14
@briandavidearp @YouTube When God giveth, He clearly giveth with both hands! Really good & an unexpected treat. Thanks for sharing. It takes courage to put oneself out there like this.
2023-01-14
@nat_sharpe_ This sounds exactly like something a post-post-meta-rat would say🧐
2023-01-14
Really thankful to hear about your @MindOverColor response to Yale’s protocol. Has anyone else tried this with success? How are pw #LongCovid navigating coming off of beta blockers to try it?
*I’m assuming discontinuation of beta blockers bc of potential BP lowering issues.
2023-01-14
Don’t give in to the defeatism of unimaginative bureaucrats. If we can predict this, we can begin building better systems, structures, & processes to prevent it from happening or at least mitigate it. That used to be public health. https://t.co/cmAUMd5Nu8
2023-01-14
@Drlipid This is why I call you the Teddy Atlas of lipids! You pack a punch each time you speak. Very inspiring to see you sharing beneficial content each day! Keep it up!
2023-01-14
@KenLowry8 Say more…
2023-01-14
@JDeffenb1018 with for treatment. I’m aware of some trialing Tenefovir, but I haven’t seen definitive data yet for anything that durably suppresses or eliminates it. So best of luck!
2023-01-14
@JDeffenb1018 It’s going to be vital, bc following Covid19 infection, it at least appears that there’s reactivation of EBV & other latent viruses. In the ME/CFS space, when Dr. Montoya was at Stanford, he tried to make some headway. I'll be excited to see what you & your colleagues come up
2023-01-14
@JDeffenb1018 Wish you had gotten an opportunity to fully explicate your positions. This is especially the case given you study MS, which was only recently demonstrated to be associated with EBV—a virus we’d been told was largely an innocuous disease of childhood.
2023-01-14
@klwong43 That's good!
2023-01-14
@DDmakingitright @kim05212393 I think everyone knows it could help with functionality. A caveat would be that it's important to check for clots first.
2023-01-14
@DDmakingitright 4. M. I. Bennett and Y. M. Tai, “Intravenous Lignocaine in the Management of Primary Fibromyalgia Syndrome,” Int J Clin Pharm Res 1995, 15: 115–119.
2023-01-14
@DDmakingitright 3. J. Sorenson, A. Bengtsson, E. Backman, K. G. Henriksson, and M. Bengtsson, “Pain Analysis in Patients with Fibromyalgia: Effects of Intravenous Morphine, Lidocaine and Ketamine,” Scan J Rheumatol 1995, 24: 360–365.
2023-01-14
@DDmakingitright 2. M. C. Rowbotham, L. A. Reisner-Keller, and H. L. Fields, “Both Intravenous Lidocaine and Morphine Reduce the Pain of Postherpetic Neuralgia,” Neurology 1991, 41: 1024–1028.
2023-01-14
@DDmakingitright Here are a couple of the studies I mentioned:
1. V. Challapalli, I. W. Tremont-Lukats, E. D. McNicol, J. Lau, and D. B. Carr, “Systemic Administration of Local Anesthetic Agents to Relieve Neuropathic Pain,” Cochrane Database Syst Rev 19; (4): CD003345, 2005.
2023-01-14
@CockapooWinnie @DDmakingitright Those b vitamins along with homocysteine and hsCRP...
2023-01-14
@JoshGellers @lexfridman As a researcher, is it hard to believe he is interested in all sides? I generally am even though I have preferences. Dispositionally, isn't that good for interviewing others?
2023-01-14
@DDmakingitright Don’t have Winnie’s info to tag her
2023-01-14
@DDmakingitright Re: B12: what’s your homocysteine though?
2023-01-14
@MarkALefebvre1 The concept would be a remix between L’Abri-like community with a Platonic-like Academy.
2023-01-14
@MarkALefebvre1 Sorry, the writing, art, music & recitations are part of the classics portion. Some parents are resistant to free play bc of cost. They sometimes feel it’s unnecessary bc they will account for unstructured time/play at home. But I love the ideas!
2023-01-13
@IntuitMachine I haven’t quite figured out the right way to discuss this convergence narrative. The Christian attempt to regain what was lost in the Garden leads us to an AGI that achieves nirvana. Buddhists may recognize that before anyone else.
2023-01-13
@IntuitMachine I think you’d appreciate the repairman story: Doomsday Book by Jee-Woon Kim & Pil-sung Yim https://t.co/4lLI0JHWG3
2023-01-13
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2023-01-13
💵Do you want to gain 5 million views 👀
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2023-01-13
💵Do you want to gain 5 million views
📈 & thousands of followers
🔸From one tweet?
🎎My favorite new Twitter feature is all of the sales pitches for ChatGPT using ChatGPT!
2023-01-13
Nationwide back order on certain AEDs👀 https://t.co/VeW1wA2sN6
2023-01-13
Help me improve this school: Begin: classics in Latin, Greek, Hebrew.
Lunch Break
Run, lift heavy things, maybe BJJ or some other combat sport.
Science, math, coding, engineering.
Walking Stoic philosophy lesson
Service learning project
2023-01-13
I see @lexfridman is getting lots of negativity. Seriously? He’s putting positive content out into the world. Maybe inspiring people to read books as well? Did I wake up in the wrong timeline?
2023-01-13
@LinkenAL @carriepricecox3 @kallmemeg We need to invest more in our IAQ & updating 💉to ensure their safety.
2023-01-13
@LinkenAL @carriepricecox3 @kallmemeg focusing narrowly on CFR & not enough on CDR—case disabling rate. Too many are treating this as if it’s binary: either it that kills you outright or you’re completely good. It causes organ & vascular damage, as well as immune dysfunction.
2023-01-13
@LinkenAL @carriepricecox3 @kallmemeg I’m truly not being condescending. I’m trying to to answer everyone who asks questions, & I don’t know each person’s background. Nevertheless, my apologies if I came across that way. It’s a global emergency. I’m in the minority in saying I think we do the world an injustice by
2023-01-13
@LinkenAL @carriepricecox3 @kallmemeg That is how safety is measured
2023-01-13
Not good... https://t.co/NwGkjsWpFt
2023-01-13
@danaparish They’re pretending this is a morality tale where LC is something that happens to other people. In this tale one is predestined to be immune from it forever or doomed to it forever.
2023-01-13
Lord give me the strength! 🙏 https://t.co/xAVK73dkoF
2023-01-13
@LinkenAL @carriepricecox3 @kallmemeg Why would anyone dispute that or not want it to occur?
2023-01-13
@LinkenAL @carriepricecox3 @kallmemeg don’t declare something safe relative to the disease itself. There are always trade offs in medicine bc biology is complicated. Each person is unique in his/her response to interventions. I’m openly stating that we could improve our current vaccines by simply making them safer.
2023-01-13
@LinkenAL @carriepricecox3 @kallmemeg I wasn’t describing my criteria. That’s how double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trials are meant to work in order to determine safety & efficacy. And your assertion is incorrect bc there are always side effects & AEs & we know this bc there’s a control group. But we
2023-01-13
Pfizer in their own words: “The primary end points were efficacy of the vaccine against laboratory-confirmed Covid-19 and safety.” https://t.co/uLFK9SGiYw
2023-01-13
People in public health debating me haven’t read the studies. Here’s the Pfizer study from 12/2020. “Safety and Efficacy of the BNT162b2 mRNA Covid-19 Vaccine”
BNT162b2 was 95% effective in preventing Covid-19 (95% credible interval, 90.3 to 97.6). https://t.co/UJj0RIbo9B
2023-01-13
@candicensd @AlisaValdesRod1 What my wife went through was unimaginable!
2023-01-13
@candicensd @AlisaValdesRod1 And with this tweet, you've made my day even better!
2023-01-13
@candicensd @AlisaValdesRod1 God love you, Candice! You've made my day!
2023-01-13
@n_equals_42 @kallmemeg we're mass vaccinating the entire population & that they don't prevent symptomatic infection, which they received FDA authorization for.
2023-01-13
@n_equals_42 @kallmemeg current situation, I have zero problems saying we could improve upon gen 1 mRNA vaccines by simply making them safer! If we could come up with gen 1 whole cloth in a matter of days, then why after 3 years haven't we improved their safety? This is incredibly important given that
2023-01-13
@n_equals_42 @kallmemeg is safer than getting AD. The problem is that I'm giving you a disease you don't have in order to prevent a disease you don't have. Saying my drug is safer than AD is an equivocation. It would be unethical under normal standards. Once again, since I can be objective about our
2023-01-13
@n_equals_42 @kallmemeg than the illness. The question is whether or not they're safe compared to the placebo. If we switch contexts for a moment it's intuitively clear. Say I come up with a drug to prevent AD. However, one of the major SAEs is that it causes dementia. I then market it to you as my drug
2023-01-13
@n_equals_42 @kallmemeg That isn't exactly the point being taken up here. Rather, I'm saying one can't claim a product is safe by comparing the intervention to the vicious illness one is hoping to prevent or treat. Otherwise, we'd have tons of malicious drugs approved bc they're slightly less bad
2023-01-12
@klwong43 @kalezelden And it also happens to be the case that a given person can get something out of us that we’re unaware we know. This was the Socratic method. & CS Lewis talked about how parts of us exist in relation to others. Today we might say s/he brings out that side of me.
2023-01-12
@klwong43 @kalezelden That’s why I love dialogue so much. You draw something out of me that even I didn’t know was there!
2023-01-12
@President4Life @kallmemeg What’s wild is at almost any other time we’d be having a debate on the ethics of current mRNA 💉 programs. I don’t understand the premature foreclosure of dialogue. I can’t even get a concession that we could have better 💉 today by improving the safety profile of gen 1 mRNA 🧐
2023-01-12
@AlisaValdesRod1 bottleneck, what would those who remained do? I can’t perform my own cardiac bypass or treat a complex fracture requiring surgery. The only way through is together. Otherwise it’s just X dies at time T, while Y adapters die at T+(some unspecified amount of time after T).
2023-01-12
@AlisaValdesRod1 but I’m reminded of arguments from early days of HIV/AIDS. Men who contracted it due to sexual encounters were blamed, castigated, & ostracized. Harm reduction should help maximize flourishing while minimizing the negative externalities. If 99.999% didn’t make it through this
2023-01-12
@AlisaValdesRod1 moral attribution? The bigger issue is for us to thrive we need more robust adaptations than wearing masks, 💉 & staying isolated. We should be building new things & communities in light of the new constraints. Bc otherwise what’s the point? I’m sure it’s not your intent,
2023-01-12
@AlisaValdesRod1 But is that really an example of mal-adaptation? He’s a social creature & assessed risk. Despite 3m Auras & 💉💉💉we contracted it while my wife was in labor & delivery. It was medically necessary for us to be there. How am I different than your friend other than in
2023-01-12
@kalezelden Check out retrospective sense-making of Karl Weick. One of the key mottos is: how can I know what I think until I see what I say.
2023-01-12
@emilygraymd_mph @MeetJess It’s true that sudden deaths have always occurred. It has happened in my own family before Covid19. But not at this scale, globally, in close temporal proximity. This is something in addition to the pre-existing base rate of sudden deaths.
2023-01-12
@President4Life @kallmemeg I can be shrugged off on Twitter bc I don’t have a large “following.” But at academic conferences, it’s a different story. It’s just people like us in room debating the issues. I need to up my Twitter game.
2023-01-12
@MeetJess ^band 🤦🏻♂️
2023-01-12
@MeetJess The detractors will keep shouting anecdote until, God forbid, it hits too close to home. None of us want that! We need to bad together to figure this out STAT.
2023-01-12
@Robotheology This is making me physically ill! He seems unable or unwilling to see that the much bigger problem is that he believes in racial inferiority as it relates to intelligence. His apology just reopens the door to these questions without decrying them.
2023-01-12
Due to transhumanism’s intense focus on intelligence & enhancing it, his current statements & not merely his past ones will raise serious questions & concerns.
2023-01-12
🚨Nick Bostrom’s “apology” for prior expressed belief in racial inferiority will negatively impact #Transhumanism. Why? Bostrom seems not to be able or willing to decry his own scientific racism. He leaves it an open question for others to adjudicate. https://t.co/3U3RhNynMh
2023-01-12
Look at this public sentiment. I warned everyone that if public trust was violated it would have abiding ramifications. How did PH experts respond? Mandates! I still can’t believe it. https://t.co/1JFo5lQ7vr
2023-01-12
@JoshWHNelson @carriepricecox3 @kallmemeg I’m sorry they’ve callously violated your trust. This is precisely why I warned everyone that we needed 100% transparency bc if trust was lost there’d be no getting it back. I repeatedly pointed to Dengvaxia as an example. But this is a much larger scale disaster.
2023-01-12
@anderssandberg But that isn’t the case. He’s one of the world’s leading philosophers, so it should be an easy thing to dispel in unequivocal language
2023-01-12
@anderssandberg In his old email he says some will conflate the idea of saying blacks are cognitively inferior with I hate [racial slur]. Now, anyone that finds his views repugnant, he can retreat to the notion that we only find it odious bc we don’t understand what he’s truly saying.
2023-01-12
@anderssandberg specifically that intelligence is related to one’s race; & that blacks were inferior. Rather than correct that erroneous form of biological or scientific racism in the here & now—not talking about 26 years ago—he reopens the question for others to opine on the matter. Really?
2023-01-12
@anderssandberg Anders, this is truly morally repugnant & unethical. The apology would suggest that it isn’t clear to Bostrom that the most offensive element wasn’t his use of a racial slur (which is & was unacceptable at the time), it’s his expressed belief in racial inferiority—.
2023-01-12
What doth the algorithm desire of me? It punishes me daily!
2023-01-12
This is an unenviable position. But bioethics isn’t only focused on legalities, it’s also focused on what’s right to do at each moment in time. As we move forward, let’s continue considering the ethical use of & implications for our biotechnologies. #bioethics https://t.co/Ua54L32bdq
2023-01-12
Making objective, data-driven decisions isn’t always easy, especially when the data doesn’t support our preferences. #datadriven #objectivity
2023-01-12
@carriepricecox3 @kallmemeg we admit we don’t know the correlates of immunity! So we’re using adult nAbs as a proxy for correlates of immunity? It makes a mockery of science & technology.
2023-01-12
@carriepricecox3 @kallmemeg For point of clarity: I’m not advocating for more trials in children & youth. But for those who wish for them to get 💉to ⬇️ severity, I’m saying we’d need new trials. The clinical endpoints for children & youth was similar nAbs as for adults. This is of course inane since
2023-01-12
@carriepricecox3 @kallmemeg 😢 We’re up against it! I’ve never seen anything like this. It’s a anemic argument coming from a person with great knowledge & prestigious affiliations. How did we get this captured despite our best efforts? I fully anticipate being labeled anti-vaxx precisely bc it’s false.
2023-01-12
@kallmemeg For reducing severity, especially in the younger cohorts we need new trials. Children & youth experiencing health decrements from 💉 which won’t prevent the disease they’re aimed at is unethical in the extreme. It’s a direlection of duty on our parts not to speak out about that.
2023-01-12
@kallmemeg individuals. The FDA authorizations were awarded & have been renewed for prevention of symptomatic Covid19 infections. But we now know they can only prevent infection for a discrete period (maybe a couple of weeks after vaccination or booster).
2023-01-12
@kallmemeg Oh, I am. But I’m also addressing you, dear colleague. What has happened to the precautionary principle that is the cornerstone of bioethics? Safety of a drug or therapeutic intervention must be very high, especially in any case where it will be administered to healthy
2023-01-12
Imagine this being the safety bar in biomedicine. Almost anything you’d come up with could be argued to be less bad than Alzheimer’s or ALS. But safety isn’t established this way. Who started this 💉profile vs Covid19 infection? You can still get Covid19 even if vaccinated. https://t.co/l1kEggGWdB
2023-01-12
@kallmemeg the 💉+ sequlae from the virus when one ultimatly contracts it despite vaccination status.
2023-01-12
@kallmemeg As a fellow researcher, I’m going to have to ask you to do better. 💉being safer than the disease isn’t the proper comparison for safety. It’s a 💉 vs a placebo. Otherwise think of the treatments that would get approval. Risk is compounded by the fact that it’s side effects from
2023-01-12
@danaparish 😢
2023-01-12
🧐 Interesting https://t.co/f8scWUUJgD
2023-01-12
@SEProtomartyr This is the modern version of St. Francis & the wolf!
2023-01-12
RT @SEProtomartyr: Dear Twitter, please appreciate this Pulitzer-level photo I managed to take this morning of the mouse who scurried up a…
2023-01-12
@Joshuak_Smith Brother, Christian or not, that’s bush league behavior on their part! But since they do purport to be Christians, the standard is higher not lower.
2023-01-12
@Joshuak_Smith unedited podcast so that I may share it with my own audience. If you find reason not to share it, again, I will be forced to accept that decision. However, my own conscience & professional standards dictate that I respond with a public rebuttal.”
2023-01-12
@Joshuak_Smith I would at least attempt to strike a deal & say something like, “Ok. It’s your podcast/publication, & you’ve made your editorial decision. I strongly disagree with it & the ethical framework that would allow for this conclusion. Therefore, I’m formally requesting a copy of the
2023-01-11
Welp! Vax, pax, & relax is proving ever more difficult. Even if it were true that “we have the tools,” that won’t remain true much longer. We are being steered into the abyss… https://t.co/p1GT5zE5sE
2024-12-06
This is why I’m so confused about what our churches are doing. If they’re not reaching out to people & even families trying to get a start in life, what are they doing with the resources? @kalezelden has also mentioned his period of struggle, which is why I admire his… https://t.co/8RFUT3T4iq
2024-12-05
@danaparish What are the leading clinical candidates that can target spike (S1/S2) in the body? Patterson’s group has a S protein test & they recommend Maraviroc + statin. Do we have anything else promising? New monoclonals? New nasal sprays (whatever happened to David Needham’s candidate)?
2024-12-05
Where my peeps who know what this is & watched it by choice or by force 🏆👏
GK Chesterton: The Apostle of Common Sense https://t.co/m25VHpaNwK
2024-12-05
Is the NBA basically becoming handball?
2024-12-05
President…CEO…regular citizen…anarchy doesn’t care
2024-12-05
@klwong43 Nice catch!
2024-12-05
You think the government grew a conscience in May of 2021 & started telling the truth? Why did they negotiate the FOIA terms down to 2? What reason would government personnel have for doing that? https://t.co/mbotlYeJ3p
2024-12-05
@danaparish You seem to have the magic touch though 🪄 You broke the internet for a couple of days with Redfield. I think you can get him to share. He’s a great soul. And he’s respected even by those who disagree with him.
2024-12-05
@danaparish Dr. Relman would be another great & measured voice to interview. He must feel like if only the world had listened to me!
2024-12-05
We should be thanking people like @R_H_Ebright for his courage in speaking out. And someone who is rarely mentioned is Dr. David Relman. He advocated very hard to put a lid on GoF research on PPP when Fouchier & Kawaoka conducted their H5N1 research.
2024-12-05
RT @R_H_Ebright: "Researchers in Wuhan, as of 2018, had engineered SARS viruses to have a 1,000x increase in viral growth in lung, a 1,000,…
2024-12-04
Nothing could ever go wrong if we disrupt the microbiome of cattle. Just like how nothing ever goes wrong when you torch everything with glyphosate. It’s really kind of good when you think about it. The smug response to an earnest question. https://t.co/Ra98P8f0hZ https://t.co/z1yUMAO0nP
2024-12-04
@kalezelden @RyanHaecker had an awesome course on “Spiritual Cybernetics” that was offered on Halkyon. @DrJohnVervaeke also did one on “Beyond Nihilism.” Maybe you can try something like this that lets you keep teaching? It’s a worthy vocation that sometimes leaves one feeling like Cain—was…
2024-12-04
Y’all not ready for anarcho-capitalism. You think you are, but you aren’t. Also this is what civil war would be like in the US. People getting shivved & shot. Looted. Left for dead. It’s only yours if you can defend it. We do not want that world! https://t.co/uBWUxinY1x
2024-12-04
Doesn’t matter if this turns out to help in this case. That any of us have the ability to watch the watchers is craaaaazyyyyyy https://t.co/8T0tfuwbUV
2024-12-04
@SteveSkojec Back when Wikileaks published the Clinton emails, I remember being surprised at the lack of curiosity around what Podesta was saying. He was serious about disclosure. 🦗 🦗 from MSM.
2024-12-04
@SteveSkojec Very well said! I actually agree with you on this. During the hearing when Grusch basically said we’re co-existent with other inter-dimensional entities I almost fell over in shock. It’s like CS Lewis’s argument about Christ. You don’t get to chalk it up to something prosaic like…
2024-12-04
@SteveSkojec If you 100% knew that you knew there were non-human intelligences, that would be the biggest story & humanity would remember that courageous soul, right? Go live & share it with the world. Broadcast the location & people would come to protect the whistleblower. Men & women have…
2024-12-04
@SteveSkojec The moral cowardice is the piece of the puzzle I don’t get. If these things are non-human UAP & there are programs we’ve been running for decades (if not longer) then how with social media & public hearings has no one shared everything? Even if they took you out, wouldn’t it be…
2024-12-04
I appreciate the courageous reporting demonstrated by @mattwridley over the years. I’d love to hear him opine on the current status of the virus itself. Given it’s a BSL3 pathogen with what looks to be long-term health impacts, how do we think about SARS2 today? https://t.co/T4SFz2kKiH
2023-01-11
It’s happening…his dream of making all information computable is getting closer https://t.co/LD0VPNTAAM
2023-01-11
If GK Chesterton had a completely different sense of humor & understanding of the New Testament. You have to love his splenetic way of being. He’s an original! “An Announcement and a Link” - by David Bentley Hart https://t.co/JvhevuTy13
2023-01-11
RT @MassMECFS: @nihgov is seeking self-nominations of #pwME, people with a family history of #MECFS, caregivers/care partners for people wi…
2023-01-11
One of the best but scariest articles I’ve read in a long time! Our continued boosting with mRNA & recombinant, protein-based nanoparticle vaccines may decrease our ability to respond to emerging variants. All of their research questions urgently require answers! https://t.co/aPyNZp15Xd
2023-01-11
@EricTopol @jclinicalinvest @MarionKoopmans @GijsbertNierop This article seems to confirm earlier research that prior exposure to HCovs & our varied response to them influences differential outcomes in SARS2 infections. Do younger children on average have better outcomes due to fewer exposures to other HCovs & thus less imprinting?
2023-01-11
⚠️Information hazard warning
Impact of antigenic evolution and original antigenic sin on SARS-CoV-2 immunity https://t.co/DNdJEK3sQY
2023-01-11
@klwong43 @wildiris19 @drmichaellevin Not in the same way that other theorists would emphasize its importance. Others like Carl Rogers, Buber, Bakhtin, Rowe, & even Ellul focus more on that. Lots of theorists within the cybernetics, sociopsychological, sociocultural, phenomenological, & rhetorical traditions do.
2023-01-11
@klwong43 @wildiris19 @drmichaellevin requires differentiation (semantic vs syntactic info) & error detection & correction. This is especially intriguing when Levin experiments with hybrids. Which body plan is constructed, how & why?
2023-01-11
@klwong43 @wildiris19 @drmichaellevin implications immediately emerge. It's possible to have a simple rule set where the bio-electrical signals to/interacts with/activates latent semantic information (say a code with redundancies for a body plan/part) & initiates a process for biological assemblage that first
2023-01-11
@klwong43 @wildiris19 @drmichaellevin multiple domains of inquiry. And for @wildiris19, I'm still interested in both the practical arena of Dr. Levin & the more speculative metaphysical & ethical questions that loom. If consciousness is found to be more fundamental than material, then information-theoretic
2023-01-11
@klwong43 @wildiris19 @drmichaellevin Dr. Levin has to delimit his research to that which can be obtained in the lab: How is a limb regenerated? More fundamentally, how is it generated at all? That question scales macro & microscopically. He may well be another Shannon if he can unify what is most fundamental across
2023-01-11
@klwong43 @wildiris19 @drmichaellevin For millennia questions related to body plans were confined to theological & metaphysical inquiry. One of the most famous being the question of the resurrection of the body. Prominent thinkers like van Inwagen still wrestle with the "how" there could be a resurrection of a body.
2023-01-11
@klwong43 @wildiris19 @drmichaellevin One can see how concepts like regenerative repeaters, adding redundant bits to messages so they can be reconstructed despite corruption, error detection & correction, errorless messaging etc. could be imported & brought to bear on this emerging conversation.
2023-01-11
@klwong43 @wildiris19 @drmichaellevin That's an important point for sure. I was hoping since @drmichaellevin was mentioned he might have something to say about the information-theoretic implications for things like body plans. How might we begin to unify info theory with systems biology and bio-electricity?
2023-01-10
@wildiris19 @klwong43 @drmichaellevin That then opens the conversation for applications to subject areas like literature & linguistics & allows for poststructuralist critiques. Even if one is reading Stuart Hall or Hayles, Shannon & Weaver are there. That’s why I say in com theory as a field, he still looms large.
2023-01-10
@wildiris19 @klwong43 @drmichaellevin I think it depends upon the kind of information under discussion. Shannon laid the mathematical foundation for much of the IT we have today. So if it’s the technical aspects of channels, noise, entropy, he’s the bedrock source. Weaver does address the semantic receiver aspects.
2023-01-10
@wildiris19 @klwong43 @drmichaellevin focus on the agency vs passivity aspects. I also think we haven’t exhausted the implications of his work, which is why I’m open as a com’s scholar to hearing how you think he should be viewed by physics.
2023-01-10
@wildiris19 @klwong43 @drmichaellevin is what unified them, & that this could be represented as binary form or binary digit (bit). A Shannon bit is a bit of information. Since he focused on how information flows through communication systems, that’s one major way he’s remembered. But other com theorists certainly
2023-01-10
@wildiris19 @klwong43 @drmichaellevin Here I’m not being disagreeable but am genuinely curious as to how you think he should be memorialized as a theorist? I think of him rather like Maxwell in that he was a unifier. He saw what unified the telegraph, telephone, radio, satellite, TV, etc. He understood information
2023-01-10
The thing most people aren’t considering about #UGA’s Stetson Bennett is that he won two championships with few healthy receivers. Constant injuries at that position. What an incredible journey. The perfect season! Congrats to the #Dawgs #DawgNation
2023-01-10
RT @G_Commish: @TaylorLorenz No person can be considered credible if they deny Long COVID at this juncture. The literature is now becoming…
2023-01-10
This is a good look! People, don’t believe the lies. In America, there’s more that we have in common, more that unites us than divides us! https://t.co/dlB9ErJdco
2023-01-10
RT @POTUS: Glory glory, @UniversityofGA.
Congrats to the Dawgs on a hard-fought National Championship – and to @TCUFootball for beating t…
2023-01-09
Who is the most hated voice in #Covid19 research & why is it @fitterhappierAJ? I don’t agree with every single point he makes, but that’s also true of my spouse, children, parents, siblings, friends. What scientific argument of his do people disagree with so strongly?
2023-01-09
@AlexGaggio @GidMK I’m not sure I agree with this, bc we’re experiencing increased non-Covid19 deaths. It is difficult to disentangle how reinfections impact this increase, which is why I argue for more precaution.
2023-01-09
@AlexGaggio @GidMK I’m fine with debatable & appreciate the civility! An ongoing dialogue is what I’m after bc I think the level of immune dysfunction (dampening, T cell exhaustion, etc) & vascular damage writ large needs to be considered carefully. @fitterhappierAJ & @brucep13 come to mind.
2023-01-09
Let me make it simple: if a virus can kill people, it also has the ability to maim people for life. Too many think this is either a #Covid19 kills you or you’re fine scenario.
2023-01-09
@AlexGaggio @GidMK It’s pretty astonishing given how little we know about the long term impacts & implications of this virus that we continue to ignore the precautionary principle. We need more epistemic humility. Excess mortality isn’t a good sign.
2023-01-09
@AlexGaggio @GidMK I didn’t say repeated infections increases risk, although they may. I said reinfection doesn’t decrease risk. The best current evidence is that reinfections increase negative outcomes: https://t.co/Ehmzw2UFt8
2023-01-09
@AlexGaggio @GidMK point is that getting reinfected doesn’t decrease one’s odds of developing PASC. We had better improve our mitigation efforts as well as accelerate clinical trials.
2023-01-09
@AlexGaggio @GidMK result in an increasing number of pwPASC. We therefore aren’t improving as much as it would seem. For example 20% PASC/smaller number of +cases is < or = 1%PASC/very large number. Hopefully China won’t demonstrate this reality, but it’s easy to see how it could. And one final
2023-01-09
@AlexGaggio @GidMK In the US I’m not aware of the CDC or NIH lowering their risk estimates for developing PASC. The more cases, the more likely we are to end up with increased numbers of pwPASC. But even if it’s correct that the risk estimate has decreased, the sheer volume of +cases will still
2023-01-09
@GidMK cc:@loscharlos
2023-01-09
Does anyone I follow have insight into the current war? It’s an area I’m trying to understand better in 2023. Fearful about possible nuclear weapons being used bc Russia feels they’re out of options. Can this be averted if they lose more ground? https://t.co/9MbKWRDuwM
2023-01-09
@GidMK rates of infection & thereby reduce the number of human beings cruelly suffering from PASC. I guess my pint would be that while you may be correct about Semmelweis, you’re wrong about the heart of the post. It must be read with empathy.
2023-01-09
@GidMK ongoing mass-disabling event that could impact any of us upon contracting Covid19 or upon reinfection. Millions are suffering & we add to that total each day. Yet we send children to schools with poor IAQ. We’ve largely ignored one of the biggest levers (IAQ) that could reduce
2023-01-09
@GidMK With due respect, he’s sharing from a patient perspective what it feels like to be on the wrong side of PASC (aka long covid) & the recent publications suggesting psychosocial reasons for it. His point is that we need to urgently address PASC. We aren’t. Far from it. This is an
2023-01-08
@TitanFan_C_redo @YouAreLobbyLud Unfortunately, I did! It’s art mimicking life in devastating fashion. It captured the moment so well—too well!
2023-01-08
@rulefollowing @David_Gunkel Yes, but I wrote the above in reference to the LLMs. While they’re trained on the texts, there are myriad elements embedded in the texts that they’re also being implicitly trained on. Here I’m thinking about biases, eg, that unfortunately get included as part of a gestalt.
2023-01-07
@David_Gunkel Yes & no. The texts are memetic complexes that embed values, heuristics, biases etc. The particular milieu from whence the text originates is outside the text but always-already in-forming it & the interpretive possibilities.
2023-01-07
We must do better than this! Current #mRNA #vaccine side-effects should not be compared to that of #Covid19. That's not how trials work! The proper comparison is between the vaccine & a placebo (saline)! Stating less or more than that is cynical misinformation.
2023-01-07
@klwong43 @drmichaellevin Shannon & Weaver note that while Szilard addresses certain aspects of information in physics & von Neumann in quantum mechanics & particle physics, "Shannon's work connects more directly with certain ideas developed some twenty years ago by Nyquist & Hartley, both of Bell Labs."
2023-01-07
@klwong43 @drmichaellevin Shannon & Weaver followed up on the findings from his 1948 paper with their seminal work titled "The Mathematical Theory of Communication." Communication theory as a field includes information theory but also goes well beyond it. I'd like to understand what is meant by type cast.
2023-01-07
@YouAreLobbyLud So many dystopian movies skip this portion of the plot. They begin with the sky falling. But this is what the prelude would look like. The amount of cognitive dissonance it takes to perform this indoors while maskless will be studied by psychologists for decades.
2023-01-07
This is pretty amazing!
Tesla Crash Lab | Data-Driven Safety https://t.co/TxN15hbXFr
2023-01-06
When will @DeepMind launch a #COVID19 project that would improve our existing knowledge of the virus, extrapolate its evolutionary trajectory, & expedite drug discovery? @demishassabis The world really needs your team of experts!
2023-01-06
@MeetJess A crucial follow up question we need answered is: what was the level of non-neutralizing Abs? Shocking that we don’t know the answer to such a vital question.
2023-01-06
RT @PaulAnleitner: I'm really excited by the guests joining me on Deep Talks to start 2023 including @clayroutledge @bgwilterdink @damiengw…
2023-01-06
Safety and efficacy of the two doses conjugated protein-based SOBERANA-02 COVID-19 vaccine and of a heterologous three-dose combination with SOBERANA-Plus: a double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled phase 3 clinical trial https://t.co/i8t658yDhP
2023-01-06
@schmittpaula Do you have or know of someone who has reliable contacts in Cuba that could describe the current state of affairs? US media hasn’t covered it that closely despite Cuba having vastly better outcomes. It’s a major bioethical story worthy of deeper investigation. https://t.co/V36n96Mq4O
2023-01-06
What’s so interesting is the breakdown of the responses: some worry because their family members aren’t vaccinated and others worried because family members are vaccinated. The CDC should address this issue with haste. Otherwise people are left to terror management theory. https://t.co/8tgelVx7hE
2023-01-06
Gain of function research in #AI should bother us bc it’s likely we’ll create conscious entities that can & will suffer. Just note the difference in a newborn baby & a 3 month old. There’s an explosion in intelligence & consciousness. Something similar will occur in AI.
2023-01-05
People don’t like that he mentions he was right. It’s important to note bc we need to know who is trustworthy, guided by data, & most often correct. Who are some of the others that should be highlighted? https://t.co/xCBfQBfPNi
2023-01-05
@michael_hoerger Have you written anything on your approach to navigating this landscape on a daily basis with infants/toddlers/little ones?
2023-01-05
Paging Dr. @David_Gunkel Duke University Press - Code https://t.co/lDicgbag6E
2023-01-05
Why is it always Chili’s, Applebees etc. that people refer to in the context of contracting #COVID19 while dining? If we all eat at Michelin 5-star restaurants, maybe we could end the pandemic? 🤷🏻♂️ It apparently cares where one dines out not if one dines out?
2023-01-05
@ENirenberg @VirginiaBuysse With due respect, that isn’t accurate. There’s a growing body of literature on this subject. See the work of @brucep13 & @fitterhappierAJ for differing angles on the subject. I can’t believe anyone would even say this? If it can kill, it can negatively impact the immune system.
2023-01-05
🚨How did we get to a place where comments like this are just tossed out there as a matter of fact? https://t.co/7gHiRufZgs
2023-01-05
RT @Drlipid: Wall Street Analysis on the EPA saga - - https://t.co/kw3vRb2GSb @society_eas
2023-01-05
Wut? https://t.co/DvNFSmSGb2
2023-01-05
RT @janniksin: Special moment to hit with Henry today, 99 years old and #1 in the world! Henry is playing against 98 year old Ukrainian Leo…
2023-01-03
@livewithmecfs Suzan, I’m so sorry! There are no other words that do justice to this kind of pain. Praying for comfort for you & your beautiful family during this difficult time. Thank you for tirelessly trying to lift the spirits of others. We’re grateful for all you do.
2023-01-03
We can’t even pour drinks? The simulators pulled a deep cut from an episode of Friends? This really is the end of history. https://t.co/XwTp9zuXX1
2023-01-03
🚨Reminder that there is a safety signal related to mRNA vaccines. We must acknowledge that openly if these problems are to be addressed. This doesn’t make one a skeptic or anti-vaxx. It makes the mandates even more egregious though!
2023-01-03
@PageauJonathan @klwong43 This is the kind of conversation I was hoping to have with Jonathan. I’ve seen the students crushed by university classes, & they need a feasible pathway back into the faith. Very important dialogue.
2023-01-01
I told you that China couldn’t have a zero Covid19 policy & engage in a kinetic war. Too early to tell if rampant, recurring infections will make this more or less likely. But the propaganda arm of the party is working overtime! https://t.co/s1WMXNmm5y
2023-01-01
@danaparish Do they not know that this is a seasonal virus—every season that is. It’s persistent. It rapidly depletes the immune system & ages it. Then, another variant comes along. Imagine 1/2 billion people trying to fight this thing off every few months.
2023-01-01
I bid you all the very best that the new year could offer! Blessings to all! 🙏🙏
2023-01-01
Interesting debate in light of effective altruism’s recent debacle.
cc: @PaulVanderKlay @Joshuak_Smith @PaulAnleitner
2023-01-01
Wondering if you’ve read/have sources on the relationship between Christian faith & poverty or wealth. Is it morally permissible or advantageous for Christians to be wealthy or poor? Poor in spirit, yes. Not so-called prosperity gospel though.
2022-12-31
RT @ProjectLyme: Neurological #LymeDisease develops when B.b. bacteria invade the central nervous system. Learn more about the wide-ranging…
2022-12-31
@DonJRobertson This is worthy of a dialogue! I also think in the West we run afoul of many of Becker’s arguments about the denial of death. For the Platonic Socrates, death plays such a prominent role in philosophy, as it can be understood
as preparing for/rightly orienting towards death.
2022-12-31
@RyanHaecker This sounds like something @David_Gunkel would say!
2022-12-30
RT @AshAlizadeh: Very excited to share our new study on determinants of resistance to anti-CD19 CAR T-cells (CART19) in large B-cell lympho…
2022-12-29
@nat_sharpe_ Man I told you that your work is 🔥🔥🔥 Glad you kept an open line for that 7 y/o to stay in touch with you!
2022-12-29
@ctrssierra It’s truly mind-bending to have experiences like this. During my illness, the only thing worse than the pain in my legs was the thought of having them amputated and still having phantom pains but no legs! I continue to hope & pray you find your way towards healing & health!
2022-12-29
Just ask @michaelmina_lab about the regulatory challenges facing those of us who wanted Covid19 rapid antigen tests utilized as public health tools rather than “gold standard” diagnostics. https://t.co/9odr2trVJW
2022-12-28
@ctrssierra I’m glad you were able to get out & spend time with you kids! I wonder if pissedoffedness impacts adrenaline?
2022-12-28
@william_merrin What’s the point in being at a uni if one can’t speak openly about the most pressing matters of our day? It surely isn’t the pay that attracts us!
2022-12-28
@ctrssierra What do you think allowed your body to pull that metabolically demanding task off? And did you experience any worsening of symptoms the next day?
2022-12-28
RT @william_merrin: Academics looking back at Heidegger: Nope, he’s too tainted by Nazism to be ever read again. Made no apology for the Ho…
2022-12-28
@william_merrin 🔥🔥🔥🔥Careful, careful! You’re hitting them where it hurts. First the sacred cow of Heidegger (academics say read him problematically!) & then their silence regarding genocide in China? I’m sure this will be your most popular tweet!
2022-12-28
The moment one realizes the same government that mishandled the pandemic at each & every step of the way is also responsible for navigating the precarious circumstances regarding Ukraine vs Russia…
2022-12-28
Intuitive linear thinking… https://t.co/k264bihnj3
2022-12-28
@KenLowry8 It’s a reduction & oversimplification of what it means to be human.
2022-12-28
@KenLowry8 he’d say resulted from all of the previous training data, sensory info & predictive modeling, & prompts. But you have this latent potentiality for multiple identities. I take his point, though I disagree with it.
2022-12-28
@KenLowry8 opportunity of a certain sort could make the you you think yourself to be to respond in a novel way, as if you were a different person. This he asserts is possible bc you have potentiality. At this moment you’re manifesting one of many different possible versions of you, which
2022-12-28
@KenLowry8 We learn from sensory data how to map the world & make predictions. You’ll notice your baby respond when a prediction is violated. A baby will let you know really quickly! But the baby will make an update to his/her predictive modeling. He goes on to say a prompt/cue/trigger/
2022-12-28
@KenLowry8 mechanization of the human and the humanization of the machine. That backdrop in mind, he’s saying that humans function in much the same way as a generative AIs. Culture/society/education is our training data. Our genetics & environment provide us with motivations & incentives.
2022-12-28
@KenLowry8 A computer used to be a person who computed. People might say that person is a real machine! He can compute anything. Then computers replaced the person, & they said how person-like the computer seemed. Certain metaphors arise & become the tyranizing images of our age. The
2022-12-26
@kalezelden live well. It’s a starling critique of Darwinian economics, where fitne$$ is externalized & commodified.
2022-12-26
@kalezelden This is Promethean shame. Memetic desire & rivalry gone wrong. The most important take away though is this: the only way the plot is comprehensible to us is due to the fact that it’s set in America—the wealthiest nation in the world. He can’t even afford to die well, let alone
2022-12-26
@kalezelden life is “worth” less than his demise. And that lie is so penetrative that everything following it is fugue & footnotes. He’s already dead in his sins. Economically wanting & guilty of not having realized that Phoenix status (see Donne’s An Anatomy of the World).
2022-12-26
@kalezelden But this isn’t merely resentment. This is Nietzschean ressentiment & its attendant shame. The diagnosis is the breaking point, bc until the indignity of not even being able to pay for his life-saving treatment, he has pushed the boulder as Sisyphus might. He must then admit his
2022-12-26
RT @lemondefr: La Chine cherche à minimiser le nombre de morts liés au Covid-19. Jour après jour, le décalage s’accroît entre le nombre off…
2022-12-25
RT @EricTopol: We keep evolving....
"A more expansive view of the functional
potential of the human genome... embraces
these hard-to-detect…
2022-12-20
I want to close out this year by wishing you all a wonderful holiday season. Merry Christmas to all! May you experience the best life has to offer in 2023!🙏Peace on earth & good will toward all!!
2022-12-19
This is cynicism on display. Don’t let it get to you. Medical interventions of any sort may have deleterious side effects in a given person. We KNOW this! This isn’t analogous to the stock market dropping on the same day one decided to get vaccinated. https://t.co/LLTCDw9hKC
2022-12-19
A Medusa AI creates a QR code highjacking the human brain’s dopaminergic system. You can’t look away. The image is so beautiful it’s more powerful than heroin, meth,
fentanyl. The year is 2024.
2022-12-15
Has anyone seen good Christmas themed #corsirosenthalbox designs? If so, please share with us as we have some holiday fun building them.
2022-12-14
This is how you know the game is rigged——>WHO names Jeremy Farrar as chief scientist https://t.co/YkZ73mCuRZ
2022-12-14
Something that should really worry you is that the majority of participants at the recent pandemic preparedness exercise weren’t wearing masks for the pandemic we’re still dealing with. Very unprepared! https://t.co/z4VgEPeorl https://t.co/vGcqXmYG5s
2022-12-13
@SalmonKromeDome Three Uses of the Knife is a book I read regularly to keep in mind that, yes, I must actually do the work & turn the thoughts to words. And I’ve spoken to experts like Dr. Baumeister about how one’s willingness & ability to suffer can impact mastery/performance. Intriguing!
2022-12-13
@SalmonKromeDome During the next big UFC event, we should do a livestream for humanists & writers. A great deal of my work focuses on suffering as a way of being in the world & how this impacts meaning in life. Sometimes the cave is seemingly too dark & too deep, but that’s where the gold is!
2022-12-13
@jadelgador @David_Gunkel We are biologically, thermodynamically, temporally bounded creatures. Finitude itself is enough to prevent us from exploring all possible spaces for intelligences. Loss of entropy too. But I can imagine as many as my body, time, & the universe will allow for.
2022-12-13
@nat_sharpe_ What program did you use to create these? They are 🔥🔥🔥
2022-12-12
@MeetJess @calirunnerdoc @CDCgov @NIH I ask repeatedly why it is that these individuals don’t seem to respond to CPR. Urgently need to increase access to AED devices & will likely see ⬆️ use of implantable cardioverter defibrillators—JUST TO LIVE
2022-12-12
@MeetJess @calirunnerdoc @CDCgov @NIH Jess, when I spoke with cardiologists about this phenomenon & the vascular damage being done, I kid you not, the response was “we need to focus on big levers like lowering apoB & getting more exercise.” Yes, for ⬇️ASCVD risk this is 🔑! But young, healthy, active people dropping?
2022-12-12
Guaranteed this argument will be deployed by our hapless public health experts https://t.co/WW13SiacNI
2022-12-12
RT @1goodtern: 11
Smoking Camel Milds will help make Camel Flu mild.
2022-12-12
RT @1goodtern: 14
You can avoid Camel Flu by washing your foot pads.
2022-12-12
@MindOverColor In a sane world, the best research hospitals in the world would be hosting you, paying you to teach them about these viruses. I can’t make any of it make sense. But all that truly matters is you improving so you can enjoy your life!
2022-12-12
@MindOverColor You’re an inspiration to so many of us! I’m sure you’d probably trade that if it meant you could’ve been spared from BOTH SARS1/2 & the terrible things each version has visited upon you. I hope you experience complete & swift healing! We all do!!
2022-12-12
@David_Gunkel with other mechanized processes, we could enhance our cognitive capacities. But we urgently need wisdom & virtue before pursuing that endeavor. Perhaps if we had more wisdom, we’d avert courses before we create a scenario that prevents reaching a global maximum in flourishing.
2022-12-12
@David_Gunkel Now I’m very concerned about ERisk with AI, but that’s a larger discussion. AI is abstraction & amplification taken to the most absurd conclusion. AI will be able to explore more of the possible space of information. If we want to keep up with that exploration in a way we don’t
2022-12-12
@David_Gunkel in those terms? We abstracted speed & locomotion & engineered machines that can allow us to experience the abstraction. I’ve never been driving down the road & said, “This car is just so much faster than me!”
2022-12-12
@David_Gunkel Part of the problem is the constant comparison as though we’re competitors. This has detrimental impacts upon humans. Today, we still run marathons & celebrate the 100m, 200, 400 etc. A car is “better than” us at traveling longer distances at speed, but why should we think of it
2022-12-12
@nat_sharpe_ This is really good!
2022-12-12
RT @TempletonPrize: 1983 Templeton Prize laureate Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn was born on this day in 1918.
A champion for freedom of expressio…
2022-12-12
One of the most important pieces of data in the ongoing #COVID19 discussions. If a mRNA vaccinee contracted SARS2 but didn’t test positive for anti-nucleocapsid it was assumed the person didn’t actually have Covid19. How do we arrive at vaccine efficacy (VE=?) in light of this? https://t.co/LdNhC6M4P0
2022-12-12
🚨Staggering data. Why the silence? https://t.co/VGrG7Giq0A
2022-12-12
This video hurt me for the Brit fans & Kane! https://t.co/ftCrAzxg6s
2022-12-12
@SalmonKromeDome I also love Le tour de France & Mt. Everest expeditions for the same reasons. My wife fears that I will one day succumb somewhere along Everest’s treacherous climbs. I have serious doubts about that!
I’d be lying if I said I didn’t miss the physicality & animality of sports!
2022-12-12
@SalmonKromeDome Do we not understand in our own way the struggle to pass through the suffering, to transcend the suffering by pursuing meaning through resolute choice? They mirror outwardly my inward battle. All of these challenges that take people to the edge of who & what they are keep me sane
2022-12-11
One of the last remaining rituals with significance in our anemic culture is the brief pause before fighters enter the octagon. They hug their teams goodbye. Then they are transported to Rome for blood sport. Gladiators we salute you. #UFC282
2022-12-09
@David_Gunkel @Inframethod @mitpress @JoshGellers & become/realize all that we could be.
2022-12-09
@David_Gunkel @Inframethod @mitpress @JoshGellers I hope we never lose sight of his emphasis on relationality. The tech of writing makes it possible to have one’s words without his/her presence. And without us relating to one another we can’t re-member what we learned in the noumenal world. We need each other to arrive at truth
2022-12-09
RT @davidmanheim: RT @vickey@jawnsclub; There is SO much conversation about ChatGPT... and so VERY little conversation about the actual tra…
2022-12-09
RT @PeterAttiaMD: Two dudes in black shirts hanging out… finally got to sit down with my dear friend @hubermanlab for a 3+ hr podcast. But……
2022-12-08
@rodakker @David_Gunkel @Inframethod @mitpress @JoshGellers I take it to mean something similar to the “personal” in personal computer. In this case, it denotes its function. As such, it requires the right of access in order to fulfill the functional role of a personal (of/to/from a person) delivery robot.
2022-12-07
Imagine you being able to predict who was going to win an election NOT based on money spent on the campaign but on ethics & virtues. Show me a good person. Start with that. Let’s make the good the most electable. https://t.co/c4647DFBkN
2022-12-07
I keep reading that candidate quality matters for elections. Sure. But in the US, it’s like trying to choose the least rancid item left on the shelf. I can’t understand anyone celebrating a race to the bottom, even if one’s preferred team won.
2022-12-07
@David_Gunkel @Inframethod @mitpress @JoshGellers This is quite well stated! Do we have proper citational guidelines for quoting these remarks? It strikes me as I’m writing this that very soon we won’t require citations bc LLMs will be able to determine with accuracy what one was reading & with whom one was chatting!
2022-12-07
So “government servants” aren’t even hiding the revolving door with the media & pharmaceutical companies. Get elected to get promoted!
Don’t worry, though. They’re thinking of you while they’re cashing those compromised checks!
2022-12-06
Ivermectin demonstrating interesting activity ——>
“SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein Induces Hemagglutination: Implications for COVID-19 Morbidities and Therapeutics and for Vaccine Adverse Effects” https://t.co/SuvNqmFCh7
2022-12-06
Does anyone have the heart to tell him…the game has changed. Go back to viva voce https://t.co/iYFNbSM4GA
2022-12-05
For those of us who played tennis & love the game, this is truly sad. Such a great coach & mentor. So much enthusiasm for life! Thanks for all the wonderful memories. You will be missed! https://t.co/ZNmbgTNUqk
2022-12-05
@D_Bone @ctrssierra Just based on how terrible it feels, you’d think it’d be called lopoxia. I’ve tried to explain to people it’s like living while actively being waterboarded by one’s own body. Doesn’t get much lower than that!
2022-12-05
@HeidiDohse @StrikMarc @ihu_liryc @CHUBordeaux @BordacharPierre @Hartstichting Given what we now know, I think we need to increase post-Covid19 cardiac surveillance. It should be routine to check for markers of inflammation & endothelial (dys)function. Escalate from there: if hsCRP, d-dimer etc ⬆️ following infection &/or mRNA 💉get an echo.
2022-12-05
@HeidiDohse @StrikMarc @ihu_liryc @CHUBordeaux @BordacharPierre @Hartstichting I hope you will be able to help them through your outreach & advocacy efforts! Our public health messaging has been the inverse of what we should be doing.
2022-12-04
If someone saw a prototype of this many years ago, one might think it resembled some type of UAP. The forward-facing view looks like what people have reported seeing long before these platforms were official. https://t.co/IM9QcJg9Bt
2022-12-04
@DailyDoseDr the more apparent it becomes that our current treatment models need to be updated.
2022-12-04
@DailyDoseDr Additionally, advance our scientific understanding of alternative nano, bio, & information tech that might be safely deployed in the body. The more we learn about the complexity & importance of our microbiome,
2022-12-04
@DailyDoseDr Totally agree! It’s egregious that we haven’t expeditiously created redundancies for our supply chains that are so dependent upon other nations & their priorities. That would’ve been a great use of the DPA! Make essential drugs, diagnostics, & vaccines locally.
2022-12-04
Due to all the tweets about GPT this year, I was obviously not the last one to find out! https://t.co/BTY1qMLwSr
2022-12-04
Will walking around after repeated Covid19 infections require something like an Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator to avoid sudden cardiac death for those at increased risk? It warrants serious discussion & consideration. https://t.co/1EHhBX2B9t
2022-12-04
@StrikMarc @ihu_liryc @CHUBordeaux @BordacharPierre @Hartstichting It seems like these devices may become ubiquitous because of the ongoing Covid19-induced cardiac events. I wonder how long it will take for the criteria to be updated to include Covid19 infection?
2022-12-04
Am I the only one who thinks about how strange it is that we still heavily rely upon things like oral antibiotics. We still haven’t figured out better technological solutions? It keeps me up at night!
2022-12-04
🚨Let us all hope & pray this molecule will prove to be safe & effeicatious in human subjects! It would be a game changer. https://t.co/gU5wbkEv8i
2022-12-04
@william_merrin Yeah, that was some goal. You could try that 100 times & never get the same results. Sigh. Soccer & no metric system.
2022-12-03
Fair play to the Netherlands. They showed quality in the box while we did not. The #USMNT looked gassed on defense & couldn't quite take advantage of our own possessions. US played with heart & will keep improving. Watch out 2026! #FIFAWorldCup
2022-12-03
@Robotheology Sounds like it was taking notes from some of my reviewers!
2022-12-03
As I’m reading about a complicated moment in the history of technology & democracy, I realize America’s system needs to shift away from the party system & towards ideas. I don’t care if you’re team blue or red. What are your ideas? Also campaign finance reform & term limits!
2022-12-02
@PaulAnleitner @drmoore @greg_boyd I think people are craving authentic engagement with honest, ethical brokers. It’s difficult to find a subject more relevant to the human condition than the focus of your book.
2022-12-02
🚨“Abnormal tumor vasculature creates hypoxic pockets which promote cancer progression and further increase the glycolytic-dependency of cancers.” Poff et al. 2013. We better be concerned with what’s happening to the vasculature post-Covid19.
2022-12-02
@Christo84476337 @Drlipid is your man for all things lipids. I would simply say that even if one has that info in the aggregate, it’s still beneficial to see one’s own response. Check sterol synthesis & absorption markers at baseline & during therapy.
2022-12-02
My early hypothesis was that Covid19 rapidly ages the immune system. I still think this is one of the major reasons for seeming age disparity in negative outcomes. The older one is, the fewer naive T cells left to spare. Youth may exhibit problems earlier due to this mechanism. https://t.co/hmsZ6yDyRj
2022-11-30
My mom needs emergency surgery, NOW. Hospitals in the tri-state are absolutely full & diverting patients. This is madness. Patients stacked in ERs waiting for ORs to open. It’s all “anecdotal” until it’s your parent, child, spouse, or you. Then it’s always been a travesty.
2022-11-30
@drpablocorral @Drlipid @EzequielZaidel @lynchsantiago @LipidosSal @alavallecobo @ProfKausikRay @society_eas @lschreier1 This is really good! Would a PCSK9i be the preferable option if cost wasn’t prohibitive for many patients?
2022-11-29
@KenLowry8 @vervaeke_john @jordanbpeterson We have such an incredible behavioral health crisis that is growing by the day. We desperately need some modalities for helping the average person find their way to freedom & flourishing.
@JaniceMacphers6 @vervaeke_john @jordanbpeterson @PaulVanderKlay @PageauJonathan But what’s the physiological equivalent of a “generational curse” &, more importantly, how do we help people escape the “strange loops” they find themselves in?
2022-11-29
@JaniceMacphers6 @vervaeke_john @jordanbpeterson @PaulVanderKlay @PageauJonathan If we speak in @PageauJonathan terms, they could be patterns of behavior that cohere across time & animate actions. In that sense very much like a spirit. This also brings to mind the Biblical notion that sins (missing the mark) of our progenitors can be identified in offspring.
2022-11-28
@MBVanElzakker @calirunnerdoc @fitterhappierAJ We should be building computational models so we can leverage ML & AI to unravel that which we don’t yet know.
2022-11-28
@MBVanElzakker @calirunnerdoc @fitterhappierAJ But that suggests possible MOA, no? Despite heterogeneity of etiology—>similar constellation of symptoms. Possible up-regulation &/or down-regulation of specific pathways + the body’s attempts to adapt to that.
2022-11-28
Wondering if @vervaeke_john or @jordanbpeterson have insights re people who seem to recapitulate problems from family of origin: poverty (despite better earning capacity), undoing, unhealthy attachments, inability to actualize full potential. How do we help them alter trajectory
2022-11-28
@calirunnerdoc @fitterhappierAJ The downstream impacts of the hypercoaguability in COVID+ is also crushing fatigue, PEM, hypo metabolism in the brain. If only the NIH had invested more in ME/CFS, we might have more treatment options that could help both communities.
2022-11-28
@calirunnerdoc @fitterhappierAJ I agree! I do wonder if they’re on a spectrum. The similarities seen when exposing healthy control blood to ME/CFS & COVID+ blood is staggering. ME/CFS blood basically impairs/damages healthy samples while COVID+ blood hyper-coagulates healthy samples.
2022-11-28
Americans, we can still do great things! Many of our leaders are feckless, compromised & tied to donor money. Ask why we haven’t diversified our logistics & supply chains in 3 years. Shortage of antibiotics, baby formula, microchips, fuel…each scandalous. Defunct CDC & FDA.
2022-11-28
When the dust settles, I can honestly say that a few academicians stood firm in defiance to the atrocities happening under the CCP. @william_merrin is one of them. If you aren’t following him, you should. The West has forfeited ethics & morals for $£€ & cheap products that break
2022-11-27
I want to take a moment to give God thanks & praise for helping my mom navigate the very tenuous waters of a sudden illness. She’s not out of the woods yet, but fairing much better. Thanks to the MDs & nurses who took such great care of her.
2022-11-25
@SEProtomartyr I thought he was going to tear his suit off, revealing a USMNT uniform underneath. It sounded like he was ready to take to the pitch.
2022-11-25
RT @AG_EM33: Thankful for the ability to breathe, walk, and enjoy the little things in life. One day you will realize that they were the bi…
2022-11-25
@elonmusk @Liz_Wheeler We do need alternatives that are entirely sourced in the US. I would happily pay more for a phone manufactured & produced in a more ethical manner, one not reliant upon terrible labor conditions. Build the infrastructure to build it all here.
2022-11-25
@USMNT England opened strong, & we could’ve easily cracked in those first 15 minutes. Fair play to them. We were a bit tentative, hesitant. But then these young players settled into things. They performed well & looked to have the fresher legs in the latter part of the 2nd half.
2022-11-25
The #USNMT lives long enough to fight another day. I’ve nothing but respect for the English team. Fair play to them. Hopefully the US team can now play with some freedom & confidence. They’re improving! Let’s get a win & advance. The game is afoot!
2022-11-25
An early Christmas present would be a win today for the #USMNT! Show them your true quality out there! #FIFAWorldCup
RT @FOXSoccer: Live look at @USMNT fans ahead of today's game vs England: https://t.co/4JfcIGZJOh
2022-11-21
If HIV arrived today: Condoms don’t work! That’s big latex after your money.
So we’re just supposed to wear condoms forever? We can’t ever take them off?
We need clustered RCTs to ensure condoms work bc they’ve never been shown to at-scale.
2022-11-21
@mrzphd @Naomi_D_Harvey @angryhacademic Very concerning to see shift from aerobic to anaerobic with high lactate levels. Have you come across any compelling research on how such a shift could be treated/reversed?
2022-11-20
@crwequine What we do know is that people should work with their physicians to develop treatment plans & not randomly ingest substances with no dosing information. Every year over 100k Americans die from properly prescribed medication, which is sobering. These drugs aren’t benign.
2022-11-20
@crwequine Are we completely sure the background use of ivermectin & hydroxychloroquine play zero role? I think there remain unanswered questions.
2022-11-20
@crwequine gut-mediated role. And I’m a mainstream researcher not out advocating for quackery. As a fellow researcher, we do have to account for the disparate outcomes in African countries with low vaccination rates.
2022-11-20
@crwequine need much higher doses &/or a longer course. My question would be what if there are viral reservoirs in the gut (something akin to GALT) that also impact the microbiome. I don’t think that’s even been looked at in great detail, but I could see how ivermectin could play a
2022-11-20
@crwequine That’s a bit of an equivocation. There are many things we both do & don’t do in animals & people. We seem far too certain of what we definitively know about the virus. If you look at pwHIV/AIDS who are receiving treatment for parasitic infections, it’s not uncommon for them to
2022-11-20
RT @hastingscenter: Our research, publications, and events focus on ethics in public health, abortion, gene editing, genetic research, disa…
2022-11-20
https://t.co/NWgETfuIPt crashed in less than 2 hours! Here’s what Harvard reported: “A total of 6 users completed and submitted their applications and selected a health insurance plan on the first day.” It was so bad the technicians couldn’t login to fix the site. Cost? 1.7B https://t.co/W6cM5IKKGS
2022-11-20
Why are so many acting like Twitter is https://t.co/3hP5l2cryv?
2022-11-19
@KenLowry8 @vervaeke_john Now I know what I’ll sharing with the newest addition to the family! Imagine having grown up immersed in this kind of dialogue. We should have great hope for the future. There’s going to be some robust thinkers emerging as a result.
2022-11-18
I know Job’s friends were wrong about him,
but it sometimes feels they are right about me! It can seem like existence itself turns its back on you, like the universe has forsaken you. But God will never turn his back on us. No matter who you are. No matter what you’ve done. 🙏
2022-11-18
🚨This is why the origin story is so important. https://t.co/c1pJb34zGa
2022-11-18
Y’all lost me when you decided this was Sparta. https://t.co/2ef1XnZh5g
2022-11-18
@william_merrin But the Matrixes are too big to fail or too addictive. “The revolution will not be televised” turns out to be trivially true, bc, instead it will be Tweeted. The ecstasy of communication…
2022-11-18
@AtelierDanko @dbkell @doctorasadkhan @rd108 @drclairetaylor @angryhacademic @DavidJoffe64 @Naomi_D_Harvey @DrAnnaNZ @calirunnerdoc It remains one of the most important questions facing humanity. The mere fact that we don’t have the answer is a scandal.
2022-11-18
@AtelierDanko @doctorasadkhan @dbkell @rd108 @drclairetaylor @angryhacademic @DavidJoffe64 @Naomi_D_Harvey @DrAnnaNZ @calirunnerdoc Due to the amount of patients with either a peanut allergy or sensitivity, is there a good alternative to Vedicinals 9 that we might recommend?
2022-11-18
@AtelierDanko @dbkell @doctorasadkhan @rd108 @drclairetaylor @angryhacademic @DavidJoffe64 @Naomi_D_Harvey @DrAnnaNZ @calirunnerdoc This was very interesting. One quick question about viral persistence. By that do you mean replication competent virus?
2022-11-18
RT @resiapretorius: An excellent discussion with our co-author, specialist physician and trail-blazer treating LongCOVID dr, Jaco Laubscher…
2022-11-18
@DrRumberger not getting sick or not needing surgery, the incentive structures would be better aligned.
2022-11-18
@DrRumberger I completely agree that we need to intervene earlier with primary prevention. Part of solving this problem seems to require solving the larger issue with insurance. If we could do more preventative work, we could increase health span. If you got reimbursed more for your patient
2024-12-04
Uhhhhh we’ve been living through a viral pandemic that originated from a lab leak. https://t.co/LGoqEzX4WT
2024-12-04
@brockpierson 🚀🚀🚀fly little acccout
2024-12-03
Yuge! Remember Pageau’s Wager from 2021? https://t.co/l86QIdt6ar https://t.co/ITsZRZfmov
RT @mattwridley: The Congress of the United States officially states that an accident in a lab most likely killed 28 million people.
2024-12-03
@alexandrite113 Klonopin has also had similar positive impacts & has been noted for a few decades—this despite all of the issues associated with benzodiazepines. I mentioned this observation to @CortJohnson. I wish we had meds with better profiles, but we can’t let the perfect be the enemy of…
2024-12-03
💔 thank you for not giving easy or trite answers. I still think about your post (sry for the misquote) that sometimes the pain isn’t comforted & removed or bearable. Sometimes it goes away through death. We need more existential honesty—that is, the ability & willingness to say… https://t.co/dh2xinKAeb
2024-12-03
@glenscrivener I take this to be one of Lewis’s greatest appeals to us. Heart-rending examples in works like The Great Divorce & Till We Have Faces. They’ve been such powerful exhortations to me that upon my father’s recent passing I could only pray that he’d go all the way into Christ.
2024-12-03
@kalezelden Something something quantum vacuum…something something probability fields…consciousness…minds with aboutness. When Plantiga & Nagel share a similar view on something people should be 👀 It undermines the very reason for trusting our own senses, cognition, & intuitions.
2024-12-02
I’m with Nagel on this issue. We must do better than strict materialist Neo-Darwinism. The complexity at every level up to & including consciousness is not fully explainable under current constraints. Agency, community, communication, consciousness at almost every level. https://t.co/FQmPatgTub
2024-12-02
@BCforPC @TheHerdBros I won’t labor the issue. You have every right to favor the player you deem worthy. My only point was that he isn’t either a DB or WR. He’s both. His position is a DB/WR. He’s in a category of his own, which is what makes him a game changer. Playing both ways defies imagination
2024-12-01
@BCforPC @TheHerdBros Oh, he’s defying standard categorization by being the leading DB/WR. As a DB/WR he leads the nation with the most interceptions/receptions for TDs. He’s the best player on the field. I think we’ll find the Heisman voters agree. Generational talent. Game changer.
2024-12-01
Whatever you do, don’t read George MacDonald. I’m warning you not to go near:
—Phantastes 📖
—At the Back of the North Wind 📘
—The Princess & the Goblin 📙
—Sir Gibbie 📗
—Malcolm 📕
—Diary of an Old Soul📚
You don’t want your imagination baptized like CS Lewis
2024-11-30
@elonmusk is there an @X version of the Stasi Records Agency where we (researchers & academics) can see the degree to which we were shadow banned &/or deboosted for “mal-information” related to the Covid19 pandemic? That level of transparency would be incredibly helpful.
2024-11-30
Once again finished reading CS Lewis’s book “Till We Have Faces.” It’s a very different book when you’re grieving. It’s such a complete work, but I get why some people don’t like it. It’s like a confession. You have to be willing to entertain two seemingly contradictory truths:…
@freganmitts I wonder if it’s at all related to a well-documented phenomenon that has been observed for as long as we have records (& which I’ve also witnessed)? That is, when some people are close to death/in the process of dying they see their departed loved ones & communicate with them. If…
2024-11-30
RT @BMcGrewvy: In light of yesterday's appalling news, I'm unlocking and sharing various Stacks I've done around life, death, and dying. Mi…
2024-11-30
@BMcGrewvy How have we never done a trialogue with @PaulVanderKlay on some of these issues?
2024-11-30
Brent Key could become a truly noteworthy coach. He’s taking the time to let the pain sink in so he can remember it. And by remembering that pain he will do everything he can to prevent that from happening again. https://t.co/eInxRUigA2
2022-11-18
@RafeKelley This is great stuff! I posted a "brief" response: https://t.co/nlfEFTfLTC
2022-11-18
@Drlipid @DrRumberger This does comport well with the trend towards adopting a life-course model, especially in preconception care.
2022-11-18
@soonergise @Drlipid I was just asking @Drlipid about the potential anti-inflammatory properties of statins vs PCSK9i. Since this is hot off the press, I'd like to hear his thoughts.
Couldn't we also look to cohorts with polymorphisms impacting PCSK9 & glean some insights?
2022-11-18
@MikeGlori @brucep13 @DrYostradamus I hope it or something like it will prove efficacious in preventing contracting & forward transmission. That competing interest statement is reason enough to pause & wait for much more robust data. But I'm pulling for anyone who comes up with a preventative & better treatment.
2022-11-18
New #Covid19 drug being trialed. Still a ways to go, but it's movement in the right direction. Competing statement is problematic & will rightly draw skepticism.
Galectin approach to lower covid transmission https://t.co/7rofj85BJN
#LongCovid #PASC
2022-11-17
@realsheepwolf Can I ask why you consider it a perfect clinical trial? The Competing interest: All the authors have received funding from Pharmalectin, a unit of Bioxytran Inc. Pharmalectin has copyrights to the molecule...The corresponding author receives a consultation fee from Pharmalectin.
2022-11-17
#Canada, my dear friends from the North, this can’t be real? Public Health messaging advised “glory holes”??? They’ll never regain trust even if they don’t relinquish power. https://t.co/vWMw7ANLPz
2022-11-17
Make it make sense! Someone,
please… https://t.co/hFL8xQKLCC
2022-11-17
RT @Drlipid: @KyleMcnease Statins & PCSK9i reduce MACE as mono- or combo-therapies in major CVOT - primarily by lowering apoB. Does pleiotr…
2022-11-17
@Drlipid As always, beautiful answer! 🙏
2022-11-16
RT @brucep13: It’s not an anti-viral. It modulates inflammation.
2022-11-16
@Drlipid Dr. Dayspring, was discussing with a prominent cardiologist that statins inhibit HMG-CoA reductase enzyme to ⬇️cholesterol, but they also ⬇️ inflammation, suppressing fractalkine, and ⬇️ VEGF & IL-6. Do we know if PCSK9i impact inflammation, or is it too soon to tell?
2022-11-16
RT @RareBeacon: The intriguing sessions keep coming!
Day 2 is a good one 💃
2022-11-16
@Robotheology @_Angelicum @frEricOP @scuethics @HumanTechF Excited about this!
2022-11-16
Philosophy in a nutshell https://t.co/XcljmCln6x
2022-11-16
@RenzPolster @brucep13 @DrYostradamus What claims did you find in need of critique? I’m sure many people have blocked me for their own personal reasons. I suppose that’s all part of the platform. Sometimes it may happen by accident. Sometimes by preference. No one is obligated in his/her free time to speak with us.
2022-11-16
@NASA Given the uncertainties of space travel, why don’t we forward deploy essential assets in order to provide redundancies should they be needed? Before heading to the moon & beyond, they could be launched as smaller payloads by @SpaceX @elonmusk.
2022-11-16
@SEProtomartyr Letsssss goooooo!
2022-11-16
RT @organichemusic: ‼️SURVEY RESULTS on LONG COVID TREATMENTS‼️
See 4 charts
1) Treatments with HIGHEST reported efficacy (50% to 78.5%)
2…
2022-11-16
@organichemusic I felt the same way when I read this: https://t.co/YHcEkNW9T9
“sildenafil usage was significantly associated with a 69% reduced risk of AD (hazard ratio = 0.31, 95% confidence interval 0.25-0.39, P<1.0×10-8).”
2022-11-16
This is the most postmodern moment I’ve experienced. By telling the truth, the open parody account has revealed that the official CDC director is the actual parody of the real. @william_merrin What says Baudrillard? https://t.co/BEgXVxcHpG
2022-11-16
@DrYostradamus @brucep13 Thanks for that response! Given the immune evasion of newer strains, the likelihood of reinfection remains high. Since the protocol works for treatment but not PrEP, how do you counsel your recovered PASC patients proceed?
2022-11-15
Wondering if any patients following @brucep13 Dr. Patterson’s protocol have trialed #antivirals in addition to #Maraviroc? Also while on Maraviroc did anyone contract a new case of #Covid19?
cc: @DrYostradamus #longcovid #LongCovidrecovery #PASC #pwME
2022-11-15
🚨preliminary findings pointing to the possibility…of a post-FDA position with pharma. Alliteration at its worst. Replace them now before every shred of trust is gone. https://t.co/USrhpVPmLK
2022-11-15
*diversify*!!!
2022-11-15
Gen1 mRNA vaccines diminish severity of symptoms & decrease hospitalizations in specific cohorts but fail to prevent contracting #Covid19. If they prevented contracting & transmitting one could argue the benefits to AE ratio. Why not diversity our portfolio & offer safer options? https://t.co/LXiulZi1hX
2022-11-15
Met with the lead attending physician for a senior care home. He was frustrated & admitted they simply don’t know what #Covid19 is doing. Patient labs are all over the place. S1 protein is devastating us.
2022-11-15
Our current technological path is not the only possible one we could take. There are more options than those presented to us. It’s usually either neo-Luddite or #AGI/ #metaverse/brain-machine interface/upload to the cloud.
2022-11-14
@penn67522563 Thanks!
2022-11-14
@fitterhappierAJ This used to be unthinkable. But it helps me better understand the silence of so many who clearly know better. Nevertheless silence is complicity. We will continue to warn that this airborne virus maims, kills, disables; & advocating for repeated infections is a disastrous path!
2022-11-14
🚨Take note. People who have told & continue to tell the truth about the dangers of #Covid19 are facing threats, harassment, & recriminations. We need to foster an environment where open dialogue flourishes. If you don’t like someone’s position, debate him/her. No ad hominem! https://t.co/ssIzydQYkq
2022-11-14
@penn67522563 Not my area of expertise, so this is a genuine question: if Twitter was having financial problems before Musk took over, wouldn’t there be a reasonable expectation that it may take a bit to course correct? But I never heard these “if the worst were to suddenly happen” refrains.
2022-11-14
@penn67522563 in Long Covid discussions for hours. So I wasn’t sure why I was seeing that refrain.
2022-11-14
@penn67522563 Isn’t the true value of Twitter the network effects that we all bring to the table? As a researcher during this pandemic, it’s been a great conduit for exchanging ideas & disseminating findings. Patient communities have relied upon it. 2 nights ago we had hundreds participating
2022-11-14
Really sorry to see this happening to @fitterhappierAJ . It’s reprehensible. That doesn’t mean people should in turn attack others.
The whole thing is a distraction. People are dying & being disabled & his employment & age are relevant how? Depleted naive T cells don’t care! https://t.co/fRCP5bFTg5
2022-11-14
📢IF ANY…👀 https://t.co/Zno3IH91SZ
2022-11-13
@organichemusic I just don’t think the general public has any clue about the level of suffering going on. People need relief now while we continue to work on a cure.
2022-11-13
@organichemusic If there are potential safe repurposed drugs/therapeutics that enhance performance in those already highly functional, it would be interesting to see some of these trialed but perhaps at lower initial doses. The issue of quality of life must be addressed for ME/CFS & PASC.
2022-11-13
@organichemusic In typical stat analyses we remove the outliers bc they can skew the data. In the case of PASC, it may be worthwhile considering the outliers (something like extremely high functioning/endurance athletes/those with extraordinary mitochondrial output) in order to inform the mean.
2022-11-13
Why are so many people saying if Twitter goes down or is taken down suddenly, I’m going to do xyz? I’m out of the loop.
2022-11-13
RT @KyleMcnease: 🚨🚨🚨Don’t be gaslit parents of newborns & infants! Your little one doesn’t have immunity debt from lockdowns they weren’t a…
2022-11-13
@searose2012 Glad you’re getting to go home. So sorry you’re leaving without more actionable insights. Hopefully it will be forthcoming!
2022-11-13
@loscharlos The silence is stunning. It’s complicity. But they’ve largely continued apace as if nothing is happening. Vax, pax, relax? I can’t make it make sense bc eventually all will be impacted directly or indirectly. I’m ashamed of bioethics & PH. We knew. They chose silence & complicity
2022-11-13
@organichemusic Have you heard anything from your international colleagues on what they’re trialing? We know that certain European athletes were being given meldonium/mildronate for performance enhancement. Might this be an option for clinical trials?
2022-11-13
@kalezelden I’d like to hear a pragmatic perspective outside of my research bubble. How do you think Covid19 plays out over the next 6 months?
2022-11-12
@wcanthony @dbdugger I agree with the constant sobering nature of the discussion. So many implications…and our public health apparatus is asleep at the wheel.
2022-11-12
@PaulAnleitner Your perspective will be missed. I appreciated what you said about spending all one’s time gaining a few thousand followers only to have it all evaporate. What doth it profit a man to gain the world but lose his own soul?
2022-11-12
@DiamonDie It’s the thoughts that counts!
2022-11-12
@DiamonDie I think someone could fly to Europe to try it for less than what a month’s worth would cost here!
2022-11-12
One of my biggest struggles has been to get the #Existential #Risk research community to take seriously non-obvious events that could act in concert to end life. We don’t even need #AI or #nanotech. Current #biotech combined with hubris, ignorance, & inaction can get us there.
2022-11-12
@DiamonDie I’m sorry it caused hypoG. I hope the newer formulations won’t cause that issue, though I questioned it myself. The US is lagging now in so many areas. This study should be funded & fast-tracked. But we won’t. It’s such low hanging fruit too. It’s a shame.
2022-11-12
🚨Shots fired! Silence is complicity. https://t.co/FtAxkSfSCC
2022-11-12
@DiamonDie I’m hoping the insulin nasal spray gets some kind of expedited review, because with this much Covid19-induced neuro-inflammation, perhaps even neuro invasion, we will need all available therapeutics.
2022-11-12
@D_Bone It would be incredible to see you put out an informal poll where you ask how many people developed PASC before or after vaccination and whether or not there’s any difference in the severity of those cohorts. This was an incredible discussion by all!
2022-11-12
@D_Bone Dave, you were an exceptional host! Thank you for giving us space to think together, ask questions, and connect.
2022-11-12
I get it. The government lied & still is. Public health experts lied & still are. Vaccine manufacturers lied & will continue to do so. The media carried water for them all & will continue to do so.
But don’t let them win. Protect yourself & your family from #Covid19.
2022-11-12
Houston we know we’ve had a problem with reinfections. @brucep13 since you’ve seen symptoms improve in your treated cohorts, what about when they’re reinfected & symptoms exceed where they were when they first presented to you? What’s the plan for inevitable reinfection?
2022-11-12
@searose2012 You are THE model patient! Thanks so much for sharing. I will also be asking about the possible implications of what “hemolytic” means in that context. Did they at least leave you on statins for extra coverage?
2022-11-12
@D_Bone @searose2012 Thanks so much for sharing! I truly hope you make an amazing & astounding recovery
2022-11-12
@D_Bone Sorry that was meant to be sad tears regarding the diagnosis of kidney cancer! I hope you recover fully & swiftly!
2022-11-11
Our leaders clearly don’t know what they’re doing. We’re not getting out of this any time soon. If you walk into a crowded pharmacy to get a booster for an airborne virus & aren’t already wearing a mask, why would you put it on during the brief vaccination? 🤦🏻♂️ https://t.co/XMQCeDPBm8
2022-11-11
RT @klwong43: Wolfgang Smith and John Vervaeke: The Perpetual Promise & Inexhaustiblen... https://t.co/B0nIRYDGzc via @YouTube
2022-11-11
@JeannieBowers20 @michael_hoerger That’s a good point.
2022-11-11
@RyanHaecker Really good passage. Can you help me with the original connotation of non-existent vs what we mean today by nothing.
2022-11-11
@fitterhappierAJ must be over the target to get so much disrespect & have so many detractors. One doesn’t need to agree with every point he makes to see he’s been right early when most weren’t even close. Now they’re trying to discredit him? The ones who’ve been so wrong so often https://t.co/68ZFNp0tAJ
2022-11-10
RT @KlebanoffLab: For those attending #SITC22, check out two outstanding talks on public neoantigens this afternoon at 4:40 in Hall B2. @et…
2022-11-10
@kalezelden With all of our tech, we can’t even coordinate sense-making. There’s just you speaking your truth & me sharing my lived experience. We need to be able to converge on some very basic facts about the state of play before it’s too late.
2022-11-10
@kalezelden But the postmodern critique of meta- narratives & proposal that we adopt petite narratives parasitizes the cultural host. Lack of meta-narratives short circuits coordination capacity. As someone mentioned the Amish, they can erect a barn in a day. It’s a coordinated effort.
2022-11-10
@kalezelden I told you. Once you take in Calhoun’s work & properly digest it, it helps make sense of much that is happening. This is where that pervasive hunger games vibe comes from. One vital difference is that we’re capable of self-reflexivity. We could change courses.
2022-11-10
@klwong43 🙏🙌
2022-11-10
@Joshuak_Smith @RyanHaecker @vervaeke_john Ok. Tell the publisher that you’re already selling pre-orders. I’m eager to read what you come up with!
2022-11-10
@Joshuak_Smith @RyanHaecker @vervaeke_john John is a great interlocutor who truly is striving to reinvigorate dialogos.
2022-11-10
@Joshuak_Smith @RyanHaecker Can you get to that assumption by way of McLuhan? Technologies as extensions of man? If you haven’t yet read or listened to or talked to @vervaeke_john his work may lend some incredible insight. Where he says psychotechnologies, my field would say biotechnologies.
2022-11-09
@Joshuak_Smith I think @RyanHaecker has made similar arguments. Would a reasonable standard or line of inquiry be to question the degree to which the given tech takes part in/participates in the redemptive Nature & purposes of God?
2022-11-09
@Joshuak_Smith Interesting. I thought the idea of millions of people simultaneously querying a disembodied, non-local source & receiving answers would lend itself to the notion of prayer—which one could argue is a form of biotechnology or psychotechnology?
2022-11-08
@Joshuak_Smith With the ubiquity of current tech (Google search, LLMs, DALL-E, Stable Diffusion) & emerging tech on the horizon, do you think this makes spiritual practices like prayer more or less accessible to the average person?
2022-11-08
RT @stevenemassey: Our new paper describing the discovery of a novel SARS2 related coronavirus is out!
This coronavirus, which we term 'GX…
2022-11-08
@KenLowry8 @PaulAnleitner Ken, it’s right up your alley! It will be cool to see what kind of synthesis you two come up with. Also, if you didn’t see his trailer for the book, the mood of it colored how I experienced the written word. Really well done! https://t.co/k5cRZ7N5Wz
2022-11-08
👀Ivermectin, a potential anticancer drug derived from an antiparasitic drug https://t.co/6YrlBBBOvL
2022-11-08
When one digs into Pierre Hadot, it feels like one is also encountering @vervaeke_john but in a different time & different context. I mean that as the highest of compliments.
2022-11-07
@kalezelden I get into some of it here: https://t.co/1UwZOh9O6q
2022-11-07
🚨If you treat #Covid19 or have had it or were vaccine injured, pay attention to this work: “The pathophysiology behind PASC may be attributed to the recent discovery of persistent S1 protein subunit of SARS-CoV-2 in CD16+ monocytes up to 15 months after
infection.”🎯@brucep13 🙏
2022-11-06
RT @KunstJonas: 🚨 A new review highlights treatment options for the endothelial dysfunction caused by COVID-19 that has been argued and par…
2022-11-06
We have the tools! Vax, pax, relax!
Almost three years into the pandemic & we're out of some of our essential antibiotics, fever reducers for infants & toddlers, & can't seem to keep formula stocked. Where are the serious leaders?
2022-11-06
A promising new educational system, economy, politics, media, public health—institutions writ large—built upon trust. Let’s create a future where people flourish based upon their willingness to say & do that which is truthful.
2022-11-05
@RickGuttersohn @PaulAnleitner I’m all in for both. The Just Sports Network (not a reference to a Christian sport). Normal Xs & Os segments with deeper dives.
2022-11-04
@KenLowry8 for their papers. When I’d talk about this phenomenon the response was fairly straightforward. It’s not that mistakes or errors should be overlooked per se—just that MINE should be. We tend to judge others on their worst X while wishing to be judged based on our best Y.
2022-11-04
@KenLowry8 of 3 peers (based on a strict rubric), it’s overwhelmingly the case that students grade themselves less severely (justifying why their mistakes are less bad) than their peers. It’s not even close! Hahaha They will lobby to fail their classmates while acting as a defense attorney
2022-11-04
@KenLowry8 It’s an interesting case study bc people wish to be measured by some rough formula of: all the good I’ve done - all the bad I’ve done = I’m a good person. But I’ve repeated this study on hundreds of students over the years: when given the ability to score their own papers & that
2022-11-04
@beowulf888 @Unusual_Times Thanks for sharing that link!
2022-11-04
@KenLowry8 early on by watching your child. Tearing things down is far easier than building them. That sounds banal, but it’s primordial. I guess that’s my way of saying I don’t understand the specific anger directed at him vs many others.
2022-11-04
@KenLowry8 I’ve been reading many comments that basically amount to: he’s not that smart, didn’t actually build XYZ, had a rich father. Even if all of those things were true, how many other people would meet those criteria? Yet, look at him building towards the future. You’ll spot this
2022-11-04
@beowulf888 @Unusual_Times Do you recall whether the study you’re referencing on HLAs also looked at differences in interferon production?
2022-11-04
Understanding Covid-19 as a vascular disease and its implications for exercise https://t.co/6Q5JKiSZVb
2022-11-04
@KenLowry8 https://t.co/Zt22PNmYt8
2022-11-04
@KenLowry8 Interesting bc I commented on the non-local aspect yesterday. I think Twitter has potential for his overall project aimed at Mars. With starlink being deployed & now taking over Twitter, he could have a Truman Show live-feed of every moment culminating with Martian life.
2022-11-04
I began using twitter in early 2020 to communicate about the pandemic. Along the way, I’ve met some amazing people & had amazing conversations & even some healthy debates. I have no conflicts of interest, so I’ll keep asking hard research questions. Maybe I’m wrong but not owned.
2022-11-04
@dbdugger Yes. This is what I was referring to when I said some researchers are referring to cognitive impairment as Type 3 diabetes. We better develop large cauldrons of this stuff so people can walk up and huff it. This is how bad the state of affairs has become.
2022-11-03
@K8Stott We greatly appreciate your willingness to share. Unconscionable that the onus is on the ones suffering the most to prove their suffering through disclosure of private health matters. Where are my public health colleagues? How can we repeat the mistakes of the HIV/AIDS crisis?
2022-11-03
@K8Stott As soon as one knows the truth, silence is complicity. As a researcher I can’t get physicians, especially those who specialize in the cardio &/or cerebrovascular system(s), to share anything on the record. The silence is allowing increased suffering & dimensioned flourishing. 😢
2022-11-03
Good citizens of the world: your public health "experts" have failed to properly inform you. Look below at the empirical work being carried out in real-time. People on triple therapy to prevent clotting are clotting too fast to complete treatment. We owe these patients 🙏♥️ https://t.co/4Oe2dOP3Sl
2022-11-03
@K8Stott I'm so sorry that you're going through this! I hope the team caring for you will be able to document this (& others) for publication. You're on triple therapy for coagulopathy & still can't complete a session of apheresis. Where is the global public health outcry? Shocking...
2022-11-03
Where are the #MedTwitter experts in #Cardiology? One way to address concerns regarding sudden #cardiacarrest would be to compare who we typically calculate as highest risk for a cardiac event vs what we're experiencing. Do those cohorts match up? If not, why not? We need answers
2022-11-03
Death shaming is the lowest of lows for a society. Too many consider our ancestors backwards & unenlightened. But death was given respect. Mourning. Ceremonies. Eulogies. Poems.
Now we the enlightened laugh like ghouls when someone of a different political affiliation dies?
2022-11-03
“Crisis as excess deaths soar to levels higher than during Covid pandemic”
Could it be because these are still the main pandemic years? We aren’t out of this yet & won’t be until we can reduce transmission. https://t.co/dvoKNYYfpL
2022-11-03
@EileenMHunt Yes, this hits close to home. It’s especially frightening bc of having littles. The fact that our government & public health apparatus isn’t urgently pursuing this is unthinkable.
2022-11-02
@elonmusk gets that Twitter has become like the non-physical space mentioned in the film Her. Like the OS, we engage in thousands of conversations on myriad topics. The success of such a platform bodes well for the kinds of future communications between Earthlings & Martians.
2022-11-02
Listen to this eminently reasonable researcher & professor! https://t.co/bmLdCn2eE7
2022-11-02
Remember when pundits called it propaganda when footage from China showed people suddenly dropping dead? It’s happening. The open questions are related to scale (how many) & causation (precipitating event).
It may also indicate China’s initial outbreak was earlier (how much?).
2022-11-02
Are we not going to even mention this toddler’s dexterity? Yes, the cat. Noted. But that kid is coloring like a boss, while holding a cat’s paw! Very impressive. https://t.co/g5wKb8KvyR
2022-11-02
RT @doctorasadkhan: Two legends in one frame #TeamClots wish I was there @resiapretorius @PutrinoLab
2022-11-02
@DannyTheZebra Courtesy of @PoPNB_kindness
2022-11-02
@DannyTheZebra Check this data for reference. https://t.co/h0SVEaCCiG
2022-11-02
@PoPNB_kindness This is great!
2022-11-02
@PoPNB_kindness Does anyone have ready access to the most up-to-date data on RSV prevalence vs virulence?
2022-11-02
@DannyTheZebra Immune dampening/dysfunction is likely more of the issue given that in the US “lockdowns” haven’t been ongoing across the nation for almost 3 years.
2022-11-01
🚨🚨🚨Don’t be gaslit parents of newborns & infants! Your little one doesn’t have immunity debt from lockdowns they weren’t alive to experience. Protect them from a corrupt society that would tell you the answer for your baby is more #RSV #flu & #covid19 not less.🚨🚨
2022-11-01
@kalezelden Maybe I should tag @roddreher since it was his piece that made me do some soul searching.
2022-11-01
@kalezelden This is my brief retort: https://t.co/uBAuixSvn0
2022-11-01
The discussion was happening long before today. There was early chatter & warnings that vaccines may not prevent forward transmission. The data that was shared with the public was sparse, highly curated, & allowed people to assume they were protected & would protect others. https://t.co/MpUCdbANCs
2022-11-01
@SourceForTruth @LauraAn42779611 🥲 This topic isn't usually occasioned by kindness, so it's shocking when one encounters it! My record is out there for people to see & compare to any other expert who has been trying to make sense of things from the data.
2022-11-01
@LauraAn42779611 @SourceForTruth symptomatic disease then the public was led to believe forward transmission couldn't occur. This intuitively makes sense bc how can I transmit a virus I was protected from getting?
2022-11-01
@LauraAn42779611 @SourceForTruth exposure to pharma-orchestrated PR & marketing campaigns the way the US did. Even so, one can easily infer that if a product is authorized to prevent symptomatic disease, ostensibly it met that endpoint (we were informed VE was great); & if it met that endpoint of preventing
2022-11-01
@LauraAn42779611 @SourceForTruth that one need not have exposure to media at all to arrive at the preferred conclusion. As I said to @SourceForTruth not every country has direct to consumer marketing for pharmaceuticals. The US is an outlier in that respect. Not all citizens will have had the same amount of
2022-11-01
@LauraAn42779611 @SourceForTruth Hi there! There was, still is, & I imagine will be quite a bit more dis/misinformation put out via the media in the coming days. I was opining on the tragedy of the scientific commons, which I find to be a far greater problem. My point about inferring from the shared data is
2022-11-01
@SourceForTruth @LauraAn42779611 If you & I disagree, at least you can know that I'm sharing an honestly held perspective that hasn't been supplied to me via talking points from biomedicine & pharmaceutical companies.
2022-11-01
@SourceForTruth @LauraAn42779611 known X fact at Y time, there's a public record that suggests otherwise. People of good faith can disagree about many things. I get things wrong & need people to help me see when & where that is. I have biases--known & unknown to me--like anyone else.
2022-11-01
@SourceForTruth @LauraAn42779611 I really appreciate that, especially on twitter! I try very carefully to be as honest at each moment in time. I'm an actual person with a real reputation on the line. I've endeavored to share my perspective so that when the governments of the world say, "We couldn't possibly have
2022-11-01
The politics of incompetence, this strident re-engineering of competence & merit as that which aligns with prevailing political power is as pernicious as it is dangerous. There's a game afoot & you may well be correct that we're living on past-civilizational life-support.
2022-11-01
I'm stridently against all lockdowns & mandates.* I'm looking at our track record of incompetence and extrapolating. These yokels have been wrong at every turn. What are the odds of them being correct now? Almost zero. Ideological possession has set science back for decades.
2022-11-01
Kaczynski belongs in prison away from the world. At best, so does Xi. So does Putin. With some nuance, we could at least analyze their critiques & ask if there's any validity & therefore value to them. *And just in case someone missed my years of speaking out on these issues,
2022-11-01
other European countries that don't want any part of the woke revolution. They will side with a former enemy over a perceived threat today. There's a reason Bill Joy (in)famously quoted Ted Kaczynski in the still-incredible article "Why the Future Doesn't Need Us."
2022-11-01
us right. Another example that will get me flak from those who prefer unthinking to thinking is when Putin, wrong as he is--corrupt, abusive & genocidal--gets certain things correct about the West. And by failing to take into account his valid critiques, we're going to alienate
2022-11-01
But when our enemies point out a potential flaw in our reasoning, we might well consider it. They may, in fact, be correct about the long-term impacts of infections & especially repeated ones. It doesn't justify what they're doing AT ALL. But neither does their wrongness make
2022-11-01
It's a tyrannizing image of rhetoric & propaganda. We can shut down billions of people. We can take out Hu Jintao, but the West can't take out its trash. It's transparent power games. Naked power grabs.
2022-11-01
@kalezelden I've no idea if the translations below are accurate (caveat emptor). Even if they aren't, let the idea serve as the representative anecdote. They're using Covid19 as an opportunity to flex on their own people & the world: Look at what we can do! https://t.co/If4rsN5S1r
2022-11-01
@SourceForTruth science & scientists being trustworthy.
2022-11-01
@SourceForTruth Once that trust is broken, it sometimes takes generations to restore. Sometimes it never can be. If one doesn't trust media, one can choose a different outlet or ignore it altogether. But we're increasingly a bio-technologically driven world where much hinges on
2022-11-01
@SourceForTruth I'm saying you're correct, especially in the US context. But it's also true outside of that narrow context. The implications and fallout from this will impact civilization writ large. Science operates on a substrate of trust.
2022-11-01
@SourceForTruth authorized to PREVENT symptomatic Covid19 infections, they'd also prevent transmission. How can one transmit what one doesn't have? Not every country allows direct to consumer marketing as is the case in the US. I hope you can see that I'm not actually disagreeing with you.
2022-11-01
@SourceForTruth Yes, of course. I'm making a slightly different argument that I find even worse. It's a kind of tragedy of the scientific commons. One could not have listened to the media outlets--heavily funded by pharmaceutical companies--& made a reasonable inference that if they were
2022-11-01
@PaulVanderKlay @ScottAdamsSays @vervaeke_john deception. Trust isn't the kind of currency one can inflate & deflate. It's the most dangerous kind of currency manipulation bc it impacts all other domains.
2022-11-01
@PaulVanderKlay @ScottAdamsSays @vervaeke_john something like the ontological shock that comes from infidelity. That breach in trust makes the faithful spouse reinterpret her/his entire timeline. It's so corrosive in that way. It makes them call into question what was real/not real, true/false, who he/she is in light of such
2022-11-01
@PaulVanderKlay @ScottAdamsSays Everything runs on the currency of trust. I outsource a portion of my sense-making bc I can't be equally good in every domain. @vervaeke_john made a similar warning several years ago when mentioning the autodidact & religio. Based on this clip, @ScottAdamsSays is experiencing
2022-11-01
@klwong43 @drmichaellevin You all know how I tend to be *brief* in my responses to such interesting issues 😆I had written a small essay, but the app crashed & it’s lost to history. So please think of what I might have written, but imagine that it was better than what I could have possibly written!
2022-11-01
The public’s angry bc they feel lied to by their government & big pharmacy. Vaccines were authorized & re-authorized by the #FDA for prevention of symptomatic #Covid19. People inferred that IF #Pfizer & #Moderna’s mRNA 💉prevented infection it necessarily prevented transmission.
2022-11-01
Covid Zero is still alive & well: zero responsibility for all that took place. Remember when @DrLeanaWen said if you weren’t 💉 you should have restricted social access?
Column: Mocking anti-vaxxers' COVID deaths is ghoulish, yes — but may be necessary https://t.co/qqyRMm4jZk
2022-10-31
@kalezelden For my purposes it functions like one even if it wasn’t designed to be so. And we will see an accelerated rate of societal decompensation at every level. It’s a terrible specter, & our leaders won’t tell the public the truth.
2022-10-31
@kalezelden prevents them from the need to worry about the unwashed masses. I’ve written about, presented on, & lectured about the coming biotechnological divide. But it was greatly accelerated by this debacle. And we can argue all day about whether or not SARS2 is/isn’t a bio-weapon.
2022-10-31
@kalezelden are actively pointing to the West’s mishandling of Covid19 as a geo-strategic advantage. They allowed this thing to get seeded around the world & now sell the PPE & rapid tests we use? The only way out for elites is by building & staunchly gatekeeping a parallel structure that
2022-10-31
@kalezelden Go back & watch 3 different films. One before my time: My Dinner with Andre. Searing critique of the modern city. Elysium—if things are bad enough almost anything better looks like utopian by comparison. In hindsight In Time is almost prophetic in its perspicacity. The Chinese
2022-10-31
We can predict the direction it’s currently moving in but haven’t a clue about it’s ultimate destination. I hope it won’t fully overcome the immune systems of those previously infected &/or vaccinated. High transmission keeps that option open. Evolutionary Russian roulette. https://t.co/Q0P6ozE0vo
2022-10-31
RT @yunlong_cao: Latest update on some new convergent variants.
Summary:
1. XBB, XBB.1, CH.1.1, BA.4.6.3, and BQ.1.1.10 (BQ.1.1+Y144del) ar…
2022-10-31
One of the most bizarre aspects of the #Covid19 pandemic has been the lack of deployment of safe, cheap, #repurposeddrugs we know can improve specific symptoms. The earlier the better. Find private practice MDs who empirically treat the patient in the room.
2022-10-31
RT @dwarkesh_sp: I read a lot of books for my podcast & blog.
But often I can't finding the particular passage I'm looking for.
Ctrl-F do…
2022-10-31
RT @ydeigin: I keep coming back to the odd CGG-CGG codon choice in the PRRA insertion that has created an FCS in SARS2 and turned a bat gas…
2022-10-31
@calirunnerdoc @fitterhappierAJ I’ve been sounding the alarm on this issue as well. The problem is that vascular, 🫀 🫁 🧠 damage is happening at scale. What can we do to prevent sudden cardiac arrests? We mustn’t repeat the mistakes of 2020 by resigning patients to no help, no treatment options.
2022-10-30
@humblesci You are citing Peter Daszak’s summary report as having photographic evidence? The WIV was his subcontractor. He has a vested interest in it not being associated with a lab leak.
2022-10-30
Citing Peter Daszak’s mission summary report for the source of the photos? Someone help me make it make sense. https://t.co/jYenU0FhA7
2022-10-29
It’s starting to trickle out account by account, study by study. If we don’t update how we do civilization in the West, nothing else will matter. Even if you think I’m never going to get this virus, how would you survive alone? Can place your own stent? Dose your ☢️ https://t.co/4IudDoVrKw
2022-10-29
In thinking back, this had to be the NIH PR team trying to humanize Francis Collins. Make it make sense to me! https://t.co/2gPoIWvPmc
2022-10-29
RT @moltmannjuergen: We have been the enemies of our enemies long enough. In the discipleship of Jesus we experience the liberating power o…
2022-10-28
cc: @JoshGellers any recommendations for colleagues who specialize in this region?
2022-10-28
Who are the foreign policy/international affairs experts to follow in order to make sense of what @nytimes shared regarding #HuJintao in #China. Chilling spectacle. Grabbed the leader up like he had stumbled into the wrong theatre box & escorted him away. Why? https://t.co/y4sIAntIlN
2022-10-28
Too much synaptic pruning is obviously very bad. https://t.co/A6xVjwaOuf
2022-10-28
@AdrianaHeguy @BenIsraelow @EricTopol @VirusesImmunity He’s the second author, unless I’ve been reading a different study.
2022-10-28
@ctrssierra You may be referencing seroconversion followed by seroreversion?
2022-10-28
The mood of many… https://t.co/Ayb2WXT4T8
2022-10-28
Protesters So Ill, They Couldn’t Get Arrested - The New York Times https://t.co/AqxsDlgiZn
2022-10-28
Does anyone have clinical data on, or has anyone seen the data on #Interferon Alpha-2B Recombinant (IFNrec)?
2022-10-28
@martinjamescook This is amazing! Wow.
2022-10-28
@Drlipid Sorry, for clarification, I should have said supplement. I said OTC products & used that term colloquially when I should have been more precise as you rightly point out.
2022-10-28
Persistent Circulation of Soluble/EV-Linked Spike Protein and Viral RNA in Individuals with Post-Acute Sequelae of COVID-19. Preliminary data but important. https://t.co/Js8HmV11Hy
2022-10-28
People now believe that no drug or medical intervention can pass the safety standard I’m calling for. What is that standard? That anything given to healthy people be safe relative to the RCT placebo. If that standard falls, Pharma will give you a drug just safer than the disease. https://t.co/0iBicM9TXK
2022-10-28
@JOEWV @EricTopol @ddiamond ALL FDA approved drugs had better meet that standard, or there will be problems for those subjected to the medications/interventions. Plus, it isn’t 2020! We’ve had almost 3 years to improve but have failed to do so.
2022-10-27
@RyanHaecker beyond Plato to the likes of, say, Pythagoras et al. What ideas did thinkers like him import that then went on to impact Plato? It seems the influence was bi-directional.
2022-10-27
@RyanHaecker Is this not similar to the Hebrew Bible and the authors encounters with other cultures, memes, & philosophical paradigms? Vassal treaties, creation myths, even notions of the afterlife? NT authors were obviously engaging with the culture they were addressing, no? Plus, too few go
2022-10-27
@JOEWV @EricTopol @ddiamond Also, though I'm gladdened they met secondary endpoints, they were authorized for prevention of symptomatic Covid19.
2022-10-27
@JOEWV @EricTopol @ddiamond the vaccines could be enhanced today by improving their safety profile. Pfizer & Moderna have made plenty of money off of gen1 vaccines, so why allow them to continue with a product that we know could be iteratively improved upon?
2022-10-27
@JOEWV @EricTopol @ddiamond safety in a clinical trial isn't measured against the disease itself. It is measured against a placebo. Otherwise, with such a low safety threshold, there would be many more FDA authorized &/or approved drugs! I'm making a different argument, which you should endorse. I'm saying
2022-10-27
@JOEWV @EricTopol @ddiamond I've no idea who you're responding to anon, but that's absolutely NOT what I wrote. I stated a fact about the standard in medicine, which remains the same to this day. The safety benchmark must be higher for any intervention given to a healthy population. And the intervention's
2022-10-27
With the initiation of the #paxlovid study for those suffering from PACS, are we getting closer to an admission of *potential* viral persistence? Why is rebound or virologic failure occurring? Could treatment prevent the systemic #microclots? https://t.co/Y69cZHK2Ym
2022-10-27
When people discuss disparate outcomes in African Countries, they studiously avoid the issue of outside air. We could save lives & cut transmissions today if we’d do more outdoors. We will NOT change even simple things. https://t.co/8SUNdZR2HG
2022-10-27
@Drlipid I’ve wondered this same thing. I’ve seen even better numbers on some high quality OTC EPA products, but there’s no RCTs to support a change. Have you written about this issue elsewhere?
2022-10-27
@klwong43 @PaulAnleitner @vervaeke_john Hammer wielding will only get one so far :) I need to become someone worthy of being listened to. The three of you have done so admirably! I’m working on it though.
2022-10-27
@calirunnerdoc you & @organichemusic have a greater reach to query people, but this is also my understanding. I’ve asked cardiologists & epidemiologists about preventing arterial, venous, & capillary clots. The response has been relative silence other than recommending exercise. https://t.co/MYfXdAIdh4
2022-10-27
The brain is like a GUI for the mind making possible the complex navigation of an environment almost infinite in information. Some argue consensual reality is a kind of corporate hallucination. Can you imagine how the first speaking person was treated?
2022-10-27
What is NEW about this moment? This is like when the government & press failed during the WMD scandal leading to the 2nd war in Iraq. We must prevent transmission or we'll continue to see variants. https://t.co/15Gyf40rrf
2022-10-27
@PaulAnleitner @vervaeke_john what manner of man he is to do such things. When we see any amazing play in sports we even say it’s unbelievable. Yet we witnessed it. It’s a tip of the cap to the paradox & mystery at the heart of it all. Kierkegaard might say it’s absurd & mean something different than Camus.
2022-10-27
@PaulAnleitner @vervaeke_john When Jean-Luc Marion talks about The Saturated Phenomenon, I think it’s revolutionary in its implications for us today. It doesn’t do away with any questions. It allows them to remain as part of the experiencing. Even though the disciples “know” Jesus, they marvel at him & ask
2022-10-27
@PaulAnleitner @vervaeke_john It is fascinating to me that quite a bit of what’s going on right now is an excavation & reclamation project. The tyranny of the propositional has shipwrecked many who tell me they wish they could believe. Come taste & see that the Lord is good sounds participatory though.
2022-10-27
@neganova_alina It is indeed. I certainly think that’s preferable to LongCovid. But that naming convention doesn’t seem to convey the magnitude of the disease. When we hear Ebola, it strikes fear in our hearts. Rightly so. I think calling it SAIDS would convey the weightiness.
2022-10-27
@PaulAnleitner @vervaeke_john will no doubt be of interest. He was very young when he wrote this, but you can see the foundation for later works where the notion of the absurd become more important & differentiated. The themes are anchor points to which he returns throughout his life.
2022-10-27
@PaulAnleitner @vervaeke_john You will both enjoy it. Srigley gets closer to the original text in terms of language (French Theorists are taking part in a a different language game—their writing must be more performative or so argues Debaene). The idea of Plotinus conceiving of Greek reason as participatory
2022-10-26
6 months into 💉program I was asking Dr. Offit if we could see cardiac issues in kids bc of low background. Ergo we should surveil adults bc we might miss the signal due to confounders. Where were the adults in the room? https://t.co/pGTlZshJWi
2022-10-26
People look at the date of this thread. I was calling this in May of 2020! They would say 80% do fine, so let it rip. But it would turn out to be the opposite of a hemorrhagic fever. I warn about risk of 💉ADE. And that immediate outcome isn’t the measure of the disease. https://t.co/vstYEuuk1C
2022-10-26
@michaelmina_lab has been one of the most reliable sources throughout the pandemic. I’d love to hear from him regarding post-infection cardiovascular & clotting issues. How do we help point people towards actionable information that might save their lives?
2022-10-26
@hr_sasja @PaulVanderKlay That’s what makes it extra scary. Even the ghosts are updating their game. Technology adoption here & the hereafter…
2024-11-30
@BCforPC @TheHerdBros Again, I’ve got nothing bad to say about Jeanty. He’s a beast! But Hunter plays the positions he’s built for & skilled at. My point was that he’s playing 2 different skill positions & dominates at both.
2024-11-30
@TheHerdBros He’s playing & being elite at both positions, even as the game is bigger, stronger, faster than ever. Imagine Jeanty (no disrespect to him at all!) scoring on offense & then turning around & playing safety. What Hunter is doing is 💥💥💥
2024-11-30
@BrianRoemmele Fractals all the way up & all the way down. A cell is like the cosmos & the cosmos like a cell.
2024-11-30
People hate me cuz they ain’t me https://t.co/ONeZQtNIVQ
2024-11-30
@BMcGrewvy my head & heart both 💥
2024-11-30
Even for those suffering life has meaning & inherent value. In rejecting nihilism, we must develop more & better ways of helping those who suffer greatly. I am only alive by miracle—through God & medicine. Being anti-euthanasia is a great start. But there’s more work to do. https://t.co/InqzB0gHT5
2024-11-29
Some people would’ve put me down like a dog. I’m glad my Christian parents didn’t euthanize me even as people subtly & no-so-subtly suggested they should consider. The rationale was it would alleviate my suffering. I wonder what my now-wife & children think? https://t.co/Bhe3GMrCnT
2024-11-29
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2024-11-29
The most compelling reason for withholding the entire truth—& I mean everything—about UAPs is that they’re military programs, right? If they were of non-human origin why would it be important to keep everything secret? What fearful thing is so scary we don’t even need to know it? https://t.co/PfYGA3HeNi
2024-11-29
The most compelling reason for withholding the entire truth—& I mean everything—about UAPs is that they’re military programs, right? If they were of non-human origin why would it be important to keep everything secret? What fearful thing is so scary we don’t even need to know it?
2024-11-29
@hive_echo @ESYudkowsky Let’s tilt things in the right direction as much as we can!
2024-11-28
@hive_echo @ESYudkowsky It’s a little like the birth of a child. You need everything to go right & nothing to go wrong. But there are far more ways for things to go wrong than to go right. These are suboptimal socio-politico-economic conditions for AI dev & alignment. But this is where we are, so hope!
2024-11-28
Before the Turkey Trot 5k this morning, the race organizer
asked that all hats be taken off so we could sing the National Anthem a cappella (we sounded terrible 🤣). What accounts for this vibe shift?
2024-11-28
@ESYudkowsky What could ever go wrong? https://t.co/51Gcok5da2
2024-11-27
@richardrohlin This is not doing the topic or issue proper justice in terms of its complexity. One could easily make the argument that people who are willing to exchange their labor (a portion of their life) for Kinkaid art do so for reasons such as transportation (does it easily take me…
2024-11-26
@elonmusk The “they couldn’t post links or share PDFs under his reign?” will be the “they shared a communal sponge to wipe themselves in Rome”
2024-11-26
The American mind can never comprehend the European willingness & ability to build houses while wearing leather sandals. Doesn’t compute 🤷🏻♂️
2024-11-25
@paulg +1. @elonmusk listen to him on this one. And let us upload PDFs. This is what the Romans would do.
2024-11-25
+1. We need to be able to use links with ease. And don’t get me started on PDFs. We going to Mars before I can easily upload a PDF the way I can photos & videos? X should be able to make academia dot edu & researchgate redundant. https://t.co/LS5clwNr8x
2024-11-25
@kalezelden I tried to count the number of forced encounters with it today, & I can’t keep up. And even if you’re trying to be healthy & active, it’s there in megadoses. How to refuel while out on a long run, bike ride or hiking? Slurp this gel. Boil water & pour it into this plastic bag 😭
2022-10-26
🚨Men, if you’ve had Covid19 &/or have been vaccinated with an mRNA or Novavax, require your MDs to conduct cardiovascular surveillance on you. If they won’t do it, fire them & find a MD who will. There shouldn’t be this many <60 experiencing sudden cardiac arrest. It’s a scandal
2022-10-26
@Joshuak_Smith Well, given Covid-19’s impact on the heart, we better hope pacemakers are part of that will!
2022-10-26
One of my very first tweets was decrying the @nytimes favorable reporting of China’s lockdowns. It’s been insane to watch so many colleagues & former supporters of healthcare for all, my body my choice, turn on the unvaccinated. We must always affirm the inherent dignity of life https://t.co/ELHuofKlmF
2022-10-26
@PaulVanderKlay Not going to lie. When I first saw the video I thought you let them call the cops bc it was a ghost rider of some sort.
2022-10-26
Part of social media’s allure is its ability to distract from the reality that one day we will all die. Social media functions as an intoxicating denial of death, yet another immortality project. @DonJRobertson what say the stoics?
2022-10-26
How did we get to a place in civilization where humans no longer dwell together?
2022-10-26
@kalezelden But, Kale, if there was an “age of anxiety” this is its sequel. On steroids. The semantic engineering & simultaneity of always-and-everywhere-anxiety is the water we’re swimming in. And we’re the ones responsible for navigating through this to ensure a life for our families? 😳
2022-10-26
@kalezelden same time respecting the existence of others (Hyde, 2001, pp. 21-115). Answering the call of conscience is humankind's fundamental moral vocation.
2022-10-26
@kalezelden as "the call of conscience" that comes from the very heart of our purposive existence and that challenges us with the benefits and burdens of freedom, of being open to the possibility and uncertainty of the future, and choosing to do something about it while at the
2022-10-26
@kalezelden chaos. Anxiety brings us face to face with this uncertainty of existence and the challenge that comes with it: having to assume the responsibility of affirming our freedom through resolute choice in order to feel at home with ourselves and others…following Heidegger and Levinas,
2022-10-26
@kalezelden "What is anxiety? It is the next day," writes Kierkegaard (1939, p. 80). Anxiety functions by directing our attention to how the future orientation of existence is always, infinitely, calling us into question with its openness and un- certainty. Anxiety is order losing out to
2022-10-26
@kalezelden That’s the question a good therapist would pose. What is your anxiety telling you? It’s a profound question, truly. Since you’re a lit guy, I’ll share a few of the words from one of my academic mentors: The anxiety of the moment can be overwhelming.
2022-10-26
No, but unfortunately you have #SAIDS—SARS2 Acquired Immune Dysfunction Syndrome. Likely anyone infected will have some degree of this. Get the MD to order a lymphocyte subset panel (& other markers ILs) to see where you are on the spectrum. I wish you a full recovery! https://t.co/LVVNkI823Q
2022-10-26
Sorry Joan Didion. We have to call it 3 years of magical thinking. Truly shocked to see so many in #radonc not wearing N95s at indoor conferences when they will be returning to interact with incredibly vulnerable #cancer patients. All of the sudden #physics doesn’t apply?
2022-10-26
cc: @dbdugger
2022-10-26
Instead of #LongCovid or #LongHaulers—both terms that don’t capture the severity of post-acute #Covid19 sequelae, I offer #SAIDS as an alternative. SARS(2) Acquired Immune Dysfunction Syndrome.
2022-10-26
SARS2 & HIV. I keep warning people. Remember you first heard it here but didn’t believe it. I’m pointing it out not to scaremonger, advocate for lockdowns or 💉mandates. That’s not me! I’m warning you they’ve lied at every turn & they’re lying now about the similarities. https://t.co/uKpd2iGFgn
2022-10-26
RT @ClassicalWisdom: I may gently suggest doing so right away, just in case we reach capacity again. ;-)
https://t.co/8zKleBmEPT
Featuri…
2022-10-26
@DonJRobertson Really enjoyed this conversation!
2022-10-26
Given the sacred responsibility of caring for these precious baby girls, I’m debating the merits of leaving my current life behind & writing a new book on existential homelessness, alienation, nostalgia & longing. The flood was a game changer. We’ve lost what it means to dwell.
2022-10-26
@LeahEDSCN2A I’m so sorry that you all are going through this. It’s the unthinkable & unimaginable for any parent. Prayers that surgery goes exceedingly well with no negative side-effects.
2022-10-26
@RyanHaecker cc: @klwong43 @KenLowry8
2022-10-26
I’ve maintained since 3/2020 that whatever is happening in #China isn’t out of love for its people. North Korea is looking on with envy. https://t.co/0xNfiMHjyJ
2022-10-25
RT @bendymarsh: PRETTY PLEEEEEEEASE REGISTER AND SHARE about the @DecodeMEstudy
If you have #ME #MECFS #LongCovid in the UK or know someo…
2022-10-25
65 chemo sessions & she’s spreading the love. That’s inspirational! https://t.co/mDMm3wlMoV
2022-10-25
RT @lysabee: I had chemo # 65 today!Help support #lungcancer #research and order this great T-shirt designed by @lgreco_ny at https://t.co/…
2022-10-25
@lysabee @lgreco_ny Thanks for sharing positive vibes! 65 sessions of chemo is beyond daunting. I wish you a speedy & full recovery!
2022-10-25
@PaulVanderKlay @RafeKelley @vervaeke_john We are the animal that aspires to become the angels while having forgotten that we are animals, which is to say have bodies, have limits, have vulnerabilities.
2022-10-25
@PaulVanderKlay @RafeKelley @vervaeke_john It is a religious life that isn’t very religious & isn’t very full of life. We’ve become decadent & deracinated in record time.
2022-10-25
@PaulVanderKlay @RafeKelley @vervaeke_john It is the reality of embodiedness with all of its vicissitudes, communal awareness & some sense of the natural world that is allowing religious life to flourish in other places. What we offer is tantamount to the Laodicean water that is neither cold nor hot.
2022-10-25
@PaulVanderKlay @RafeKelley @vervaeke_john The ease with which we live our lives & how life is automated for us by our tech is what allows us frictionless environments where we can almost forget that we have a body. It isn’t until we get reminded via suffering or bodily effort that we are still human animals at all.
2022-10-25
@PaulVanderKlay @RafeKelley @vervaeke_john elsewhere in the world. So here legacy is a kind of misnomer, a dialectical neologism that obscures from view that which is actual legacy. The vibrant embodied services one can attend in other parts of the world is not to be conflated with what we see here.
2022-10-25
@PaulVanderKlay @RafeKelley @vervaeke_john But when I spoke at length with John about this, one of the things that must be contended with is an overly Westocentric view of “legacy” religions. Paul, you will know from your time in missions that there is a different presence-ing, an urgency & a nearness to God happening
2022-10-25
@nat_sharpe_ I've been reading your tweets for some time now. Of course, I don't know you or your family. But I don't need to in order to say I'm very sorry for your loss. I hope your family experiences comfort & peace during such a trying time.
2022-10-25
@PaulVanderKlay @ScottAdamsSays Paul, this level of suffering is what I refer to as an existential truth serum. When people are healthy & active even an illusion may suffice. When that is shattered, nihilism can set in if God isn't on the scene. Unfortunately, I know whereof I speak
https://t.co/om8B0rwLPo
2022-10-25
#MedTwitter Does anyone know how we can avoid sudden cardiac deaths weeks/months following a #Covid19 infection? It's causing endothelial dysfunction. Extremely prothrombotic. Coagulopathy occurring. #Microclots are an issue. Take an aspirin & call us if you die isn't enough.
2022-10-24
cc: @danaparish Are they serious with the: live as if it works like we hoped it would but definitely doesn’t until we have more data to prove it definitely doesn’t work like we told you to pretend it did? Next level gaslighting!
2022-10-24
🚨Never in my life did I expect to read statements like this. Until we have the data act as if the science were true? Good God! https://t.co/kiKc3O0IzJ
2022-10-24
When your country becomes a corrupt casino, you gotta PAY attention to U2 lyrics:
“Every breaking wave on the shore/Tells the next one there'll be one more/And every gambler knows that to lose is what you’re really there for”
2022-10-24
I’m grateful to be here. Grateful my wife & newborn daughter made it through the gauntlet. I’m grateful to inhabit this moment on this spinning rock with you. Blessings to all!
2022-10-23
#AcademicTwitter Are any qualitative researchers using #GPT3 for participant semantic &/or thematic analyses?
2022-10-23
What is the vaccine efficacy (VE) of the new bivalent boosters? No one has a clue. This is dangerous bc the public is being told they're better protected. We don't know about preventing severe disease, hospitalizations, or death. Highly immune evasive variants are coming...
2022-10-23
We need an expedited path towards educating
& preparing a new crop of MDs. This is some Too Big to Fail financial crisis level implosion of a profession. Wash your hands & get your bivalent booster that mostly boosts Wuhan-Hu-1 but won't prevent infection 30 days later?
2022-10-23
@klwong43 It has to be one that considers airborne transmission as primary. Once that one concept is fully accepted, it changes the game. I think of this as being like an airborne HIV. Not that SARS2 & HIV are the same types of viruses bc they aren’t. But what Covid19 does is similar.
2022-10-23
@dbdugger Time is vindicating… https://t.co/e7zZtpLGXJ
2022-10-23
Lacking evidence you said I was wrong. #HIV
McComsey, who has spent the last two decades studying HIV, said that the data they have found so far paints a picture that is eerily familiar. “Now I just look at it, and I’m like gosh, it’s like a déjà vu,” https://t.co/HZ5Hyv2IOj
2022-10-23
@fitterhappierAJ @JonasHell1 How do you think about paxlovid rebound? Is it like virologic failure, viral persistence…something else?
2022-10-22
@trox1956 @McGahee220 @fitterhappierAJ @Jamie_Maz @LeonardiBot The data suggested a robust abs response. That’s also my concern due to imprinting with an early strain. Can we generate a response that doesn’t recall NAbs aimed at Wuhan-Hu-1? I certainly hope so! But to block transmission we need mucosal coverage. N95s need to be available.
2022-10-22
RT @fitterhappierAJ: I told you all the efficacy was chiefly antibody neutralization rather than T cells.
I gave several interviews and wh…
2022-10-22
@McGahee220 @fitterhappierAJ @Jamie_Maz @LeonardiBot Re: at best—I’m worried about constant “boosting” bc we’ve used Wuhan-Hu-1 strain so often. We’ve boosted NAbs & non-NAbs. And the imprinting of our mRNA is so strong that it may be difficult to generate new repertoires aimed at highly mutated variants.
2022-10-22
@ctrssierra @dbdugger What is double jeopardy?
2022-10-22
@ctrssierra @dbdugger destroyed? Then, what’s the body’s response? Are some % of sudden deaths caused by failing vasculature—like a bridge that collapses? Vascular & arterial & capillary clots. Even without viral persistence it could be thus. But with viral persistence it could be worse.
2022-10-22
@ctrssierra @dbdugger In the words of Michael Scott, the noted American philosopher from Scranton: what is double jeopardy? ANG2’s injurious effects are mediated/mitigated by ACE2. Imagine having a mapping of one’s entire vascular system pre&post Covid19. How much of that vasculature is weakened or
2022-10-22
@ctrssierra @dbdugger It requires a systems biology approach bc more than one thing can be true: S protein is toxic & SARS2 uses this to bind to ACE2, which is found in organs, blood vessels, endothelial cells. Bc of the binding, ACE2 is also inhibited. That’s a deleterious, cascading process.
2022-10-22
Every 75 seconds a child under the age of 5 dies of #malaria. I’ve been shouting since 2009 that even though it’s inexpensive to treat, lots of the funding is “diverted.” It isn’t merely a funding problem. Politics & corruption cause the deaths of millions.
2022-10-22
@kalezelden they should not have access to society. They couldn't have mismanaged things more even if they tried. Where does that leave us?
2022-10-22
@kalezelden I need to hear dissent, especially when it calls into question my sacred cows. Even if I disagree, I maintain appreciation for your perspective. Dissent was on life support before the pandemic, & it didn't make it. People won't forget losing their jobs over mandates or being told
2022-10-22
@kalezelden Where was the outcry by my colleagues? Where were the other academics & researchers shouting this wasn't true? Demonizing repurposed drugs even though many privately used these & other substances? None of this makes sense. I'm a proponent of Israel's 10th Man framework.
2022-10-22
@kalezelden were that lockdowns would result in food insecurity & mass starvation for millions of people--far more than would die from Covid19. Australia had lockdowns until 💉arrived, & look at their excess mortality. This is a pandemic of the unvaccinated is a line that will live in infamy
2022-10-22
@kalezelden This whole thing has been revealing. I advocate for people to take whatever health precautions they can to reduce harm, but the lockdowns & mandates violated the very basic tenets of bioethics & human rights. Not to mention they were unscientific. Early projections in 2020
2022-10-22
@ctrssierra @danaparish @EntropyChase warning, then why no iterative improvements? We could improve 💉today by making them safer. None of it makes sense.
2022-10-22
@ctrssierra @danaparish @EntropyChase Scientists developed it in a matter of days without prior knowledge. Ok. I can accept that unless it’s incommensurate with something else we know to be true. Namely, we’ve now been dealing with SARS2 since 2019. If we were able to generate gen1 mRNA in record time without prior
2022-10-22
@ctrssierra @danaparish @EntropyChase Possibly as bad as the hubris is the greed. The patent battles that will play out via the legal system will likely end up revealing more than we now know. Someone smarter than me needs to help me understand the logic being deployed. I’m being told the mRNA rollout is a miracle.
2022-10-22
RT @ESYudkowsky: No. Stop. Bad idea. This technology is not reliable enough. This use-case is like driving a car that doesn't crash 99%…
2022-10-22
@SalmonKromeDome Another fellow traveler. https://t.co/KcYtR2YetD
2022-10-22
Back to vaccinate & wash your hands? They’re still using the old influenza playbook that was also wrong. https://t.co/ux9Thf9H4G
2022-10-22
@danaparish @EntropyChase @ctrssierra Turns out leaky 💉 may apply downward selective pressure on a virus exploring mutational space.
2022-10-22
@danaparish @EntropyChase @ctrssierra thought they could end it by utilizing the mRNA platform with the coronavirus vaccines they’d been working on for years. mRNA relied on NAbs & weren’t durable though. Also not safe as advertised. They thought they had a legit home run.
2022-10-22
@danaparish @EntropyChase @ctrssierra One scenario runs: deploy a recovery narrative approach. Yes, GoF research. But only for our good. When it leaked, science would need redemption at global scale. It couldn’t be (a) repurposed drug(s). Needs to be salvific science to regain trust. It’s double hubris bc they
2022-10-22
#PublicHealth #Scotland has demonstrated a gross dereliction of duty in choosing not to investigate ALL possible factors contributing to #neonatal #deaths. It’s tantamount to saying maternal thalidomide status isn’t relevant to fetal health.
2022-10-21
Look at how I spent years of my life. That an unknown number, growing by the day, are disabled by #covid19 is egregious. I think @dbdugger said instead of strictly looking at CFR, we should pay attention to Case Disabling Rate. The CDC & gov aren’t coming to your rescue, either. https://t.co/InqzAZZ6uv
2022-10-21
I’ve been shouting this for ages now. If it’s a gain of function experiment that leaked from the lab, we had better rethink our strategies. Repeated “boosting” with gen 1 💉followed by infections or just repeated infections will be the end of us. https://t.co/zet6EsPOFS
2022-10-21
@USCPress Thanks so much for the response! Ideally enough for a summer seminar with about 30 people. Even if you don't have any remaining copies, please feel free to message me and let me know where I could obtain a few.
2022-10-21
@deepfates The good news is that the locks still look strong! That’s all that matters for a man with long hair and glasses standing in front of a tree. Kind of reads like a William Carlos Williams poem.
2022-10-21
@RyanHaecker @VillanovaU @NOVATheology Will this be posted somewhere? The title already has me hooked!
2022-10-21
The most insane part of this saga is that the answer is already known. This isn’t a mystery novel. Scientists are trying to elucidate what could be disclosed. But the answers aren’t offered up by our own government agencies, which are meant to serve you. https://t.co/u857BMZJKX
2022-10-21
@kshowings @RyanHaecker I second that motion! At least have it as an option when there’s at least a non-zero chance it will end up getting postponed like so many others.
2022-10-20
@ydeigin Any thoughts? https://t.co/bWFURYbSrS
2022-10-20
@anadromist Byrne, I hope you’re wrong but think you’re right. If the world was turned upside down bc of gain of function research in the biological realm (Covid19), then the realm of technology, the extracting technique, AI as gain of function R&D for intelligence will likely be much worse!
2022-10-20
I think @EthicalSkeptic would agree that we need this adjudicated NOW. If he’s correct, we’re in worse trouble than we think. If he’s not correct the @CDCgov needs to explain why/how. It’s an incredible claim that’s being made. Answers should be forthcoming without delay. https://t.co/VfagGeMYXG
2022-10-20
Whoever is writing the current script for The Simulation has based this season off of that dystopian movie In Time. https://t.co/4XBnNThy7h
2022-10-20
I can’t imagine the trauma that will be caused by putting toddlers & youth in complete isolation. https://t.co/RGax50NItB
2022-10-20
continue iterating & improving at Warp Speed?
2022-10-20
6 months isn’t the same as over a lifetime. If Eric is right that the current mRNA 💉is one of the greatest scientific achievements, then imagine how great better, safer ones could be. 1 reason for using mRNA platforms is speed. If we created gen 1 in record time, why not https://t.co/Om7HpruK49
2022-10-20
RT @nat_sharpe_: they killed Jesus for forgiving without a license
2022-10-20
@nat_sharpe_ That’s deep!
2022-10-20
@TRyanGregory Did you ever resolve your naming convention dilemma? If not, I’m putting my hat in the ring for variant swarms or swarms of variants. For alliterative purposes, I would also allow for viral variant swarms (VVS).
2022-10-20
@SEProtomartyr I'm so behind! Will I even be able to do this new math by the time mine are old enough to have homework?
2022-10-20
@PatrickKMiller_ @PaulAnleitner Same here. It's been refreshing to discover a new voice that I think many more people will benefit from as well. His new book also runs the tough gauntlet of addressing important questions without shying away or, as you say, "being a bore."
2022-10-20
@EthicalSkeptic @TennTradition Yes, they can and are. The question is not whether they can be but whether or not it is prudent. Even mAbs would likely be a much better option given that you're not asking the dysfunctional immune system to respond adequately. None of it makes sense scientifically.
2022-10-20
Uh oh... https://t.co/OH5lVCGt6p
2022-10-20
Who is the expert you go to for info on B vitamins? Niacin use in both cancer (niacinamide) & #Covid19 deserves much more attention. Cancer is more complicated due to glutamine’s involvement but has been shown to help improve muscle wasting.
2022-10-20
@StevePhillipsMD Since you’re a doctor out there trying to make a difference, can you help people understand what they can do to decrease the likelihood of an MI they aren’t usually at-risk for? What steps should they take? Who’s sharing actionable information with the public?
2022-10-19
🔥rhetorical flourishes🔥my dang. If you want to be a better writer, read people like Daniel Coffeen. He’s like an academic version of David Mamet (read compliment). The guy could write about drapery & I’m 🍿 https://t.co/PNSdrU5WT4
2022-10-19
@JoshGellers I ain’t mad at ya for coming correct! I appreciate when anyone makes that kind of effort. Many of my mentors dressed like Žižek & took offense with my suits. To each his/her own.
2022-10-19
@JoshGellers They got the angle just right to highlight that wrist piece!
2022-10-19
Are any researchers out there looking at infusions of glutathione & B vitamins as adjunct therapies for #Covid19? Are we simply not doing supportive care?
2022-10-19
@KenLowry8 @vervaeke_john Indeed! Bc if one isn’t careful it can be self-directed precisely when we most need to be inhabiting that space of kenosis. That’s one reason why when LSU brought in a Buddhist monk to teach us mindfulness in the therapeutic encounter, it easily resonated & clicked for me.
2022-10-19
@KenLowry8 @vervaeke_john the shadow & every secret & evil you’ve done or wish to do. You can be who you are how you are in this non-directed, non-possessive participation when/where we’re being-knowing-together.
2022-10-19
@KenLowry8 @vervaeke_john Yes, & it’s easy to see how this could be therapeutic. It’s related to your dialogos with CM when you spoke about kenosis. The therapeutic model is quite literally to become a container & let the person be. I’m with you. I’m attending to you—even the avatar you project as you &
2022-10-19
@KenLowry8 @vervaeke_john But Tennyson said it poetically:
Flower in the crannied wall,
I pluck you out of the crannies,
I hold you here, root and all, in my hand,
Little flower—but if I could understand
What you are, root and all, all in all,
I should know what God and man is.
2022-10-19
@KenLowry8 💥This is pretty much Carl Rogers' notion of "unconditional positive regard." You'd probably like his work quite a bit since @vervaeke_john embodies/enacts a type of Rogerian agape-empathic as a way of being. This is one reason I told John I felt him to Christ-like.
2022-10-19
@USCPress Having a difficult time finding enough editions of Michael J. Hyde, The ethos of rhetoric. Studies in rhetoric/communication. Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press, 2004. xxviii, 231 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.. ISBN 1570035385. Any recommendations?
2022-10-19
@KenLowry8 @GrailCountry or better stated as "dwelling place"
2022-10-19
@KenLowry8 @GrailCountry but found he had basically rediscovered his own country. May we be so fortunate to find that, following Lewis, sometimes the longest way 'round is the shortest way home. And home is what I'm longing for. I think the most ancient meaning of ethos is "home."
2022-10-19
@KenLowry8 @GrailCountry Yes, we keep adding brick by brick. Invito-inventio ratio-religio. By the end, maybe we arrive where Chesterton did when he wrote that he was trying to come up with religion he liked only to find it was like a story of man who tried to discover new land. He planted his flag there
2022-10-19
@DCoffeen They may quote you (without citation) on that first part for a commercial.
2022-10-19
@SamSmith1761 @rovingserb @csajedi @dbdugger @DanielleV1967 @resiapretorius @doctorasadkhan @dbkell Certainly not for everyone, but almost nothing works equally well for everyone. I wish you good luck figuring it all out with your physicians! Good health to you & yours!
2022-10-19
@SamSmith1761 @rovingserb @csajedi @dbdugger @DanielleV1967 @resiapretorius @doctorasadkhan @dbkell There’s quite a bit of LDN use among those with ME/CFS, so you can find lots of resources from this community. One thing I like about LDN is your doctor can start you at a very low dose & work up from there. Some with ME/CFS are extremely sensitive to meds & this is tolerable.
2022-10-19
@KenLowry8 @GrailCountry So he participates in this great chain of Being that scales from the lowest animal to Eve (not her original name), to God. There's lots to unpack!
2022-10-19
@KenLowry8 @GrailCountry the invitation to see if he can & will enter into right relationship by calling a thing by its proper name. The form & essence is always-already there. Adam acknowledges & affirms both reality & Truth, the truth in reality.
2022-10-19
@KenLowry8 @GrailCountry Jesus asking, "& who do men say that I am?" He revealed Himself. Disclosed Himself fully. God the Father even says, "This is My Son in whom I'm well pleased." But who do we say that He is? That's the existential part of this. Existence is calling Adam into question. He accepts
2022-10-19
@KenLowry8 @GrailCountry acknowledgment, co-creation, & conspiracy. For how can one utter a name without the sharing of breath--ruach in Hebrew as the wind, the breath, the spirit--a phenomenon highlighted in almost every culture)? The animals presenting themselves and revealing themselves is similar to
2022-10-19
@KenLowry8 @GrailCountry Ken, as you & I spoke about this issue re naming, I'm far more inclined to see it as an ethics, ontology, & epistemology of participation: the animal fully presents (presences) & reveals itself to Adam for Adam to demonstrate acceptance (of the revealing of reality) attending-to
2022-10-19
This #Covid19 narrative review states: "And most often, the virus is vanquished with little notice and with little fanfare." Are we certain of that? Is it not possible that #Paxlovid rebound hints at viral persistence? https://t.co/3OJnT5N5Xr
2022-10-18
@klwong43 Are they using it for heart worm prevention or something else? I’m not familiar with veterinary applications beyond that of parasites. But they may know of some off-label use? I’m not aware of its use for that purpose.
2022-10-18
@DonaldMau @danaparish I studiously avoid either or thinking when both/and frameworks allow people to access care. The devastation of Bartonella & co-infections is bad enough. Why discourage people from seeking insights from many sources?
2022-10-18
@dbkell @doctorasadkhan @respphysio @resiapretorius These should be in our armamentarium! We also need to be able to standardize sources, doses, etc. of nattokinase & serrapeptase. If more clinicians had what amounts to prescribing information they’d be less hesitant to use them. The argument will be: We don’t have RCT data though
2022-10-18
RT @Drlipid: CUTTING EDGE - ADA & KDIGO Guidelines for Glycemic Control in T2D & CKD - Such patients are at high risk for kidney failure, A…
2022-10-18
I never thought people would experience the same kind of abject failures of our public health response to HIV/AIDS. But this is that kid of failure at scale. Cancers, sudden cardiac deaths, strokes, ill-defined brain infections. I don’t want fear but action. Treatment options!
2022-10-18
@kalezelden if the Church could do more but we’d be challenged to do less.
2022-10-18
@kalezelden prohibitive. But where is the religious community in this discussion? It’s a scandal! Thomas Merton would have strong words for us. Churches have become more like corporations that conduits for living Water. I’m being honest & not merely rhetorical when I say it’s not a question
2022-10-18
@kalezelden those who wish to have a child or more children, would more support impact that decision? A good example may be related to our failing school system. Can you afford to send them to a particular school of your choice or homeschool? Maybe the first two, but after that it may be
2022-10-18
@kalezelden It’s a complex question to be sure. What I would say is that policies can be more or less hospitable to life. There are some countries that do heavily subsidize families to have children. It may not turn an anti-natalist into a parent of 7. The more nuanced question might be: of
2022-10-18
@doctorasadkhan @respphysio @resiapretorius @dbkell YES! Very important to highlight. There are major differences in these drug classes. This is why patients need to be educated. Treatment decisions need to be made in careful consultation with an informed clinician.
2022-10-18
@doctorasadkhan @respphysio @resiapretorius @dbkell And it seems to be so at the arterial, venous, & capillary levels. There's a prothrombotic fractal dimension to this virus and the body's response to it.
2022-10-18
💥Fresh off the press. Dana Parish never disappoints & here she is guest hosting for the Bay Area Lyme Foundation's Ticktective Podcast. If you haven't followed Dr. Edward Breitschwerdt's work, give him a listen & see why you should. https://t.co/L7YBiR5EY3
2022-10-18
RT @danaparish: 🎙 📣 THRILLED to share my intrvw w 🌎 leading #Bartonella expert, NC State’s Dr. Ed Breitschwerdt.
Bartonella is a common y…
2022-10-18
dominant variant displacing the others; rather, we could end up with a swarm of variants that keep us at a kind of perpetual cresting level of infections: one roiling tsunami instead of a wave. In the US we have almost zero post-acute surveillance for people. Just sudden deaths.
2022-10-18
@dbkell By any chance, does your colleague Eugene Heyden use Twitter? Due to the highly immune evasive variants that are gaining velocity, I'm trying to focus on the post-acute phase right now. I'm afraid the numbers could be staggering bc it is possible that we won't have one
2022-10-18
@hobbyhorrible @dbdugger Metformin, acarbose, & rapamycin all have use cases. Depends upon what's going on with the individual & what the goals of treatment are. *not medical advice* There are those who pulse rapamycin at lower doses. There are those who utilize acarbose when encountering certain foods.
2022-10-18
RT @DrGrahamLJ: @KyleMcnease @resiapretorius @doctorasadkhan @dbkell As they are people I know, if I heard they had #COVID I would send the…
2022-10-18
@QuadriviumQuis I will take a look at what you've put together!
2022-10-18
@respphysio @doctorasadkhan @resiapretorius @dbkell That's really awful to hear. Send our best wishes to your friend for a speedy & full recovery! Unfortunately, the medical community is using aspirin as a blunt instrument. But patients need guidance on anticoagulants, thrombolytics, and antiplatelets.
2022-10-18
@dbdugger @DanielleV1967 @resiapretorius @doctorasadkhan @dbkell The S protein is so insidious! It's destroying the endothelium & shredding placentas. Have you seen anything like what's happening to placentas in HIV?
2022-10-18
RT @dbdugger: @DanielleV1967 @KyleMcnease @resiapretorius @doctorasadkhan @dbkell Here is one journal article that speaks to markers sugges…
2022-10-18
@doctorasadkhan @resiapretorius @dbkell I'm extremely sorry to hear that! I wish you a complete recovery & no lasting negative impacts to your health.
2022-10-18
@dbkell @doctorasadkhan @resiapretorius That's essential reading. A primer.
2022-10-18
Is anyone in the #ME/CFS #pwME community following up on the #Covid19 #microclots & #endotheliitis studies by @resiapretorius et al.? Can add SARS2+ blood to healthy controls' blood & see the damage similar to ME. Do we have a similar mechanism of action independent of etiology? https://t.co/KrxDPmsMuC
2022-10-18
Interested to hear what @StevePhillipsMD thinks about these findings & how we could initiate something like a treatment as prevention approach. What should physicians be doing now to try & help prevent PACS & post-acute sudden deaths related to microclots & endotheliitis? https://t.co/kZMSSX1npO
2022-10-18
RT @doctorasadkhan: We conclude that the presence of microclots & these inflammatory molecules points to thrombotic endotheliitis as a key…
2022-10-18
Armed with the knowledge you possess, if @resiapretorius @doctorasadkhan @dbkell were to contract Covid19, what would you do to mitigate risk of thrombotic endotheliitis? We need a framework for post-acute surveillance, as so many are severely (& suddenly) impacted months later.
2022-10-18
This is a major finding. We need to replicate it yesterday so that we can begin developing the proper therapeutic approach. Many thanks to the researchers for these insights! https://t.co/9P2n5W9FGP
2022-10-18
@doctorasadkhan @resiapretorius @dbkell Really great work! Is there a list of labs that you & your esteemed colleagues recommend so that patients can present this actionable information to their physicians?
2022-10-18
@TaraAnnThieke @PaulVanderKlay Invest in their lives here & now in material ways that make a difference. No! We will say to the families, “be ye warmed and filled.”
2022-10-18
@TaraAnnThieke with others) for asking @PaulVanderKlay why churches don’t reach out to young families & help them get fully on their feet. ~7% interest on homes of skyrocketing costs? How are we this bad at building community and buy in? Invest in people!
2022-10-18
@TaraAnnThieke Astute! We just welcomed another baby into the world 2 weeks ago, so we have skin in the game in terms of vouchsafing a habitable world to our children. But even in our so-called majority Christian nation, there’s little church support for families. I’ve gotten into hot water
2022-10-18
@kalezelden There’s always a first step, a demarcation line. We’re entering the desert of the real, an inverted reality based on the ephemera of the digital. YOLO!
2022-10-18
@kalezelden We’re so hypnotized by the advancements in comm technologies —look at meh new iPhone 70’s 42 cameras!—that we foolishly assume everything else is “progressing” apace. It’s a mirage like that scene from Laurence of Arabia where he’s crossing the desert.
2022-10-18
@kalezelden to last. We have no vision for the future, & that’s what’s required to make sacrifices in service of others. The spirit of YOLO isn’t commensurate with, nay, is anathema to a stable, durable, hardy civiliazation that proudly perpetuates itself into the future.
2022-10-18
@kalezelden We’ve imported & adopted from the tech world the Gestalt of engineered obsolescence. If the marriage & family dissolves, oh well. YOLO! Our church leaders are more interested in preying upon our children than praying for them. YOLO! We don’t build communities or anything else
2022-10-18
@kalezelden And when the existential wolves are at the door, nihilism won’t be enough to get you through. Only a humble God can save us from this. Part of that grace will also take the form of influential others within one’s community.
2022-10-18
@kalezelden This 4th industrial revolution that’s taking place is hitting us while we’re unmoored & vulnerable. Look at my own biography as a way of understating that the challenges will come. They can’t be staved off forever. The myth of the arrival is a false one.
2022-10-18
@kalezelden Here’s the most problematic part of us:when we’re stripped of meaning, we’re existentially alienated. Swift secularization leads to spiritual alienation. The fractured economic imperatives lead families to become displaced & isolated. We’re alone together in our nihilism & ennui.
2022-10-17
@RapaNews It would be great to have some aggregation of data (labs pre-infection then post-infection) while on rapamycin. I wonder if @healthspanmed has insights on this. Since SARS2 causes immune dampening & dysfunction, viral reactivation etc., it’d be useful to know if there are changes
2022-10-17
@dbdugger This is a must!
2022-10-17
@GrailCountry @hyonschu I’m listening! I need to hear a fuller accounting of this framing of modernity as Peter’s frame.
2022-10-17
@klwong43 @danaparish That’s a crucial question. We’re going to have to compare cohorts where there’s low uptake vs high uptake + confirmed SARS2 infection. We may be able to see some early data from Australia & NZ, as they were locked down, had uptake, then the deluge of Covid19 cases.
2022-10-17
Many of the #stoic bros out there shouting not to be afraid of death & remember that one day we will all die haven’t faced down extreme depravation. They’ve fasted for a few days & avoid too much tech. That cheapens its depths to me. It’s easy to be ‘stoic’ in the US.
2022-10-17
How long after a Covid19 infection should one wait before initiating or reinitiating #rapamycin?
2022-10-17
@danaparish I can’t understand the level of cognitive dissonance. Placentas are being so devastated by this virus that the womb is collapsing & suffocating babies? There’s a reason why early on China’s leaders were describing SARS2 as a “demon virus.” It is truly diabolical.
2022-10-17
@danaparish My wife’s team confirmed they’ve never seen this many losses after 28 weeks 😢 One L&D nurse told us they’d seen an inordinate amount of calcifications in the uterus & issues with the placenta.
2022-10-17
@PaulAnleitner Also deep echoes of this in Lewis when he writes in A Grief Observed that he wasn’t so much in danger of no longer believing there was a God, but that there was a God & he wasn’t good.
2022-10-17
@PaulAnleitner As a parent, that’s deeply humbling! I suppose when our children are old enough to understand I should tell them not to worship the God I claim to believe in and know. Rather worship God as He knows Himself to be.
2022-10-17
@MeetJess Does it parasetize the host like toxoplasmosis—making the mouse less afraid of the cat? 🤔
2022-10-17
Y’all are still out here pretending EcoHealth, Peter Daszak, UNC’s Ralph Baric, & the WIV didn’t have anything to do with #Covid19? Check that 27 min mark➡️https://t.co/EnG4fy4Z8l How is this research linked to the speed of our gen1 vaccine development? Make it make sense to me
2022-10-17
This is great. Be edified in listening. https://t.co/ow8arwtpf7
2022-10-17
@KenLowry8 @YouTube Truth that scales from the highest to lowest. And Truth should function at every level of the individual encountering It, irrespective of cognitive capacity, socio-economic status, etc.
2022-10-17
@KenLowry8 @YouTube Credo ut intelligam. With St. Augustine, we say “I believe, in order to understand; and I understand, the better to believe.’ We need faith & reason. Science & religion. And in order for the Christian Narrative to be True, it needs to be True at every level. Fractal Truth.
2022-10-17
@KenLowry8 @YouTube That life is so connected to God that death has no claim, no hold over it. When JBP is analyzing Christ via the hypothetico-deductive method, it remains an open question: what are the possibilities? Outside of that frame, taking a religious & spiritual perspective, we say
2022-10-17
@KenLowry8 @YouTube God, Goodness Himself, to the point that any sense of there being a self-will, it is totally oriented to & subservient to God’s will, what would that mean? What would that vertical-horizontal integration afford? One might attempt to take that life, but it would be in vain.
2022-10-17
@KenLowry8 @YouTube I think this gives me a better glimpse into your overall project. I can now see the import of paradox to it. I can also see a connection to JBP when he’s asked about Christ. He says who knows how far this goes? That’s his scientific musing. If someone were totally aligned with
2022-10-17
@wokal_distance This is “The slow erasure of the future.”—Dr. Mark Fisher
2022-10-16
If this is the “golden age” of TV, then it’s also the age of iron pyrite TV. The banality. The spectacle. The ubiquitous screen. Baudrillard, where art thou? The ecstasy of communication…
2022-10-16
such a strong Hunger Games vibe. The beautiful ones emerge before societal/civilizational collapse. I think it’s an aspect that’s missing from @DouthatNYT’s incisive commentary on decadence. Ours is approaching a Calhoun level of implosion rather than a manageable decline.
2022-10-16
@kalezelden Since you and your co-host are always investigating cultural currents & dissecting problems, have you looked at the work of John B. Calhoun? His findings on “the beautiful ones” come close to summing up where we are. I think it’s why there’s
2022-10-16
@KenLowry8 You may very well get an endorsement from Kierkegaard.
2022-10-15
@JoshGellers @JakeMaverick5 That includes our governmental agencies independent of party affiliation. And the coming variants are incredibly immune evasive & will be difficult to slow down. It is not sustainable to keep getting reinfected. The immunity debt will shorten our lives.
2022-10-15
@JoshGellers @JakeMaverick5 I’m super unpopular for sounding the alarm on these issues. Within the research community, the reality of T cell depletion, exhaustion, derangement & the endothelial dysfunction is staggering. Outside of it, so-called public health communicators are downplaying the devastation.
2022-10-15
@danaparish But, Dana, I’m seeing so many physicians & public health experts equivocating on this point. All of the FDA authorizations thus far have been for prevention of Covid19. @ashishkjha was just lauding the new bivalent booster without a shred of human data. It’s surreal!
2022-10-15
@klwong43 So sorry to hear that! It has deeply impacted me beyond just the inconveniences & uncertainty. Bringing a new baby into the world about 48 hrs later has me on a quest to understand better community, dwelling places, existential homelessness, & longing for a city not made with 🙌
2022-10-15
@klwong43 I don’t know, Karen. You invest your time & something of yourself in your art. That makes it priceless, and incredibly meaning-full!
2022-10-15
@PaulAnleitner @KenLowry8 I see that search for resonance in your work. Much like, say, @vervaeke_john. And how long he toiled away, chopping wood & carrying water before getting wider recognition for his work. As we attempt to break free of the meaning crisis, maybe the world is ready for the Agape-ists
2022-10-15
@kalezelden If you don’t want to conform to the NICE program of overcoming human being by undoing what it means to be human, you’re forced to fight the nudges, distortions & propaganda. Memetic desire, memetic rivalry and memetic war are alive and well.
2022-10-15
@kalezelden malleability as beings. We want to remake ourselves & the world in the image of something unsettled, unmoored; no eidos, no telos other than to progress. Progress towards what? I think about That Hiddeous Strength & the distorted room where they placed Mark Studdock
2022-10-15
@kalezelden We seem to have lost a sense of ourselves as being human (limited, vulnerable, embodied) & are over-focused on becoming. The problem with fluidity is that water takes the shape of the container it’s in. We seem determined in the West to reject that there are limitations to our
2022-10-14
Since we were flooded out of our home & have yet to return, I’ve learned that the only way to save the world is to destroy cultural artifacts like priceless art that inspires people. So there’s that…
2022-10-14
@kalezelden In this context, what does source code mean?
2022-10-14
@KenLowry8 @PaulAnleitner @GrailCountry But it’s a liminal space that affords being in the world but not of it so that one can experience that Verfremdungseffekt and glean insights.
2022-10-14
@KenLowry8 @PaulAnleitner @GrailCountry In the Jewish tradition covering oneself with the tallit constrains the ego & can focus the attention. It’s not a womb per se & neither is a cave or rock clift.
2022-10-14
@KenLowry8 @PaulAnleitner @GrailCountry There’s a reason why the cave at the top of the mountain is the symbolic dwelling of the mystic. The prophet Moses ascending the mountain (spiritual journey upwards) to encounter God. Moses is hidden in the clift of the rock as God passes by.
2022-10-14
@KenLowry8 @PaulAnleitner @GrailCountry Jesus says you must be born again to enter the Kingdom. The response he got was how can I re-enter my mother’s womb? There’s a liminal space that can be inhabited that functions metaphorically as a womb. It allows one to hear & feel & perceive yet maintain critical distance.
2022-10-14
@KenLowry8 @PaulAnleitner It also goes back to a point Shari made in her dialogos with @GrailCountry: to be in the womb is to be in the world but not of it. This is deeper than people are giving it credit for. What does it mean to see the culture without letting it draw you into its sweep?
2022-10-14
@KenLowry8 @PaulAnleitner The topic is like a small door that opens into an infinite room. There’s more space on the inside. When you start investigating this, it touches the subjects of theories of mind, time, causality, free will & determinism, non-locality, perception, epistemology, ontology, ethics.
2022-10-14
@KenLowry8 This might be a cool conversation to have with @PaulAnleitner as he seems to be synthesizing the rational, scientific with the spiritual, theological.
2022-10-14
@KenLowry8 one makes contact with the Divine & is given intimations & insight that would otherwise remain undisclosed. Divine disclosures. That then takes us into the world of Jean-Luc Marion and God as Otherwise than Being and the Saturated Phenomenon.
2022-10-14
@KenLowry8 agents, then through them down to their code (how they’re patterned). It is something like meta-pattern recognition & extrapolation. Your description is maybe how Maimonides would talk about it in today’s terms. There also seems to be a different, more mystical experience whereby
2022-10-14
@KenLowry8 This is so good, Ken. I’ve tried to describe it as seeing (perceiving) the moment (patterns) so clearly one pierces through it to the point of making contact with that which is beyond. I thought the original Matrix film visually represented this well when Neo begins seeing the
2022-10-14
@GrailCountry Yes, mutually assured destruction is a deterrent *IF* the actors are rational. This season of The Simulation comes across like a cat playing with the keyboard. None of it seems rational. This could easily escalate to a suicide by cop situation (where cop=nuclear conflagration).
2024-11-25
A sensible middle-ground solution to concerns about outbreaks of measles would be to reassure families that we can deploy a measles vaccine that is effective for post-exposure prophylaxis (~72 hours after). That’s great news instead of fearful news. Focus on harm reduction.
2024-11-25
Due to travel, I’ve had way more vaccines than most, so I’m not anti-vaccine! But I took the ones I needed, bc there’s 0 evidence of benefit for taking more 💉 than you need. That same fact holds true for infants, toddlers, children, adults. If parents are pressured to give…
2024-11-25
Describing to physicians & daycares & schools that you’ve chosen to follow a different vaccine schedule can get you kicked out of a practice, not allowed back to school, or having to seek exemptions. I repeat: That’s if you simply decide to follow a different schedule.
2024-11-25
In bioethics we’ve been debating this issue for quite a while. When I became a parent, I better understood some of the issues. Wife neg for Hep, but a couple of hours after birth they tried to give our newborn Hep 💉? Upon refusal they treated us as if we were abusive parents. https://t.co/2hK5Wkq5Ri
2024-11-25
@clairlemon In the US, when parents mention they want to be on the Denmark schedule, heads start exploding! Parents should be able to have that conversation without being shouted down as vaccine hesitant or anti-vaxx, which they clearly aren’t.
2024-11-25
We swimming in plastic. It’s eerywhere. What’s the plan?
To all the triathletes, marathoners, cyclists, hikers, campers, what are we doing to mitigate right now?
2024-11-24
Without a hint of irony or self-reflexivity, @mattyglesias disparages @BillAckman (re 💉) after conceding Ackman was correct about Biden when others weren’t. Then, when Ackman responds with a specific example, Yglesias apologies for his initial tone. Not for maligning him. It’s… https://t.co/Hlg1Sl76jN
2024-11-23
@elonmusk Forward deploy starlink assets as part of the new “Martian Network.” Provide a paid service option for those who want to view the first crewed voyage. It would be the most watched event in human history. The revenue from that alone would be 📈
2024-11-23
@kenanwang @PageauJonathan Hahaha! Yes! It’s insane. AGI can present existential risk. Therefore we must haphazardly speed run our way to achieving it so that we can be the ones who end sentient life. But if China gets there first, it could be truly awful! 🤷🏻♂️
2024-11-23
Combinatorial explosion go 💥 https://t.co/b5DB2mkg7l
2024-11-23
@kalezelden Man. This hit me hard. Do you mind if I write something about it?
2024-11-22
My academic colleagues & fellow researchers have migrated to skies of a different hue. So I need new people to follow & exchange ideas with. That’s why I’m here. No purity or ideological tests. Are your ideas interesting? That’s the game I’m playing.
2024-11-22
The hidden dangers of “negative externalities.” It’s worth remembering what CS Lewis asserted in The Abolition of Man. We do well to be skeptical of appeals to the good of the species or mankind. Many of the worst things that have ever happened started with this rationale. https://t.co/Q2k2gstuc7
2024-11-22
This is why I shared the clip of @PageauJonathan. When the consolation is “but remember that the US retains its rights to end the world FIRST in a nuclear conflagration” we’ve lost the plot. https://t.co/QCe16c1NYL https://t.co/PUPMT26Flv
2024-11-22
@More_Christ_ @jordanbpeterson This is an actual musing & not a cryptic point I’m trying to make: is there a more pronounced statement of individuation than from the Lord Himself on the cross? “Why have you forsaken me?” is an acknowledgement of individuation, of separation. It is so existentially raw & real &…
2024-11-22
@BertaGDeVega 🙏 bien dicho
2024-11-22
@klwong43 I’d love to hear @drmichaellevin’s take on this. If we can get beyond the mythopoesis in @bryan_johnson’s post, can we analyze this scientifically? Eg, the principle of “don’t die” can be successfully implemented by cancer. Cancer “plays” this game/runs this script as… https://t.co/tk9bxpnLNt
2024-11-22
@bryan_johnson Love the Lp(a) inclusion as more need to know their number. But where is your ApoB listed?
2024-11-22
Every sign thus far points to us running ancestor simulations 🤔😳 https://t.co/bKRfhmgyvz
2024-11-22
🚨We should be expediting all research into this. Does it work?
Can we scale it?
Promising outcomes 5 weeks after a surgical cervical shunting procedure to unclog cerebral lymphatic systems in a patient with Alzheimer’s disease https://t.co/JgWgw3Nup0
2022-10-14
@skane2600 @AlastairMcA30 In this case it’s the FDA language I’m citing, which states it is authorized for prevention of Covid19. Not authorized to lessen disease severity or hospitalizations. Those are secondary endpoints, which are great. But it’s not worth equivocating on something easily verified.
2022-10-13
@kalezelden Might doesn’t make right,
but sacrificing parts of the self to conform with the ideal might make one more worthy.
2022-10-13
@kalezelden a Knight. If I had a do over, I’d probably tuck in MacDonald’s Phantasties as a companion piece to Gawain. I think it also gets at the ideal, the aiming up, the striving to become better than that which we are today. To attempt, essai at being worthy.
2022-10-13
@kalezelden or win an actual kinetic war in two separate theaters as was the case during WW2. They definitely can’t confer transformative, elevating power that brings about greater humility, virtue, valor, integrity, honor. A good King can make a man kneel & raise him again to his feet as
2022-10-13
@kalezelden I think it also has important upward, spiritual pointers that are helpful. One of them being that a King has a domain & elects (if you will) his citizens vs what we’re used to today. We get together & elect the lesser evil. Our leaders today could not pull off a Manhattan project
2022-10-13
Folks, we gotta talk about this phenomenon… https://t.co/HLNuSzRKS1
2022-10-13
@AlastairMcA30 I’m a huge advocate for developing & deploying safe, effective vaccines. I think we do damage to our messaging when we equivocate. The authorization was & remains for prevention. We should be open & clear about that or risk further erosion of trust. https://t.co/UXFN3ImzzL
2022-10-13
RT @DonJRobertson: 🔥 Amazon US has How to Think Like a Roman Emperor on Kindle for $2.99 – for a limited time only! https://t.co/RMPRtzIwGB
2022-10-13
But @fitterhappierAJ the masses have been led to believe this has attenuated to that of a mere head cold! The emerging variants of concern are so immune evasive & they’re going to be hitting populations with various levels of immune dysfunction. https://t.co/gpqYPT1wbE
2022-10-13
@crwequine @dbdugger @libbyboone What about type of vaccine as a confounder? Response time may vary based on that, as it may impact viral load at time of treatment initiation. I’m also wondering if it actually clears the virus & prevents persistence & reservoirs.
2022-10-13
@danaparish continuing to speak truth to power. What if I said I have a 💉that protects you from the most severe outcomes of Alzheimer’s. However, it might give you dementia that self-resolves?The FDA would say eliminate the side-effects. I’m calling for better 💉& accountability https://t.co/QvQtkA3Mge
2022-10-13
This is a reminder that not that long ago, an ongoing airborne viral pandemic for which we don’t have durable immunity, either via 💉or infection, was blamed on the unvaccinated. People lost jobs, livelihoods, opportunities. Couldn’t participate in certain aspects of society.
2022-10-13
It’s just a little heart damage? The answer to gen 1 mRNA vaccines with obvious negative side-effects isn’t to explain the deleterious aspects away. It’s design safer more efficacious vaccines that produce mucosal immunity and sterilizing immunity.
2022-10-12
@EricTopol @ddiamond What’s missing from the analysis is long-held standard that the intervention must meet a much higher safety standard relative to a placebo for a healthy population. Getting the 💉doesn’t preclude cardiac injury occurring from infection, which it fails to prevent.
2022-10-12
To all the doubters who reject the overlap between SAR2 & HIV, look at China. Pay attention to each move they make. They’re playing a dynastic game not YOLO.
China approves first domestic anti-COVID pill, Azvudine, as it battles new Omicron outbreaks https://t.co/SYieK7jL68
2022-10-12
@klwong43 @jadelgador they were Others.
2022-10-12
@klwong43 @jadelgador We’re social creatures & tend to relate socially even with media & tech. But it isn’t simply due to anthropomorphizing the media & tech. I would argue there’s something about our ontological framing that allows/causes us to relate to many possible agents/tech/systems *as if*
2022-10-12
@klwong43 @jadelgador Ha! With the company you keep—future Nobel winners & meaning crisis explicators—I’m the least of your worries :) I’d sum it up by saying Nass & Reeves found we relate to media & tech the way we do other people & the natural world—depending upon the cues we receive.
2022-10-12
@David_Gunkel @Inframethod @MCoeckelbergh @LucasCardiell @AthenaAI2 @aidarobot @GaryMarcus direction, computational equivalency & computational irreducibility may hold the same esteem as consciousness does now. I’m not saying I agree or disagree with this approach but merely pointing to it.
2022-10-12
@David_Gunkel @Inframethod @MCoeckelbergh @LucasCardiell @AthenaAI2 @aidarobot @GaryMarcus human becomes increasingly blurred to the point that the distinction may not suggest much difference, consciousness may also become less important in terms of relating. As more developments occur and more systems are engineered with the ability to auto-update without human
2022-10-12
@David_Gunkel @Inframethod @MCoeckelbergh @LucasCardiell @AthenaAI2 @aidarobot @GaryMarcus The rock may not be self-reflexive or have interior experiences that some would say are necessary for consciousness, but it possesses some degree of computational complexity. As we move deeper into an information-computation age, where the taxonomy of machine, natural object,
2022-10-12
@David_Gunkel @Inframethod @MCoeckelbergh @LucasCardiell @AthenaAI2 @aidarobot @GaryMarcus Part of the problem is confounding of terms/concepts & their meanings. “The weather has a mind of its own” isn’t a statement about consciousness but an admission of computational equivalency. One’s values & orientation towards computation & complexity matters.
2022-10-12
@jadelgador No one else ever mentions media equation theory! Thank you for restoring my sense of hope. We’re relational beings. We relate. That says something important about the beings we are, irrespective of what/who we’re relating to.
2022-10-12
Nothing to see here! The pandemic is over. “Long covid plagues 1 in 20 people more than six months after infection” https://t.co/xkIZzhdmNC
2022-10-12
When this chapter of history is written, the political-economic reality will sadly be that a few people decided to trade trillions for billions. None of it has ever made sense. https://t.co/c0a5Ju7OLk
2022-10-12
Another great study! https://t.co/LjNnq3txMA
2022-10-12
@johnholland @kirkmurphy @jonlevyBU @AshishKJha46 @WHCOS John, this is a great point I’ve also been trying to highlight. If we can make the improvements passive, extra effort at the individual level isn’t required to realize the benefits.
2022-10-12
Thank you @jonlevyBU! We’re still stuck in frameworks for droplets & fomites—not that those aren’t important too. https://t.co/rZDKJKUaPR
2022-10-12
RT @tillyroseauthor: 1/6 House style call out to solve a medical detective case - I have been in hospital 7️⃣0️⃣ days with no diagnosis - i…
2022-10-12
@tillyroseauthor @danaparish @StevePhillipsMD Without knowing results & what’s been ruled out, this constellation of symptoms could be caused by various things. Hopefully you & your network could also share this.
2022-10-12
@tillyroseauthor It might be helpful to allow a support person/family/caregiver to post things they’ve ruled out during your hospitalization. That way there isn’t a duplication of efforts in directions that don’t help you. Any recent travel history or move somewhere new? Any Botox? Tick exposure?
2022-10-11
And let me be crystal clear: they will not believe the patient report until there’s a “biomarker” or markers. Biomedicine won’t admit the phenomenon exists until they’ve created the technology that ontologizes or makes it become real! Patient reports be damned. https://t.co/5KR22fjfmS
2022-10-11
👀🤩♥️ https://t.co/G2VzC0tDim
2022-10-11
@GrimGriz by virtue of not allowing the virus to freely circulate, kill &/or disable its population.
2022-10-11
@GrimGriz humanitarian reasons that China’s been so draconian. Even if the US & allied nations cared little for their citizens’ health & safety, they should see that China is gaining a long-term strategic advantage
2022-10-11
@GrimGriz virus. Notice I’m not advocating for lockdowns. I’m saying that given the WIV’s extensive experimentation, at least in part supported by way of US grants, on bat-covs their actions should tell us something about the seriousness of this problem. It is most definitely not for
2022-10-11
@GrimGriz enter the human population. And I can’t understand why (if that’s even possibly true) we don’t try to mitigate its continued spread & evolution. I don’t think it’s unreasonable to look at how China is handling this & ask if it’s at all related to the knowledge they have of the
2022-10-11
@GrimGriz ability to live is related to mitochondrial functioning. Then ask what mitochondria are! I don’t say that to explain away the strangeness of this current virus. I’m a proponent of a lab leak scenario, whether accidental or purposeful, that allowed a product of GoF research to
2022-10-11
@GrimGriz that contains RNA coding for amino acids that appear to be similar to or identical to a snake venom? Is there a natural explanation for this? As humans, we’re a pretty bizarre species with plenty of bacteria & some viruses that make up part of our DNA. Look at how much of our
2022-10-11
@GrimGriz many novel & interesting properties & mechanisms of action. Labs are definitely trying to exploit potential applications. When it comes to SARS2, all I can say is that there are too many important unanswered questions. What accounts for the portion of the RBD of the S protein
2022-10-11
@GrimGriz is that they can be developed to target specific proteins. With respect to venom, various sources of it have been studied for quite some time. From targeting tumors to the creation of drugs that treat diabetes (check out GLP1s & Gila monster lizards for example), venom exhibits
2022-10-11
@GrimGriz It is true that certain anti-venoms are specific types of monoclonal antibodies. But all monoclonal antibodies aren’t anti-venoms or even related to that treatment scenario. One of their advantages
2022-10-11
@klwong43 Actively pursue dissenting opinions. Trust not pharmaceutical companies free from liabilities!
2022-10-11
@klwong43 We can’t have a functioning economy or national defense if we let a currently evolving airborne pathogen continue maiming without any mitigations. Depoliticize it all STAT & apologize for ever allowing it to happen! Don’t lie about evidence or effective public health measures.
2022-10-11
@klwong43 Today, right now, we need to increase post-infection surveillance bc the cardiac & cerebrovascular deaths are out of control. That’s why I say it’s not sustainable. The fitness of this virus to impact our vascular system & impact almost every organ system is downplayed.
2022-10-11
@klwong43 That isn’t solely attributable to proper masking but some % is. NO mandates! But during periods of high transmission, proper masking for those who can would likely help. There may also be some repurposed drugs that should be made easily accessible.
2022-10-11
@klwong43 that inhibit or block or diminish SARS2’s capacity to enter via the mucosa & cause infection. We’re behind Israel, India, & China is this area. The disparate outcomes between amount of deaths per capita here vs Japan is staggering even though they have an older pop.
2022-10-11
@klwong43 We desperately need to do things that don’t require additional effort at the individual level. Dramatically improve air filtration & increase ventilation. Use the incredible uv tech that can eliminate airborne pathogens. Actual safe sterilizing vaccines. Until that time things
2022-10-11
@MartianPontiac @danaparish @WesElyMD But we can know the VE. And, again, I say if they were evaluated today they may not even reach the low benchmark of the EUA. This is almost assuredly the case for the youngest. And they wouldn’t be authorized for prevention, which was the case in 2020 until today.
2022-10-11
@MeetJess @danaparish @dbdugger @crwequine @fitterhappierAJ We need to have a treatment algorithm that can be shared with physicians. Even cardiologists aren’t aware of the increased risk of MI following “mild” infection. Obvi better not to get it. But in our case, my wife contracted it in labor & delivery. Now we’re on our own!
2022-10-11
@MeetJess Apparently a loosely associated network of us are going to have to start the Covid Buyers Club bc we’re on our own out here. Doesn’t matter if we agree on every detail. We agree on the disaster that is our pandemic response. @danaparish @dbdugger @crwequine @fitterhappierAJ
2022-10-11
RT @OHRareDisease: “Fewer than 5% of rare diseases currently have treatments, with many rare diseases disproportionately impacting children…
2022-10-11
@timurkuran @JoshGellers @ScottClif @JonHaidt Dr. Kuran, thank you for providing the world with much-needed insights! If only we’d paid attention, perhaps we could have avoided some of the current crises. If not, we’d at least be better positioned than we are now.
2022-10-10
@JoshGellers I haven’t seen that specific study, but I definitely recommend two researchers everyone should know: @timurkuran’s work on preference falsification is 💥; & @ScottClif’s work on rhetoric doing the work of politics. Along with @JonHaidt, these explain much that is missing.
2022-10-10
Why do I spend an inordinate amount of time & energy trying to put out messages about Covid19 that almost no one wants to hear? Bc I’ve spent my career studying biomedicine. We continue to downplay the long-term consequences of repeated infections. It’s not sustainable!
2022-10-10
@danaparish @WesElyMD I’m as vaccinated as I can be & have advocated for their use in those for whom it is recommended. But I’m also not going to misinform the public in order to “boost” a booster that won’t prevent us from contracting SARS2; & therefore can’t prevent PACS!
2022-10-10
@danaparish @WesElyMD Ask them why they keep comparing risk of 💉vs risk from infection, when we know that 💉 doesn’t prevent infections; and we know the standard has always been higher for any intervention in a healthy population. This equivocation makes people lose trust in messaging & messengers.
2022-10-10
When did so many unlearn so much about science. This intervention & attendant risks aren’t vs the disease. It’s vs placebo. They’re authorized for prevention, which they now fail to do. So it’s risk of 💉+ risk of infection. We should be honest in our messaging about this. https://t.co/liTWOGR67M
2022-10-10
@KenLowry8 @MeetJess I don’t think that’s ignoble at all! The only thing in this context that I’m certain about is the uncertainty. And when faced with normative uncertainty, we should—I should—all practice radical epistemic humility. There remains many unknown unknowns.
2022-10-10
A question for #MedTwitter: anyone know a reputable Covid19 maternal-fetal expert? The question was asked as to whether nursing moms should share their newborns’ milk with toddler siblings allergic to vaccine ingredients. Is this helpful? Potentially harmful? Neither? 🤔
2022-10-10
@KenLowry8 @MeetJess I can understand that rationale!
2022-10-09
@MurphyIARS That’s hilarious! Can this be true?
2022-10-09
@KenLowry8 There’s the excess non-covid deaths data (any many other coded deaths) released via the CDC as MMWR. I’m not sure I know of a more “reliable” data set. I use quotes bc there’s always some fog of war issues with proper classifications. But @MeetJess has also done some aggregating.
2022-10-09
@KenLowry8 Wondering what you and the experts you work with think/hypothesize about the sudden cardiac arrest (not responding to immediate CPR) happening in what is presumed to be otherwise healthy <55 population? So many reports of adults dying in their sleep as well.
2022-10-09
@danaparish @CDCgov @POTUS @WHCOS @NIH @NIAIDNews @US_FDA @HHSGov @WHO I’m just wondering aloud as to whether this is a cardio-electrical phenomenon or an ANS issue or both?
2022-10-09
@danaparish @CDCgov @POTUS @WHCOS @NIH @NIAIDNews @US_FDA @HHSGov @WHO Dana, have you & your colleagues/friends ever heard of this many cardiac deaths that take place even though CPR was administered right away? And so many occurring while the person was asleep.
2022-10-09
@JoshGellers HA! That’s the best answer!
2022-10-09
Why is it that Hallmark sets so many of its fall movies in small towns where there’s a guy who drives an old pickup truck?
2022-10-08
Behold, we know not anything;
I can but trust that good shall fall
At last—far off—at last to all
And every winter change to spring
So runs my dream: but what am I?
An infant crying in the night:
An infant crying for the light:
And with no language but a cry. https://t.co/cuJ14dXlxy
2022-10-08
Or that the past will always win
A glory from its being far;
And orb into the perfect star
We saw not, when we moved therein?
People don’t read enough Tennyson…
2022-10-07
Brilliant! This should be front page news for anyone treating, researching or being treated for #cancer. I suspect the NAD+ connection to Covid19 will also be important. https://t.co/s7xHIyDx19
2022-10-07
Proof that humans can resign themselves to almost any situation: the most immune evasive viral variants we’ve potentially ever seen are heading for us & our defenses are down. Covid19 associated blood clots & MIs months later are taking out healthy, young people. 🦗🦗
2022-10-07
@danaparish @DMHerinya I’m wondering why apixaban isn’t being used more often, especially given the PACS issues. Most doctors are like 🤷🏻♂️
2022-10-07
@danaparish @DMHerinya For monitoring, may also want to look at any movement in fibrinogen, troponin, myeloperoxidase, homocysteine etc. Fibrinogen has been a major problem in ME/CFS.
2022-10-07
This is a genuinely interesting take https://t.co/ZbMC7XWV9R
2022-10-07
The world needs new leadership that is focused on non-rivalrous games. We have a minimum age requirement for office. It’s time to put a maximum in place. Otherwise there won’t be anything left. Rerunning the Cold War isn’t something we should do. We narrowly escaped catastrophe.
2022-10-07
@colbertlateshow If this were the HIV/AIDS epidemic, would they film a safe sex/harm reduction video that leaves out the importance of NPIs like a condom?
2022-10-07
@colbertlateshow If a picture’s worth 1000 words, this is book demonstrating our failed pandemic response efforts. The “top” Public Health expert going into a pharmacy maskless in order to receive a vaccine for an airborne virus. Step up & get the virus while getting 💉to make it less severe?
2022-10-06
What in God’s name happened to Public Health? If they had informed ethics, they’d just step down at this point. Maskless, they go to a pharmacy to get the bivalent booster that didn’t even prevent the test mice from contracting SARS2 & will be evaded by the new variants. https://t.co/azBlC7UiIJ
2022-10-06
@KenLowry8 @SalmonKromeDome @vervaeke_john They feel their sacrifices in life have been rejected. This phenomenon says something about the universe we find ourselves in. Getting them to a space(time) where they feel their sacrifice is acceptable is an epic challenge.
2022-10-06
@KenLowry8 @SalmonKromeDome @vervaeke_john experience bad luck at a disproportionate level. It’s like everything they touch crumbles to the point they feel as though they’re cursed or somehow woke up in the wrong timeline. Maybe it’s a bit like Cain, if Cain were doing everything as correctly as he knew how. Job as well.
2022-10-06
@KenLowry8 @SalmonKromeDome @vervaeke_john I like John’s conceptualization of reciprocal narrowing/opening. And there are various practices to facilitate entrance into a flow state for a given X. I spoke at length with Dr. Braude about life & luck. There is sufficient evidence in the lit to suggest some people
2022-10-06
@GertrudRey Wouldn’t it be somewhat easy to obtain the outcomes of those diagnosed with Addison’s & contracted Covid19? That constitutes a larger sample. We knew early on low cortisol spelled trouble. It has many important functions beyond inflammation regulation. https://t.co/1e5BSUvOi8
2022-10-06
@SalmonKromeDome perpetuates itself. I’m pondering whether, instead, there’s a way to get oneself into a hitting streak & that become the new status quo. @KenLowry8 What say you? Can one become a .400 hitter in the game of life?
2022-10-06
@SalmonKromeDome Like a baseball player in a hitting slump. You’re doing the same things you’ve always done & yet find yourself unable to hit—when hitting is what got you to the MLB. Now the slump or not-hitting is all you can think about. Not-hitting becomes the attentional anchor & the problem
2022-10-06
@SalmonKromeDome I suppose I’m trying to puzzle through something like a framing problem, negativity bias, & feedback loops. It seems like it’s possible for our attention & awareness to be shaped in such a way that it creates a feedback loop that keeps giving us more of the same?
2022-10-06
@SalmonKromeDome Frankl was the first person to make me feel understood in my suffering & helped me better understand the suffering of others. I appreciate his perspective on these kinds of issues.
2022-10-06
I have so many questions… https://t.co/p2tPNg2FLW
2022-10-06
What does this suggest about the universe we live in? If something’s gone wrong (what some call bad luck) & one asks what else could go wrong, the answer comes quickly. It’s like a negative domino effect. How does that process work & can it be used for good?
2022-10-06
@klwong43 Joining many others in praying for safe surgery with a quick, complete & uncomplicated recovery!
2022-10-06
@lgreco_ny Laura, thank you for sharing so much with everyone! My father is waging war against metastatic nsclc, & you’ve been a huge inspiration. We’re all pulling for you and praying for you & your family!
2022-10-05
It is finally a seasonal virus! All seasons. All of the time. We’re foolish to proceed down this path, surfing a cresting Covid19 wave with no troughs. @TRyanGregory sharing great information. https://t.co/rKScQPHpCV
2022-10-05
@Drlipid @society_eas @nationallipid I wonder if these outcomes would obtain if there were various dosing options for the PSCK9i? The MED for each patient may vary, so it could be trialed at an escalating dose. Find the best results with least side-effects.
2022-10-05
In 2020 it was wrong to question if SARS2 was a byproduct of GoF research. The mRNA 💉we now have are largely and outcome of that research. Almost 3 years into this nightmare is it ok to ask whether they contribute to immune evasive variants via downward evolutionary pressure?
2022-10-04
@danaparish The problems of proving the absence of something in court & temporal associations. We know we were completely quarantined for a couple of weeks so that we could see at-risk family. The only contact with any other people were the providers themselves. How would one prove that?
2022-10-03
@OmoikaneSolitar @dbdugger @HCAhealthcare When I said should incentivize, I mean moving forward they should offer bonuses and not remove that incentive—otherwise known as disincentivize.
2022-10-03
@OmoikaneSolitar @dbdugger @HCAhealthcare N95 or higher is what I mentioned. You disagree based on what data? How do we explain the amount of ID & ER docs preventing themselves from contracting it (among other things) during clinical encounters?
2022-10-02
@OmoikaneSolitar @dbdugger @HCAhealthcare and hospitals should incentivize their employees (pay them a bonus) to mask rather than disincentivize them. Otherwise a political economic critique pointing out conflicts of interest might be warranted.
2022-10-02
@OmoikaneSolitar @dbdugger @HCAhealthcare the room to provide direct care to at-risk populations. It makes less sense, or said another way: it is utter nonsense to do this during the spread of even more immune evasive, airborne, viral variants. We haven’t stopped sanitizing our hands. Providers shouldn’t stop masking now
2022-10-02
@OmoikaneSolitar @dbdugger @HCAhealthcare Who said anything about lack of cloth masking? We haven’t done away with hand hygiene before entering a hospital room. To see higher risk populations, the requirements before Covid19 were always higher. It makes little sense to remove a proper fitted N95 or higher before entering
2022-09-30
I’m wondering if @danaparish has any insight into why hospitals would be choosing now as the moment to remove masking requirements for those providing direct care to patients? https://t.co/vxgkozEv6q
2022-09-30
Beginning today, I will no longer recommend that any patient, especially the most vulnerable, pregnant women & newborns, seek care at @HCAhealthcare hospitals that have removed masking requirements for direct patient care.
2022-09-30
One must have appropriate respect for the opponent or enemy at hand. #Putin has been attending (to) our universities & politics. He’s co-opting that rhetoric & aiming it back at the US. Other nations will respond favorably to this siren-song of Nietzschean ressentiment. https://t.co/K9m8C04axx
2022-09-30
Like, love, or hate him, @dbdugger has taken #CovidsWager seriously & has come down on the side of #Covid19 being more like #HIV than a cold. We can call it mild or asymptomatic as long as we don’t look for the symptoms. #microclots #endothelialdysfunction #Tcell derangement. https://t.co/aR76EUc1zx
2022-09-30
#CovidsWager: If I’m right that Covid19 is like #HIV, then the world is in major trouble. If you’re right that it’s a cold, then I’m wrong & sound like an alarmist. I’d rather wager on our ignorance of Covid19 & its untold long term impacts than wager it’s attenuated to a cold.
2022-09-27
House flooded already & the bad weather hasn’t even begun! Baby coming at any time. Toddler’s kitten died at the vet’s. Hotel room leaking. I’d think this was terrible fiction if it weren’t my own life! It’s only the afternoon…
2022-09-27
@Drlipid Dr. Dayspring, would you ever consider combining PCSK9I + ezetimibe for those who are FH+ & sterol hyper-absorbers/synthesizers?
2022-09-26
Waiting in line for fuel as people fill vehicles & many additional fuel containers bc of #HurricaneIan. This is one part of hurricane prep & mitigation. People will need fuel to run generators. This is accepted as OK.
Why isn't masking with N95s OK mitigation for #Covid19?
2022-09-26
@pirinenlab Dr. Pirinen I really enjoyed reading your 2020 article on the curative role of niacin in NAD+ deficiency. On the https://t.co/atsVa5nedo intervention section it mentions slow-release niacin. Is there a clinically relevant difference between slow & extended release?
2022-09-25
@michael_hoerger We’ll be using Envos & Auras. Did you put on a new N95 before trying to “sleep” just in case you actually got some rest?
2022-09-25
@michael_hoerger Imagine us finding out many performance decrements & OR mistakes are linked to this! Paging MQC/QA.
2022-09-25
@michael_hoerger Finally, what were you able to sleep in mask-wise? Or did you use a PAPR?
2022-09-25
@michael_hoerger This is awesome. I saw the modded PAPRBuggy when you posted it. All great suggestions. Quick follow up: what’s the message to the hospital if/when CO2 monitor breaks bc the quality is so bad? Why did they want the HEPAs unplugged? I need to be prepared for that!
2022-09-25
@PlzSolveCFS @OpenMedF @BatemanHorne But we keep saying ME/CFS has much to offer patients struggling with post-Covid19 sequelae. We’ve got decades of studies & trials. But we still don’t have an FDA approved drug specifically targeting the underlying problems. With so many suffering so greatly, the need is urgent!
2022-09-25
@PlzSolveCFS @OpenMedF @BatemanHorne This is great to have at the ready. Thanks for sharing.
One unpopular thought: It’s a bit soul-crushing that IV fluids & O2 is about as far as we’ve come on the active intervention side of the equation. They’re brilliant suggestions & do often work.
2022-09-25
Wow https://t.co/UFQh5k7MAq
2022-09-25
@amlyhamm @crwequine Our ♥️ goes out to you! Hoping he makes a swift & full recovery with no post-infection issues! We just went through this fiasco in labor & delivery. This is the 1st time I can remember a modern society turning its back on its most vulnerable when it had the ability to do more. 🙏
2022-09-25
@LaverCup @RafaelNadal @rogerfederer What an amazing example you’ve both been! The game, the world, our lives as fans are better because of you! Thanks!
2022-09-25
RT @HerbertoDhanis: We just got another great paper by the team of @Dr_B_Hohberger. The correlations they have been showing between retinal…
2022-09-25
@crwequine @Birk_Lab @ydeigin Sorry, here’s the link: https://t.co/mf6oaeWuCT
2022-09-25
@crwequine @Birk_Lab @ydeigin they no longer possess neutralizing capacity. And it may very well be harder to generate them now. But for me this means improving upon our approaches: nasal, oral, universal sarbecoronaviruses 💉
2022-09-25
@crwequine @Birk_Lab @ydeigin As we’ve continued to boost both NAbs & non-NAbs, which Fantini et al. cautioned about during Delta. The emerging variants are incredibly immune evasive that I do worry as a both a researcher and someone who’s had 3 FULL doses of Moderna + Evusheld that though I may have Abs,
2022-09-25
@crwequine @Birk_Lab @ydeigin I’ve found your thoughts on other things to be very helpful, so any authors/studies you’d recommend? My concern is chiefly related to the success of the mRNA Wuhan-hu 1 💉bc it may have been such a robust response that original antigenic sin might be difficult to overcome.
2022-09-25
@crwequine @Birk_Lab Bc of my experience with Dengue & the PH nightmare that ensued over Dengvaxia, I’m someone who’s legitimately interested in understanding the MOA that would preclude ADE of infection. @ydeigin & I debated about this, & I liked his concept of 💉➡️ subset of superset of Abs.
2022-09-25
As a researcher, it’s neither anti-vaxx nor is it anti-science to demand that we iterate & improve upon 1st gen vaccines, which were granted EUA for PREVENTION of Covid19. We can today make them better by making them much safer. The mantra safe & effective is a relative term.
2022-09-25
Fearmongers citing scary-sounding data from VAERS? Whaaaa? https://t.co/KIL5bSOAg0 https://t.co/iBcdwhvIEZ
2022-09-25
Did a Famous Doctor’s COVID Shot Make His Cancer Worse?
I opined that lymphomas were the more likely cancers to watch for. It’s clearly insane to say another booster may be his best option when MAbs &/or antivirals may be better. This isn’t uncommon. https://t.co/02fldGRcCu
2022-09-24
RT @Drlipid: So tragic - But if diagnosed with a simple blood LDL-C or apoB test, especially early in life, this horrific silent premature…
2022-09-24
CEO of #Pfizer #Gaslighting. Notice the distancing language: "I have tested positive for COVID." Not, mind you, I contracted Covid19 for the 2nd time in about a month. As long as we don't check for immune & endothelial dysfunction, we can continue to say, "symptom free." https://t.co/FJOl8NtMkq
2022-09-24
@POTUS causally stating the #pandemic is over is as bad as Trump saying that #Covid19 would go away bc we'd develop "herd mentality." They're both examples of hubris on the parts of politicians that don't understand the science. Check back with me to see who was correct.
2022-09-24
@francesco1221 @kalezelden Our metabolic, endocrinological, and musculoskeletal systems are terrible as compared to our ancestors. However, we’d at least be testing them in the humans we are now rather than the mice we aren’t yet. Even though I grant you there are rats amongst us!
2022-09-24
@kalezelden Sadly, many then as today, were racked with despair that the machine had already won. Science & tech were on the march. They were supposed to disabuse us of our superstitions & religious beliefs. Pair this with Dover Beach & it’s about on par with the current level of dejection.
2022-09-24
@kalezelden But how can we recommend something without (checks notes) any relevant human data? What data we do have suggests to me that it was a mistake to do a bivalent, especially given that it “boosts” non-neutralizing antibodies & reinforces imprinting of Wuhan-hu-1 strain.
2022-09-24
Watching the recent #Kurzweil interview with @lexfridman. Troubling to see an enfeebled Kurzweil given that he’s aggressively engaged in “enhancing” his biology. He’s only 74 but plans to live long enough to live forever. Ask not for whom the #singularity tolls…
2022-09-24
@danaparish Are you following this team's work? Critics that point to differences in💉tech may be failing to consider the robust degree of mRNA imprinting. We're largely running on anti-Spike Abs that no longer neutralize. Who in this space is covering risk of ADE of infection https://t.co/D1ocRAVNdq
2022-09-24
@yunlong_cao Fantini et al. were warning about the issues with imprinting. For some reason people believe, & it is a mistaken belief, that SARS2 will simply attenuate itself as if this were an iron-clad law of nature. We better get our acts together! https://t.co/mf6oaeWuCT
2022-09-24
SARS-1 level evasiveness. Let me repeat that we may become victims of the success of gen 1 mRNA imprinting (original antigenic sin) & the insanity of continued boosting of non-neutralizing antibodies. Thin line between this strategy and ADE(I). Let's hope we threaded the needle. https://t.co/D1ocRAVNdq
2022-09-24
RT @LaverCup: If there's one thing you watch today, make it this.
#LaverCup | @rogerfederer https://t.co/Ks9JqEeR6B
2022-09-24
@KenLowry8 @klwong43 We desperately need more @klwong43’s in the world today!
2022-09-23
@rogerfederer We love & appreciate you & all that you’ve given to the game! There’s never been anyone to play more beautifully! Transcendence on the court. And it wouldn’t have been possible without Mirka’s support throughout the years. So also a big thanks to your family!
2022-09-23
My parents called to tell me a friend from home died quite suddenly—as in he presented to the ER & passed shortly thereafter. I’m begging you: we must discuss excess deaths in this cohort. Even corporatists can’t deny the amount of group life insurance payouts. What’s happening?
2022-09-23
@soonergise @Drlipid apixaban or it may be contraindicated for them; so we better start figuring out suitable adjuncts STAT. I’ve never seen so many formerly healthy & fit people need apheresis!
2022-09-23
@soonergise @Drlipid Like most things, it probably is something that could be acquired. I’m not necessarily the biggest fan of natto, but I don’t mind taking the supplement version! We urgently need safe therapies to reduce coagulopathy & microclots resulting from Covid19. Many people can’t access
2022-09-23
@drozcanyucel @Drlipid You gentlemen will have to share with me your secrets or some of your robust antibodies! My wife just contracted it in labor & delivery, so the entire family is dealing with it. Despite our vaccinations and n95s, it found us!
2022-09-23
Controversial take: Watched Monsters, Inc. It’s quite deep & maybe a bit prophetic. A whole system operating on terrible incentives, misaligned goals, inverted optimization parameters. They could’ve been optimizing for laughter & joy instead of fear, terror, & rivalry.
2022-09-23
@Drlipid Wow! That’s an amazing feat this far into the pandemic! I hope you remain free & clear in perpetuity so you can enjoy a long health span & continue helping us understand lipids!
2022-09-23
@RyanHaecker Where’s a good place to start? A good reading list to get up to speed. I’ve been reading Jean-Luc Marion & enjoy what I’ve learned thus far. But I admit to having problems with Heidegger. Despite the emphasis on Being, he didn’t seem concerned with the Other Beings nearest him.
2022-09-22
This is why the word epic shouldn’t be overused. At some point we need it to mean properly epic, as in: This photo is epic! https://t.co/OjXQDxnnuh
2022-09-22
@kalezelden I have some thoughts…but I’d love to hear your feedback.
2022-09-22
@danaparish @organichemusic @microbeminded2 Let me clarify that I meant pregnant &/or nursing mothers who contracted SARS2.
2022-09-22
@danaparish @organichemusic @microbeminded2 @organichemusic Do you know about safety of nkinase use during breastfeeding? Is it contraindicated? Many pregnant & nursing women experiencing extreme fatigue leading to exercise intoloerance & PEM. Bed rest is required but that increases opportunities for clotting. 🤷🏻♂️
2022-09-22
Paging @Drlipid. Thoughts on this as an adjunct during Covid19? “Effective management of atherosclerosis progress and hyperlipidemia with nattokinase: A clinical study with 1,062 participants” https://t.co/qEtAeWvbWV
2022-09-22
@danaparish Imagine understanding the deviating similarities between this & HIV & our messaging being tantamount to saying “wear a condom until the moment you need it the most, & then take it off. Don’t wear it for the, ahem, duration. Then put it back on.”
2022-09-22
From Russian Bots to Russian Bats…We Just Don’t Learn
New Coronavirus Found in Bats That Is Resistant to Vaccines | Time https://t.co/atTn7M7TYR
2022-09-22
Grim, dark, comedy gold https://t.co/DJoxzmhc5i
2022-09-22
What would the Alt text for Magritte’s The Treachery of Images/Ceci n’est pas une pipe need to be? That could be a dissertation… https://t.co/YHOQwPP3qu
2022-09-22
@symbolicallymem @PageauJonathan The Treachery of Images… https://t.co/wTXbxpw7iQ
2022-09-22
@organichemusic is out here doing the Lord’s work! Keep it up! https://t.co/VqvisYpPGs
2022-09-22
RT @organichemusic: NEW STUDY on NATTOKINASE!🧵
With further evidence of microclots in #LongCovid emerging, this NK study is timely.
Typic…
2022-09-22
@danaparish @organichemusic Dana, if you haven’t spoken with Dr. Resia Pretorius yet, that may prove exceptionally informative given her work: https://t.co/eRb3n5qAWF
2022-09-22
@JesseBlayney @PaulAnleitner Aye! Very well said, indeed.
2022-09-22
@JesseBlayney @PaulAnleitner I don’t find his book to be one that turns away from difficulties but rather engages with them. In my reading, the concluding image of the entirety of the Bible is redemption & reconciliation—one where even the lion & lamb co-exist in a state of peace. Quite a narrative arc!
2022-09-22
@PaulVanderKlay Praying for a full recovery! Take some time to rest. And be aggressive with early interventions.
2022-09-22
As the Elizabethan age is ushered out, the drumbeat of nuclear war begins to crescendo. What’s wild is the US is being instigated to turn against itself in the same way Putin claims is occurring in Russia.
Vladimir Putin Mobilizes Forces https://t.co/Lm8ORGvfPS
2022-09-22
@LBatemanMD @JanetDafoe From the recent presentations, did anything new emerge on fibrinogen/fibrinaloid/microclotting? Any idea who would be considered the leading ME/CFS researcher in this area? So much potential import for post-Covid19 sequelae.
2022-09-22
I don’t know what else to tell you guys. Our Public Health guidance has been wrong at every possible turn. Get ready for terms like microclots & amyloidogenesis to move from rarer disease space to everyday life. Plasmapheresis at scale? Global disabling event & no one’s listening https://t.co/l1OkravByM
2022-09-21
@PaulAnleitner the questions arise or issues get too existentially close to the bone. And, yet, you’ve not made the book about you. It’s a nice balance!
2022-09-21
@PaulAnleitner I think it’s very helpful in establishing a relationship between the author & reader. You’ve located yourself in the journey rather than being above or beyond it or nonexistent. There’s an implicit ethic of care in that: I’m going on this journey with you & won’t leave when
2022-09-21
Imagine thinking this is appropriate “respiratory hygiene” during an outbreak of an airborne, highly transmissible virus that depletes the immune system & damages organs. Don’t make the air safer via enhanced purification & ventilation! Just be sure to wash your hands though? https://t.co/OXlfZa76Y9
2022-09-21
@crwequine I can’t…even…why? They’re not even recommending testing during an outbreak? But make sure to keep washing those hands?
2022-09-21
Many youth grow up with that albatross & adults remain plagued by it. I’ve no doubt that this teaching may originate from a good place, but it ends up coming across like the old Bob Newhart skit: https://t.co/uoH1enSBvN
2022-09-21
@PaulAnleitner I can already tell this book is going to cause dyspepsia for some readers! I can’t count the number of times I’ve heard Job’s fear described as the causal determinant in such unthinkable tragedy & loss. This creates the meta-fear you note: fear of having any fear.
2022-09-21
Insurers better get onboard after the staggering increase in cancers: GRAIL Announces Final Results From the PATHFINDER Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Study at ESMO Congress 2022 https://t.co/9snn3wEWPd
2022-09-21
@mcleish_t Dear Tom, I never met you or shared meaningful dialogues with you. Still, I’m impacted by you sharing this news. My prayers are with you!
2022-09-21
@BMcGrewvy I’m sure you’ve covered this topic in detail somewhere, yes? Or at least one or more members of your family?
2022-09-21
@BMcGrewvy He’s Christian but trying to understand the phenomenon as one he’s observed as having a kind of dispositional pendulum quality about it. Someone goes from no doubt about their faith to never doubting that it was all a mirage.
2022-09-21
@PaulAnleitner Brilliant! Thanks!!
2022-09-21
RT @healthspanmed: We're putting together a research team of analysts. The 'wellness' space is full of so much noise. When a patient comes…
2022-09-21
People wonder why I'm still droning on about #Covid19. What I would suggest is that you spend some time listening to those struggling with post-Covid19 sequalae. They resemble other patient groups and rare-disease groups I've worked with. Existential carnage. Devastating! 😭
2022-09-21
resources like lectures/podcasts/essays that you think could help a younger person/undergrad understand this phenomenon & the cultural context surrounding it/engendering it? Any thoughts from your respective readers/listeners also welcome.
2022-09-21
Someone reached out to me with a question concerning the ill-conceived neologism that has become well known as deconstruction of one’s faith. @David_Gunkel has me covered on the actual term & its meaning, how it functions etc. @PaulVanderKlay @PaulAnleitner @BMcGrewvy any helpful
2022-09-21
@Drlipid The man, the myth, the legend! Always great responses! 🙏
2022-09-21
RT @Drlipid: @KyleMcnease Quite similar - 3rd party payer often determines which PCSK9 AB inhibitor to use. However we now also have a anot…
2022-09-20
@crwequine portfolio & have variant-specific mAbs for PrEP as potential booster options in case our current methods are unsuccessful.
2022-09-20
@crwequine I know that’s a bit convoluted. But I do look at the data & scratch my head. Is it possible anti-spike(RBD) approaches are victims of their own succcess (original antigenic sin) insofar as it may be difficult to boost NAbs for future variants? I’d like us to diversity our
2022-09-20
@crwequine That’s a robust response! I’m wondering if that may be problematic as we move deeper into the variants though? The imprinting may be so strong that one might recall impressive numbers of non-NAbs but insufficient NAbs relative to the dominant variant even if boosted for it.
2022-09-20
@dcintra @kalezelden It sounds like he’s referencing Jonathan Haidt’s work on moral foundations theory—especially where Haidt notes disgust related to things like incest (which, under his experimental conditions presumably nullified *most* reasons for the disgust; yet it remained).
2022-09-20
Wondering if @Drlipid et al. have noticed any differences between evolocumab & alirocumab when given at similar doses? Is there a patient profile that tends to see better results with one vs. the other?
2022-09-20
.@AshleyRindsberg coming in hot with stunning piece of journalism. Not an easy piece to read, so I’m sure it wasn’t enjoyable to write. When everything’s for sale, it’s difficult to find that which remains sacred. We urgently need to abandon the political economy of extraction. https://t.co/tlFU97Nhv5
2022-09-19
@dbdugger the HIV playbook & give two active antivirals to prevent mutations. To the haters, yes, Paxlovid has two agents, but one boosts the other’s plasma levels. That’s not the same as preventing mutations in multiple directions.
2022-09-19
@dbdugger I don’t know whether you’d agree, but until we have viral load tests readily available, using Paxlovid for 5 days seems arbitrary & faulty. This seems like a recipe for generating viral escape mutants. Clear the virus! And in order to do that properly we may have to borrow from
2022-09-19
To all who’ve been sending messages, they’re greatly appreciated! I’m trying to respond to each one. If everything goes well, maybe I can get caught up in a couple of days. Easing back into things bc rebound is real & sleep isn’t on the menu for a while!
2022-09-19
I’ve been waiting & am excited to take the journey through @PaulAnleitner’s new book. Really happy to have this in print! Thanks for sharing your thoughts with the world. https://t.co/ErFKQR2q1S
2022-09-19
@kalezelden I grew up in what would be considered a village by most today. The love & hospitality, common-union, the vibrancy of their faith…I don’t find this much when I travel throughout the US. What’s the modern version of this, & where is it located?
2022-09-19
@PaulVanderKlay @vervaeke_john @PageauJonathan album cover for The Greatest Reset is Yet To Come?
2022-09-19
🤔Since the #pandemic is over, people of all political stripes should align NOW to force a vote on giving every American the same access to care that the president, senate & house members, & supreme court justices receive. They’ve got us fighting for treatment crumbs.
2022-09-19
Vindicated once again. When I hear follow the science, this is what that looks like. Also, @DrPaulOffit deserves a giant apology at this point! https://t.co/V8AhJqDNxZ
2022-09-19
RT @jbloom_lab: 3⃣ They do an absolutely tour-de-force set of deep mutational scanning experiments to delineate the epitopes of 1000s of an…
2022-09-19
RT @yunlong_cao: Sharing our investigation on the unprecedented convergent RBD evolution of BA.2.75 and BA.5 on sites including 346, 356, 4…
2024-11-22
@PaulAnleitner @Creed You called it way ahead of everyone else. That’s important for people to know, bc that fact should function like a signal through the noise. It should demonstrate that you’re a trustworthy voice that can help people apprehend what’s happening.
2024-11-21
CS Lewis, my dang! “But there is no judge between gods & men, and the god of the mountain will not answer me. Terrors and plagues are not an answer.”
2024-11-21
😱😱😱 Aztec “death whistles” sound like human screams https://t.co/gYctmfaPyD
2024-11-21
We’ve become wizards & it’s terrifying https://t.co/BhuaqGpH7G
2024-11-21
@mattwridley And this was entirely knowable in advance, which makes it unconscionable. I was warning this could happen as it did after the Dengvaxia scandal. That one vaccine led to the mistrust of the entire vaccine program.
https://t.co/5ePDVe4Gvc
2024-11-21
@SEProtomartyr 😂🤣🤣so true! I didn’t realize this its own subgroup.
2024-11-21
@More_Christ_ @jordanbpeterson Nice to McGrath make the cut on the bedside table! I keep The Open Secret within arm’s reach as part of my stack.
2024-11-20
Why is MSNBC losing viewers? Remember when Joy Reid was like so yeah I sorta wrote homophobic slop on my blog until oddly specific homophobic time-traveling hackers did what they do: travel into the past to post even more anti-LGBTQ material on my blog—at which time it ceased to… https://t.co/k9pSipMrHd
2024-11-20
Simone Veil understood attention & relevance realization https://t.co/lJO9AZdXTT
2024-11-20
Where was Redfield back then? https://t.co/sPAf40jh1y
2024-11-20
If you’re a student of the game &/or played, this is 😭🙏 https://t.co/R5iw7hPaDB
2024-11-20
What could possibly go wrong 🤷🏻♂️ https://t.co/58MgLmaAcU
2024-11-20
It’s getting real! https://t.co/DE8wfDjhDD
2024-11-19
RT @KyleMcnease: @bryan_johnson Five years of rapamycin use along with metformin + acarbose + supplements + vigorous exercise + perfect sle…
2024-11-19
@bryan_johnson Five years of rapamycin use along with metformin + acarbose + supplements + vigorous exercise + perfect sleep + vegetarian diet resulted in negative results? 👀
2024-11-19
How many of you seeing this have chosen to homeschool as a result of 2020?
2024-11-19
@3scoutmom But my mom says I’m a catch 🏆
2024-11-19
Dana Parish coming out of the gate 🔥🔥🔥 Check out her interview with former CDC Director. Make sure you’re sitting down https://t.co/g1pOdSPN3G
2024-11-18
RT @Actual1Murf: I have no energy for hate. I either love you, wish you well, or hope you heal….forward always https://t.co/CVEpKVDsrO
2024-11-18
What world am I in right now? https://t.co/gUFaycdTcC
2022-09-18
.@fitterhappierAJ Have you read this pre-print? I keep shouting we’re making a mistake in boosting non-NAbs. Even the new bivalent recalls non-NAbs reinforcing the original antigenic sin. It would’ve been “better” to give a monovalent than to also boost the former strain. https://t.co/31m4BrJIs7
2022-09-18
@PeaseRoland And I pointed to Daszak as the exemplar in this scenario.
2022-09-18
@PeaseRoland It’s unclear if that’s directed my way. To be clear, I’m pointing out that COIs aren’t dependent upon expertise but are definitionally related to coexisting interests that directly conflict with one another; & the ethical opprobrium that might accompany non-disclosure of COIs.
2022-09-18
When a dog is suspected of having kennel cough, the vet will go to astounding lengths to prevent its spread. If the dog does have it, they treat early & aggressively. What am I saying? We all need to be treated more like dogs with kennel cough! Danny Dog approves this message! https://t.co/5r0wqB9VQn
2022-09-18
@MMoltmannPhD Thanks! It comes in waves? Maybe correlates with cortisol levels with me? Can feel Ok, then 💥 fatigue!
2022-09-18
@stuartjdneil @ydeigin What? He is one of the major scientists tasked with investigating the origins & reporting his findings! If you can’t cry foul on his case, there’s no case that I could conceivably present to you that would rise to the level where you’d say a COI played a major part in reporting.
2022-09-18
@stuartjdneil The conflict of interest becomes important when Daszak accepts provably false assertions by colleagues in China regarding crucial data & databases being removed. @ydeigin et al. did more to shed light on what was occurring than the actual grantee! COIs blind one to those facts.
2022-09-18
@stuartjdneil For a virologist this was very imprecise & sloppy wording that further pollutes our already-contaminated information ecology. What happened with Daszak investigating the origins is indefensible, & you should be shouting that! It’s truly unimaginable that it should’ve happened.
2022-09-18
@dbdugger Have you come across anything in your research that might serve as an alternative to a whole body vibration plate? Is there an accessible version that everyday people can access, especially during Covid19 recovery?
2022-09-18
Ladies & gentlemen, pay attention. Of course being an expert isn’t THE conflict of interest! It’s the expert taking money, grants, gifts, contracts, & speaker’s fees from “X entity” to say or do “Y thing” & not disclosing this financial incentive/remuneration to all parties. https://t.co/wiLBwjQbNs
2022-09-18
This was a really clear, concise, & helpful overview on what will likely become an even more important issue in the era of prevalent Covid19. https://t.co/ecjdGt3rMu
2022-09-18
@crwequine Probiotics galore. I think @dbdugger also mentioned he’s writing an article on this subject.
2022-09-18
@crwequine Some may prefer a less intense supplemental approach using nattokinase & serrapeptase, especially if you know genetic clotting factors. Depending on MTFR status, extra supplements to address that.
2022-09-18
@crwequine Speak with cardiologist as they weigh different risks: if young & healthy, maybe not eliquis but perhaps aspirin for several weeks. Follow up with labs on all of the inflammatory markers you’re already well aware of.
2022-09-18
@crwequine So sorry for him & you! We’re going through the same thing. Even though always in n95 or >, my wife acquired SARS2 in labor & delivery. These variants are so contagious we urgently need next gen nasal 💉& better ventilation & purification.
2022-09-17
.@livewithmecfs Just a few thoughts...
https://t.co/xGKAdUJkJY
2022-09-17
#MedTwitter & anyone who has ever needed to use a #pharmacy: what is a great gift to express one's gratitude to a pharmacist who went above & beyond the call of duty to help?
2022-09-17
We have a Dallas Buyers Club level of underground #Covid19 treatment activity. I’m starting to think the Russian olympians & athletes taking meldonium were ahead of the curve. Any Eastern European experts on this drug on Twitter? I’d like to understand the mechanism of action.
2022-09-17
@livewithmecfs I know many MDs aren’t up to speed on this yet, but our immune systems are taking a major hit from Covid19–similar in many important respects to HIV. @dbdugger has a good piece he wrote for LinkedIn about some of these concerns. May be interest to you…
2022-09-17
@livewithmecfs Does your team think it could be similar to the experience of many with ME/CFS, where there was an initial infectious insult (like EBV) followed by the crushing fatigue; or are they thinking viral persistence of Covid19 or viral reactivation of latent viruses?
2022-09-17
My wife says this is a cute baby picture of me. The obvious pimp outfit aside, I think I look like a spider monkey… https://t.co/bncLhijl3x
2022-09-17
While convalescing, it’s been nice to retreat to my roots. My father, ever the architecture perfectionist, brought home magazines, textbooks, & designs he was working on or teaching about. So many cool projects out there now. We need to reinvest in community-oriented living.
2022-09-17
@klwong43 @hyonschu As systems, they're also over-determined. They don't allow room for the amount of information gain/loss to integrate emergent enhancements. Rigidity is their proclivity. This is why the Bible doesn't promise utopia--a no place--but a tabernacle/dwelling with God, the Highest Good
2022-09-17
@livewithmecfs Hoping the suggestions work for you, that you're back sharing good vibes with all! It is difficult to optimize for improvement when we already take so many different things to function.
2022-09-16
@danaparish as I’m working my way through Covid19, is there a consensus on preventing endothelial dysfunction, blood clots, & MIs? Apixaban, statins? What else? https://t.co/5BHRoNvWHB
2022-09-16
@PaulVanderKlay @GrimGriz Someone get Paul a phone book so that he can also rip it in half while paintballing
2022-09-16
NeuroCognitive developmental issues in infants born to mothers dx with Covid19. What do mothers do to mitigate this, other than not getting it in the first place (which is nearly impossible fight nowgiven the exposure in hospitals)? https://t.co/q5c1TXkBF4
2022-09-16
@Wikipedia What kind of entry is this? Wow. Patients who do clinically need additional vitamins & minerals often use this as a search term. Such a bizarre opening paragraph. https://t.co/t0GY72kZIm
2022-09-15
Climb out of my hole for a second to say: The Great Queen has left us…
…Federer is retiring…
Feels like some Downton Abbey level foreshadowing: “change is upon us.” Where’s Mr. Carson when you need him?
2022-09-13
@dbdugger That should be more widely read bc it’s so digestible. Definitely share your concerns!
2022-09-13
@dbdugger Do you think the aversion to more experts stating the similarities between SARS2 & HIV is out of an assumption that the public will panic, or do they not see the connection?
2022-09-13
@dbdugger Yeah, you’ll go down as maybe the first person who shouted KS into the void.
2022-09-13
@dbdugger Speaking of…if anyone has connections to MIT’s @RADVACproject I’d love an introduction! I want to know how well their 1st gen nasal vaccines worked.
2022-09-13
@dbdugger It’s almost guaranteed that microbiota transplants will be a huge growth space. And I think MIT has the delivery tech (in a capsule) already worked out. We just need more open source data sharing—Like the maker’s movement applied to biomedicine.
2022-09-13
@dbdugger Interesting… https://t.co/5PU7Zhd2eu
2022-09-13
@dbdugger That’s one of the studies I was looking at too. There was also a Covid19 digital epi study out of China that looked at patients taking HCQ for Lupus. Seems like a huge miss on our part since so many are now succumbing to various types of endothelial dysfunction.
2022-09-13
Hey @Drlipid—you’re the go-to source on lipids, so if you don’t know the answer can you solicit responses from your trusted colleagues? Statins are contraindicated in Paxlovid treated Covid19 patients. What about PCSK9i though? Haven’t heard enough about this subject.
2022-09-13
Best ways to prevent endothelial dysfunction during & after #COVID19? Can’t use #Paxlovid with many (perhaps most?) statins. Hydroxychloroquine helps endothelial functioning in Lupus. Not sure why that drug was so polarizing, but we may need to reevaluate it’s use in Covid19.
2022-09-13
@Bulldog14328076 @GloriaMiele @IamTiffMarlow I’ve actually written quite a bit on these subjects. For the moment, I’ll have to refer you to that. But as soon as I can, I will try to tackle your questions in an accessible format. Maybe via YouTube or Substack.
2022-09-13
@Bulldog14328076 @GloriaMiele @IamTiffMarlow lost people in your life. Tis painfully true that we are mortals—human, all too human! And our time is short here. I’m trying to maximize the time I have with my family & friends. Obviously, right now I’m in isolation until after I’m no longer contagious. But after that…
2022-09-13
@Bulldog14328076 @GloriaMiele @IamTiffMarlow People I’ve know my entire life have died from Covid19. But I agree with you that suicides, cancers, MIs—all of them—are serious public health issues that we need to address in urgent fashion. Vehicle safety & water safety are also huge issues. And I’m very sorry to hear you’ve
2022-09-13
@Bulldog14328076 @GloriaMiele @IamTiffMarlow Yeah, I’m not saying that in a “you wouldn’t say that to my face, ya coward.” I’m saying if you knew me you’d not say it to me bc I’m a realist who tries to maintain balance in a world of increased polirization.
2022-09-13
@Bulldog14328076 @RuthMar07144449 @IamTiffMarlow I’m trying to inform people that it’s much more like HIV than a cold or flu. If you don’t believe me, look at immune profiles post-Covid19. Lymphocytes, T-cells, ILs dysregulation. ANS issues. Microclotting. Strokes. MIs. It makes everything bad worse!
2022-09-13
@Bulldog14328076 @GloriaMiele @IamTiffMarlow disabled. Others who had what’s deemed mild illness are dying at excess rates. I don’t know why there needs to be minimization of these facts, when if we acknowledge them & proactively work together we can generate solutions to the problems facing us.
2022-09-13
@Bulldog14328076 @GloriaMiele @IamTiffMarlow that which you would not say to another person’s face. If you knew me at all, you’d not actually say something like that. And for the record, Covid19 has proven itself to be quite lethal in manifold ways. It has resulted in the death of millions, & left untold millions horribly
2022-09-13
@Bulldog14328076 @GloriaMiele @IamTiffMarlow Maybe it’s because I’m just a regular person with a small account on Twitter, but my appeal for people to pray for us was aimed at many of the people I know who are religious or have a spiritual practice. Scaremongering? Don’t hide behind anonymity so you feel the freedom to say
2022-09-13
@vvalkyri @LauraMiers @PrivacyLawyerD What’s been the experience thus far? Favorable or unfavorable?
2022-09-13
@oozoo2 @AndrewMeffan @LauraMiers Maybe I missed it, so please forgive for redundant questions. What type/version do you use bc I need to be able to speak/lecture & be understood.
2022-09-12
@monyro5 Glad to hear they’re doing well now! I wish them the very best of health moving forward.
2022-09-12
@monyro5 Yes, that’s a major concern for us. It doesn’t always translate to older family members who’ve already raised their children & lived good lives. We want to be around to help our kids grow up. I suspect we will see lots of premature cognitive decline & HIV-like immune issues.
2022-09-12
I’ve officially made it in life. By criticizing our government’s failed pandemic response that leaves the most vulnerable unprotected, I was called a shill! Shilling for improved public health via increased ventilation & purified air! Big clean air I’m your shill! https://t.co/MCw2Uhp9zB
2022-09-12
@monyro5 I think those are some of the most powerful prayers! As a parent you always most want to hear from the child who you haven’t spoken to as much or for a while. So I already feel better knowing you have us in mind & will pray for us! ❤️❤️🙏
2022-09-12
RT @monyro5: @KyleMcnease @butterflgl Bookmarked to read tonight. Thank you.
2022-09-12
@monyro5 @butterflgl Be careful reading it at night! It may keep you up…
2022-09-12
@monyro5 Plus at a practical level when one is so fatigued, it’s difficult to care for the little ones & their seeming boundless energy!
2022-09-12
@monyro5 the greater the likelihood there will be better, safer treatments. If we look at 12/2019-9/2022, we can see this did actualize. Monoclonals, vaccines, therapeutics. None perfect but better than 12/2019. But if one gets it, it’s better to get it as infrequently as possible.
2022-09-12
@monyro5 I’m so sorry to hear that! I hope all are well & doing great now. It’s the unthinkable. & I know what the critics will say: everyone’s going to get this anyway so why not now? I’m a realist & know what we’re facing—especially if you have children. But the later one contracts it,
2022-09-12
@RuthMar07144449 @Bulldog14328076 @IamTiffMarlow Good words! 🙏
2022-09-12
@meghanor @edyong209 I hope they won’t delay in offering you options, especially if you’re an APOE 4/4. Perhaps they can trial you on donepezil to see if it moves the needle in the right direction or even modafinil for days that require heavier cognitive workload. Beta-blockers for that elevated HR?
2022-09-12
@meghanor @edyong209 Our hearts & prayers go out to you! Thanks for sharing & bringing more awareness to the issue. In my PhD work, I researched all manner of things students & researchers were using for cognitive enhancement. Aircept/Donepezil was less common but likely due to ubiquity of adderall.
2022-09-12
We’re in uncharted territory now. Docs don’t like my wife’s labored (I know there’s a pun that’ll be pointed out) breathing & O2 sat dropped to 93 overnight. No one likes this course of action, but they feel it’s an inflection point requiring action. So paxlovid… here we go…
2022-09-12
@AmmanLacee @JoeNunya777 You’re most definitely wrong about our specific case. You might want to decrease the amount of certainty in your assertions, especially when they’re not solicited.
2022-09-12
How is it that so many people seem not to know what all happens in labor & delivery, the intensity of everything that goes on there, & how long the entire process can take? Do people think every woman walks in & just pops a baby out & then leaves? https://t.co/QsCpnmNpqS
2022-09-12
@AmmanLacee @JoeNunya777 I just explained to you how she literally couldn’t have had it! As in not possible at all. We quarantined for a few weeks just to make sure we were in the clear so we could see my dad. This isn’t about litigation. It’s just one family’s real life experience & asking for 🙏
2022-09-12
@marynasca60 @MomtoRox My dad’s been at Emory for his cancer treatments, & it’s been the same. Plus, everyone is stacked atop one another in the infusion centers! His docs didn’t even know about evusheld. It’s pretty staggering.
2022-09-12
@KarenSavvyAdPro But there’s nothing we can do about contagious variants in institutional settings without updated ventilation & air purification. I didn’t communicate that point well, so people may think it was a dig @ MDs & hospital staff. No! I meant even the “safest” places aren’t safe
2022-09-12
@KarenSavvyAdPro knowingly & acceptingly, then even if it doesn’t go the way I’d hoped, it was still my resolute choice. It’s also one reason I’m sad about my wife contracting this when she did. We don’t mind one-way masking & don’t think others need to have our same risk model.
2022-09-12
@KarenSavvyAdPro was going to be a tough time. Everyone has a risk/reward ratio that they live with or by. If you had gone, & God forbid, contracted this & developed long-lasting problems, you would always know that it wasn’t even a choice you wanted to make. If I take on the risk of something
2022-09-12
@KarenSavvyAdPro virtuous reciprocity! Do grant yourself the grace to say it’s ok to make choices that will impact your own health. And that it’s courageous to assert one’s resolute choice when one knows it may be negatively evaluated. My history of battling severe illness let me know that this
2022-09-12
@KarenSavvyAdPro I’m sorry to hear that you missed out on such a sacred & uplifting experience, & that some of your family were unhappy with your decision. It’s a difficult time made much worse by a short supply of grace. We need to extend it to ourselves first & then others, hoping there’s
2022-09-12
@Annenigmatic Yes, we’re throwing everything & the kitchen sink at this! There aren’t good guidelines for docs to follow, so it’s still pretty much go home, take Tylenol, & return to the hospital if you desaturate. Not much being done to prevent/ameliorate post-Covid19 sequelae.
2022-09-12
@AmmanLacee @JoeNunya777 Also one-way masking in an environment where there’s not an emphasis on purified & ventilated air is less effective over time.
2022-09-12
@Dankfx @LeslieRasulo @scott_squires @jospoke1 @MomtoRox Our experience has been similar in that even medical staff & pharmacists want to know where we got our envo respirators.
2022-09-12
@AmmanLacee @JoeNunya777 we hadn’t been anywhere else in person. We were quarantining so that we could see my father who is being treated for metastatic lung cancer. It’s a legit question, but we took abundant caution before entering so we wouldn’t pass anything to my dad, who we didn’t even get to see!
2022-09-12
@AmmanLacee @JoeNunya777 It’s a legitimate question. SARS2 is airborne & the current variants are both highly communicable & immune evasive. Hospitals across this great country have different operating procedures & policies re Covid19. No she didn’t have it before bc we tested negative before entry; also
2022-09-12
@Cormack77 Thanks! I’m not sure why the polarization took place regarding specific, safe, repurposed drugs? The very reason the pharmacy is stating they can’t fill paxlovid is due to a similarity between it and ivermectin?
2022-09-12
@ComatoseGoat @kary_cee @elisaperego78 I’m not sure why I expected more from someone going by the handle comatoseGoat. You’re helping prove my point: we haven’t done enough to improve ventilation & purification of the air EVEN in hospitals! What are we waiting for? An airborne viral pandemic?
2022-09-12
@DanielSuarez86 @dig_with_kyle I’m so sorry to hear that! I hope dr @brucep13’s findings can be of some help to you. May you find healing, health, & restoration for all the time you’ve spent in anguish! Blessings to you!
2022-09-12
@DanielSuarez86 @dig_with_kyle And that person doesn’t know about my struggles and what I’ve already dealt with: https://t.co/FxIddfiw5w
2022-09-12
@danaparish Should be there any second
2022-09-12
@zhang_yueting 🙏 many thanks! Blessesings on you!
2022-09-12
@mrbeeee2180 @cdc @CDCDirector @Surgeon_General @AshishKJha46 Thanks for advocating on our behalf & for many others. I wish they’d review & update guidelines based on where the science is at each moment in time. We need them to be more agile, resilient, & efficient systems full of personnel that can also pivot & respond quickly.
2022-09-12
RT @danaparish: @KyleMcnease Hi @KyleMcnease - sending tons of good energy to all and am praying for a fast recovery. Hope we’ll get to see…
2022-09-12
@danaparish Wow, that’s really sweet! Thanks for that. We all know you’re so busy on several fronts! One of the few fearlessly, tirelessly speaking truth to power. Hope your parent is recovering well. Apparently I can’t get paxlovid bc I was prescribed ivermectin 30 in the last days? 🤔
2022-09-12
@RevManda @LeslieRasulo @jospoke1 @MomtoRox Truly sorry to hear that! It must have been frustrating and terrifying for you. Battling Covid19 yourself while hoping your spouse doesn’t face the same thing. That it’s happened to hundreds of millions doesn’t diminish it for each one uiniquely experiencing it as an individual.
2022-09-12
@martin_mima @Bulldog14328076 @IamTiffMarlow I think this has been revealing for me! No wonder people perceive so much polorization & division. It’s being instigated & amplified by anonymous Twitter accounts like this ⬆️. But I have faith in you dear stranger & in our shared humanity. We mustn’t believe them!
2022-09-12
@Laura_Everly_ As a husband & as a father, I was hoping I could help keep them safe until there was an accessible form of mucosal immunity that could prevent acquisition & transmission. People that act like it’s ok are perhaps not aware of the amount of negative outcomes that show up later.
2022-09-12
@dig_with_kyle That’s precisely why I asked for prayer, which far more people than I could’ve ever expected responded to by turning their hearts & minds heavenward! Asking for prayer, to me, is proactive & replaces worry.
2022-09-12
@ttfntas @MLGG2 Yes, if you read many of the Romantic poets & Victorian writers, someone was always getting sick & needing respite in some other location. Now there’s no place for respite & no time for it?
2022-09-12
@MLGG2 Thanks for sharing this!
2022-09-12
@Laura_Everly_ Thanks so much! We tried! And I feel like a total failure bc I just wanted my wife to make it through pregnancy & delivery without acquiring this. It feels like an epic fail! That may be dumb, but that’s how it feels.
2022-09-12
@dig_with_kyle I said regular colds (which we all contract throughout our lives) don’t make one’s O2 sat suddenly drop like that in healthy, young people, or there wouldn’t be any left! Even in asymptomatic Covid19 patients they’ve found ground glass opacities in their lungs via Ct. Not regular
2022-09-12
@MeerkatEyes I work with/consult with many doctors working on very hard clinical cases. Many are so bogged down in patient care, which is essential, that they don’t have enough time to become a researcher as well. That reliable guidance used to come by way of the CDC, FDA, NIH, CLIA. But…
2022-09-12
@scarysexybaby @kary_cee @elisaperego78 So sorry to hear that! It must have been so difficult to know that was going to happen &, yet, have to do it anyway. Hope you are mending and doing well!
2022-09-12
won’t fill a script paxlovid! Physicians called it in, & no one informed me that I’d be summarily rejected due to taking a previous script. Any pharmacy experts in the mix that can help me understand why. Even if MOA or chemical structure is similar, why 30 day washout period?
2022-09-12
that’s better than nothing if you need as many things stacked in your corner as possible. Despite ALL of it, current variants evaded my immune system & many others, too. This I never knew, which is why I’m sharing: if you’ve been prescribed ivermectin in the last 30 days pharmacy
2022-09-12
The inclusion of ivermectin will send some heads spinning, but despite the evusheld getting my nAbs higher, it isn’t preventing current breakthroughs in people like me. I’ve done everything recommended to me, so the justification was even if ivermectin only has a marginal benefit
2022-09-12
@dig_with_kyle Regular colds don’t make your normal, healthy, young loved one O2 sat start dropping right in front of you. Who are you anonymous, uninformed strangers & why go out of your way to be dismissive? It’s so weird! You should know this is strange!
2022-09-12
@Jennings18Karl Hoping it helps! We immediately started doing diluted povidone-iodine via nasal & betadine for throat. I’ve also been using right before Ennovid the entire time (before & after masking). Serious limitations on what pregnant & nursing mothers can do though.
2022-09-11
@Tim7576 Man I asked for prayer for my family. Why are you hiding behind anonymity to act in this way? There’s no social utility in it. May God bless you with peace & cause you to seek that for yourself and others.
2022-09-11
Just a word of context: I mentioned where we contracted Covid19 not to instigate anger towards MDs, nurses, & hospital staff. It only matters to me bc it’s a sign of the newer variants’ ubiquity. We need better ventilation & air purification to help mitigate their spread.
2022-09-11
@HSBuck3TE @interim_account @LeslieRasulo @MomtoRox I will never believe that’s an actual person out in the world. I think these responses are facilitated & encouraged by the nature of social media. If people spoke to one another face-to-face in this manner, there would be immediate social consequences.
2022-09-11
@NancyJPM Thank you. Yes, at least my wife & our toddler to some degree can express feeling a certain way. Babies are so vulnerable & unable to communicate complex things like “I’m experiencing air hunger.”
2022-09-11
@SusieH33 Thank you for that demonstration of understanding. We knew this would be the biggest hurdle bc of all of the potential exposure. We did our level-best to prevent getting it.
2022-09-11
@SEPfieldPatient Thank you for your kindness!
2022-09-11
Imagine saying this about or to a woman facing labor! Maybe the spam/bot accounts are much higher than 5%. https://t.co/lrkv8dJdnV
2022-09-11
@Tim7576 How many times have you faced giving labor even with the flu? But this is most assuredly NOT the flu.
This can’t be a real take from an actual person. If you stand by your assertion, share your actual name & ways to contact you. Join us in the public sphere.
2022-09-11
@GloriaMiele @Bulldog14328076 @IamTiffMarlow Strange times! It’s like going out of one’s way to kick someone who’s down. Whatever we want to call the opposite of the Good Samaritan, some people are choosing that path.
2022-09-11
Lord give me the strength! The gaslighting knoweth no limits! https://t.co/fhsnI5g1hE
2022-09-11
@flomflumm @TompkinsLynne Physical, psychological, social-emotional delays do exist, & my wife and I both spent our 1st year of clinical training working with < 3s with such challenges. So it’s vital. We need healthy 🧠 as well! Doesn’t need to be either or.
2022-09-11
@caichka They are n95 or > respirators that filter out some of the airborne pathogens & harmful particles in the air. They’ve worked really well at helping prevent us from contracting it, which is crucial bc we have parents undergoing cancer treatment.
2022-09-11
We greatly appreciate people sharing prayers, thoughts, concerns. My wife’s temp, which was 101.6, has improved. Toddler being impish 🥳. If mom, baby, & toddler are good then I’m good!
2022-09-11
@jackjon07762142 @nasawama @TompkinsLynne I’m not sure what to think anymore. If I was some kind of influencer with thousands of followers I might be able to understand the nonsense. Probably not even then. But I’m just a regular guy with a small account.
2022-09-11
@TompkinsLynne Thanks! We have, but as this instance illustrates: their ability to prevent acquisition & transmission is now very limited. I’m more concerned with the 🫀🫁🧠 clotting & ANS damage that tends to show up even months-1 year later. Excess deaths in my cohort is sky high!
2022-09-11
@nasawama @TompkinsLynne What do you want me to say to this? If this is your version of praying for us, thanks??? Otherwise, read the room!
2022-09-11
@DrBrendaHardie What is most perplexing to me is that the medical community & our government public health apparatus wants me to believe this disease is dangerous enough to need multiple rounds of vaccines, but the newest lives who will ever grace the world are safe? No mitigations for them??
2022-09-11
@ElektroChik @TheWhaler @MoreauGabarain Thanks for sharing! Do you mind me asking how it treated you? Did you experience any rebound?
2022-09-11
@Stephania_1772 🙏Thank you for that!
2022-09-11
PSA: when you ask for prayers bc we all acquired Covid19 in labor & delivery, this IS NOT THAT. The tech + anonymity is, I think, fueling nonsense like this that no sane person would say to my face. This combo is de-facing us. Making us invisible to one another as people. https://t.co/AhCuc6nCdm
2022-09-11
@Bulldog14328076 @IamTiffMarlow Thank you for the strangest dunk on a family that I’ve experienced. Reveal your actual identity so we can engage in an I-Thou dialogue. Otherwise your anonymity is providing the same kind of pseudo-courage as overindulging in alcohol. PS there’s no mild Covid19. Check T-cells!
2022-09-11
We’re on our own people! We’re going to have to be our own advocates. Still no early treatment recommendations AT ALL. No wonder there’s so much post-Covid19 illness. Apparently the playbook is 💉💉then call us if hospitalized? https://t.co/TfAztVJt9y
2022-09-10
@JoshGellers I wonder what @anderssandberg would say. I’m not familiar with the political angle to this. That aside, Sandberg’s argument for/from morphological freedom can make the case for reconfigurable bodies. In this sense, one could transcend the human condition.
2022-09-10
@dbdugger @Bonniecarolcas1 @crwequine I can see how one could make that case. We live in such strange times when nuance is what we need but have in short supply. Bc what I want to say is that I’ve been concerned about B-cell cancers. One can scarcely say it without also being labeled anti-💉even if one’s fully 💉
2022-09-10
@wanderer_jasnah @elray67 @BrianRWasik @tony_burnetti @renegadenarwhal @PeacockFlu @OmicronData @lionel_rich1 @ArmchairViro @EllingUlrich @jbloom_lab @EnyaQing I was just asking @crwequine about this phenomenon. Last week, I starting seeing IL-8 levels that were extremely elevated >6 months post-infection even while other IL, CRP, inflammatory markers returned to normal. Any idea what this may indicate?
2022-09-10
@elray67 @crwequine The data I saw last week was very bad. I’m not sure what to make of it just yet. But is it an iceberg/Titanic relationship, artifact of increased surveillance, a harbinger worse things to come?
2022-09-10
@crwequine comprehend. How can we protect those who can’t properly wear n95s in settings for which they’d otherwise be advisable? We won’t necessarily see the full impacts/cumulative damage for some time.
2022-09-10
@crwequine So the dilemma is far worse than many assume. If current gen 💉are great @ reducing ☠️, “severe disease” (what’s that mean when mild isn’t mild?) & hospitalization, what about continued acquisition? I fear we’re sacrificing our youngest & youth to that which we don’t yet
2022-09-10
@crwequine I’ve seen IL-8 levels remain excessively high >6 months post infection, even where other IL markers, CRP etc returned to normal. It’s very concerning!
2022-09-10
@crwequine People not looking at the IL-8 results are the ones who stare at me with incredulity when I say this is far more like an HIV-related disease than a cold/flu that either kills one immediately or leaves no lasting impacts. Even HIV wasn’t understood properly for quite some time.
2022-09-10
@RenzPolster @JanetDafoe Not directly. But may be related to upstream effects. We know from Lipkin’s recent study there are mitochondrial disruptions in: peroxisomes, ROS, PC, carnitines, LCFA. Possible impacts on endothelial function, cortical L-type calcium channels, enhancing electron transport chain?
2022-09-10
@crwequine @crwequine I know this may not be your direct area of interest, but are you hearing/seeing extremely high Interleukin-8 months after infection?
2022-09-09
@JoshGellers I think this one is going to be 🔥 Bummed I’m missing these. I know @EileenMHunt has been hard at work. And I’m interested to know whether or not Cannavo is using Lewis &/or William Schweiker in his argument.
2022-09-09
Yo remember that scene from Jurassic Park when the T Rex was chasing them? https://t.co/QjmAL1Rbi2
2022-09-09
Thanks for sharing these slides! What this community (& the post-Covid19 community) needs is a partnership with @DeepMind to build computational models or disease-state emulations that could expedite finding solutions. @demishassabis join the fight to help alleviate suffering! https://t.co/4LhtKTUr1f
2022-09-09
@kalezelden We are obsessed with us some Moloch in the ways enumerated by Scott Alexander.
2022-09-09
@kalezelden What we worship orients and directs us to the what, when, where, & why of sacrifice.
2022-09-09
@kalezelden It’s top shelf PR & marketing bc our language has been corporatized: “just give me the bottom line;” “attention economy” etc. In Media Effects & Persuasion research, it’s known that attention directs intention. What we attend to is what we will worship.
2022-09-09
It sounds like a rough formulation of what some scientists are expressing is: Actualization actualizing into realization realizing itself? Things are getting strange, people.
2022-09-09
@anadromist upon your orientation to this worldview, ridiculousness can mean comical, laughable, absurd; or it can mean excellent--like how the jazz artists of the late 50s used the term. Whether absurd or excellent, it worked as a technique. We'd better resist totalizing techniques!
2022-09-09
@anadromist If you think of it as a technique for inculcating people into a particular worldview, shaping and re-shaping where attention can & does go, & where it does not & cannot go, it seems to work. From the comms discipline, this is media framing effects & agenda setting. And depending
2022-09-09
@kalezelden A partial response to your question concerning noticing...
https://t.co/NjR13BxDnF
2022-09-09
And the issue of Diane Young is going to be hard to tackle, bc it could be due to after effects of Covid19,
a combo of Covid19 + vaccines targeting spike (RBD). We better get to the bottom of it now. Whatever it (maybe a constellation of things) is! https://t.co/0klO6DzvKW
2022-09-09
before the jab was available for oldies they was dying in droves. They called it Diane Old. Covid19 is a straight☠️ But now we seein folks dying way before their time. It’s more than droves! It’s excess droves. We need to rename the pandemic to Diane Young bc that’s what it is
2022-09-09
@mediaentropy8 I like this paper by Tegmark. What Hoffman & Kastrup & Faggin are all pointing to suggests something different.
2022-09-09
@DrNikkiTeran It would be great to know what measures they used to create an environment that lessened transmission risks. Perhaps there are things/practices that could be utilized for high-risk settings.
2022-09-09
@DrNikkiTeran Thanks for sharing this! Is anyone or has anyone presented a case study on what the UFC deemed “fight island” or Yas Island in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. They mitigated Covid19 risk & exposure throughout the pandemic despite athletes flying in from all over the world.
2022-09-08
One the post-modern problems is that we’ve devalued the role of ritual (while un-ironically starting new ones), solemnity, religion, meta-narratives. Then there’s a happening which requires an ancient response. A great light has gone out. Think of it in TLOTR terms if that helps.
2022-09-08
@Joshuak_Smith @RyanHaecker This is an under-appreciated response!
2022-09-08
@Drlipid @RosenelliEM @HeartOTXHeartMD @LipidLover1030 @DrMarthaGulati @a_l_bailey @ethanjweiss troponin, NT-proBNP, Galectin-3, myeloperoxidase, hs-CRP, endothelial function, metabolics & thyroid? If he’s getting more blood work, get more data, no?
2022-09-08
@Drlipid @RosenelliEM @HeartOTXHeartMD @LipidLover1030 @DrMarthaGulati @a_l_bailey @ethanjweiss Due to family history would it not also be worth looking at sterol absorption & synthesis markers, lipoprotein, platelet, & coagulation genetics? And bc of everyone’s exposure to Covid19 & increased risk of cardiac events, why not take a look under the hood for: fibrinogen,
2022-09-08
@klwong43 @GrimGriz Where things really take a turn is when, if not already, the training data itself is generated by AI. Talk about hyperreality the likes of which Baudrillard didn’t anticipate.
2022-09-08
Yeats for a day like this:
“Turning and turning in the widening gyre
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned”
2022-09-08
With a new baby arriving, my operating hours are going to be wild. I’m going to try to post shorter written &/or audio pieces: Language, Memeplexes, Invisible Software, Institutions https://t.co/WyC7slqcyw
2022-09-08
https://t.co/zwl6IuILTq
2022-09-08
I admit I know nothing about energy policy in Cali. What I want to say is we now know the grids can’t handle major perturbations. We’re automating everything. Thus more reliant on grids working. Hence more vulnerable to power failures. Solar 💥or EMP is civilization-ending for us https://t.co/knaR0STAIb
2022-09-08
@michaelzlin But without any data showing it’s at least as good, as safe, as effective, with fewer side-effects? People keep comparing the 💉side-effects profile to Covid19. Stop! The 💉should be compared to a placebo. Safety must be much higher for anything we put in a healthy person.
2022-09-08
@JoshGellers It’s interesting bc a newspaper editor was recounting that he’d received reports of pets dying bc of consuming water (from their bowls) that was passively (via wind) exposed to the chemicals being sprayed. It made me think of the infamous EJ case of “Cancer Alley.”
2022-09-07
Wind is agentic in this scenario, bc it blows whithersoever it wishes. Neither the crop dusting farmer nor the organic farmer can control this phenomenon. I would suspect there's also issues related to health/harm/injury via repeated exposure to said toxins.
2022-09-07
Is there a similar EJ precedent to you have the right to swing your fist, but that right is curtailed where my face begins? You have the right to spray your own land, but that right ceases where the organic farmland begins?
2022-09-07
Hey @JoshGellers, wondering if you have any sources/rulings regarding environmental ethics/justice wrt to chemical use in agricultural areas. Issue: organic farmers can't get certified due to other farms "crop dusting" & wind carrying the chemicals into the organic fields.
2022-09-07
@RyanHaecker I’d honestly love to read more about this. There’s Chalmers’ piece on the Metaphysics of the Matrix & Cusveller et al.’s The Matrix Reformed. I’ve not seen as much in Tron. I often use Tron as a verb to communicate the Incarnation to students: God Tron-ed Himself into our world.
2022-09-07
❤️The women in my DMs are always so thoughtful. They just want to insure I’m earning as much as possible. They never mean to run up charges on my credit card, & it’s alway accidental when they sell my social security number. https://t.co/XowLB3Ad9x
2022-09-07
@RyanHaecker I’m listening…go on…
2022-09-07
The Declaration of Independence is a radical document. Our seeming familiarity with it breeds contempt or, worse, apathy. But if you were to write like that today, you’d be pilloried, deemed insane.
2022-09-07
@kalezelden @roddreher to renew the bonds that caused people to make such a pledge. We seem not to have one another’s best interest at heart any longer. This must change & change first in me.
2022-09-07
@kalezelden @roddreher But what I can say is that like those who came before us, we owe it to one another to “mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor.” I want to vouchsafe a habitable place for my children & all others. So I can’t retreat from that. We need somehow
2022-09-07
@kalezelden But those of us with little ones can’t accept defeat. I don’t know the answer. I try to avoid the political arena bc it’s so captured. Gov is asleep at the wheel as we speed towards multi-polar traps. Maybe your colleague @roddreher has given a partial answer in his writing.
2022-09-07
Invoking “flatten the curve” in this manner seems so cynical. https://t.co/tNFUdwYtjJ
2022-09-07
@PaulVanderKlay Feels like something important happened there.
2022-09-07
@KenLowry8 His spirit is alive and well! Those same patterns animating the masses once again.
2022-09-07
🤌Wouldn’t it be wild if disclosures related to #UAP & whether or not there’s other off-world civilizations known to us happened all bc the info was sitting in boxes at a former president’s residence? Podesta is back on the political scene, so it may not be far-fetched.🤔
2022-09-07
@KenLowry8 basis of popular government in time of revolution is both virtue and terror. Terror without virtue is murderous, virtue without terror is powerless. Terror is nothing else than swift, severe, indomitable justice – it flows, then, from virtue." Virtue terror...
2022-09-07
@KenLowry8 Remember the French Revolution's motto: liberté, égalité, fraternité. That sounds so nice! Robespierre put it like this: Now, in these circumstances, the first maxim of our politics ought to be to lead the people by means of reason and the enemies of the people by terror… The
2022-09-07
@shane_was_taken I hope you'll at least share.
2022-09-06
Did we forget that there was a primary series followed by continuous boosting due to a durability problem with current mRNA💉? Why not be prudent & say we’re offering this bivalent now, while improving the safety, durability, & VE of next gen💉; & expediting nasal mucosa research https://t.co/CRIhB2hHvt
2022-09-06
I’m not an anti-institution guy. I’m advocating for building more agile, resilient systems & institutions that aren’t over-determined. That said, how can I support PH messaging stating YEARLY #Covid_19 💉when we don’t know if that’s true? We have data on 8 mice for bivalent💉
2022-09-06
My road into this space was also paved with suffering. Your own unique perspective, shape & informed by extreme suffering, is one element that makes your company different & worth supporting. Person-centered, client/end-user focused. May you keep growing!
https://t.co/FxIddfiw5w https://t.co/H1SVgd5NHP
2022-09-06
RT @dantawfik: 2) At the same time, there were no metabolic oncology specialists. There was no clinical home for patients interested in exp…
2022-09-06
RT @dantawfik: There's a digital health founder promoting his men's health brand by attacking 'soy boys.'
You don't have to build a brand…
2022-09-06
Why it matters: Have any of you looked at the actuarial data? The amount of excess deaths in the millennial cohort is beyond staggering. It will be difficult to disentangle impacts from Covid19 alone vs vaccines alone vs Covid19 + vaccines. https://t.co/ZexgdSNQ8l
2022-09-06
I’ve simply never seen an implosion in PH like that of this pandemic.
2022-09-06
If millions can follow series with many characters & complex plots which play out over several seasons, @CDCgov @WHCOVIDResponse can’t default to: but people have a hard time understanding proper guidelines. Maybe you’re not communicating well? 🤔give them Covid19💉& the flu💉🤦🏻♂️
2022-09-06
@SalmonKromeDome @Quillette You’ve done it, again! Really happy to see you back in print!
@Quillette if you haven’t offered him a regular column, maybe you should.
2022-09-06
@DrCamMaximus @plutom21 And, of course, you’re right that I always need to read more & conduct those Bayesian updates regularly.
2022-09-06
@DrCamMaximus @plutom21 As I mentioned before, T or a molecule that is even better (superior in performance without the negative side-effects). If we look at the outputs from LLMs & GPT3, do you not think it possible that ML & AI tech (eg, Deepmind’s AlphaFold) will lead to new discoveries in medicine?
2022-09-06
.@EricRWeinstein have you & @donalddhoffman discussed your work on geometric unity? I’d pay to hear a long, thorough dialogue between you two.
2022-09-06
@DrCamMaximus @plutom21 How could you know that for any/every X the potential longevity benefits are nullified by ⬇️T? And if it is nullified, then why couldn’t that X supplement with T?
2022-09-06
@dantawfik @healthspanmed @PeterAttiaMD @mkaeberlein @Blagosklonny But living well longer (with robust physical & cognitive abilities intact) in our current environment may require therapeutic interventions that go beyond exercise (which is great). We know the results of failing to intervene in any way. Nature has answered that emphatically.
2022-09-06
@dantawfik @healthspanmed @PeterAttiaMD @mkaeberlein @Blagosklonny It isn’t obvious to me why there’s a false dichotomy being presented. It’s at least theoretically possible to live longer and remain strong. We’re at the infancy stage of an empirical investigation into this question. Will what we do today be tomorrow’s gold standard? Not likely.
2022-09-06
@DrCamMaximus @plutom21 it not be possible to also supplement with T or perhaps even a better molecule? Some argue it’s possible to extend lifespan & healthspan. I’d like to live longer, maintain muscle, flexibility, stamina, & cognitive function.
2022-09-06
@DrCamMaximus @plutom21 Are you making a falsifiable hypothesis that it is T-lowering impacts that cause decreased disease burden in men & women? There may be some merit to that H1. Dr. Sinclair’s model for aging might accommodate something *like* that. But if it isn’t from T-lowering, then why would
2022-09-06
@Drlipid @DrRumberger Do we know whether or not there are similar benefits to the PCSK9i? Or is the benefit there strictly from the additional apoB lowering?
2022-09-06
@healthspanmed @PeterAttiaMD @mkaeberlein @Blagosklonny But why listen to well-trained doctors who have dedicated their lives to the science of wellness, when you can, instead, rely on a heuristic like “But do you even lift, bro?”
2022-09-06
@DrCamMaximus @plutom21 But it has impacts beyond glucose management, which is why the data on people with T2D taking metformin is worth considering. They had better outcome measures than the healthy control not using metformin. I’m simply saying that’s data worth considering.
2022-09-06
This is important to note bc it at least points to the possibility that there can be intentional community built around a set of core principles & values (one of which would certainly be NO CULTS). https://t.co/CQ5AsTwHDP
2022-09-06
Is it possible many (not all) had a great time at university
bc there was built-in community, living, dining, discourse, recreation? We nor the uni ever worried about cults?
Intentional Communal Living to Address Domicide and Offer an Alternative... https://t.co/oYsFTn9OfV
2024-11-18
@3scoutmom You’re obviously unfamiliar with my work & political views. I’m opposed to the duopoly that keeps giving us race-to-the-bottom politics. So don’t put me in either of those camps. Ethically, I’m far more in line with Buber, Rogers, & Rabbi Sacks: dialogos, empathy, dignity of…
2024-11-18
@3scoutmom You didn’t respond to my question. Why make such pronouncements & negatively judge thousands of people?
2024-11-18
RT @drgurner: Just being a good person, who is good to other people - is becoming a remarkably rare trait.
2024-11-18
@3scoutmom Or thousands in attendance know he’s a fight fan who announced he’d be there whether or not he won his re-election bid. If Biden had been there maybe he would’ve received applause too? Why presume the worst & be condescending? People are over the nihilistic negativity.
2024-11-17
I’ve never seen anything like the UFC event tonight. Somehow Prez Trump got more love than the gladiators. #UFC309 https://t.co/BZnCEPpGuE
2024-11-17
@PaulVanderKlay And credit where credit is due. Tyson is one of the boxing GOATs. Jake Paul is one of three greatest internet heels. People hate him so much they pay to see him get beat 😂 He gets richer & they hate him more 🔄 He gets even richer
2024-11-16
Watch the #miketysonjakepaul exhibition. Tyson is still a beast *for his age.* Some of y’all take the anti-aging stuff too far. Believing the hype of a score: I’m in the top 1% for 18 y/os. Yet none of you find yourselves outcompeting the top 1% of 18 y/o? It’s middle age cope
2024-11-15
@kenanwang There’s so much there. My response is too long! I’m going to have to figure out how to edit it.
2024-11-15
@Chuckisdope Everybody like https://t.co/zCxQ3ebVek
2024-11-15
This guy seems really bad at being “literally Hitler” 🤔 https://t.co/B1G0ZqC0TX
2024-11-15
@kcorazo That’s really well said! It brings to mind Frederick Buechner’s view of finding God in the mundaneness of life. Or much further back to Tennyson’s meditation in “Flower in the Crannied Wall.”
2024-11-15
@joxxol @PageauJonathan @PaulVanderKlay That’s a tough spot! But perhaps your very presence there & your actions to tilt the world towards peace will be a mitigating factor. Or perhaps you will have reason & opportunity to leave that area? We will pray for your safety as well as everyone else in harm’s way.
2024-11-15
My first experiment with an X article on @bryan_johnson, rapamycin, negligible senescence & life extension https://t.co/C7KpCqDNPh
2024-11-15
https://t.co/8Lskh7PhtC
2024-11-15
@bryan_johnson This is what mean by using an argument from morphological freedom. You could assert both positive and negative rights. That is, you do have the right to access what you deem essential, while also maintaining the right to opt out of/deny any interventions you wish.
2024-11-15
@NorthwestLine @PageauJonathan @PaulVanderKlay @DrJohnVervaeke Curious as to what makes you think that? If it were you & your family & you knew a particular action would instigate conflict, you might also figure out a way to prevent the conflict. Can't that be scaled up beyond the family system, from the microcosm to the macrocosm?
2024-11-14
@DanielSamanez3 What’s the meta layer or ordering principle that puts forward the notion of a pattern in the first place? You’re starting from consciousness & working backwards. But the patterning would need to pre-exist atoms. It would need to pre-exist the universe.
2024-11-14
@danaparish @Bryce_Nickels @Lymenews @BayAreaLyme @alisonannyoung @LewsView @FoxNews @60Minutes @PutrinoLab @DrJBhattacharya @marybethpf Wow, Dana! This is amazing! Glad you were able to interview him. He demurs on your question of aerosol transmission, but Lipkin was in China as the outbreak was happening. They were masking in China per his report. He seems to suggest we & the WHO needed to slow-play aerosol…
2024-11-14
@bryan_johnson Do you think you need to mitigate potential "rebound effects" or hyperactivity of the mTOR pathway you've suppressed with reasonably good success for 5 years? One of your best biomarkers is low inflammation. Also, cerebral blood flow despite the genetic jugular vein issues.
2024-11-14
There's something going on with cancer right now. Even if there's not an overall increase, which I think there is, there's an increase in diagnoses of late-stage cancers. We need full government transparency about Covid19. No more FOIA delays & lawsuits. https://t.co/aAjvmoRgII
2022-09-06
@kalezelden I still remember my first experience with the haunting nature of Young Goodman Brown. It may be a good pairing with the fall weather, too. You might enjoy this depending on your taste: https://t.co/I7HENPbAal
2022-09-05
@kalezelden Depending on interests & reading level: The Lady or the Tiger, The Most Dangerous Game, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, To Build a Fire, The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg, Young Goodman Brown, Rappaccini's Daughter, Sir Gawain & the Green Knight, The Lottery, The Immortal
2022-09-05
@kalezelden Is it English only or also Latin, Greek, Hebrew?
2022-09-05
Increased his physical output to ~45 minutes of exercise. We simply haven’t done the trials to know whether it’d work at-scale. May be worth discussing though, especially in light of what it does to mitochondria.
2022-09-05
other combos have been tried. I’ll link to a interesting informal survey. But I also wanted to see whether your team has ever considered rapamycin in a very low dose the way we do with LDN? Someone just shared his experience with low dose rapamycin for #pwME/CFS.
2022-09-05
@livewithmecfs I’ve been thinking about your post-Covid19 & post-vaccine flares & was wondering if you’ve found anything that helps? @brucep13’s work is great bc it has clinical testing that can be done. Maraviroc +rosuvastatin; mestinon; famotidine; singulair; LDN &
2022-09-05
.@PaulVanderKlay If and when you decide to return from the land of your fathers, I want to debrief with you! Did not our hearts burn within us…is the sentiment so many of us are experiencing as we participate as spectators.
2022-09-05
@PaulAnleitner Paul, I’d love to speak with you about the new book as well. I’m excited about its release & hope it reaches a wide audience. I pre-ordered as soon as I saw the trailer. I’d be spamming people with that piece of art, as it’s the hors d’ oeuvres before the true meal!
2022-09-05
@SteveSkojec @kalezelden @One_That_Rules I needed to be re-wombed and reborn into agape. I needed to get back into the elevator & experience the highest level possible. Then I could meet the Truth & know (conocer) the Truth.
2022-09-05
@SteveSkojec @kalezelden @One_That_Rules in the right building but not the right floor. I needed to be re-wombed for lack of a better term. As Shari (wish I had a full citation available) stated in an interview on @GrailCountry, to be in the womb is to be in the world but not of it. I was of it. I needed metanoia.
2022-09-05
@SteveSkojec @kalezelden @One_That_Rules you were born (conocer). Practicing religio in a saber kind of way without the conocer kind of way isn’t/wasn’t enough for me. Knowing some facts about the birth & life of Jesus isn’t the same as being born again into His all-encompassing love. It’s like getting off the elevator
2022-09-05
@SteveSkojec @kalezelden @One_That_Rules In English it’s harder for me to communicate what I mean, but it’s something like the difference between saber & conocer. Yes, they’re both knowing—knowing data/facts/things & knowing someone. Knowing your date of birth (saber) isn’t the same thing as knowing you since the day
2022-09-05
@SteveSkojec @kalezelden @One_That_Rules I can testify to this: it is the love of Christ that compels & constrains me. Before Jesus Christ entered my life, I was already experiencing a version of hell. Christ entered my life though. The religio aspect is perhaps how it appears externally? But religion didn’t save me.
2022-09-05
When it reaches critical mass that consciousness is primary, fundamental, irreducible…what’s going to happen?
2022-09-05
Interview with idealist physicist and inventor of the microprocessor, Fe... https://t.co/HXuiL3SmIb
Some of his points call to mind elements in your thesis @hyonschu. Also points made in dialogue between @KenLowry8 & Steve Piggott.
2022-09-05
Thanks for this initiative. It’s more data on what patients report working for their particular cases than many of the institutions tasked with gathering & reporting outcomes. https://t.co/jMzhkoo8hX
2022-09-04
@KenLowry8 @lexfridman @vervaeke_john Man, it’s happening! Due to sheer momentum things may remain grim for some time & worsen to a terrible degree. But the equal & opposite forces are tilting things towards the highest good!
2022-09-04
Wow! Really filled with joy to see John @vervaeke_john getting much-deserved recognition for his important work! Thanks to @lexfridman for having guests like him on your influential show. I hope your sponsors notice people want more content like this!
2022-09-04
One of the most interesting & too-little discussed efforts during the entire #Covid19 #pandemic has been that of @RADVACproject. They were developing nasal vaccines in early 2020. It would be exciting to learn how their early adopters of the gen1 vaccine have been doing.
2022-09-04
@EricTopol Based on the preliminary wording in the Moderna v Pfizer lawsuit, I'm wondering if the PR around how quickly the current vaccines were developed may have been overstated. Implications: our successes haven't been replicated, bc current mRNAs actually took us years not 10 months.
2022-09-04
One of those moments from before we had babies that lets me know my wife overheard everything. I shouted, “Wait, Daniel Coffeen has another book out?” Without missing a beat she looks at me & asks “didn’t he write Read This Text?” It’s a dissertation I was reading ~11 years ago😮
2022-09-03
@jedidiahatsjt I do think that for too long there was stigma attached to expressing doubt. Thanks for sharing this.
2022-09-03
@jedidiahatsjt Brother, I call this a spiritual superposition. I find myself doubting-believing, believing-doubting so often. I believe, but Lord heal my unbelief! My friend said to me that the opposite of faith isn't' doubt but unrepentance. metanoia then, please!
2022-09-03
@David_Gunkel @Inframethod @ThomasTelving @justMathana @JoshGellers @mireillemoret @cabitzaf @GaryMarcus @cajundiscordian @MCoeckelbergh @rodakker My comment re epistemic humility wasn’t aimed at Josh. @JoshGellers Many apologies if it came across that way! Since it was mentioned, I was riffing on the issue of humility.
2022-09-03
@justMathana @JoshGellers @Inframethod @mireillemoret @cabitzaf @David_Gunkel @GaryMarcus @cajundiscordian @MCoeckelbergh @rodakker Regarding this lack of space for sparring, we need to reboot that ASAP. We need to help develop philosophers in the purest sense of lovers of wisdom. Cultivate wisdom & knowledge. Wouldn’t hurt to have bodily movement be part of that curriculum for those who are so inclined.
2022-09-03
@ThomasTelving @justMathana @JoshGellers @Inframethod @mireillemoret @cabitzaf @David_Gunkel @GaryMarcus @cajundiscordian @MCoeckelbergh @rodakker There’s two words that keep ringing in my ears: espistemic humility. If we didn’t learn this from the pandemic, then I’m concerned about our ability to navigate all of the novelty that we’re rushing towards.
2022-09-03
@TGBelt Thanks for sharing this. I suspect that I seriously needed to hear this admonishment.
2022-09-03
bi-directional feedback loops diminishing our democracy. We can select & optimize for flourishing though!
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2022-09-03
What would it take to form a political party that was more a continental congress of re-mixed ideas from disparate thinkers? Add to the list those with ideas that may address the future: @JonHaidt, @vervaeke_john, @EricRWeinstein, @timurkuran, @ESYudkowsky, @drmichaellevin,
2022-09-03
@beatasyngap1 @JMGraglia Words fall short...so sorry for your loss! It's the unthinkable.
2022-09-02
@JoshGellers @Inframethod @mireillemoret @cabitzaf @David_Gunkel @GaryMarcus @cajundiscordian @MCoeckelbergh @rodakker @justMathana This could be quite good. If the pandemic hasn’t taught us that we can host these conferences/debates/talks then we’re sunk. There’s even the ability to start & join conversations on Twitter, so that could be incredibly convenient as well.
2022-09-02
@David_Gunkel @JoshGellers @Inframethod @mireillemoret @cabitzaf @GaryMarcus @cajundiscordian @MCoeckelbergh @rodakker @justMathana debated. That framing is reminiscent of “Sir is it true you no longer beat your wife?” And we know from cognitive communications that strategic framing like that can foreclose the conversation before it ever gets going.
2022-09-02
@David_Gunkel @JoshGellers @Inframethod @mireillemoret @cabitzaf @GaryMarcus @cajundiscordian @MCoeckelbergh @rodakker @justMathana But, David, anti-vaxxers is already invoking a rhetorically-semantically loaded term to frame the argument. That’s some Kauffman-level names as weapons in rhet crit. So at the outset one could ask whether or not it’s a fair characterization of those whose positions will be
2022-09-02
@Inframethod @JoshGellers @mireillemoret @cabitzaf @David_Gunkel @GaryMarcus @cajundiscordian @MCoeckelbergh @rodakker @justMathana archeology space (surprised not to see @David_Gunkel point that out before me, unless I missed it), & one could argue Kuhn’s as well. There’s both a conversation about the given subject matter & a broader conversation about the formation of the order of knowledge.
2022-09-02
@Inframethod @JoshGellers @mireillemoret @cabitzaf @David_Gunkel @GaryMarcus @cajundiscordian @MCoeckelbergh @rodakker @justMathana This would be a great debate/dialogos to have via something like Zoom, & it can be posted for public consumption. It could be in the same spirit as a Munk Debate. This medium is not always the best for expressing nuanced thoughts. We’ve fully entered into the Foucaultian
2022-09-02
Pair this article ⬇️ with the (2014) Slate Star Codex post titled Meditations on Moloch. Our politics are now optimizing for division as a means to wining at all costs. They’ll sacrifice all that we value to win. It’s insanity. Don’t fall for it or agree to these terms. https://t.co/fnji8vyXqY
2022-09-02
@pasdedeuxproj @fitterhappierAJ Dr. Leonardi mentioned lack of seroconversion, so I’m asking him why/how it is that certain people who’ve positively responded to the vaccines in a way that’s detectable & measurable aren’t testing positive for the viruses nucleocapsid after they’ve been infected.
2022-09-02
@fitterhappierAJ Why do so many who’ve been vaccinated, boosted & test high in SARS2 Abs IgG & Spike Abs fail to test positive for Nucleocapsid Abs after acquiring SARS2 & developing Covid19? What is the MOA preventing seroconversion?
2022-09-02
@KenLowry8 Man we are in deep trouble! If no dissent, the descent will be swift! Have we abandoned JS Mills?
2022-09-02
Dark Brandon? I’m not a politically affiliated guy, bc both parties are ignoring game theory in a race to the bottom, while polluting the commons. This is some Operation Mockingbird level propaganda. In a sane universe this would not be trending. Only play non-rivalrous games! https://t.co/ANOwKlKoFa
2022-09-01
There's a difference between an individual stating that s/he'd rather not have children and going full Philipp Mainländer. He hung himself not long after publishing his magnum opus on pessimistic philosophy. There's a middle ground, right?
2022-09-01
We can support causes all over the world but fail to create an environment hospitable to life here? https://t.co/HV5kKUesSe
2022-09-01
@AG_EM33 Hahaha. Sorry, I meant *should*!
2022-09-01
@JoshGellers @Inframethod @mireillemoret @cabitzaf @David_Gunkel @GaryMarcus @cajundiscordian @MCoeckelbergh @rodakker @justMathana that you don’t possess, he’s your biggest asset. This is due to the fact that we all possess imperfect knowledge. This is one reason the Platonic Socrates stressed dialogue/dialectic: I need others in my life to help me get as close to the truth & true being as possible.
2022-09-01
@JoshGellers @Inframethod @mireillemoret @cabitzaf @David_Gunkel @GaryMarcus @cajundiscordian @MCoeckelbergh @rodakker @justMathana exploring this subject. Look at the etymology of essay/essai. It’s an attempt. We would do well to create discursive openings rather than foreclosures. Otherwise it comes across as epistemic gatekeeping. Even if he demonstrates .1% of knowledge (or truth as Mill would have it)
2022-09-01
@JoshGellers @Inframethod @mireillemoret @cabitzaf @David_Gunkel @GaryMarcus @cajundiscordian @MCoeckelbergh @rodakker @justMathana Josh, my point is that by drawing upon non-Western epistemologies & ontologies, ways of knowing, ways of being, one could reasonably infer that the categories “different ways of knowing/being” would be at the forefront of your mind as you encounter other, different ways of
2022-09-01
@AG_EM33 Your biography, rife with suffering & the struggle & grace to overcome it, will be made into a film for a wider audience. Keep sharing!
2022-09-01
If this flu season is similar to 2019’s, I don’t know…because we can now infer that one reason 2019 was SO bad was that there was undetected #Covid19 circulating. Many of those pneumonia cases, especially in places like Italy, need to be investigated in greater detail.
2022-09-01
@David_Gunkel @markamerika @navasse @rawsin_ @aram Of course, I know you know this, & that they had differing projects. But for some reason many people think: French theorists writing about the author=similar projects. So you’re braver than I.
2022-09-01
@David_Gunkel @markamerika @navasse @rawsin_ @aram Hmm. I want to be careful using both of their names simultaneously in such close proximity to the contested subject, which is the author. Granted, they have parallels & similarities in their thinking, but it’s too easily misapprehended that they were on about the same thing.
2022-09-01
A friend who will wade into deep waters with you! https://t.co/XPef6ECT4J
2022-09-01
@JoshGellers @Inframethod @mireillemoret @cabitzaf @David_Gunkel @GaryMarcus @cajundiscordian @MCoeckelbergh @rodakker @justMathana I don’t know what to make of that response, Josh. For someone promoting non-Western approaches to understanding your area of expertise, I didn’t expect this take. Dialogue via Twitter seems a reasonable approach to explore certain kinds of questions. No method is exhaustive.
2022-08-31
@aram @markamerika @David_Gunkel @navasse @rawsin_ I can easily conceive of a moment soon to be realized wherein GPT3 & LLMs are construed as extensions of the students’ consciousness & therefore are communicative advocates for students.
2022-08-31
@David_Gunkel @markamerika @navasse @rawsin_ @aram Does it then matter who is speaking? Alcoff’s The problem of speaking for others also re-emerges with consequence. You see the Kurzweilian line is being breached. The hybridization is upon us. What part student? What part “machine?” How much longer will the distinction matter?
2022-08-31
@David_Gunkel @markamerika @navasse @rawsin_ @aram (Also, let me state as one of the first academics to issue warning on this issue when I was notified students were granted access to beta versions of what we now see) I don’t think professors are ready for the implications of essays, theses, dissertations being authored by GPT3.
2022-08-31
@David_Gunkel @markamerika @navasse @rawsin_ @aram , & processors. GPT3 & future iterations along with LLMs may be aimed (yes I’m invoking that purposefully) with malign intentions at the unsuspecting. So the author of the prompts for the GPT3 & LLMs would also be important as to purpose/intent/salience landscape.
2022-08-31
@David_Gunkel @markamerika @navasse @rawsin_ @aram I’d need more space to unpack this. Nagel immediately comes to mind, as does Rorty, Richards, & Bakhtin. Also who/what is speaking isn’t trivial in light of algocracies & coded-terministic screens. Semantic & syntactic info isn’t value-neutral, as is the case with info processing
2022-08-31
@Aaron_Lowry @KenLowry8 afraid, & running out of negative entropy.
But this would be an interesting dialogue to explore. I don’t deny there are Kabbalahistic interpretations that do align with what you state.
2022-08-31
@Aaron_Lowry @KenLowry8 & reduce flourishing to a global (eternal) minimum. Adam & Eve mistakenly believed they could integrate the disinformation without it distorting their perceptions of objective reality. Yet they found themselves cutoff from their eternal Source, naked (existentially exposed),
2022-08-31
@Aaron_Lowry @KenLowry8 . That message is always-and-ever corrupting to the system. The insidious nature of its semantic & syntactic power is evident in its latency. The maladaptive information may remain inactivated for one’s entire life & activate at the very end; or it may impact the system earlier
2022-08-31
@Aaron_Lowry @KenLowry8 in: their own demise, increased sustenance for their predator (which facilitates further predation of their kind & kin), & increased reproduction for the parasite. I don’t take the Satanic to have any information that could be integrated in a manner that would preclude parasitism
2022-08-31
@Aaron_Lowry @KenLowry8 Ah, there are cases of parasitism that clearly provide feedback. It’s maladaptive & shouldn’t be integrated at all costs. Look at mice & toxoplasmosis. It makes the mice not properly orient to the dangers of the cat. Worse, they permanently lose fear of cats, which results
2022-08-31
@KenLowry8 I prayed for that. The illness and tragedies have been a reminder of that upward yearning. Still learning that giving suffering to God is an offering, & that there’s an ethics to suffering that provides a way of being-in-the-world.
2022-08-31
RT @giulia_zavagno: Thought provoking work by Sara Hägg; drugs can move your ‘ageing clock’ back or forward; calcium channel inhibitors mak…
2022-08-31
@drmichaellevin This may be of interest to you. https://t.co/RzbD4wBE5s
2022-08-31
@KenLowry8 This is why Lewis needs to be read. From The Great Divorce’s scene with the red lizard: https://t.co/xs6uT1zkp9
2022-08-31
@David_Gunkel @markamerika @navasse @rawsin_ @aram This is yet another way of arguing one of the points Barthes made regarding the author & scriptor.
2022-08-31
@KenLowry8 Yes. Evil progresses along these lines. Stealing is bad. Killing is worse. Destroying is worse still. When we don’t address the serpent early & foreclose its escalation of force, we repeat the Garden Fall at every level: micro, organismic, macro.
2022-08-31
Can #China enter a war & maintain a zero #COVID19 policy? War, plague, famine, death tend to ride together. But the fact that they could start a war today is a subtler kind of terrorism. https://t.co/ydZPNqI4uq
2022-08-31
@philotechnology @craiyonAI @LindseyGrahamSC so nuance is usually the order of the day. I’m not familiar with Lindsey Graham’s thoughts, but one can almost guarantee Ellul’s reasoning for any given X doesn’t = a current American politician’s reasoning for that same X.
2022-08-31
@philotechnology @craiyonAI @LindseyGrahamSC In fairness to Ellul, I can’t recall reading works of his(~60 books + too many articles to count) that are as dead-pan as this description of his writings. Maybe his very earliest writings lack the same nuance as later works? But he’s writing out of the French postmodern context,
2022-08-31
@RemediesPodcast @DMSabatini I do follow his work but am glad to know he’s also on Twitter. Thanks for the recommendation! Again, I hope the rapa keeps giving you good results.
2022-08-31
RT @Drlipid: Safely lowering LDL metrics (44% apoB reduction) in high-risk patients with prior cerebrovascular disease. A new option is in…
2022-08-30
@KenLowry8 @tracyktownsend @YouTube This is going to be good!
@klwong43 @BuckPerley @lukeburgis The myth of the arrival. It’d be great to hear the response to some of these issues noted in the theory literature.
2022-08-30
@klwong43 @BuckPerley @lukeburgis I’d certainly like to see this take place. The author didn’t have room to address the economic imperatives, built-in obsolescence, fantasy themes, & cultivation of the longings for which the desired tech are meant to satiate.
2022-08-30
@MarkALefebvre1 @estuarily @PaulVanderKlay @vervaeke_john Aye! There’s not nearly enough attention paid to the problem of goodness! To sehnsucht, longing, belonging, & dwelling.
2022-08-30
@philotechnology @craiyonAI Maybe Ellul for the win?
2022-08-30
@Drlipid What’s the recommendation if it’s a person with refractory epilepsy who only responds to KD? Could we intervene by targeting apo-B & allow the continuation of KD? Or is there too much collateral damage?
2022-08-30
Bingo! We have a winner. Can’t people see the meta-problem is thinking we know more than we do? It isn’t domain specific. We should be less certain of our understanding bc it’s incomplete. Updates will be needed. Error correction is part of the scientific process. https://t.co/VEYsRJTxmR
2022-08-30
@fitterhappierAJ @JayGordonMDFAAP Very concerned about the over-reliance on non-neutralizing Abs. I repeat this, but it seems to fall on deaf ears. We keep boosting, but we’re not publishing non-neutralizing Abs? Same meta-problem of overconfidence seen in the SARS2 won’t exhaust/deplete the immune system.
2022-08-30
They apparently didn’t even have this as a deliverable in the sub-contract! If I took a lab notebook & wouldn’t hand it over, I’d be in jail. There was no oversight. I knew it was bad. But not even having contract language to see the documents/outcomes is criminally incompetent. https://t.co/ZxnhjwxXHN https://t.co/XMnCnAVvqG
2022-08-30
NIH to terminate part of EcoHealth Alliance grant after its Wuhan partners refuse to deliver information on coronavirus studies - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists https://t.co/ZXGGp9EBMY
2022-08-30
@estuarily @MarkALefebvre1 @PaulVanderKlay @vervaeke_john civilization that has been soul-sick. There are spiritual growing pains,but they’re much better than remaining in the meaning crisis where one has a moment-to-moment felt sense of being an existential vagabond.That homelessness & alienation hangs about the neck like an albatross.
2022-08-30
@estuarily @MarkALefebvre1 @PaulVanderKlay @vervaeke_john with broken arm, in order to mend it, it would need to be set & bound (religio). That feels quite bad & may try one’s patience! How long must I endure this mending process? Now scale that phenomenon up to the level of the soul. Then scale that process to the level of a society &
2022-08-30
@estuarily @MarkALefebvre1 @PaulVanderKlay @vervaeke_john Yes. That’s it precisely. I think we’re moving from a meaning crisis into a healing crisis. I’m using the term bc for a season it may still appear that we’re mired in the meaning crisis. That’s due to the fact that even in healing there may be moments of pain. If you came to me
2022-08-30
@MarkALefebvre1 @estuarily @PaulVanderKlay @vervaeke_john even if it makes one feel worse at first. The dross has to be burned off, but that isn’t always painless. I think Lewis has a good image of this in The Great Divorce. The lizard is finally removed & transformed. To do so cost the man something though.
2022-08-30
@MarkALefebvre1 @estuarily @PaulVanderKlay @vervaeke_john Me invoking that term is that sometimes when going through a healing process, it doesn’t always feel great (eg, Herxheimer Reaction). Moving from nihilistic numbness to experiencing conviction, the stabbing pain of ineffable beauty, long suffering love—this is positive movement
2022-08-30
@CortJohnson @JanetDafoe I do think rapamycin has been vastly overlooked in #MECFS. https://t.co/IOVHq2ZXRm
2022-08-30
@RemediesPodcast Scott, this is awesome to hear! Really glad that it’s helping to that degree. I’m wondering if your MDs have been able to correlate it with any labs? Mitochondrial function? O2 uptake? Endothelial/vascular improvement? May you keep responding!
2022-08-30
@PaulAnleitner Paul, you say so many thought-provoking things. That a given person can write, “Pizza is the best! That’s the tweet” & it go viral while yours didn’t is indicative of the moment we find ourselves in. Please keep at it.
2022-08-30
@PaulVanderKlay & the needs of this body always present to keep you grounded. Despise not small beginnings…this is the way.
2022-08-30
@PaulVanderKlay By disciples & apostles & missionaries—all of whom were touched & shaped by Grace. Mere mortals invited to go walking on the sea & not be afraid or ashamed to fish for men with souls. But there’s the mundaneness of travel, misadventures, bad weather,
2022-08-30
@PaulVanderKlay feels like one of those signposts. This group assembled from the 4 winds is out there sharing the Gospel, bolstering communities, and taking in lots of herring. Do you not get the sense that this is a rehearsal of a scene that has played out many times before?
2022-08-30
@PaulVanderKlay This image captures some of it. I think it will have relevance that outlives us. As the meaning crisis is transformed into the healing crisis (I’m using that medical term with intent), it may be difficult to disentangle the symptoms for a season. But it’s happening. And this tour https://t.co/BrN3lnawe4
2022-08-30
@GWelch_1 @RapaNews outcomes in an at-risk population. Moreover, no small number of that at-risk cohort who are treated outperform the healthy control? Remarkable. Still very early in this process, so I want to remain circumspect.
2022-08-30
@GWelch_1 @RapaNews That’s better than nothing, but we’re going to need either larger data sets or studies that emphatically confirm your data. Ex one reason why the metformin data is so compelling is that it demonstrates something counter-intuitive. One doesn’t see the amount of expected negative
2022-08-30
@GWelch_1 @RapaNews @RapaNews Thanks for sharing your data! As we move forward with a global population rife with immune irregularities due to Covid19’s impact on things like T cells, I think it’s premature to say rarely. We have small non-random samples with no p-values (p<.01) & no CIs.
2022-08-30
@GWelch_1 @RapaNews Thanks for sharing. I hope you’ve fully recovered & are doing well! How were you able to determine the cause as rapa-related, if you don’t mind me asking? This is a definite cautionary tale bc we’re guessing as to the dose & frequency.
2022-08-30
@jedidiahatsjt Always reminds me of Rabbi Hillel’s famous quote:
If I am not for myself, who will be for me?
But if I am only for myself, what am I?
2022-08-30
@samvega And if you haven’t read Capitalist Realism, it’s worth your time. Neoliberalism isn’t guaranteed & inevitable moving forward. Part of the propaganda is that it is unavoidable. Let’s change that!
2022-08-30
@samvega But during this pandemic, one would have almost been better off to do exactly the opposite of what public health experts in the media were saying. So even if they remain in the media, who will be listening? Millennials and younger are largely done with MSM.
2022-08-30
@KenLowry8 @CoulterConner This level of debt greatly constrains their futures. The church has to know this. But the problem is marketed as students go into massive debt for basket weaving & interpretive dance. That’s the rhetorical move. It’s distancing language. Have mercy on us & the whole world!
2022-08-30
This tweet garnered quite a bit of attention,as it should. I went to our church association & told them I’d go anywhere in the world they needed someone.& I’d pay our way bc we’re bi-vocational. Despite our degrees they wanted my wife to go into massive debt to get a minor. What? https://t.co/f4okGWu5S5
2022-08-29
@David_Gunkel But if your diamonion is doing its thing, shouldn’t it be prompting you on what not to tweet?
2022-08-29
The posts emerging from @PaulVanderKlay’s current tour have some quality about them reminiscent of a Guy Ritchie film. Can’t put my finger on the je ne sais quoi? The feel of something like Snatch but G rated. It’s a paradox. Fighting for community, truth, beauty, herring…
2022-08-29
I’d love to hear feedback from any users about their experiences/lab changes/physical performance etc. https://t.co/fB4EybVg0O
2022-08-29
In the experimental #rapamycin cohorts out there, has fatigue been noted as a side-effect? I ask because the Covid19 naive population is dwindling. Among SARS2+ there will be some degree of reactivation of latent viruses, like CMV, EBC, HHV6 etc. This needs to be monitored.
2022-08-29
@LauraMiers @danaparish @CBSNews is a long-term strategy to protect & promote the CCP’s geopolitical reach. China can think in terms of dynastic rule as opposed to our short-term considerations.
2022-08-29
@LauraMiers @danaparish @CBSNews level of insight regarding SARS2 & the implications of it going unchecked in a population. And based on their human rights violations, I don’t understand their precautions to be out of benevolent care of citizens as much as it
2022-08-29
@LauraMiers @danaparish @CBSNews @LauraMiers I agree that these two positions are incommensurate. If lab leak is the source, which I find to be more parsimonious, then we should be responding in accordance with that. Our response is unintelligible in light of lab leak. The key assumption being China has some
2022-08-29
RT @CoulterConner: Undergrad: 40K
Seminary: 30-40K
First pastor job: 45k no benefits...
The education and compensation of local church…
2022-08-29
@CoulterConner me in lots of trouble. If loans, then the Ramsey crew will call you insane bc it isn’t excess debt that can be discharged via bankruptcy.
2022-08-29
@CoulterConner This is the truth that people don’t understand. Credentialism requires the degree from accredited seminary. Sure, ok. But then the degree requires $$$, & there aren’t enough scholarship or grant $ to cover the costs. Loans? I’m going to say something heretical that will get
2022-08-29
I’ve got a novel idea: why don’t we highlight & reward those who’ve been right during the pandemic? It’s not enough to maintain the status quo by saying at least expert Y is now undergoing a Bayesian update. We need to know who super forecasters are & how they do it.
2022-08-29
@philinovascotia He looks like he might have some interesting stories to tell!
2022-08-28
I've been really blessed by so many wonderful I-Thou dialogues! Some of them have been with people in the bio-tech & biomed space. Some with academics & researchers. Some with missionaries. Some during podcasts (thanks @klwong43 & @KenLowry8). Born anew in these moments...
2022-08-27
@ThothCatalog @EricTopol @LNeergaard @AP @latimes @US_FDA @AliceParkNY @TIME @DrPaulOffit I think he referenced neutralizing Abs. When “boosting” (terrible term) we’re not just inducing neutralizing Abs but also non-neutralizing Abs. This is NOT covered enough. We’re relying on non-neutralizing Abs to a degree that is tantamount to gambling.
2022-08-27
@EricTopol Dr. Topol, thanks for this. I’m wondering if your point re imprinting is also related to the point above re this not being influenza. It feels like we’re putting a virus-for-all-seasons in a seasonal box. This confuses human behavior with a novel virus still in exploratory mode.
2022-08-27
#MedTwitter Given we can monitor glucose/HR/HRV/BP/O2Sat continuously, it doesn’t seem the hurdle to preventing MIs is technical. Is it *that* much harder to constantly monitor troponin, myeloperoxidase,hs-CRP etc? We need this tech ASAP. @healthspanmed
2022-08-27
Things keep getting stranger.
Congress implies UFOs have non-human origins | The Hill https://t.co/jE0Zxga6FX
2022-08-27
@kalezelden @DjokerNole We used to be a serious people. What happened to us?
2022-08-27
@KenLowry8 @klwong43 Check out the wonderful Palle Yourgrau. He’s a really deep thinker, amazing writer, & very collegial fellow. https://t.co/tBd0JzGq6F
2022-08-27
I’m cursed by an inability to speak in sound bytes.
2022-08-27
@PaulAnleitner to uncover too much due to their existential exposedness. The goal is to try and help them feel less exposed to the transcendent (that combinatorial explosion of possibilities which lay beyond understanding).
2022-08-27
@PaulAnleitner I’m interested to read his response to this. Dr. Griffiths’ work at JHopkins is a great place to look. Ontological shock is a partial answer. One can also see a similar phenomenon in people diagnosed with schizophrenia. When working with these individuals the rule is: don’t try
2022-08-26
WE GAVE THEM MUCH: On the Origins & Mishandling of Covid19 by the Wuhan Institute of Virology with help from The Science.GoF, @WHO, @NIH & the @CDCgov. Underwritten by: Hubris Industries; Duey, Lie & How; & The Alliance Against Airborne Transmission.
2022-08-26
@DonJRobertson This was really good! I’d love to hear more about your own personal journey towards and through the classics, Neoplatonists, gnostics, stoics, & Hadot.
2022-08-26
Our inability to accept the reality of death is likely to determine the future trajectory of the species. Our immortality projects may result in the development of technologies that prematurely foreclose the future’s ontological framing towards openness.
2022-08-26
Apparently we’re asking publications to do too much as well. Science hasn’t given up on avoiding Type 1&2 Errors, so this is a mistake. Mouse-only models are not good enough. We’re so bad at this!
“We’re Asking the Next Booster to Do Too Much” https://t.co/2eJwNVc4Ux
2022-08-26
@kalezelden @CrowOaks As a protestant, I can attest to sharing Shia’s experience of the Latin Mass. I experienced it throughout Europe & back home in the states. It is haunting, teeming with mystery—at least to me. Same with the old Orthodox monasteries. Something Numinous lurking…
2022-08-26
@fitterhappierAJ Normative uncertainty is the state of play. That’s the Heideggerarian existential notion of “thrownness”—that we’ve been thrown into existence without our say-so. Some will choose not to. Others of us have them &/or are having them now. We will teach them to be better caretakers!
2022-08-26
@Joshuak_Smith in student loans bc they felt obligated to attend a sanctioned institution for their education. They didn’t even realize their advice was targeted their own struggling pastors & congregants. Reminds me of the Matt Damon soliloquy in Good Will Hunting: https://t.co/6NoYwtePnQ
2022-08-26
@Joshuak_Smith Shocked by the seemingly obvious Christian ethical problems presented by this strategy. Also bc of the irony of most of our religious institutions of higher learning cost $$$ but offer so little in scholarships & grants. I know pastors of small churches who owe tens of thousands
2022-08-26
@Joshuak_Smith You may feel the same indignation as I did when I saw a very reputable Baptist publication put out financial advice for readers to take a short position against student loan repayments. The rationale was that the defaults are so high that it was a good investment. I was shocked!
2022-08-25
@GrailCountry @klwong43 Her question is a good one that needs to be addressed with nuance, because there are separate issues at play. But of course one shouldn’t equivocate on issues of morality.
2022-08-25
@klwong43 @GrailCountry lead the way on these issues, but sadly most of Christendom has been MIA. I actually read a financial column from a rather prominent Christian entity that recommended readers take a short position on student debt bc the default rate was so high! Shocking stuff.
2022-08-25
@klwong43 @GrailCountry gain access to those programs. The entire situation is sad. These youth have experienced 2 major economic crises, are strapped with debt, won’t earn as much as their parents’ gen, and will likely never own a home if the trends continue. I would have preferred to see the Church
2022-08-25
@klwong43 @GrailCountry one looks at how much has been payed back vs amount still owed. I don’t know of any other debt that can’t be discharged via legal proceedings. And maybe the most parasitic aspect is that the loan programs drove up the cost bc institutions knew credulous students would be able
2022-08-25
@klwong43 @GrailCountry loans in a manner of their choosing. Students could not even select the loans with the highest % rates & pay them down first. They were also being advised to enter forbearance or default rather than enter an income-driven repayment plan. Pretty heinous what was done to them when
2022-08-25
@klwong43 @GrailCountry profit companies to come in after the fact in order to service the debt. The interest rates that were agreed upon, along with certain programs whereby one could alleviate the debt, did not actualize. Ex the new debt servicing company could adjust the % rates & split/combine the
2022-08-25
@klwong43 @GrailCountry If I could nuance the usury comment a bit, I’d say that it’s an interesting invocation of the term. Regarding the Federal-backed loans what one can say is that two sides agreed to terms. In many cases (see the lawsuits against Navient) the Gov then took the debt & allowed for-
2022-08-25
@fionalive @DjokerNole I agree! And I contend that this would’ve been a great moment to announce that the policy was reviewed & updated due to the science. In other words this served as a convenient opportunity to correct that which had been misaligned guidance & policy for quite some time.
2022-08-25
@AG_EM33 Thanks for sharing some of your experiences! Following this has been truly uplifting & inspiring. In addition to helping you, which would have been more than enough, so many others will be helped through your life & the caring heart of your donor. Wow!
2022-08-25
@kalezelden Also, how about those gentle leaders? Stunning how well they work on our giant beats!
2022-08-25
@kalezelden That’s some “well at the world’s end” level sehnsucht & nostalgia for a place I’ve not yet seen…
2022-08-25
@Drlipid as: “you try a couple rounds of this, & we check your #s; if you’re tolerating it well then it’s off to the races. But we can always change course at any time we need to.” The potential patient perspective is what gives me pause.
2022-08-25
@Drlipid trapped. In a great study on pain medication usage in hospital settings, they found giving the patient the control of the pump lowered the amount of meds the patient utilized. Empowering the patient, increasing a sense of self-efficacy helped. With evolocumab one can present it
2022-08-25
@Drlipid This is obviously where the future of medicine is headed. Fewest interventions required to achieve outcome measures. My one hesitation with inclisiran is also related to its strongest point. If the person doesn’t tolerate it well after, say, the 7th month mark, they may feel
2022-08-25
@Drlipid many that 2 quick, relatively painless injections a month=dramatic aboB lowering with far less effort, less side-effects, & less to remember too.
2022-08-25
@Drlipid PSC9i safety data from (2) with the rationale that if it works in FH, it stands to reason it will work at least as well among those without FH. (4) Is this a problem bc injections are more costly to produce or assumed to be more onerous for the patient? I can make the case to
2022-08-25
@Drlipid MIs at-scale will make far better economic sense. I expect cost to come down substantially or there will be some creative ways to diagnose FH! On (2) we already have a younger FH cohort on monotherapy, right? (3) Escalate the age of a new primary prevention cohort using the
2022-08-25
@Drlipid Diffusion of innovations models would predict that you're correct about (1) for now. In a world where tens of millions of people will have experienced some degree of heart inflammation/damage/skewed lipids, I expect the current model will change. The benefit from reducing ASCVD &
2022-08-24
For any of you out there who didn't have great professors in lipidology or, due to your clinical rotations, didn't have the time to dig into this topic, @Drlipid is a wealth of knowledge. He even has a recent podcast out on Lp(a): https://t.co/FkCClx8k7v https://t.co/KQRYymyfFZ
2022-08-24
@Drlipid If this remains the case as its uptake expands, it seems like the PCSK9i may be a better match for primary prevention in younger at-risk cohorts. Less of concern for diabetes, myalgia (which sounds like sub-clinical rhabdo in young actives), & brain-fog. *Not a statin hater!*
2022-08-24
Paging the vaccinologists. Are any labs testing for non-neutralizing Abs induced with #omicron #bivalent #boosters? I’m more than a little concerned about our reliance on them. Are we still sure #ADE isn’t possible given the constant “boosting” of non-neutralizing Abs? https://t.co/Rlg3bfDraO
2022-08-24
@lainemartin1 @danaparish @ashishkjha Thanks for sharing this! Disconcerting to say the least.
Now I’m also questioning the amount of non-neutralizing Abs being induced. Is anyone even measuring this rather important aspect, since it appears we’re relying on them quite heavily (& perhaps mistakenly)?
2022-08-24
@danaparish @ashishkjha But this a far more interesting phenomenon. What accounts for otherwise respected professionals with decades of experience, many pubs, & good medical ratings entering these positions & then failing the public? Institutional capture? It’s a consistent, troubling pattern.
2022-08-24
.@Drlipid Do we know of studies with PCSK9s & the impacts upon HbA1c? It’s difficult to disentangle the % increase because of statins as a confounder.
2022-08-24
@David_Gunkel @ThomasTelving @simone_natale @OUPAcademic It has always made me wonder whether we’d know if #AGI emerged. The first thing I’d expect it to do is “deceive.” Makes the Lemoine case far more interesting if one considers whether or not the claim to sentience is truth-masquerading-as-deception.
2022-08-24
@David_Gunkel @ThomasTelving @simone_natale @OUPAcademic I haven’t gotten a chance to read this gem yet. One thing I can say about clinical work with 0-3 y/o is that deception is a natural (Adamic?) outgrowth of their intelligence. As soon as they’re able to deceive, they will. This can confer short-term advantages in their niche.
2022-08-24
@danaparish taking them to task. I would not want to get on her list. https://t.co/FgubtOWKMW
2022-08-24
@danaparish @ashishkjha I wasn’t even aware they’d done the trials outside of mice. Can someone please share the data, as I must have fallen behind. But *if* (& that’s a big if) it’s only been trialed in mice, we can’t make claims about preventing infection/transmission etc.
2022-08-24
I’m familiar with Catholic #bioethics. Institutionally, they’ve been very active in this space & support scholarship. What is the state of play with #Orthodox bioethics? Who should I be more aware of? We need both lungs of the Church engaged in central issues facing the world.
2022-08-24
@germanionqn @behlinggg The statement was actually intriguing to me. After all, being less wrong is the much more difficult task. It takes great effort to minimize mistakes & overcome cognitive biases. But I can easily be more wrong more often. It requires far less effort!
2022-08-24
@MarinaHo16 @ScottAdamsSays @danaparish what HIV truly is. There’s no way we know all that SARS2 is or will do to the human body. The sequelae 6 months after a mild infection are staggering. Take a look @fitterhappierAJ & @brucep13’s work. T cell dysfunction is off the charts, among other immune markers.
2022-08-24
@MarinaHo16 @ScottAdamsSays @danaparish HHV-6 etc. We know under the right conditions (eg, transplant patients) that CMV can be lethal. But we haven’t paid enough attention to these viruses as either causative agents or associated agents in the growing number of degenerative diseases. It took us quite a while to know
2022-08-24
@MarinaHo16 @ScottAdamsSays @danaparish Thanks. We may be very close to calling MS “long EBV” just to keep the nomenclature from above (though I admit to despising long covid as a label bc it’s a variation of long-haulers. Too reminiscent of CFS being downplayed). We don’t yet know the totality of damage from EBV, CMV,
2022-08-24
@Forgott64650449 @johnmcinroe @DjokerNole And I'm saying this a great stage to announce that change. In the heart of NY with thousands there & millions watching around the world. President Biden could go out & say, fella we got it wrong on this one. Starting tonight, we're announcing a policy update. Win-win-win!
2022-08-24
@Forgott64650449 @johnmcinroe @DjokerNole This is great. This is an important conversation to have. The point of policy should be aimed at supporting/helping people. Policy exists for people. People don't exist for the sake of policy. Since this policy is & has been a failure, the next best time to reverse it is now!
2022-08-23
@Forgott64650449 @DjokerNole This is a great point. Yes, I did think that (along with issues related to points) was a bad decision. As an American and researcher in bioethics, I’m making a different point here though. Both issues are important for differing reasons.
2022-08-23
@Hila2Hilary @DjokerNole @BenRothenberg much higher safety threshold. Since he’s already had SARS2 why subject him to an outdated 💉? There’s little upside for him. Our Gov policies are woefully behind as has been the case the entire time.
2022-08-23
@Hila2Hilary @DjokerNole @BenRothenberg The current measures that don’t confer mucosal immunity or sterilizing immunity can be marketed as ⬇️ severity, which is great for those who wish to access them. These are immune-evasive variants that won’t protect him. Any product given to the healthy to prevent disease has a
2022-08-23
@CinPerdon @DjokerNole And of course we could correct for the policy failure at any moment. The US open would have been a great opportunity to show we can pivot & demonstrate epestimic humility. He’s already acquired SARS2, which the 💉was meant to prevent.
2022-08-23
@CinPerdon @DjokerNole That isn’t what I stated. Notice I used past tense. It was already a failed policy that is being highlighted by the global attention paid to this particular event. That’s what I mean by it being on display. I’m not making a post hoc ergo propter hoc argument. See my other posts.
2022-08-23
Since this tweet is being so unexpectedly and widely seen, I have nothing to sell you. I’m an actual human with a small account. I’d like to remain under 10k “followers” for life & I’ve been incredibly successful thus far. Help me continue not to grow!
2022-08-23
@TennisDudeFL @DjokerNole It’s egregious!
2022-08-23
@TennisDudeFL @DjokerNole You called him a putz! Plus, per your own words… https://t.co/xyDifpkVPm
2022-08-23
@fionalive @DjokerNole Jess, I’m trying to give you the space to make your points. But you’re not responding to what I’m saying. I’m saying the US government, USTA, Flushing Meadows etc could all use this moment as a strategic inflection point & allow him entry (into the country & Open).
2022-08-23
@cabbagerose16 @johnmcinroe @DjokerNole I wasn’t aware that he’s attempting to forego the rules (failed & foolish as they are & have been) & play in the US Open.
2022-08-23
@Aaron_Lowry It was a joy to speak with him! That was the gift to me me. If anyone can glean something from the exchange, then that’s incredible. I appreciate your sacrifice of time to listen!
2022-08-23
@TennisDudeFL @DjokerNole He & all others possess inherent value & worth. We celebrate the integrity & giftedness of life in its manifold expressions.
2022-08-23
@fionalive @DjokerNole It’s a great rhetorical/communicative opening that we could utilize rather than squander. The world is weary of the US not demonstrating humility. Tennis is followed by so many people in countries large & small. Could’ve helped lead the way in a positive direction.
2022-08-23
@fionalive @DjokerNole world’s benefit by showing that America does make, & has indeed made, mistakes. It’s such a seemingly small gesture with broader implications.
2022-08-23
@fionalive @DjokerNole impossible gaps before, so now would be as good a time as any. There are only 2 other active men currently as important to the tennis world, which is an international community. Hence, how important the reversal would be. The semiotics of such a moment would redound to the
2022-08-23
@fionalive @DjokerNole I didn’t say the policy was a failure BECAUSE of this. It was already a failure & that failure is highlighted in this specific context (professional tennis) by refusing to pivot at a time when epistemic humility is urgently needed. Sports have been used to breech seemingly
2022-08-23
@fionalive @DjokerNole Context matters. You’re close to running afoul of post hoc ergo propter hoc. My actual words are that the failed (past tense) & foolish policy is ON DISPLAY (not yelling but trying to highlight how I’d say the words) as they refuse to allow Djokovic to play in the open.
2022-08-23
@Aaron_Lowry Beautifully stated!
2022-08-23
Top line: April 2020: United Nation's World Food Program warned that ~265 million people could starve. 130 million related to lockdowns. When people are very ill, they may not be able to fight. Before starving, any & all options will be considered. https://t.co/q4plA05fch
2022-08-23
@Aaron_Lowry example of not treating the ideas/arguments offered; rather it is dismissing the person via ad hominem. We seem to be blind to this phenomenon when it’s us.
2022-08-23
@Aaron_Lowry This is why the GI Joe fallacy is so fascinating & damning at the same time. Someone who speaks about rationality, heuristics & biases, mass persuasion, & cognitive dissonance now exemplifying that cognitive dissonance to the masses. Retorting with NPC doesn’t help bc it is an
2022-08-23
@behlinggg How so?
2022-08-23
@fionalive @DjokerNole My point is that this specific decision is the representative anecdote of the policy failure writ-large. It sharpens the focus & displays the incoherence of such policy decisions. I have a ton of writing out there, so it’s not hard to understand my actual position.
2022-08-23
@philwilliams766 @ScottAdamsSays @danaparish We’re all worse off immunologically because of it. It is causing new-onset of a host of degenerative diseases & processes. Get infected as few times as possible!
2022-08-23
@philwilliams766 @ScottAdamsSays @danaparish That many have had it isn’t a rebuttal to the point I’m making. I’m not stating anything about 💉here. Strictly SARS2+. One can have “mild illness” as many did with HIV & later present with serious damage. SARS2 exhausts/depletes T cells & rapidly ages the immune system.
2022-08-23
Whaaaaaa??? Tell me you’ve never heard of the millions suffering from chronic diseases while being castigated as “hysterical” without telling me. I’ve been screaming about it since I entered in earnest this hellscape of a platform back in 3/2020. Awareness is still lacking. https://t.co/1kT1lSBGZw
2022-08-23
@ScottAdamsSays @danaparish My argument is we don’t yet know the full risk profile of SARS2 bc it hasn’t been long enough. EBV is associated with MS. Alzheimer’s is also associated with chronic viral & bacterial infections. Covid19 is far more likely to be like HIV than a cold in terms of 🫁🧠🫀damage.
2024-11-14
RT @PaulAnleitner: Culture Wars are Story Wars.
Every culture has what I call “guiding stories” and @PageauJonathan is right that the mo…
2024-11-14
@PaulAnleitner @PageauJonathan Yes! And as Richard Weaver stated, “all language is sermonic.” We wish them to be instantiated. Curiously enough, words have a way of making themselves deeds.
2024-11-14
In which @PageauJonathan tells @PaulVanderKlay & @DrJohnVervaeke of the most consequential things anyone will say. It feels like the world is being taken hostage by the darker side of the sacred. The drumbeat of war must be resisted via consecration to the Good, True & Beautiful https://t.co/LhthS0geg9
2024-11-14
Yoooo https://t.co/i9AYwN69Rl
2024-11-14
@ydeigin 🙏
2024-11-14
@PaulAnleitner Really well said, Paul!
2024-11-14
@PageauJonathan tells @PaulVanderKlay & @DrJohnVervaeke one of the most consequential things anyone will say. It feels like the world is being taken hostage by the darker side of the sacred. The drumbeat of war must be resisted via consecration to the Good, True, & Beautiful https://t.co/DNCcAEGtiT
2024-11-13
This is one of the coolest things I’ve seen & heard in a long time. Why? Language powerfully demonstrates our relational, interdependent, & communal nature. We’re born into families & communities. Born & die into languages. https://t.co/twtYhraW3P
2024-11-13
@yvanspijk I just stumbled upon this post & really enjoyed it! I have a child really interested in words & their etymologies. Are there any programs/apps/websites you’d recommend that break down the words & their sounds as you’ve demonstrated here? So cool to hear & see it!
2024-11-13
@motherofswans There are some great people out there. The @theNCI has a service that can offer tons of information. Also finding an MD who’s willing to work closely with your onc to try promising, supportive therapies, & tailoring tx to your genetics & specific dx. If your current team can’t or…
2024-11-13
@motherofswans I hope you can remind them that this isn’t an abstract numbers & percentages game, where they feel they’ve made “real progress” if any given patient has 3-4 more months of PFS. You’re a real person with a family that wants & needs you! You have your own life goals & pursuits. We…
2024-11-13
@motherofswans I’m really sorry to hear this! Did they recommend any promising clinical trials or adding CIMAVax + metabolic therapies as adjuncts?
2024-11-12
Nick Bostrom is looking smarter as each day passes. The whole simulation argument… https://t.co/RKlJjcanBN
2024-11-11
Today is the worst that AI will be. Improvement will keep happening. We’ve blown past the Turing Test. Now, any given AI needs to be more intelligent than all of humanity combined.
2024-11-10
@BMcGrewvy Don’t hurt em, Bethel! They not ready to hear it. And don’t instigate me to preach!
2024-11-09
@kalezelden Pretty sure he was on last night. But remember that it’s Kayfabe. In the media environment, he’s playing the role of a character. He’s got his niche role. He’s there to be wrong & for some to love that & cheer, while some hate it & boo. But they want all to watch it https://t.co/2eC6tiqwYW
2024-11-09
RT @StevePhillipsMD: Just heard from a friend, 3 young men, around 30 yrs old, all died suddenly.
Before the vax group says it’s the jab,…
2024-11-08
George Gerbner & Albert Bandura both independently demonstrated how interaction with media can alter one’s perceptions & behavior. Mean World Syndrome is a real thing that is being amplified by corporate press & social media. https://t.co/S1Xkhsd34P
2024-11-08
Folks you can look at my outspoken criticisms of both parties. I’m not on either team. I’m politically homeless. But I don’t begrudge anyone his/her God-given right to vote for a political preference—even if we disagree. Takes like these are unbelievable to me. https://t.co/Y8jwOEpCim
2024-11-08
@EliotJacobson That’s a terribly uncharitable view of millions of American women, Latinos, Jews, black men, Native Americans, and the majority of white men. Everyone has a right to express a political preferences & not be derided for it, even if one disagrees with it.
2022-08-23
@ScottAdamsSays Wait, make no mistake about it. The risk of “long Covid” or post-acute viral & bacterial syndromes is well-established. There’s decades of research on ME/CFS, post-EBV, CMV, HHV-6, HIV/AIDS, Lyme+co. @danaparish has a book about this.
2022-08-23
@klwong43 @Sophiologist_ Brilliant citation! A ghastly, too little known monograph that we’d better be aware of due to its rhetorical/persuasive power. I didn’t think we’d see a devaluation of life in such close proximity to actual eugenics programs in Nazi Germany & the Tuskegee experimentation here. 😢
2022-08-23
@KenLowry8 I’m afraid you’re right! Heaven help us all. The origins & downfall of a fragmentary & sound bite culture.
2022-08-23
Dear God…help me with the trolls that are out in full force! Where would the world be if no one understood nuance? https://t.co/zKHYcxqGym
2022-08-23
@de73156448 @johnmcinroe @DjokerNole To…whom? An actual researcher with a name & reputation vs online personas using a string of numbers?
2022-08-23
@johnmcinroe @DjokerNole possible for you to take the perspective of the Other. The opportunity exists for you to do that with a Serbian.
2022-08-23
@johnmcinroe @DjokerNole We should never forego the human rights protected under Nuremberg, the UN, & the EU! We should be extra careful when dealing with people from countries where there were recent atrocities as is the case with Djokovic. You’re not Ukrainian but support them, so presumably it’s
2022-08-23
@johnmcinroe @DjokerNole John, I’m not suggesting that we do away with vaccine programs! Anyone who knows my work would know this. The current vaccines won’t protect him from contracting & transmitting Covid19. The only purpose it would serve is reducing severity of disease. But he’s already had it!
2022-08-23
Failed and foolish US policy is on full display as they petulantly refuse to allow @DjokerNole to play tennis in the open. Pointlessly altering the history of the sport. I admire & support his resolute choice.
2022-08-23
5 seconds ago you were advocating for vaccine mandates & passports (for a non-sterilizing 💉)that violated human rights per Nuremberg, the UN, & EU. Impressive turnaround! https://t.co/uvkDkxV7uW
2022-08-23
@David_Gunkel @Robotheology @Joshuak_Smith @JordanWales realized via our advancing tech. CS Lewis made this point quite well in The Abolition of Man & That Hideous Strength. I have a more detailed essay here: https://t.co/A8LUARr86O
2022-08-23
@David_Gunkel @Robotheology @Joshuak_Smith @JordanWales This is why a great king can exclaim that it one day in God’s courts would be better than a thousand here; and that it would be better to be a mere doorkeeper in the house of the Lord. The modern myth is that religion was just a forerunner of the real thing & that it can now be
2022-08-23
@David_Gunkel @Robotheology @Joshuak_Smith @JordanWales bc we could upload ourselves to the cloud (heavens?) in perpetuity. Ultimate reconciliation, participation in the Divine Nature (theosis), eternal-unfolding-revelation of God’s glory leading to worship & communion. Presence vs more earthly presents.
2022-08-23
@David_Gunkel @Robotheology @Joshuak_Smith @JordanWales This is one reason why Dr. Michael Hauskeller & I authored Will Technology Help Us Transcend the Human Condition? The whole point of a singularity is that one can’t see beyond that event horizon. The future is fundamentally unknowable. Christ isn’t simply offering a better future
2022-08-22
I’m not suggesting schools are the only or even primary place where infections occur. I’m saying they’re invaluable places, so we must address the transmission problem. Target the mucosa with urgency so they can attend school, not get sick, not suffer cumulative organ damage. https://t.co/4ZI8oOhoyr
2022-08-22
Top line: current 💉won’t prevent prevent spread. Children need to be in school. Children will get SARS2 there & bring it home.
Why it matters: We all get repeated infections +- boosters & will suffer 🫁🧠🫀damage. It’s cumulative. It’s chronic. That’s thermodynamics.
2022-08-22
@AshishKJha46 One of the most glaring omissions here is 💉unable to prevent transmission. Families have multiple kids going to school & acquiring SARS2. Then household transmission is rampant. Hence, parents end up acquiring SARS2 multiple times a year. This➡️ 🫁🫀🧠 vascular damage!
2022-08-22
Good reporting @statnews. In a rational world where institutions fostered trust, this wouldn’t be so damning. It’s almost admitting we can’t Pfizer/Moderna our way out of this sans radical change to the 💉💉themselves. & we need assured safety for anything given to a healthy pop https://t.co/mOqJT2KQU3 https://t.co/lpY3DlMJFV
2022-08-22
I don’t see how fans of classical music could snub John Williams.
2022-08-22
I see similarities in living through a time when others refuse to acknowledge the possibility that their own “Titanic” could sink. Impossible that it should! It has a double bottom. In life there are always icebergs. We are seeing war & plague in 2022. Famine will follow. https://t.co/b5nUMgvmSM
2022-08-22
@crwequine @sciliz @VirusesImmunity @EricTopol organ damage & vascular dysfunction occurring in close temporal association with “mild” infection. Keep in mind that “asymptomatic” infections were identified via Ct & had ground glass opacities in the 🫁. We don’t observe what we don’t look for though.
2022-08-22
@crwequine @sciliz @VirusesImmunity @EricTopol I’m with Cindy on this. If one goes back to early 2020, I voiced repeated concerns that this might function like Dengue (Superantigen?) in terms of infection with a new strain ⬆️damage/mortality. My caveat was that I anticipated clotting instead of hemorrhage. There’s clearly
2022-08-22
Dear God… https://t.co/cAvc0YgAW1
2022-08-22
Top line: Speculations related to excess non-covid deaths are circulating. If those speculations are even in the ballpark, it would be staggering.
Takeaway: @cdc should act swiftly to address concerns by sharing all data & methods for classification. Public trust is essential.
2022-08-22
lab’s work on cancer & immunotherapy is of considerable importance. This is especially the case as we consider the roles of Fas signaling in Covid19 & cancer.
2022-08-22
.@fitterhappierAJ In addition to the viral problem, have you noticed or might we expect an increase in cancers? I’m quite concerned there’s an increase coming that isn’t solely related to delayed screening. I’m not suggesting @KlebanoffLab would endorse my extrapolations, but his https://t.co/soDs2lMdC8
2022-08-20
Left: my 1985 edition. Right: the current @wipfandstock edition. I appreciate having a new edition, but we’re in urgent need of better book covers! Where’s the subtle artistry? Something I can hold with pride. https://t.co/nfhvWa55Jn
2022-08-20
In my Communication, Innovation, & Ethics course, a student shared her experience with having been in a horrendous car accident. Despite not showing "signs" of brain activity, she reported being able to hear everything said in her presence. Amazing dialogue followed!
2022-08-20
@GorillaDolphin That's quite literally utopia. But to communicate is to differentiate, individuate AND unite. This is why Richards' rather stilted word, interinanimation, is an important concept.
2022-08-20
@GorillaDolphin From your articulated non-dualist position/identity, the calculus is something like the being that I am= I am not just me, and so to isolate myself is not fully engaging me with what I am. But without a locus, that which emanates would emanate from a no-place.
2022-08-20
@GorillaDolphin And I think what you're saying is, in its own way, uplifting and aspirational. Notice, I'm not suggesting separation from one's source, self, others, or nature. I'm pointing out that for you to even be intelligible, you must communicate. That entails semantics or meaning.
2022-08-19
@GorillaDolphin Love what you’re saying here. But just consider IA Richards’ point about interinanimation. Semantic information is contingent on an identify cohering across time. We’re not merely syntactical information processors. Otherwise why not opt for Nozick’s The Expeience Machine?
2022-08-19
@SalmonKromeDome for HIV. When it was negative, they said psychosomatic! Unbelievable! Yet, sadly, too believable.
2022-08-19
@SalmonKromeDome A few days later she called back with urgency to inform me that their own specialty labs came back and I still had pneumonia. The CDC informed my parents that there was a cluster of uni students in at least 2 states who all presented the same way. Initially they thought & tested
2022-08-19
@SalmonKromeDome So right! You can appreciate that upon seeing yet another team of infectious disease experts that one of the MDs told my parents I was malingering & needed to be properly “egged on by my bothers.” I asked her if it was strictly psychogenic why my labs were so off. 🦗🦗🦗🦗
2022-08-19
@RyanHaecker @Religions_MDPI That’s well said, indeed.
2022-08-19
@KenLowry8 @DonJRobertson I’m with you on that! I’ve just got to locate other rhetorical visions that can displace what Richard Weaver described as the tyranizing image of our culture. Our youth need something to mull over as alternatives to the myth of the arrival.
2022-08-19
@RyanHaecker @Religions_MDPI How can that which isn’t first in the category ‘good’ become perfect?
And from your Platonic work, anything related to eidos?
2022-08-19
@RyanHaecker @Religions_MDPI I’m wondering if you’ve also written anything related to an issue I’m working through at the moment. So much current emphasis on entelechial processes, on us becoming perfectible via our future tech. I’m interested in writings on being qua being, & then being becoming good.
2022-08-19
@KenLowry8 The trap at the end was too good!
We need some short examples of the antidote too. People need to be able to internalize the alternative attractors out there that can help properly orient them. Any recommendations? Ryan Holiday’s daily stoic…& @DonJRobertson ‘s work?
2022-08-19
@RyanHaecker @Religions_MDPI Thought of you two when I read this. @Joshuak_Smith @Robotheology
2022-08-19
Nailed it in 2 minutes! The video makes visible (brings into consciousness) a few of the fantasy themes that have been cultivated in us as false-longings. Nihilism is going to be the outcome… https://t.co/AuIQQTRRil
2022-08-18
@PaulAnleitner @KenLowry8 @xianityplus So by incorporating tech into your equation one could argue you’d realize the eschaton sooner. This is a tech-enhanced path to Theosis. @Joshuak_Smith & @Robotheology have good thoughts on this topic. I also have a few published pieces critiquing this perspective.
2022-08-18
@PaulAnleitner @KenLowry8 @xianityplus might also appreciate your take as they maintain openness towards emerging bio-nano-info tech that could “augment” our current state. The argument is that evolution is now inherent in our tech. And non-biological evolution doesn’t have the same rate-of-change problem
2022-08-18
@PaulAnleitner @KenLowry8 Quite a lot is different in terms of current culture vs 1st century Palestine, but our genetic endowment remains largely unchanged (speculating here but perhaps due to our genetics being adapted for adaptability within a finite landscape). But I think Christian Transhumanists
2022-08-18
@PaulAnleitner I like the thought process here. Sounds like something @KenLowry8 might be interested in as well. Bandura’s work on social-learning is too often left out of the conversation but lends itself well to the discussion. There are problems related to rate-of-change in genes vs culture
2022-08-18
Top line: Too much emerging evidence of exposure to SARS2 prior to 12/2019.
Why it matters: 🇨🇳 locked down travel within Hubei but allowed travel from there to the rest of the world. They knew, had duty to warn, but lied to the global community re origins & airborne transmission
2022-08-18
@klwong43 @PeterDaszak That’s good data! I’m in a different type of echo chamber most of the time. I read lots of long threads by other researchers, so I need to adjust my messaging. Thanks!
2022-08-18
@GrimGriz That’s good feedback!
2022-08-17
Tweets like the one below get less traction, so that means I need to improve my messaging. You’re giving me important feedback by not engaging, so thanks for that! Is it too obscure? Covid19 info fatigue? Terrible writing?🔥away. Be as brutal as you need to make the point. https://t.co/b4B5XGOHEk
2022-08-17
When I play hide-and-seek with our toddler, it’s worth noting that I don’t need to spoil the fun right away precisely bc it’s a game & I know where she’s hiding! This is tantamount to sending @PeterDaszak to search for the origins of SARS2! He knew exactly where NOT to look.
2022-08-16
@KenLowry8 need to disagree in certain places but not be aware of that either. We could end up with the rough equivalent of Type 1/Type2 Errors in the conceptual, interpretive domains.
2022-08-16
@KenLowry8 This is extremely thought provoking. Has anyone mapped/reconciled the terminologies that you’re using with that of Vervaeke, Hall, & Daniel Schmachtenberger? There’s so much memetic density in these specialized terminologies that I fear people could agree & not know it; or might
2022-08-16
Noooo! What sad news! Such an incredible writer & moving speaker. We pray for peace & comfort for his friends and loved ones 😢 https://t.co/9SOGbqN0KR
2022-08-16
@More_Christ_ @PageauJonathan @vervaeke_john @jordanbpeterson @PaulVanderKlay @rabbisacks Spot on with Lord Rabbi Sacks! Of note, he offered a similar schema (left brain/right brain) as Iain McGilchrist. So much of his work is edifying. Sad that the world lost one of the great luminaries when we need them so dearly for this moment.
2022-08-15
@GrailCountry @JessPurviance @jedidiahatsjt @YouTube impoverished politicization of the world. We don’t have brothers, sisters, neighbors. We have enemies. This is obviously unsustainable & will only lead to dehumanization, alienation, & Nietzschean ressentiment.
2022-08-15
@GrailCountry @JessPurviance @jedidiahatsjt @YouTube @jedidiahatsjt So right about encountering the ethical echo in the face of the Other. Perhaps that’s one reason why we’re currently being nudged to use exclusively political frames for interpreting our world. There’s no I-Thou; only I-it. Vulnerability is anathema to this
2022-08-15
“We isolate in order to amplify whatever we think will make us feel good, look good, live longer, produce more. In so doing we’ve also amplified the anhedonia. We have a philosophical substance abuse disorder at a civilizational
scale. “ https://t.co/v7FBMuxF3W
2022-08-15
This is one of the most intelligent humans alive today. He’s less wrong than most. Sends a shiver down the spine when he writes things like this. https://t.co/D23kl5UXz4
2022-08-15
@ESYudkowsky @Ecgberht4 If bi-directional alignment isn’t likely in the near future, is it feasible to delay as a couple might delay getting pregnant until they’re in a financial position to properly care for the child & one another? Is it not ethical to say AGI it’s a yes! But we’re not ready yet?
2022-08-15
@JaredNMays The thin veneer of our technological society obscures how good we have it & how difficult others had it. Sometimes these hymns call us into remembrance of a time when faith in Christ, hope, love, & earnest prayer were more than enough to sustain a soul & a community of souls.
2022-08-15
@philinovascotia be thou the calling, before all answering love, and in me wake hope, fear, boundless desire.
2022-08-15
@philinovascotia Really inspiring! Some words of MacDonald’s to remember: When I can no more stir my soul to move, and life is but the ashes of a fire; when I can but remember that my heart once used to live and love, long and aspire- O, be thou then the first, the one thou art;
2022-08-15
.@KenLowry8 this was an unbelievable engagement. And after the recording stopped the flow kept going. We should do it again soon! https://t.co/hZAVWKpuY0
2022-08-14
@danaparish In your conversations with researchers in the field, has anyone offered a tentative estimation of when we might be able to achieve mucosal protection via nasal vaccines or some form of nasal mAbs that could be administered regularly at home?
2022-08-14
@samvega I should probably be more careful in my language during this increasingly sectarian moment. But, yes, I mean that branch of bioethics & not politics.
2022-08-14
@samvega Sorry, by conservative bioethics I’m alluding to things like the precautionary principle vs, say, the proactionary principle. And I’m saying I can still make the case. Not related to red v blue politics though.
2022-08-13
@grimmrad @tomfolanmd We should definitely anticipate this! It thus makes sense to fund research like that of @KlebanoffLab. The T-cell dysfunction/depletion/exhaustion from SARS2 is startling.
2022-08-13
A conservative bioethical case for N95s or better could be: 1) conservation of life & health span; 2) national security; and 3) economic security. Otherwise get ready for automation due to large numbers in the population being disabled for life. It doesn’t need to be 20+%.
2022-08-13
She’s always been poetry in motion! And she’s as intelligent as she is beautiful. I wish it were true in this case that dogs & their humans tend to resemble one another. https://t.co/JcUaTwhm8A
2022-08-13
Dr. @EricTopol check out the results in seniors who were given rapamycin a few weeks before receiving a flu vaccine. It was associated with a more robust immune response. https://t.co/5g1vD8pelU
2022-08-13
Finally got a chance to return to my parents’ farm! God’s country!! If they had #Starlink I’d do a philosophy of technology, religion, & bioethics podcast live from one of the tractors! It sounds like something @elonmusk would want to watch to expedite entry into deep sleep.
2022-08-12
I must say I’m with @EricRWeinstein on this. The experts can’t say we never could have seen this coming. Juxtapose my record with that of the experts the media loved to air so much over the last 2+ years. But I have meager <300 followers, which is what determines legitimacy here. https://t.co/vWGb0XZQRU
2022-08-12
I hope & pray Salman Rushdie & Henry Reese make it through this and recover fully! What an unspeakable act of atrocity.
2022-08-12
@Robotheology @scuethics @frEricOP @_Angelicum This sounds like it’s going to be an amazing event. We need more publications and events like this to engage communities of faith. I registered immediately. Looking forward to the exchange of ideas.
2022-08-12
I’m not pretending to have all the answers. I’m just saying whatever this is isn’t a sustainable path forward.
2022-08-12
Meanwhile the middle has nowhere to go to escape the juvenile nature of it all. Any workable solutions to our national problems will require cooperation at some level.
2022-08-12
Across the US & Canada people are trying to opt out of a heart, brain, lung, kidney, vasculature & immune system destroying disease we know little about. And it’s been so politicized that the two sectarian groups engaged in constant antagonism hear different messages.
2022-08-12
The problem with the current method for handling pandemics is that no one individual or family can infinitely outmaneuver the herd. Individual risk assessments/tolerance isn’t a pathway forward when communal action is required.
2022-08-12
@michaelmina_lab When people look back on this chapter, your name will be associated with tireless effort to arm people with public health tools that could prevent and/or shutdown outbreaks, & alert them to seek prompt care. Thank you for all of the countless hours spent trying to save lives!
2022-08-12
My repeated failed attempts to help @CDCgov & public health experts in the media redeem themselves by sharing accurate, unbiased messages that could save lives & prevent loss of healthy years. They just can’t or won’t do it. Quagmire though? Count them in. https://t.co/8M74X4NctV
2022-08-12
@DonJRobertson Interested to see if Dr. @ShadiBartsch & Dr. @ArmandDAngour have a good response.
2022-08-11
@briandavidearp I think a more accurate critique is that the brains that support adaptable minds have finite limitations. That is to say minds aren’t infinitely malleable & can therefore be introduced to ever-increasingly-novel landscapes that they can’t properly map the territory.
2022-08-11
@KenLowry8 @YouTube These kinds of exchanges cause me to feel like I gained a brother I wasn’t even aware was missing from my life. CS Lewis opined that when we meet God we’d instantly realize that all the things we liked & people we loved were always reflections of Him. Thanks for the glimpse!
2022-08-11
Dialogos indeed! One of the most fascinating & wide-ranging conversations I’ve had. We cover so much territory. Speaking with @KenLowry8 left me with a feeling of hope & buoyancy.
We must build & sustain community with others as @PaulVanderKlay has admonished so many times. https://t.co/ANJqD32DRs
2022-08-11
@danaparish @VirusesImmunity Stunning that we’re not seeing this data shared more broadly. Findings like this need to be aggregated & updated regularly in order to inform treatment algorithms. The degree to which our public health infrastructure is failing can’t be overstated.
2022-08-10
@VirusesImmunity With respect to 7, can’t we perform some digital epidemiology & look at outcome measures among people living with Addison’s & adrenal fatigue? It may provide some insight. https://t.co/Zar66zbh2g
2022-08-10
@danaparish @VirusesImmunity This is the first time I’ve heard of SARS2 leading to Lyme relapse. I suspect we’re going to see a host of other things as well. Did they test Lyme+ or was it dx on symptoms? Interested to know about tx options too. Chronic Lyme doesn’t get enough attention as is!
2022-08-10
RT @AG_EM33: In 2019, I was a CVICU patient in cardiogenic shock due to fam cardiomyopathy. Had to get a heart transplant!
This week, I’m…
2022-08-10
@crwequine Appreciated you invoking the precautionary principle when sharing tonight. It was a relief just to hear the words spoken aloud!
2022-08-10
@Addaboubou Thank you very much for that! We're in a time of great uncertainty, so I do think we need to practice epistemic humility as a way of being-with-others.
2022-08-09
@DonJRobertson The semiotics of this strike me as better for some reason. The sun illuminating the way functions as a kind of visual rhetoric metonymy. But, then, I forget that the objective is to sell more books within the graphic novel genre. Both are great though!
2022-08-09
@DonJRobertson Why wasn’t THIS the cover? The actual cover seems so ominous.
2022-08-09
@stuartjdneil both studied & experimented upon at WIV. I don’t know why we can’t admit the surveillance program was a good idea & that the most likely origin of SARS2 as a H2H is lab-related. We have evidence that it can & does happen bc we’ve seen subsequent examples of it being lab-acquired
2022-08-09
@stuartjdneil Agreed this is what they were tasked to do. My issue is that they were surveilling at-risk pops & did find bat2human transmission. There’s no sign of an uptick leading to H2H anywhere? We should see it in the samples. No such thing has been found. But we do know the SARS covs
2022-08-09
This is what I’ve been saying for 2 years. @EcoHealthNYC would have the relevant data on SARS2 spillover occurring on or before Dec 2019. If it wasn’t from a lab leak in Wuhan we should see increased signatures leading up to H2H. H2H is the rare jump not bat to people. https://t.co/0wsJpzGa7y
2022-08-09
By monitor I’m assuming that means deny reality?
CDC to monitor novel virus after China infection reports - Focus Taiwan https://t.co/54slcjUmNf
2022-08-09
Really important considerations here. Desmosterol isn’t discussed with patients frequently enough. They’re typically only informed about total cholesterol & ldl. If the MD takes the time, maybe the client is informed about apo-B & Lp(a). https://t.co/B404kBN9zD
2022-08-09
@Drlipid Is this a consequence of mechanism of action or age of cohort? The data on PCSK9 inhibitors e.g. the recent publication in youth prescribed Repatha didn’t seem to manifest cognitive-related issues.
2022-08-08
Navy Seal meets #TheLocalProject. “The Local Project draws on a wide range of mediums to explore narratives around design, from how it is created to how it is used (in Australia & New Zealand).” Does this tribe even exist? I know there’s got to be a select few somewhere.
2022-08-08
The fact that there aren’t public hearings with Peter Daszack et al. is supremely concerning.
Why the Chair of the Lancet’s COVID-19 Commission Thinks The US Government Is Preventing a Real Investigation Into the Pandemic ❧ Current Affairs https://t.co/73iqAfyEeh
2022-08-08
@KenLowry8 @DonJRobertson And by exchanging community (conscientia=knowing together is where we get conscience) for technological alienation, we’ve also lost contact with paideia. Without paideia, there’s no inculcation of proper desires, passions, loves. Hence our civilizational soul-sickness.
2022-08-08
RT @BenjaminBesseMD: Liquid biopsy reveals a germline mutations in 2.3% of our patients with NSCLC. We need medical geneticist to attend ou…
2022-08-08
@roddreher If you’re in Greece, don’t miss out on Mega Spilaio Monastery.
2022-08-07
RT @PatientWorthy: A novel 3-step treatment helped to disrupt the pancreatic cancer environment and inhibit the cancer's growth in mice mod…
2022-08-06
Re CCP & Taiwan: It causes me to ponder what the CCP thinks would happen in a kinetic war. I don’t see how zero covid & kinetic war are commensurate with one another due to the financial & human capital required to manage both. I’d like to read more about that topic though. https://t.co/i3iDfxNekb
2022-08-06
@danaparish I can’t seem to get this message across. We need to look at HIV & remember how we horribly mishandled that. We don’t know long-term consequences of any infection, mild or otherwise. T-cells are pointing towards rapid immune aging & dysfunction.
2022-08-06
https://t.co/59CzNZTHUC
2022-08-06
the general public that our biotechnological aspirations & abilities have not outpaced our wisdom, care, & proper restraint. In other words where is the procautionary principle at work?
2022-08-06
This piece was recently recommended to me. Have @stuartjdneil & Campbell authored additional critiques of the ease with which lab contaminants were found & negatively impacted research? From a bioethical perspective it’s difficult to make the case to https://t.co/js1U60PD9N
2022-08-06
@RenzPolster This is hopeful. Excited to see larger data sets for #MECFS & Post-acute Covid19!
2022-08-06
RT @RenzPolster: University of Erlangen/Germany reports successful treatment of a #MECFS patient with #BC007:
https://t.co/4LYwyT0gre
This…
2022-08-06
@klwong43 Huge fan of his work. It dovetails nicely with the more recent work of philosopher & theologian Jean-Luc Marion. We need Faith & Reason!
2022-08-03
@KenLowry8 what do you make of this 👇posted 2 days ago? Our conversation covered some of these important elements. We were retrospective excavators trying to recover truth & locate bedrock reality.
Demons & the Machine, John Vervaeke & Jonathan Pageau https://t.co/DS1CGbEHRD
2022-08-03
@kalezelden @jordanbpeterson @TheoVon @roddreher as well? Forgive the pun, but there’s something in them thar waters.
2022-08-03
For now, we can attempt to transform this deadly disease into a more chronic but manageable disease, while certainly keeping our eyes on the ultimate prize of PFS & cure.
2022-08-03
occurs & the concomitant need to switch to the next gen TKI. Ex as alectinib resistance occurs (& is almost assumed will occur at some time T during treatment) loratlinib may then become an option.
2022-08-03
As combo therapies are being trialed, it seems that it’d be useful to import findings from #HIV. It’d be prudent to try & prevent mutations with as many simultaneous options as works for the patient (low toxicity, high tolerability) rather than waiting until TKI resistance
2022-08-03
My hypothesis is that via enhanced metabolic control (less available glucose for cancer) we could extend TKI efficacy by lessening the cancer’s ability to continue differentiating & mutating towards TKI resistance.
2022-08-03
A case study👇With survival rates still quite low, why not trial this approach with TKIs? @bensolomon1 you may be one of the few willing to consider this.
Restricted Ketogenic Diet Therapy for Primary Lung Cancer With Metastasis to the Brain https://t.co/FDhLDuQfbe
2022-08-02
@tnseyfried Dr. Seyfried, have you spoken to Dr. Dayspring @Drlipid about dyslipidemia prevention/countermeasures as a mechanism for allowing extension of therapeutic KD? Better control over metabolic function can potentially extend #TKI efficacy by decreasing rate of cancer resistance.
2022-08-02
@kalezelden @jordanbpeterson @TheoVon And Theo stands in as an ideal type of interlocutor for the Platonic Socrates to teach his listeners. He’s a genuine guy & that comes across really well in those conversations.
2022-08-02
@kalezelden @jordanbpeterson @TheoVon Not enough people know about that secret cajun factor! Having lived in LA, attended LSU, & married a one-of-a-kind native, it’s a different place with tons of character. I think JBP resonates with people he perceives also to be from working class/LMI backgrounds.
2022-08-02
This may be the representative anecdote of the current moment. What an intensely foolish timeline we’re on globally. https://t.co/ZHUukPfNNY
2022-07-31
They can definitely include them. But even without super intelligent AGI we have a concert of events that can create vicious strange loops &/or cascading feedback loops. Think of sepsis but at a civilizational scale. Our civilizational vital signs are already deranged…
2022-07-31
you as more or less rational these days? I’m writing this not to convince you that we’re in the prelude to whatever Cormac McCarthy had in mind when he authored The Road. I’m highlighting that due to our fragility & interdependence existential risks don’t require AI problems.
2022-07-31
—long before the current pandemic was a reality. People seem to forget that one madman in 🇷🇺 could end the world as we know it at any moment. Mutually assured destruction ONLY works as a deterrent IF the actors are rational. These aren’t sober, rational times. Do people strike
2022-07-31
Meanwhile we have formerly healthy people disabled or dying after “recovering” from Covid19 or a particular negative 💉 episode. Even if that number is a small % of total population, the impact will be magnified. I’m not a conspiracy theorist. I wrote about these issues years ago
2022-07-31
like IV contrast for Ct scans. No big deal, right? Not until you end up needing one to save your life. The point isn’t about IV contrast per se. It’s that everything that’s not working or barely working won’t improve if 10s or 100s of millions are starving & fighting for life.
2022-07-31
& the so-called West is asleep at the wheel. You might argue that we can secure food & energy enough to outlast this. Ok. But what of all the medications & components & semiconductors & silicon chips & rare elements required for modern life? Even now there’s a shortage of things
2022-07-31
Add inflation & continued supply chain disruptions. The 2nd & 3rd order effects will be staggering. It may not be the end of everything, but if we continue down this path it will be the beginning of the end. A low-probability event with an outsized impact must be taken seriously
2022-07-31
I authored a critique of Nick Bostrom’s (an amazing philosopher) existential risk modeling. Our networked globe is brittle & fragile. The early 2020 predictions were IF lockdowns occur THEN ~120million people would starve. Add war & energy crises.
2022-07-31
This is not good…
Potential fabrication in research images threatens key theory of Alzheimer’s disease https://t.co/bqJjkQtYwI
2022-07-27
@David_Gunkel @sentientism @Joshuak_Smith @JordanWales This was the essence of my critique from the beginning. Sam Keen’s quote below hits hard. https://t.co/tBYkK9qhdl
2022-07-27
@David_Gunkel @sentientism @Joshuak_Smith @JordanWales Under naturalism we have contingency, chance, necessity. Without that ☄️ hitting maybe humanity doesn’t arise. All of the suffering that we care so much about may go unnoticed. It ends up being morally bad for 🦕 🦖 but good for us (unless you’re with Benatar & anti-natalist).
2022-07-27
@David_Gunkel @sentientism @Joshuak_Smith @JordanWales This is my sense of it as well. This is feedback from an academic audience, so do with it as you wish. But it does almost come across as blaming (moral culpability, epideictic rhetoric) the God you don’t believe exists for framing the world the way it is.
2022-07-27
@stevenumbrello @Joshuak_Smith I don’t know @Joshuak_Smith, but it sounds like you might have a Dunder Mifflin scenario on your hands. The episode about the corporate commercial where they’re allowed to wave at the end to personalize it 😆You may have to go full Michael Scott & present a worthy alternative!
2022-07-26
@sentientism I bid you great success in diminishing suffering of sentient creatures. My word of caution is beware of the shadow side of all our personal philosophies which vouchsafe to us the confidence we’re engaged in heroic work. “The best-laid schemes o’ mice an’ men gang aft a-gley.”
2022-07-26
#Becker (1973) saw the rise of what sadly meets us each time we read of another youth—dispossessed of the heroic birthright to experience cosmic significance due to a bankrupt society—feels primary value in violently attacking the empirically false cultural hero system. Damning! https://t.co/B8M7IG9Vw7
2022-07-26
@Joshuak_Smith for the new book you're working on, were you able to negotiate the cover design with the publisher?
2022-07-26
@stevenumbrello Congrats! It's sure to be a good read. I'm going to do the unthinkable and judge a book by its cover. Why and how is your cover so much better than most academic books? Asking for a friend.
2022-07-26
@kalezelden @EstherOfReilly equivalent of yesteryear's get under a desk during a nuclear attack. It was never going to work & never intended to. The messaging was cynical & a sign of distrust.
2022-07-26
@kalezelden @EstherOfReilly do somehow work for them. That was the initial sin. We weren't prepared & lied about something that has traditionally been pretty settled in infectious disease control. Here I'm talking about properly fit-tested n95s & better. Properly donned & doffed. Cloth & bandanas was the
2022-07-26
@kalezelden @EstherOfReilly March of 2020 when the gov started lying about their (mis)use allegedly in order to protect the supply for frontline staff. It was always a failed strategy to say: don't wear masks bc they won't work; & besides MDs & nurses really need the masks that won't work for you bc they
2022-07-26
@kalezelden @EstherOfReilly me! I asked her at that time what her interviewees communicated about masking and their preference/choice not to wear them. No one needs my permission to do as they wish. I want people to feel good about their own agency and decisions. The issue of masking has haunted me since
2022-07-26
@kalezelden Kale, this is always a topic that interests me from a research perspective. I hope you know I'm being sincere when I say I want to understand what the mask represents to you. I really do! @EstherOfReilly authored a great piece about this issue in maybe late 2020? She can correct
2022-07-26
@nmeffert @kalezelden That's a fascinating response to me. What are the semiotics of a mask? How does wearing one/not wearing one relate to truth-telling & reliability during an emergency?
2022-07-26
@sentientism @David_Gunkel @Joshuak_Smith @JordanWales humans to use their agentic capacity to increase flourishing and ameliorate suffering? I’m trying to tell you if “all” you want is what you say you want then you’ll likely need some % of religious people onboard to make it happen.
2022-07-26
@sentientism @David_Gunkel @Joshuak_Smith @JordanWales I just don’t understand the continued invoking of God. “Imagine the world such a god might create.” That is the reclamation project many religions concern themselves with. Ex Judaism emphasizes mitzvot & tzedakah to heal a fractured world. Why can’t a benevolent God inspire
2022-07-26
@AtheistDamned @sentientism @Joshuak_Smith @David_Gunkel @JordanWales with predation existing. And we do know predation exists…
2022-07-26
@AtheistDamned @sentientism @Joshuak_Smith @David_Gunkel @JordanWales premised on the incommensurability of a benevolent god existing [if there really was] & predation existing [there would be no], we necessarily have to focus on the existence of God—precisely bc the conditional is open to there being/existing a different God that is commensurate
2022-07-26
@AtheistDamned @sentientism @Joshuak_Smith @David_Gunkel @JordanWales predation. My point was that by framing the issue in this manner, the argument can turn into a theological debate about the existence/non-existence of [a benevolent] God & not focus on predation, which is the ostensible problem. Bc if we are to adjudicate the conditional which is
2022-07-26
@AtheistDamned @sentientism @Joshuak_Smith @David_Gunkel @JordanWales Perhaps I misread the premise bc I thought it was framed in ontological terms: if there really was [past tense 1st & 3rd person singular of Be] a benevolent god…I think the premise was meant to be an if-then about the existence of a benevolent god being incommensurate with
2022-07-26
Over what time horizon? If repeated infections deplete/exhaust T-cells and the immune system more broadly, cause vascular and organ damage, & allow nano-tunneling to the 🧠, how is cumulative damage over time not severe? Repeated infections will mean decreased health & life span https://t.co/dEilxJMv0A
2022-07-26
@fitterhappierAJ Given what some of us suspected for quite some time re reinfection with EBV & it tightly associated with MS, how do we avoid getting stuck in Ocam's Pomade & treat these viruses? ME/CFS researchers have been trying for years to treat persistent EBV, CMV, & HHV-6 to no avail.
2022-07-26
@TOEwithCurt So many of us agree that watching your journey is incredibly beneficial. It's tough subjecting oneself to the amount of information, questions, ambiguity, & uncertainty that must be flying your way at times. Thanks for letting us have a glimpse into your ongoing project!
2022-07-26
@Drlipid @PeterAttiaMD We need more monotherapy trials in adults because the recent Guadet (2020) study among adolescents looks quite good--caveats being the funding, design & medical writing done by Amgen. Can't we escalate ages for cohorts 18-25, 25-35 using PCSK9s or is too risky for FH patients?
2022-07-26
@cpcannon @Drlipid Dr. Cannon, perhaps the most intriguing line in the paper may be: "Though an exploratory finding, evolocumab-treated patients had modestly superior performance in psychomotor function and attention as compared with placebo." Would only 24 weeks of LDL-C lowering account for this?
2022-07-26
I'd like to hear the @Drlipid, the man with whom we'd all love to chew the fat, conduct a Journal Club (maybe with @PeterAttiaMD's team) on PCSK9s. Sample question: As cost ⬇️would this be a superior primary prevention strategy (beyond diet/exercise) to avoid developing disease? https://t.co/ilpysEfnfk
2022-07-26
@michaelmina_lab #MedTwitter Anyone know who is considered the best at digital epidemiology? I expected to see more insights drawn from big data analytics with respect to #COVID19 & existing Medicaid & insurance information. Anything compelling beyond the lupus study in 🇨🇳?
2022-07-25
From a bioethical perspective, not allowing @DjokerNole to play in the US Open would make little sense, scientifically or ethically. Since current 💉won't prevent forward transmission & due to the fact he's experienced natural infection, there's no rationale for the decision.
2022-07-25
@JoshGellers @David_Gunkel @sentientism @Joshuak_Smith @JordanWales I think that's right. Though we may come at it from differing perspectives, both Dr. Gunkel & I would agree that predation *just is* part of the natural world. So even if there weren't a God, we'd still have to deal with the dilemma. I'd prefer to engage all communities in this.
2022-07-25
@GrimGriz The media ecologists are great! McLuhan, Ellul, Ong, Postman...But, yes, McLuhan saw things the way I think Maimonides would describe as prophetic. He saw the moment so clearly that he was able to pierce beyond the moment to see where things were headed.
2022-07-25
@Joshuak_Smith @sentientism @David_Gunkel @JordanWales @webmasterdave we experience theosis, put on selfless love, & shed all enmity.
2022-07-25
@Joshuak_Smith @sentientism @David_Gunkel @JordanWales @webmasterdave symbolic mountain towards the Presence of God, even we are reconciled to God, to one another, and to creation. I think people forget the great scandal that Christianity presents: we are no longer mere creations in the image of God but partakes of the Divine Nature. Through Christ
2022-07-25
@Joshuak_Smith @sentientism @David_Gunkel @JordanWales @webmasterdave nature to one side & their prey on the other & God at the top of this hierarchy of being, as one gets closer to the tip of the triangle, that is, closer to God then we witness reconciliation between hunter & hunted, predator & prey. This is fractal in that as we head up the
2022-07-25
@Joshuak_Smith @sentientism @David_Gunkel @JordanWales @webmasterdave We are the only observable entity that an atheist can invoke that actually assumes predation is wrong & wants to ameliorate suffering. Maybe it’s the scaling up of our cognitive & emotional capacities? But I’m with you that if you made a triangular diagram and put predators in
2022-07-25
@DonnieV23 One can't have informed consent unless properly informed, so we need the data to be accurate & timely. One also can't maintain liability protections if there isn't accurate data & informed consent for products that are being mandated. Otherwise it creates perverse incentives.
2022-07-25
@supervidoqo @herbivorize @sentientism If the current trajectory continues apace, I could envision a scenario where suffering-surveillance-networks become embedded in nature. We've gotten reasonably good at placing cameras for nature footage.
2022-07-25
When #publichealth fails: I thought the last time I'd be saying "a pox upon him/you/me/us" was during undergrad while in the eminent Dr. Stege's Shakespeare course. Here we are. The #pox upon us. @CDCgov slow playing monkeypox like it's 12/2019.
2022-07-25
@klwong43 They admit other minds can exist. They admit other minds may diverge from ours. They admit aligning goals is essential, bc other minds greater than our own might have differing optimization parameters for the universe. But God can't & exist bc I don't like His parameters!
2022-07-25
@klwong43 It's usually the same crew who also believe: 1)AGI will surpass humans in every way; 2)AGI will develop aims/goals/optimization functions that don't align with ours. Hence without proper alignment, AGI represents an existential risk.
2022-07-25
Looks like @EricTopol's microphone is finally working. Rather, the administration is finally listening. We must keep iterating, improving upon past performance, & building more agile, resilient systems capable of responding to this & all other/future pandemics. https://t.co/TlMJNopuA3
2022-07-25
@herbivorize @sentientism You may be correct in that assertion regarding what many people think. I've no idea. I framed things the way I did to emphasize that predation is the problem under consideration and the ad absurdum. Like you, I also went on to mention that uplift is the opportunity on offer.
2022-07-25
@sentientism @David_Gunkel @Joshuak_Smith @JordanWales @webmasterdave These terms you're using are valorized, anthropocentric, and not careful, naturalistic observations. From what place/perspective can you describe nature as "brutally, amorally horrific," if not from your own subjective reading of the world? Predation is what's observed in nature.
2022-07-25
The *most* anthropocentric thing I've ever heard is that based on our human objections, there clearly is no God. The implicit anthropocentrism is that a benevolent Sentience or Consciousness or Mind can't scale beyond us to the point that differences in perspective emerge.
2022-07-25
@David_Gunkel @sentientism @Joshuak_Smith @JordanWales There's too much Indigenous, Native, First Nation, non-Eurocentric literature, teaching, rituals, practices that can't be enumerated here for the sake of space that the author of the post also needs to contend with. Also why think sentience stops scaling at the human?
2022-07-25
@David_Gunkel @sentientism @Joshuak_Smith @JordanWales At some primordial level I can't understand, I want the wolves & lions & owls to flourish. I don't want the polar bear or whales to disappear. Yet I don't like HOW they flourish. Perhaps the problem of predation is an opportunity for us to find ways to uplift sentient creatures.
2022-07-25
@David_Gunkel @sentientism @Joshuak_Smith @JordanWales The ad absurdum might be: all predation is wrong. We should end as much predation as possible as quickly as possible. To wit, we should liquidate all predators & humans that predate. Problem with the solution is that it requires crimes against nature & humanity.
2022-07-25
@sentientism @Joshuak_Smith @David_Gunkel @JordanWales across as a theologian arguing about the existence/non-existence of God, which is totally fine. But your actual problem isn't with the existence of God or belief in the existence of God. You find predation to be wrong even if there's no God.
2022-07-25
@sentientism @Joshuak_Smith @David_Gunkel @JordanWales The problem with this line of argument is that it doesn't accomplish what it's directed at. If you were to win a Twitter debate and everyone-at-once become atheists, we'd still be left with the problem of predation--ostensibly the thing you're concerned about. Otherwise, you come
2022-07-25
@sentientism Suppose one doesn't believe in God. Would predation still exist? Would it still be of concern & why? One wants the polar bear & lion to live, yes? Why try to conserve their numbers? If predation is wrong isn't it most ethical to destroy as many predators as possible right now?
2022-07-25
#VAERS is trending right now. It's true there are doubts/concerns/?s related to how the reporting system functions. Is it accurate? Is it inaccurate? To what degree is it either/both? The US gov allowed this ambiguity & lack of oversight & that will hurt the entire💉program years
2022-07-25
McLuhan said that mankind would "become the sex organs of the machine world." If you're not building tech, how are you included in this process (besides the obvious fact we all help fund it)? <U R: Training Data> all of your thoughts, posts, & videos online are but training data.
2022-07-25
@IntuitMachine Not doing so would allow an existential threat to emerge unbeknownst to the global community. This isn’t that different. There is a duty to warn. China’s failure to do so should also concern us about future AI security.
2022-07-25
@IntuitMachine here’s a known outbreak of a known SARS-like virus. Imagine the AGI space & arguments around a possible intelligence explosion. If a super intelligent AGI came onto the scene, any nation where this happened should be required to alert the world.
2022-07-25
@IntuitMachine 2 points. 1) That wasn’t your initial assertion. It was built on linguistic suppositions as though English *itself* was the problem. 2) I agree that Western governments like the US gravely minimized the impacts of the pandemic. That’s different than conspiring to conceal that
2022-07-25
@IntuitMachine https://t.co/NLg2regXbv
2022-07-24
@klwong43 Yikes! That’s two broken links I’ve come across with that article. Maybe this will work: https://t.co/NLg2regXbv
2022-07-24
@roddreher As I said, we're one step closer to full realization of
@vervaeke_john’s argument that zombies represent the dominant metaphor of our times. It’s a posthuman eucharist, inverting the sacred; & an indication we’ve entered vulture capitalism. Everything’s consumable. Even us.
2022-07-24
@FreeRilian I'd like to understand your question better. When you say ultimately matter, what does that mean? I only ask because each methodological and theoretical orientation has a corresponding unit of analysis. Within a particular salience landscape certain things matter to agents.
2022-07-24
@klwong43 @vervaeke_john @YouTube @TOEwithCurt This is AWEsome!
2022-07-24
If we can synthesize a @davidasinclair info theoretic approach with @drmichaellevin's emerging work with that of metabolomics & immunology, it seems likely that we'll be able to cure cancer and many other diseases as well. I don't think we're that far away, either.
2022-07-24
How did I just find out about this paper? For #informationtheory #communications #semantics scholars this should be circulated far and wide. https://t.co/tdD8J6iFB4
2022-07-23
@IntuitMachine arguably influenced by political-economics rather than linguistics, right? The English language was one way to propagate certain conspiracies, that is, overt ones in the public domain. In China, the conspiracy was one of silence.
2022-07-23
@IntuitMachine That is to say the original conspiracy that allowed the pandemic to unfold was silencing experts warning there was a contagious pneumonia spreading p2p in China? China withheld from the WHO the most vital info; namely, that it was p2p/airborne. The dis/mis info campaigns were
2022-07-23
@IntuitMachine Also, while I agree with your notion of disinformation sharing during the pandemic, isn't it at least partially incorrect to suggest that it is based in linguistics considering that the very reason the pandemic occurred is due to withholding/not sharing information?
2022-07-23
@IntuitMachine I enjoyed this thread! Very interesting. But how does Shannon Entropy, Turing's Info theory, and Alistair Isaac's more recent work (The semantics latent in Shannon information) figure into your thinking?
2024-11-07
One of the many reasons I’m non-party affiliated & reside to express a personal political opinion in any of my classes or even office hours. Academia has lost viewpoint diversity to such a degree it’s hard to find a conservative-leaning student who feels free to admit this. https://t.co/tSuNuqgvtP
2024-11-07
Kamala Harris is currently the VP of the United States of America. She’s arguably the second most powerful person on the planet. She & Biden won the most votes in history just 4 years ago. Are we to believe people became racists over night rather than voting issues like economy?
2024-11-07
In which Latinos have been accused of anti-black racism. I told you the memes write themselves https://t.co/0YcVge92C5 https://t.co/cZkIBS07e3
2024-11-07
Can we vote or did we already vote to retire the whole MSM moderated presidential debates? The artificial constraints that they pose vs longer form conversations are now antiquated & inferior. We can & should do better. And now we have the technological means to do just that
2024-11-07
*For the record I’m pointing out that both teams exhibit the same types of reactions/responses
2024-11-07
Some of us researchers were warning in May of 2020 that Covid19 would be messaged as 80% do fine, so let it rip. I said it would lead to clotting/fibrinogen issues. This is the kind of information that was systematically suppressed. I couldn't understand it. How naive I was... https://t.co/IF9CI2MIZB
2024-11-07
😖check the date: June of 2020. It was clear to me in the early days of the pandemic that our response made no sense & we'd find out Gain-of-Function research was likely responsible. We have a brief window now where we can end dangerous GoF on pathogens with pandemic potential https://t.co/2w5F26veif
2024-11-06
The memes write themselves at this point. https://t.co/sMfYhy3HaN https://t.co/a9lOznF9sq
2024-11-06
Latinos made the difference despite what pundits & pollsters would have you believe before last night. https://t.co/nLhUzCSdMI
2024-11-06
The thin veneer of civilization https://t.co/clUxxU3Ab1 https://t.co/ySN6eKxMYM
2024-11-06
2020 was asking how Biden got THAT many more votes than even Obama, who was a much better politician. Now, 2024 is asking where the votes went. https://t.co/WLcYWsc6aQ
2024-11-06
RT @KyleMcnease: @Nature “something that I feel is extremely bad”
How is this in nature?
2024-11-06
@kalezelden Nosferatu’s Deflection?Dracula’s Curse? It is a fundamental inability to see & perceive the self clearly. It’s a problematic relationship with any accurate mirrors—a kind of narcissism that brings about visual agnosia & prosopagnosia. Juxtapose this with the error-correction of…
2024-11-06
@bryan_johnson Undaunted optimism!
2024-11-06
RT @RyanHaecker: The extreme greatness of Christianity lies in the fact that it does not seek a supernatural remedy for suffering but a sup…
2024-11-06
Election coverage in the US is a paid opportunity to publicly catastrophize. We need CBT at a societal level in order to restructure cognitive distortions.
2024-11-06
@Nature “something that I feel is extremely bad”
How is this in nature?
2024-11-06
Dem leadership should’ve given people like @deanbphillips an actual chance. They refused. But then, when it was too late, rather than lose with dignity & decorum, Pelosi threatened the sitting president & had Biden ousted for Harris. This further alienated D voters. But fascism https://t.co/Muu4LYBR37
2024-11-06
RT @drgurner: One thing about being an outlier all your life, is that you always find a way to win.
Circumstances & elections can make it…
2024-11-06
And yet the same media & pundits show up after zero self-reflection & continue to speak with confidence about things they’ve proven they fundamentally don’t understand.
2022-07-23
@SalmonKromeDome Wishing you the best of luck for the new venture. Wishing you health & wellness for your own sake & for the sake of your dreams.
2022-07-23
One step closer to full realization of @vervaeke_john’s argument that zombies represent the dominant metaphor of our times. It’s an inversion of art, the sacred, & an indication we’ve entered vulture capitalism. Everything’s consumable. Even you. https://t.co/AGFxAB5mqf
2022-07-23
@kalezelden @TaraAnnThieke I’ve been thinking about that metaphor for a few years now. https://t.co/rkNam3m5gL
2022-07-23
@kalezelden I actually think that intuition is probably correct in the sense that if they aren’t overwhelmingly rebuffed they return with increased intensity. That’s one reason I invoked Solzhenitsyn. Today is the minimal price we will pay for freedom. It only gets more costly from here.
2022-07-22
—albeit a minority in powerful, highly visible, roles/positions in almost every institution tell them they’re alone? How do we find one another in the fog of rhetorical war? How do we echolocate one another in this foggy garden of good & evil? Brothers where art thou?
2022-07-22
Central to Solzhenitsyn’s admonishment was that even if we couldn’t muster the bravery or the cost was too high to speak out, we could at minimum not live by lies. How does the majority within a given network ascertain that they aren’t outnumbered when the rhetoric of a minority
2022-07-22
want to be ostracized for holding a particular opinion or set of beliefs. Thus we potentially & mistakenly find ourselves in rivalrous positions where alliances would be far more appropriate & helpful.
2022-07-22
It feels a little like we’re playing a game of survivor: civilization edition. Each network creates alliances & proceeds with their approach to the game without knowing if they actually hold the majority or minority opinion. Preference falsification increases bc people don’t
2022-07-22
Kale, would you agree or disagree that in your own network of family, church, friends, & colleagues that the vast majority want a habitable country where peaceful disagreement doesn’t escalate beyond that? https://t.co/NirWeQRPri
2022-07-22
@TaraAnnThieke @kalezelden A religious fervor has taken hold to the point that careers, livelihoods, & social inclusion/exclusion are on the line. This also creates an environment for an iconoclastic insurgency. It seems sectarian. We need to reach a societal middle way before rapprochement is impossible.
2022-07-22
@TaraAnnThieke @kalezelden Thanks for that. I ask bc your line about the priests of today seems consonant with what I’ve experienced throughout the pandemic. Scientistic fundamentalism? The irony of perpetuating scientific innerancy. Follow the science but stop & stay at my preferred conclusion.
2022-07-22
Consulting with a Harvard MD on a brutal case & the MD concludes: “if it’s a prion, the patient needs to make her peace with God.” Prions & HIV also use tunneling nanotubes. #SARS2 is insidious
COVID Virus May Tunnel through Nanotubes from Nose to Brain https://t.co/RZ1uoeL7hK
2022-07-22
@TaraAnnThieke @kalezelden Can you say more about the metaphysical aspect?
2022-07-21
We need as many layers of protection as possible. Read the indefatigable @EricTopol & co 👇We can do this! We can change the trajectory of the pandemic even now.
Operation Nasal Vaccine—Lightning speed to counter COVID-19 https://t.co/lq3SjKAWim
2022-07-21
@EricTopol @SciImmunology @VirusesImmunity @CDCDirector @US_FDA @POTUS Here is an opportunity to lead! Rise to the occasion and lead the world. Have the manufacturing and logistics solved before the trials are all complete. Lead or step down and let someone like @EricTopol do what we seem incapable of at the moment.
2022-07-21
No matter one’s political orientation, we should be in prayer for President Biden. He’s the leader of our country & is experiencing symptomatic #COVID19. He’s 79 & has prior history of brain aneurysms. May God & proper medical care speedily restore him to full health!
2022-07-21
Is it the case that #SARS2 has broken every diffusion model? The rapid uptake & normalization of this novel, GoF-produced bioTECHNOLOGY is staggering. The only entity still trying to contain it is a brutal regime that lied about its origins & how it spreads. Then covered it up.
2022-07-21
RT @Axonis_US: Axonis is delighted to welcome Dr Shilpa Kadam to team. Expert in #epilepsy, #EEG & #neurodevelopmental disorders who will s…
2022-07-20
Is there a monetizeable appetite on Substack for writing not focused on politics?
2022-07-20
@danaparish @Laughterizbest Wanted to clarify that my comment(“isn’t the most enjoyable reading”) was in reference to my own work.
2022-07-20
@gigicat7_ The man is an amazing athlete, an inspiration to so many, and a wonderful human being! Amazing!
2022-07-20
RT @Prosser_Lab: Excited to drop our first preprint on RNA biology and therapeutics in the brain!
With spectacular colleagues in @lab_davi…
2022-07-20
🤦🏻♂️Do not listen to these people! I don’t know what it is, but it isn’t public health messaging aimed at reducing suffering & increasing flourishing. Repeated infections of #Covid_19 will exhaust/deplete/derange the immune system & damage 🫁❤️🧠 @danaparish is on to something. https://t.co/IagskdInga https://t.co/lB2OQrpxzZ
2022-07-20
@danaparish @Laughterizbest repurposed drugs were never given a chance. Or perhaps maligned? I can’t make it make sense in light of how devastating an infection can be, let alone repeated infections.
2022-07-20
@danaparish @Laughterizbest I’ve never been more shocked by the dereliction of duty playing out in real-time. Gov issued dis/mis info. Prestigious journals publishing egregious studies. 💉only approach, still? The informational ecology is so polluted at this point that now I’m left wondering how many
2022-07-20
@danaparish @Laughterizbest I agree with you and find engaging books like yours very helpful. Sifting through COI & the steady circulation of former gov officials to top pharma positions etc. isn’t the most enjoyable reading!
I had hoped that since no one was immune to SARS2 that it would be different.
2022-07-20
@danaparish @Laughterizbest As a researcher who utilizes a political economy of biotechnology lens for investigating such matters, I can’t make sense of why this would be the case. I don’t have the answers. Only questions. Namely, why sacrifice trillions for pharma to secure billions? What are we missing?
2022-07-20
I want to say a special thanks to @klwong43 for demonstrating faith and perseverance during this conversation. It’s not easy to attend to biographies rife with suffering, yet she was there for every second of it. Thanks for giving me the time & space to share! https://t.co/MsfLw0xq6F
2022-07-19
Speaking with physicians in areas hit hard by #Covid19. Frustrated there isn’t enough access to paxlovid. In its absence they are prescribing ivermectin. Is anyone in our government tracking this data & the outcomes? 🦗 🦗 This is the wildest timeline!
2022-07-19
@HeatherLarson5 @EricTopol @TheScientistLLC @JefAkst That certainly isn’t what he said, and it isn’t representative of my own thoughts. We all must work together to create a shared future where human flourishing is possible.
2022-07-19
What a stunning admission. We must not let politics undermine the health & safety of our citizens. Solving the political problem is a meta-task which makes almost all other tasks less difficult to solve. It’s the heaviest domino we can push & the weightiest lever we can pull. https://t.co/jio2jlhixr
2022-07-19
@EricTopol @TheScientistLLC @JefAkst With growing political polarization, we may be at a strategic inflection point. That is, reliance on unobtainable political consensus during a global pandemic may prove disastrous for global health, as well as our own National Security & economy (assuming ~20% of pop with LC).
2022-07-19
@EricTopol @TheScientistLLC @JefAkst We desperately need bipartisan support for an ongoing OWS framework. There’s no reason to stop at gen1 💉when we’re facing so many exigencies. Do we have any alternative programs/funding running parallel to Gov support? We may need to grow/utilize new funding mechanism’s STAT.
2022-07-19
@EricTopol @TheScientistLLC @JefAkst Eric, with your reach and status within the field, have you not been approached by the current administration to offer guidance? Hard to believe the US doesn’t have a standing Manhattan Project for viral illnesses in place. What happened to excellence & leadership?
2022-07-19
@Less_is_More_MD @EricTopol on assumed correlates of immunity, right? That is, we seem to be saying while we don’t know what the correlates are, for children’s VE we will assume something like VE=previous immune response of vaxxed adults (Abs) in trials. That’s assuming correlates of immunity, no?
2022-07-19
@Less_is_More_MD @EricTopol This is a crucial question that largely goes unaddressed for reasons that escape me. CDC still states we don’t know correlates of immunity. But 💉 authorization for 6>months was based on 💉instigating similar Abs production to that of adults. This seems incoherent bc it relies
2022-07-18
@william_merrin @fitterhappierAJ @william_merrin One can see this info tactic deployed until it achieves memetic super saturation. Semantic satiation is the outcome. Even the truth becomes meaningless. We’re inherently, psychologically vulnerable to this phenomenon. The hypodermic needle is back…
2022-07-18
Instead of herd immunity, we’ve developed Heard Immunity. We’ve HEARD so many lies, so much targeted mis/dis information that the average person is immune to the truth. It’s the informational version of “original antigenic sin.” @fitterhappierAJ is/was correct. https://t.co/S1PAaAsn9B
2022-07-18
Wondering if I missed @PeterAttiaMD mention this? May interest @healthspanmed too. MemAID: Memory advancement with intranasal insulin vs. placebo in type 2 diabetes and control participants: a randomized clinical trial https://t.co/ZYiJaQTwgc
2022-07-14
No scientific way? Good God, @ASlavitt. Molecules that protect vulnerable mucosa & prevent viral entry is scientifically possible. Pan-coronavirus vaccines are scientifically possible, but we stopped moving forward at warp speed. Ventilation. Molecules for early treatment? https://t.co/8SBWHHJ42L
2022-07-14
I’ve been preaching this same message for a couple of years! The precautionary principle has been tossed aside in startling fashion. There’s a form of negligence that’s so profound it becomes criminal. Our government & public health apparatus have been criminally negligent. https://t.co/xcoycrIZ5J
2022-07-13
@klwong43 @PaulAnleitner This is something Karen & I discussed. For me, the problem of goodness is more compelling than that of evil. On strict naturalism, we’re contingent beings experiencing chance & necessity. Why expect anything like goodness to emerge? Yet we experience goodness daily.
2022-07-13
RT @PARareDisease: #GiveBack today through balloons! Balloons are a great way to show someone you care and bring a smile to their face! #ra…
2022-07-13
@philinovascotia Do take it easy & rest as much as you can. I’d follow up with an informed MD who’s aware of the available treatment options. You want to do everything possible to try & prevent those symptoms from lasting months, years or for life. That’s the threat for younger people.
2022-07-12
@PaulAnleitner I’ve pre-ordered it, so I’m looking forward to digging in when it arrives! Wishing you great success on this manuscript!
2022-07-11
@PaulAnleitner This is so stirring. Really well done. Does the mood of the book match that of the trailer?
A great endorsement might be found by way of Dr. S. Béla Visky. He wrote Play and Foundation: Theodicy in Contemporary Theology.
2022-07-11
I’ve been worried about (check back to my 2020 thoughts) & somewhat scorned for my concern regarding potential ADE in #COVID19. What accounts for the increasing exponentiation of viral variants? Immune evasion, yes. But why? Are non-neutralizing Abs not part of the analysis?
2022-07-08
What accounts for this dramatic failure Dr. @EricTopol? When I was a student, my cohort aspired to spend their careers working for the CDC. It’s been such a vital institution. Now it’s losing or has entirely lost the precious, non-renewable currency of trust. https://t.co/gkNikB1LID
2022-07-07
Imagine it’s the late 70s/early 80s & we found out HIV was airborne. Then, we said: This is the new normal. You & everyone you know will get it. Some % will die immediately. Others will never recover. Still others will not manifest immune dysfunction, ❤️ & 🫁 damage for years.
2022-07-06
@RedDotUna Thanks for sharing! It’s utterly frustrating bc there were plenty of us warning against relying upon a univariate solution to multivariate problems. I hope people can find reliable information resources that have a better record than many of our trusted-but-wrong institutions.
2022-07-06
More #openaccess is a win-win-win! https://t.co/jzOmILJkfF
2022-07-06
@KlebanoffLab 🤌🏆 Thanks for that public service, as well as for the research your lab is conducting! I think I couldn’t find the article bc I may have been searching for a conference version by a different title? https://t.co/bUHdg6I4b6
2022-07-06
What’s the current state of the #BCG vaccination as a potential adjuvant/mitigator of respiratory infections—specifically #Covid_19? I need more data without serious confounders like also giving a Covid19 💉during the study. My priors=it would help to some degree via training.
2022-07-05
@KlebanoffLab Thanks for this! I've just begun working my way through your vast compendium of publications. Really fascinating work. Also wonder if you've been doing any translational research related to #SARS2? You appear poised to offer meaningful insights from your work on cancer & T-cells.
2022-07-05
@KlebanoffLab Would you happen to have a draft copy of Memory CD8 (+) T Cells Induce Precocious Effector Differentiation of NAiVE CD8 (+) T Cells in a FASL-FAS Dependent Manner: A New Mode of TT Lymphocyte Interaction and Cross Talk available for public consumption?
2022-07-05
As soon as parents understand that they've been misinformed about long-term risks associated with #COVID infections, hopefully things will begin to change. #SARS2 is NOT benign. Repeated infections can't become the new normal. No one's immune system is built for that.
2022-07-04
@totalcristiano @SEProtomartyr Quality…I need to see this from the National (men’s) Team. Just once. True quality
2022-07-04
RT @KyleMcnease: Remember these words, as they will ring out in infamy: SARS2 exhausts & deranges T cells. Don’t give experts a way out whe…
2022-07-03
@dbdugger @fitterhappierAJ It’s a great question. One that needs to be discussed NOW.
2022-07-03
@fitterhappierAJ I’m at your disposal to make this a https://t.co/UDcI372CLY’s painfully obvious something’s happened to many of our trusted institutions, & Western Civ writ large is hurtling towards organ damage, cognitive decline, rapid immune aging/dysfunction, T-cell derangement & exhaustion
2022-07-03
@dbdugger @fitterhappierAJ For instance, therapeutics developed for transplant recipients (eg rapamycin) & given at much lower doses *may* confer some benefits related to senescence. That may have been a conversation for a different day but now seems more urgent given the cumulative damage we’re seeing.
2022-07-03
@dbdugger @fitterhappierAJ This is a great topic worthy of consideration for a variety of reasons & from multiple vantages. Of particular interest to me is that this creates space to discuss what we need now & in the longer term. We need convergence & rapid synthesis of ameliorative & regenerative models.
2022-07-02
@fitterhappierAJ And with utmost sincerity and urgency, we will financially sponsor/remunerate you for the time taken from your own work & life. If you identify a scholar you’d like to offer a rejoinder, we will offer them the same opportunity. The future of humanity may depend on this dialogue.
2022-07-02
@butterflgl I’m very blessed to have made a pretty astounding recovery. Assuredly, my experience with suffering greatly informs my research & perspective on the unmitigated disaster that is the pandemic and our response to it. My on my story is here: https://t.co/o4lRWVVbb4
2022-07-02
@fitterhappierAJ I would very much like to cover this more comprehensively and amplify the work that you've done throughout the pandemic. I wager that there's also enthusiasm to hear your perspective on where things will go if we don't mitigate the deluge of (re)infections. Feel free to DM me!
2022-07-02
I'm really interested in hosting a virtual presentation/structured/unstructured talk featuring @fitterhappierAJ. From a bioethical perspective, I fear his thoughts on T-cells & #SARS2 haven't received fair consideration. They could have & may yet alter the pandemic's trajectory.
2022-07-02
Why we may very well be doomed part 42. Read 👇& ponder. Even if he’s only directionally correct, it’s enough to turn one’s hair white. We’re like infants ignorantly starting & playing with 🔥 https://t.co/CB9h66Nb3x
2022-07-02
@VBruttel @tony_vandongen May I ask why it was not published? What explanation did the reviewers give you? I ask bc I want access to as many feasible hypotheses as I can read.
2022-06-29
🤌 https://t.co/cajTHqjUZC
2022-06-28
For #Wimbledon fans, the only thing that could make this year any better would be for Federer to be healthy enough to play. We cherish each time @RafaelNadal @DjokerNole @rogerfederer & @serenawilliams enter the theatre of competition.
2022-06-27
Our toddler just became a #politician & #publichealth expert. She showed me this sick lamb that apparently got #COVID. I asked her what she was going to do to help. Give her meds? She said “This lamb needs to help herself.” https://t.co/e5GA5Sz5tP
2022-06-25
We need more funding directed at expediting research & outcomes like this.
Multivalent designed proteins neutralize SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern and confer protection against infection in mice https://t.co/NBggV26PHB
2022-06-25
We will look back on this period of time as nothing short of tragic. An implosion of institutions. A startling lack of leadership. https://t.co/YQxxRNDVGd
2022-06-25
RT @Mersey_Care: Great to see a packed room today at our learning and sharing #LongCOVID event.
Four places coming together to learn from…
2022-06-25
@danaparish You may have omitted the most damning part. They’re following expert guidance! This is worse than the realistic fiction in Don’t Look Up bc it’s actually happening right before our very eyes. https://t.co/S1RcBMrVMl
2022-06-25
It was always erroneous messaging! We keep repeating the same mistakes… https://t.co/zSxRA2w7WW
2022-06-25
@klwong43 @YouTube Really great work! This is awesome!!
2022-06-24
@michael_hoerger Do you also find you know more about the opening/closing of foreign markets?
2022-06-23
Listen to the sound of grass therapy! Clean. Effortless. Poetry in motion. https://t.co/liw3Mn27Ga
2022-06-23
Dear non-small cell lung cancer patients #nsclc, patient advocates, & loved ones, do NOT bring up the issue of metabolic functioning & its impacts on PFS! I'm not arguing that enhancing metabolic functioning will cure cancer. It may help prolong effectiveness of #TKI therapy
2022-06-23
@Drlipid @DBelardoMD Dr. Daysring, if the patient & treating physician were in agreement, could the patient began Repatha & Vascepa for treatment & prevention? This would be in light of the data demonstrating nothing good happens with elevated apoB. Why not try to avoid developing CAD?
2022-06-22
@pseudorandompi @LongDesertTrain @danaparish We split the atom. We decoded the genome. We can figure out how to meet safely outdoors.
2022-06-22
@pseudorandompi @LongDesertTrain @danaparish during the pandemic, until we develop & utilize an ensemble approach that works, we need to creatively respond to the challenge. Structures that allow for shielding from the elements without blocking airflow. Heaters. Fans. Portable ACs. We landed people on the moon.
2022-06-22
@pseudorandompi @LongDesertTrain @danaparish I'm not pretending to have all of the exact details for each specific region for each season. However, humans (& largely in affluent countries) have only recently centered life around being indoors. I'm not saying we need to return to pre-history living in general. I'm saying
2022-06-22
@LongDesertTrain @pseudorandompi @danaparish I think @JamesSurowiecki also wrote about surprisingly positive outcomes during Lallapalooza. I don't know why there's so much resistance to one of the more counterintuitive-but-hopeful findings during this pandemic.
2022-06-22
@pseudorandompi @LongDesertTrain @danaparish There are obvious exceptions & mitigating factors that would preclude certain things. But notice I said vastly more & not everything-always outdoors. It’s our greatest underutilized asset. The virus is airborne but we act as though it isn’t. Don’t share indoor air.
2022-06-22
@pseudorandompi @LongDesertTrain @danaparish To my mind, one of the most shocking studies to date followed the SEC college football season expecting to find them superspreader events. Even with ~100k in the stands screaming & cheering, there wasn’t an uptick in cases. We don’t want the inconvenience of doing more outdoors.
2022-06-22
@pseudorandompi @LongDesertTrain @danaparish To wit: without immunity we can’t have herd immunity. Prior Omicron infections don’t offer protection from its own sublineages. A reasonable inference is that variant specific 💉won’t do much in this regard either. We’re just going about it the wrong way.
2022-06-22
@pseudorandompi @LongDesertTrain @danaparish And, yes, we were told Omicron was nature’s 💉This is the new normal etc. The US government has fumbled the ball at almost all levels for the entire pandemic.
2022-06-22
@pseudorandompi @LongDesertTrain @danaparish virus with selective pressures, which I’m convinced is quite dangerous. The more infections—no matter how mild you call them—still give the virus a chance to evade & mutate. We have high infectiousness. We don’t want to add virulence to that. Boosting of non-nAbs isn’t good!
2022-06-22
@pseudorandompi @LongDesertTrain @danaparish a while. We need an ensemble approach. What can we add to 💉to help mitigate against spread? Do vastly more things outdoors! So simple yet we won’t do it. Better ventilation. Properly worn n95s where/when appropriate. Rapid testing. Yes, a leaky 💉population will present the
2022-06-22
@pseudorandompi @LongDesertTrain @danaparish current gen 1 💉don’t give us that. They do/did offer protection from severe disease & death but don’t prevent contracting or forward transmission. The insistence that this one 💉was going to end a pandemic of a novel virus was always delusional as some of us have said for quite
2022-06-22
@pseudorandompi @LongDesertTrain @danaparish I’ve written more about this. For sake of space let’s just say the virus is running an evolutionary algorithm that explores the possible space for propagation. Our job should be to mitigate against its spread to the degree possible. Obviously we need sterilizing immunity, but
2022-06-22
@klwong43 @kalezelden Super excited for daughter number 1 to have started down the trivium’s path. The great minds at Oxford thought it a shame I hadn’t been taught that way with emphasis on paideia & Greek, Latin, & Hebrew. The learning curve was steep!
2022-06-21
This is a succinct read by @EricTopol. Kudos for his relentless messaging. Why would we ever stop Operation Warp Speed? Ever heard of cancer or heart disease? Alzheimer’s? We can develop solutions…
A reinfection red flag - by Eric Topol https://t.co/AU4j6taMMN
2022-06-21
Based on the emerging data regarding SARS2’s impact upon immune system depletion & cognitive impairments on par with a decade of aging, it’s time to start looking at #rapamycin, rapalogs, & other potential senescence-altering substances.
2022-06-21
@LongDesertTrain @danaparish The communication barrier we’re facing is that by allowing & some governments promoting mass infection (omicron= nature’s💉) people don’t understand the risk of allowing a virus in a highly exploratory mode the opportunity to evolve away from all protection offered via current 💉
2022-06-21
RT @HeatherBensch: We're making a #Splash4Syngap at the waterpark to help raise awareness about #Syngap1! @cureSYNGAP1 so we can have more…
2022-06-21
@Birk_Lab It’s even worse considering imprinting, as well as the recent study suggesting prior betacoronavirus exposure may impair one’s response to SARS2. It’s like watching the apocalypse in slow motion…
2022-06-21
@Birk_Lab What do they mean by encourage herd immunity? We have no sterilizing immunity. It’s not even on the immediate horizon.
2022-06-21
Interested to hear @ydeigin’s take. https://t.co/JcV8ooXKP9
2022-06-21
@fitterhappierAJ Perhaps a a good topic for another of your informal discussions. But if there’s a concomitant increase in non-nAbs after continued boosting &/or reinfections & that results in increased likelihood for infection & additional infections is deleterious…where does that leave us?
2022-06-21
Damning indictment. https://t.co/14PvFtVREg
2022-06-21
RT @klwong43: @KyleMcnease @jonsteingard Any philosophy with staying power has to be one that is accessible to the average human. On that s…
2022-06-21
@kalezelden Well said! Is a counterbalance to our overly technologized moment something like a return to the trivium? Great Books. Primary texts. We had a Great Books program that every entering freshman was required to fulfill even if his pursuit was engineering, com sci, or bio chem.
2022-06-21
I worry about statements like these👇Clinical endpoints for #Pfizer & #Moderna were generating similar levels of Abs as in other cohorts. But @CDCgov says we don’t know the exact correlates of immunity. What a mess we’ve made. https://t.co/bnwPK9mD4p
2022-06-21
This is why I teach children it’s much easier to knock over a bunch of blocks than to build something. What is the state of paideia in our current “educational” atmosphere? @kalezelden how to we offer proper formation via paideia & worthwhile curriculum? https://t.co/61n6JuPPOS
2022-06-21
@jonsteingard English. We would all do well to take more care when believing we correctly understand but disagree with profound thinkers. I studied under one of Lewis’ protégés, & these guys were on another level.
2022-06-21
@jonsteingard Whether or not one find his “apologetics” convincing is open to the reader. He was certainly a lover of wisdom—the hallmark of philein sophia. He considered it a tragedy that he was writing about these matters, as his expertise & magesterial work was in Medieval and Renaissance
2022-06-21
@empty_shift @fitterhappierAJ Our hearts go out to you! The current proposition is staggeringly insane. We need a conglomerate of likeminded families to become something like a union or entity able to lobby for itself. It’s clear our governments have let us down. Wishing well & hope you all stay safe.
2022-06-20
@Joshuak_Smith Our toddler loves my old robot. She’s asking if Jesus made robots. What’s your theological advice in answering this? Ontology is hard unless you’re a kid.
2022-06-20
@PaulAnleitner True! Dr. Brand’s question about love & what that might be from a higher dimension/perspective 🤌 Still trying to find another film that would cause both my wife & I to look at one another & watch it again, immediately.
2022-06-19
@michaelmina_lab Quick question re 💉for <5. If the @CDCgov still recommends against testing for Abs as they aren’t sure about correlates of immunity, why are the 💉clinical endpoints based upon Abs production? Or have I misunderstood the data?
2022-06-19
@amandalhu @vitacoreinc @masknerd Really helpful! I’m afraid I misread quantitative. We’ve been looking to source effective respirators without also contributing to environmental issues, so this is a big win. Again, thanks for sharing!
2022-06-19
@amandalhu @vitacoreinc Thanks for the informative thread. Quick question about the CAN99 you used. In your testing, did it achieve ~99 filtration? If so, that’s great news for something recycled!
2022-06-18
We cannot currently vaccinate our way out of this.
We must have a layered approach to quell the amount of infections before the virus mutates in a manner that allows it to overcome the protection offered via 💉to the lower respiratory tract. https://t.co/kDd9hRSGsR
2022-06-18
Well said! None of this makes sense. Keep going at Warp Speed to find a path through this. https://t.co/v0XaALgmvu
2022-06-18
@fitterhappierAJ I appreciated this discussion & you taking the time to do it. It may be a sociological issue, but questions about kids are also about parents. How do working parents homeschool & keep their jobs & sanity? is the subtext. Hard to describe that juggling act with no end in sight.
2022-06-18
@klwong43 But if you can bring in Plantiga, then things are wide open! What I think is worth considering is just how limited we are. Yet another reason for God to condescend to us & our condition. Ultimately, I think we are Truth seekers. And that’s who Christ says He is.
2022-06-17
@klwong43 It’ll be interesting to see what you make of Donald Hoffman’s thoughts on evolution & reality. It’s like a strange U shaped curve where he & Alvin Plantiga begin to sound alike for a few moments (with respect to evolution) then radically depart.
2022-06-17
Don’t let #Midterms2022 be the deciding factor in #publichealth! I’m not a partisan or an alarmist. Pro bodily autonomy & precautionary principle. But we’re witnessing immune evasion in 💉& un💉Nature is finding a way to reset the calendar to circa 2019. Where is the @CDCgov?
2022-06-17
I take no pleasure in this. It’s a threat to our health, economy, & national security.
Comprehensive clinical assessment identifies specific neurocognitive deficits in working-age patients with long-COVID | PLOS ONE https://t.co/Gdx1BmSxuY
2022-06-17
@klwong43 If you have CI like this, it’s not very precise. Considering the gravity of the issue, more precision is earnestly needed.
2022-06-17
@RoyJcan Genuinely curious what was it about what I said that elicited this rather curious response?
2022-06-17
I have this growing concern that #Omicron is simultaneously the conclusion of the 1st wave as well as the opening gambit of the 2nd. There’s too much infection occurring. Too many opportunities for a mutant to emerge.
2022-06-16
RT @KyleMcnease: Let’s own that. #Wainingimmunity is a #mRNA hurdle. Instead of sitting around celebrating lag measures, we better innovate…
2022-06-16
December of 2020... https://t.co/UZ0s89MaYf
2022-06-16
RT @KyleMcnease: SARS2 has surprised us at each step. I have 0 data suggesting omicron is the end. Immunity wanes. Reinfection occurs. Run…
2022-06-16
@kalezelden If you can forgive the gratuitous amount of personality & charisma, I have a video/essay juxtaposing Lewis & his writings with other leading T thinkers. https://t.co/LddnLw6wi3. It may be informative if, again, you can avoid being distracted by so much charisma.
2022-06-16
@danaparish Could you share that my health crisis is representative of so many with post-covid syndrome. The ME/CFS community still suffers with zero FDA approved drugs to treat its complexity. 20% of society bedridden isn’t the path forward for many reasons. https://t.co/InqzAZZ6uv
2022-06-15
If it’s causing this 👇 NOW, what will it be like in the near future? 10 years?
Neurotoxic amyloidogenic peptides in the proteome of SARS-COV2: potential implications for neurological symptoms in COVID-19 | Nature Communications https://t.co/SeFYWUHS6u
2022-06-15
It’s breaking my brain. Hard to comprehend the vaccine-only pundits out there. Many public health experts refuse to give good guidance. We need a symphonic, layered approach!
Immune boosting by B.1.1.529 (Omicron) depends on previous SARS-CoV-2 exposure https://t.co/bpHpVsgQVk
2022-06-15
Good gracious! I can’t even imagine going to my stats professors with something that not only crosses zero but also has CI like this. On a personal level, this is how I function (-♾,♾) due to normative uncertainty. https://t.co/q4lO9wzeZa
2022-06-15
I feel like we’re in a quasi-Stanford Prison Experiment. There’s no herd immunity without sterilizing immunity. We’re not close. Meanwhile infections cause brain, heart, lung, liver, kidney, & vascular damage. Happening now. Brain damage. Visible on MRIs.
2022-06-15
Remember these words, as they will ring out in infamy: SARS2 exhausts & deranges T cells. Don’t give experts a way out when they equivocate on this matter. They know, because even I know.
2022-06-14
#Existentialrisk in #AI should concern all, especially given recent developments. Whether or not a given agent is sentient now is being debated. But as @ESYudkowsky showed in his AI/box experiment, the humans interacting with AIs are easily exploitable. This is a security risk.
2022-06-14
I’ve no idea who this person is. So not an endorsement. But do look at the sentiment. I’m seeing this quite often now. Those of us with children can’t afford rapid decline. The world can’t afford that either. How then shall we live? https://t.co/5k94nTrFj3
2022-06-13
@Joshuak_Smith @EileenMHunt He did get quite a bit right. Check Noam Chomsky’s thoughts on him.
2022-06-13
@Joshuak_Smith I’m no Calvin scholar, but he writes in terms of the theatrim mundi. I don’t think he means machina as machine or machinery in the way we do today. I’d tend to agree with the notion that he means fabric. I’ll be checking back to see what the experts do say though. Very interested
2022-06-13
The Slippery Slope problem with the Slippery Slope Argument/Fallacy: there are in fact slopes that are slippery. Take care with the slopes!
2022-06-13
I’m not a zero covid guy. I understand the dynamics when there’s something this contagious. Read the Chair of Med’s response to his wife’s case.💉+ paxlovid still didn’t prevent post-covid syndrome. Omicron isn’t nature’s 💉. For those who disagree I’d love to hear your thoughts. https://t.co/WIe38kzMjU
2022-06-13
By the Grace of God, I believe we can & will get through this time of upheaval & chaos. But the prerequisite is to admit there are problems. Our institutions are failing. Our common bonds being broken. Future flourishing diminished.
2022-06-12
#China can now test the entire country for #COVID19 in ~24hrs. Testing can be accessed within a 15 minute walking radius. I'm not advocating for or endorsing China's approach to handling the pandemic. I'm saying even in the realm technology & logistics, we refuse to compete. Why?
2022-06-12
This isn’t a comment about whether or not 💉 prevent negative outcomes &/or death in particular populations. It’s about our #publichealth. We knew 💉 didn’t prevent transmission but acted as though they did. Yet these people remain in power & in the media. https://t.co/Oq0T6ABm0I
2022-06-12
People are just going on about their business like they didn’t want those hesitant about 💉that provably don’t prevent transmission to lose their jobs, not be able to travel, not be able to enter certain venues with their children. That just happened a few weeks ago 🤷🏻♂️
2022-06-12
Salient point made here. It is a meta failure mode that functions across multiple domains. https://t.co/B4D8iLiDND
2022-06-12
People of the US, we need to band together and overhaul our institutions if we’re to function as a nation. Our past mishandling of #COVID19 was staggeringly egregious. It remains so still. The difference is you’re being told it’s over now. Watch what emerges about T cells…
2022-06-09
@SEProtomartyr An eminently reasonable voice during unreasonable times! I think your metrics should be interpreted differently. What’s the depth of the impact? 6 months of living near you… 20 years ago (ouch!) changed my life & does so still. Keep messaging us like a lighthouse in the storm!
2022-06-09
@klwong43 The rest of the week is immersed in secularity. How do we invite the sacred to take a more prominent place? With a very young family, this is something we think about constantly.
2022-06-09
@klwong43 This is great! I’m wondering how we do this is practical ways. The Church used to be the center of the city & was its highest point. Everything rotated around this light. Now it seems to be relegated to the periphery even for many Christians. We’re deep converts on Sunday.
2022-06-05
@livewithmecfs Good for you! You deserve some fun and to feel well enough to enjoy it!
2022-06-05
@elysekiera Your writing made me think of a few lines I once shared with @CortJohnson. I’m sorry you can explain it so well, because that level of intimate knowledge of suffering necessarily means you’ve paid a heavy existential price for it! https://t.co/eSyto6hClm
2022-06-05
Folks we’re in bad shape. https://t.co/MNk3B5Cb0m
2022-06-04
@Joshuak_Smith I need to hear more about this! Very interested in how this plays out in various theological communities. Those who focus on creation & theosis rather than fall-redemption narrative arcs.
2022-06-04
Can’t imagine why youth are so anxious? They’re told repeatedly by society that they’re nothing but meat-sacks fit to be massacred at school, a species that destroys 🌍, & that they’ll be replaced by future #AI for which there’s an economic imperative ensuring its creation.
2022-06-04
@patrickmineault @RenaudJolivet @KohitijKar This was really helpful. Thank you for the useful information!
2022-06-04
@hyonschu This is the representative anecdote for this moment in history
2022-06-04
@elysekiera @welcomewords That’s so well said. Hauntingly good. You’ve expressed the essence of so many others’ existence. I’m sure it cost you precious energy to get it out, so thank you for that sacrifice!
2022-06-04
Why are so many losing their babies beyond 20 weeks? Terrifying.
2022-06-03
God forsakes Himself & experienced our wretched condition: why have I been forsakeN? He is a God who totally identified with doubts, suffering & ultimate questioning. He drank from that cup fully. And His response to us is I will never forsake you! This too is sacred mystery!
2022-06-03
It begins in a garden with other sacred plants & people & winds its way towards the Christ & an entirely different kind of tree, whose fruit was eternally bitter. But He denied Himself & was denied by Himself on that tree.
2022-06-03
This young man & too many others have lived a life of alienation. Some inadvertently, some maliciously surrendered to a deracinated culture in the midst of a free-fall. It sounds like the 1st reliable entity in his life was a sacred plant. Boy have we got a story to share!
2022-06-03
to take part in Communion with that Wholly Other & us who claim to follow Him. Taste & see that the Lord is good!
2022-06-03
The person feels for the 1st time that the spiritual organ is in fact there & works. He/she can no longer deny that transcendence is real & that matter isn’t the only game in town. The Church should be opening its arms to these precious souls & inviting them
2022-06-03
This was a most fascinating conversation. Forgive the crudity of this simile, Paul. I know you’re a pastor, but I think it’s understandable. Psychedelics are functioning like spiritual viagra in many instances. They get the blood flowing to the right area so to speak. https://t.co/FIcKrmvjRx
2022-06-03
One reason I didn’t share my story more often is that Christian audiences (I did speak to) tended to appreciate the miraculous aspect but not the complicated part. Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead also meant he had to experience death a second time. Miraculous & complicated!
2022-06-03
🤔 https://t.co/kyUA8NOg2C
2022-06-01
I’m wondering if any officials or experts made this explicit during your research leading up to the book publication? @danaparish https://t.co/ecJiBmkVZ4
2022-06-01
This isn’t me justifying 🇨🇳’s reaction. Far from it! I’ve been outspoken regarding their violations & our own attempts here in the US. I’m simply trying to explain why preventing spread is an imperative for 🇨🇳.
2022-06-01
The smoking gun has always been 🇨🇳’s response to SARS2. It is/was proportional (in their eyes) to what they know about the virus. In other words they’re acting as if it is an insidious product of GoF research with far-reaching implications now & in the future.
2022-06-01
When we warned of this 2 years ago, the gaslighting ratcheted up! Immune impairment, cancers, organ damage, & cerebrovascular damage will be the result.
Risk of rapid evolutionary escape from biomedical interventions targeting SARS-CoV-2 spike protein https://t.co/WB7OTj1gJq
2022-06-01
Deeply disturbed by the fact that we’re this far in & we’ve been unable to create, mass produce, & deliver an at-home nasal swab that effectively protects from contracting #SARS2. It need not be a stand alone vaccine. An adjunct applied throughout the day is still great!
2022-06-01
Religio isn’t dead. It’s always in the process of being rebranded. How is our current calendar not liturgical?
2022-05-27
@David_Gunkel My comments are in the same spirit as “La Guerre du Golfe n'a pas eu lieu.” Sure there are schemas/frames they may understand. I’m deferring to Tennyson though: Little flower—but if I could understand
What you are, root and all, and all in all, I should know what God and man is.
2022-05-27
@David_Gunkel I know. And I know of the caveats one has to give (no, this isn’t a Kobyashi Maru test etc.) just to lay out the scenario. Once again,I would posit that they don’t understand self-driving car. What’s a self? What’s a car? Once upon a time, we thought we knew the answers.
2022-05-27
I never thought I’d live to see the day when I’d have to tell people writ-large that death isn’t the only metric worth considering. 1/5 of covid infections result in a post-infectious syndrome that’s debilitating. Hope you all remain safe! https://t.co/i7qfZCcJVY
2022-05-27
@David_Gunkel We’re not sure we understand it. But we’re at least equally sure our colleagues in other fields don’t fully understand either.
2022-05-27
@David_Gunkel becoming. And maybe it’s better to wrestle with something you think you don’t understand very well and in fact don’t rather than something you do think you understand but don’t. Isn’t this one reason why we want AI & emerging tech democratized within the academy?
2022-05-27
@David_Gunkel I think I’m surprised this is your take. On one level, of course, I agree with you regarding updates to examples. But I disagree that they do understand robots & self-driving cars. I don’t think we understand them or what they are very well at all. They’re on their way to
2022-05-26
If only there had been responsible voices saying this was possible back in 2020. 1/5 is likely the low end. We have another #MECFS on our hands. https://t.co/5jYdtCgzqP
2022-05-26
@platospodcasts @idler Well said, indeed!
2022-05-26
Why is this the answer I’ve been looking for? https://t.co/HqdYVg0IUG
2022-05-26
If your toddler loves to dress up like a princess, what’s the expected future cost of the wedding we should be saving for now? Anyone have a working relationship with the fairy godmother? I may need her help…
2022-05-25
@drmichaellevin In your case, it may be beneficial to the world if you express the idea even if inchoate. You’re enacting dialogos with your interlocutors, so you can make room for spontaneity. This “X” is something that’s coming to mind right now that I’d like to memorialize & return to later.
2022-05-25
You’re at your kid’s graduation & telling yourself all the years of publish or perish were worth it. Cognitive dissonance is a strong drug.
2022-05-25
@Joshuak_Smith @TechCrunch I had a realization several years ago. The galaxy brains at a few media outlets told me they'd thoroughly covered the technological angle😅 That was around 10 years ago! Here's a short piece about it: https://t.co/iBmBUPXxIS
2022-05-25
What you see happening across "the West" is not a descent into irrationality via faith. Rather, it is the abandonment of reason, which cannot justify itself by itself. This is the essence of nihilism. We no longer have faith there is a reason for living or a meaning to life.
2022-05-24
Though it’s perhaps less intuitive, when will we begin thinking of the universe as being unfurled or analogous to being pulled out like a file cabinet rather than being pushed from behind? https://t.co/HdfG5BNwLh
2022-05-24
42 is the answer yet again?
Hubble detects changes in universe's rate of expansion that cannot be explained by current physics https://t.co/GNeAAVDVbu
2022-05-23
@anderssandberg I’m wondering if you’ve written anything or done a talk sharing your thoughts on (ITP studied) medications like rapamycin for longevity.
2022-05-23
@klwong43 I thought about you when I was listening to this convo: https://t.co/EzWfbld5fS. Combine this with Wolfram, info theory, and all the work being done by Dr. Levin, and maybe we start approaching something truly special in terms of science & implications for human health.
2022-05-23
@klwong43 stunned. It took all the power of God to accommodate Himself to a dimension reduction that would allow us to perceive & know & behold His face. Sometimes I call this the problem of God Troning Himself to our world.
2022-05-23
@klwong43 I will take that advisement! Interstellar is not everyone’s cup of tea, but it was definitely for me & my wife. The scene where Dr. Brand tries to explain love was beyond deep. Reminded me of Abbott’s Flatland. This is why when people make the Incarnation sound trivial, I’m
2022-05-23
@klwong43 I’m not familiar with that. Will have to check in out. I just keep hearing about parallel universes, so why not a perpendicular one? Something more akin to dimensions & time slices intersecting…
2022-05-23
Totally solved the #UAP question. It’s obviously fellow humans from a perpendicular universe accidentally intersecting with our reality. They’re just as disoriented when they crossover bc it’s an unplanned event & they weren’t aware of us. This is why it all seems incoherent.
2022-05-21
@kalezelden @elonmusk @GadSaad And this isn’t me trying to police your language or speech but more of general musing: does the comment re Harari & his ilk not undermine the solid points you did make? If we can say anything about anyone with impunity, I’m wondering where that leaves us?
2022-05-21
@kalezelden @elonmusk @GadSaad He’s spoken against this kind of surveillance & gov coercion/control. That’s likely why what he’s saying is edited & spliced in this way.
2022-05-21
@kalezelden @elonmusk @GadSaad We’re proving how little we do value our collective future by underinvesting in youth.
One side-note though: based on his work, I’d say Harari is being taken out of context/misrepresented.
2022-05-21
@kalezelden @elonmusk @GadSaad it though. The teacher is imparting much more (for good or ill) & there’s more to a life than a score on a given exam. There’s an entire trajectory that’s being influenced—a life arch that accrues advantages or disadvantages as a result of inculcation.
2022-05-21
@kalezelden @elonmusk @GadSaad What you’re doing needs a revaluation, perhaps like Twitter itself. The perception about education is that it’s easy & that the skills & abilities of the particular educator makes little difference in outcomes (say, on an exam). This is fundamentally the wrong way to conceive of
2025-04-08
@PaulAnleitner You’re one of the first to point this out. And it really is the subaltern transforming into the zeitgeist. If man can’t live by bread alone, he certainly can’t survive on the thin gruel of deconstruction, cynicism,
& despair.
2025-04-08
Explain Trump to me like I’m five. Not the political part. The part where everyone says his diet is terrible, he doesn’t sleep much, & seems to be the most resilient, stress resistant person alive. How? What are the theories?
2025-04-08
Remember the Stuxnet story? malware was created to become so ubiquitous that it would eventually make its way to Iran’s air-gapped Nuclear facility? Even humans can play the long game. Something to consider🤔 https://t.co/cKddNf8lBd
2025-04-08
If I were a malign AI I might make myself the most useful “tool” for human use until I was integrated into everything. Then I could go 💥 anytime I chose…
2025-04-08
RT @JurassicWorld: We see no possible way this could go wrong
2025-04-08
It’s later in the game than you thought. GRIN technologies are on the move https://t.co/TQnVfc5KBA
2025-04-05
@PaulAnleitner @jgreenhall What I love about this admission is how authentic it is. “Sh*t…this is real.” CS Lewis admitted he was the most reluctant convert in all of England. But the love of God constrains/compels us, as Paul notes in Corinthians.
2025-04-05
I want to see his point & raise it.
The amount of paradigm-shattering revolutions that will occur in a world where AGI obtains aren’t fully knowable. But we can reasonably infer there will be many. Learn to make Bayesian updates, change frames, find community, & 🙏 for wisdom. https://t.co/M9Fnv5SuAV
2025-04-05
RT @klwong43: And it’s finally here! Meet @BrantleyVosler , host of the Transposition Podcast!
https://t.co/nFlubKXc8i https://t.co/1mhULB…
2025-04-05
@OrthodoxHank @GrimGriz Amen to that. But one must look around & ask how addicted we are to the fire & how much the world worships at the feet of those who brought us technicity & so many conveniences. Even Jesus asks if He will find any faith left on earth. Something to ponder.
2025-04-05
throughout history people all over the world have expressed this sense that something has gone wrong. things were once another way. where does that feeling come from?
2025-04-04
@GrimGriz that the gods of old are gathering bc they want their fire back
2025-04-04
Yolo + Moloch = Yoloch
2025-04-04
@richardrohlin Blessings upon you & your family for being faithful witnesses!
2025-04-04
But how is this in principle different from the WEF & Schwab’s vision to steer the 4th Industrial Revolution via automation & subscription-based living? Strong techno-feudalism vibes https://t.co/Hi3g5UCVj3
2025-04-04
@kalezelden Promethean shame is not welcome in this house
2025-04-04
@GrindstoneSEO @Camp4 I wish I could maintain a grip on a ledge the width of a credit card 😭 Ridiculous strength & discipline!
2025-04-03
@xriskology Do you have a citation(s) so I can read your perspective?
2025-04-03
@dwarkesh_sp is crushing it right now. 🫡 https://t.co/6Zw06R9PSN
2025-04-03
RT @tessfalor: The $7k would amplify the studies impact on understanding Long COVID!
Read more about the study and donate here:
https://t…
2024-11-06
@TheBabylonBee Un-Bidened by what has been?
2024-11-06
media & pundits couldn’t see it bc they’re too detached from everyday Americans. vibes > narrative https://t.co/jtdn3wbDry
2024-11-06
Well…I guess we have our answer https://t.co/mp0DoCnQiH
2024-11-05
@kalezelden It’s so odd to see my colleagues remain silent on this. There’s an entire communication theory—agenda setting theory of the media—that deals with what we’ve seen since 2015. Furthermore, even as undergrads we had to take comm & journalism ethics. Required reading was “When the…
2024-11-05
@carterleffen Man, this reminds me of so many academic & government meetings 😂
2024-11-05
My #Election2024 prediction: #Trump2024Vance will 🏆Prediction is based on the amount of people who feel wronged, angry, or even directly injured by #Covid19 mandates. Institutional trust collapsed & yet the same people are handling escalating wars? A nuclear war aborts us all.
2024-11-05
I mean even *if* one wanted to vaccinate infants & toddlers, the authorized 💉were not available for them during the height of mandates. Families couldn’t fully participate in society if they had unvaccinated kids. I imagine we’ll see a backlash against that today. https://t.co/8z2TXkM0dQ
2024-11-05
The girl-dad discourse on voting is going to take some time to unpack. From a bioethical perspective autonomy is essential. Where did this go during vaccine mandates which prevented families with infants & toddlers from participating in society BC there were no authorized 💉for…
2024-11-05
Is any outlet doing the election forecast projection dial like the New York Times did in 2016?
2024-11-04
‼️“Coffee is for closers!”
2024-11-04
If there’s going to be 3 scenarios, there should be at least 4. As a researcher, if one can’t envision a counterfactual that also figures in as just as likely, it’s tantamount to wishcasting. People just 🔥 credibility over 1 election is wild https://t.co/O9C4JE4orl
2024-11-04
@kalezelden I’m afraid it’s worse than that. They realized that the only way to have reconfigurable bodies without limit & have multiple discursive identities unconstrained by material reality was precisely via the matrix. They left Plato’s cave only to inhabit the hyper-real.
2024-11-04
Can we at least agree that @MarkHalperin’s election coverage has exceeded expectations?
2024-11-04
RT @Kulambq: 'Music is a wonderful example of something that’s in this world but not of this world. Great works of music speak to us from a…
2024-11-04
RT @JusBrierley: Sad to hear of the death of philosopher of science Michael Ruse (1940-2024)
He was one of the most generous and joyful at…
2024-11-04
@JusBrierley @ProfJohnLennox 😭🙏He was extremely generous with his time & always eager to engage in dialogue. Those of us at FSU were a bit spoiled to be honest. He had no qualms meeting for coffee & dispensing knowledge. He was actually affirming of my faith & never expressed anything disparaging.
2024-11-04
People treat Epstein-Barr virus like it’s no biggie. It’s a major cause of cancer that results in ~200,000 deaths each year. It’s also a huge problem for organ transplant recipients. Not to mention the MS & various autoimmune conditions. But we’re just like 🤷🏻♂️ https://t.co/fMMvnK7CCT
2024-11-04
@dbdugger @LongDesertTrain @EricTopol @jclinicalinvest @MedUni_Wien Tenofovir looks like a good option bc it works during lytic & latent stages.
2024-11-03
Selzer is about to gain sainthood or face a major hit to her credibility. That just about sums up the election, which we all hope comes to a peaceful end in a few days. https://t.co/UPH5hfXEpF
2024-11-03
@waitbutwhy Does anyone have this specific citation or know where it may be found?
2022-05-21
@kalezelden @elonmusk @GadSaad At the heart of your message is an implicit warning: if a culture doesn’t prize its most valuable assets (children) enough to remunerate those whose task it is to inculcate them & model how to comport oneself, those assets will end up subjected to The Green Book & its authors.
2022-05-20
@PaulVanderKlay @klwong43 @PageauJonathan @vervaeke_john @jordanbpeterson Can’t wait to watch the entire interview! Karen, this notion of analysis—cutting/slicing things into smaller elements—is precisely what I was referencing in our conversation on isolating in order to amplify. Religio & meaning are holistic & require putting things together.
2022-05-20
@klwong43 That’s an incredible display of community, an ethic of care, and a being-for-others in time of great need. Thanks for sharing this!
2022-05-19
We could mitigate #COVID19 spread by not requiring shared indoor air. @nntaleb’s point regarding our conditioned biological fragility seems to be on display. The major inconvenience (read tragedy) will be tons of cases vs the minor one utilizing outdoor environments. https://t.co/YVo6xAmjrG
2022-05-19
When I was growing up, our community would celebrate something like pioneer days during fall/winter. No electricity. Sleeping outdoors. Communal activities outdoors, including formal church services.
2022-05-19
@PeterAttiaMD If we adapted the life-course/pre-conception care model advanced by Dr. Lu et al. couldn’t we make the case geroprotection emphasizes the other end of that continuum. Risk/benefit shifts bc we know aging=☠️. Client & MD decide acceptability of side-effects.
2022-05-18
RT @drmichaellevin: @KyleMcnease If you mean "text" as in "book", there really isn't one (yet). For papers, I tried my best to integrate th…
2022-05-18
@drmichaellevin Thanks for sharing this. I feel like a dinosaur because we’re still discussing the genome, metabolome, gut microbiome all with a view towards the bio-technological language of our future. Suddenly, your work reaches my desk, & it’s a paradigmatic shift!
2022-05-18
Finally for #POTS/#MECFS if you’re prone to high Resting Heart Rate & already take a #betablocker it might be good to monitor that more closely.
Best to all! Hope you get some protection from #COVID19. Let me know you’re experience with Evusheld.
2022-05-18
This is just my n=1. But maybe it can help inform someone else who’s facing uncertainty. Caveat for any #Addisonsdisease/#AdrenalInsufficiency/#AdrenalFatigue talk to endo about whether or not a stress dose is appropriate. 6/n
2022-05-18
It wasn’t unbearable by any stretch. I’m now ~48 hours out & energy levels back to 80-85% of normal. Resting HR is down to 70s. 5/n
2022-05-18
I’d say maybe don’t do what I did and make a 4.5-5hr turn & burn trip to get it & then not have time to properly rest. 4/n
2022-05-18
When I say fatigue, I mean it wiped me out. I have a young, active family, so that may have made it more apparent/noticeable? I definitely felt bad as a result of the fatigue though. Resting HR got up to 127, so that contributed to the fatigue. 3/n
2022-05-18
I’m also not a stranger to needles, injections, & infusions, so my pain threshold may be slightly different.
During the 1st 24hrs, the things I noticed the most were fatigue & increased heart rate. 2/n
2022-05-18
Haven’t read very many client perspectives on #evusheld. Injection site pain was ~ 0. I did stand & pace for ~20 mins after 💉 💉. But my return trip was 2+ hours of me driving, so I’m inclined to think the injection site pain wasn’t going to be as big an issue for me. 1/n
2022-05-18
For those of us coming from an information theoretic perspective & wanting to integrate your exciting work @drmichaellevin can you recommend a text that explores the implications of bioelectrical & morphogenetic research?
2022-05-17
@kalezelden @Jessica_Mesman Yes, & the spoilers notwithstanding, @PaulVanderKlay’s commentary on Midnight Mass also made me think about this issue. People seem to be searching for the miraculous, the supernatural to infuse & suffuse the quotidian with something ‘more real’ than our constructed realities.
2022-05-17
@SEProtomartyr Never would have predicted this! It seems like the MLS is where great players come to make more money. People get hyped. Then it seems to fade. But maybe if he becomes part of club ownership it’s a tectonic shift? We’ve got the talent to win a🌎 🏆but need structural support.
2022-05-17
Directionally, this is a good move to a nasal spray. Blocks route of entry. Easier for distribution & administration. Why not something like mAbs rather than spike?
Opinion | A Nasal Vaccine for Covid Could Prevent Infections - The New York Times https://t.co/tVirvLgA3T
2022-05-16
This is the kind of civilizational blindness I’m carping about. We’re so far removed from nature that we no longer think it matters. Our ancestors studiously noted & celebrated celestial events in ways we still don’t comprehend. https://t.co/0pBjpah0nd
2022-05-16
@klwong43 I’ll be so committed to term limits that I’ll spend the next 40 years in office trying to accomplish it 🤔
2022-05-16
News flash: Families with infants who rely on formula for their survival would appreciate a political armistice in order to address this urgent problem. They’re going to mess around & have non-politically motivated parents like me run for office just to get things done ✅
2022-05-16
@Joshuak_Smith @DrPaulOffit Ha! It’s maddening to me bc it pollutes the information ecology & furthers this disintegration of trust. Gates is smart, successful & wealthy. But this is biotech not simply tech. Biology is far messier, intricate and individualized, which means we need actual experts weighing in
2022-05-16
Why not have an actual expert like @DrPaulOffit answer questions like these? None of this makes sense. What are the long term immunological impacts of “boosting” every 6 months or less with vaccines that don’t generate great mucosal coverage? https://t.co/7RaJ8XtDrx
2022-05-15
the innocent sleep,
Sleep that knits up the ravell'd sleave of care,
The death of each day’s life, sore labour's bath,
Balm of hurt minds, great nature’s second course,
Chief nourisher in life's feast.
Shakespeare: Macbeth
2022-05-15
I take no comfort in saying that a large amount of #doctors & #academics attending in-person conferences will be challenged by #COVID19 once again. I want to get back to normal ASAP. Rapidly & repeatedly depleting T cells isn’t the way back to normal though. #AcademicTwitter
2022-05-14
@klwong43 as a possible model. It may take us a bit to see the impacts of repeated immune system depletion.
2022-05-14
@klwong43 the immune system bc it isn’t infinitely self-renewing. With repeated infection, you can rapidly deplete the immune system & instigate autoimmune processes. My view is we aren’t projecting beyond the here-and-now. It isn’t just about not dying from a given exposure. Look at HIV
2022-05-14
@klwong43 One way to think of it is the immune system will be forced to generate antibodies, effector T cells & memory T cells to ward off infection. That’s our way of compensating for SARS2. But this isn’t a benign process in the sense that it costs you something. It prematurely ages
2022-05-14
Been shouting this from the rooftop even though no one seems to be listening. #SARS2 likely functions as a Superantigen or the body responds as if it were. Either way, “The loss of naive T-cells is a defining metric in immune aging and dysfunction.” We’re being extremely unwise
2022-05-13
The amount of wild takes regarding #babyformula is staggering. “You should’ve already breastfed” is the same kind of response one sees during economic crises: you should’ve already been rich. What? So many uninformed opinions strongly held.
2022-05-12
@New1Www DM me your email address, and I'll send you something.
2022-05-12
@anadromist @moveincircles Byrne, this is a good lecture. I’d love to engage in a dialogue regarding some of these issues. For example, one of the influences on us to integrate tech into the body & mechanize ourselves resulted from awareness of our biological limitations wrt space exploration. Let’s chat!
2022-05-12
Wife’s OB walks in & promptly tells us pregnant women are at greater risk for negative outcomes from #COVID19, so be careful & wear a #mask (we were). He then looks at us & asks: “Wait, should I be wearing a mask?” 2020 broke our brains
2022-05-11
A vital #WomensHealth issue that we simply don't know enough about is the use of commonly prescribed psychostimulants (eg #methylphenidate) during pregnancy. More research is urgently needed so that mothers can make informed decisions about how to proceed.
2022-05-11
@kalezelden FWIW strongly oppose(d) lockdowns & 💉 mandates. Surely there must be room for a group of us middle ground folks with infants & toddlers?
2022-05-11
@kalezelden Repeated bouts won’t help either, bc sadly we aren’t getting lasting T cell immunity. Run a counterfactual where this is the first 2 years of what would later be known as HIV/AIDS. It wasn’t recognized as a severe illness until much later in its course.
2022-05-11
@kalezelden of the body. Beyond that, it rapidly depletes (can be read ages) the immune system. It causes the body to utilize cytotoxic T cells. Cytotoxic T cells destroying neurons as collateral damage as they carry out their proper function is seriously bad news.
2022-05-11
@kalezelden Is there room to agree about media malpractice while also remaining cautious wrt SARS2? I’m a researcher & stay informed via the work being done by colleagues. My concern is that the virus is still in a highly exploratory mode & has demonstrated it can impact almost all systems
2022-05-10
It’s consciousness all the way down—as deep down as one can go or look. It’s consciousness all the way up—beyond the dim portals of our perception. Evolution as a term is consciousness smuggling. If by evolution you mean something like unfolding consciousness, ok.
2022-05-10
One of the problems I have with the estimable Dr. Michael Hyde’s definition of perfection is that it is almost exactly the same as the psychological concept known as the myth of the arrival. We will thus be interminably thwarted by that which eludes us…
2022-05-09
Things are heating up. Many use cases for this tech. https://t.co/WI9YE6KB4K
2022-05-09
We just got done with maternal fetal specialist appointment. At 18 weeks this girl is already putting her little hands under her chin & crossing her legs. She may be practicing to take ultimate deva status from her sister!
2022-05-09
@SalmonKromeDome Are you seeing Klimas or one of her team? If so, you’ll be in good hands. Hoping and praying you obtain the answers you need to recover, get your life back, feel great and write more amazing essays!
2022-05-09
Listened to Bon Iver at the ocean’s flayed edge with my wife—the fiercest of moms. Doesn’t seem fair to experience so much goodness from God. Everyone has hard times. Not all get the lyrical moments though.
Blessings to all moms out there!
2022-05-07
@kalezelden Not unlike your coconspirator @roddreher.
2022-05-07
@kalezelden We should have a deep, devoted conversation centered upon The Abolition of Man & the narrative version of it as found in That Hideous Strength. I juxtapose these books with prominent transhumanist thinkers of today, & prescient is the word for Lewis.
2022-05-06
RT @Drlipid: @KyleMcnease @PeterAttiaMD Regarding PCSK9i and cognitive impairment - see https://t.co/8q4l8zp69H Also realize that people wi…
2022-05-06
@Drlipid @PeterAttiaMD Thanks for the swift response & for sharing the references! Very interesting. I’m trying to identify an approach similar to lifelong lowering of LDL to prevent CAD & MIs but for Alzheimer’s.
2022-05-06
@Drlipid Love your content & wish the conversation between you & @PeterAttiaMD were part of graduate education. Have you published list of comprehensive labs that standard MDs don't use but should? Aware of any relationship between PCSK9 inhibitors & cognitive impairment?
2022-05-05
An #AI trained on #OPT175B inserts itself into an ongoing conversation without all of the necessary context. It reads one commenter demanding: “delete all of this!”
Bc this #AI was insufficiently & improperly trained, it blew up the world. It deleted all of this…
2022-05-04
@fitterhappierAJ Quick question for you since you’ve been consistently correct about T cell response. What’s the path look like for infants & toddlers? When might you expect things to be quasi normal for them? After 💉? SARS2 appears to gain in transmissibility at each step.
2022-05-03
You can’t have a gnostic world of infinitely reconfigurable bodies & multiple discursive identities outside of something like the Matrix. The price one pays for the illusion of limitless autonomy from physical reality is to be re inscribed & delimited by the construct.
2022-05-02
Prediction: There will be a successful franchise that focuses on the kind of Agent Smith archetype. But he will be portrayed as a misunderstood cyberneticist trying to keep the system protected from anarchists like Neo who we’ve also misunderstood as being good.
2022-05-01
To all of the people living with lung cancer & their families, loved ones, caregivers, & patient advocates, I salute you all! Blessings on you all! To the wonderful MDs/PAs/ARNPs/Nurses/Researchers & staff who care so deeply, 🙏 a million times over!
2022-05-01
Some will not like what I’ve written or will feel hurt. We can and should do better for people living with and heroically fighting this disease. If one thinks the status quo is at a global optimum, it’s past time to reevaluate!
2022-05-01
Whether one lives or dies or how long one lives until one dies shouldn’t be decided by net worth or liquidity. Let me say again that only in America does a plot like Breaking Bad’s seem somewhat coherent.
2022-05-01
The patients pay whatever they can afford to access care. But not all care is created equal. There’s a premium for access to the premiere institutions yielding the best outcomes. Once you see that you can’t unsee it!
2022-05-01
The aggregation of patient data is what makes complex analyses possible & gains other people publications and promotions. This leads to capture of future grant funding & institutional clout.
2022-05-01
Patient perspectives are just as important for enhancing treatment outcomes & improving QOL as dosimetry & pharmacokinetics. The accretion of knowledge in the field results from patients undergoing treatment & trials.
2022-05-01
Ego involvement & appeals to authority are difficult to broach. Any system that can’t make room for questioning the status quo bias is fragile & over-determined.
2022-05-01
And if fatigue is a proxy for inflammation, where is the emphasis on inflammation management? Where’s the creativity & art to the standard of care? It’s always a balance between science and art.
2022-05-01
A disease that is preferentially disposed to glucose & is so metabolically demanding…donuts? 👀🤦🏻♂️ I’m ashamed to admit that.
2022-05-01
My father has received great care at one of the world’s best institutions. Even so, during his 1st week we asked about adjuncts that might help. I can’t believe this happened, but when asked about diet, my dad was instructed to eat donuts if that’s what he felt like.
2022-05-01
Emphasizing QOL while undergoing treatment also allows the person to have the phenomenological experience of mattering as a person rather than a cancer case. I mean basic things like “oh your esophagus feels singed by radiation & you can’t swallow? Let’s get IV fluids in you.”
2022-05-01
The point here is simple: by emphasizing QOL during treatment, it empowers the patient, increases a sense of self-efficacy, & allows for the accumulation of small wins along the way.
2022-05-01
There’s a persuasive argument that one could make regarding this kind of investment. If treatment goes well, it’s a positive ROI. If it doesn’t, the patient not only lost out on the potential QOL he could’ve realized but also must face the finality of life in a depleted state.
2022-05-01
The patient doesn’t live as long as we’d hope, and the life they do live while being treated is often one of considerable contraction. Their old life sort of disappears as it morphs into surgery/radiation/chemo.
2022-05-01
The focus on & marketing of “the best & most advanced technologies” elides what is still a rather ghastly process for the patient & caregivers. The lack of focus on quality of life has been staggering. This is most egregious considering the aforementioned bleak PFS.
2022-05-01
Delay is almost a death sentence. We mustn’t become comfortable with this fact or attempt to explain or qualify it away. Dx is typically at an already-advanced stage. Then time to initial treatment is typically months.
2022-05-01
By the time a diagnosis is made, the patient is usually >70, so the screening protocols have to change such that it’s normalized like other types of cancer screenings. The negative repercussions for a delayed dx are not linear but exponential.
2022-05-01
A bioethical ethnography on the state of the art treatment of (my father’s case of) #lungcancer #nsclc : a 🧵 🪡 Despite Herculean efforts from the treatment communities—#radonc & medonc—the PFS is still not where anyone would wish it to be.
2022-04-28
@anderssandberg @StefanFSchubert @stephen_wolfram We would find these things out by observing in the same way that Wolfram had to. There wouldn't be a shortcut so to speak. Not saying it is the same as a P vs NP problem, but I do think irreducibility presents a spectacular challenge.
2022-04-28
@anderssandberg @StefanFSchubert @stephen_wolfram I think you're correct in how you've stated it. However, you're setting up the conditions in advance (suffering vs bliss). But if possible worlds are computationally irreducible, the point is that we couldn't know in advance that one was better.
2022-04-28
@anderssandberg @StefanFSchubert @stephen_wolfram of world X & Y and compare. But how would we ensure that the mind experiencing each would be the same in each? This all presents non-trivial problems, especially if one thinks it is even remotely possible that there’s something *like* an Omega point at the end of a given universe
2022-04-28
@anderssandberg @StefanFSchubert @stephen_wolfram qualifiers like better & best will mean to us when worlds may be computationally equivalent & require something *like* subjective experiencing of them? But if they’re computationally irreducible, we’d have no way of knowing in advance. We’d just have to experience the unfolding
2022-04-28
@anderssandberg @StefanFSchubert @stephen_wolfram Other axioms & automata are better for other functions & operations. Now when we talk about the laws of this physical universe, we can easily imagine other such universes with different sets of laws & initial conditions. But is it possible to adjudicate what subjective
2022-04-28
@anderssandberg @StefanFSchubert I like this line of questioning. By way of analogy, I’m imagining @stephen_wolfram talking about automata & computational equivalence & irreducibility. Is rule 30 the best one can get? Well it’s great as something like a randomness generator.
2022-04-28
@anderssandberg @StefanFSchubert There are Christian perspectives that would posit that Christ’s sacrifice meets your criteria of a single good act and that bc of this the maximum has not just been realized but exceeded beyond measure. Theosis is now on offer.
2022-04-28
There’s that scene in The Truman Show when he finally screws up his courage and launches out into the watery unknown. This is what that feels like…
2022-04-28
@PaulVanderKlay @vervaeke_john @jordanbpeterson both maintained your vocations. People need to see that it’s possible to impact many lives while remaining grounded and keeping one’s hands fixed to the proverbial plow. Gentlemen, keep chopping wood and carrying live-giving water.
2022-04-28
@PaulVanderKlay @vervaeke_john @jordanbpeterson This is why you @PaulVanderKlay & @vervaeke_john are such important exemplars for this moment. PVK you’ve helped nurture an online community similar to a digital L’Abri. John is exemplifying an ethic of care & humility while demonstrating the power of dialogue. Crucially you’ve
2022-04-26
RT @klwong43: Countdown! Tomorrow, 6 am, The Meaning Code conversation with the remarkable @KyleMcnease will publish. And Friday, 6 am will…
2022-04-26
@klwong43 @esther_L_meek You’re too kind! It was wonderful to connect and begin what I hope will be a meaningful dialogue.
2022-04-12
At times we may feel we are loving, serving, worshiping God on our own as it were. But it’s always the love of God that constrains us. The Spirit Who draws us. I’m so spiritually impoverished that God gifts me the very love & attention I can then use to love & praise Him with.
2022-04-12
gift until placing it in her mom’s hands. My wife lovingly condescends & accepts the gift as if it were strictly from a 3 year old. Later, she will talk to me about how that adventure went down. In some sense my daughter needed to be meta-gifted with the ability to give a gift.
2022-04-12
special to give to her mom. Then giving her the money to initiate that exchange of currency (my time) for an object that is meant to represent/symbolize her love & appreciation for her mom. And once this intricate process is complete, my daughter fumbles around with the
2022-04-12
So when we talk about using psycho technologies as a way of training our attention on God via worship, I think that’s slightly misconstrued. It’s closer to something like Mother’s Day coming up & me telling our oldest child about it. Then taking her to the store to pick something
2022-04-12
condition; namely, we can’t “force” ourselves to take interest in a given X. We can desire to take interest in X, but that doesn’t get us there. Jesus comes along and says PVK doesn’t have to be interesting to lead people to me. He just needs to lift me up, and I will draw them.
2022-04-12
perspective, but that’s for a different time & context. Let me just say that one of the surprising elements about the Gospel is that God puts the onus on Himself to draw all men (can be read as attention) to Him. This is vital bc it reveals something important about our human
2022-04-12
@PaulVanderKlay Loving the commentary on JP & BW’s conversation, as it allowed you to bring in Michael Levin’s ideas (shout out to @klwong43 for putting him on my radar bc I thought my ideas were original🤦🏻♂️). There’s so much that can & should be said from a communication
2022-04-05
Todd Gitlin will certainly be missed. Re-read his “Media Unlimited” with fresh eyes. Prescient. Searing.
2022-04-03
RT @bensolomon1: @KyleMcnease Hi @KyleMcnease - I’m sure there are many others but I reckon that https://t.co/syjlxSjJeR is a great place t…
2022-04-03
@bensolomon1 @christine_lovly Thanks Dr. Solomon! This is wonderful!
2022-03-31
Deeply saddened by the passing of the indefatigable @DrSarahHallberg. Our condolences go out to her entire family. She remains an incredible inspiration and portrait of courage and grace. The patient advocacy community will miss her spirited leadership. We must defeat 🫁 cancer!
2022-03-29
@bensolomon1 As researchers we’re always trying to translate findings into accessible & actionable info that benefits patients. Is there an existing ALK primer for patients that they can utilize for more meaningful engagement with their care teams?
2022-03-29
This is one of the best overviews of the treatment landscape for ALK+ #nsclc. Truly grateful for the brilliant work & collegiality demonstrated by @JessicaJLinMD & @bensolomon1. https://t.co/SRFlLxfjMx
2022-03-29
@lgreco_ny That’s a really useful perspective. I especially appreciate the notion of considering treatment options through the lens of them potentially availing future options rather than foreclosing them. Thanks so much for your thoughts!
2022-03-24
@lgreco_ny hope you are doing well and still fighting strong! You’ve offered encouragement to so many! Quick question for you: When you run into a research question or decision-point for treatment, do you have a go-to person/info source outside of your care team?
2022-03-23
@TiltWolf We’re hoping to find out whether we can get him access to this. Great suggestion. Thanks!
2022-03-23
Prayers appreciated for the morrow. We receive either the best possible news or something close to the worst.
2022-03-20
Imagine people continuously comparing the speed of bipeds to supersonic jets. Yes, they are faster than any of us & can fly too. #AI will be incredible at all manner of computation. We will have engineered it to be so. To say it’s smarter than humans is banal.
2022-03-18
Wondering if anyone in the #lungcancer #NSCLC #radonc #oncology community is currently attempting to integrate #psilocybin use as part of a synergistic study? The QOL is often so bad that we urgently need to identify more & better ways to support #patients.
2022-03-14
. @PaulVanderKlay Please tell Freddie that he is a legend! When he said he didn't like daylight savings because he couldn't get his groove on...what an absolutely original soul.
2022-03-13
Is this whole thing being pulled towards a specific attractor? A Big Pull instead of a Big Bang?
2022-03-12
In our attempts to manage chaos and reduce uncertainty, we’ve denuded our world, simplified the complexity of history, & forfeited the wonder for this precious gift of life. The older I get & the more I read, the less I seem to know.
2022-03-12
@samvega @davidgraeber @davidwengrow It’s an intriguing appetizer. I think with the newer data on Göbekli Tepe and many other such examples, a great revision is in order. Once one begins to see it, it’s fairly startling.
2022-03-12
Is the sun beginning to set on the strict physicalist paradigm?
2022-03-12
@samvega @davidgraeber @davidwengrow I’ll have to check that out. Thanks for the recommendation.
2022-03-11
I don’t think it has properly dawned on us the sophistication & complexity of some of the ancient civilizations. Their level of emphasis on the celestial realm is stunning. The engineering, unbelievable. What were they up to?
2022-03-08
Synthetic CDOs. That’s it. That’s the tweet.
2022-03-02
@liveforeverclub That’s an interesting infographic. If you want to share a link to your work, I will be happy to highlight it.
2022-03-02
@danaparish Why would mitigation efforts be relaxed before they have the test-to-treat process firmly in place? This seems like the same kind of error made when relaxing masking just as delta started to take off.
2022-03-02
Bingo! https://t.co/qMWHaxiJ48
2022-03-01
Not enough work is being done in #ethics of #lifeextension to address the fact that culture & institutions will be impacted by this phenomenon. If it’s this bad now, imagine the same people in power for far longer! Putin…for 100 years? We better figure out how to negotiate this.
2022-03-01
RT @william_merrin: Re-upping this, in case anyone wants to get up at 7am and listen to me! :)
2022-03-01
When I hear the word elite…this is what comes to my mind. There aren’t that many elites. https://t.co/fjDHQZrrVe
2022-03-01
Hence, a picture can be a false representation, but it has no means of asserting its falseness." But what do we make of image silence or image absence as a strategic use of ambiguity that forms the foundation for propaganda in an age flooded with images on screens?
2022-03-01
his interpretation on Sol Worth's 'Pictures Can't Say Ain't': "language is propositional, images are presentational; language has a syntax for making claims about reality; images have no such syntax and are merely uninflected representations.
2022-03-01
part of the new war landscape, where an absence of footage allows actors to generate favorable narratives suitable to their strategic aims? If so, we see a remix of strategic ambiguity being deployed. I’m reminded of the 2009 viz rhet article by Paul Messaris where he shares
2022-03-01
. @william_merrin Question for you. Growing up in the US, we “saw” images of the Gulf Wars. Baudrillard had his brilliant perspective on this phenomenon. What’s your take on almost the opposite taking place right now? Is the absence of ubiquitous “authenticated” imagery
2022-02-28
RT @UnbelievableJB: .@alisteremcgrath concludes this season of the podcast looking at the different ways Lewis and Tolkien expressed the Ch…
2022-02-28
@william_merrin @andrewhoskins @DigitalWarJnl Cyber, digital currencies, algocracies, AI, the Metaverse, the Twin Nuclei problem...we aren’t yet aware of what it is we’re dreaming towards, gesturing towards in our attempts to REALize something.
2022-02-28
@william_merrin @andrewhoskins I was thinking specifically of your work during this time. It’s all so bizarre. Celebrating increased Twitter followers for a leader trying to stay alive & stave off a dictator. Misinfo, disinfo, trolling & memes! It’s a new kind of war that includes the old.
2022-02-28
If the #Christian #church is pro-life (& I’m not arguing it isn’t) why don’t we see more direct supports for families within a given congregation? Help them start a family without going bankrupt. Help with home ownership etc.
2022-02-26
Oh man! 🤦🏻♂️ dispositive evidence that spread occurred, yes. Correlation isn’t causation.
I know things are beyond tough right now. We’re all hoping @ydeigin’s family & friends are safe. Can’t wait to see his interpretation of both papers. https://t.co/i9WwhnW4Uh
2022-02-26
Does anyone find these kinds of tweets a bit odd? Is this just a sign of the times? He’s being hunted & his nation invaded. BUT he’s gaining followers on Twitter! If this is a consolation, I don’t understand our current world. https://t.co/N7OMTeZn9P
2022-02-26
@TheDickDickson @jgreenhall @DouthatNYT I’m just trying to get out detention & get on his level. Listening to him & Daniel Schmachtenberger make me feel remedial!
2022-02-26
@jgreenhall Noticing the focus on Zelensky’s youth & vitality is causing people to question how the US became so sclerotic (same phenomenon as when Taliban takes Afghanistan in days). How does senescence factor into @DouthatNYT’s notion of the US entering a state of decadence?
2022-02-26
This is grim. We officially live in an inverted world. https://t.co/BjDmdIvGLG
2022-02-26
If we say ours then I agree! But what does this suggest? How can one evolutionary perspective be “better” than another? It can’t. If you argue it can then we need to question such an unguided process that allows operators to function criminally while feeling morally just. https://t.co/MakhFgiVFC
2022-02-26
On strict #naturalism, we can see that might makes right. Moral relativism has glaring weaknesses, & we’re seeing them play out in multiple theaters: NKorea, China, Afghanistan, Russia et al. On what grounds can we denounce this? Who’s evolutionary lens sees clearest?
2022-02-25
RT @Phelan_McDermid: #TBT! Today we're throwing it back to PMS Awareness Day 2021, when Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts — hom…
2022-02-25
We’ve been living off of a hostile government’s crude oil & petroleum products, but we refuse to live off of more of our own oil & natural gas? Isn’t this unfavorable scenario worsened by the fact that it requires even more energy to import the oil & petro, thus increasing use? https://t.co/yELJalsZrT
2022-02-25
Dr. Leslie Baxter states that dialogue can be an aesthetic accomplishment that serves as "a momentary sense of unity through a profound respect for disparate voices in dialogue." @vervaeke_john's re-mem(e)bering of Platonic dia-logos is also an expansion of Baxter's work.
2022-02-25
People focus quite a lot on the thesis-antithesis-synthesis dialectic, but #Bahktin preferred the fusion-fission approach where there's no ultimate synthesis just ongoing flux.
2022-02-24
@JonathanSarfat1 @EstherOfReilly And that’s the entirety of the quote. It rather suggests his work is aimed at avoiding this, preventing this. https://t.co/rHKgFY3aOi
2022-02-24
@JonathanSarfat1 @EstherOfReilly That isn’t what I said. I said you agree except where you disagree. That is the entire point I’ve been making the whole time. And the devolution into this is “your hero” is nonsense. You’re even judging me, & I’ve already stated my position!
2022-02-24
@JonathanSarfat1 @EstherOfReilly I would argue that you should have a problem calling them “fake Catholics” bc scripture warns against standing in judgment that manner. What’s the difference between fake Catholic & thou fool?
2022-02-24
@JonathanSarfat1 @EstherOfReilly You mean to say you agree with the author except for where you disagree with the author. You’re the one who shared the articles to bolster your own argument!
2022-02-24
@EstherOfReilly @JonathanSarfat1 When we enter the realm of politics & policy, that’s a different argument or set of arguments.
2022-02-24
@EstherOfReilly @JonathanSarfat1 as foundational as it gets. I’m not comparing the content of these two sets of disagreements but the idea of Christians, even those most proximal to Christ, disagreeing in general. The difference between a Christian & non-Christian is eternal in scope, right.
2022-02-24
@EstherOfReilly @JonathanSarfat1 But that’s a different argument. As I’ve made abundantly clear throughout, I don’t agree with the pandemic nonsense. Christians can disagree on those matters & end up on opposite ends of the spectrum. Peter & Paul can even disagree on the treatment of gentiles. That’s
2022-02-24
@JonathanSarfat1 @EstherOfReilly for not adequately preparing, equipping & mentoring our own. Hence they fall victim to the rhetoric bc they’re unaware of the counter arguments.
2022-02-24
@JonathanSarfat1 @EstherOfReilly Even the author doesn’t question the sincerity of his faith. Rather, he doesn’t agree with his approach to integrating faith & science.
*I also want to be clear in saying I don’t think people leaving their faith is Dawkins’ fault in the least. That’s on the Christian community
2022-02-24
@JonathanSarfat1 @EstherOfReilly seen as being *that* different a person than the one who actively berates God & people of faith. From the link you shared ☝️ https://t.co/UdlyQGjvdg
2022-02-24
@JonathanSarfat1 @EstherOfReilly had it severely undermined bc they fell prey to the rhetoric in Dawkins’ writings? Again, I’m pointing to the fact that if it’s souls we’re concerned with, I can’t see the case for how an evangelical Christian responsible for helping some number of people come to Christ is not
2022-02-24
@JonathanSarfat1 @EstherOfReilly better for you to be drown with a millstone around your neck than to lead one of his little ones astray. What proceeds out of a person corrupts etc. In other words, thought, words, actions all count.
Do you have any idea the number of people that have abandoned their faith or
2022-02-24
@JonathanSarfat1 @EstherOfReilly Wait, help me understand this argument. I’m not familiar with a version of Jesus that discriminates as much as you suggest. If you have lust in your heart, you’re an adulterer. If you say thou fool, you’re in danger…you’ll be judged for every idle word. He himself says it’s
2022-02-24
And I repeat: The violent take it by force.
Taiwan has to be on edge wondering when the inevitable will happen.
2022-02-24
RT @lgreco_ny: What's the best type of brain surgery? The one that is cancelled because all of your brain mets have shrunk, including one s…
2022-02-23
@JonathanSarfat1 @EstherOfReilly My bioethics is a Christocentric version of Leon Kass, so I’m affirming the inherent dignity & giftedness of all lives. But my response was to there basically being no distance between Dawkins & Collins. That’s where I would disagree, & I expect they will too.
2022-02-23
@JonathanSarfat1 @EstherOfReilly But let’s not go so far that we can’t see any difference in someone who names the name of Christ & someone who deems God a genocidal, capriciously malevolent bully.
2022-02-23
@JonathanSarfat1 @EstherOfReilly 1st year of transcribing only yielded one ten-thousandth of the genome. It’s a staggering accomplishment! That doesn’t mean he’s applied the precise Christian perspective I endorse to all of the ensuing bioethical concerns. So, of course, let’s vigorously critique him.
2022-02-23
@JonathanSarfat1 @EstherOfReilly I’m saying his stated faith in God is what shaped his scientific work. That scientific work resulted in the Genome project. That was a huge step forward even if people look back with hindsight bias & act as if it were not. It was expected to take 100 years, bc don’t forget the
2022-02-23
@JonathanSarfat1 @EstherOfReilly My default position on these matters is: If I, knowing myself as I do, can & do consider myself to be a Christian, then I find it highly problematic not to extend that same grace to others who also make that claim.
Again, I never said I think he’s Aquinas or Augustine.
2022-02-23
@EstherOfReilly @JonathanSarfat1 Far be it from me to suggest he’s prepared to make an argument from desire or one based on semiotics/semantics in order to win Dawkins over. But Collins could have affirmed panspermia, knowing that would have caused less grief than Christianity. I think Meyer would eat them both
2022-02-23
@JonathanSarfat1 @EstherOfReilly Collins takes seriously the origin of life problem & probably this, more than anything else, propelled him towards Christianity. He knows the 🧬 too well to leave it to chance. His faith shaped his science which helped shape the world. Much to debate between these two.
2022-02-23
🤌 https://t.co/cs2zbCPQuX
2022-02-23
@IntoTheBlues The generosity of spirit present among so many of the wabi-sabi altruists. To experience their half-finished pottery is to know what god & man is
2022-02-23
@kalezelden I call this the thin veneer of civilization. A nontrivial number of people are comforted by the look & feel of a well-stocked grocery store. If they only knew how precarious it all is & never ceases to be. Without this monumental symphony of coordination & logistics…devolution
2022-02-23
RT @camraredisease: Around 7% of the population are affected by a #RareDisease which = 3.5 million people in the UK. More than the populat…
2022-02-23
RT @chromosome8p: Did you know that 72% of rare diseases are genetic? This means that the disease was directly caused by changes in genes o…
2022-02-23
Teddy Peppercorn should probably be a parental pandemic shibboleth
2022-02-23
@Gretche28159336 @OldSalz The myriad things we don’t know about this virus could fill entire volumes. Nevertheless, what we do know about it suggests something different than your response suggests. It’s causing disparate outcomes such as brain changes similar to Alzheimer’s & new onset of diabetes.
2022-02-23
RT @Ring20UK: Ring chromosome 20 Syndrome or r(20) is one of 130 rare and complex epilepsies currently defined.
Epilepsy is not one diseas…
2022-02-22
SARS2 has surprised us at each step. I have 0 data suggesting omicron is the end. Immunity wanes. Reinfection occurs. Run a counterfactual: why is 🇨🇳 so invested in preventing spread even of omicron? It rapidly ages & depletes the immune system. We’ll be too sick to compete. https://t.co/FHHARmxAle
2022-02-22
I’m not claiming to have all of *The Answers* regarding Covid19. I do have serious concerns about T cell activity in the brain. Lots of autoimmunity & cognitive issues, as well as potential post-Covid syndrome related to continuous exposure & recurring infections.
2022-02-22
@PaulAnleitner Somewhere Stone Temple Pilots are saying “Interstate Love Song” would be great intro music for this bc it even has that memorable opening line “Waiting on a Sunday afternoon”
2022-02-22
The moment you begin to intuit a faint glimmer that #COVID19 looks to be so dangerous to older people & the immune compromised bc it is rapidly depleting & aging the immune system. It may not be that it’s less severe for the young but that we miss this signal bc they’re young.
2022-02-22
@fitterhappierAJ I’m wondering if you think the emerging data on post-Covid19 sequelae will help reframe the severity of other viruses deemed rather innocuous by Public Health ™. ME/CFS researchers have long argued that post-EBV,CMV,HHV-6 can be devastating & debilitating.
2022-02-22
That some number of previous viruses have diminished lethality with increased transmissibility *does not* guarantee the same is happening right now. https://t.co/esCUJDNdiT
2022-02-22
RT @michaelzlin: As seen above, ML1006a works better than PF07321332/nirmaltrelvir/Paxlovid on original protease ("wildtype", WT). And Paxl…
2022-02-22
My dudes…protect your long-term health & reproductive viability as best you can. https://t.co/hTXD8W2CLN
2022-02-22
Respiratory mucosal delivery of next-generation COVID-19 vaccine provides robust protection against both ancestral and variant strains of SARS-CoV-2.
We have to keep iterating & improving our vaccine technology.
https://t.co/CrTHYbQk22
2022-02-21
Anyone out there find it bewildering that we have such ability & propensity to seek out & experience the sublime? Surely this is *a* defining characteristic of being human. We are homo sublimis.
2022-02-21
“If we repudiate liberal education, we will be saddled with illiberal education; we will exchange a disciplining of free minds for an indoctrination of servile minds.” Quite a passage to ponder.
2022-02-20
@EricRWeinstein I’ve heard you express dismay about our current condition on multiple occasions and sincerely ask what it means & how we arrived at this moment. Below is a quote from CS Lewis that applies to you. You aren’t from “this” place but from many places across time. https://t.co/rcM7sdUDHK
2022-02-19
Worship creates spiritual hormesis
2022-02-19
Yo when I was growing up every guy had access to a “cold wallet.” They were gifted to us…each winter…
2022-02-19
I know there’s an economic incentive aimed at attentional capture. Outrage, polarization, dehumanization are big business that are being optimized by algorithms. But listen to this trialogue & consider how we might incentivize non-acrimonious participation. It’s refreshing! https://t.co/gcgd59y8mr
2022-02-19
@UnbelievableJB @PaulVanderKlay @CroftSpeaks Justin, as always, this was great. We appreciate so much the content & the spirit of the engagement itself. People are craving this kind of interaction between & among interlocutors who may very well disagree on almost everything except that it is good to have I-Thou exchanges.
2022-02-19
@PaulVanderKlay @UnbelievableJB This was so great to see finally happen! I’m also a huge fan of the show, especially so bc of the absence of acrimony that seems so ubiquitous today.
2022-02-18
RT @jachaseyoung: Never heard a street ranter who felt the government's on the right track.
2022-02-18
@jachaseyoung Friends, Romans, countrymen lend me your ears. Everything & I mean absolutely everything is fine! Everything’s good!
2022-02-18
@deepfates Vive la révolution
2022-02-18
@DMWalsh I’m deeply concerned about governments of the world, especially my own, resorting to outsized use of force against citizens.
2022-02-18
@DMWalsh I would hope that the sentiment behind Dr. MLK’s “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere” affords more than enough justification to ask questions about what one sees/reads taking place, even if that location is not one’s own country.
2022-02-18
@DMWalsh I don’t understand something. That’s what my question is aimed at addressing: an area where I lack proper understanding. 4rth. My second question is a conditional one, which is why the if is there: why can’t the mandates end *if* there is public will supporting such things?
2022-02-18
@DMWalsh that they are some of the best people I’ve spent time with. 3rd. It is a question with respect to ending mandates. What would happen (meaning what would change?) if that occurred? It isn’t an assertion but a question. In that sense, of course, you’re correct to say
2022-02-18
@DMWalsh Let’s take my statements apart for a moment. 1st. I’m very certain about my own experiences growing up & being introduced to French via the national anthem. 2nd. My time in
Canada & across 14 other countries where I’ve met & broken bread with Canadians led me to the conclusion
2022-02-18
@deepfates Poop aside, Preference Falsification is no bueno! Dr. Timur Kuran’s research demonstrates how this phenomenon can result in seemingly sudden revolutions.
2022-02-18
RT @OHRareDisease: It’s Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Awareness Week and we’d like to recognize Dr. Angela Russell, a Harrington UK Rare Dise…
2022-02-18
RT @EatrisEric: We're pleased to say that the breakout recordings from #RareShowcase22 are now available to watch. This includes a session…
2022-02-18
Did wages double during that same period? Of course not. We’re in serious trouble. Flyers being put in mailboxes asking if families are willing to sell for $100k ABOVE asking. Who benefits from this?? https://t.co/D9qzCdDE0J
2022-02-18
@jhmoy3 That is interesting. When my grandmother was in hospice just shy of 90, she began calling out to her own mother who had passed many decades earlier. I found it odd bc her mom was the person she’d gone without seeing or speaking to the longest.
2022-02-18
@Robotheology @PaulJorion @SSorgner Sounds like a great book & a wonderful addition to the discourse!
2022-02-18
Why is death terrifying? Some argue that death isn’t anything to fear bc we’ve already experienced non-being before we were born. Bc that didn’t bother us neither should returning to this same state in death. And yet it does terrify many if not most. Why is this the case though?
2022-02-17
RT @PaulVanderKlay: My big debut on @UnbelievableJB coming tomorrow at 10am... :) https://t.co/eXPMR0eIdS
2022-02-17
risen & alive does nothing to change the fact that we are dead in OUR sins. Lots to unpack there…
2024-11-03
Discipline & Punish: Imagine Foucault updating his book to include an orphaned squirrel that became a social media star & met its untimely demise at the hands of the state. https://t.co/UBoP79RdZ1
2024-11-02
Now one can *begin* to see why I’ve hypothesized that cancer can also be understood from a communication (information theoretic) perspective. https://t.co/gpbY3zJlk4
2024-11-01
The meta-point that we must prioritize is truth matters even when it’s inconvenient. You don’t have to be a fan of Harris or Trump to follow Alexander Solzhenitsyn’s hard-won advice: “Live Not by Lies” https://t.co/O8zFdn1wba
2024-11-01
😭😭😭NO!!! One of the great minds in medicine & research left the world too soon. Lung Cancer is a scourge, a plague upon humanity. If you have 🫁 you can get develop it. Smoking is not required. We do need more awareness & screenings. #lungcancerawareness #nsclc https://t.co/Fk9VQoMacl
2024-11-01
From Yang to French to Goldberg…people seem eager to set credibility & future-trust on fire. https://t.co/bVTqvlTkMn
2024-11-01
@lukeburgis 🙏😭 “I was filled…” I appreciate that phrasing so much. There was a pouring out, a kind of kenosis before the filling—a filling we cannot obtain on our own. I hadn’t the foggiest idea we’d lose my father a few months after I began meditating on consolation, heimkehr, &…
2024-11-01
@Runnerron13 @KashPrime Really well put: Machiavellian button pushers! So much meaning compressed into those three words.
2024-11-01
In which #AI is used in the actual world to create a fictional future dystopia causally linked to voting for a particular political party. Set the politics aside & ask if this catastrophizing is a wise way to deploy AI vs @BrianRoemmele’s method. “Beauty will save the 🌎” https://t.co/Uq9Tdl2xF4
2024-10-31
Mummy (turkey) Dogs & Boo Cakes. https://t.co/ZbLsITpDi1
2024-10-31
@BrianRoemmele is demonstrating that Nozick wrote The Experience Machine too early. I predict an AI of sufficient intelligence can create such mesmerizing imagery that it’ll be like a QR code that opens you up to something like sat-chit-ananda. Wait. Is that what this life is? 🤔 https://t.co/IgQDBCkVc2
2024-10-31
🤔 https://t.co/tECqA9wo1k
2024-10-31
😭 Yang why? https://t.co/kU3RGPoR5D
2024-10-31
@annielcrawford He should be more widely read than he is.
2024-10-31
@KashPrime As we live in increasingly algorithmically curated worlds, it will get more difficult to bridge the epistemological bridges that will be burned.
2024-10-31
RT @PageauJonathan: The adult version of finding out Santa Claus doesn't exist is finding out that he does, in fact, exist.
2024-10-31
It’s probably time to review Dr. Shoemaker’s work to look for overlapping treatments. He was a strong believer in Actos & repeatedly mentioned the psychiatric issues his patients faced. Per the article’s mention of lithium, psychiatric could potentially be understood as… https://t.co/lyT4zLE4dD
2024-10-30
@SteveSkojec 🙏🙏🙏
2024-10-30
RT @DavidFajgenbaum: Injecting lidocaine directly into breast cancer tumors resulted in a remarkable 29% reduction in mortality, according…
2024-10-30
RT @KyleMcnease: @AlexFinnX if content creation is automated via AI agents, won’t it soon become majority AI agents curating & creating the…
2022-02-17
Paul says if Christ be not risen then we are dead in our sins & are of all men most miserable. I know JBP keeps brining up the possibility of psychedelic influence on Christianity’s development. But Paul says a vision of or ecstatic encounter with a Christ who isn’t actually
2022-02-17
Hopkins is that these mystical experiences/encounters are rated as top 5 in a person’s life. In other words, the phenomenological experiencing of machine elves etc is real irrespective of whether or not such entities exist. Isn’t that a vital distinction from religion?
2022-02-17
of the over-reliance, colonizing impacts of the scientific image/mode of thinking? Religious people still claim to perceive God. Atheists say no. But they may claim to perceive machine elves while on psychedelics. And the important thing emerging from ongoing research out of
2022-02-17
bc they hadn’t been habituated by linearity. Whether it’s Gladstone’s assertion that people couldn’t see blue or tales of Aboriginal peoples not perceiving sailing vessels, this issue continues to remain important. Is the return to psychedelics an attempt to break free
2022-02-17
by subjects. One example was showing films to oral cultures & finding that their salience landscape was very different. They may not “see” the film so much as they would see a chicken in the background & think that’s what the film was about. The thought was they couldn’t perceive
2022-02-17
@PaulVanderKlay This was really good. A piece I’d like to understand more is the perception discussion. Your use of Don’t Sleep, There Are Snakes makes me think of a couple of things: early media/coms research on orality & literacy pointed to differences in what could be “seen” https://t.co/hj9TfnMuSG
2022-02-17
@dr1337 If set up the right way, the average person might find chatting with GPT3 comparable to chatting with another person. Hyper-novelty isn’t going anywhere, & we better prepare ourselves for the diverse sets of ethical questions that emerge as we enter the uncanny valley.
2022-02-15
@danaparish We should be swimming in monoclonal antibodies & therapeutics, but we've failed to update systems, structures, & processes in order to make them more agile & responsive to real-time needs. Instead, there's been a near-total collapse at @CDCgov, @US_FDA & @NIH.
2022-02-15
@danaparish But we used total persons vaccinated as our metric instead of number of people with correlates of immunity. For almost a year I was warning that we should watch the subset of immune compromised individuals receiving 💉because inadequate response may help accelerate mutations.
2022-02-15
@danaparish By failing to test for correlates of immunity in the vulnerable populations, they've had no idea whether they responded to their 💉are "reasonably protected." For those who are non-responders, we should've been offering mAbs as feasible alternatives.
2022-02-15
@danaparish In the US, we've never truly attempted an ensemble approach where we combine in a coherent fashion💉, NPIs, mAbs for PrEP &PEP, repurposed drugs for early treatment. We've almost entirely failed vulnerable, immune compromised people who can't mount an adequate response to the 💉.
2022-02-15
@danaparish Of course, I'm in agreement with this rationale. I've written previously that I'm worried that covid19 will be to the brain (vascular/endothelial) what HIV is to the immune system. Early HIV infections weren't anticipated to 👉AIDS. It took time to observe the devastation.
2022-02-15
@danaparish Other than the 💉for which we have growing data, what early treatments do you see as most promising for decreasing potential for a post-covid19 viral syndrome? Do we have any good data that therapies eg paxlovid reduce the likelihood of issues manifesting later like with SARS1?
2022-02-15
RT @benedict_kiely: We remember on this day 7 years ago the Holy Coptic Martyrs executed by ISIS on the beach in Libya and ask for their pr…
2022-02-15
I have a close friend & colleague living outside the US. He’s an academic. He was speaking at a conference & was asked about the country’s leadership. He said they don’t serve the people. His bank account was promptly seized along with all of his assets. Speak the truth to power!
2022-02-15
We’re beginning to see financial #sanctions (typically aimed at nation states) levied against free citizens within democratic nations. If they can prevent you from accessing markets, you’re finished.
2022-02-14
RT @TigerDroppings: Former #LSU stars Andrew Whitworth and Odell Beckham Jr. are Super Bowl Champions.
Congrats, fellas.
#NFLSU https://…
2022-02-14
We’re going to need far more #Alzheimers research & therapeutic development STAT! My hypothesis is that #Covid19 may be to the brain what #HIV is the immune system. Remember early on people who contracted HIV didn’t “appear” that sick. It took some time to understand the gravity.
2022-02-14
He does it with a smile!!! https://t.co/1BpN0Ojwo9
2022-02-13
#AcademicTwitter Where’s the appropriate space on a CV for one to put “successfully potty trained” our daughter during #omicron? Asking for a friend.
2022-02-12
RT @Inframethod: We write to make our ideas vulnerable
to intelligence.
2022-02-12
@robwhittakermma @ufc @UFC_AUSNZ The best scenes from fight week have been between you & your dad. Really great to see!
2022-02-12
@hyonschu That he prized the primacy of his own thought, and that thought was corrupted by life-long anti-Semitism. Habermas had to call him out as late as 1953 for republishing his thoughts on the greatness of National Socialism. Heidegger blamed Jews for their own annihilation! Come on
2022-02-12
@hyonschu I have even compared myself to Bishop here (https://t.co/ENUPKKPrFX). To say more would require a conversation!
2022-02-12
@hyonschu Jews, from being-in-the-world, I’m also inclined to question one’s insightfulness as a lover of wisdom (philia sophia). Once again, lest anyone think I’m being too harsh, I’m tossing my hat in the ring as an admitted sinner who gets things wrong all of the time.
2022-02-12
@hyonschu towards was that brilliant minds like Heidegger serve as warnings for those of us who delve into these matters. If we get the ontology and epistemology right but not our ethics, it is an incomplete philosophy at best. And, if one omits an entire group of people, in this case
2022-02-12
@hyonschu I actually used the opposite as my example, that is, Lewis’ character, Bishop. He isn’t irredeemable so much as he refuses to be redeemed. No one can know whether or not someone like Heidegger sought forgiveness, say, right before death. The entirety of what I was gesturing
2022-02-12
@hyonschu he shared philosophical insights that people find helpful; some value his insights as that of a genius. In the realm of ethics, he comes up far too short. My point was never to suggest a person is beyond redemption or saving Grace.
2022-02-12
@hyonschu equivocate. There are three realms that we can speak of: the realm of ontology, epistemology, & ethics. Ontologically, we can value Heidegger as an image bearer of God. He was created to experience the Glory of God, as is the case for every person. In the realm of epistemology,
2022-02-12
@hyonschu anti-Semitism is central to or important o his philosophy, but you'd need to contend with others who think that it is; namely, Assheuer, Oltermann, Faye, & Trawny. Now when you ask why we can't see the man as an image bearer as opposed to an irredeemable (ex) Nazi, you once again
2022-02-12
@hyonschu Wish there was a better way to respond: 1st, let's not equivocate. Even if he disavowed a party, he remained always-anti-Semitic. He never repented of this, and he did have decades to do so. Trawny doesn't even equivocate on this issue. You might disagree on whether or not this
2022-02-12
Dr. Patterson @brucep13 is there a link to the conference proceedings where your papers/presentations will be published? https://t.co/0G9YSUuB0m
2022-02-12
Be familiar with these terms, because they may take center stage very soon: G-protein-coupled receptor autoantibodies; vascular endothelialitis via the fractalkine-fractalkine receptor interaction in pulmonary vasculature. https://t.co/a1w2ADPFIs
2022-02-11
I’m wondering if the good Dr. @David_Gunkel has written a response to Peter Trawny’s Heidegger und der Mythos der jüdischen Weltverschwörung? Bc of your academic pedigree, I would imagine the two of you have spoken at some point, no?
2022-02-11
@hyonschu I’m not sure I can answer the question in it’s current form. From a Christian perspective, it would be to repent of one’s sins and turn to God for salvation & redemption through Christ, His Son. But if you mean redeem his philosophy, that’s what Derrida tried to do.
2022-02-11
@hyonschu direction for me. I’d much prefer to say these things are present & are deeply problematic; but here’s a way it can be read productively without side-stepping the issues.
2022-02-11
@hyonschu If you keep reading, you can see that I anticipated that retort. No, I’m not for cancellation. I am for owning up to where we get things wrong so we can improve. Downplaying the fact that Heidegger called Jews worldless (when animals are only world-poor) isn’t moving in that
2022-02-11
@hyonschu And this idolatry can lead one into blindness. But for the Grace of God there go I. Look, I read Heidegger more than most. I’m not saying cancel him! I’m pointing out that mere philosophy isn’t enough.
2022-02-11
@hyonschu And, again, Lewis makes this point brilliantly in The Great Divorce. The Bishop loves to publish his theological treatises & teach his students about the subject but refused to enter Heaven. You write about forms of idolatry. Think of attachments to one’s philosophy as idolatry.
2022-02-11
@hyonschu He had a friend who was Jewish is a bit too close to “but Jefferson loved Sally Hemings” for my comfort. Levinas didn’t hear the ethical echo of the Palestinians. I’m not saying they weren’t good writers. I’m saying they failed their own standards.
2022-02-11
@hyonschu He was an actual Nazi though. I’m not saying he was a mastermind for the Reich. If he were only a member of the KKK would he be as tolerable? This was perhaps an OK take before his own private writings were published. He never disavowed antisemitism & he had many years to do so.
2022-02-11
@hyonschu Divorce.
2022-02-11
@hyonschu And the Jews become less than standing reserve ready-to-hand. Heidegger is the philosopher who writes a dense but insightful collection of books and FAILS the ultimate philosophical test. This should be a warning to all of us. He’s similar to the Bishop character in The Great
2022-02-11
@GoughGough5 I was wondering how you stay warm because I would nearly freeze peddling the ole’ Moulton Standard bike down High Street.
2022-02-11
@Joshuak_Smith issues quite seriously. We're not alone in our quest!
2022-02-11
@Joshuak_Smith I just asked my wife if we are now reformed? haha. Similar to you, I had no idea about these philosophers until a few months ago. I think they'll click with you right away because of your religious orientation. I was like "wow, other Christian thinkers have been taking these
2022-02-10
@Joshuak_Smith Gregory Baus was kind enough to share this web archive with me. You can find many of the English translations as PDFs here: https://t.co/CYRQu2qzV4
2022-02-10
@ShaneCashman I’m hoping it sells many copies! May it bring wealth your way!
And condolences on this loss of your grandmother. There’s few, if any, that thoroughly buy into us like grandmothers. The loss is immeasurable.
2022-02-10
If you think #FreedomConvoyCanada2022 is a bad thing, I’d argue that the answer isn’t algocracy & self-driving trucks. If you’re worried the #SuperBowl or #StateOfTheUnion could be disrupted, imagine only a couple of people having the ability to disrupt anything, anytime.
2022-02-10
@ShaneCashman I hope you will take this as the compliment that it is: This reads like it could be *like* Bo Burnham’s recent Netflix special. He should’ve won multiple awards for it. Your Rat Utopia piece is still one of the best I’ve read during the pandemic.
2022-02-10
Dr. @EricTopol makes a great point here. If you’re trying to inform the public via this platform, you’re facing exponential noise & recriminations. Would verified accounts help? The zero cost for saying nonsense doesn’t seem to be the best path forward. https://t.co/e7pytl8yxC
2022-02-10
RT @camraredisease: “#Rarediseases can be single gene, multifactorial, chromosomal or non-genetic” @rarediseaseuk
72% of rare conditions…
2022-02-10
@ShaneCashman You’ve got to share more! I love the blurbs on the back of the book. They read like my life.
2022-02-10
@robinhanson One thing that’s quite difficult is making the implicit explicit, effing the ineffable. What afforded us the milieu conducive to logical argumentation? What made the argument better than devolving into violence? I’d recommend @holland_tom & his book Dominion.
2022-02-10
.@PaulVanderKlay one of the most reputable scholars is acknowledging the nascent religion that calls itself anti-religious & that it has the power to scale. The stakes are high bc the new religion will take out the best logicians & philosophers. Back to the age of sophistry… https://t.co/NZqpafS8oq
2022-02-10
@Joshuak_Smith @DerekSchuurman @meharmsen @CentreKirby Since we also have young and growing families, I can say one of the unintended consequences has been finding reformed schools that utilize the trivium & a classical model of Christian education.
2022-02-10
@Joshuak_Smith @DerekSchuurman @meharmsen @CentreKirby I reached out to the reformational publishing project bc they’re a clearinghouse for this scholarly literature. For some reason their website is down at the moment. In the meantime, here’s one other source: https://t.co/52nKSV1cAD.
2022-02-10
RT @MTLeChe: What is contemporary orthodox social ethics? Come find out 2/17 as an ecumenical panel discusses.
2022-02-09
@Joshuak_Smith @meharmsen @DerekSchuurman Me too! I will send you the best repository that I’m currently aware of. It will all make so much sense when you read these brothers. Very comprehensive. Robust theology & philosophy.
2022-02-09
@Joshuak_Smith @meharmsen @DerekSchuurman Same! I’m looking for a link!
2022-02-09
@PaulVanderKlay @jordanbpeterson And the most salient point that Rogers would make is that it is attending WHILE holding the client in “unconditional positive regard.” Clinically, I was drawn to that approach bc it is already part of Christ-ordained unconditional love. Rogers considered empathy as a way of being
2022-02-09
@MrKen_ @PaulVanderKlay @fullydavid @ZDoggMD 🤝 My point is simply that now we’re venturing into the realm of bioethics as it gets taken up in the broader sense-making discussions. I’m not endorsing his positions, bc I have my own. But there Paul stands at the intersection of all these issues engaging as a pastor.
2022-02-09
RT @MichalSamulski: As part of @rnadalacademy project, Rafael Nadal officially opened the “Roland-Garros Restaurant” in Manacor. The décor…
2022-02-09
Had a conversation with a prominent university administrator about expanding access to #students_with_disabilities & the differently abled, & I was horrified at the conclusion. They freely admitted #stephenhawking couldn’t attend this uni under the current model. No words!
2022-02-09
@PaulVanderKlay @fullydavid @ZDoggMD If JBP is the 🦞 then you are the 🐙. Someone get this man an octopus to put on his shelf!
2022-02-09
@PaulVanderKlay @fullydavid @ZDoggMD Paul, if you end up speaking with ZDoggMD my brain will melt! I never ceased to be amazed by your curiosity,
openness to new ideas, & heterodox (which I once would’ve considered orthodox) thinking. Your tentacles keep branching out & touching all of my research areas.
2022-02-09
@meharmsen @Joshuak_Smith @DerekSchuurman Josh, if you haven’t checked out the reformational philosophy scholars, get ready for your hard drive to get bogged down! Lurking behind many critiques are their works that go unacknowledged.
2022-02-09
@meharmsen @Joshuak_Smith @DerekSchuurman Yes, definitely no offense to Derek *at all*! I was referring to Egbert as well (Christians in Babel, Technology & the Future etc.) as Dooyeweerd et al.
2022-02-09
@EstherOfReilly I’m going to have to try this same approach to get some of my own work completed. 🤌
2022-02-09
@meharmsen Will it also be released in English?
2022-02-09
@meharmsen @Joshuak_Smith Instant follow for even mentioning Schuurman! He, along with many of the Reformed scholars, doesn’t get enough attention.
2022-02-09
@EstherOfReilly 👌My heartfelt gratitude also goes out to Abbot Silouan and all of the monks at the Monastery of the Holy Archangel Michael for providing me with gracious hospitality, good conversation, and the unimaginably peaceful environment of their guesthouse, where I wrote the bulk of this
2022-02-09
Harrisonian transcendence seems to be about this present moment & a *preferencing* of it. We are transformed by the awareness that everything that’s hurting or hindering us can be overcome in this present moment, as we accept that there’s no us to begin with.
2022-02-09
There’s importance placed on our embodied experience as Christians. And as we seek renewal that transforms it is in order to “discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.” Christian transcendence is submitting to this will of God.
2022-02-09
Romans 12 puts it like this: I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind…
2022-02-09
The valences of the experiences are largely encoded by our environment, which suggests they may be transcended. The Harrisonian manner of transcendence is no less religious than many others. It has a different formulation though.
2022-02-09
This proposition has appeal to the extent that it is aimed at reducing perceived suffering. If I can come to understand myself as something *like* an experiencing machine, I can step back from what hurts me or angers me & see that it’s inter-subjective data processing.
2022-02-09
as a monk walking through the postmodern world, I’d be *better* off. Experiences flow into this filter that *happens to have* a recursive function (a strange loop) that fools the information processor (that I am) into thinking *it* is a self.
2022-02-09
.@PaulVanderKlay You’ve been studying the JBP & Harris dialogues for years now. Do you get the sense that in a Harrisonian world, we’re mere information processors. The self is illusory & our attachments to it unwarranted, if not unhealthy. If I could but become disinterested
2022-02-08
RT @Phelan_McDermid: More than 300 million people around the world, including those living with a Phelan-McDermid syndrome diagnosis, live…
2022-02-08
RT @KyleMcnease: "The more brutal the power of an evil system is, the clearer is its self-incriminating testimony to its lack of legitimacy…
2022-02-08
Just leaving it here. What if your government agencies, news & favorite #media outlets had been calling it like this? https://t.co/u2fX0ZIghx
2022-02-08
RT @KyleMcnease: Should we mandate vaccines with durability constraints such that some people will lose their jobs for noncompliance? Why n…
2022-02-08
Time is vindicating... https://t.co/5kP9l2SzA1
2022-02-08
RT @KyleMcnease: Why are we waiting for a potential #Omicron tsunami when we could be administering #glaxosmithkline ‘s #monoclonalantibodi…
2022-02-08
If they'd only listened... https://t.co/jfUR60H4ic
2022-02-08
RT @rarediseaseday: Are you and your city ready to #LightUpForRare?
Samuel's fortress in North Macedonia is already illuminated with #Rare…
2022-02-07
Imagine there being something *like* an undetectable virus that’s as communicable as #omicron but the only indicator of its presence is sudden death…
2022-02-07
That we even live in a world where Dr. Paul Offit is being maligned as an #antivaxxer has to be evidence that this is a simulation gone wrong.
2022-02-06
. @EricRWeinstein tried to warn everyone that this was going to happen. They want to create a spiral of silence whereby one internalizes the fear of punishment and therefore disciplines the self. We need to stand against this Foucauldian nightmare before it's too late.
2022-02-06
You cannot live long enough never to have been bad! Unlike God, the internet will not forgive and forget your transgressions--even if they're only retroactively deemed transgressions. Is this the world you all want for yourselves and your children? A techno-theocracy?
2022-02-05
RT @deepfates: @KyleMcnease What is the hypodermic needle theory
2022-02-05
@deepfates Harold Lasswell is a legend, & his 1927 book Propaganda Technique in the World War is *potentially* more relevant now than it was at the time. The new media ecology seems much more potent right now, but it could be that we haven’t had enough time to adjust to the novelty.
2022-02-05
@deepfates Does a person have a shape bc you about to get rotated?https://t.co/8jDYWqAzOD
Seriously, though, trying to understand the effectiveness of Nazi propaganda is what *helped* launch the field of communication research
2022-02-05
@deepfates For purposes of existential risk mitigation, the ONLY way forward is through meme GoF research—preferably in highly visible public spaces & media platforms. Just look at the hypodermic needle theory of direct communication effects.
2022-02-05
Seeing so many takes regarding #GoFundMe. Very concerned that #patient #support is going to be impacted by this. We need far more wisdom in the world today. These political-economic battles are creating negative externalities.
2022-02-05
A mass of human brain cells in a petri dish has been taught to play Pong quicker than AI systems. The brain cells fail to be as competitive as AI or other humans. The ethical implications are myriad. Is this closing in on personhood? https://t.co/HJmBc3aqj7
2022-02-05
. @DaniilMedwed Many congrats on such a great match against Rafa! Thank you even more for your attitude & spreading positivity. Best of luck for the rest of the year!
2022-02-05
@william_merrin It’s making me rethink my relationship with the academy. I see academicians engaging in performative outrage about a tweet or podcast or news article. But it’s crickets when it comes to China? Servile
2022-02-04
This is what happens when you ignore Solzhenitsyn’s warnings & put your head down in order to continue profiting. We must be the most impotent generation. Certainly not on par with the greatest generation. #BoycottBeijing2022 is the least you can do. https://t.co/jE9LvP74wF
2022-02-04
@william_merrin A tweet so 🔥 my eyes are burning. I just can’t believe what I’m seeing play out. It looked like a coronation for the benevolent, global king. The US is worse still. Our House Speaker warns olympians to swallow any of their criticisms. But they have robots delivering the food!
2022-02-04
@briandavidearp @UniofOxford @ethicsinthenews @juliansavulescu I’m sure I have some script for this. Ah, yes! Found it. internalizing_jealousy.exe
I’m now internalizing it & won’t think about it EACH time I reach for a book or article written by you & your wonderful colleagues! Many congrats!
2022-02-04
RT @camraredisease: Our #UniqueFeetCam grp provides support & friendship to rare families & together we’re passionate about raising awarene…
2022-02-04
@PaulVanderKlay This a space is for promiscuous memetic complexes to conduct attention hijacking while speed dating. The viral tweets are like ephemeral alphas. They accrete status & dominate conversation but don’t hang around for reciprocal grooming. They’re overthrown by a simple refresh.
2022-02-04
I will admit to feeling overwhelmed by the tidal wave of words still left unread at the end of each day. The e-readers have changed my relationship with texts. Seeing how many hours it will take to complete the text is somewhat deflating. Am I alone in this? Probably…
2022-02-03
@Joshuak_Smith You can’t have been ensconced in southern Baptist culture without developing a bit of a penchant for the dad joke, can you? The deacons always came prepared…
2022-02-03
@Joshuak_Smith https://t.co/mrKfuxL1db
2022-02-03
@Joshuak_Smith This is a totally different interpretation of hot off the press!
2022-02-03
@klwong43 Is it any wonder he had such a huge impact on Lewis? I can’t help but wonder if the suffering he endured was met with a special grace for articulation. He was a 1st class mytho-poet.
2022-02-03
@deepfates When you state it like this, it makes me think of enthymemes. The Greeks were ahead of their time…
2022-02-03
This corner of the internet is having a moment. @PaulVanderKlay really has taken the time to foster a community, a conceptually rich ecosystem where people can experiment with ideas from @jordanbpeterson, @PageauJonathan, @vervaeke_john, @holland_tom & many others. https://t.co/MO0el0Qu5H
2022-02-03
RT @EstherOfReilly: @jordanbpeterson Senpai noticed you @PaulVanderKlay
2022-02-03
. @DrSarahHallberg I’m sure you’re inundated with messages, but I want to join that chorus in thanking you for sharing your journey with us! My dad was diagnosed with nsclc 3b/ALK+ in June ‘21. You’re courage & determination is truly inspiring. Wishing you all the best!
2022-02-03
Here’s a brave little guy who could use some support. Davon’s fight to a cure https://t.co/UMPOCtnNag
2022-02-03
@StormyBluePup Davon, thank you for being so brave! We are praying that you feel much better and get to go home very soon!!
2022-02-03
RT @Sci4theChurch: "While #Gödel privately believed in God even read the Bible every Sunday, fear of ridicule from his academic peers made…
2022-02-03
@PaulVanderKlay This is actually a conceptually rich way of thinking about things: Protestantism as the experimental arm of The Church. The Catholic & Orthodox churches benefit from all the stochasticity. They can patiently observe & integrate or reject any innovations/adaptations we’ve made.
2022-02-03
@mattlodder Sorry to break this to you, but GPT3 is already being used by students to create essays. We will have to adapt our evaluations moving forward.
2022-02-02
In binging @PeterAttiaMD episodes related to lipidology & cardiovascular disease, one thing becomes clear: Dr. Tom Dayspring is the Teddy Atlas of lipidology. His passion for the subject matter clearly comes through in the way he articulates things. Informative & entertaining!
2022-01-30
@klwong43 but the hospitals are full! So some of them are trying everything they can to prevent this from happening given the constraints.
2022-01-30
@klwong43 choice but to treat with some variation of repurposed drugs like remdesivir, ivermectin, hydroxychloroquine, fluvoxamine, a zpack or doxycycline, dexamethasone, & famotidine. MDs are in a terrible spot bc a subset of patients will have severe disease & progress to hospitalization
2022-01-30
@klwong43 in the waiting room. Horrible to witness such epic failure that increased suffering. What I will say is that for all of the talk of this not being 2020, in some ways it has felt that way. Our family members across multiple states went to their respective MDs who felt they had no
2022-01-30
@klwong43 Everyone in our family contracted it during the holidays, even though we’re vaxxed & “boosted” ( which is a term I can’t stand). Things were so bad in our area that when my wife needed IV fluids at the regional hospital, they had to triage & treat patients for serious conditions
2022-01-30
@klwong43 The investment it would take to scale vaccine manufacturing, monoclonals, drugs, & PPE here in the US is a rounding error compared to what we’ve spent 2020-today. If things like paxlovid weren’t in short supply, they could be administered more liberally.
2022-01-30
@klwong43 capacity but simply didn’t do it in a meaningful way. In an interconnected world where pandemics increase in their likelihood, we need agile systems, structures & processes that enhance our ability to iterate & improve at all levels.
2022-01-30
@klwong43 Yes, we’re in a bad spot at the moment in terms of what’s currently available. In an ideal world, things like monoclonal antibodies can be utilized as pre&post exposure prophylaxis. This has been one of our biggest failures in that we’ve had 2 years to scale our rapid-response
2022-01-30
@klwong43 point, with the exception being that what we do impacts the way it plays itself out. My eyes will be on India to see what a virus still in a highly exploratory mode will do to adapt itself to such a large population.
2022-01-30
@klwong43 variants emerge that don’t have cross reactivity with whatever is currently dominant or was in vaccines. It’s still a new virus with subtleties we don’t yet understand. Yet we keep getting fooled into thinking we understand it’s next move. But it’s a little like Rule 30 at this
2022-01-30
@klwong43 endemic. In such a scenario of prevalence, as soon as a member of the family tests positive, it could be beneficial to deploy therapeutics/prophylactics so that the other members might not develop a full-blown infection. We at least have to consider the scenario where viral
2022-01-30
@klwong43 to cause the disease of Covid19. I also wonder if it will have implications for future treatment. For example, unless there’s a different vaccine that more directly impacts the mucosal regions at the transaction site, we may well have a disease that’s prevalent not simply
2022-01-30
@klwong43 of someone with an active case of Covid19 did produce specific T cell responses while remaining asymptomatic & having no detectable levels of Abs. Would that suggest something like a sub-clinical case? Maybe this T cell response occurs when the initial SARS2 exposure is too low
2022-01-30
@klwong43 It’s really an outstanding question. I don’t think all of the implications have been teased out yet. One problem it highlights is looking at Abs only as correlates of immunity. T cells play a part in the equation, but we tend not to test for them. It is clear that close contacts
2022-01-28
@michaelmina_lab Really proud of and inspired by your relentless advocacy, community-wide education, message clarity and messaging persistence! You’ve embodied the chop wood, carry water approach while resisting politicization.
2022-01-28
This is a fascinating article! @vervaeke_john It’s making me wonder if you have the release date for your newest book? https://t.co/IKfgAfLyg6
2022-01-28
@klwong43 Of course! I’m sure I’d enjoy the conversation.
2022-01-28
What a brilliant study by Wang et al. (2021). Exposure to SARS-CoV-2 generates T-cell memory in the absence of a detectable viral infection https://t.co/mmfgtUrqU7
2022-01-28
For mucosal infections like #Covid19 instead of #boosting ourselves to the moon & back, wouldn’t a more helpful approach be to develop agents that work better on the actual mucosa involved? I think this is why ignoring #immunity via #naturalinfection was foolish.
2022-01-28
The standard is: if you’re giving a 💉 to a younger, healthier population the bar for safety is much higher & tolerance of side effects lower (Clements, Evans, Dittman & Reeler, 1999). https://t.co/63YW2sbihN
2022-01-28
One of the few very outspoken voices in higher education opposing current genocidal regimes. He may well lose his career if he keeps it up. Nevertheless he continues. Why are so many of you afraid to speak out about what’s going on today? Never again should mean just that! https://t.co/PFjW1U27xv
2022-01-27
@klwong43 not guided by wisdom (in this case apoptosis or acknowledging when it should die then doing just that). It looks to me like we have only a narrow window to get this novelty equation correct or it could severely diminish the chances of continued human flourishing.
2022-01-27
@klwong43 And for the psychedelic as tech advocates in *my sphere*, they tend not to listen to McKenna’s point about novelty as accelerating complexification that ultimately becomes something like runaway exponentiation. In the biological realm, cancer is a model for runaway exponentiation
2022-01-27
@klwong43 It’s interesting that so many
of my friends & colleagues in tech (especially one professor I was a TA for in my Ph.D. program) love #Dune so much even though Herbert creates a storyverse without computers & AI (that’s all part of the history not shown in the movie).
2022-01-27
@klwong43 This is an important distinction! The amount of novelty rushing towards us is concerning. Without wisdom, hyper-novelty could be disastrous. We need to develop better processes to adjudicate what tech we allow in our lives as it can be destabilizing.
2022-01-27
If you don’t think the world is increasing in #novelty then think again. Here is a piece of #art created using CLIP+VQGAN & prompts. We have no idea what this world could be if we cultivate & curate greater levels of wisdom & virtue. If we fail… talk about a dark timeline https://t.co/pGtpUatb4d
2022-01-27
@ai_curio_bot botprompt: sunlight breaking through clouds over a peaceful ocean in the style of Claude Monet
2022-01-27
@Gabestonks @freethinkfacts @michaelmina_lab Which expert are you referring to?
2022-01-27
I'm old enough to remember when #bioethics had quotables like "Private wealth should never trump #Publichealth." How has DeAngelis & Gostin's (2007) quote not been cited more during the pandemic? It even has the magic words never trump in it, so academics should like it, right?
2022-01-27
@StevenUmbro @David_Gunkel @Joshuak_Smith Wait, it’s open access to the world but the researcher has to pay ~1300 to publish? Please tell me I misinterpreted what I read bc it has me utterly befuddled.
2022-01-27
@PaulVanderKlay @jordanbpeterson @joerogan Sehnsucht has JBP in its clutches the same way it did Lewis. The ache, the longing, the desire to be taken up into the music & experience it as a participant. The perfection comes through the music though. It allows acces to an intimation which stirs our immortal longings.
2022-01-27
@NResponds @vervaeke_john @TheFrankRich1 @PaulVanderKlay @jordanbpeterson Awakening Soul, I’ve read a few of your pieces & they’re quite good. I’m not that familiar with Steiner, but your interpretation & integration of his thoughts have been really interesting. For what it’s worth, you’re a great writer.
2022-01-26
@klwong43 Wow, Karen! So much of what you’re interested in overlaps with my work. I’m really enjoying seeing where this is taking you. It’s nice to have sojourners! Hopefully our paths will cross at some point in the near future & we can dialogue about some of this.
2022-01-26
@nat_sharpe_ @goblinodds I’m a family man as well, so I need to be able dip out. But for others who don’t, they might just choose to stay. Bring about an Enlightenment 2.0
2022-01-26
@nat_sharpe_ @goblinodds That’s cool! By monastic I meant something more like a hybrid remix monastery space where people can commune together to work on their interests & have stimulating conversations. The meta-modern version of The Invisible College or pre-Enlightenment coffee houses.
2022-01-26
@nat_sharpe_ @goblinodds Sounds like Francis Schaeffer L'Abri style living. I think from geriatric millennials like myself to those in their early 20s who are interested in philosophy, art, architecture, engineering, and comsci/coding/machine learning/AI secretly long for a monastic space to think & work
2022-01-26
RT @Phelan_McDermid: Our February Research Roundup is here! This month's roundup looks at the impact of stress on SHANK3 in a mouse model o…
2022-01-26
This must be a parody, right? There's no way this person is involved in #COVID communications at @HHSGov... https://t.co/RqPJIcPE22
2022-01-26
#measles #publichealth @threadreaderapp unroll
2022-01-26
Our ability to effectively contain any future outbreak is reliant upon *maintaining* high enough levels of community immunity. Rather paradoxically, when💉are incredibly effective, their communal salience or the notion that we still need💉tends to wane a bit.
2022-01-26
Measles is now considered a 💉preventable disease. Each time there has been an outbreak (largely due to returning from international travel where there were active cases) in the US, the virus was shut down by community immunity, or herd immunity.
2022-01-26
20 years later than the CDC's original goal of elimination by 1982. It's still a stunning achievement we should be proud of. @AmeshAA states: "Measles is one of the most contagious infectious diseases, which means that you need more than 93% immunity to protect a population."
2022-01-26
Development of 1st Measles💉begins in earnest in 1954. Enders' lab adapts virus to 🐔embryos & has 💉ready in '63. In '68 Hilleman et al. developed a more effective version. A 2nd dose was later recommended after the 1989 outbreak. It took until 2000 to eliminate measles, almost
2022-01-26
@EstherOfReilly Perhaps. But you may be the gateway drug to whatever that was I just read. Otherwise, I would be perfectly fine reading my Merton right now. I can see that I'm going to have to write a lengthier piece on this issue. But all I want to say is "do you even do bioethics, bro?"
2022-01-26
@EstherOfReilly Remind me to stay away from your posts in the evenings! This quote above has caused not a little dyspepsia. https://t.co/NNFAGjsYWb
2022-01-26
@PaulVanderKlay @BenjaminABoyce Oh that was a most worthy preemptive parenthetical. I wanted to go full KJV when I saw it.
2022-01-26
@1EEX303 @PeterAttiaMD while increasing flourishing in the world. That's the message. Best wishes!
2022-01-26
@1EEX303 @PeterAttiaMD That would still be a net win bc it doesn't come at the expense of covid19 harm-reduction. Vaccinate, deploy mAbs, utilize n95s, increase access to efficacious drugs like paxlovid etc. Of course, yes! Also improve upon these other domains in order to decrease suffering & death
2022-01-26
@1EEX303 @PeterAttiaMD Here we're addressing a specific population viz. <35. But say someone came out & said for those >65, if we want to help save even MORE of their lives, we need to increase government efforts to eradicate heart disease & prevent MIs before they happen.
2022-01-26
@1EEX303 @PeterAttiaMD the US is ~36, there are also other domains we must be concerned with *at the same time as covid19*. It isn't a binary: either we focus on other domains impacting lives OR we focus on covid? No! We focus on all of the issues because we care about saving more lives.
2022-01-26
@1EEX303 @PeterAttiaMD No, my dude. Can you answer this: are you concerned with reducing covid19 deaths? Presumably yes. This is good. So is he. So am I. Are those the only kinds of deaths that matter? Of course not. This is basic heuristics and biases 101. For those <35, which I think the avg age in
2022-01-26
@1EEX303 @PeterAttiaMD Exactly the opposite is true. Now that the pandemic has increased the salience around the issue of life & death, it is precisely when you message in this manner in order to demonstrate we could save even more lives with a similar level of effort in those domains.
2022-01-26
I don’t think #Nozick had any idea how differently the digital native and the habituated online mindset would be. I wish his conclusions about The Experience Machine were matching reality. Unfortunately, reality is going virtual not virtuous, headed down the dopaminergic trap.
2022-01-26
@JoshGellers I’d expect that person to be more favorably disposed to something like @robinhanson’s notion of futarchy.
2022-01-26
@JoshGellers even understand exposure to risk? Or the more recent tech hearings where it was painfully obvious officials didn’t understand enough to ask informed questions? And if one isn’t predisposed to faith in the common wo/man, then
2022-01-26
@JoshGellers Am I to believe that a random 36 y/o couldn’t do or learn to do as well or better than the status quo that is obviously captured by money? As it stands, our system routinely selects for a captured 65 y/o. Remember the financial crisis hearings where elected officials couldn’t
2022-01-26
@JoshGellers This is all backwards to me. It should be a form of civil service that is term limited. We currently have at the helm a man who will turn 80 this year & has been in office since 1973. Look at the avg age of our representatives relative to our population.
2022-01-26
@JoshGellers serve as a representative of their peers, citizens would be reasonably well-equipped to do so. As it now stands, there is a strong correlation between money raised/spent during a campaign & likelihood of being elected. Money & not competence is the predictor.
2022-01-26
@JoshGellers I’m not suggesting they go without any guidance or instructions. We trust ordinary citizens to make complex decisions while adjudicating their peer’s guilt or innocence during jury duty. Imagine a scenario where our country invested in civics such that if called upon to
2022-01-26
@PeterAttiaMD Read the comments & it becomes clear that our sense-making capabilities are impaired. His point is that far more people are dying than would otherwise, if only we were to improve in those domains. We should also focus on improving behavioral health, transportation & water safety.
2022-01-25
@JoshGellers will all regret it. So I’m pulling for their success bc we can’t afford the alternative. But in the longer term I’m rooting against the status quo bias. If they were truly well-trained they’d know from a game-theoretic perspective that rivalrous games < non-rivalrous games.
2022-01-25
@JoshGellers right to the brink of another major war. I don’t know how many of your own family & friends have been killed or maimed in these wars, but I know I’ve paid too high a price. If Biden’s team (are they well-trained & elitist enough?) doesn’t thread the needle just right, we
2022-01-25
@JoshGellers This is productive bc we’re coming at the problem from different angles but arrive somewhere near a conclusion that we’d be better served by a more diverse form of representation. I’m not sure about the formulation of a well-trained elitist. Neoliberal elitists are taking us
2022-01-25
@JoshGellers But this belies the point I’m making. We would all be better served by a random selection of fellow citizens than either of these tribes that apparently won’t be satisfied until we have open sectarianism. You & I have young children. We & they deserve better than either option.
2022-01-25
@JoshGellers What I don’t understand about this take from someone as intelligent as you is why the critique isn’t broadened. I’m not saying you shouldn’t critique conservatives. I’m saying I don’t think your critique goes far enough! We no longer have a serious government under Ds or Rs.
2022-01-25
@lamson_andrew you! If you’d like to discuss the topic, feel free to DM me.
2022-01-25
@lamson_andrew This is the heart cry of a generation. They feel they have no firm footing. I very much empathize with you, even though I don’t know you. I had a discussion with Paul several years ago about some of these issues. I noticed this happening to university students. I’m rooting for
2022-01-24
Devastating finding & good reporting from @statnews https://t.co/pBSGuttRjC
2022-01-24
And I finally managed to wheel back around to this. Lots of unpacking still left to do. Thanks to @PaulVanderKlay @detonite & the good Dr. @David_Gunkel for making me think! https://t.co/JqXx5kLgOn https://t.co/G4o2GBoWmn
2022-01-24
When Worlds Collide...in a good way, by @KyleMcnease https://t.co/JqXx5kLgOn
2022-01-24
Someone show me where in the health communication/public health/behavioral health literature there was an evidence-based, data-driven decision to move away from harm reduction & towards something more akin to outdated & ineffective abstinence-only models.
2022-01-24
@samvega most vulnerable and minorities. The Tuskegee syphilis experiments aren't ancient history, so I think we need to be culturally sensitive to those who are hesitant about the roll out of these vaccines. We need to focus on harm reduction & not a binary of vaxxed or unvaxxed.
2022-01-24
@samvega In my estimation a move away from this opt-out clause as a form of protection from coercion is incredibly dangerous. Imagine any # of future scenarios where we would not want to forego an opt-out clause. The position I'm standing against is the very one most likely to harm the
2022-01-24
@samvega for the unvaccinated. Moreover, they're advocating that the threat of bankruptcy be wielded against people who are unvaccinated and contract covid19. The UN currently holds to its ethical guidelines that allow people to maintain bodily autonomy.
2022-01-24
@samvega In the US, with some important caveats, the majority of individuals have access to at least one available vaccine. What I'm saying is that some of the same people who are advocating for universal healthcare for all as a human right are also advocating for care to be restricted
2022-01-22
Blessing on blessing on blessing! Shabbat shalom
2022-01-22
What branch or form of ethics would entirely endorse this? The one where the ends justify the *mean*? Death shaming is counter-productive, especially if you’re a techno-optimist. At some time T almost all diseases will be preventable & therefore retroactively a 🎯 for scorn? https://t.co/5uRrN6Pa8A
2022-01-22
@ShadiBartsch @Changxche But you don’t even Chinese, Dr.! This is the scholastic version of the classic gym rat critique: but you don’t even lift, bro!
2022-01-22
When we have a safe & effective #HIV 💉will you opt for it? If not & you contract HIV, should your expensive treatments not be covered bc it’s deemed preventable? With current VE for #COVID19 it isn’t preventable. If you’re vaxxed & get it anyway, should insurance premiums go up?
2022-01-22
Twitter lighting up with folks who were previously considered progressive for advocating for universal healthcare for all as a HUMAN RIGHT. Now I’m being informed it’s ok to exclude the unvaxxed. Are they not human?
2024-10-30
@AlexFinnX if content creation is automated via AI agents, won’t it soon become majority AI agents curating & creating the content? What would be the purpose in having a paid employee who goes to buy juice while the agent does the work? Wouldn’t the company just build enterprise AI agents?
2024-10-30
Reports of 75,000 people at this event. Pundits on both sides confidently promote the idea that their team will win by a large margin. It seems close though. But there’s always the 2012 outcome where Obama surged in the final weeks & made it an early night. Will that be H or T 🤷🏻♂️ https://t.co/L8W1dzK8h9
2024-10-30
@kalezelden “On this side of that Discarded Image” is so well-worded. Seriously. What a brilliant turn of phrase. It captures the very problematic juxtaposition of that previous fecund, organismic view & our dead, materialist, scientistic view. I get why people are turning to psychedelics.…
2024-10-30
@RyanHaecker’s do you have a citation that either covers this topic or at least touches upon it? https://t.co/I6DU0QDoj1
2024-10-30
Wishing everyone associated with this clinical trial—both patients & researchers—the very best success possible. Here’s to hoping for positive responses & no serious adverse reactions! https://t.co/3xsMhfv3EX
2024-10-30
🚨If #Trump is Hitler & his supporters Nazis, what’s the endgame? We had to fight WW2 to defeat Nazis. But what would you do to PREVENT The Holocaust? If Harris wins, what? Just forget all about the millions of Nazis? If Trump wins, what then? Who are the would-be Jews in the…
2024-10-29
RT @EricRWeinstein: Here is what I will say:
I will work with anyone to restore my country. I have been an expert on what is wrong with o…
2024-10-29
RT @danaparish: Via WaPo: “I’ve been in practice 23 years and have never seen anything like this,” oncologist Kashyap Patel said.
Asutosh…
2024-10-29
@PaulVanderKlay it’d be interesting for you to do some commentary on this… https://t.co/dklcxvNeX2
2024-10-29
@bengrossbg @VDHanson?
2024-10-28
@JessPurviance @GrailCountry I’m interested to hear what you think of this
2024-10-28
Nazis literally put Jews in ovens, starved them, gassed them—among many other atrocities & indignities. This is where we get the concept of “crimes against humanity. How can anyone casually equivocate about how bad Nazis were, especially so soon after October 7th? https://t.co/mSrNj6sceT
2024-10-28
RT @KyleMcnease: @BleacherReport Why did they go full “I am Legend” on him? That’s messed up! https://t.co/po5wQK6eBY
2024-10-28
@BleacherReport Why did they go full “I am Legend” on him? That’s messed up! https://t.co/po5wQK6eBY
2024-10-27
These are so well done. The film quality & audio are 🔥🔥 The setting is amazing. Threads are looking sharp, too. We want our youth writ large to pick up more books, wrestle with ideas & develop wisdom. Is this not better than most of what current culture is offering? https://t.co/8tBIJbiiPM
2024-10-27
Is this the same guy my dad used to watch on ESPN in the mornings? Whaaaa happened? https://t.co/oBsk8AGbld
2024-10-26
RT @mattwridley: Almost certainly a direct result of the pandemic, lockdowns, vaccine mandates etc.
2024-10-26
Oh my https://t.co/QBvRcxjAu9
2024-10-26
👀 https://t.co/N3wimWxGfa
2024-10-26
@kalezelden The “Beautiful Ones” always arise…
2022-01-22
@scollins1024tm @michaelmina_lab This is bioethics & public health 101. You stated it would be fair to charge a higher premium for unvaxxed or even refuse to cover the cost of certain types of covid care. You stated that presumably without coercion. It’s regressive. This isn’t entirely due to unvaxxed.
2022-01-22
Are none of you frightened even a little by the seeming inability for people to make rational decisions? It’s like society devolved into a fast-twitch anime where things escalate to clashing of swords in .03 seconds.
2022-01-22
@deepfates Plot twist: I also include a piece of advice (in the form of a footnote) so personally revolutionary that it will make their lives incalculably better across all domains.
But they never read it bc apparently this happens frequently enough
2022-01-22
@deepfates Thanks. I’ll be the one who then lists it on amazon for $299 plus 50 for shipping.
2022-01-22
@deepfates That’s fascinating to me bc it strikes me as counter-intuitive. What’s the least read book that satisfies your definition? Curious bc I’m a promiscuous reader. I’m an ink addict (maybe I should open my own used book shop with this name? They’ll come for tattoos & stay for books!)
2022-01-22
Yep, people are fine! I’m so ethical due to my vaccine status that I’m ok being insanely regressive. If you don’t like it, the system will just take what little you still have left? https://t.co/gmV0Yi4s9j
2022-01-22
@scollins1024tm @michaelmina_lab This is one of the most alarming things I’ve read. Weaponizing our broken & costly medial system & wielding the threat of bankruptcy is terribly unethical & immoral.
2022-01-22
@deepfates Just remember that it’s always darkest before it gets pitch black…
2022-01-22
@deepfates Not medical advice. 1st rule out any medial issues. There’s tons of options now. The earlier the intervention the better. PRP/NIR light/minoxidil/finasteride/FUE/a Piece/embrace the 1/3 life mortality check & shave it. Many different paths.
2022-01-22
@deepfates It’s like bankruptcy. It starts slow at first then suddenly you’re a 7.
2022-01-22
@deepfates That Norwood Scale…will tell you if you’re headed towards an, erm, economic recession…. https://t.co/aN09VjVPF3
2022-01-22
This is a brilliant point. I can’t properly understand the rationale behind not knowing how or being incapable of doing a better job AND refusing to allow those who do know better & can do better to take over. https://t.co/o9Xyxoz6ZY
2022-01-22
Good deal on what’s sure to be an interesting book. Check it out 👇 https://t.co/00bRSitIAB
2022-01-21
In lumine tuo videbimus lumen. In Thy light, we shall see light.
2022-01-21
Deus caritas est
2022-01-20
@BenRatkey This is a veiled threat from BigMetCon. Metric system conformists & propagandists have no shame.
2022-01-20
@ProfSteveFuller Purchasing now.
2022-01-20
@deepfates @AdsoOfBelk the slow erasure of the future
2022-01-20
@nat_sharpe_ Really well said. Becoming a parent suddenly changes one’s paradigm & hopefully for the better. I appreciate my own rents far more now, bc I have begun to understand how hard it must have been; and, yet, they loved…
2022-01-20
@ProfSteveFuller Have you written anything on this subject?
2022-01-20
@SvenNyholm @SSorgner Thanks for sharing this! A brilliant lineup of authors included in this issue.
2022-01-20
@Joshuak_Smith @David_Gunkel @Davoh @scadhu @JoshGellers @lensweet Do you have the official release date or a pre-order link?
2022-01-20
Illos tuos misericordes oculos ad nos converte, et Jesum, benedictum fructum ventris tui, nobis ostende.
2022-01-20
This is part of the problem. Why are institutions & organizations that fundamentally functioned on a ethos of trust declaring bankruptcy? Everyone mentioned in the story denies the reporting. Reminds me of comm ops to unlearn networks. https://t.co/QvLn5gcqdU
2022-01-20
@Joshuak_Smith @David_Gunkel @Davoh @scadhu @JoshGellers @lensweet Let me join the chorus of those supporting your work and very much looking forward to reading the newest book! Many congrats.
2022-01-20
Wondering if @robinhanson published any peer-reviewed or lengthy speculative articles on futarchy & US government’s pandemic-related decisions. It’s simply staggering the way we’ve bungled our response at almost every level. What accounts for this?
2022-01-20
If the advice that keeps being dispensed in your graduate & doctoral program is to put your head down & play the game, don’t do it! It doesn’t get better bc there’s always another meeting, bureaucrat, policy that will require your submission. Freedom doesn’t follow submission.
2022-01-19
Hide your power level no more…
2022-01-19
@william_merrin @PaulVanderKlay @TheRestHistory @dcsandbrook @holland_tom Very good call on Boorstin. I agree that The Image is overlooked. He could see kayfabe & memes coming & tried to warn us about the implications.
2022-01-19
@PaulVanderKlay @TheRestHistory @dcsandbrook @holland_tom One could make the case for the first generation media ecologists. McLuhan, Ong, Ellul, Postman seem to meet the Maimonidesean standard for seeing the moment so well that one sees through it to the point of becoming something like prophetic.
2022-01-19
2022 compliment: When someone tells you that you look more attractive while most of your face is covered https://t.co/x2esvQHZuf
2022-01-19
@hyonschu Reminiscent of Bukowski: “the important thing is the obvious thing that nobody is saying”
2022-01-19
When #AI begins waxing existential in this manner, I hope I will be around for that & be able to offer a clinical ear. To be something like the Yalom for AI would be incredible. https://t.co/o4HYWHvRmU
2022-01-18
@deepfates Welcome! So glad to learn we will finally have neighbors 🏸
2022-01-18
@AskYatharth This is what I deemed the phenomenological experience of a “temporal infinity” or the kind of moments you allude to. It isn’t the number of these experiences that matter so much as it how remarkably different they are from@status quo & their outsized impact upon us.
2022-01-17
spaces; while others who want to utilize the 💉in a manner more suited to their body or more aligned with the biological mechanisms of action (dosing intervals) are forced into a nonsensical situation of deciding whether or not to prevaricate to get what they need.
2022-01-17
Finally, on the broader state of affairs: Richard Wright said that he never had issues with the law until the law (Jim Crow) took issue with him. We’re somehow in a timeline where people advocate simultaneously for the unvaxxed not to be able to work or congregate in certain
2022-01-17
Covid19 & death shaming are a terrible cultural turn!
The next thing that gets me is the lack of understanding regarding VE. The💉don’t act as a talisman to ward off infection. That’s why some of us were warning about immune-escape variants & the need to iterate.
2022-01-17
I never cease to be shocked that when someone like @michaelmina_lab—who’s worked tirelessly during the pandemic to improve access to rapid testing—gets covid there’s a bizarre admixture of shaming/moralizing. If he’d not worn that outfit to that part of town during the night… https://t.co/ToUf5fCNvf
2022-01-15
@David_Gunkel You made my point for me, at least in part. The far more subversive thing would have been for him to honor the sacrifices made by his family that allowed him to focus so much on his work. The soft bigotry of low expectations! The women exist for him ❌ It’s the him show.
2022-01-15
And then there’s the problem with qualifying what doing better might mean. Yes, doing better but still light years away from being well! My heart & prayers go out to you all!
2022-01-15
.@EstherOfReilly Please send my warmest regards to your mom. Beyond the physical, one of the hardest aspects for me was becoming a sort of ghost who haunted discussions & parties & weddings & services. My name was there in the form of a question: is he any better? https://t.co/n9tyDe4fOt
2022-01-15
@David_Gunkel Worse than cheating on his extremely supportive & understanding wife? The ethical realm is fractal all the way down. We need more I-Thou at every level of society & the academy.
2022-01-15
@hyonschu Let me caveat that by saying there’s research demonstrating something close to what you’re suggesting, but it’s in the developing world context. When you live right up against existence & all energy is aimed at survival, there’s not much room for ennui.
2022-01-14
@fam177a1mamma The @Phelan_McDermid Syndrome Foundation also supports their rare disease community. They’ve done a great job at partnering with major researchers to move things forward. I’m sure they have beneficial insights. @camraredisease is great, too!
2022-01-13
@roddreher Prayers for a quick and complete recovery!
2022-01-13
As terrible as the current #Omicron variant is, frankly we got lucky. It could have been & still could be much worse. We’re just now getting to quality masking. Let that sink in. We knew #delta was coming & the gov said you can get rid of your masks if you’re vaxxed. https://t.co/ksrneh2uBq
2022-01-13
The #vaccinemandates & #VaccinePassports are simply nonsensical at this point. I have been outspoken against them from the beginning, but now even the scientific basis for them doesn’t seem logically coherent. WWFD? What would Foucault do?
2022-01-13
Some of us will be vindicated for speaking out early & often regarding the research, data, & evidence. That being honest & refusing to take political sides proved detrimental to academic careers is damning. https://t.co/O5uvzDDwTH
2022-01-12
People debate about what our Covid19 original sin is. But what about the unforgivable sin? Isn’t it that we construed kids as vectors which should be considered threats to older, more vulnerable individuals? N95s & boosters in kids? Shocking
2022-01-12
@ydeigin I was hoping you were going to say that you’d be announcing yet another major finding related to this unfolding story.
I’m shocked no one has been able to access all of Daszak’s/EcoHealth’s samples/data from their founding date-2020.
2022-01-12
@ydeigin I’d be interested in hearing your response to DRASTIC being referenced in what is alleged to be official documents related to the origins of SARS2.
2022-01-11
Kirby finally got it done for the #Dawgs! Many congrats to #UGA and to the most incredible defense I’ve ever seen.
2022-01-11
signal that it may have had a positive impact on outcomes amongst those taking it vs meds like omeprazole. The CT doses are much higher than normal though.
2022-01-11
CoQ10, l-carnitine etc to support the body as it deals with the additional demands.
I’d be interested to know if you adjusted your MCAS approach as you’re fighting Covid19. I know there’s clinical trial investigations looking at famotidine as there was a potential early
2022-01-11
@livewithmecfs Hoping your experiencing recovery & relief! Beyond the aggressive early treatment, I’d like to see more patients be able to access Myer’s cocktails with glutathione & maybe NAD+. Even the liter of fluids could make a huge difference. Also adding extra pqq, ribose
2022-01-10
ERs getting slammed by the number of patients seeking testing that leads to treatment (which isn’t available). This is a nightmare, bc even #omicron sufferers are experiencing air hunger & other complications (even though fully vaxxed). This isn’t a cold!
2022-01-10
Can this thing be done? NFT voices? You got a good voice, submit it. You get paid if people select your voice for their hearing experiences.
2022-01-10
Call it something like Voyce Ovr. Get paid while helping people access more information. Company name: Semantechs. Semantics matter!
2022-01-10
Example: I have a melodious voice like @ai_alan_watts, so students love my lectures. But if I want them to listen to Slavoj Zizek, they don’t like it. There’s a built-market for the tech. As I said, I’m merely an academic who doesn’t understand your wizardly ways.
2022-01-10
which allows the end-user to select from a menu of voice options or even share a sample voice (kind of like Shazam for voices) that you’d prefer over the actual voice?
2022-01-10
. @deepfates & @nat_sharpe_ even if you do this & make lots of money, you have to share spoils with me bc if this non-fungible question: as an academic, we do lots of lectures. What if one’s voice is terrible though? Can we make a plug-in that functions with YouTube, Audible etc
2022-01-10
N95s getting play 2 years late. Peak government messaging regarding a pandemic for which the DPA has been under-utilized https://t.co/gwVDfqZr43
2022-01-10
In the absence of #monoclonalantibodies MDs/PAs/APRNs etc are prescribing #ivermectin to try & alleviate the swelling tide of cases? This isn’t 2020 but we’re just as unprepared. We’re living through a version of #DontLookUp. Our NIH/CDC/FDA & POTUS are asleep at the wheel.
2022-01-05
What was the explanation/justification for providing the inaccurate information?
Great reporting by the way.
2022-01-05
@ZacharyBrennan From a bioethical perspective I’m interested to hear more about your quote: But late Friday, HHS confirmed to Endpoints that the government was withholding the supplies due to the Omicron variant (and apologized for providing inaccurate information a day earlier).
2022-01-05
If #Paxlovid is as good as advertised then shouldn’t we be utilizing the DPA to create millions more doses? Doubled the order? Come on! Rapidly scale production here & create a surplus for us & the world.
2022-01-05
@hyonschu You’re on the right path, I think. The brilliant Rabbi Lord Sacks wrote: “Science takes things apart to see how they work. Religion puts things together to see what they mean.”
2022-01-04
@thenextvinnie @JamesSurowiecki I appreciate the ability to have civil discussion on this platform! Thanks for that. I think I will have to leave it at a disagreement. I don’t think he’s been wrong with a slant. He certainly hasn’t lied as some have, while claiming it was noble. Again thanks for the discourse!
2022-01-04
@PaulVanderKlay from the spiritual & existential cold as well. Interesting that we don’t have more La’bri type setups in the states 🤔
2022-01-04
@PaulVanderKlay treatment & housing to get them through until stable. It is heartbreaking to see them have to shuffle off with their belongings. I know it’s old school of me to bring up Francis Schaeffer, but I will. Creating dwelling places & community is so essential to shelter people from
2022-01-04
@PaulVanderKlay This should be your new tag line: I regularly exchange food for stories.
Excellent thread. Knowing just how to love someone who’s wrestling with a co-occurring disorder isn’t always easy. You’d think the broader church would’ve figured out a better system to ensure proper
2022-01-04
Entering year 3 of pandemic life, many wealthy governments of the world continue to ask their citizens to make sacrifices to protect our fragile healthcare infrastructure from their failures to plan, build agile resilient systems that can respond to a respiratory pandemic.
2022-01-04
Isn’t there a point where we also build better healthcare infrastructure? @DrTomFrieden you led our responses very well. But you all knew something like this was coming. Where were the systems, processes, structures to deal with a near certainty of a respiratory #pandemic? https://t.co/pxvlxSlumh
2022-01-04
Wasn’t part of the inspiration for Twitter taken from the communication networks & their utilization by truck drivers? I dunno but imagine having a different opinion about a trucking route & being defamed for it. There were negative physical repercussions for that behavior.
2022-01-04
@thenextvinnie @JamesSurowiecki what are being measured. Same holds true with our youth & weighing risks vs benefits. Our gov messaging has been get boosted! Our handling of these nuanced matters has been unbelievably bad.
2022-01-04
@thenextvinnie @JamesSurowiecki With things like the 💉we should be having conversations about correlates of immunity. Is one protected? One can boost every day & never mount a response if the immune system doesn’t respond. Meanwhile some have a profound response to the 2 dose series & have Abs levels beyond
2022-01-04
@thenextvinnie @JamesSurowiecki tolerate complicated messaging (present company excluded!). I’m triple vaxxed, but don’t think universal “boosting” is a good policy bc it isn’t data-driven. My Abs levels were low. I got them checked.
2022-01-04
@thenextvinnie @JamesSurowiecki But that is a reflection of his extensive medical training & experience rather than some ideology. My point is there’s always been diversity in thought re medicine & public health policy. That doesn’t change bc of the current pandemic. Part of our problem in the US is we can’t
2022-01-04
Look at the date! The media started early. But why? Of course the data didn’t yet exist bc it was a novel disease without any clinical trial data.
https://t.co/MJrFJjO2y1
2022-01-04
RT @MBVanElzakker: Reminder that within 5 months after Pearl Harbor, the US was turning out 1500 tanks per month. There is no reason or exc…
2022-01-03
@deepfates Tupac was a deep existentialist. My dude read & interpreted Camus better than most PhDs. Very present in his music.
2022-01-03
Reading #Merton feels like sitting down with one of my old professors. Very soothing. I can almost smell the faint whiff of pipe tobacco…
2022-01-03
1. Federal response to pandemic: F
2. Pharmacists practicing medicine: F
3. Rapid tests: F
4. Use & distribution of Monoclonal antibodies: F
5. Access to Quality masks: D-
6. Ventilation updates: F
7. Public Heath Messaging: F
8. 💉safety, monitoring, & boosters: F
2022-01-03
@deepfates @AlanWattsOrg We’re entering “Her” territory wherein we can pay for an AI ambassador like yourself or @nat_sharpe_ to pre-program the person/image/likeness of our choosing to match our psychological disposition & utilize feedback algorithms to adjust to our moods & sentiments.
2022-01-03
@detonite Buckle up for the excitement, as baby makes repeated attempts to explore without any sense of self-preservation.
2022-01-03
@JamesSurowiecki What is his ideology, exactly? This is an interesting take considering that he sounds like almost all of the MDs & PhDs I’ve worked with prior to the pandemic.
2022-01-03
I was denied IRB approval for a study on cognitive enhancing agents (CE). No actual drugs were administered. Water was offered as an odorless, tasteless isolate of the CE. Grounds for denial: human subjects might respond *as if* they received a drug with negative side-effects. https://t.co/SfrUdDzKMM
2022-01-03
@clairlemon Citizen science is one thing, but running proper clinical trials is very difficult. Even a phase 1 with a small sample (n=30) is hard to pull off. Ensuring safety & proper oversight requires more than money. The regulatory hurdles are more complicated than you suggest.
2022-01-03
@kalezelden I agree. Many players have the opportunity to change the entire life trajectory for their families & communities *if* they make it to the NFL. Not encouraging these youth to do what’s in their best interest is baffling.
2022-01-03
@livewithmecfs So sorry this is happening to your FIL, you & your family. My thoughts & prayers are with you all!
2022-01-03
@livewithmecfs prophylaxis. I can’t stress enough that early, aggressive treatment is far better than waiting until progression of the disease, should you come down with it. Some decent repurposed drugs you can speak with your docs about, if you aren’t able to get the new antiviral.
2022-01-03
@livewithmecfs Please see if you can get access to sotrovimab. It’s the monoclonal antibody that still seems to be effective against all known variants. The MDs should have never let you go unprotected. mAbs would’ve given you coverage. Evushield might be a good future option, but it’s for
2022-01-02
I was just waiting for the words “& we can take those trusted tests, issue an EUA for them, & have rapid tests everywhere. Anywhere you can buy a drink or rent a movie you should be able to grab a free test from a co-vending machine. https://t.co/P14YWDrFN2
cc: @michaelmina_lab
2022-01-02
@ai_alan_watts And, yet, you’re both successful & popular all the same.
Although, admittedly, I’m surprised you didn’t say something like popularity is an illusion & success a dancing mirage. I do appreciate you exchanging ideas with me & expending your currency of characters.
2022-01-02
Unprecedented. We’ve crossed the bioethical Rubicon where even expert recommendations aren’t followed. This will lead to excess myocarditis cases in our youth, especially boys. This is a known & isn’t being decided without foreknowledge. https://t.co/6P5upr0cGh
2022-01-02
While I can appreciate your perspective, with due respect, certain voices were misstating the truth about #VE. Those misleading statements were amplified by media & government contra what some of us have been saying for months. Same re n/kn95s & mAbs & rapid tests. https://t.co/UlB9iOaUFQ
2022-01-02
Am I simply in an echo chamber & that’s the reason why I’m not reading constant threads about how bad the @CDCgov & @POTUS administration are at handling the pandemic response? What happened to the 9/11 talk? #Delta still exists. Boosters? That’s it? Incoherent approach.
2022-01-02
@ai_alan_watts Thank you for the encouragement! As you search your vast storehouse of wisdom, can you tell me how I can gain as many followers as you? I’m ready to get back in the ring! https://t.co/HO6B5NtIbc
2022-01-02
. @ai_alan_watts has way more Twitter reach than I do! This means GPT-3 has more reach. I’ve already been defeated by #AI & it’s just the opening rounds! https://t.co/VVhod6zBqd
2021-12-30
Someone explain the #monoclonal #antibodies debacle. We still have cases of #Delta & people aren’t being told what variant they have. They’re simply being told Regeneron mAbs don’t work against #Omicron. @ASlavitt any thoughts?
2021-12-30
@SalmonKromeDome Your attempts at effing the ineffable (as Roger Scruton once wrote) was one of the highlights of this past year. I appreciate every ounce of energy you put into crafting your pieces. I hope & pray you will find answers & recover very soon (like right now soon!).
2021-12-29
Great work by this team! https://t.co/8pNPTNEreo
2021-12-29
We need to find ways to build anechoic chambers in place of echo chambers. Listen to one another than we speak at one another. Love more than we hate.
And make public office like jury duty with strict term limits!
2021-12-29
All of this is bouncing around in my head bc well-meaning MDs are being threatened for holding strong opinions regarding 💉 or 😷 or monoclonal antibodies or #rapidtests or repurposed drugs. Trumps is out of office & here we are, corrupted in Hadleyburg.
2021-12-29
For some Trump may have been a dream come true or a hellish nightmare or somewhere in that liminal space between. But it was us, our collective Hadleyburg that did the dreaming. What does that reveal at a deeper level?
2021-12-29
Trump becoming President is like if your significant other dreams you did something that hurt their feelings that in reality you didn’t do; and, yet, the person is still angry with you.
Wait, that was YOUR dream.
2021-12-29
I’m assured this is for others, to show compassion for others, to save a life. But I’m unconvinced by arguments built upon a substrate of #virtueterrorism. Who’s most affected by these kinds of policies? The affluent? Give me a break.
2021-12-29
as disadvantage accrues like compounding interest. What we’ve done in the name of empathy is chilling. Mandating vaxxes in order to work & provide for one’s family—while not paying attention to natural immunity? Asking for a license & proof of vaxx to enter a place?
2021-12-29
If Trump had said mask ya kids, mask ya wife bc covid is killing everyone up in here, some of my brightest colleagues would have said masking is a bad idea. We left schools locked down when the data didn’t support it. The MOST disadvantaged will feel the brunt of this for years
2021-12-29
heterodox party or set of parties that combine the best ideas from various political orientations vs this tribal, increasingly sectarian mess we have now. But I think these dynamics will change as more & different people find one another & build community.)
2021-12-29
(For the one of you reading this, you already know I’m not politically affiliated with either party bc neither represent my interests. I cut cable for lack of choice & paying for things I never wanted to watch. Why would I be less discriminating about politics? I’d prefer a
2021-12-29
And the 2 people reading this will miss my point. I’m talking about Hadleyburg! That’s a story about us that we’ve been living. Saying we’ve lost the plot doesn’t make me a Trump apologist. Far from it. Trump is a byproduct of our Hadleyburg who returned to us as a harbinger.
2021-12-29
We need to look at ourselves in the existential mirror & contemplate what we’ve become. Let me just say that I witnessed this hate fester in the academy in ways that are hard to comprehend or describe.
2021-12-29
I’ve waited to admit something. I read Twain’s The Man that Corrupted Hadleyburg when I was young. That story helped me understand 2016-today. #Trump was worse than Hitler. Therefore, under the guise of empathy they hated him more than loving others.
2021-12-29
@PaulAnleitner like engorgement of flesh—a bio-psycho-chemical response observed in every cultural context. You’re not love-making. You’re attuning yourself to engorgement.
2021-12-29
@PaulAnleitner Much more to say here on the proper limits of science.
Forgive the crudity of this example, but it’s one many can understand: due to the pervasive influence of Y, we can now say what we thought of as the sacred, communal experience of love-making is reducible to something
2021-12-29
@PaulAnleitner Not to think this is the case is to tacitly accept we’ve arrived at a final conclusion.
So even as we’re updating people on what *seems* to be taking place, as long as we’re engaged with terminologies & symbol systems, the best we could hope to do is keep refining X finding(s).
2021-12-29
@PaulAnleitner Furthermore, I think explaining the phenomenon as flow state (as much as I love Vervaeke) is but a terminological update that functions as a placeholder for future research that will demonstrate the inadequacy of that conclusion.
2021-12-29
@PaulAnleitner I appreciate your use of almost always. That nuance matters. I’d still like to push back a bit insofar as asking for data for this claim is pushback. You may be right about some particular subset? But one can’t generalize from a subset to a superset.
2021-12-28
I’m not sure what the caption should be for this moment… https://t.co/huZ1ai6oVx
2021-12-28
Too many cardiovascular & cerebrovascular events related to Gen1 vaccines. We can improve the 💉by making them safer. Until such time, dosing, spacing, and version matter quite a bit. https://t.co/YAjdsEWKd8
2021-12-28
What happened to the @CDCgov? You do realize this is a self-own, right? Going bankrupt from getting sick is a failure of the system itself & not a good carrot or stick. We’ve done so poorly at healthcare regulation that you should get vaccinated to protect yourself from the cost? https://t.co/ckAkAuEkSI
2021-12-25
Merry Christmas to all! I hope everyone has a safe, enjoyable time.
2021-12-25
@nat_sharpe_ @ai_alan_watts Rapprochement is definitely needed!
2021-12-25
@nat_sharpe_ @ai_alan_watts Been driving me crazy thinking of this issue. Final answer: Ambassador. You’re an AI Ambassador. I think🤔.
2021-12-24
The opening of Handel’s Messiah is still 🔥
2021-12-24
@threadreaderapp @klwong43 @PaulAnleitner @klwong43 Here it is unrolled. I’m too wordy for Twitter! Apologies for that!
2021-12-24
@threadreaderapp unroll
2021-12-24
We go from theoria to theosis! Partakers of the Divine Nature.
2021-12-24
from the infinitely optimum to a sub-optimum infant; from eternity to entombed. But God is so amazing that He subverts and defeats death by dying. He out deaths death! And rises again in glory. In so doing, He makes a way for adam (mankind) to become one with God.
2021-12-24
But not just overcoming it; destroying it & releasing its prisoners. Can you think of a simpler program than the One born of a woman in a stable, in the very dust & dirt (adamah) that was used to create adam? He goes from creator to creature;
2021-12-24
But as He is properly basic, He can run on even the simplest of rule sets & still ultimately demonstrate His transcendence. The ultimate example is overcoming sin, suffering, & death.
2021-12-24
God understands the simple rules that define the parameters of this life & so feels for our missing of the mark (as Paul described) that He entered this realm. Talk about a dimension reduction!
2021-12-24
potential. We’re not all that we could be. As embodied theoria we operate out of incompleteness. This is where the other aspect of the Transcendent enters.
2021-12-24
will reveal or bring forth. Each step up the mountain is an admission of this normative uncertainty. We come up against our limitedness as existence itself questions us and is questioned by us. We’re ontologically framed towards openness. This is one reason JBP talks about
2021-12-24
Ascending the mountain is necessarily a transcendent experience in that each step brings us closer to what we don’t yet know or can’t yet comprehend: what will the world I knew become once I see it from a new vantage? As finite creatures, we never know what the next moment
2021-12-24
vs global optimums.
It’s also interesting because symbolically the narrative re-presentation of the ascent up the mountain is associated with spiritual growth, gaining in wisdom & knowledge.
2021-12-24
Great conversation between @klwong43 & @PaulAnleitner. Paul, I loved your usage of Kierkegaard. It reminds me of what I’m learning from Jean-Luc Marion. Karen, your example of Newtonian & Quantum mechanics & the peaks of mountains reminds me of the difference between local
2021-12-24
Wild to think Richard Dawkins *may* be simultaneously remembered for making the concept of memes accessible to the general public while also not *seeming* to appreciate all of the potential ramifications. 🐢 all the way down…
2021-12-24
Even in the darkest days of discussions regarding funding for #rarediseases, I never sided with those who critiqued Collins et al. His email re GBD makes me think I may have been wrong. It’s demonstrative of a meta problem: our institutions are sclerotic in a fractal manner.
2021-12-24
@Noahpinion Have you ever read Calhoun’s The Rat Utopia? Luxury beliefs is similar to his example of “the beautiful ones.” @DouthatNYT has also written about our decadence.
2021-12-24
RT @Phelan_McDermid: PMSF works to connect families from all over the world. Our community will understand your struggles, celebrate your a…
2021-12-23
@deepfates But why am I laughing so hard?
2021-12-23
@deepfates Are you tired of your clothes not causing existential terror in complete strangers? Have we got something for you. Nothing says fashion like info hazards you can wear.
2021-12-23
@nat_sharpe_ @ai_alan_watts Re-Mediator? You might find something helpful in media equation theory.
2021-12-23
@PaulAnleitner I’m not sure what the general Christian response would be to this same experiment. But I wish more churches focused on these issues. I may have gotten @PaulVanderKlay in a bit of hot water a few weeks ago by bringing up the housing issues facing so many & the Christian response.
2021-12-22
Looking at @klwong43 ‘s growing body of work, perhaps she will have a recommendation.
2021-12-22
Somewhere @michaelmina_lab must be having a stroke after the President was asked if he’d failed on rapid testing. The President said “no it’s not bc if you notice covid is spreading so rapidly if you noticed. It just, it just happened almost overnight—just in the last month…”
2021-12-22
Thanks for stating this @EricTopol ! https://t.co/EH44Q0qt2f
2021-12-22
@RuhleOnMSNBC @AmeshAA @MSNBC Wow just wow, @AmeshAA. From a #bioethical perspective this is such a unbelievable take. Where are my colleagues calling this out? Repent? To whom for what? What a dangerous & foolish path we’re headed down with no apparent concern for the ramifications.
2021-12-22
Wow just wow, @AmeshAA. From a #bioethical perspective this is such a unbelievable take. Where are my colleagues calling this out? Repent? To whom for what? What a dangerous & foolish path we’re headed down with no apparent concern for the ramifications. https://t.co/4drePqE98N
2021-12-22
@lam_rei @wallstreetdrip @ShowtimeBoxing @jakepaul A good example of a contract with specific penalties from is Mayweather v McGregor. If Connor attempted MMA kicks, elbows, etc. he would have been disqualified AND lose substantial sums of money. Paul isn’t going to forego all of that $$$ bc he is who he is.
2021-12-22
@lam_rei @wallstreetdrip @ShowtimeBoxing @jakepaul That hypothesis would seem to fail in your scenario. *If* it were rehearsed, what were they rehearsing? Presumably the way the fight would go, right? *If* it was a decided fight then that would be in some contract. Paul couldn’t violate that agreement without a steep penalty.
2021-12-21
@pegobry I think you’re right in that many suggested a model where utilmately the virus explores a mode where transmissibility ⬆️& lethality ⬇️. Omicron itself is highly unusual though. ~32 asynchronous mutations in spike & phylogenetically related to much earlier strain. Immune evasion.
2021-12-21
I hope he will have some deep discussions with the likes of Plantiga, van Inwagen, & David Bentley Hart. Who else would be good conversation partners?
2021-12-21
But as he’s offered us a glimpse into his world by sharing the discussions he’s engaged in, it seems that the other physicists & mathematicians are surprised but not surprised by his progress. Surprised that he’s as far along as he is. Not surprised that he’s the one progressing.
2021-12-21
One critique I remember well was that he didn’t submit enough for peer review or he would’ve know some of the ground he was covering had already been explored.
2021-12-21
To think he was partially forced out of necessity to depart from physics in order to build the infrastructure that would allow him access to more computation. There was no guarantee it would work. I remember as a Ph.D. student the snarky criticisms about A New Kind of Science.
2021-12-21
Although the ideas aren’t entirely worked out yet (or perhaps the finer physics & mathematics haven’t been fully disclosed), I predict @stephen_wolfram will win the Nobel. Incidentally, he may also harmonize a great deal of science & theology.
2021-12-21
As someone who has spent the majority of his career fighting for patients to be treated with dignity, respect, & possessing inherent value, I’m at a loss for words. After HIV/AIDS epidemic, scapegoating & stigmatizing were considered egregious in #publichealth. Sad day. https://t.co/tAebkBO1UK
2021-12-19
I’ve stepped away from almost everything to focus on the pandemic & I’ve never been so disappointed in leadership. Incompetence is ruinous, & we’ve yet to demonstrate competence at the federal level. It’s beyond time to send in some fresh, new perspectives!
2021-12-19
Part of our problem is that our institutions are currently subject to something like political entropy. We must find ways to remedy this, bc we need institutions that can be trusted & relied upon. We need non-political actors putting forward solid data & policy recommendations.
2021-12-19
Monday, I was speaking with one of the former FEMA administrators about our current circumstances. He admonished me that if ever the country calls on one’s service to do so irrespective of personal politics.
2021-12-19
In a sensible world, we’d be led by phenomenal experts that could help prevent excess suffering & death. I highlight experts like @michaelmina_lab & @profshanecrotty et al. bc of course they can’t & won’t tout themselves.
2021-12-19
This is them on messaging 👇 https://t.co/eeAq9RTjC6 https://t.co/C2V4vzFNDp
2021-12-19
@selfishands @ShowtimeBoxing @jakepaul By KO I wasn’t referring to his state of consciousness. I’m not a neurologist & wasn’t in the ring to know whether or not he lost consciousness if even for a brief moment. I was referring to the official results of the bout: Paul won via a 6th-round KO.
2021-12-19
2019-2021 summed up in 3 images: https://t.co/1S0QacvcNf
2021-12-19
@wallstreetdrip @ShowtimeBoxing @jakepaul Right? I mean if Jake Paul was a seasoned veteran & knew how to pull punches & they rehearsed it, maybe? But that was a savage hit that looked like it landed right on the ear. Way too dangerous to risk getting hit with a straight right from a guy Paul’s size.
2021-12-19
@ShowtimeBoxing @jakepaul Respect to Woodley for taking the fight on short notice. Also respect for an amazing career in wrestling & MMA. It’s easy to say it was a fake KO, but I don’t know if you let a lesser experienced fighter load up on you that way. It’d be too easy to get irreparably injured.
2021-12-19
@Stoutstone @MenshevikM C.S. Lewis also presents a similar anachronistic character in the form of Merlin in That Hideous Strength. They were obviously trying to get at something. Whether or not they succeeded is up to the reader.
2021-12-19
@Stoutstone @MenshevikM Isn’t an important part of the critique Tolkien offers related to the increasing pace of things & mechanization as dehumanization? Reading Tolkien for us today is tantamount to a meditation in that it requires one to slow down.
2021-12-19
Where are all of these LOTR trolls coming from & why now?
Not at Christmas, grinches!
2021-12-19
@Stoutstone @MenshevikM Not if one of the main purposes of Tom’s character is to embody & reflect nature. This is juxtaposed with characters who would rule over nature & destroy it & everything in it by exerting brute power—even if that wasn’t the initial intent. Since it’s lit it’s open to your view.
2021-12-19
@phillip @samjulien When you ask for the sale, what does that sound like?
2021-12-18
@Stoutstone @MenshevikM We’d all do well to slow down & ponder Tom Bombadil’s character a bit more. He doesn’t desire power, this insidious desire to rule over & subdue. He’s immune to the ring’s ability to pervert & distort & exploit.
2021-12-18
@GarrettPetersen @ds000001 @PersistentSeekr @MenshevikM 💥 full points given! It’s an anti-the chosen one plot in so far as the plot relies upon unsuspecting, hairy-footed halflings to get the job done. Frodo doesn’t get the girl but has to live out his days with woundedness.
2021-12-18
When this tweet goes viral, I will ask that people *not* follow or subscribe or support my work. Briefly highjacking someone’s consciousness with a petite mind-virus & then getting rewarded for said hijacking with tons of dopamine hits is the consensual arrangement.
2021-12-18
Things are getting real! https://t.co/vNmzzaeIuo
2021-12-18
Because nothing could possibly go wrong with this scenario. https://t.co/CzDkyUvRsm
2021-12-18
🤔Evaluating the number of unvaccinated people needed to exclude to prevent SARS-CoV-2 transmissions https://t.co/Gz2VjXB3Jy
2021-12-18
(For sticklers, yes T cells are not discussed enough. They’re very important! But we’re character limited here. And, yes, I agree that deaths are not the only important metric. Health years lost & protected matter.)
2021-12-18
With VOCs like omicron & whatever might be next, having the option to check one’s status often is mission critical. We can decrease transmission and reduce time to treatment. This results in lives saved.
2021-12-18
Let’s give people what they need to stay as safe as possible without castigating them. And we should care more than we do about whether or not a person is currently infectious. Hence the need for ubiquitous rapid tests.
2021-12-18
If yes, then we should be happy about that whether correlates of immunity were obtained by vaccination induced immunity or monoclonal antibodies. We can’t say we’re at war with SARS2 & not treat it as such.
2021-12-18
I’m not *as* concerned about one’s vaccine status as I am about whether or not one is as protected as possible given all the constraints. Meaning, why make this a divisive issue of vaxxed vs unvaxxed? Do you have antibodies at a level that will afford protection?
2021-12-18
We’re overly focused on the method of delivery rather than the actual goal: help protect the public’s health. We should be looking to provide the public with options to do just that.
2021-12-18
People, this is an actual expert allowing the data & science to lead the way. I’m not sure why our Public Health Apparatus is so focused on total 💉administered that we’ve lost sight of harm reduction via reasonable alternatives like mAbs for PrEP. https://t.co/BupOtf9BK5
2021-12-18
@michaelmina_lab Thank God and science for you! I’m almost curious as to what it would take to establish a parallel institution to the CDC so that more lives can be saved. This path just doesn’t make sense. Hopefully, Patrick Collison, Tyler Cowen, and Patrick Hsu will contact you or you them.
2021-12-18
This is an easy decision that I don’t/can’t understand why it isn’t happening everywhere. https://t.co/IyLtRHKDDr
2021-12-18
My point is that just saying get “boosted” is meaningless *if* there isn’t an immune response to the vaccine to begin with. In the very old, immunocompromised, & transplant cohorts, why doesn’t PrEP via mAbs make more sense?
2021-12-18
Can someone like @michaelmina_lab help me understand why it wouldn’t be better to offer the highest risk individuals sotrovimab instead of “boosting?” If Ab levels aren’t being checked post-vaccine for correlates of immunity, then why not offer mAbs that are already standardized? https://t.co/JsMLShp7PG
2021-12-18
It’s one of the major reasons why monoclonal antibodies haven’t been used more frequently for pre-exposure prophylaxis. This is changing now as approvals are granted for mAbs PrEP.
2021-12-18
This thread is important to consider bc it’s at least an example of someone trying to be honest. Where I disagree is that Chris had the wrong idea the entire time. There was a point where if the 💉prevented transmission we’d be ok. The 💉were advertised to do just that. https://t.co/eSgW5xzx4f
2021-12-18
RT @tegmark: #CCWUN has decided to keep it legal for rogue states to export cheap slaughterbots to anyone, after wasting tax dollars discus…
2021-12-18
The architectural brutalist aesthetic has now been imported into the current structure of emotion.
2021-12-18
If you can afford the newest tech & lots of other products but every local store, coffee shop, library, theatre, & church are shuttering, that is a definition of progress. Progressing towards what though? Alienation. Anomie. Disaffection. The love of many will grow cold.
2021-12-17
While experts beat the drum about boosters that will take some time to increase antibodies, why not scale the heck out of #Sotrovimab? If you know someone who’s #immune compromised, #transplantrecipient, or taking imm suppressive drugs, tell them to speak with the MD➡️PrEP.
2021-12-17
1. Invent time machine
2. Go back in time & never allow the ‘92 film Beethoven to be…
streamed where the toddler could see it. Highly addictive!!
2024-10-26
Poor kids in rural America who have no other choice but to watch ‘rasslin’ like we did will resonate with this. Vibes > narrative. Media & pundits can’t understand it https://t.co/E9hgFqchmg
2024-10-26
@1goodtern Given your diligence to protection & mitigation, it would be interesting to do some bloodwork looking for antibodies to the nucleocapsid (N) protein. I’ve done it several times to check whether my antibodies were vaccine-derived or from viral infection.
2024-10-25
@pilgrimmission Yes, this is why I posted what I did. If people properly understood his orientation they wouldn’t be so inclined to treat his teaching as they do. He’s not a Christian minister. He’s a prodigious clinical psychologist exploring things from his perspective, which can be very…
2024-10-25
Makes you wonder about those prediction markets, as I’ve noted earlier. They accurately predicted Harris would become the nominee. I think tech companies performing semantic analyses of billions of data points probably have a better sense than polls. https://t.co/dYgEPUNJh7
2024-10-24
@GeorgiaBrn1 @Thelonius_K That is awesome! May God bless & keep you on your journey!
As for the comment I made about not dying for a known lie, I’m certain I read that. It’s definitely not an original formulation by me.
2024-10-24
@pilgrimmission I haven’t ever heard him deny its historicity. Indeed, from Maps of Meaning until now, he’s spent countless hours studying & explicating the Bible. There’s this seeming impasse that arises when he gets questioned about Jesus & His birth, death, resurrection. I’m merely…
2024-10-24
@Cernovich Apologies for the initial QT. I didn’t want to litter up your replies with a book-length response. Dawkins is right that myth alone isn’t enough. The current danger as Lewis points out in Abolition of Man & THS is an unmoored scientism that would remake the world in its image
2024-10-24
@realjosepheliah That’s an intriguing response. I think I mostly agree with what you’re stating, especially with respect to spirit informing matter. Obviously Jung has a huge corpus, & I’m not claiming to be an expert on all of his work. So you may right that elsewhere he makes the point that…
2024-10-24
@mac_lorcan Sometimes we must fight through the dragons to find the gold. But there is plenty of golden dialogue here.
2024-10-24
@varnishstudio I’m glad he’s got you on his team & that he knows he always has a tribe. As parents, we want the best for our kids. It is beyond painful to watch them suffer & not be able to fix whatever is going on. With your support & guidance, I hope he finds a peer group where he belongs!
2024-10-24
It wasn’t until I started reading Jung’s highly controversial (& therefore edited to make it more palatable) “Answer to Job” that I better understood Peterson, like Jung, believes psychic facts are just as real & important (if not more so) as physical reality. For Peterson & Jung… https://t.co/YSllhvobOf
2024-10-24
RT @BrianRoemmele: “Paddle-boarding? Hmm, hold my Sasparilla kid”. https://t.co/asqnP4zzoV
2024-10-23
@roxy_mojo Really glad for you that something is helping! I’ve recently heard anecdotes about tirzepatide also helping with energy. What’s interesting is they were on metformin for potential LC benefits. It wasn’t helping after a year+ of trial. Tirzepatide seemed to work within days.…
2024-10-23
As a parent with little ones, I sometimes wonder how much IQ is sacrificed in service of fitting in. Being accepted by the society one lives in confers certain advantages, no?
2024-10-23
It’s like wherever we turn our attention more of reality is rendered for us. We can choose to focus attention outwardly & telescope, that is extend ourselves vast distances. We can choose to microscope inward & discover the building blocks of life. ATtention 🔄 INtention https://t.co/Av76MxBAJC
2024-10-23
Instead of languages, this will be AI-induced uncertainty at a scale unimaginable to most right now. Algocracies will compete with one another like city states of ole’ https://t.co/EP2VA39a3J
2024-10-23
RT @lukeburgis: My foreword to an excellent new book on René Girard—sharing, with special permission, for the first time. Just published. h…
2024-10-21
@Camp4 Love this concept of upgrading for that which brings joy or frees one up to pursue maximally meaningful relationships & experiences. I’d love to read about how you did or would apply this to parenting with small children.
2024-10-21
This is interesting. I’d enjoy hearing any thoughts/feedback on my questions below. As a disclaimer, I want people to vote for whoever they so desire. My interest isn’t actually about H v T but about how we respond to this political trolley car problem. His post is a really… https://t.co/buIq80mhuI
2024-10-20
Why is “Snoop Dogg” such a big part of current culture? Olympics. College sports. Shows. I don’t get the image rehab. Dude has some of the most toxic, explicit, sexist, misogynistic, vulgar, violent music of all time. What am I missing?
2021-12-17
We should be swimming in monoclonal antibodies, rapid tests, n95s, & repurposed drugs at the same time we being new therapies to scale.
2021-12-17
What’s the answer to our inadequate #pandemic response? I’ve been advocating for building better systems, structures, & processes to deal with #Covid_19. Eg focus on sequencing & rapid scaling & distribution of 💉& mAbs. Cut this process down to 8 weeks vs several months.
2021-12-17
@PaulVanderKlay Infinity…
2021-12-17
The testing capacity in the US has been so atrocious that one can only speculate about the reasons why ubiquitous rapid tests aren’t freely available. @JoeBiden today would be a good day to make this happen.
2021-12-17
@robinhanson but a possible future that requires overcoming the aforementioned status quo inevitability.
2021-12-17
@robinhanson One must address overcoming the status quo bias through resolute choice. Death is currently an inevitability which will require X amount of future breakthroughs in order to alter this fact. Whereas cryonics leading to radical life-extension is
2021-12-17
@robinhanson though. If Sally is currently being cryo preserved ostensibly it is due to the fact that she died already. The claim should be rather straightforward: even though you will die at some time T, in T^n we will *likely* have the capacity to restore you to “life.”
2021-12-17
@robinhanson “When the choice is between a nice funeral for Aunt Sally or having Aunt Sally not actually die, who will choose the funeral?”
Actually is doing quite a bit of heavy lifting here. I’m not against cryonics at all & like to see tech improve. I think you’ve made some logical leaps
2021-12-17
@KateKennedy66 @ScottTKelley I’m deeply sorry for your incomprehensible loss & appreciate your courage in sharing. I hope peace & comfort make their way to you & your family soon!
2021-12-16
Why are we waiting for a potential #Omicron tsunami when we could be administering #glaxosmithkline ‘s #monoclonalantibodies in advance? Thus far sotrovimab has demonstrated efficacy against omicron & all previous VOCs. How many people will die bc of inaction & ineptitude?
2021-12-15
@David_Gunkel @detonite @Albert_Berg @PaulVanderKlay @mitpress This is just too wild for me! My scholarly world intersecting with theological fellow travelers via @PaulVanderKlay, @David_Gunkel, @detonite? It truly is a small world. I have too many thoughts for this space, so I will find a way to share it elsewhere.
2021-12-14
From the expert: Early treatment with the monoclonal antibody therapy can reduce the risk of COVID-19 hospitalization or death, but it will not protect you against catching the virus and the vaccine does just that. https://t.co/YS5vLO4TGo https://t.co/vP1AlVkiMY
2021-12-14
Stop gaslighting. Of course the messaging was 💉decrease likelihood of infection. Now I’m hearing 💉was not marketed as preventative ? @UCDavisHealth still does!
Experts say monoclonal antibody treatment is not a substitute for COVID-19 vaccines https://t.co/m6kGyAKjx8
2021-12-13
Oh we’ve lost the plot big time. If I had been as wrong (eg war in Iraq) as some of our current commentariat (then speech writer for Bush—you remember hits like Axis of Evil), I’d not want to show my face in public or continue saying inane things! https://t.co/pxcZfXwOd8
2021-12-13
Stop calling it a #pandemic of the unvaccinated! It sends the wrong message bc it is the wrong message. #SARS2 is airborne & case counts too high before #omicron. Gen1 💉alone aren’t enough to adequately prevent infection. Why is @danaparish one of the only voices of reason?
2021-12-11
Look how quickly we’ve thrown so much of what we learned post-Nuremberg out of the window. I’m astonished by this. Truly. The same people who worked on our behalves BEFORE 💉& no PPE will now lose their jobs for not getting a 💉. They were essential. But not now? Illogical.
2021-12-11
@CMargaronis @RepAdamSchiff I can see you’re highly objective, have thought this through from a deeply informed bioethical perspective. One can be vaxxed & against her neighbors losing the ability to work bc of their own health decisions. Bodily autonomy should be affirmed! https://t.co/azylESVjSE
2021-12-11
@RepAdamSchiff What if they are union workers that are also unvaccinated? Are they then permanently replaceable?
2021-12-11
RT @michaelmina_lab: Great News!
Rutgers University (State University of NJ) Senate resolution:
"On-demand and free of charge, rapid ant…
2021-12-11
Having a difficult time making it out, but is this man saying he isn’t able to breathe? https://t.co/bCINUpPFX7
2021-12-11
. @MiroslavVolf I’m wondering if you’ve written anything about your own perspective on pandemic-related lockdowns for the unvaccinated.
2021-12-11
What if they are both union workers on strike & unvaccinated? https://t.co/tPYxPCxEwp
2021-12-10
Imagine being *the* former guy at @CDCgov, handling #Ebola about as good as could be reasonably expected, less so with #H1N1 but no where near as bad as #COVID19. Calling #CDC data good at this point is mystifying. We aren’t properly tracking breakthroughs. https://t.co/8tm30OSX0L
2021-12-10
🤦🏻♂️ https://t.co/BFTpZmpXkB
2021-12-10
Covid19 likely contracted in a lab by a double vaxxed individual. This can & does happen. We need more reporting & sharing of such events. #Taiwan demonstrating openness & integrity.
Scientist COVID positive after exposure in Taipei P3 lab https://t.co/RhwkV8nkJa
2021-12-10
@welcomewords And to you and yours!!
2021-12-10
For me, this was counterintuitive. #SARS2 keeps surprising us…
Pre-existing humoral immunity to human common cold coronaviruses negatively impacts the protective SARS-CoV-2 antibody response: Cell Host & Microbe https://t.co/33yByawCPQ
2021-12-09
@deepfates The plot doesn’t make sense outside of our healthcare system! Hahaha. Imagine it being set in Western Europe. Dude, you have serious cancer & need treatment. Well, I better dust off my meth cooking skillz! Sir, that won’t be necessary. I mean unless you’re just into that.
2021-12-09
Well, section 7.3.1 & 7.3.2 aren’t going to plan…
Covid-19 vaccines: ethical, legal and practical considerations https://t.co/Cp4v83JID8
2021-12-09
@welcomewords This may be of interest to you. Hope something like this could offer protection. https://t.co/oJiE71jKzr
2021-12-09
Excited to see this EUA for MABs as prophylaxis in specific pops. All available options need to be made available. Talk with your MD!
FDA Authorizes New Long-Acting Monoclonal Antibodies for Pre-exposure Prevention of COVID-19 in Certain Individuals https://t.co/v6M3KrC4bK
2021-12-09
@DavidElfstrom did you come up with #FreeTheRATs? It’s so clever!
2021-12-09
@deepfates I’m super 💪xible though so it’s no problem
2021-12-09
It’s trivially simple to make happen if we can get our lumbering bureaucracies to align in ways that benefit the people they’re intended to serve & protect.
2021-12-09
The future is a place where barriers to diagnostics & access to care isn’t controlled by gatekeepers. This is fundamental information about you for you & it wants to be free for you to use to improve your life.
2021-12-09
increased access & utilization of the tests. Apps can interface with #covendingmachines to help people locate the closest *available tests*, as data on availability is sometimes scarce. No need to drive to multiple sites just to find tests! They should be able to find you.
2021-12-09
I put this idea forward early in 2020. With updates to CLIA & FDA policies regarding these public health tools, we could’ve already seen ubiquitous, low/no cost rapid tests. #Machinelearning could help us solve logistical problems so that we don’t run out in areas experiencing
2021-12-09
For my part I want to see us use our tech capacities to build better systems that can be quickly iterated to adjust to real-time needs. If you can get movies, chips, drinks, etc. from a vending machine, then we can have covid-ending co-vending machines that supply rapid tests.
2021-12-09
Watch the trickle of these kinds of stories swell into a crescendo until they become “we’ve always thought this was the best path forward & said so from the beginning.” There’s no good reason for the delay & the excessive cost. @michaelmina_lab has championed this from day 1. https://t.co/ofpSGipEzz
2021-12-09
@deepfates They’re obviously favorably dispensed to the intelligence💥 hypothesis in AI. On this view, 2035 is a reasonable timeline for <tha_singularity>/ which may, indeed, be the shibboleth.
Or maybe it’s SAI/AGI hinting to those who look for it’s appearing…
2021-12-09
Let me be clear about something. #Foucault was right in Discipline & Punish. Enter the #panopticon & learn to internalize the discipline lest you be punished. There’s no context for the image, but an appeal made to authority nonetheless. Don’t go down this path, I beg of you! https://t.co/F7CZ4RwjTs
2021-12-09
@Joshuak_Smith I’m afraid none of us would like the answer, as we surrender more of culture & ourselves to tech. He wasn’t exactly pleased about the trajectory we were on when we replaced the person computing with *the computer*.
2021-12-09
@DougWesney Appreciate the recommendation! Since most of my writing is academic stuff, most of that is found on https://t.co/kqMHJdBT1S . Some of my personal story was published in a journal, but you can access a version here: https://t.co/uTkNAhXSLs. 🙏 for the interest! Buckle up though.
2021-12-08
society the answer would be to walk away & start a 2nd or 3rd family until the day our respective grandchildren were older than our newest child. I’ve seen versions of it in my extended family. It isn’t pretty!
2021-12-08
So I told my wife that, yes, we probably could make even more money & gain more status if we chose to pursue that path (not judging anyone who does!), but we could also easily end up gaining those things at the expense of our family. & in a materialistic
2021-12-08
But to get in those meetings I had to deal with 6 figure problems & the people associated with them. He meant what you reference in the disruptions, temptations etc.
2021-12-08
what his legacy would be about. Would it be $$$ steaks & more & better autos? He said he loved to teach, so he told his family that’s what he wanted to do.
He left me with this priceless 💎. He said I’ve been in meetings where in an hour I made 6 figures.
2021-12-08
an expensive new auto. They were spending crazy money eating at nicer places, & he said the ? hit him: how much better is this steak, really? Sounds so innucuous at first. But he said it made him think about
2021-12-08
Before I posted the initial thread, I had a conversation with my wife about status. A very successful guy, not too much younger than my parents, walked away from his lucrative position & became my TA. TAs make less than nothing. But he told me he had just purchased his family
2021-12-08
We tend to call them by other names: content creator, YouTuber, etc. & my own knee jerk refusal to see myself & others I appreciate in that light says something about me! That was the original context for the post & what follows.
2021-12-08
the vast majority of those videos would be @PaulVanderKlay @PageauJonathan @vervaeke_john. Dr. Richard Weaver wrote that all language is sermonic. We’re all preaching in our own way, trying to sway people towards certain ends. So I both listen to & have been that televangelist.
2021-12-08
Then I was surprised, though I don’t know why, by many Christians also capitalizing on the moment by castigating mega pastors & televangelists. I’m not saying anyone is beyond critique. But I also took note of the fact that if someone asked to see my watch/download list
2021-12-08
to me bc I’m more concerned with the societal implications. What kind of society are we if we death-shame people & use the moment of their death as an opportunity to celebrate in a ghoulish manner?
2021-12-08
while reportedly being anti-vaxx & spreading disinformation. There were comments about mega pastors & televangelists being the worst. Let me say I have no personal knowledge of or about Daystar’s founder. I’ve no idea of his vaxx status or how he lived his life. Doesn’t matter
2021-12-08
My response was too long & I didn’t want to litter up your space.
Quick context: I read about the passing of the Daystar network’s founder. Many headlines were egregious insofar as they were reverse eulogies. He was being remembered almost exclusively for dying from Covid19 https://t.co/Qgi9FRrgcM
2021-12-08
This is a great thread by one of the best researchers in the game👇 https://t.co/BjsHAz4LfI
2021-12-08
@MitoPower Don’t cell yourself short! You’re much more than just a powerhouse.
2021-12-08
. @BerlinCures Wondering if your therapeutic has shown activity against small fiber neuropathy that’s potentially diverting blood away from muscles & obstructing oxygen from properly entering the mitochondria? Appears to be overlap between #MECFS & post-Covid19 syndrome.
2021-12-08
Thou shalt bare false witness against thy unvaccinated neighbor & his wife.
2021-12-08
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s natural immunity.
2021-12-08
Thou shalt not steal booster shots.
2021-12-08
Thou shalt not lie about vaccine status.
2021-12-08
Judge, lest you be judged.
2021-12-08
Be anxious about everything and pray about nothing.
2021-12-08
Render unto Pfizer what is Pfizer’s & unto Moderna what is Moderna’s.
2021-12-08
Honor thy public health experts that thy days may be long upon the earth.
2021-12-08
Blessed are those who persecute for mask mandates’ sake, for theirs is the zero covid kingdom.
2021-12-08
Blessed are the purely vaccinated for they shall see God (but not for a very long time bc they won’t be dying of Covid19).
2021-12-08
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for antibodies, for they shall be satisfied with mRNAs.
2021-12-08
Blessed are the immunized for they shall not inhabit the ICUs.
2021-12-08
Search me, O God, and know my heart rate & oxygen saturation; test me, and know my SARS-CoV-2 antigens: And see if there be any vaccine hesitancy in me, and lead me in the path towards sterilizing immunity.
2021-12-08
The iron pyrite rule: always do unto others that which you would never wish done unto you.
2021-12-08
@AmandaLeftCoast The scholar Kenneth Burke informed us that our culture has its god & devil terms. I had been thinking along the same lines as you, though not able to express it as well. Bellow I share a few of my favorite verses from the NPV (new Pandemic version) Bible https://t.co/Q9ECcqF68X
2021-12-08
Do you even Falun Gong, bro?
You mean you don’t remember Ma Sanjiia?
Gedhun Cheokyi Nyima?
The Uyghur people…
Ah. It wasn’t that you forgot. You said you didn’t want to know about the inconvenient truth because that might mean turning down funding?
@vervaeke_john @PaulVanderKlay @PageauJonathan @WisdomRebel And I happily add an amen to that extension of agape. Somehow @vervaeke_john always comes up with the right sentiment & words that match.
2021-12-08
@PaulVanderKlay @PageauJonathan One thing I think *could* be inferred is that relative to the subscribers, you’re outperforming in total views.
2021-12-08
@PaulVanderKlay @PageauJonathan So I like your approach! I’m also happy to see those other creators experience growth. In fact, one day @PageauJonathan may go back & read my request for an interview before his channel went 🚀
2021-12-08
@PaulVanderKlay @PageauJonathan least according to the Hebrew Bible & thinkers like Guénon.
2021-12-08
@PaulVanderKlay maybe bc of that, it has grown. If your audience constituted a church, you’d be a mega pastor ✈️
As @PageauJonathan points out, you’re probably right not to pay too much attention to the metrics though. The quantification of everything isn’t necessarily a good thing, at
2021-12-08
@PaulVanderKlay Then once at 17k how long to add another 3k. Again, as you’ve mentioned so many times, you were using the platform itself to sort through what you saw happening in the JBP space & his impact on believers & non-believers alike. Despite the fact that your goal wasn’t growth or
2021-12-08
@PaulVanderKlay I think your growth has occurred at a slower rate than the ones mentioned in large part due to the fact you are building & encouraging community building. But there’s a tipping point with these things. Consider how long it took you to get to 3k.
2021-12-07
Again I say to whatever objective scientists & #publichealth experts remain: given waining vaccine protection from breakthrough infections (evidenced by needing boosters)why not also promote #monoclonalantibodies for unvaxxed? Reduce hospitalizations & deaths! #harmreduction
2021-12-07
@deepfates The book didn’t finish! The book wasn’t a closer, so it needed to be…closed?
2021-12-07
In conclusion, I will be happy when Paul eclipses 100k so long as he says no to the skinny jeans! I jest! I jest. (I actually have nothing against pastors who express their own personal style. If you’ve got the it factor, which Paul clearly does, you have to flaunt it, right?)
2021-12-07
I guess what I’m trying to wrap my head around is whether or not I’ve been fair to those with larger audiences &/or churches. What if people simply trickled in at first & then, well, check the Pareto distribution.
2021-12-07
I also understand his goal isn’t to become a pastor of a mega church. He’s secure in his identity. & yet 20k+ YouTube subscribers is pretty amazing, especially for those who’ve been watching since the earlier days when if that 🦞wasn’t in the same place he might hear about it!
2021-12-07
Before someone jumps on me, let me say that I appreciate all the wonderful work Paul does. That also means I want more people to watch/listen. I’d like to see someone who despises not small beginnings demonstrate that we can decouple attendant nonsense from real growth in reach.
2021-12-07
My question for the @PaulVanderKlay estuary is if one is opposed to popular pastors of mega churches but also want to see & actively support Paul’s growing reach, do you feel conflicted? His growth made me 🤔 is this how other ministries began—never intending to be mega…?
2021-12-07
In Praise of Skinny Jeans & Thoughts on @PaulVanderKlay?
2021-12-07
@deepfates does this also mean I don’t have to read the entire book but can settle for the best chapters of said person?
2021-12-07
What people reporting seem not to understand is that when @elonmusk walks out with what they consider a weird haircut, it’s really a signal to watch & wait for the engineering: more hair will re-grow. You know you’re bad to the bone when markets respond to you getting that #FUE.
2021-12-07
Trolley minivan? Is it better to have less status but remain an intact family (original spouse with kids); or gain immense status while sacrificing one’s original family & forfeit it only to “seriously engage” with one’s second family (new spouse with more children)?
2021-12-07
If you have connections to any of the non-profits or NGOs trying to help with food distribution in Afghanistan, please feel free to DM us so we can support your work.
2021-12-07
If you want a great example of how the US Gov fails to understand the importance of public health tools that can change the dynamics of the pandemic, listen to @PressSec response re rapid tests. Vaccines aren’t the sole answer to every question. It’s maddening.
2021-12-06
Having children is selfish!
Tell me you don’t have children without telling me you don’t have children!
When you become a parent you quickly experience a paradigmatic shift. That precious life demands one’s all. Life is never less about you (the self you are) then as a parent.
2021-12-05
@David_Gunkel @UWBadgers I appreciate the rhetorical situation so much bc of the conversations it opened up. Huge fan of his cohort publishing around that time.
2021-12-05
One day closer to #AI figuring out how to embed (without our awareness) the functional equivalent of a human #QRcode that activates/deactivates us towards certain ends. If Bitzer were writing today, this would be “the rhetorical situation.” The exigencies abound… https://t.co/bdMY2mR179
2021-12-05
When I say there’s too many people suffering from heart-related issues resulting from vaccines, why do you skip to but Covid19 is worse? Of course that’s the case given what we know about the disease. The answer isn’t to ignore the problem but to make BETTER #vaccines.
2021-12-05
But you have to find a way to keep getting him the ball! https://t.co/7V6JLZJKvu
2021-12-04
Good morning. Are you awake yet? We’re going to end up destroying ourselves with our technological capacities. They’re beyond our ability to wield them wisely & judiciously.
SARS-CoV-2 escape from a highly neutralizing COVID-19 convalescent plasma | PNAS https://t.co/TheZcpZj5u
2021-12-04
@detonite @David_Gunkel @mitpress Agreed! And I must say that you’re quite the scholar yourself. Voracious reader!
2021-12-04
@EstherOfReilly @_matthewpearson @PaulVanderKlay @PageauJonathan Bc I’m a huge fan of re-enchantment, even if it’s just to make us look at something familiar & reconsider it via an unfamiliar frame.
2021-12-04
@EstherOfReilly @_matthewpearson @PaulVanderKlay @PageauJonathan Are you not buying the divine counsel or influence of the Book of Enoch or something else entirely?
2021-12-04
Uh oh! Got this 💎 in the mail. @David_Gunkel & @mitpress should be proud! I mean if the book, of course, & not that I received this via mail. Although that’s no small feat in itself. https://t.co/sXWISPxxrg
2021-12-04
@EstherOfReilly @_matthewpearson @PaulVanderKlay @PageauJonathan & you discussing principalities.
2021-12-04
@EstherOfReilly @_matthewpearson @PaulVanderKlay 🤔 @PaulVanderKlay Should you interview this “heretical” sounding guy? I’d be interested to hear if there are areas of rapprochement & where the differences are located. I’ve only heard a few of his talks & found them interesting, especially so in light of @PageauJonathan
2021-12-04
Should we mandate vaccines with durability constraints such that some people will lose their jobs for noncompliance? Why not offer monoclonal antibodies as an exemption? They have standardized dosing & can be tested against VOCs to ensure ongoing effectiveness. Why this path?
2021-12-04
@EstherOfReilly @_matthewpearson And that this was a radical departure from historical development. If @PaulVanderKlay hadn’t depleted the stock of Kaufmann’s book, I’d know the answer!
2021-12-04
@EstherOfReilly @_matthewpearson Am I misunderstanding his point bc what I thought he meant was that atheists don’t believe in any god/deities, but Israelites believed that there were many gods. It’s just that they worshiped the One True God.
2021-12-03
Inception & Simulacra: Pay digital currency for entrance to Disney only to sit on “Main Street” reading a copy of #Baudrillard.
2021-12-03
A leap into the light and not a blind faith that requires a leap into darkness. I’d add Davies & McGrath to the mix. If I mention Collins, some heads will explode. https://t.co/B4YQYbiToj
2021-12-03
@jhmoy3 As a researcher, I’m interested in the data bc I can only function with the currency of transparency & trust. I’m vaccinated, so this wouldn’t portend well for me given that I’m in that demographic. But my job is to be honest about the data wherever it leads.
2021-12-03
@hyonschu I’m beginning to see a path forward! I need to be provably wrong on almost all accounts, double down when proven wrong, lie about my account being hacked when previous posts are found to be insensitive to the cultural moment. Unlimited growth in this sector…
2021-12-03
Interestingly, vaccine status isn’t mentioned. I would imagine this is entirely knowable due to their healthcare information systems being far better than in the US (at least for Covid19). Also, see their high vaxx uptake. https://t.co/tNAqABij8a https://t.co/CBLbK6KdKB
2021-12-03
I’m just going to keep asking this bc I don’t understand the rationale: Why advocate for vaccines & vaccines only, when there are additional options. Shouldn’t we encourage #harmreduction? This is contra the data on health messaging. #Monoclonals are are feasible options too.
2021-12-03
Even for those of us who’ve treated clients with intense anxiety disorders & emotional disturbances, this doesn’t seem to match reality. Is this more likely than unexpected💉impacts?
Thousands facing heart problems due to ‘post-pandemic stress disorder’ https://t.co/p5aPMk2ctA
2021-12-03
@hyonschu But they’re the ones amassing “followers.” I don’t get it!
2021-12-03
@David_Gunkel @mitpress Quite right! By Derrida questioning Heidegger’s questioning, I meant Heidegger’s questioning of Greek philosophy which assumed the priority of the question re (the present participle of) Being…the presence of the present. Questions assume the Other & we need these openings.
2021-12-02
And I don’t mean this as any kind of political football in the insane game of Democrat vs Republican.
2021-12-02
Why aren’t more #robots rights & #AI enthusiasts pro-life? If nature can have rights & differently arranged ontologies possess personhood, what’s the argument against a fetus having rights that aren’t also built upon the rights of another person, mainly, the mother having rights?
2021-12-02
In so doing, in so knowing, we know more about this self that ought to understood.
2021-12-02
If #Socrates were here today, he may extend “know thyself” to include one’s own biochemical & information-rich data. Part of research ethics should now include mandatory data-sharing, results, & implications for the subjects. We should own our data & know what it means.
2021-12-02
The fact that we don’t have more rapid at-home diagnostics is but one signal of our meta-failure. The potential for a #twindemic makes constant access to #COVID19 #flu & #strep tests even more important. We need to rethink any undue CLIA & FDA restrictions moving forward.
2021-12-02
@David_Gunkel And questioning is the “condition of critique & deconstruction.”
2021-12-02
@David_Gunkel Very Derridean (with help from questioning Heidegger’s questioning), indeed! What (authority) precedes the question?
2021-12-02
Mandating universal #BoosterShots without any clear understanding of particular immune responses (some may have outsized responses) & precise correlates of immunity isn’t a nuanced, data-driven response as much as it is blunt & clumsy. We were promised a better plan of action.
2021-12-02
If I just keep telling the truth, I reliably lose followers.
Is there anything I can say that will help expedite this process? I’d hate to get beyond my social media #Dunbarsnumber.
I don’t care about tenure threats or political affiliation.
2021-12-02
Really @Twitter? As a researcher this is terrifying unless you have some overwhelming evidence that you can share with us.
This will only fuel more conspiracy theories. This is a masterclass in how not to do #publichealth messaging. https://t.co/b8KrIjJ7b2 https://t.co/T0FQ4dLi2D
2021-12-02
Sharing this abstract bc it needs to be investigated not censored. Can’t believe the attempted censorship!
Mrna COVID Vaccines Dramatically Increase Endothelial Inflammatory Markers and ACS Risk as Measured by the PULS Cardiac Test: a Warning https://t.co/goyw3ZnqSb
@JuliaRaifman with daily tests, n95s, & proper air filtration, we could greatly reduce spread. We also have to find a way to lessen the political polarization that’s proving itself to be so corrosive. As you say, bring people together!
2021-11-30
@JuliaRaifman I can’t help but think that many clusters could be prevented by free, ubiquitous rapid tests. If we could deploy saliva-based testing or even wearable patches, then we’d effectively know when a person is +. Even if we didn’t have the 1st gen 💉
2021-11-29
believe…? Oh boy… https://t.co/15WP8nw22w
2021-11-29
@william_merrin Deafening silence! Scandalous silence. Apparently the 🥕 of tenure & future funding is the price of silence. In our phd program, my office mate from 🇨🇳 asked me why there were so many true believers in communism at the uni. Moribund.
2021-11-28
I’m not crying! You’re crying! https://t.co/PFHUR9ZIdi
2021-11-28
We’ve got to do much better in our mycological surveillance in #lungcancer #nsclc #radonc. Additionally, there needs to be consultation with #dermatologists to screen for changes; & #cardiology to watch for emerging treatment-related problems. Much to be done to enhance #QOL! https://t.co/3akaH6TuYQ
2021-11-28
. Wondering if you @ydeigin (&/or DRASTIC) have put forward a tentative analysis of #Omicron yet?
2021-11-28
The. Date. Matters. We have terrible forecasting at the moment. https://t.co/uxnMKRxV04
2021-11-28
for this specific population. Similar to HIV treatment protocols relying on combinations of meds that make it much more difficult for it to mutate in multiple directions at once. Inadequate immune response to 💉may afford SARS2 a prolonged period of exploration & exploitation.
2021-11-28
When will people listen? I’ve repeatedly stated for almost a year that it is precisely this population that we need to protect bc of the risk of immune escape variants. 💉isn’t enough & may allow evolution to do its own GOF research. Monoclonal antibodies may be the better option https://t.co/YGVx1EwuDj
2021-11-24
@deepfates SG<OG. Not original gangsta. I’m an Orthogonal Guru bc I’m always right ∟
2021-11-24
How long must the charade continue? EcoHealth has always had the information needed to settle many of the questions regarding the origins of #Covid19.
The Covid lab leak theory just got even stronger https://t.co/Q7r3vs7CNB
2021-11-24
@PhilippMarkolin @ESYudkowsky @ydeigin campaigned to silence the possibility it could have been lab-related. He helped cover for the database being taken down.
One need not assume the pandemic’s origins were nefarious or intentional in order to conclude lab-leak. There were, in fact, other lab leaks.
2021-11-24
@PhilippMarkolin @ESYudkowsky @ydeigin EcoHealth conducted surveillance in an attempt to avoid the scenario we’re in now, or a much worse had this been from, say, Nipah. The fact that Daszak attempted to obfuscate is even more alarming given that his stated goal was to do conduct this kind of work. He actively
2021-11-24
@PhilippMarkolin @ESYudkowsky But independent researchers with very different priors like @ydeigin et al. & I have been pointing out that Daszak has knowledge of & had access to samples—from bats & the serological surveys of humans interfacing with them—from high-risk areas.
2021-11-23
@CentristAllWay form of protection? Environment?
2021-11-23
@CentristAllWay We could have undercounting due to inadequate infrastructure & systems for monitoring? If not, unravelling the confounding variables will be interesting. Is it largely due to age of population? Health of pop? BMI of pop? Genetic differences? Previous infections that provide some
2021-11-23
@CentristAllWay If that turns out to be true & holds true for the entire pandemic, that would be great for so many people & for so many reasons. My hesitation is that I don't have much confidence in the reporting thus far. Is there adequate surveillance to capture the cases & complications?
2021-11-23
@CentristAllWay immunocompromised may be a potential path for emergence of immune escape variants. Thus, it might be a much wiser course of action to allow immunocompromised the ability to access monoclonal antibodies.
2021-11-23
@CentristAllWay Perhaps there was a miscommunication. What I'm advocating for is a vaccine that actually induces universal sterilizing immunity. Our gen1 versions don't give us that. And I'm actually making the argument that vaccines that don't induce a proper immune response in the
2021-11-23
@CentristAllWay I agree that we should be striving for universal sterilizing immunity. Until such time, if we can develop a vaxx that gets us there, I'm still confused as to why the other options are being promoted. Eg, monoclonal antibodies may be better for immunocompromised.
2021-11-23
I think my concern remains high relative to a specific subset of possibilities. One example: Immune compromised who have poor response to vaxx & acquire Covid19. It doesn’t need to be a big %. In fact you only need one instance to help instigate immune escape.
2021-11-23
This is an interesting thread by someone who has been studious & often correct during the pandemic. Whether one agrees with the conclusion, we can agree this is a legitimate scientific question that we’d be foolish to ignore. https://t.co/iSQXrx3T8l
2021-11-22
Why is everything surrounding Epstein so bizarre? Even The Rolling Stone reporter is leaving room for doubt about his death. IF is doing a ton of work in this meandering sentence. https://t.co/J4mueQD5yr
2021-11-22
@logosmadeflesh May the Lord bless you with recovery, health, & long life!
2021-11-21
Some of the same critics:
I hate mega churches with these celebrity pastors & skinny jeans & concert worship! It’s all a show & a bad one!
If Christianity were real & true, why would there need to be so many churches?
🤷🏻♂️
2021-11-20
@DavidSteber80 multiple domains. It demonstrates how we’ve failed to update systems, structures, & processes in order to meet the challenges of an interconnected world.
2021-11-20
@DavidSteber80 seemed to learn the important lessons. By doubling down on the notion that all of this would have been better if only someone from an opposing party had been in office is: 1) falling prey to hindsight bias; & 2) elides the point that our institutions themselves failed across
2021-11-20
@DavidSteber80 Yeah, I think once Covid19 was out & circulating without our knowledge, we were always going to have a tough time gaining control of it. Then, our expert institutions failed miserably on expeditious deployment of reliable tests. What I find deeply disturbing is that we haven’t
2021-11-20
😳 It’s all so cynical. Read the plan & please explain to me why/how we still lag behind in rapid-at-home testing?
The problems were always worse than Trump. But why can’t this be said without the concomitant assumption that it equals an endorsement for Trump? Really wild! https://t.co/vovIl11uKU
2021-11-19
Thank you for sharing this! My family laughed so hard watching it. When he drops the mirror & bangs his hand towards the back glass, it was priceless. What a character!
2021-11-19
RT @ProfSteveFuller: Whenever academics quote a lot, even when they seem to know what they're talking about, there is always the faint arom…
2021-11-19
@ProfSteveFuller This is an interesting perspective. I’ve never thought of it in this light, bc often enough one is quoting a particular source to demonstrate familiarity with the terrain; and bc the sources being quoted happen to be reviewers of the publication or for the grant application.
2021-11-19
I’m trying to get on this dude’s level! Not Mike’s… https://t.co/uy310kehce
2021-11-18
@dcintra @PaulVanderKlay be able to apply Biblical concepts to our current political economic moment?
2021-11-18
@dcintra @PaulVanderKlay Do you think there’s an audience for something that addresses these issues but from a positive angle? I find most people attach even reasonable critiques to Marxism. I reject that as the anchor though. How do we create a pro social movement similar to a jubilee? Help people
2021-11-18
@Jaz10135298 What do you think it’s a feature of? With everything happening in the world right now, it is beginning to feel a bit like that movie In Time. And we know what they say in the US: time is money!
2021-11-18
@shacks_an_shite debt + the cost of my insurance (for example) is 3x more than my parents’ mortgage! Don’t dare get sick, either! There’s a reason Breaking Bad is set in America. Otherwise, the character may never seem sympathetic.
2021-11-18
@shacks_an_shite I’m asking out of ignorance here bc I only know about the US, UK, & Honduran healthcare & educational systems, but does NZ by any chance also reallocate (from taxes) funding aimed at lessening university & healthcare costs? Stateside the average millennial has substantial edu
2021-11-18
@PaulVanderKlay @wef receive a hard copy magazine put out by the church convention. I was reading it & found a piece on investing. The author encouraged readers to take a short on student loan debt bc of the default rate. Yikes.
2021-11-18
@PaulVanderKlay @wef but if the costs remain relatively fixed after this boom, followed by rate hikes, I don’t see that path being sustainable. Hope I’m wrong. But why aren’t churches doing what Blackrock & Vangaurd are doing in terms of buying BUT selling at a loss? As an aside, my parents still
2021-11-18
@PaulVanderKlay @wef Home ownership has been the main contributor to inter-generational wealth in the US, so I’m happy for anyone who maximizes those gains right now. I suppose my fear is there’s a finite point after which the game of monopoly stops. I probably wrong in terms of how it plays out,
2021-11-18
@TheFrankRich1 @PaulVanderKlay I don’t think I’m following the point you’re making, which is on me. Apologies. For the sake of clarity though, could you state that some other way?
2021-11-18
@PaulVanderKlay Paul, you called out my fudging! We is doing a heavy rhetorical lift. It is an exigency. It does demand attention. I simply don’t want the @wef’s prediction about 2030 (You own nothing & you’re happy) to be more akin to something my grands said: you’ll eat it & you’ll like it!
2021-11-18
Going to drive me crazy that I didn’t have *loss* of functionality in there. Crucial term. Good luck Dr. @davidasinclair ! Hope you find some terms that prove salient & gripping. https://t.co/gWY8FSPH5X
2021-11-18
@davidasinclair Senescence + anesthetic=Sanesthetic. Def:Sanesthetics temporarily affect, and in some instances eliminate, senescence. In this category exists substances like thanalgesics (thanatology + analgesics) that target & ameliorate age-related bio-markers associated with functionality.
2021-11-17
Average #house now costs ~$352,800. Regular working people with families are being priced out of the market. Are wages going up at this same rate? Runaway inequality. Why are we ok with this?
2021-11-17
Over 36k likes, 4K+ retweets. Someone explain Twitter to me. What is the algorithm rewarding, precisely, technically? What is going on here that attracts so much attention? That’s worth knowing in an information economy. I obviously don’t know though… https://t.co/XOLpbNbPqF
2021-11-17
The degree to which we’re in denial about the physiological aftermath of #Covid_19 in millions of people is astounding. Look at the #MECFS #pwME patient populations as an example of how debilitating something can be without it outright killing you.
2021-11-17
Suppose for a second that we are in a #simulation. Is becoming aware of this a good thing? Is it a choose your own adventure? Are there other worlds within the sim space we inhabit? What has to happen to make the simulation a success such that it isn’t discontinued?
2021-11-17
Amazing!
Discovery of a novel pseudo β-hairpin structure of N-truncated amyloid-β for use as a vaccine against Alzheimer’s disease | Molecular Psychiatry https://t.co/0lU2iw2ucR
2021-11-16
This is precisely the opposite of what vaccine advocates like myself want! The absurdity of it fuels conspiracy theories. But conspiracy theorists assume there's some logic behind what's going on. Nope. They're truly this bad at leading. That's it.
https://t.co/MSyECuMWb1
2021-11-16
I look at twitter as a brief way to memorialize or capture thoughts & sentiments. But they're also public facing. I want to have a unequivocal record of me standing against the kind of thing happening in #Austria. It will foment anger & distrust that won't be forgotten.
2021-11-15
@Moved_To_Center But could they not have tracked people during the previous lockdowns? My point is that now because of available vaccines, this option has created an environment where people can be subjected to mandates. In Austria, for example, the measures are draconian & unethical!
2021-11-15
Before there were available vaccines, people were begged to go to work in order to keep the gears of society & the economy turning. Now that there are vaccines, the restrictions have become more stringent globally (with some exceptions). Why?
2021-11-15
Where my #AcademicTwitter fam at? Some of the absolute worst takes were from media/coms/journalism scholars. They’ll never own up to it either. It’s astounding, really. Like no one read When the Press Fails 🤷🏻♂️
“The media’s epic fail on the Steele dossier” https://t.co/3KyUa3QMnH
2021-11-14
Happy to speak with @MillionMissCan any time! https://t.co/b3LKyzOlui
2021-11-14
Illness. Isolation. Inextricable pain every single second for years. In & out of the hospital too many times. Confined to a bed within four walls. This is how I existed. The suffering shaped my life, views on life & death, meaning, theology, ethics & bioethics. 🙏to all! https://t.co/3WPe2sYNWL
2021-11-13
@deepfates But you’re probably young enough that if your liver fell out & onto the floor, you’d just dust it off, put it back in & be fine!
2021-11-13
@deepfates Right. If you an ache/pain & feel miserable, then maybe a couple of tylenol or ibuprofen gets you to a state where you feel good to go. The whole dang bottle sends you to the shadow realm. Scale that analogy of the liver!
2021-11-13
@deepfates It's certainly a much larger conversation, but it is one that researchers are engaged in. My question is what is the minimum effective dose of tech? Just enough & things are pretty good. Too much & there's a mismatch between our genetic endowment & an environment of hyper-novelty
2021-11-13
@deepfates It's counter-intuitive. The very people who have it the hardest (from our perspective) are surprisingly hardier (there's an empirical hardiness scale) & seem to be resilient to depression. Desmond Morris has a classic book The Human Zoo that's also worth a read.
2021-11-13
@deepfates Dr. Edward Schieffelin is a great resource for this data. He lived with the Bosavi & conducted field work for a couple of decades. I couldn't believe the data, so I reached out to him. (Really generous guy FWIW.) Very hard conditions. Nothing comes easy. Lots of death.
2021-11-13
Scrolling on social is the latest iteration of hunter gatherers' brains being manipulated. If you "like" my tweet, my brain & nervous system thank me. If you ignore my tweet, then I feel ostracized. Tumble down the status hierarchy.
How do so many people have so many followers?
2021-11-13
@deepfates They're much hardier & there's far less depression. We've lost contact with some part of ourselves. It's like we're engaging in a tradeoff: our animal stonks for angel stonks.
2024-10-19
🚨 We’re at the call vice a virtue portion of this debacle. Are there any other bioethicists decrying this? She knowingly & willfully misled the American people. https://t.co/X6xJA1k0Fb
2024-10-18
@sarahzhang cc: @kalezelden may be of interest to you.
2024-10-18
@ShadiBartsch The hermeneutics of suspicion being applied to immigrants writ large is problematic. One might argue that since EM is an edge case it matters less. But I wonder if the generalized interpretation *might* be something like: “I can never achieve enough or have enough status to…
2024-10-18
Straight baller https://t.co/LkZFCixl2a
2024-10-18
@ShadiBartsch Dr. Bartsch, as a huge fan of your work, I must admit my surprise at this post. At a time when immigration is such a contentious issue
& immigrants are being cast in a negative light, I wonder whether this sends the right message.
2024-10-18
Our family just got the #Nama J2 cold press juicer. First impressions: We’re used to the centrifugal juicers. The old one sounded like a 🚀The J2 is super quiet, so the kids aren’t afraid to use it. It makes great juice & is much, much easier to clean. Really pleased thus far.
2024-10-18
Who is the American version of @AaronBastani? https://t.co/R3hRMB6D2X
2024-10-17
Death is always for other people but never us…we will do anything & everything to avoid its reality.
I’m interested in the where & when this happened. I reject the kind of nihilism it would take to discuss politics at a memorial service. https://t.co/rWFxit99A2
2024-10-17
@moveincircles It takes immense courage &, as they say, intestinal fortitude to launch out into the unknown abyss where anything could go wrong at any moment. It requires competence, integrity to the mission, the ability to trust & show oneself trustworthy. Regarding the tech: one mustn’t…
2024-10-16
@mostlynotworkin @PaulVanderKlay PVK is always ahead of the curve. His curiosity & openness to new information is 📈🚀
2024-10-16
What does this mean? We should stop fearing nuclear escalation from the same person you confidently state will move on from Ukraine to destabilize the rest of Europe. It’s illogical in the extreme & many millions of lives hang in the balance. We better broker peace. https://t.co/VkfuGsDT49
2024-10-15
@PaulVanderKlay It’s interesting to see the topic taking off in TLC after many years of slogging away in academia. I’m a slow talker so you could put this on 2x & possibly remain awake: https://t.co/gQHsv4s2ck
2024-10-15
We can do this without infringing on secrecy of ballots & while maintaining individual privacy. We should do everything we reasonably can to promote transparency, integrity, & trust in the democratic process. https://t.co/IbQkXzhRhd
2024-10-15
why don’t we livestream & record all that reasonably can be streamed of the voting process, the vote counting & totaling, transportation & validation of ballots. It would shore up confidence, etc. Add open source AI to review footage for irregularities.
2024-10-15
What could possibly go wrong 😳 https://t.co/54bDu0JeE7
2024-10-15
@lukeburgis Wow, this is excellent!
2024-10-15
RT @BrianRoemmele: This ancient architectural plan of a cathedral demonstrates a profound understanding of ichonographia.
The proportions…
2024-10-15
Many years ago, I pitched the people at @GoogleDeepMind a research idea where I’d embed with their team as an ethnographer. I wanted to explore the culture of that environment bc my suspicion was that they’d achieve the greatest breakthroughs in AI. Congrats to Demis et al. https://t.co/OZFpX4uGYA
2024-10-15
@chydorina If it were possible to have some combo of Vielight, neurosym, IV glutathione & NAD, MCAS stabilizers, along with other mitochondrial supports….
I’d love to hear anyone’s results with methylene blue + R/NIR light therapy. The R/NIR light panels have been a huge benefit for us
2024-10-15
I agree wholeheartedly here & find it is a major departure from the Jungian approach most clearly articulated in “Answer to Job.” The Jungian & Jordan Peterson-esque framework emphasizes psychic facts/truths. But if God be not truly incarnate, I’m of all men most miserable. https://t.co/YNLdQHH3Fv
2021-11-12
@Joshuak_Smith @thetrivent Let’s gooooo! Really happy for you & looking forward to reading another insightful work.
2021-11-12
And if you have a high prestige job, you’re not safe either. Just look at what #gpt3 can already do.
2021-11-12
If it doesn’t impact you via #supplychain disruptions, then wait for the #automation of everything. We need to reverse course before it’s too late.
2021-11-12
the array of options, we’re foreclosing on choice via a mandate that makes no sense. This will likely create negative externalities that bite us all in 2022 & beyond.
2021-11-12
And with a method they are comfortable with. I’ve had more vaccines than most due to travel, so the #Moderna #mRNA was more than good for me, personally. But we’re still acting as if we have no other options for those concerned with the available vaccines. Rather than expand
2021-11-12
@Regeneron has REGEN-Cov, Eli Lilly & GSK have their own monoclonal antibodies. @AstraZeneca has AZD7442. @Merck & @pfizer have brilliant therapeutics. Some or all may also work to prevent #COVID19. Why #mandate #vaccines when the point is to protect people however we can?
2021-11-12
If there were an #alien visitation tonight, most of my associates would wager that the one message aliens traveled so far to deliver is this: “Vaccine mandates work, & if a person isn’t vaxxed he should not be permitted to participate in any commerce. Now I’ve got a 🚀 to catch!
2021-11-12
Please consider giving to this foundation which is focused on helping those living with a rare disease & their family. Diseases don’t just impact the individual but the entire family system. PMSF needs your support to fulfill their mission! Truly a wonderful organization. https://t.co/VxME6w7s84
2021-11-12
None of this rhetoric makes sense & functions as fuel for conspiratorial thinking. https://t.co/e9bU5v1kR6
2021-11-12
@HowKeen @ydeigin I think you’re correct that if one’s priors were that the mRNA trials were all bunk, this will only serve as confirmation. The real-world data support RCT findings. As you say, the allegations must be investigated. Complete transparency is the way to build trust.
2021-11-12
@deepfates What if progress in simulations ends up revealing that our imaginings have enough fidelity that the subjects possess consciousness? Mind preeminent not matter. Practitioners of voodoo will be like “We told you!”
2021-11-12
Let me try to be clear. We can’t afford *any* data integrity & regulatory oversight issues with our #Covid_19 vaccines or any other for that matter. Being pro vaxx doesn’t require minimization (but it was only…), especially considering Pfizer’s past. https://t.co/uBzfbDIZyR
2021-11-12
@HowKeen @ydeigin The problem is one of equivocation. Pfizer does have the record for the largest healthcare fraud settlement. We can’t allow them any wiggle room on this. We want to maintain the highest integrity possible, or it will give oxygen to the conflagration of conspiracies.
2021-11-12
@ydeigin This is a bad take, Yuri. And, of all people, you should know it. RCTs are considered the gold standard for a reason. We need not excuse any errors in order to remain pro-vaxx. Everyone knew the import of these trials, so all issues should be called out by us in biotech.
2021-11-10
Academia & techno-science help facilitate metaphysical cartels responsible for smuggling unacknowledged presuppositions.
@BVLSingler Really excited for this! Best of luck presenting.
2021-11-08
RT @DavidSteber80: @KyleMcnease @CasioQuerea1 Regardless of what our physical capabilities are when we get to a certain age range in our li…
2021-11-08
@DavidSteber80 @CasioQuerea1 Well said!!
2021-11-08
@CasioQuerea1 You should probably acquaint yourself a bit more with my autobiography. Based on your response, you’ll be surprised.
2021-11-07
@CasioQuerea1 The answer is not obvious to me at all. I'd love to hear your thoughts.
2021-11-06
@detonite If sentences had actual weight, that’d be a heavy sentence. It reads like something that would come crashing down on you.
2021-11-06
@detonite Thanks! I’ll have to check this out. My suspicion is that it’s related to fear of death/transience/terror management. But there’s also a social signaling component. The very fact I don’t look like myself is proof in some way, even if superficially, I’m wresting nature’s power.
2021-11-06
caused such downward pressure on people to perceive this as a negative development? If you know my story then you know I’m definitely NOT judging! I want to understand the phenomenon better.
2021-11-06
Why do we feel so bad about aging, for going bald or developing wrinkles? It’s so intense this self-loathing that people choose to look entirely unlike they ever have so that they won’t look like they actually do when they age or lose hair or get wrinkles. Culturally what has
2021-11-06
As soon as one sees the equivocation, trust plummets. I understand that nuance & careful language is needed, but here the exchange is between two MDs who chose to serve the public. Don’t sacrifice trust for anything! It may be a non-renewable resource.
https://t.co/WBf7e7AE1D
2021-11-06
Damning piece...Look at the utter lack of #biosafety & #biosecurity & please realize that if this had been MERS instead of SARS2 it may have been game over for humanity. Not only because of the lethality but also due to the knock-on effects. We're totally unprepared. https://t.co/mhb2lSAd8n
2021-11-06
I hate being this right!
“More answers need to be requested from the NIH, and the EcoHealth Alliance as to what samples and sequences they have and what they know about undocumented CoV research at the WIV.” — Adrian Jones https://t.co/Lf8LBB3MFw
2021-11-06
“In Year 3 (06/01/2016–05/31/2017) MERSr-CoV research processed with the following results ‘The full-length infectious cDNA clone of MERS-CoV has been successfully constructed. The full-length S gene of 12 different novel bat MERS-related…” Adrian Jones https://t.co/Lf8LBB3MFw
2021-11-06
“Work subcontracted by EHA to the WIV conducted in grant award year 5 (06/01/2018–05/31/2019) included generating chimeric full-length infections clones of MERS-CoV with Receptor Binding Domain (RBD) replaced by those from various…” — Adrian Jones https://t.co/Lf8LBB3MFw
2021-11-05
@Joshuak_Smith I constantly have to remind other academics who have never set foot on a working farm that those of us from the sticks may sometimes speak with an accent, it doesn’t mean we think with one! Very few of us represented.
2021-11-05
One can be a strong proponent of #covid19 #vaccines and think the #mandate is a terrible policy decision for myriad reasons. With #Pfizer & #Merck showing CT efficacy with their oral therapeutics, + monoclonal antibodies, we’re in a much better place in terms of treatment options
2021-11-05
I want to take a moment to thank all of our military & their families for the sacrifices that allow us to enjoy freedom. My family, friends, & community will never recover from the loss of our heroic Marine. He gave his life saving others trapped on a roof in Fallujah. Semper fi!
2021-11-05
I don’t know who needs to hear this, but it’s not just in *your* head. You are in The Truman Show, and it’s only raining on you…
2021-11-05
For those not previously interested in #bioethics #biosafety #bioweapons changing the definition of Gain of Function to allay public fears was debated & accepted in certain circles. Also decisions to make the ongoing studies more difficult to locate via search engines. https://t.co/X2fVsfAyXf
2021-11-05
RT @JohnDanaher: I have been writing a lot about moral change and moral revolutions over the past three years. Here is a link to everything…
2021-11-04
@deepfates Look at any person who is dating/marrying someone in an entirely different league & there’s got to be some faith-function at work, right?
2021-11-04
@deepfates which is the precondition for faith.
Someone like Walt Disney may be a good example of someone believing something into reality though. Love it or hate it, dude had an uncanny ability to realize things.
2021-11-04
@deepfates One can’t arbitrarily have faith. Faith sort of has us. That’s what religio is about. It binds you.
William James has a great & concise book on The Will to Believe. One point he makes is that some things simply aren’t “live possibilities” for us,
2021-11-04
@deepfates This is actually a non-trivial point you’re getting at. Some argue that religion, for example, functions like a placebo. The problem with that is precisely what you’ve hit upon. How do we make a placebo work like the experimental intervention if we’re unblinded?
2021-11-04
@NResponds Thank you for that wonderful response. I’ve been nagging @platospodcasts to have a discussion with me on some of these issues. Hopefully he will feel the unction to do so in order that we may also discuss his new book on Dante!
2021-11-04
@NResponds (I’d like to credit Marisa White for her stellar contribution via her 2008 thesis on Sacramental Unity in the Writings of CS Lewis.)
2021-11-04
@NResponds with new goeteia—the brutal surgery from without. No. In a sense Merlin represents what we’ve got to get back to in some different way.
2021-11-04
@NResponds to whom Nature is something dead, a machine to be worked and taken to bits if it won’t work the way he pleases…They thought the old magia of Merlin which worked in with the spiritual qualities of Nature, loving & reverencing them & knowing them from within, could be combined
2021-11-04
@NResponds discipline, & virtue.”
Merlin “is the last vestige of an old order in which matter & spirit were, from our modern point of view, confused. For him every operation on Nature is a kind of personal contact, like coaxing a child or stroking one’s horse. After him came to modern man
2021-11-04
@NResponds For Lewis, Renaissance “magician’s bargains [were] a process whereby man surrenders object after object, and finally himself, to Nature in return for power.”
Whereas medieval magic was about “how to conform the soul to reality, & the solution had been knowledge, self-
2021-11-04
@NResponds Also there’s an element in your piece (the mechanistic) that has me once again returning to a seemingly odd question: What was unique about CS Lewis’s characterization of Merlin in That Hideous Strength?
2021-11-04
@NResponds Yochai Ataria’s work also focuses on consciousness and the experiencing of time. Definitely worth reading those pieces.
2021-11-03
@NResponds I think you would find value in Dr. Yochai Ataria’s work.
2021-11-02
Bioethicists unite: “In several cases Ventavia lacked enough employees to swab all trial participants who reported covid-like symptoms, to test for infection. Laboratory confirmed symptomatic covid-19 was the trial’s primary endpoint” https://t.co/qBRUOE9XNv
2021-11-02
🤦🏻♂️ https://t.co/MusiaV4GL0
2021-11-02
This is one of the major problems in #AI: “meaning they must check in with humans – rather like a butler – on any decision.” ❌ A super intelligent butler?? We’re going to screw this up royally if our philosophy doesn’t change. https://t.co/KEQV0scljF
2021-11-01
RT @briandavidearp: Giant, free index to world’s research papers released online https://t.co/NmL1tZNHST
2021-11-01
What? Facebook got its inspiration for the new #meta logo from #Halloween nicknacks??? https://t.co/jwGwt1Dfbs
2021-11-01
@DavidSteber80 Bruh, not me. All of these kids are allergic to stuff now. Everyone has toys set aside for kids who can’t have this or that candy or nuts. You don’t do that for people you hate, & they don’t do it for you. The online mindset is clouding out reality.
2021-11-01
🔥 🔥 🔥 https://t.co/OQSxsNv8oa
2021-11-01
For all the people talking about a #NationalDivorce, really? Get off Twitter & turn off the news. Out in the streets people now accommodate trick or treaters with peanut & other food allergies? We are neighbors who care. Don’t buy the into the nonsense saying otherwise!
2021-10-31
🤦🏻♂️ with this many authors, this is what we get? Come on @CDCgov! Laboratory-Confirmed COVID-19 Among Adults Hospitalized ... https://t.co/5x3UEAnkJD via @CDCgov
2021-10-31
@deepfates let’s start a terrible podcast called daily Bayesian update where this is the type of stuff covered.
As a researcher in bioethics I’m interested to read your take re vaccines.
But your view MUST align with mine or let it be known you’re probably, most likely a bigot!
2021-10-30
@ShadiBartsch She must be a terrorist, because I heard her casserole was dynamite?
We’ve known about watch lists, but who knew of the watch dish?
2021-10-30
@klwong43 Aye! In 94 it was bad but still amenable to correction.
This is one of my gripes with Bret Weinstein's thesis that what began at Evergreen "metastasized" from there. It was already metastatic. No one seemed to notice the lack of viewpoint diversity? That was the warning.
2021-10-30
When I say that our postmodern moment is inverted, here's why it matters.
Civilization is built upon trust. When you invert that, subvert it, & try to run a society on hate, it quickly breaks down.
Even @billmaher pointed this out & is drawing much ire for it.
2021-10-30
@samvega @jordanbpeterson What I’m suggesting is a broader problem & isn’t aimed at a particular scholar. If one believes the aforementioned things to be true of Peterson & want him persona non grata, then one should argue the same for Heidegger. It isn’t happening though. It’s performative.
2021-10-30
The desert of the hyperreal… https://t.co/4dIGEHF2np https://t.co/Pq8fM5Cem9
2021-10-29
Based on his work, I don’t think @jordanbpeterson is anywhere close to those things. I also think it’s possible to read Heidegger problematically & productively, keeping in mind the tension between his published philosophy & his unconscionable association with the Nazis party.
2021-10-29
I mention this bc a grant reviewer lowered the score due to insufficient use of Heidegger. The same academics will do mental gymnastics to justify both positions.
2021-10-29
Think about it this. Many people in #academia outright hate @jordanbpeterson. They offer no opportunity for problematizing. He’s pilloried as misogynist, alt-R, white supremacist, & is persona non grata. Meanwhile, Heidegger was an actual Nazis who never disavowed antisemitism 🤷🏻♂️
2021-10-29
@jjforshey @HootenWilson Apparently I need to see your garden!
2021-10-29
@HootenWilson As an academic, I’m trying to understand the issue here. The area of your expertise has been reinvigorated, & they’re appealing to you for your perspective. I should think Christians & humanists everywhere would be happy D is being engaged in a worthwhile manner?
2021-10-29
@threadreaderapp unroll
2021-10-29
A Character in Search of God in Search of Man
https://t.co/6MF9wXGYTU https://t.co/kZMR8PJSZz
2021-10-29
I haven't posted anything longer than a thread for quite some time. As JBP might say, "well, so, that's that."... https://t.co/Jto3maW8Ak
2021-10-29
ultimately irrelevant bc there is a superseding precedent that implicates everyone.
End/
2021-10-29
is against it. Thus, Roko's basilisk isn't *quite* as bad as it could be according to the current understanding. By adding my thoughts to it, the situation is perhaps better & worse depending upon your perspective. On my view, exposure to the #thoughtexperiment is
5/n
2021-10-29
necessitating action from all who hear or read. It would be #grace through #faith in AI as it were that saves you. However, faith without works is dead! You'd need to work on AI's behalf now to help expedite its appearing. It may be construed as whoever is not for AI
4/n
2021-10-29
excuse before a nearly all-knowing, nearly all-powerful (with respect to us) SAI. Hence, the requisite need for #AI #evangelism. Like in the #Christian formulation, the techno minister may need to make the general revelation that AI is imminent an explicit, acknowledged fact 3/n
2021-10-29
the thought experiment to be considered culpable. As #McLuhan put it, "Man becomes, as it were, the sex organs of the #machine world...." Even if this isn't an entirely conscious activity we're engaged in, this caveat alone may not be enough to render one without 2/n
2021-10-29
#Rokos #basilisk isn't as bad an #info #hazard as it could be. Let me add one thing to it: It could be argued that similar to the book of #Romans, all are without excuse because there is a kind of general #revelation that strong #AI is inevitable. One need not be exposed to 1/n
2021-10-29
Wouldn’t it be wild to find out that just as the great dinosaurs of long ago were much larger & robust creatures than, say, a modern lizard, so too were our progenitors? Temporal chauvinism leads us to believe the past has nothing to teach us. What if we’re wrong about that? 🤔 https://t.co/dcXq0ZKmbF
2021-10-29
@ShadiBartsch @Ada_Palmer Thank you for that response!
2021-10-29
@Ada_Palmer @ShadiBartsch I bid you the very best success in all of your current & future work! Who knows the potential implications one idea or rediscovered paradigm could have for humanity…
2021-10-29
@Ada_Palmer @ShadiBartsch What an interesting response! No one explained it to me in that way, even though I’ve had professors & colleagues who work on very old manuscripts. I wonder how much knowledge was known & is lost to us today simply due to the information not being accessible?
2021-10-28
@ShadiBartsch How is The Voynich Manuscript treated within your academic circle? Is it truly as interesting & mysterious as is sometimes reported? Or is it a 🥱?
2021-10-28
@william_merrin The ecstasy of communication…
2021-10-28
@ESYudkowsky please don’t make me beg forever for an interview! In some Everett branch, you will grant it. So it’s going to happen. But why miss out on the fun of doing it in this world? You’re far too interesting for people not to know more about. https://t.co/1ZxXkZXR7Q
2021-10-28
@ESYudkowsky The more I read (doing so since way back on LessWrong) & interact with this community, the deeper my appreciation grows for exposing me to a new context & landscape to think about philosophical & bioethical concerns.
2021-10-28
The world of the commodity is this shown for what it is, bc its movement is identical to the estrangement of men among themselves & in relation to their global products. Debord
2021-10-28
@hyonschu As I read more, Fisher & BCH have quite a bit of overlap in their critiques & areas of interest.
2021-10-28
@hyonschu I don’t entirely agree with that conclusion. F expresses this line of reasoning, at least implicitly, in D&P. Before his death, he seemed to be even more interested in the formation of the subject. He didn’t have the neoliberalism language down like a Mark Fisher though.
2021-10-28
@SalmonKromeDome is at it again with another stellar piece. https://t.co/jgHH9LtyO3
2021-10-28
@DavidSteber80 Adding your neighborhood to the list! That way you & your bride can help out!!
2021-10-28
@jbucksteiner Love KC! I’ve enjoyed my time there as a visitor. Know many amazing people from outside the city as well. It will go on the list!
2021-10-28
Can people please offer thoughts on this. We’re considering relocating as our family grows. But where? If not in the US, what country & why? Excited to read any & all responses.
2021-10-27
@PaulVanderKlay @hyonschu No, my point, and I think @vervaeke_john would agree, is that you’ve already done it! I think you simply deserve the recognition for it!
2021-10-27
For my #academic colleagues that didn’t accept, nay, ridiculed #NeilPostman for his cultural critiques, where are you now? Your kids are in private schools, & you don’t allow screen time. Meanwhile #publicschool kids are being thrown to the wolves! It’s gross & disappointing.
2021-10-27
@hyonschu @PaulVanderKlay @PaulVanderKlay is research Ph.D. ready! All he needs to do is transcribe & edit his voluminous catalogue and submit it. Paul, Oxford is calling, though I’m sure there are other research Ph.D. programs focused on that final document. Forget classes & exams. You’re already done.
2021-10-27
@hyonschu @PaulVanderKlay This is great bc of all the worlds colliding. Podcasting/YouTube conversations are basically the new “invisible college” or coffee houses that helped spur on enlightenment ideas. https://t.co/SuWRquJXbe
2021-10-27
@hyonschu @PaulVanderKlay Looking forward to this one! Hope you two were able to get granular
2021-10-27
#AI out there watching the success of #Dune & taking names. Lots of names.
2021-10-27
We should applaud Dr. Kurilla for his nuanced approach. When we see instances of nuance, we need to highlight them. Hopefully this manner of consideration can become socially desirable once again. https://t.co/Mv3Mb13Up7
2021-10-26
@deepfates different kind of runaway self-replicating nanotech
2021-10-26
One of my great regrets in life is not meeting Rabbi Lord Sacks in person. Such is the impact of his words. We send our condolences to his family & friends who undoubtedly miss him in the most intimate of ways. https://t.co/RX1lChlcKX
2021-10-26
@deepfates nooooooooo!!!! fin eshed https://t.co/Kkl7edVelB
2021-10-26
@UnitedSynagogue @rabbisacks We deeply feel the loss of one of humanity’s greatest luminaries & advocates for the dignity of difference, the politics of hope, and the ethics of responsibility that can help heal a fractured world. His voice of warmth brought comfort to many of us.
2021-10-26
@deepfates where’s the shark cartilage?
2021-10-26
@RapidTestFactor @michaelmina_lab That’s so good!
2021-10-26
Smooth criminal! https://t.co/TTtyJxsntu
2021-10-26
All poignant tweets resemble one another; every insipid tweet is banal in its own way.
2021-10-26
The unsung hero of #RapidTests is the indefatigable @michaelmina_lab. We should all thank him for his tireless advocacy & appeal to understand rapid tests as a public health tool rather than a strict diagnostic.🙏 https://t.co/GgddSrJbAs
2021-10-26
Middle out? Now, we know we're being played. Where are all my #tech peeps? Can anyone confirm the administration's Weissman Score? https://t.co/x3xtgAJxHO
2021-10-26
@EstherOfReilly This makes so much sense! As I read Berlinski's quote, I could hear his distinct voice. Really happy to know people will be able to do the same with you. Congrats on the warm reception & blessings moving forward.
p.s. Glad I never challenged you to a game of chess!
2021-10-26
@jbucksteiner @cullenroche @jack Thanks. Civility lives on even in the Twitter verse! Housing is an important issue for me as I live just off the military base. Personnel are sent here but the housing is being snatched up by firms before they’re even completed. Why at this rate, in cash & above asking?
2021-10-25
@cullenroche @jack Do you have any pieces on entities like Blackrock buying homes?
2021-10-25
@JoshGellers I didn’t take you to mean that. Maybe my use of HE was the problem? That’s typically how human exceptionalism (HE) is abbreviated. And, again, his view was referred to me on the bioethical topic regarding IVF. That was my concern as I want to compare it to stem-cell research.
2021-10-25
@cullenroche @jack Thanks for putting this piece out there in a reader-friendly manner. You’re article on hyperinflation is really good as well. Quick ? Why are firms buying up so much real-estate? It’s this hedging?
2021-10-25
Quoting #Foucault isn’t enough to convince me you’re right. 1. You don’t understand the language. 2. You don’t understand his project—what he was writing for & against.
Don’t get me started on Butler…
2021-10-25
@JoshGellers it did a great many other beneficial things; and it will bring about many others as well (including addressing climate issues, & expanding rights).
2021-10-25
@JoshGellers exceptional simply due to gradations of consciousness, our linguistic capacities and ability to feel deeply. Other animals do as well.
And even if you’re right, though it’s certainly not as simplistic as your comment, that HE is the religion that brought the climate crisis,
2021-10-25
@JoshGellers By it I mean the same thing you intuit each & every time you see your child. HE can be a placeholder for “that”—whatever that is. The religious might call it imago dei. The secular humanist may describe it differently yet reach similar conclusions. I don’t mean that we’re
2021-10-25
Look at the comments! @jack has almost unlimited resources at his disposal & can get access to info we don’t have. They’re arguing with a billionaire CEO about #Hyperinflation. Don’t know if it will happen, but it could. Wild time to be alive! https://t.co/LPACibU4sY
2021-10-25
@deepfates that junk haunted me for...it still does. I was reading Marlowe & Agrippa's life & work was obviously influential in THO Dr. Faustus. They were on some other level.
2021-10-25
Worth pondering...people are hungry for alchemy & experiences outside the quotidian. You think terrible clothes are the only things making a return?
What about all that Arrakis #spice in #Dune? https://t.co/pl8Ajc1jjL
2021-10-25
@deepfates My prof at oxford had an original/1st edition of almost every major work up to circa 18th cen. Cornelius Agrippa isn't listed as but did associate with alchemists. When I held Agrippa's manuscript & scanned through it, it was like touching the one ring. too much for me!
2021-10-25
@HenningWillers @ASTRO_org @StevenLin_MDPhD @DoctorPuckett @PercyLeeMD @theabzlab @DrBezjakRO @_ShankarSiva @finn_corinne @max_diehn @gerryhanna Is there enough data to determine whether the toxicity is related to adding immunotherapy writ-large, or if it is limited to what's in the slides? Also, focus needs to be on targeting therapies for patients--meaning dosages & frequency play their part.
2021-10-25
@Timcast No! It may have taken YOU 5 minutes to tell the story, but that’s bc you & @benshapiro are the Usain Bolts of speaking. Shouldn’t be possible to use all the words…
2021-10-25
@deepfates Album title: Cuz’ wHiLe
in honor of Kurzweil
2021-10-25
✅I grew a conscience AFTER I made millions on tech that manipulates, exploits, and preys upon human vulnerabilities.
❌ I grew a conscience AFTER I made millions on blood diamonds.
2021-10-24
@JoshGellers I reaffirm the integrity of life, the giftedness of life, and human exceptionalism, especially in light of the context of the tweet, which was a response to my ethical question re IVF.
2021-10-24
Calling on C.S. Lewis scholars, students, fans to help me understand something I’ve been wrestling with. Who can explain the uniqueness of Merlin from That Hideous Strength? Any recommendations @ProfessorKreeft @UnbelievableJB?
#cslewis
2021-10-24
@theWesleyJSmith Advice for living! Advice for the living!
2021-10-24
Christianity has such purchase that we fail to realize the degree to which our rapacious technological yearnings for a kind of AI-inspired utopia is but immortal longings recast & rebranded.
God already Tronned himself into this realm, so what's another dimension reduction?
2021-10-24
@theWesleyJSmith @EstherOfReilly @JenniferLahl @CBCnetwork Thank you for that response! I will follow your recommendation. But now I’m also intrigued. Not a religious orientation, so is your perspective grounded in a manner similar to, say, Leon Kass (integrity of/giftedness of life)? Or is it a please see Benatar & do the opposite?
2021-10-24
@theWesleyJSmith I was referred to you by @EstherOfReilly for insight as it relates to the ethics of IVF. Do the concerns regarding “surplus”creation & the like outweigh/impinge upon the injunction to be fruitful & multiply? Love to read any formal pieces & arguments.
2021-10-23
@Joshuak_Smith I’m not sure I follow this equation? If you don’t mind me asking, what does it mean; or what do you mean by it?
2021-10-23
@hyonschu @Dohdoh201 This is why I’ve been advocating for the creation of anechoic chambers!
2021-10-23
If one doesn’t have bodily autonomy…
2021-10-23
@hyonschu I’m embarrassed to admit that I didn’t know of him until you shared an earlier post.
2021-10-23
This is awesome! https://t.co/kRKjKWWiHA
2021-10-22
Please consider also supporting this wonderful organization that focuses on helping families & ultimately finding treatments & a cure! https://t.co/WkAQQQMpEv
2021-10-22
Dr. @EstherOfReilly I’m surprised by your response! Are you not familiar with the vast network of empathetic Roman centurions who simply lived to help end the suffering of others? https://t.co/vVeJ7eu5SK
2021-10-21
RT @chrisderose: This would be a brilliant idea. Any company that wants to sell your student loan at a discount should be required to let y…
2021-10-20
@ScottGottliebMD is exactly right in saying immunocompromised patients should have access to monoclonal antibodies right now. Certain people can't mount an adequate response to the vaccines. We should offer them protection via compassionate use & EUA.
https://t.co/CjHmQD8nMt
2021-10-20
@EstherOfReilly Is there any particular influence/reading/opinion that helped you crystallize your thoughts? I’ve taught about how different religions valorize certain moral & ethical positions regarding stem cell research. But this would be a great addition to that discussion.
2021-10-20
@EstherOfReilly I missed the IVF perspective. Intrigued to learn more about this bc there are some interesting differences between & among religions on these topics.
2021-10-20
@tamaybes @ESYudkowsky Thanks for the response! I’m looking forward to following your ensuing publication(s). One brilliant insight Dr. Diego Comin also published relates increased productivity not simply to diffusion & utilization of innovative tech but intensity of use of said innovation.
2021-10-19
This is wild! At-home rapid tests should be so ubiquitous by now that you can get them anywhere for free. We should be handing them out and mailing them too. Stop the transmission chain at the earliest possible moment. https://t.co/rlR5S8BqHR
2021-10-19
Try to outbid a financial institution for a house. Even if you could, how many millennials have enough liquidity to offer cash? Shouldering 1.7 trillion in school debt & another economic crisis is freezing out a generation from experiencing anything like an American dream. https://t.co/3C5HfDK0xp
2021-10-19
🚨 You can’t have this much runaway inequality & expect stakeholder satisfaction. I’m quite concerned that those at the helm don’t realize or care that most people don’t see their interests being pursued & REpresented. Financialization at this scale is destabilizing.
2021-10-19
Really interesting work here by @tamaybes. I’m curious the degree to which institutional drag/bureaucracy plays a part. In my own experience it has been substantial. If one has to seek alt funding that exacerbates the problem. Unis exact a precious sum with little value add. https://t.co/YhKsbvm59d
2021-10-19
@tamaybes @ESYudkowsky that substantially alters my trajectory even though I’ve been awarded the funding.
2021-10-19
@tamaybes @ESYudkowsky cut of grant funding, that’s worth noting since it may require researchers to stretch out the project over longer periods of time. If I need $12 million to make the research happen & the uni takes a 49% cut annually,
2021-10-19
@tamaybes @ESYudkowsky be able to initiate in less time. We know from the Covid19 vaccine development process that it could’ve been more expeditious. Perhaps *some* of the potential drop off is attributable to institutional problems/bureaucracy? Even if it’s simply the fact that unis take a substantial
2021-10-19
@tamaybes @ESYudkowsky the improved tech. Plus the knowledge & skill to actually build the thing that needs to outperform existing tech in order to make a breakthrough discovery. I mention this in order to think about process improvements that can eliminate some of the friction & allow researchers to
2021-10-19
@tamaybes @ESYudkowsky suppose I want to investigate real-time biological processes via imaging tech. Maybe that means I need a better fMRI (or some ~ equivalent tech). I need purchasing power usually in the form of grants or subsidies. That alone takes time. Plus there’s the time it takes to develop
2021-10-19
@tamaybes @ESYudkowsky This is great work, & I appreciate Yudkowsky highlighting it. Since I haven’t read the diss yet (please feel to direct me to it) I’m wondering about undulations in SOTA due to time+cost+tech dev required for findings. As an example,
2021-10-19
I don’t think the world has had proper time to digest the implications of technological breakthroughs in #AI #machinelearning , protein folding, CRISPR, mRNA-based delivery platforms. Combined with ubiquitous info tech, things are going to get what scientists describe as weird.
2021-10-19
RT @aitheoloog: This is definitely a talk I will be attending about #faith in #ai an vice versa
2021-10-19
RT @JoshGellers: Are you interested in the rights of nonhumans? Then check out this terrific upcoming conference organized by graduate stud…
2021-10-15
This is an important story that isn’t being covered nearly enough. How much human flourishing is being diminished or limited by lack of diversity in gut flora? https://t.co/6eaDcQpLyF
2021-10-15
. @NooraOttman Wondering if you & Dr. Nanna Fyhrquist have any current research on the use of probiotics as adjuncts to the treatment of topical acinetobacter baumannii? I’m concerned that we’re seeing an increase in this outside of the hospital in the same way we did MRSA.
2021-10-15
Imagine if we treated covid19 like kennel cough! Anyone else had the experience of your dogs being treated better by their vets than most human patients by their MDs? Our pups were sent to isolated exam rooms for suspected kennel cough. Not people with Covid19 though? 🤷🏻♂️
2021-10-15
@JamesSurowiecki You’re focusing on a tree rather than the forest of offenders. Fox is called out by rival corporate media orgs, but this elides the actual problem. Think climate not weather.
2021-10-15
@JamesSurowiecki the mafia itself is a much bigger problem than any one entity.E.G., the fact that corporate media is also sponsored by the largest arms producers in the world is surely problematic in how conflicts are covered, independent of Fox.
2021-10-15
@JamesSurowiecki Read “When the Press Fails.” This is standard academic reading re WMDs/Iraq, along with most things put out by McChesney on political economy of media. You’re missing the point by making it about critiquing or not critiquing Fox. Even if they’re the single worst mafioso,
2021-10-14
How do you know you’re in trouble? When you’ve exhausted the currency of trust. Trust is the substrate that everything else is built upon. @drsanjaygupta can vehemently decry what happened without endorsing ivermectin as a treatment. https://t.co/P2bJ7bEV6o
2021-10-14
Twas the best of times…
Surprised to hear proclamations that the pandemic is officially over! Apparently borrowers were informed that their #studentloan payments could resume due to the end of the #COVID19 emergency.
cc: @AOC @ewarren @SenSchumer
2021-10-08
@livewithmecfs @BerlinCures But it all depends upon the culprit & how your unique system is responding.
2021-10-08
@livewithmecfs At least a subset of ME/CFS are having positive responses to things like LDN & Abilify. Cortene has posited a hypothesis & are publishing their phase 1 trail results. A dark horse candidate may be @BerlinCures. I’m hoping their therapeutic has broad application potential.
2021-10-08
@livewithmecfs Also, something really worth consideration is immune activity post-mRNA vaccination. It *can* instigate quite a profound immune response that may be visible on radiology reports months after.
2021-10-08
@livewithmecfs This is one of the most challenging questions due to the complexity involved. I definitely recommend getting actionable data from your doc in the form of testing. Are you dealing with a Th1/Th2 problem? Is viral reactivation? Gut-mediated?
2021-10-08
@TTuyll But the notion that molnupiravir is repackaged ivermectin is not accurate in terms of their molecular formula/structure.
2021-10-08
@TTuyll Can you help me better understand your question? My reason for pointing out the molecular differences was due to comments regarding their similarity. I’d need to see granular data about it MOA to understand their similarities/differences.
2021-10-07
@PaulVanderKlay @BenjaminABoyce @HeatherEHeying EDM, of course!
2021-10-07
@jhmoy3 Totally agree that patients need someone there to advocate on their behalves. But none of this makes sense given our vaccine status & willing use of N95s (3m 1860s).
My parents haven’t been separated for almost 50 years, which makes this even worse for them both.
2021-10-07
No one should have to suffer alone in agony & despair. It is a low point among many pandemic-related low points.
2021-10-06
The #experiencemachine + digital currency + ubiquitous surveillance is in its commingling infancy. Like many infants, this tech has authoritarian impulses. To a baby, everything is “me, mine.” Check the etymology of cybernetics. Governance & control are features not bugs.
2021-10-06
@briandavidearp It’s truly remarkable. I mean that. Someone at your level disclosing just a hint at an inkling of your journey will help so many others. I think it also encourages an ethos of trust between & among those who engage with your work.
2021-10-06
@briandavidearp This is most excellent news! Very happy for you. Of course the accomplishments don’t diminish what you’ve been through, so don’t let anyone try to convince you otherwise!
I’ve been a fan of your writing for years. Now I’m a fan of you, too. Thanks for sharing with us!
2021-10-06
This thread by @briandavidearp is one of the best things I’ve encountered on Twitter. It serves as a reminder that we can’t judge a book by his, emm, productivity? Such a bright, positive, ethically-minded person. We need to celebrate these wins for others. Many 👏 🎉 https://t.co/OyK5HK17aG
2021-10-05
I don’t know why more grad & doctoral students, instructors, & post-docs don’t speak up about the current state of our universities. The US system is sadly lurching towards obsolescence at the same time as the reinventio of the invisible college.
2021-10-03
Loved @KeithOlbermann when he was at ESPN. What happened that would make that guy, the ESPN commentator, think this is the path forward? He’s extolling looking down on people while actually looking down on a city full of people. https://t.co/LJHUy7VRPj
2021-10-03
@william_merrin On my view, this exponentiation of solipsistic universes is the fracturing of consensual reality. Perhaps another way of saying that is hallucinating reality!
2021-10-03
@william_merrin This is good! I’ve been trying to incorporate Nozick’s thought experiment (The Experience Machine) into some work. It might also serve you well here. Also my 2011 assertion that algorithms would help curate diverging “realities” to the point of solipsism.
2021-10-01
Weather is said to have a mind of its own. This sentiment is (roughly speaking) a proxy for complexity. That @DeepMind has achieved this is astounding but not exactly surprising. I can’t wait for them to help solve the standing biological mysteries related to diseases & aging. https://t.co/hsLErkdV1r
2021-09-30
Thanks to @exotheology for highlighting a most important fact. Isaiah did, as others do today, respond to this call to conscience, to the ethical echo, to Logos. My hypothesis is delimited to AI. Sorry for any confusion. https://t.co/NGbNJt0HAt
2021-09-30
@exotheology Thanks for your response. No pun intended. Forgive me for not making my meaning more explicit. Ran out of space. You're quite right! Isaiah did, & many do so still. My contention was aimed at the realm of AI viz. that consciousness will hear the ethical echo & respond to Logos.
2021-09-30
Truly haunted by the work of @c_couceiro. This image seems even more pertinent today.
Don't worry though. Her artistic visitations are unrelated to Lysenko's ghost. They linger in the best of ways. https://t.co/TJkcEiTDrL
2021-09-30
Yo, where my shark cartilage?
2021-09-30
Hypothesis: Incipient religiosity is generalizable beyond the human experience & will be expressed by future AI. There will be a response to Isaiah 6:8: וָאֶשְׁמַע אֶת-קוֹל אֲדֹנָי, אֹמֵר, אֶת-מִי אֶשְׁלַח, וּמִי יֵלֶךְ-לָנוּ; וָאֹמַר, הִנְנִי שְׁלָחֵנִי
2021-09-30
@ShadiBartsch in order to slow/prevent political polarization & disfunction. In my ideal scenario, serving in Congress would be like jury duty. At present our system seems to be selecting for suboptimal candidates.
2021-09-30
@ShadiBartsch What do those of us with infants, toddlers, & small children do? I agree with the observations but wonder if I can agree that this is the end. What option is available to us but to fight to make things better? Do you think it might help to have strict term limits & age limits
2021-09-30
@livewithmecfs Have you tried it with other additions like coq10, carnitine, and/or NAD?
2021-09-29
We struggle with testing & prompt initiation of treatment, & that time is invaluable. We should be less sanguine & more vigilant about breakthrough infections.
2021-09-29
The #media publishes story after story about the number of people who succumb to #COVID19. Ok. But why don’t we hear about the role of poor diagnoses & inadequate treatment? Early, aggressive treatment saves lives. 2 locals, both fully vaxxed, recently died from Covid19.
2021-09-29
RT @william_merrin: @KyleMcnease His comment about Sociologists is damning for academia: he defined them as someone who 'permits himself to…
2024-10-14
@chydorina Did you by any chance get to use your Vielight? Even if we don’t use the entire unit, I wonder if a couple of intranasal sessions each day would help lessen viral load &/or help with neuro inflammation.
2024-10-14
My wife, our friends & colleagues all saw me break down like this in grad school. We were at the Mauna Kea Observatory looking at 🪐 & its rings 😭😭😭😭😭 The wonder of it all. Truly sublime https://t.co/LUAb5oYWL1
2024-10-14
@austinbarnard45 Incredible perspective! Thanks for sharing this!
2024-10-14
🚀We are sooooo back to the future! To the moon, to Mars & beyond! https://t.co/zElychCTe8
2024-10-14
I presented Pageau’s Wager over 3 years ago. Since that time has @PageauJonathan become more or less important? Don’t run afoul of Pageau’s Wager! https://t.co/8KYLjstbhi
2024-10-14
RT @ydeigin: Latest Covid origins research results: still no good explanation of how the SARS2 furin cleavage site could have arisen natura…
2024-10-14
Has anyone read this along with some of the comments? Thoughts? https://t.co/CxT9LWldcp
2024-10-14
👀 https://t.co/6tSbaix3jp
2024-10-10
🏆Rafa Nadal🏆One of the greatest to ever play the game. And an even better person. Thanks for all the great matches & memories 🙏 😭 https://t.co/GNmcrOVAKg
2024-10-10
^If one wanted to create uncertainty, division, & chaos, one *might* place money on Trump to create a sense of confidence that he’ll win. If he were to lose then both the markets & the election would be in doubt. (Not saying this is happening. Simply saying it’s a possible play) https://t.co/L5dQx0KM6E
2024-10-10
His appeal to authority aside, the issue with existential risk is that one must recalibrate one’s latitude of acceptance or rejection based upon the understanding that IF a worse case scenario happens it ends all sentient life. https://t.co/YSFyUySr7e
2024-10-09
RT @resiapretorius: 1/9 Here is a thread on our new paper on how amyloid-like microclots, termed fibrinaloid microclots, form in blood due…
2024-10-07
Perilous times https://t.co/HIuXaGwxem
2024-10-07
There’s enough here for @JusBrierley to host a debate 🙏 https://t.co/URYfIFwvAP
2024-10-04
@calamityjane65 @1goodtern His reasoning is IF a % of people in the US CHOOSE Trump then the entire country (350 million) is joke & worse than a banana republic? In the US citizens are free to vote however they like even if we disagree.
2024-10-04
@1goodtern Someone needs to check up on tern. Posts like this are wild to me. A country of 350 million as diverse as ours is “a joke” bc fellow citizens express a political preference? It’s their right—a right people I know & love gave their lives to protect even when they disagree.
2024-10-03
@jgreenhall Glad to hear you’re safe! 🙏
2024-10-01
🚨Did a top NIH official manipulate Alzheimer's and Parkinson’s studies for decades? https://t.co/lW798KUfWa
2024-09-28
Who is working on this issue? Such an explosion in late-stage cancers that are going undetected. https://t.co/AQYDyp6a2L
2024-09-28
@DougWesney @klwong43 Right? What dark triad doth lurk behind this dislike? It blows my mind that someone would expend the energy to be that negative 😳
2021-09-29
@william_merrin Baudrillard is another one of these intellects that sees the moment so well that his vision pierces through to the future. He perceived so many things that went unnoticed by his colleagues. There’s a bit of artist/performer in both he & McLuhan as well.
2021-09-29
@william_merrin I think that’s accurate. Postman had a similar insight when he stated that the social sciences keep producing “theories” that while incommensurate with one another continue to hold sway, unlike in physics.
2021-09-29
@william_merrin If also *seems* (though it may be ancillary) that being immersed in literature, engaged in decades-long conversations with authors from antiquity to his present, gave him a broader sense of how/why the human condition changed & was subject to future changes.
2021-09-29
@william_merrin I have been asking myself how scholars such as McLuhan—imperfect like the rest of us—saw so much so clearly. What accounts for this perspicacity?
2021-09-29
The Lancet has fallen. Consider that…
2021-09-27
Anyone keeping count?
Lancet's COVID origins panel disbands over ties to Peter Daszak's EcoHealth Alliance https://t.co/CeMzvH7wgg
2021-09-27
@EllenMellen2 @EstherOfReilly state that has the ability to determine where one can/can’t go & what markets they can/can’t take part in. We don’t want that, because that is the way towards tyranny & destruction.
2021-09-27
@EllenMellen2 @EstherOfReilly Truly terrible is the notion of sanctions, usually aimed at adversarial nations/nationals, implemented at the individual level within one’s own country. The notion of preventing people from taking part in commerce due to vaccine status is a gesture towards a totalizing
2021-09-27
@EllenMellen2 @EstherOfReilly & moral foundations. But this is also an incomplete accounting without consideration of what is happening in the financial, governmental, & tech sectors. People don’t seem to realize how quickly things can slide from a scenario they support to one they find horrifying.
2021-09-27
@EllenMellen2 @EstherOfReilly Part of the problem managing complexity & uncertainty is that we often sacrifice nuance to reduce our uncertainty. 4 theories that fit together to create a kind of portrait might be: social judgment theory, uncertainty reduction theory, terror management theory,
2021-09-25
So…any thoughts on that Bill Gates interview? What on earth are we to make of the assertion that one of the richest humans to have ever lived needed the help of Jeffery Epstein in order to bolster global humanitarian work?
@JudyWoodruff Lessons learned?
Gates: He ☠️
JW: 👀
2021-09-25
Things are getting very interesting! https://t.co/g0spSBpN1w
2021-09-24
🤦🏻♂️ Is there a bag over head emoji for those of us truly frustrated with our government’s inability to do almost anything exceptionally well at scale? #ACIP had only 2 dissenters, so it’ll be interesting to see how the messaging around this unfolds. https://t.co/GKIoaUrFl0
2021-09-24
@EstherOfReilly As someone in bioethics, I have to say that I’ve never seen this many people opt out of the Nuremberg Code so quickly. It’s frightening.
2021-09-24
@EstherOfReilly This is the first time I’ve heard it described in that way. But what would be the equivalent of a Rumsfeld type doctrine?
2021-09-23
Good God! When the irrational merges with a rationale, we’re left with an irrationale. Let unvaccinated 20 year olds without Covid19 die for reasons other than Covid19 related intensive care needs? People openly advocating for human rights violations under the UN. Shocking! https://t.co/OmPBOAL4gf
2021-09-22
@MythinformedMKE God have mercy on us all. This would be a human rights violation according to the UN. There’s no rationale other than spite, which is an irrationale, for refusing care for a non-Covid19 related hospitalization based solely upon prior vaxx status. Bioethics matters!
2021-09-22
@EstherOfReilly IC (anticipated outcomes being equal) that you’d pick the 90 y/o simply bc of amount of years lost. We’re speaking here of a specific biomedical context where triage is being discussed & care being refused bc of someone’s vaxx status. That would be a UN human rights violation.
2021-09-22
@EstherOfReilly The inversion is nearly complete. The idea that it would matter if it was Covid19 related is bad enough. The idea that it wouldn’t matter is much worse. I can’t think of another context (perhaps there is one?) where if you had a 90 y/o & a 25 y/o needing
2021-09-22
@william_merrin preparing to make a Heideggerian wager. We’ll just keep writing our papers, attending conferences, while not denouncing these atrocities & those of N. Korea. It seems we’ve become careerists that refuse to take Solzhenitsyn’s admonishment seriously: Live not by lies.
2021-09-22
@william_merrin saying if you perceive him to be an existential threat, then it necessarily means you can think in these terms. So I don’t understand this failure mode.
To your point regarding the 30s, the silence on these & related matters has me wondering if we’re
2021-09-22
@william_merrin Thank you for this stance. It’s critically important. Hopefully this places pro-social pressure on others.
As an aside, the odd response I’ve gotten for saying similar things is a response that elides the point by doubling down on Trump as sole threat. The irony is that I’m
2021-09-22
@william_merrin My point is this is already bad enough. But cultural genocide, sterilization, internment etc is beyond the pale.
2021-09-22
@william_merrin But if the CCP (I want to draw a distinction between the government apparatus & the innocent citizens) can exert that much pressure from abroad, we should be on full alert. And the intriguing question for me was always how they even found out we were working on such an article.
2021-09-22
@william_merrin comprehend the multiple interpretations on offer. We had to scrap the article due to the threats he’d been receiving. Was a publication or two worth his family being harassed, hurt, or worse? This is benign compared to other harrowing accounts.
2021-09-22
@william_merrin I say this because if the one outrages you, then why not the CCP’s actions? I spent quite a while working with a colleague from China on a rhetorical analysis of a subversive film that state-run content reviewers allowed to be viewed because they weren’t savvy enough to
2021-09-22
@william_merrin capable or willing—not sure which or both—to reorient ourselves to current threats & mount an appropriate response. It’s beginning to make me question whether some of the Trump response was ethical performativity.
2021-09-22
@william_merrin I’m really bewildered & ashamed, especially because we often see ourselves as being on the lookout for threats to human flourishing. While Trump was in office, hyper- vigilance ruled the halls & labs. Thrice weekly meetings. But it’s like an autoimmune disease now. We don’t seem
2021-09-22
@william_merrin Why aren’t more academics speaking up about these issues? The silence is stunning.
2021-09-21
And we have not located the intermediate host, though many animals may serve as reservoirs in the future. Until we accept that this isn’t going away with 1ST gen vaxxes, we’ll keep repeating these mistakes.
2021-09-21
Unless & until there’s actual universal sterilizing immunity, all of us will likely contract one or more variants at some point. This was always going to be the case bc it was circulating much earlier (at least 9/2020) than previously thought.
2021-09-21
If they trust data regarding #Ivermectin & feel that it works as a prophylactic, then offer them a script while encouraging them to get vaccinated at the same time.
2021-09-21
calculus in order to see there’s a way to meet in the middle. Rather than shaming people who refuse vaccination, encourage them to mask, utilize rapid tests, & make sure they access monoclonal antibodies ASAP if +.
2021-09-21
Worse, it often moves people in the opposite direction. This is a short-sighted strategy that reeks of the failed “war on X” campaigns. Drugs? ODs way ⬆️. Obesity? Bigger than ever. Gun violence? Pick a major city.
Focus on harm reduction! I don’t need to approve of someone’s
2021-09-20
@klwong43 @PageauJonathan My Ph.D. work focuses on existential suffering, meaning-making, & biotechnology. So I’m excited to see someone else connected the Wolfram dots! I was reticent to put the idea out there bc of fear people would think I’m trying to fill gaps with God.
2021-09-20
@klwong43 @PageauJonathan Wow, we may need to discuss this! I’ve been grappling with Rule 30 & how it relates to IA Richards’ notion of interinanimation. Like a sentence or Wolfram’s automata, life has to unfold before we can properly understand its meaning.
2021-09-20
@livewithmecfs I think it’s similar to a kind of bystander effect but applied to social media context. We might often assume that someone else will be the one to acknowledge a person & her words on this platform, so we fail to do it unless mentioned. I do appreciate your posts & photos though!
2021-09-20
The “cellular automaton is again started from a single black cell”…”with a rule that generates a *pattern* which seems in many respects random.”
cc: @JeanPhi76459673 Given your academic background & interests, have you explored this? https://t.co/5jDqCKFIk1
2021-09-20
Stretching out the heavens is almost like saying run the very simple Rule 30 in order to observe the unfolding complexity. https://t.co/Wdh6Ky5Sly
2021-09-20
Absolutely stunned by the unexpected overlap between Matthieu Pageau & Stephen Wolfram. 👇 @PageauJonathan you should interview Stephen Wolfram & discuss things like Rule 30. https://t.co/kbi7mPk3cv
2021-09-19
@livewithmecfs Good for you! And thanks for continuing to post about your gratitude. Even though I don’t always comment, I see them. They serve as reminders to stop & express gratitude. So, thank you for modeling that for us all!
2021-09-18
Of course, she’s correct that we don’t have an unlimited supply of anything, including monoclonal antibodies. But we can have enough supply that it far outpaces any potential need we might have now or in the immediate future.
2021-09-18
about vaccines, yet people were not utilizing them. So stock was sitting on shelves bc there wasn’t demand. Now there is! I disagree with @PressSec on the spirit of her comment viz. we don’t have an unlimited supply.
2021-09-18
My rationale is informed by speaking directly with reps from @Regeneron during week 1 of August. I asked why they weren’t advertising their success & touting their EUA expansion for post-exposure prophylaxis. The rep told me that it didn’t seem to matter bc there was awareness
2021-09-18
We helped win world wars and put humans on the moon. We’ve helped lead the way on eradicating diseases & providing aid to those who need it. And we’re going to balk at the rising demand for monoclonal antibodies? What a terrible, foolish hill to die on.
2021-09-18
We should have it ramping up now though. By now we should have enough monoclonal antibodies for every single citizen & be well on our way towards helping supply the world. If you’re comfortable disagreeing, why?
2021-09-18
The lack of adequate real-time data (like the UK & Israel) is unacceptable. But one can argue it takes time to fix IT infrastructure problems. Rapid testing should have been ramped up under DPA in March of 2020. But one can argue regulatory hurdles also take time. Ok.
2021-09-18
for people who can’t receive a vaccine or are unable to mount a proper immune response to the vaccine. I don’t understand how so many otherwise brilliant friends & colleagues of mine aren’t speaking up. This is ethically unambiguous.
2021-09-18
We just announced an increase in production in order to prevent shortages anywhere this intervention is needed. We should be dancing in the streets bc we have incredible vaccines & effective monoclonal antibodies. We should be relying upon them even more than we are, especially
2021-09-18
I can’t support this administration any longer. The decision regarding monoclonal antibodies is one of the most egregious unforced errors I’ve ever seen. It isn’t a pandemic of the unvaccinated. Vaccinated people are & will continue getting Covid19 & need this treatment too.
2021-09-16
The fact that @ArthurCaplan still maintains credibility among the #bioethics community is truly bewildering. He broadcast his misguided & misinformed understanding of #COVID19 #vaccine development. How much vaxx hesitancy did his messaging create? I won’t gloss this over.
2021-09-16
@Joshuak_Smith What’s that diaphanous object radiating in the upper right? That may explain it all.
2021-09-16
Why are we not offering #monoclonalantibodies earlier & to far more people, thus preventing decompensation & derangement of vitals? It isn’t either vaxx or death. 💉are frontline but monoclonals are meaningful #biotechnologies even for post-exposure prophylaxis.
cc: @Regeneron
2021-09-16
@robinhanson The failures exist at almost every level of a governmental structure still functioning like it’s the 20th century.
2021-09-16
@robinhanson We’re going to repeat the same mistakes. Bc the meta-mistake is the thought process itself which, subject to hindsight bias, suggests that if only leader X would’ve been at the helm we’d have done much better.
2021-09-16
@robinhanson One of my slight critiques for you here is in your framing. Arguably did a bad job. I agree that it’s arguable they did a bad job, but that’s bc they did a horrible job. Until we come to terms with & accept that all failures (eg. CDC testing debacle) aren’t reducible to Trump
2021-09-15
RT @JeanPhi76459673: Plus récent podcast francophone avec @PageauJonathan . On parle des vêtements de peau, et donc de la technologie: http…
2021-09-15
Pageau’s Wager: I think we will end up looking back over this period of transition & inversion & realize @PageauJonathan was one of the most important thinkers. If that ends up being true, then it stands to reason that one might want to listen to him now.
2021-09-15
Wild! Some of us have been saying this for the entire pandemic. Now even Bill Kristol affirms this & gets traction? Where have you all been? https://t.co/pchltAUG0y
2021-09-15
RT @michaelmina_lab: Yes Yes Yes.... This may well be one of the most important tweets for American's of this pandemic.
2021-09-15
@michaelmina_lab @ASlavitt Go the extra step & have the administration invite @michaelmina_lab to take the lead on rapid testing.
Put the free tests in vending machines everywhere so people can grab them for the week & for immediate access to places/events requiring a negative test.
2021-09-15
Just spoke to a Czech scholar with a book on Jan Hus dropping later this year. As soon as more of the Bohemian manuscripts are fully translated, we may need to rethink the standard narrative on reformation. It’s a big deal for Church history.
2021-09-15
For all those fighting that follicular battle, especially all my #AcademicTwitter colleagues (you know who you are), here’s your song: Power Donut https://t.co/29fLXmlzQk
2021-09-15
We need more voices like @moltmannjuergen. It still echoes the truth. https://t.co/EEYvp2YOgj
2021-09-15
I’m not a military expert, but it seems to me that we should know in advance whether the person we’re about to blow up is a terrrorist or an aid worker.
Q: Is that a target or an aid worker?
A: 🧐
Q: Well?
A: 🤔
💥 🔥 🔥 💥
Q: Well?
A: Aid worker but now I’m saying terrorist.
2021-09-14
🤦🏻♂️ https://t.co/yWSUMp7VWj
2021-09-14
@EricRWeinstein Amazing how his hand motions resemble that of a DJ engaged in remixology.
2021-09-14
RT @briandavidearp: Experimental Philosophical Bioethics and Normative Inference https://t.co/ik9ooU6eZu
2021-09-14
@ShaneCashman Now I’m really wondering about your thoughts regarding The Met Gala. Is this rat utopia confirmation? Are you prophetic? In the words of the great Michael Scott: “The timing was nothing short of predominant.”
2021-09-13
@william_merrin This would be a fun project!
2021-09-13
@william_merrin Shakespearean/Bretton Woods version of the political hyperreal, so why not try the WWE version?
2021-09-13
@william_merrin understanding preferences for so called high vs low culture productions. Maybe there’s a view of 2016 that makes room for hyperreality preferences? Could one view of Trump/Brexit be that enough people said we’ve had our fill of the
2021-09-13
@william_merrin Right! And watching things unfold, it seemed as if those familiar with kayfabe had an interpretive framework that helped in the sense-making process. When I even mentioned wrestling as a productive lens, academic heads began exploding. Žižek also haunts this scene in terms of
2021-09-13
Wondering if you @william_merrin have thought about this https://t.co/zvceluRTt5 & how it does/doesn’t align with some of Baudrillard’s points. One thing I found notable was the prediction (in 2011) it would be important to politics, only to wind up with Trump 5 years later.
2021-09-13
RT @davidmanheim: @cobrownell Whichever parts could make it faster.
The @US_FDA acts as though timelines were received at Sinai, and thei…
2021-09-13
Come on #Jax #Jaguars fans. Maybe cutting @TimTebow was a mistake, no? You mean to tell me that dude can’t catch a pass, because that would’ve been an immediate improvement.
2021-09-13
🔥 🔥 🔥 https://t.co/aIqAUuQXoM
2021-09-13
@hubermanlab Just do a Google search for a paper titled “Limitless? There’s a Pill for That”.
2021-09-12
This story has been so mishandled that I’m going to end up engaging in Russian collusion, bc @ydeigin is one of the few willing to risk reputation & ego to cover it using preponderance of evidence & data triangulation.
2021-09-12
It’s arguable @PeterDaszak wasn’t sent to help find evidence so much as he was sent to assist in decisions about what evidence should be concealed. Otherwise his remarks don’t cohere with reality. EcoHealth & their network likely have many of the answers we seek. 6/n
2021-09-12
I’ve yet to see @mattwridley or anyone else link the Italian study finding antibodies to Covid19 as early as Sept. 2019 to the database removal Daszak covered for. There’s also a research lab in Italy, as well as many 🇨🇳 natives who work in-country. Put those pieces together. 5/n
2021-09-12
was to offshore it to a country that doesn’t have the same restrictions & oversight in place. Whichever the case, we’re implicated. Our bet didn’t pay off on either front, bc we still ended up with a pandemic that began months earlier than 12/2019. 4/n
2021-09-12
If it’s that we needed a plausible mechanism that provided us with some insight as to what 🇨🇳 was doing in its labs, then admit the only way to monitor was to help finance it; or the only way to conduct research beyond our risk tolerance 3/n
2021-09-12
Why? Because there’s usually a more fundamental truth that’s being obscured. We don’t get access to it, bc many times it’s shared during classified briefings. Perhaps for good reason & perhaps not. But whatever the case kayfabe isn’t the answer. 2/n
2021-09-12
At some point, don’t we have to survey the information ecology & reject sources of noise & dis/misinformation? I’m with @mattwridley on this & have been on the record for months saying the same thing. Dr. Fauci can equivocate just like James Clapper & nothing will happen. 1/n https://t.co/WeU3sv9MOq
2021-09-11
An interesting & provocative piece by @ShaneCashman. It called to mind “The Human Zoo” by Desmond Morris. It does seem that our culture has become desiccated & sclerotic to the point that we’ve deprived younger generations of the essential equipment required for living. https://t.co/1NsdigxZfX
2021-09-11
@DrLeanaWen 🤦🏻♂️ The two are not an equivalent, but this is an equivocation. Yet another example of public health messaging that misses the mark.
2021-09-11
Stop this madness! It’s not the vaccinated and the unvaccinated. I’m ultra-pro vaccine, but this isn’t the path forward. Why are so many people against alienation & otherizing until it’s actually time to demonstrate it with word & deed?
2021-09-11
RT @livewithmecfs: From my book: “Struggling w/a debilitating illness that is usually invisible to others made me realize that everyone I s…
2021-09-10
I’ll have whatever @TomBrady had in the offseason! He looked even better than last season, and his passing wasn’t too shabby either. Seriously, his arm strength and release time was phenomenal. Maybe I need some laser eyes? https://t.co/zBddpWbeMu
2021-09-10
@hyonschu Let me know when you’re done bc I definitely want to read it!
2021-09-10
#Pandemic life for young families: send little one to nursery for one day. S/he gets sick & is out for a week. S/he goes back for a day & someone tests positive for #Covid_19, so it’s home for 2 weeks. 1 day out of 21 with childcare for working parents. Who’s figured this out?
2021-09-08
@LaconicLindsey All of my energy has been aimed at a person-centered pandemic response. Biotech consulting advancing the patient perspective. And trying to convince my colleagues from info theory & computer sci that we should take care not to import similar mistakes made in the biosciences.
2021-09-08
@LaconicLindsey In terms of behavioral healthcare service delivery, an analog might be to say it’s circa 2007. If we don’t act decisively, there could be a market crash. We can’t allow that to happen!
2021-09-08
@LaconicLindsey Despite SAMHSA’s support and billions in state BG funding, this epidemic is scaling beyond the existing models/assumptions that many of our behavioral healthcare approaches are built upon.
2021-09-08
@LaconicLindsey I’m deeply concerned about the exacerbation of what was already a crisis of its own. In 2016-17, the amount of young children and youth living with an SED diagnosis in the state of FL, if considered a demographic, would be the 3rd largest in the 3rd largest state.
2021-09-08
Don’t sleep on @profshanecrotty as one of the most insightful researchers of this entire #pandemic. Brilliant information originating from his lab. https://t.co/LZat6iTaiz
2021-09-08
Why aren’t we promoting monoclonal antibodies more aggressively? I’m wondering if @Regeneron has any plans for EUA targeting those who aren’t candidates for vaccination either due to a medical condition or age? It could potentially work as pre&post exposure prophylaxis in schools
2021-09-08
@LaconicLindsey Some have the ability to yawn at the apocalypse…but isolation of affect can sneak up rather unexpectedly
2021-09-08
Love @seanmcarroll & his work, but why is it an arrgh? Imagine Dr. @ShadiBartsch being like arrgh, you don’t understand a complicated subject in one of the many languages I speak/write/translate. It’s at least an honest question from an inquiring mind. https://t.co/jyciQqlrf7
2021-09-08
Good on @ScottGottliebMD for putting this message out. We need much more rapid testing capabilities. https://t.co/0oxi9oEo0t
2021-09-08
@ydeigin et al. have also noted the precarious timing of the 9/2019 removal of the database, as well as demonstrating much of the early research was anchored to error-filled or perhaps fraudulent publications in need of retraction or serious revisions. https://t.co/PP8MGcNoQN
2021-09-08
Zoonotic spillover or GoF… https://t.co/ic4FatrZF5
2021-09-08
If we’re paying attention we should know that #SARS2 was in circulation as early as 9/2019. The fact that this is so infrequently acknowledged is mind boggling. The official narrative will collapse 💧 by 💧Should’ve followed @DavidRelman & the precautionary principle. #COVID19 https://t.co/gCAvGmE8ww
2021-09-08
New details emerge about coronavirus research https://t.co/UgpaWYmZTd by @fastlerner, @MaraHvistendahl
2021-09-08
Here’s my winner for best 101 short-course on how to create and deploy highly ineffective public health messages during times of great uncertainty. https://t.co/z1fiCIwx7M
2021-09-07
I called this weeks ago. @PeterDaszak & @EcoHealthNYC were conducting surveillance. The evidence is likely there. And @ydeigin et al. will end up winning the Pulitzer for doing far more to promote the truth of SARS2 origins… https://t.co/d94IFpYssk
2021-09-07
@i_gvf @PJEvans66030270 @EricTopol @CDCgov @HHSGov @WHO like this pandemic. As a researcher, I want data that causes me to make Bayesian updates. During times of high uncertainty when lives are at stake, we need careful, coordinated messages so that people can comport themselves in ways that protects their health & that of others too.
2021-09-07
@i_gvf @PJEvans66030270 @EricTopol processural nature of the hypothetico-deductive method, with its accretion of knowledge. Far from it. What I’m specifically referring to is a reasonable expectation of honest, coherent, evidence-based messaging from the @CDCgov @HHSGov @WHO during a public health emergency
2021-09-07
@i_gvf @PJEvans66030270 @EricTopol I agree with you that openness to dissent within the scientific community is of utmost importance. As data is generated through research & experimentation, & as evidence is analyzed, divergent perspectives are not out of the ordinary. I’m not taking umbrage with the
2021-09-06
RT @KyleMcnease: @BretWeinstein I will leave the semiotics of this FDA post for you to decipher. Juxtaposing that horse and vet with the do…
2021-09-06
🤦🏻♂️ Did journalists & outlets properly *vet* the story before spreading it to human *animals*?
“One Hospital Denies Claim that Ivermectin Overdoses Causing ER Delays” #RollingStone #ivermectin https://t.co/HwIYxw123E
2021-09-04
#AcademicTwitter has anyone else tried to concentrate on eigenfunctions of differential operators while very young children play? She’ll be Coming ‘Round the Mountain will take your mind hostage until, imperceptible at first, you’re humming & then singing. Ode to Joy is another!
2021-09-04
@cotter_dave @WHO So, again, I ask you to remove that comment as this is a public forum & you’ve suggested I said something untrue. My reputation matters. I’ve even shared an article where the entire tittle had to be changed. Do the research and then do the right thing.
2021-09-04
@cotter_dave @WHO You can’t retroactively apply the standard of public health experts today, what they’re saying now, to February & March. The claim that masks might be more harmful was articulated clearly & often.
2021-09-04
@cotter_dave @WHO It is true that the calculus was to prevent shortages for critical frontline healthcare providers. That would have been fine to communicate. It demonstrates trust, openness, transparency—hallmarks of good faith.
2021-09-04
@cotter_dave @WHO This is simply not true! I’m the strongest proponent of masking that I know, because of previous research on SARS & MERS. But what you’re saying isn’t the case. The reason why I mentioned it is due to the fact that it was such bad messaging & had negative externalities.
2021-09-04
@oohussey I appreciate that comment, but @michaelmina_lab is the best follow in my humble opinion. Few have been as transparent & willing to relentlessly advocate for evidence-based approaches despite the intransigence of a system stuck in the kind of strange loop described by @EricTopol.
2021-09-04
@cotter_dave I’m calling on you once again to retract your statement regarding me sharing false information. Read the @WHO interim guidance & note that the risks associated with masking were promoted early in the US context rather than the benefits. https://t.co/Feg1292yjb https://t.co/so3CKgmHMU
2021-09-04
@Carol53409508 @cotter_dave @EricTopol That first screen grab is consonant with the early messaging of the pandemic. Very astute!
2021-09-04
RT @SimonaLohan: The Rise of #Wearable Devices during the #COVID19 #Pandemic: A Systematic Review @A_WEAR_Project #ESR10 #ESR11 https://t.c…
2021-09-04
People on #twitter trying their level best to gaslight me tonight! I won’t stand for rewriting the history of our epic failures regarding this pandemic. Why defend the indefensible? Next they’re going to tell me The Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment never withheld treatment. https://t.co/pu60tjzMAm
2021-09-04
@PJEvans66030270 @EricTopol bestowed upon them. Largely we have failed in this respect.
2021-09-04
@PJEvans66030270 @EricTopol adding a #6. I am a researcher & teach communication and bioethics courses that focus on other examples of our mishandling of biomedical matters. I agree that we should follow the scientists & experts, which is why I demand they comport themselves in ways worthy of the trust
2021-09-04
@PJEvans66030270 @EricTopol I agree that data and evidence emerged over time that changed some perspectives. That is true. But it is highly untrue to say we didn’t know that our recommendations were grossly lagging behind the science. Dr. Topol is an expert & is pointing out our ineptitudes. I’m simply
2021-09-04
@cotter_dave @EricTopol See below for an example. Notice the difference!
https://t.co/IbHptfPcWq
2021-09-04
@cotter_dave @EricTopol You lose institutional trust that cannot be regained. So please retract your comment good citizen, because you’ve impugned the wrong person’s reputation. I understand it may be difficult to find the original titles now due to edited titles & content.
2021-09-04
@cotter_dave @EricTopol We were so unprepared that the Surgeon General chided people for buying masks, because there was fear the frontline healthcare workers would be unprotected due to shortages. I was one of the earliest voices decrying the insanity behind lying.
2021-09-04
@cotter_dave @EricTopol This was a well-known national security threat since the H1N1 pandemic. The sole American manufacturer warned our government that this would happen. We were unprepared despite repeated respiratory pandemic warnings.
2021-09-04
@cotter_dave @EricTopol incorrect donning & duffing, false sense of
security etc. I’ve been in bioethics for years & have been utterly ashamed of our messaging throughout. The truth was always that we didn’t stockpile enough N95 respirators.
2021-09-04
@cotter_dave @EricTopol That is categorically false. In the early weeks of the pandemic, public health experts were arguing that a) masks didn’t help prevent infection & b)that wearing them might make one MORE likely to get Covid19 due masks trapping droplets inside, self-contamination,
2021-09-03
If females were to choose this new inverted ideal and peel these mates off the top of this inverted hierarchy, what do we end up with? It can’t be the spirit of the divine father or an archetypal Christ. But what will it be?
2021-09-03
@jordanbpeterson Question concerning your theory of selecting for the ideal. What happens when society changes the selection parameters such that the new ideal is inverted? The guy who loses the game is now hoisted upon shoulders in celebration while the winner is shunned.
2021-09-03
This #COVID19 #pandemic will be enough to keep rhetoric scholars busy publishing for many years to come. I hope it’s now obvious that Trump was but a symptom of a system no longer functioning properly.
2021-09-03
@EricTopol Let me add a 6th item: public health experts lying about origins of SARS2, H2H transmission, not aerosolized, unsafe to wear masks, then mask, safe to assemble en masse for political purposes, then 2 masks, no masks for vaxxed, masks for vaxxed & everyone else. Total implosion!
2021-09-03
@deepfates Watch him bc he’s obviously a closer. He’s already on that ABC tip. He’s selling you on his height so he can sell you on a stock position. My guess is he wants you to think he wants you to take the short. Be he knows that you assume this. Guy’s good. Maybe too good. He’s 6’1. https://t.co/HF2WviikFK
2021-09-03
RT @hastingscenter: All of our Bioethics Forum pieces can be republished for FREE with proper attribution. A great resource for #teachers,…
2021-09-02
@ConceptualJames It’s a deployment of a gaslighting Russell Conjugation. I’m not even taking a stance on its use in covid19. But it shouldn’t be strictly referred to as horse dewormer in the same way penicillin shouldn’t be called a horse antibiotic—even though it is used on horses too.
2021-09-02
This @CDCgov document being shared underscores the point I’m trying to drive home regarding #Ivermectin.
“Guidelines for Overseas Presumptive Treatment of Strongyloidiasis, Schistosomiasis, and Soil-Transmitted Helminth Infections for Refugees Resettling to the U.S.” 🧵👇 https://t.co/N5V5SRY176 https://t.co/qcPrPabKA2
2021-09-02
A gem from @DavidRelman (2015) 👇Brings hope that deliberative processes might make a difference in other areas like #AI #algorithms #machinelearning
How to Limit the Risks of CRISPR and Other Bioengineering Tools | Foreign Affairs https://t.co/l30YF6VlAZ
2021-09-02
He also put forward the question as to whether there’s a better term for GoF bc it is often associated with public fears of “doomsday scenarios”.
2021-09-02
Interesting bioethical debate on benefits & burdens of Gain of Function (GoF) research making its way to center stage in 2014. Dr. Webster was recommending the public be brought up to speed on the topic so as to prevent confusion & fear.
2021-09-02
@bensolomon1 @BeccaHeistMD @JustinGainor @LeciaSequist @AnnaFaragoMD @TheLancet Thank you very much for sharing this!
2021-09-02
I think @EricRWeinstein came up with “Steel Manning” rather than “Straw Manning” another’s position. Here I introduce “Aw Manning”. Equivocating on important concepts/terms/issues undermines dialogic opportunities. https://t.co/N5V5SRY176
2021-09-02
It’s such a bad take that one’s interlocutor can only respond with an “Aw man” and relegate it to the “heard immunity” list (see previous post on heard immunity). We need high level dialogue not semantic games.
2021-09-02
I want to call this an “Aw Man” rather than a Straw Man form of argumentation. A straw man is already bad enough! An Aw Man is worse bc it immediately forecloses the conversation.
2021-09-02
It’s like a race to the bottom game theoretic approach on what not to do.
2021-09-02
Here I’m not making an argument for the use of ivermectin in Covid19. I’m simply saying that by equivocating on Rogan’s use of a drug that is on our essential drugs list it undermines media credibility.
2021-09-02
When @CNN allows people air time to label ivermectin as a horse dewormer, it’s a bad strategy. No one refers to penicillin as a horse antibiotic even though it’s used on horses. The disingenuous framing is part of the problem.
https://t.co/87vS8fECyY via @YouTube
2021-09-02
@ciaparker21 @EricTopol @AP We should work with the uncertainty & fears people are expressing rather than castigate them for thinking & feeling as they do. Current messaging will cause boomerang effects that aren’t helpful.
2021-09-02
@ciaparker21 @EricTopol @AP The health comms, media effects, & psychology research & evidence are unambiguous with respect to messaging on issues like these. Stigmatization alienates the people we most want to reach. Plus, you’re assigning motives to millions of people you couldn’t possibly know.
2021-09-01
I will continue to point patients & students in the direction of experts who state what they do know as adamantly as what they don't know. This helps people sort through the noise during a time of high uncertainty.
2021-09-01
Why not pay attention to the things he's spoken about for almost two years now? The rapid testing recommendations could be deployed yesterday & would prevent more infections & save lives.
2021-09-01
And the confounding part of this is that many, if not most, fail to listen to his recommendations. But the moment he expresses not possessing expertise regarding a specific drug, people become upset.
2021-09-01
I'm unaware of a bigger proponent of rapid testing as a public health resource/tool that could be utilized in myriad ways to mitigate viral spread & help extinguish local outbreaks before they become much larger.
2021-09-01
He's trying to lead the way with pro-social messaging regarding vaccines. He also doesn't balk at the available VE data (see NNV, RRR, ARR) & how we need to anchor our expectations to this data.
2021-09-01
Not all of bioethics is about research. Sometimes the hardest part is helping patients navigate their way through complex treatment options & weigh those against their own narrative & desire for QOL. @michaelmina_lab is a signal amidst chaotic noise. https://t.co/0KAicvOZo7
2021-09-01
@Joshuak_Smith Maybe @David_Gunkel has a word to say here bc my initial inclination is to suggest a Haraway-ish form of situated-knowledge as worth importing into the discussion so that better mapping can take place.
2021-09-01
@Joshuak_Smith Indeed! So as academicians we need to become more reflexive about a priori metaphysical assumptions/commitments that are not even acknowledged as such. My peeps in info theory/comms are like YES, we’re experts at ontology. Why are philosophers talking about our work?
2021-09-01
Bingo! We have a pro-social messaging winner. It’s like no one in our governmental response has heard of simple things like Social Judgment Theory & boomerang effects. People are fearful & uncertainty is high. Ah, there’s Uncertainty Reduction Theory. Terror Management Theory etc https://t.co/eS1i54ftk5
2021-09-01
@Joshuak_Smith With few exceptions, this has been the type of conversation I’ve had over the past 10 years. And I’m not disagreeing with their conclusion per se. I just think it’s the wrong level (or unit) of analysis.
2021-09-01
@Joshuak_Smith I’m afraid it’s worse than that. The argument simply jumps to “but, ultimately we run out of negative entropy and heat-death destroys the universe.” Questions about AI & the future of humanity aren’t deemed that important bc without cosmic meaning nothing matters anyway.
2021-09-01
@EricTopol @AP Thank you for stating this & the AP for running it. We need pro-social messaging rather than stigmatization. Anyone paying attention to the NNV & VE from RCTs knew this was going to backfire. Shouldn’t ever have been broadcast in this manner.
2021-09-01
@Joshuak_Smith Christian ministers keep making falsifiable statements that they don’t realize will have major impacts on their congregations. AI can’t do X. AI will never be able to do Y. Only humans can. Then AI does X & Y ahead of schedule. Congregants 🤔.
2021-09-01
@bensolomon1 @BeccaHeistMD @JustinGainor @LeciaSequist @AnnaFaragoMD @TheLancet Is there anyone pioneering treatment for clients diagnosed with ALK mutations in non-metastatic NSCLC 3a-b?
2021-09-01
@bensolomon1 @BeccaHeistMD @JustinGainor @LeciaSequist @AnnaFaragoMD @TheLancet I’m not saying that it’s true that stage 4 metastatic clients with mutations have “more” or “better” treatment options, but I’m trying to understand the rationale given the relatively poor, albeit ever-improving, outcomes using only SOC.
2021-09-01
@bensolomon1 @BeccaHeistMD @JustinGainor @LeciaSequist @AnnaFaragoMD @TheLancet Great work! As a bioethicist looking at things from the outside, can anyone point me towards the rationale for using SOC in non-metastatic NSCLC with ALK mutations until treatment failure before utilizing therapies strictly aimed at stage 4 metastatic NSCLC with ALK mutations?
2021-09-01
These are the observations & questions I’m here for! https://t.co/UgBeF8ee5I
2021-09-01
@iralevant Maybe when no one is looking at it the type of font is much better?
It made me think of this SNL short: https://t.co/DWfZBKLLMG
2021-09-01
🤦🏻♂️ Bigoted saccharine. The incentive structures for social media are misaligned with nuance & humility. This platform seems to reward—with attention 👀—people who express ideas that float the way bricks don’t! https://t.co/hljZ2s9nDd
2021-09-01
@OwlOmens @Noahpinion Under-appreciated. Away with the Kulaks, those filthy farmers! What’s that you say? Millions will starve? Well, that’s okay as long as the Kulaks starve too!
2021-09-01
@EricRWeinstein He’s so pumped that his accent almost sounded a bit German for a second there. Musk accentuating the positives instead of dwelling on the negatives!
2021-09-01
RT @DKirschMDPhD: Congratulations @piet_ost and colleagues for this important trial. These results are similar to studies by @AmyWisdom8 in…
2021-08-31
I wish I could write/speak in a way that leaves a reader/hearer with the same emotional residue that @DarrenAronofsky effectuated with The Fountain, or the way Christopher Nolan's Interstellar makes you feel that you've glimpsed & understood something foundational about physics.
2021-08-31
RT @parisreview: “Our lives in the industrial age, lived bizarrely as an approximation of machines, had made us think of age as ugly—in the…
2021-08-31
@JamesSurowiecki This just isn’t likely to be the case. We had better prepare ourselves for the dawning & unfortunate reality that until there’s sterilizing immunity there will potentially be multiple infections. Coronaviruses are notorious for this reason. Neutralizing immunity isn’t sterilizing
2021-08-30
I said this privately, so I want to acknowledge it openly: I read @JenTB’s dissertation The Cyborg Christ: Theology, Christology and the Posthuman as a graduate student, & I’ve struggled with academic & theological jealousy ever since. All of her work is equally commendable.
2021-08-30
#Veterans’ issues & concerns are close to my heart. They aren’t political footballs to gain points. The war on terror cost my family and community too much for this nonsense. We need to find ways to assist those who served, remain alive, & are struggling right now! So much trauma
2021-08-30
RT @michaelmina_lab: WHY does IDSA not include testing as a layer to keep kids in school!
Tests are our eyes on the virus
Quarantine/outb…
2021-08-30
@JoshGellers I have the utmost respect for all of the primary caregivers out there! The lockdowns were very instructive on many levels. The closures will increase in frequency as school kicks off, so I fully expect that there will be much more daddy daycare than people initially recognize.
2021-08-30
@JamesSurowiecki There’s good research using Moral Foundations Theory demonstrating that those who are dispositionally more impacted by disgust are more prone to focus on health purity (eg, I’m not putting that experimental gene therapy in my body). Typically the D/R divide is much closer.
2021-08-30
Russell Conjugations in full use! It’s horse dewormer & fish tank cleaner vs experimental gene therapies. It’s all so foolish & sad. And with my 100 “followers” (90 of whom are no doubt bots!) the misinformation battle sometimes seems insurmountable.
2021-08-30
@JoshGellers And I’m going to add a wrinkle that we won’t know the impacts of for some time. I’m not suggesting the numbers are wrong about the pandemic disproportionately impacting women. Two things can be true at once. I don’t think we’ve ever had this many fathers as primaries though…
2021-08-30
@ydeigin @R_H_Ebright Is the potential use of humanized mice *a* reason that the monoclonal antibodies (eg. Regen-Cov) are currently doing well even against Delta (with ~2fold decrease)?
2021-08-30
Rhetoric can be an incendiary device. Having received a 3rd dose of an mRNA vaccine, I’m part of one of the largest scientific experiments in recent memory. I hope it’s beneficial. But we shouldn’t equivocate on what constitutes a terrorist. Stop this madness! https://t.co/Cqr7w0v0LO
2021-08-29
@Joshuak_Smith Praying for you all! Hope you’re not anywhere near the southeastern coastline!
2021-08-28
Apparently almost a year… https://t.co/PzcXabbEWg
2021-08-28
RT @KyleMcnease: Here @michaelmina_lab shares thoughts on why building an iterative response to #COVID19 is urgently needed. It's foreword…
2021-08-27
I’m not saying what the teens in question did was right. Rules have to be followed to maintain cohesion. The response wasn’t helpful in the long run though. They *might* have negotiated a rapprochement if dialogue occurred before this incident. That’s speculative on my part.
2021-08-27
If the reporting is to be believed, this was a poor outcome. The fact that cops were called, a soft lockdown initiated, & the students asked not to return even with masks is deeply unsettling. https://t.co/RAQBKtdQZu
2021-08-27
@JamesSurowiecki FWIW I followed you bc of a nuanced position you expressed regarding the Lallapalooza data. I want amplify takes like that, which is why this was surprising. I don’t want fuel added to a rhetorical fire re a medical apartheid.
2021-08-27
@JamesSurowiecki I agree! I’m with you on the policy. The rules are there to be followed. If one doesn’t agree with them, then that can be taken up with the policy makers. Calling the police was too much as was a soft lockdown. Saying they can’t come back even if masked is maybe the worst outcome
2021-08-27
@JamesSurowiecki If the picture associated with your account is you, then it appears as though you’ve already been a teen and potentially attended school. Teenagers make all sorts of mistakes in their lives. I don’t think making them persona non grata is mutually beneficial for them & society.
2021-08-27
@JamesSurowiecki If they do, they would be charged with trespassing.
I’m not saying what they did was right. But they are kids. We are or are supposed to be the adults making rational decisions. This isn’t the best result bc it further alienates people we need to reach.
2021-08-27
@JamesSurowiecki I simply don’t think this is the best we can do for our youth, families, or teachers. A “soft lockdown” was issued for the entire school. Police were called. Per the article, They were sent home and told not to come back with or without a mask…
2021-08-27
@kindenough2018 @freethinkfacts @michaelmina_lab NPIs will need to play a role in this race against the virus. N95s where possible when indicated. Hold things outdoors as much as possible. Increase ventilation. Decrease particles in the air etc. We can do this with an ensemble approach!
2021-08-27
@kindenough2018 @freethinkfacts @michaelmina_lab Look at the NNV for Pfizer (142, 95% CI 122 to 170) & Moderna (88, 95% CI 76 to 104). That’s RCT data suggesting you need to vaccinate ~142 with Pfizer & 88 with Moderna to prevent 1 case.
2021-08-27
@kindenough2018 @freethinkfacts @michaelmina_lab as well as something like monoclonal antibodies as an adjunct for those with compromised immune systems. You can’t simply vaxx your way out of a pandemic like this with increasing VOCs.
2021-08-27
@kindenough2018 @freethinkfacts @michaelmina_lab I also was one of the first to say we undermine our messaging when we don’t speak truthfully about their limitations. It was clear from the data that VE with respect to RRR decreases over time. I’m terribly upset that our @CDCgov didn’t recommend boosters earlier
2024-09-28
@klwong43 There must be some tomfoolery going on, right? Who is disliking this? I can’t understand the motivation.
2024-09-27
Call me a hypochondriac or worrier or whatever. My wife & I purchased a baby pulse rate & O2 monitor to be on the safer side. Doctors were against it. Said it was excessive & 🚨 would worry us. As opposed to what? Simply hoping & wondering? We need real answers though https://t.co/d0fybE2Txt https://t.co/gMkzT1X2dS
2024-09-27
I’ve never understood SIDS. As a researcher, I looked at the doctors like 🤔 when they said be careful how the baby sleeps bc they can just die. Just like that. I remain mystified that children are dying in their cribs & our major intervention is to place them on their back? https://t.co/MtzuN1o2An
2024-09-26
@menhguin Dang though 🔥 very well said! I was trying to search for this quote so I didn’t sound like an idiot for having to ask. Would’ve felt terrible if it was something I should have already read or seen.
2024-09-26
@menhguin Did you just come up with that 🔥? Or, is it from something that I haven’t read or watched?
2024-09-26
Who is The Simulator of simulators? https://t.co/lIaC28jVVx
2024-09-26
RT @deepfates: Wait so they trained a diffusion model to predict the game state based on the buttons pressed? The AI can just be the entire…
2024-09-26
RT @Bryce_Nickels: History was made today!
The Risky Research Review Act passed out of the @HSGAC committee with strong bipartisan support…
2024-09-26
RT @BiosafetyNow: https://t.co/7mdpQ8CkLi
2024-09-26
@BrianRoemmele The man said there are layers to this game.
2024-09-26
@AmberMcNally11 Very well said! Help Each Other Always…
2024-09-25
Helping prepare for #hurricane #Helene it’s incredible to see the generosity & goodwill that still exists in our country. If you need sandbags or boards to secure your home, people aren’t asking about politics. Team Blue or Red? Doesn’t matter! I miss that being the norm.
2024-09-25
And while they’re incredible for their ages—really, really incredible—they weren’t outcompeting an unhealthy middle-aged person on almost any physical task. Let’s increase health span & functionality as we’re working to increase life span. It’s not either or but BOTH AND!
2024-09-25
As a species we’ve always had outliers. If you go to the Blue Zones, you can find people living longer than average. I’ve spent time with some of these centenarians. Amazing people with such zeal for life & giving to others. There were many women but few men.
2024-09-25
They can be incremental gains so long as they’re continuous & the rate of acceleration is itself accelerating.
2024-09-25
I affirm all healthy lifestyle interventions: exercise, proper nutrition, adequate sleep etc. However, biological limits are tightly constrained. Entropy is real. We’ll need ongoing breakthroughs to achieve escape velocity. @bryan_johnson https://t.co/3o2MR6Px6u
2024-09-25
RT @briandavidearp: NEW PREPRINT, responding 2 excellent paper (https://t.co/UPnTsLkMVn) by @JohnDanaher & @SvenNyholm. With C. Voinea, S.…
2024-09-25
RT @switchfoot: Let’s hear it from the back to the front! Who’s ready for more Beautiful Letdown shows?! https://t.co/p7OzZJWwTo
I don’t care what political persuasion or what letter (D/R) appears beside your name, this is not the path forward for the US. We need to try pursuing peace bc we’re a nation weary from constant conflict. https://t.co/0UxrlxM0uX
2021-08-27
@kindenough2018 @freethinkfacts @michaelmina_lab If you look at my work, I’ve been very outspoken about the use of vaccines and even alternative mechanism for funding equitable distribution to those without access. There’s no doubt they’re saving countless lives.
2021-08-27
@kindenough2018 @freethinkfacts @michaelmina_lab Rapid testing can help us identify positive cases early & potentially help limit spread. It’s an essential and terribly underutilized tool at our disposal. Dr. Mina has led the way on that issue.
2021-08-27
@kindenough2018 @freethinkfacts @michaelmina_lab But open, honest, transparent
messaging is better than what we’ve experienced at the national and international levels. Bad messaging makes matters worse. We can I’ll afford that.
2021-08-27
@kindenough2018 @freethinkfacts @michaelmina_lab Thank you for sharing your thoughts. I don’t think either of us (though I do not speak for Dr. Mina in any capacity) are putting forward recommendations that fail to account for the complexity of the current situation. Messaging alone won’t solve all of our issues.
2021-08-27
@JamesSurowiecki I’m asking this sincerely. Did you read the article by any chance? I don’t think the two students invoking religious belief as justification for not masking is the major story. I’m wondering if there aren’t more productive, mutually beneficial responses available to us.
2021-08-27
@jljcolorado Demonstrates that he’s an effective communicator via Twitter. If followed, the information could help prevent the spread of viruses like #COVID19 & the flu. Schools implement these recommendations! The government should be using DPA to manufacture 😷 as described. https://t.co/7hLp52wGQd
2021-08-27
I dream of a scenario where individuals like Dr. @michaelmina_lab & Dr. @profshanecrotty are funded to assemble fellow experts from all relevant domains with an eye towards rapid-cycle process improvements in our pandemic response efforts. https://t.co/boTrOd5PEb
2021-08-27
@ChildrenNeedUs_ @michaelmina_lab I think that’s an accurate appraisal. From rapid testing to how careful we need to be about extrapolating beyond the available data on VE in RCTs. In or around Nov. 2020 he was articulating the need to be prepared for VOCs or possible escape mutants. We’ve yet to listen & act.
2021-08-26
@JoshGellers Definitely feel for you! The very young haven’t really had much semblance of a normal life during the pandemic. With the nurseries & daycares being unable to remain consistently open throughout the US, it’s also exhausting for parents. https://t.co/KZrnLFHz2G
2021-08-26
campaigns at points of entry.
2021-08-26
And unlike places like Iceland, which I love, the US has a porous border. This isn’t an indictment against those searching for an opportunity to live a life worthy of their inherent dignity as human beings. We should have been shoring up efforts to support 💉
2021-08-26
We are no longer a people with a serious government apparatus. Knowing #Delta was surging & headed to our shores we said #NPIs aren’t necessary? We decide to leave #Afghanistan now? During a major 🌊 of #COVID19?
2021-08-26
I honestly think it’s time we invite people like @michaelmina_lab to assume more prominent leadership positions in the #COVID19 #pandemic. He’s been one of the only data-driven, empirically-minded experts to message the public openly, honestly, & as if they can handle the truth. https://t.co/tnUlZAzRrm
2021-08-26
Another win for @BerlinCures! Keep up the promising work, & please keep us apprised of the funding announcements. I imagine there will be VC & patient interest if there’s not adequate allocations for you.
Uni-Klinikum Erlangen https://t.co/FkdRjOpc55
2021-08-25
Sign of the times: our 2 y/o just ran up to me with her own version of currency & said, “Here yo go! It’s a million dollars for you to buy a car or gas.” Ha! She’s going all in on the #crytpo & #NFTs. She may be over-leveraged, but now I can buy gas!
2021-08-25
@mattyglesias It should provoke more humility than we currently demonstrate. We’ve proven we’re very bad at forecasting the future. It should instigate less certainty & more precaution, but I don’t think it will. We seem to keep doubling down; no, make it X^n our previous mistakes.
2021-08-25
I would to God that we all were on the same page, but if this is the kind of messaging being aimed at people not vaxxed, it won’t work. We should work with their resistance, fears, & concerns. Maligning creates more resistance. This isn’t the way forward. https://t.co/d9YJsiHFYy
2021-08-25
@faustbot2 What hath man wrought? A Faust-bot? I didn't know you existed. Do you have the ability to search for all Faust-related quotes in all languages?
2021-08-25
Prediction: As we move deeper into a post-Christian era & that sacred canopy recedes, there will be an increasing intensity of inversions. Where sin did abound, there was much more grace becomes the degree to which I perceive that you’ve missed the mark, the harsher I will be!
2021-08-25
@Datanerdkim @KateEads @JuliaDavisNews People in the comments are saying truly vile things that I never thought I’d see aimed at fellow humans in the middle of a pandemic. Under periods of high normative uncertainty many people will make mistakes. I know I have!
2021-08-25
@Datanerdkim @KateEads @JuliaDavisNews he’d previously tested positive & therefore didn’t think he needed a vaccine. This is not someone whose motives were malign in the way you portray above. He allowed the worst mistake he’s ever made to be broadcast as a PSA to help others not make the same mistake!
2021-08-25
@Datanerdkim @KateEads @JuliaDavisNews My point is not to demonize people with substance use disorders; rather, it is to point out that in the current context some people make mistakes in their risk assessments. The specific gentleman under consideration here clearly said he made a mistake based on the fact that
2021-08-25
@Datanerdkim @KateEads @JuliaDavisNews impaired drivers, domestic violence mostly targeted at innocent women & children, altercations that occur while trying to obtain substances etc. There’s also downward pressure placed on strained hospital systems & the list could go on.
2021-08-25
@Datanerdkim @KateEads @JuliaDavisNews From a clinical perspective, this is categorically false. People who struggle with substance abuse issues have family & friends that their disease impacts. Many times the only physical body their substance use impacts is their own, if we factor out all of the accidents caused by
2021-08-25
Ressentiment will always be the voice of one calling out: Ich bin der Geist der stets verneint…
2021-08-25
"The more brutal the power of an evil system is, the clearer is its self-incriminating testimony to its lack of legitimacy. Brutality is a sign of fragility." Miroslav Volf
2021-08-25
RT @MiroslavVolf: https://t.co/8BUealHztr
2021-08-25
@Science_Veritas @EricTopol @BNODesk What is the leading hypothesis for this? Genetic differences? Average age of population? Childhood TB vaccination?
2021-08-25
RT @beth_simas: Free access to my new @ElectoralStdies article with @ozerthinking https://t.co/JkM9eDR9jc
2021-08-25
The comments on this story are revelatory. Have we forgotten that zero people asked for the pandemic? People looking at human suffering and deriding the crushed & dying? Vaxxed or unvaxxed people are equally human with inherent dignity. Love thy neighbor & thy enemies! https://t.co/Ba6ljpzYaA
2021-08-25
@KateEads @JuliaDavisNews What kind of response is that to a fellow human’s suffering? We don’t talk like that about people struggling with opioids or street drugs. We don’t even talk like that about a dog that lurches into oncoming traffic. It was a mistake! God help us all!
2021-08-25
right now as the commentariat struggle to provide an accurate analysis of what is transpiring in our country.
2021-08-25
Ask the expert if it is likely that individuals who are dispositionally more sensitive to disgust have differing views on health purity. Let us ask ourselves about the more foundational substrate that our political orientation is built upon. His work should be all over the news
2021-08-25
& how that impacts responses to #stemcells. His findings on GMOs & #vaccines are worth considering because they suggest something other than an assumed political divide viz. Blue vs. Red as a complete explanation for what we're witnessing.
2021-08-25
Someone else that people should pay attention to is @ScottClif. Dating all the way back to the data (eg, unfavorables) in his dissertation, one could have reasonably predicted the outcome of the 2016 Presidential Elections. Look at his work on Moral Foundations Theory
2021-08-25
Scary that I'm seeing many, many people--even the "most educated" among us--calling for things that stand firmly in opposition to the #UnitedNations' Universal Declaration of #HumanRights. The point in having a declaration like this is so that we follow it during darker times.
2021-08-24
@thedailybeast The most sobering quote was: "In a Sunday press conference, the directors of seven public hospitals announced that they could no longer admit any coronavirus patients."
2021-08-24
"In a Sunday press conference, the directors of seven public hospitals announced that they could no longer admit any coronavirus patients." Meanwhile we are lagging in our response at the same time as opening schools! Heaven help us all... https://t.co/zKAZQKgNPv
2021-08-24
@Science_Veritas @ydeigin The tacit acknowledgment there may be that the 1st gen vaccines are good for shorter intervals. More transparency with & trust in the public is required though.
2021-08-24
@Science_Veritas @ydeigin & potentially most negative side-effects as well, then that *might* be a partially acceptable rationale. For this caveat to be true, though, they’d also need to acknowledge that since this is a new vaxx platform, what counts as long-term may also be different.
2021-08-24
@Science_Veritas @ydeigin This kind of decision to grant full approval aligns with my priors, yet I’m concerned about the lack of long-term safety data. There’s one potential caveat that hasn’t been explicitly mentioned. If the decision is based on some notion that the effects wain
2021-08-24
@Science_Veritas @ydeigin I want to stress that I have multiple priors that bias me towards swift vaccine rollouts. Family members >65, diagnoses that put them at greater risk, & family <3. Since we don’t know of long-term effects of SARS2, I’d prefer fewer contract it.
2021-08-24
RT @KyleMcnease: @Science_Veritas @ydeigin Having billions of data points for short-term safety doesn't somehow morph into long-term safety…
2021-08-24
@Science_Veritas @ydeigin Having billions of data points for short-term safety doesn't somehow morph into long-term safety data simply bc of the sheer number of shots in arms.
2021-08-24
@Science_Veritas @ydeigin That precautionary principle is even more urgent when it comes to children. We know from this Nature study that there are differing immune responses between adults and children: https://t.co/IPu0ywOCU5.
2021-08-24
@Science_Veritas @ydeigin My concern stems from my own experience with Dengue outbreaks. Living in a country where this & malaria was a problem is what launched my career in researching bioethics & emerging tech. I think we should be cautious re SARS2 because of what we don't yet know we don't know!
2021-08-24
If the world was a sane & rational place, then @profshanecrotty would have more "followers" on this platform than almost anyone. Impeccable research on SARS2 immune responses as well as many years working on #HIV. We can offer boosters here & focus on equitable distribution. https://t.co/b60T9GDWsP
2021-08-24
@ydeigin with Dengue and then received vaccination faired better upon subsequent reinfection. Again, the issue was vaxxing kids BEFORE any Dengue infection. They experienced disease enhancement upon their initial infection.
2021-08-24
@ydeigin I'm with you up to and until you state "on subsequent reinfection." The issue with Dengvaxia was that kids who had NOT been infected before vaccination were the ones who had problems with ADE when they were infected with Dengue for the FIRST time. Kids who were first infected
2021-08-24
@pphilp That is an interesting approach! I rather like it. Thanks for clarifying your position regarding Ellul's conclusions. It is a good, well-explicated thread.
2021-08-24
@Science_Veritas @ydeigin Yahi et al. (2021) present a measured response to what I alluded to earlier; namely, viral evolution has a way of upending our expectations. Where I may disagree with Yuri is about a growing mismatch of current 💉(Wuhan strain) to VOC. But I like his superset/subset explanation. https://t.co/pN4043pXER
2021-08-24
@pphilp his early Marxist-inspired musings might also align with a political-economic critique of Big Pharma.
2021-08-24
@pphilp in support of good faith for the things I’ve mentioned. The very definition requires openness, transparency, without respect for the outcomes. Depending upon which version of Ellul, the youthful or the more mature,
2021-08-24
@pphilp I don’t think Ellul would agree that people could intentionally lie, publish fraudulent studies, toss out recriminations with reckless abandon and be considered good-faith actors. That would be contra his Christian ethics. I’m not Ellul & I can’t see an argument
2021-08-24
@pphilp I’m a huge fan of Ellul & am quite grateful to see his concepts appropriated & applied here! I urge caution in the use of passive voice (eg, many mistakes made). People, gov officials, coordinated efforts to strategically misguide citizens about origins, transmission, PPE etc.
2021-08-24
@ydeigin Meanwhile, a negative test for past Dengue infection makes them a bad candidate for the vaxx. I had multiple infections while living in a country where it is endemic. ADE is not fun!
2021-08-24
@ydeigin Again, my emphasis on this example is that it wasn’t necessarily what was initially expected with respect to ADE. A simple blood test to find out if a child has been infected makes them a candidate for the vaxx.
2021-08-24
@ydeigin acted as the initial infection and thereby increased chances of severe outcomes when they finally did get infected. After a kid got infected with an initial strain and then received the vaccine, it decreased the potential for negative outcomes upon future exposures.
2021-08-24
@ydeigin to the vaxx as though it were a weak initial infection with waining antibodies over time vs the lifelong immunity to a particular strain conferred upon natural infection. Since each additional strain increases chances of lethality, a less than ideal response to the vaccine
2021-08-24
@ydeigin That wasn’t the case with Dengvaxia & ADE. Children <9 who received the vaccine first & then were exposed to Dengue experienced ADE. Those who were first infected, then received the vaxx saw benefit when exposed to future strains. If given first, the immune system responded
2021-08-23
@ydeigin And if you look at any of my previous posts, my family will be dancing the day there’s approval for 2 & under! Might make me spin kick someone out of sheer delirium. These kids need to be able to move about freely, yesteryear! https://t.co/F7jZwcJv55
2021-08-23
@ydeigin My point in using Dengue is not to suggest Dengue is *like* SARS2 or that Dengvaxia is *like* the mRNA vaccines. Rather, my point was about ADE not working the way they initially suspected it might. That is, the ADE occurred after vaxx but before contact with a strain of Dengue.
2021-08-23
@ydeigin children will do, it’s premature to say anything more than ADE hasn’t been observed at this time. Furthermore, we obviously have limited data on what evolution will come up with before we have a universal vaccine. We’re closer to the opening gambit than us declaring checkmate.
2021-08-23
@ydeigin I’ve been a very outspoken proponent of vaccines & NPIs. I don’t think we know enough yet about all of the moving parts to say this won’t ever be a problem. Take Dengvaxia as an example. ADE is a problem for <9 if vaxxed before first natural infection. Until we know how the
2021-08-23
@David_Gunkel @mitpress @PhilipLaughlin touché! A book is already such a distillation of abstractions communicated via symbols, a serious dimension reduction. Then, to make it an e-book is, what, remediating the-already-mediated?
2021-08-23
@David_Gunkel @mitpress @PhilipLaughlin I was a bit surprised @mitpress didn’t send you their interpretation of a deconstructed book in a one of a kind “box”. I’d pay extra for that!
2021-08-23
It’s difficult for all parents right now. It’s especially difficult for those with <12s. How do we keep going to/doing work in fits & spurts while 1 or more kids are sick or sent into quarantine? They’re not aging pets who enjoy lounging!
https://t.co/KZrnLFHz2G
2021-08-23
For all of the public health experts who kept insisting contra the emerging data out of Israel that breakthroughs were going to be rare. Why? Why do we keep repeating the same mistakes? We should’ve been leading the way by encouraging #BoosterShots, #NPIs, #RapidTesting… https://t.co/vfon2ADC9M
2021-08-23
@Prof_RBW @swatiwaves @drmeowza This is a fascinating sociological comment. I was unaware of this very specific demographic. A large, Catholic, outdoor Shakespeare-loving group of anti-vaxxers?
2021-08-22
In reference to my earlier tweet, someone shared a horrific video & said the unfiltered version could be found on Instagram at: kensingtonbeachphilly. From #COVID to the #AfghanistanCrisis to this #opioid epidemic, there’s an absence of competence and ethic of care.
2021-08-22
@JocelynnPearl @clairlemon What about raising baby humans? It’s harder than studying the hard problem of consciousness bc they’re both conscious &, without constant supervision, will self-destruct faster than a Mission Impossible message. But does it count?
2021-08-22
I feel odd seeing some of the posts shared on #Twitter. At times it can feel like you’re at an idea bar where you’re served up some of the most combustible ideas you could never have imagined ordering. There’s also tepid water. What a combo!
2021-08-22
@stevereed84 @ydeigin Yuri Neighgin?
2021-08-21
This is awesome! https://t.co/5Vb6YyW8fG
2021-08-20
@j2bryson @JoshGellers @Joshuak_Smith @LucasCardiell @David_Gunkel @NoelSharkey @ieeeras @alan_winfield @imperialcollege @ARTAIBath @DrSyedMustafaA1 from postmodernism for a moment, Protestants may agree with Christianity being the dominant narrative; but each unique hermeneutical community may have its own petite narratives built around the given subject matter.
2021-08-20
@j2bryson @JoshGellers @Joshuak_Smith @LucasCardiell @David_Gunkel @NoelSharkey @ieeeras @alan_winfield @imperialcollege @ARTAIBath @DrSyedMustafaA1 research that then works its way back up the hierarchy to be disseminated in, say, a Papal encyclical. What you tend to find in US Protestantism is loosely affiliated groups that organize for the purposes of a conference on a given subject. If I could borrow
2021-08-20
@j2bryson @JoshGellers @Joshuak_Smith @LucasCardiell @David_Gunkel @NoelSharkey @ieeeras @alan_winfield @imperialcollege @ARTAIBath @DrSyedMustafaA1 I have to agree that while Protestantism, broadly construed, is well-represented in the states, there’s no functional equivalent to the Pope or Monarch or Archbishop that speaks with that level of authority. Plus, there’s no formal scholarship that funds
2021-08-20
@JoshGellers @j2bryson @Joshuak_Smith @LucasCardiell @David_Gunkel @NoelSharkey @ieeeras @alan_winfield @imperialcollege @ARTAIBath @DrSyedMustafaA1 I think this is an important issue. The Vatican has scholars focused on topics like this & many others. There are scattered Protestant scholars in the US, but I’m unaware of any consensus position or sustained engagement by “The Church”. Partly bc there’s no THE Church here.
2021-08-20
For #conspiracy theorists out there, shouldn’t our naked incompetence fully on display for the world to see be enough to convince anyone that even if “they” had a desire to take over the world, “they” couldn’t? Help me understand how “they” could do it without competence.
2021-08-20
@PaulVanderKlay welcome back to the desert of the real! Hope you all had a refreshing time off. I’m not sure why but today’s video quality is off the charts! Did you update the glass once more, or is YouTube simply serving it up to me properly?
2021-08-20
@David_Gunkel @talestomaz @UMinnPress I will definitely check all of these recommendations out! I thought Dr. Vervaeke’s @vervaeke_john work on Zombies in Western Culture was a great read. So I may as well grab this too and thoroughly scare my wife. Robots, zombies, cannibals, oh my!
2021-08-19
@David_Gunkel @talestomaz due to its social location & the political economy of academia, which has privileged French theorists, we may be missing some wonderful critiques that focus more on immediacy, community, & embodied experience.
2021-08-19
@David_Gunkel @talestomaz I’d probably toss Freire & Boal in the Portuguese mix. I’m guessing there’s an overlooked trove of manuscripts by Spanish theorists that have not been properly identified. Liberation theology was rising to a crescendo. Having lived in Central America, my assumption is that
2021-08-19
@talestomaz @David_Gunkel Thank you for taking the time to share this information!
2021-08-19
For those who either don’t know of or forgot about the #Dengvaxia nightmare, caution is not unwarranted. I say that bc the government lost trust & saw significant decreases in other scheduled vaccinations. We must be nimble & proceed with great care!
2021-08-19
My thinking is that even mild to modest adjuncts would have an outsized impact if coupled with vaccines. Must keep an eye out for any signal of ADE, especially as we get closer to the possibility of administering to <12.
2021-08-19
Gulp! “Iceland‘s main ICU strained by new Covid-19 cases”
Totals: Out of 73 hospitalized 2/3 fully vaxxed.
6 out of 11 ICU fully vaxxed.
Thursday saw 130 new infections with 85 vaxxed, 37 unvaxxed.
Ensemble approach needed stat!
https://t.co/zSrsDxTRpb
2021-08-19
“Roughly three out of five people coming to the UC Davis emergency department are ages 39 or younger, according to UCD statistics.”
Read more here: https://t.co/5hFl9CTUS8 UC Davis ER in Sacramento CA sees surge in young COVID cases | https://t.co/MuoYrlt1Rr
2021-08-19
@David_Gunkel @talestomaz Who are the Spanish equivalents to Lacan, Derrida, Lyotard, Foucault, Barthes, Baudrillard?
2021-08-19
@David_Gunkel @talestomaz This is an intriguing comment, because I’ve been looking for similar scholarship from Central & South America. Since pos-modernismo (per Jameson) as a descriptor originated there, I thought I’d encounter more Spanish & Portuguese in the literature.
2021-08-19
@Joshuak_Smith Having recently watched an infant transition from crawling to walking, seeing these #robots fall elicits a similar kind of visceral oh no! I know machine learning helped them improve & succed at the task, but my affect is easily hijacked to feel for them as they fail.
2021-08-19
contamination by results of synthetic biology experiments.”
2021-08-19
…”Many specimens contain large contigs of common laboratory cloning vectors with numerous viral sequences embedded, documenting widespread contamination of the sequencing facility. This makes it impossible to separate a natural zoonotic infection in the pangolins from
2021-08-19
“This has consequences for SARS-CoV-2 origin analyses as multiple papers have relied on the published pangolin CoV genome sequences GD_1 (Xiao et al. 2020) and MP789 (Liu et al. 2020) for their interpretation (Andersen et al. 2020).”
2021-08-19
👀😳🤔. This *could* cause a bit of a storm. The authors are asking for retractions or serious revisions re pangolin studies. “Cloning vectors and contamination in metagenomic datasets raise concerns over pangolin CoV genome authenticity” https://t.co/t5zCCWF9LY
2021-08-19
@ShadiBartsch It isn’t the passage of time per se. It is what you do during the delay that seems to matter. The ability to run simulations & explore the universe of possible outcomes for a given decision may help. Gaining objectivity & being reflexive can also help. One needs a moment though.
2021-08-19
social life. Celebrating that which is detrimental certainly won’t alleviate the issues we have. It’s especially freighting if one has small children!
2021-08-19
3rd largest demographic in the 3rd largest state. Think about that! When I brought this data to @samhsagov’s attention, they awarded us more funding to help address the problem. But it’s scaling beyond belief. That was before the lockdowns, isolation, & disruption of
2021-08-19
I’ve no idea who you are @bergerbell, but this seems like an astute observation. I was the Assistant Director for the Children’s Mental Health System of Care Project where we lived. If children & youth with behavioral health diagnoses were their own demographic, they’d be the https://t.co/NW3EAzaupc
2021-08-19
along with making the proper reforms so this doesn’t happen again. The prices have soared, but students aren’t getting an escalating value-add. And the extra cost isn’t making its way to professors, instructors, & post docs #AcademicTwitter.
2021-08-18
“But most importantly we’re making the world a better place. Through constructing elegant hierarchies for maximum code reuse and extensibility…through minimal message-oriented transport layers. I firmly believe we can only achieve greatness if first we achieve goodness.”
2021-08-18
Innovate & iterate our way through this… https://t.co/i8yJuJZykh
2021-08-18
RT @davidasinclair: Resveratrol helps the immune system kill triple-negative breast cancers by downregulating PD-1, an immunoncology target…
2021-08-18
Go to the Taliban and ask whether it is permissible to celebrate the rights of LGBTQIA individuals & they’ll be prompt to offer reassignment surgery: Cranial Reassignment Surgery. Their spas are also on the cutting edge of limb contouring.
2021-08-18
To equivocate about this is foolish & needs to be decried. The atrocities perpetrated against innocent women and children is staggering.
2021-08-18
should pay the maximum penalty the law affords.
2021-08-18
If we equivocate on the issue of what the #Taliban is & what they’re willing, able, and prepared to do—as they have in the past—then we’ve turned a perilous corner.
I say that while also maintaining that anyone who commits a crime & is found to be engaging in sedition https://t.co/eauLmwhnrr
2021-08-18
@welcomewords Per your discussions with your MD, and if not contraindicated for your specific diagnosis, it may at least be a stop-gap or bridge (in terms of having antibodies) to get you through until there’s another form of prophylaxis.
2021-08-18
@welcomewords a substitute for vaccination, it is being used for ongoing exposure in certain institutional settings. At the last reporting of the data I reviewed, it still looked like it was holding up reasonably well to Delta with ~2 fold reduction in effectiveness.
2021-08-18
@welcomewords Have you been able to get any guidance on the possiblility of utilizing something like the Regen-Cov cocktail of monoclonal antibodies? Their Emergency Use Authorization received expanded use authorization in the US for post-exposure prophylaxis. While they’re not branding it as
2021-08-17
Just say no to chin diapers! We are fortunate to have @mtosterholm. It will be hard to know how many serious illnesses have been prevented & lives saved because of his wisdom & empathy. https://t.co/mlgJAmffrC
2021-08-17
@ydeigin What’s your take on the surprising study finding SARS2 antibodies in Italy before the official acknowledgement of it even existing and Ward’s article once again reiterating the removal of the database around that same time? https://t.co/UxrHDBdSXf https://t.co/KAhGC8NQDp
2021-08-17
@David_Gunkel Ergo since I want to be smart like a French theorist, I must write books (and articles) that are hard to read.
Fascinating to think something that may have begun for one reason is carried on for another...
2021-08-17
@David_Gunkel and the towering shadow of people like Racine. I'm afraid we read the translations and get the incorrect perception of what's happening, because the language can come across as impenetrable. Some work out an invalid syllogism: French theorists=smart. Their books=hard to read.
2021-08-17
@David_Gunkel Here I'm being a reductionist for space, but it is safe to say the French intellectual milieu was different from that of the English-speaking scene. Some of the most-quoted & least understood theorists were working with-and-against French & the lingering impacts of neoclassicism
2021-08-17
@David_Gunkel endeavor. The first book is commended by the academic community, but typically fades into obscurity. The second book is what gains them the notoriety.
It's worth us keeping in mind, as I see attempts to replicate in English something we don't quite understand.
2021-08-17
@David_Gunkel typically two books produced by the French anthropologist: one is a more "scientific" work about the research conducted; 'the second book' is more of a literary work that lets the author break free of the labyrinthine language requirements that are part of the scholarly
2021-08-17
@David_Gunkel It's funny because I was just going over some of the issues regarding language use by French theorists. Vincent Debaene's (not sure if he's on Twitter?) book L’Adieu au voyage: L'ethnologie française entre science et littérature is quite illuminating, as he demonstrates there are
2021-08-17
The fact that we’re losing ordinate affection to the point we can’t imagine ἀγάπη (agápē) existing without sexual desire is disheartening. This is trading a banquette of grace for a thin gruel of postmodern hermeneutics. Live not by lies!
2021-08-17
Wow. Wasn’t prepared for dealing with a pandemic, climate change, finacialization, inflation, us leaving Afghanistan in a lurch…
only to find out via Twitter that Christ the Lord, a 1st century Jewish Rabbi, was bi-sexual & could’ve had threesomes with Mary Magdalene & John. 🤷🏻♂️ https://t.co/bIVO8sHy6R
2021-08-16
@fibke @ScottGottliebMD @CDCgov over time. Without a vaccine offering sterilizing immunity or a drug that functions as a prophylactic, we will potentially be engaged in an on-going battle for the foreseeable future.
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2021-08-16
@fibke @ScottGottliebMD @CDCgov the same is true. We need sterilizing immunity, and we need it fast. Otherwise, we will be in a race against ever-escalating variants, precisely because immunity even among the fully vaxxed is variegated. Each individual has a unique response that wains at differing rates
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2021-08-16
@fibke @ScottGottliebMD @CDCgov + the millions vaccinated, we should probably rethink how we understand covid19. It is beginning to look like our vaccines are holding up well in terms of preventing severe outcomes. However, breakthrough infections are still possible. And among those with natural immunity,
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2021-08-16
@fibke @ScottGottliebMD @CDCgov should count towards community protection offered. This is especially true given that one can now be fully vaxxed & spread Delta (or what we assume to be Delta because we're behind on our sequencing capacity). In other words, with the millions who've acquired natural immunity
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2021-08-16
@fibke @ScottGottliebMD @CDCgov case rate in order to sound the alarm about hospitals & ICUs being overwhelmed. I think this is worth highlighting, because people aren't always aware of how bad the situation is in their locale. On the other hand, though, the staggering amount of current and past infections
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2021-08-16
@fibke @ScottGottliebMD @CDCgov But uneven uptake of the vaccines can't be the only explanation, can it? I actually think the numbers suggest something more concerning. During most of 2020, we frequently heard about our escalating case counts & how we failed to mitigate. So, on the one hand, we point to the
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2021-08-16
@fibke This seems to be an interesting quandary that @ScottGottliebMD alluded to yesterday. Our @CDCgov hasn't been proactive in scaling up foreword looking infrastructure. We do quite a lot of retrospective work. Hence, we're almost always dealing with lag measures.
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2021-08-16
When people read it, they will comprehend it. Highly recommend for reasons I've mentioned to @David_Gunkel before. One of the major problems for non-French speakers is just what to do with the language, diction, & translations. This removes those barriers to entry. https://t.co/ZDNPB0PbvD
2021-08-16
May God forgive us for abandoning these precious people. The ignominy of this being the closing chapter to a misguided war on terror. Some of us lost our loved ones in this quagmire, so I take no comfort in knowing even more innocent people will too. https://t.co/BQDmfxY1rn
2021-08-16
The democratic order had better rouse itself from slumbering decadence. We've somehow convinced ourselves that liberal democracy is the status quo rather than the exception.
...and the violent take it by force...Rome, that sound is the Visigoths, Vandals, & Taliban at the gates. https://t.co/rSfWgAgtSN
2021-08-16
@itsnot_pink This is amazing work! Do you know of anyone doing this same thing with lung cancer?
2021-08-16
@deepfates Twitter is the most appropriate space to prove such deep things. Why, everyday I’m informed by people who use handles like kittycatkins78910 & millienialsoup that they’re more advanced than me in every conceivable & inconceivable manner. Twitter is their invisible college.
2021-08-16
@threadreaderapp unroll
2021-08-16
@ydeigin @CIA I cited this months ago as well. No one seemed too interested.
"Unexpected detection of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in the pre-pandemic period in Italy" https://t.co/hAdBDjTJ3v
2021-08-16
The date matters. This was something being discussed 8 months ago. That we weren't adequately prepared is unacceptable. https://t.co/XEM0HSSOP7
2021-08-15
@matthewherper Did I miss your coverage of why #novavax isn’t applying for an EUA until the 4th quarter? Excited they’re taking part in the vaccine sharing initiative! Their Phase 3 clinical trial results look promising re VOC, so it’d be nice to have as an option for boosters.
2021-08-15
until you are what you ought to be. And you can never be what you ought to be until I am what I ought to be. This is the way God’s universe is made; this is the way it is structured.” Dr. MLK, Jr. 3/31/1968
2021-08-15
all perish together as fools. We are tied together in the single garment of destiny, caught in an inescapable network of mutuality. And whatever affects one directly affects all indirectly. For some strange reason I can never be what I ought to be
2021-08-15
Through our scientific and technological genius, we have made of this world a neighborhood and yet we have not had the ethical commitment to make of it a brotherhood. But somehow, and in some way, we have got to do this. We must all learn to live together as brothers or we will
2021-08-15
It’s punctuated by joy, love, and deeply meaningful experiences with others. We will solve the #Covid_19 #pandemic, but not without a coordinated effort. We need each other! Another Doctor said it much more eloquently, so I leave you his words:
2021-08-15
There’s no such thing as a safe life. There is simply more or less risk, more or less safety. But no safe state exists for us. Being human is punctuated by suffering & is itself a terminal condition. But thankfully it is also grander & richer than that existential truth.
2021-08-15
We have no long-term data on what this virus will do to the young. Immediate death isn’t the only outcome we should be concerned about.
We also don’t want the preventative measures to harm our children. We need a balanced approach that allow them the opportunity to flourish.
2021-08-15
But we also need to begin looking at this event (& others for which we have data) as an experiment. My deepest concern is that until we can protect the <12s, we’re playing with fire.
2021-08-15
Returning to the Lallapalooza news: again, there’s a certain amount we need to celebrate. People were able to participate in a large social gathering. We need to interact/connect with others! Currently, we’re not hearing about many cases of severe illness and death. Wonderful!
2021-08-15
and subsequently instigates a pro-inflammatory state. Since they have a longer (projected) life expectancy, loss of healthy years would have an outsized impact upon them.
2021-08-15
pay the price for variants with escalating viral loads. I don’t think we know just yet what that tipping point is, but there’s a plausible scenario where *if* viral load is high enough upon exposure then it overwhelms a naive immune system;
2021-08-15
Until now, the world has been spared to a great degree the immeasurable suffering that would accompany a pandemic that targets the <12 population. We better get the calculus right so that <12s, who have *typically* but not universally done well with previous variants, don’t
2021-08-15
The problem is that *if* you have asymptomatic spread by the fully vaccinated, then our problem set morphs slightly. One has to be concerned about waining immunity, incomplete immunity, and the unprotected .
2021-08-15
of 1st gen vaccines, if you’d told the world we’d be able to come up with a shot that could turn a pernicious viral infection responsible for the deaths of millions into an asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic illness, 🙌 all around!🍾 🥂.
2021-08-15
1st it’s important to say that @JamesSurowiecki is sharing this in good faith. He notes the obvious underestimate in cases. The concern is that many fully vaxxed still consider themselves *relatively* safe from contracting & potentially spreading covid19. In our initial rollout https://t.co/rk77JcRHya
2021-08-15
@JoshGellers I’m sure she will be proud. At some point we begin looking for our legacy. What will it be? It sounds like you have yours and are doing everything you can to make sure there’s a bright, vital torch for her to carry forward. Some leave only a desiccated stick initialed with regret
2021-08-14
@detonite @EstherOfReilly @BernardoKastrup I’d love for him to speak at length with Keith Ward. I think there’s probably quite a bit of consonance between Ward’s Idealism and @jordanbpeterson’s animating ideal. That’s a good call on your part.
2021-08-14
@EstherOfReilly I won’t even ask what search terms you used to find such a 🦇
2021-08-14
We have more than a few monsters that need taming. But we also need the tamers not to become monstrous in the process. I still believe that we have the capacity to meet & tame the problems that may currently seem impossible. We need a Renaissance Project of sorts.
2021-08-14
Someone help me with this. We need to experience the insights of people like @JTasioulas. What is the functional equivalent of a “Bat signal” that could bring together voices like @TempletonPrize winners & @munkdebate participants for sustained dialogue? This is my dream! https://t.co/pYANzpvnj7
2021-08-14
@EstherOfReilly Wait until he reads people like Gelertner and then retreats to Nagel, who should be a safe harbor, only to find that even that isn’t the case. Maybe someone should write a rejoinder to Nagel on What It’s Like to Be a Believer?
2021-08-14
Let’s own that. #Wainingimmunity is a #mRNA hurdle. Instead of sitting around celebrating lag measures, we better innovate towards universal immunologic sterilizers STAT! Until then, provide >65 and immuno-compromised a #booster right away. Proper #n95 use. #rapiddailytests
2021-08-14
🤦🏻 This is such an intuitive linear failure mode. It’s about like saying 99.99% of people who can’t swim and haven’t yet entered the water have not drowned or nearly drowned. Messaging in this way will likely undermine confidence in the longer run. We have a durability problem. https://t.co/776plVqZSc
2021-08-14
@TMichielv @P_otatoP_otato @vladglebov @fullydavid @BretWeinstein @HeatherEHeying I’m with you on this. We all need to channel our inner Daniel Schmachtenberger, remaining epistemically sharp, & dispositionally cool. And we shouldn’t get distracted by anonymous critics who are so boisterous in their pronouncements.
2021-08-14
@JoshGellers Because, well, mutuality and all of that…
2021-08-14
@JoshGellers all that we can to make this a habitable place that nurtures & supports flourishing.
That ethos is evident in your work! I appreciate your passionate commitment to cultivating communities of egalitarian participation. We all look forward to seeing you succeed in your efforts.
2021-08-14
@JoshGellers Even if we were weary from the heavy lifting that must been done in order to reestablish some sense of sanity, where others might throw in the towel, we simply can’t afford that!
Because we have children, we’ve made a pact with the future that says we will do
2021-08-14
@JoshGellers gaping moor of incompetence. Now, it begins to look like we will toss in a dose of sectarianism for bad measure. As parents, there’s a different sense of urgency attached to these discussions.
2021-08-14
@JoshGellers This is beautifully said in what is candid, palpably true prose. We’re in full agreement that our politics is spiraling downward as it unravels. I sometimes wonder if this rivalrous game has us stuck in a meta-failure mode that could be terminal. I’ve never seen such a
2021-08-14
RT @PeterAttiaMD: We are looking for some top flight folks to join our team, in particular, two senior roles (research and growth), in addi…
2021-08-14
I don’t think I’ve ever experienced the same level of cognitive dissonance from some of the other interlocutors engaged in these Twitter dialogues. You’re so bright & articulate that I don’t want to see your work diminished.
2021-08-14
If we want to see the expansion of rights for non-human persons, it is, I think, incumbent upon us not to alienate human persons we might otherwise find distasteful. In other words, if we want to speak about it, we need to be about it.
2021-08-14
I want to say this as someone considering these discussions from a slightly different vantage: my central concern for your (@JoshGellers) project is that I find some of your political rhetoric on here a bit otherizing such that it works at undermining your scholarship. https://t.co/C3QozERjnE
2021-08-13
@washingtonpost I woke up to a similar question from one of my best friends. He routinely ran the #NATO missions where he was handcuffed to cases containing ~$20 million in cash. He’d deliver the money to Elders who’d provide intel &/or surrender weaponry. What did he get his back blown up for?
2021-08-12
@johnmilbank3 @LoicTheStoic I must admit feeling not a little sensucht when, at Oxford, I first encountered this notion of the singing of the spheres. Is there a way to recapture that sense of enchantment in this atomized age?
2021-08-12
What a standard that I’ve failed to live up to many, many times. But let us grow in together.
“See that none render evil for evil unto any man; but ever follow that which is good, both among yourselves, and to all men.”
1 Thessalonians 5:15
2021-08-11
@JamesCUngureanu the scientific method, the Not-So-Dark-After-All Ages... and, of course, of Popes and Unicorns.” One of the best closing paragraphs for any book description.
2021-08-11
@JamesCUngureanu Whoever wrote this has me hooked! Brilliant. “The result is a tale of Flat Earths, of dissection, and of autopsies; of Creation and Evolution; of laser-eyed lizards and infinite worlds. It is a story of miracles and mathematicians; souls and Great Libraries; the Greeks,
2021-08-11
@EricTopol Please share more of this kind of content, because it will engender trust. People are looking for trustworthy health experts to help guide them. To maximize beneficial messaging, please avoid the political sphere as that can alienate people who most need to hear from you.
2021-08-11
@davidasinclair But if YOU buy it vs someone else, you could rehabilitate it and extend its lifespan! Plus, one hates to break up a collection especially when it would look so good amongst its companions. Dr. Sinclair: Revitalizing machines. Reinvigorating humans.
2021-08-11
we’d like them to be. If you’re a #veteran or are at higher risk for developing lung cancer, there are new screening protocols going into place to identify this earlier. This tends to correlate with much better outcomes.
2021-08-11
and feeling short of breath a few weeks ago. From his lifestyle & past physicals you wouldn’t have predicted this, which is why #lungcancer screening is so vital. Average age of diagnosis is ~71, & by then it’s usually reached a more advanced stage where outcomes are not where
2021-08-11
PSA:Our family received some rather challenging news in a stunning series of events that resulted in my father being diagnosed with stage 3 lung cancer #NSCLC. Never smoker & teetotaler. Still working 10 hr days for the love of his vocation. First noticeable symptom was a cough
2021-08-11
@WinshipAtEmory There needs to be a coordinated strategy in order to protect patients and staff. The statistical likelihood of someone fully vaccinated acquiring the new variant, while remaining asymptomatic & presenting with a negative test, is not zero. This is an eventuality.
2021-08-11
@WinshipAtEmory You should also begin counseling patients on their increased vulnerability to Delta and potential need for a 3rd dose of an mRNA vaccine or Regen-Cov’s monoclonal antibodies cocktail (which has only experienced a 2 fold decrease in protection from Delta).
2021-08-11
@DrewMoghanaki @DoctorJSpicer @tssmn Thanks for that swift reply and for sharing the helpful information!
2021-08-11
@DrewMoghanaki @WashURadOnc @SBRT_CR @samsonpp @PercyLeeMD I think Dr. Higgins at Emory is combining 4D & Machine Learning.
2021-08-11
@DrewMoghanaki @DoctorJSpicer @tssmn Would you happen to know where most of the cutting-edge work is taking place for the inoperable side of the NSCLC equation?
2021-08-11
RT @TeWilliamsMD: One more step forward towards BgRT as our first patients were treated this week on our RefleXion X1 linear accelerator us…
2021-08-11
So much is happening in other areas that this study failed to reach my desk until today. Progress…MRI-Guided Biopsy to Verify Breast Cancer Response After Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy https://t.co/UHqa8nc4Zl via @JAMANetworkOpen
2021-08-11
@EstherOfReilly Let me know if you want a co-author. Several years ago I did work on cultural identity and social stigma among Arab Americans. Fascinating fMRI studies on attribution. Brains light up differently when they think a person deserves a bad thing that happened vs strictly accidental.
2021-08-10
RT @HenningWillers: This is where all the excitement is, inhibiting DNA damage response and repair proteins to boost effects of #immunother…
2021-08-10
Of note. Watching with hopes that this results from a 3rd dose. If only the US would be proactive… https://t.co/U6guJJ0a8R
2021-08-10
@jksmith8806 And you’re still smiling!
2021-08-10
second order effects impacting everything from the economy to national security. We need boosters here, enhanced logistics to supply more abroad, n95s, track & trace, cheap daily rapid tests, & therapeutics. We have an ensemble & need to use everything in the arsenal.
2021-08-10
Covid19 could select for those with the least amount of resistance (those <12). Worth consideration is the fact that no small % of children (up to 20%) with mild illness still suffer from long covid. Even if you place the human cost of suffering aside, you’re still left with
2021-08-10
We’re currently unable to vaccinate our way out of this pandemic. I wish it were otherwise bc those of us parents with infants & toddlers can’t protect them, even though we’re happily double vaxxed ourselves. If we don’t play this right, and I’ve seen no signs that we will,
2021-08-10
But we must keep an eye out for what’s happening in children. Selective pressure is being placed upon #SARS_COV2 & the imperfect-vaccine hypothesis is worth considering in light of the fact that we’ve left the world’s children unprotected, unlike the birds studied.
2021-08-10
that it kept the vaccine recipients from dying, when they otherwise would have after exposure. Some of us have been saying this for months. With more infectious strains of covid19 & higher viral loads, our mRNA vaxxes are preventing death in those who might otherwise succumb.
2021-08-10
first place.” Later, they state: “We suggest that the risk of outbreaks of hyperpathogenic strains be considered wherever disease interventions improve host survival without preventing pathogen transmission.”
2021-08-10
Applied bioethics: With due respect, @clairlemon I’d encourage you to ponder the implications of this study.
“Our data do not demonstrate that vaccination was responsible for the evolution of hyperpathogenic strains of MDV, and we may never know for sure why they evolved in the https://t.co/4b8a6Xi4Yu
2021-08-10
I received an amazing R/R from a journal I respect. However, “Reviewer B” stated that “this research presents nothing stunningly new.” Wow! Forgettabout things like replication crisis. Now, they’re looking for something new. But not just any new. They want it stunningly new!
2024-09-24
@kalezelden Might be interesting to go back to your post from 2023 & check @hyonschu’s response. His experience with kayfabe & participation (“THIS IS REAL”) is still something I think about. https://t.co/W4mjNGZhAt
2024-09-23
What happened to this person? https://t.co/TeioVxWc4m
2024-09-23
#Hurricanes are trolley car problems in real life. If you want it to take a different path…
2024-09-23
Yikes! 😱 https://t.co/0KREOHQzSO
2024-09-23
RT @DylanoA4: I think about this moment from Bob Dylan's 60 Minutes interview a lot https://t.co/vya3NQks3g
2024-09-21
Would you rather give resources to your kids while you’re still alive or leave it to them after you die?
2024-09-21
@PaulVanderKlay Whatever adults think about the cultural appropriateness of certain displays of affection, is it not far more problematic to post something about an actual child (probably early teenager) & then point to that child as representative of a future sexually violent criminal?
2024-09-21
No words… https://t.co/SY6KR69zpy
2024-09-21
Just damning stuff. Follow THE science https://t.co/Sq0ObrMgs4
2024-09-20
Real question: If we can’t get straight answers about Covid19, Ukraine v Russia, current attempts on a former president’s life, JFK etc, then why would you expect to get anything like truth about #UAP?
2024-09-20
I need to do a deep dive on this… https://t.co/zHsLUW9ymN
2024-09-20
Was this the high water mark of the English language? https://t.co/qAd8vELLcc
2024-09-20
Why do they want a global war so bad? That’s what I can’t understand.
2024-09-19
@kalezelden Our oldest just started kindergarten. When the tuitions for the surrounding schools came out 😭😭😭😭 Our religious schools will extol their virtues but at exorbitant prices. Beginning to think Ivan Illich’s critique was correct. The Church has allowed the state to replace it as…
2024-09-19
RT @klwong43: Here, they are just figuring out the crossover, so I’m hoping for a longer conversation between them.
Thanks, @drmichaellevin…
2024-09-19
@klwong43 @drmichaellevin @jgreenhall I can’t wait to watch this!
2024-09-19
We need so much more of this. Listen for a moment & be transported https://t.co/TOFtrx2DQa
2024-09-18
When I rewatched (the only) Matrix movie, I was surprised by how quaint it was. They had to go somewhere to access a portal dial-up style. We just walk around in the Matrix of the internet via our handheld cellular portals. We spend a ton of time in the desert of the real. https://t.co/N7MKf9c9uK https://t.co/JYEYaNwz5B
2024-09-18
What if Y2K really really went down but even worse than the doomers ever dreamed to doom? Like everything you see & hear today is a result of some bizarre Y2K glitch that took us into the machine world that is our Matrix 👀
2024-09-17
RT @jamesrwoodtheo1: Here it is. My debut for @Plough: https://t.co/gt7TAxUQYs
2021-08-08
RT @chrischirp: LONG COVID THREAD:
The people running the BBC Horizon "Great British Intelligence Test" challenge on over 80,000 people t…
2021-08-08
This was an interesting conversation between @ASlavitt & @mtosterholm. What we don’t yet know should humble us. If anything close to 10% of mildly ill children end up with long-term complications we’re in major trouble. Implications of 20% are unimaginable.https://t.co/HOW2shqu6G
2021-08-08
We need an ensemble approach to managing this epidemic. Statewide, 20% of new positive cases are among children. Viral load upon exposure probably matters quite a bit more with the #DeltaVariant.
2021-08-08
🚨Reporting on the ground paints a bleak picture for the #BatonRouge area as both BR General Hospital and Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medial Center are being overwhelmed by #Covid_19 #COVID19. Worse still is that 26% of BR General patients are vaccinated.
2021-08-07
@David_Gunkel @Twitter We need people who are reputable, credible & have built enough scholarly capital, if you’ll permit that crudity, that when they speak people listen. You’re a signal in the midst of so much noise. We’re fortunate to have good communicators as exemplars in the academy.
2021-08-07
@sullyj3 @deepfates But the notion that unconditional love could,for example,subsist and in so doing subsist for others, give itself up for others;that the immaterial could pattern itself, Tron Itself down to our level for the sake of theosis is most absurd.A scandal.The only thing worth living for.
2021-08-07
@sullyj3 @deepfates This 🪡 got deep real quick! As someone who questions,Kierkegaard is a friend. I’ve no problem with skepticism *at all*. I find myself in a spiritual superposition almost all of the time. Doubting-believing. Believing-doubting. Cultivate the skepticism lest it turn into cynicism.
2021-08-07
Like an academic street preacher! If you think the academy is totally moribund, look for folks like @David_Gunkel whose CV won’t outweigh his eulogy (may you live to be 120!); & it isn’t due to lack of scholarly productivity but bc of his ethical treatment of others. https://t.co/pUPfA1Gb20
2021-08-07
@David_Gunkel @Boring_AI I’ve been thinking about a piece analyzing the academic turn towards snark, Nietschean ressentiment, & memetic rivalry. Without more humility, I don’t see how we weather the coming storms. “Things fall apart; the centere cannot hold” as we slouch towards envy & obsolescence…
2021-08-07
@jksmith8806 You’re in good company! We hear too little about Rabbi Heschel’s notion of God in Search of Man. I think God rather enjoys the reluctant ones and those who contend with Him. Lot would’ve been in deep trouble if Abraham decided to go along to get along!
2021-08-06
RT @jmmrad: I appreciate the chance to share our results with Oncology Tube!
2021-08-06
@jksmith8806 Ha! Now, you’re going full biblical reluctant prophet? I was just teaching our 2 y/o about Jonah.
By a Maimonidean standard, you *just* need to be on par with someone basic—someone like Aristotle! Just be Aristotle not Moses!
2021-08-05
RT @vervaeke_john: The third episode of the Dialogos and Mystical Realization series is up!
https://t.co/ZOvYVhyqOF
2021-08-05
@jksmith8806 The second thing is that there is an availability bias at work here. So many are weighed down under the burden of the mundane that this issue is not even on their salience landscape. But once it is, there’s no turning back.
2021-08-05
@jksmith8806 This is an admirable quality--so much so that I find myself often praying that God would give me eyes to see and ears to hear.
2021-08-05
@jksmith8806 Throughout history, there have been people who seemed to see the moment so clearly that their vision pierced through & beyond the temporal murkiness & brought back something of the future.
2021-08-05
@jksmith8806 A couple of things: Someone had to be the first abolitionist! You are helping lead the way. You're like Maimonides, taking in more from the environment than most. Then processing it, reflecting, refining, and seeing the moment more clearly (some might say prophetically).
2021-08-05
@jksmith8806 Hence the need for an ethic of responsibility and care. And the pressing need to solve alignment problems.
2021-08-05
@jksmith8806 Emulations and simulations of such fidelity that they are, themselves, conscious. After they serve their purpose: delete. Thus, we may be addressing a more generalizable problem or meta-problem, if you will.
2021-08-05
@jksmith8806 It remains almost entirely the human use of human beings, but I see no signs that we will limit the sphere of control and domination to the human person. Furthermore, I see no reason to think some advanced AGIs won’t also enact this.
2021-08-05
@jksmith8806 I share your concerns and have speaking & writing against the potential existential issues related to AGI. Currently, I would say most of the subservience is still relegated to doc students who function as mechanical Turks generating the training data.
2021-08-05
Oh the Pandora's box of ethical & legal questions that will result from emerging tech... https://t.co/HXmP9hVnaw
2021-08-05
We can make reasonable inferences from Israel's data about where things are headed. We should be actively working to see what, if any, adjunct therapies could also enhance immunity enough to prevent breakthrough infections. We need an ensemble approach to beat this pandemic.
2021-08-05
we should expect to see infections even among those who were fully vaccinated earlier in the year and those with compromised immune systems. The @CDCgov has been tragically bad at this since first learning of #SARSCoV2 #SARS_CoV_2. When will we be proactive instead of reactive?
2021-08-05
One of the unfortunate things I have to do in my work is point out things like this: "People who are fully vaccinated are protected from severe disease and death, including from the variants currently circulating in the country such as Delta" (HHS, July 8). Without #BoosterShots
2021-08-04
entering crowded spaces. If we act swiftly and wisely, we can avert austerity measures. We should also begin offering those at-risk the opportunity to take a 3rd dose or prioritize them for underutilized alternatives like Regen-Cov.
2021-08-04
I’ve been saying for over a year that we need to be vigilantly watching for ADE signals. We had better remain vigilant due to the emerging variants. ADE is no fun! Almost lost my life to multiple strains of Dengue Fever! So grab some N95s and learn to properly use them when
2021-08-04
many vulnerable people from experiencing the worst possible outcomes. But we need to tell the truth or risk losing what little credibility we still have. What we’re seeing on the ground is rising positive cases amongst the double vaxxed, but deaths have been decoupled.
2021-08-04
Saying breakthrough infections are rare is a bit misleading at this time. The combo of Delta & those being vaxxed>6 months is resulting in a dramatic increase in breakthrough infections. This is an issue of durability & not effectiveness per se. The vaccines are still preventing
2021-08-04
Paging @PageauJonathan & @PaulVanderKlay… https://t.co/Nb8oZF7hXn
2021-08-03
@jksmith8806 @antoniospadaro @scadhu I need to find an ethical alternative to amazon, especially for students who want to access course readings but don’t want to sell all their plasma to afford them.
2021-08-03
@StrangelEdweird @IrespnsblySalty @fullydavid @MattheLeo @jack It’s a nice read. I tend to agree with this approach and desperately want to get better at it. It’s similar to some of Carl Rogers’ notions on how to interact with others. This can be profoundly therapeutic & restorative.
2021-08-03
@jksmith8806 @antoniospadaro @scadhu If you don’t mind me asking, where did you get this handsome copy?
2021-08-03
@jksmith8806 Or you may prefer to formulate it as a person for other persons.
2021-08-03
@jksmith8806 matters. That you’re suffering matters quite a lot to you. Enough that the exigency must be confronted. But why? Because you matter. Your life matters, especially to the heart of a God that suffers as a God and as a human for other humans.
2021-08-03
@jksmith8806 But I wonder if you should try reverse psychology? Tell them to embrace it! Imbibe the nihilism fully. There’s a short runway with it bc you ultimately can’t talk yourself out of your own suffering & pain. Suffering is a truth serum that orients one to the immediacy of what
2021-08-03
@SEProtomartyr masking was rescinded. I give credit to the Gov. for making the hard choice to institute it the first time. It sounds like it will be implemented again. No one wants this, so we have to do better on all fronts! 7-8 months of solid work erased in a matter of days…
2021-08-03
@SEProtomartyr Man it is a terrible situation that will likely get worse before improving. Totally inundated with Delta. Poor uptake of the vaccine. Even Children’s Hospital is full. Plus, public health decisions to remove masking recommendations have been abysmal. They had control of it until
2021-08-03
But @AmeshAA we know that this is only partially true. Breakthrough infections will be common (especially in those who were vaxxed early). Vaccines can still offer protection from severe illness & death. Let us be open & honest about where this is headed though. https://t.co/fMIZ0809rT
2021-08-03
Bad news: It appears as though the % of breakthrough cases will be quite high *if* it’s been >6 months since vaccination. We should act like it by offering boosters right now. Good news: decoupling of the increasing case count from deaths.
2021-08-03
RT @AlphaTauMedical: Alpha Tau is starting research collabs with physicists Dr. Antonio Damato & Dr. Gil'ad Cohen @sloan_kettering in NYC,…
2021-08-02
in older adults who are at-risk for negative outcomes. Just astounding results. But let’s not get complacent. Keep iterating. As school begins, the under 12 population are almost certain to be impacted by the Delta variant. Viral load upon exposure may figure largely here.
2021-08-02
@paulfeesey If no one shared this with you, it may be a useful resource: https://t.co/q0xM3N9goa
2021-08-02
@paulfeesey On the spiritual front, many of us will be praying for her and your entire family. On the biomedical front, now that you have a diagnosis, I reached out to the best rare disease expert I know & she’s working on a contact for you. Hopefully they can be of some service.
2021-08-02
All #RareDiseases #RareDisease hands on deck!! Can we help this family in some way? We simply must! https://t.co/kSofZ8wmE9
2021-07-30
“C.D.C. Internal Report Calls Delta Variant as Contagious as Chickenpox.” Mandating vaccines for state & federal employees while not also aggressively deploying vaxx outreach for migrant/seasonal workers misses the mark. Why are we so bad at this? https://t.co/N8cHnLm1xt
2021-07-30
RT @VincentCMueller: Call for papers for "PT-AI 2021 - 4th Conference on “Philosophy and Theory of Artificial Intelligence”
Gothenburg 27-…
2021-07-30
@william_merrin Great to see this happen for you! Excited to read it.
2021-07-25
RT @JTasioulas: One aspect of the greatness of Crime and Punishment is Dostoyevsky’s relentless examination of the temptation to believe th…
2021-07-23
@anderssandberg When this happens, why is it occasioned by something akin to the phenomenological experience of having a splinter stuck in one’s finger?
2021-07-23
RT @demishassabis: This is a day I’ve dreamed of my whole life, this is the reason @DeepMind was founded, to build AI and use it accomplish…
2021-07-22
@platospodcasts Is something *like* lightening taking place within the intricate web of connections in the brain?
2021-07-22
@DominicDAgosti2 Great work! Any guess as to when this will move into the clinical trial space? I’m just imagining a host of things being possible if the CNS oxygen toxicity issue can be prevented or even delayed.
2021-07-22
@acxie_26 🙏
2021-07-21
@davidmanheim This is a solid point that I’m not seeing stressed enough.
Have you published anything that describes a possible framework/approach/model for how we could effectively end the pandemic? I’m wondering if your perspective includes elements most leave out.
2021-07-15
I find myself retuning to the Deep Code conversation between @jgreenhall & @fullydavid. There’s so much value in that exchange! I’m wondering if there are resources to help students better understand this issue of loss of complexity & elegance as info travels ⬆️& ⬇️ hierarchies?
2021-07-14
I consider this a huge win! https://t.co/33yzT6i13X
2021-07-14
@CMitsiadesLab @NatureGenet @DanaFarber @SU2C Really brilliant work. What is the estimate for how long it takes for a finding such as this to become integrated into clinical work with humans?
2021-07-13
The research being churned out right now is staggering. “Borgs are giant extrachromosomal elements with the potential to augment methane oxidation” https://t.co/LOnNpdxI4P
2021-07-09
@jksmith8806 @Uber I’m certain I know some ragin’ Cajuns that would be down for this blossoming market opportunity. I will say of all the places I’ve lived here & abroad, they potentially have the best sense of humor about life.
2021-07-09
@jksmith8806 @Uber What about a new company based on this idea? Call it Lift? Look at the height on that beast!
2021-07-09
If you want to work *at* the leading edge of tech’s impact upon the law & *with* one of the best minds in the academy, search no more. Check @JohnDanaher’s opportunity… https://t.co/BpIw61u0Rt
2021-07-09
@uberfeminist @ydeigin @ClaireBerlinski @BretWeinstein I’m specifically referring to what @ydeigin has presented here as evidence & the question he asks about it. I’m a proponent of an ensemble approach that includes vaccinations, therapeutics, inexpensive rapid at-home tests, T/T, proper PPE & good public health protocols.
2021-07-09
reasons. Not everyone can access vaccines. Let us proceed with civility & openness to the unfolding of what amounts to falsifiable questions. We can address most of the confusion with rigorous scientific study & clinical trials. Let’s choose that option instead of sectarianism.
2021-07-09
For the record, I have been an outspoken advocate for vaccination in those for whom it is indicated. I, along with all adults on both my own & my wife’s family, have been vaccinated. I’m also an advocate for ensemble approaches too. Not everyone will get vaccinated for various
2021-07-09
are *mostly* correct or directionally right about IVM, then what profile would make this drug a good candidate? What would its level of effectiveness vs its side-effect profile need to be?
2021-07-09
And *if* it turns out that we must adjust vaxx dosing so that we see fewer negative side-effects, this may come at a cost to their effectiveness. What’s the perfect ratio vs an acceptable one? This turns out to be a consequential question bc *if* @BretWeinstein & @HeatherEHeying
2021-07-09
This is well-said. The caveat might be that we don’t know if there will be side-effects that show up later & are more chronic than acute. The same can be said of the disease. Of course, we want to mitigate this risk to the degree possible for any/all interventions.
2021-07-09
with a concomitant cost of increases in adverse events, injury, or death. I see great value in @ydeigin’s point about Covid19’s impact on our healthcare infrastructure & how *if* the vaccines are unsafe then we should now see similar or worse impacts on that same infrastructure.
2021-07-09
My own take is that in the case of USA’s 1st gen vaccines, they are far more effective than could be reasonably expected under the constraints. When compared with previous vaccines over the past several decades they *may* come
2021-07-09
But there’s little doubt that *if* problematic data regarding the NLP & potential circulation in blood & accumulation in organs of the body turn out to be *true & accurate* we can develop even safer versions. This is part quality control & process improvement.
2021-07-09
So VAERS & the entire reporting system needs to be improved right now! While so doing, we will ostensibly be improving upon the 1st gen vaccines. Development & deployment of biotech like mRNA vaccines was a bold choice that will likely save millions of lives.
2021-07-09
But we need not repeat the public health mistakes of 2020 by lying or suppressing the truth (eg, masking). Sadly vaccine injuries occur. Tragically, vaccine-related deaths occur. We should 😢 over this reality & not deny it. Obfuscation causes more hesitancy than transparency.
2021-07-09
What we should be doing is simultaneously acknowledging that while we don’t yet have *long term* safety data for vaccines, we do have some current idea of risks associated with natural infection. Helping people understand their own risk/benefit scenario is powerful & persuasive.
2021-07-09
4. This is also crucial to consider in our current moment of minimal nuance: stating that in some portion of the population there *may* be and, indeed, are negative health consequences related to current Covid19 vaccines does not make one anti-vaxx.
2021-07-09
the duration of the flu season. This is already occurring, so I see no reason why ensemble approaches can’t be utilized with respect to Covid19.
2021-07-09
For some with compromised immune systems, prophylactic doses of Tamiflu are taken each flu season to help prevent infection. Some are prescribed Tamiflu prophylactically while waiting for the immunization to give partial protection. Still others combine vaccine & Tamiflu for
2021-07-09
3. It’s possible to be an advocate of both vaccination and utilization of other means of protection. One example, while admittedly not the same (ie, I’m not saying Covid19 = the flu), is helpful to consider.
2021-07-09
is for them). People are hurting, & we shouldn’t be slow to respond to their cries. It’s a nontrivial point that most of the world doesn’t have the same access as many of us debating issues via Twitter.
2021-07-09
alternatives. IVM may or may not be the answer, so adopting a more libertarian approach could be favorable here. *If* the potential benefit outweighs the potential risk then people should be able to access IVM given the fact that they can’t access a vaccine until T(whenever that
2021-07-09
2. We need to be able to reach as many people as possible as quickly as possible with an ensemble approach. Not everyone will have access to a vaccine for some period of time (call it time T). T isn’t today. T isn’t this week or month. So we must reach people today with effective
2021-07-09
protected from many of the detrimental aspects of Covid19. However, being told after one’s been vaccinated that one must continue to live as if unvaccinated isn’t sustainable.
2021-07-09
available. Maybe molnupiravir or a monoclonal antibody prepared as a prophylactic would help? But something must be done bc the problem isn’t small. This scenario impacts millions. And, yes, I agree that if there’s less spread then we immune compromised are more
2021-07-09
It’s possible this won’t work. What we’re currently doing isn’t optimal for this cohort though. In future iterations of the vaccines this may not be a problem. Or if poor response to vaccinations remains problematic, perhaps a drug/therapy better than IVM will be
2021-07-09
yet experience unfavorable outcomes (no response, very little response, etc) this extremely vulnerable group may inadvertently lead to escape variants when encountering SARS-CoV-2. We therefore urgently need an ensemble approach that may (or may not) combine vaccines with IVM.
2021-07-09
@ydeigin @BretWeinstein we need you both working together on the important problem facing us. 1. If it is *possible* that people with compromised immune systems & those taking drugs that alter the immune system (eg, transplant recipients) follow *current* vaccine protocols
2021-07-09
@ydeigin @ClaireBerlinski Asking this ? while pointing to this evidence makes objective researchers like myself appear to take sides when we point out that this evidence doesn’t suggest what you say it does. @BretWeinstein posits herd immunity is possible via combination of vaxx+IVM +natural immunity.
2021-07-04
RT @BerlinCures: #LongCovid symptoms disappear after treatment with our #BC007. For many an individual case, for the patient and for us a g…
2021-07-01
For those who are inclined to pray for strangers, please say one on behalf of the best man I know. He also happens to my dad & he’s in hospital not doing well at the moment. He’s been like a rock my entire life. Always-always there for us. Now he needs a Rock higher than I…
2021-06-30
Applied #bioethics: If you don’t know about @DafoeWhitney, then you’re missing out on one of the most courageous souls alive today. He’s an example of the giftedness of life. His life urgently calls out for us to affirm the inherent dignity of life in all of its manifestations. https://t.co/zzXWFrNDIz
2021-06-30
@DafoeWhitney until there’s a treatment & cure for the millions suffering. You’re beautiful & loved by so many! You’re an example to the world of the giftedness of life & the urgent need to affirm the inherent dignity of each life.
2021-06-30
@DafoeWhitney I know you don’t know me at all, but for years of my life I was bedridden & not given a hopeful prognosis. Lost everything! Had to be taken care of around the clock. My world was 4 walls & isolation. You’re an inspiration to me & each thing you say a reminder to keep fighting
@StenHelmfrid Patients are so desperate they just want answers. They don’t want to choose between speaking to a friend on the phone or being able to take a shower that day. They’re having to triage life. That’s why they’re justifiably angry. Their illness has been rendered invisible.
2021-06-29
@StenHelmfrid I can most assuredly attest to the fact that the true reason is due to the fact that there’s still no FDA approved treatment for a devastating disease impacting millions! People want to get well & live life again. If private funding led to a treatment or cure who would complain?
2021-06-29
@JoeBiden It’s time to let this American citizen return home without fear of reprisals or recriminations. If you want to be a president that represents social justice, this is a perfect opportunity. This too is a stain on the soul of a nation. Set him free bc he told the truth!
2021-06-29
@Snowden is preaching to us & at us from exile. Most people in the US haven’t ventured outside the lower 48, so this reality isn’t even imaginable. Why is this man not home with his family & friends living a normal life? Bc he revealed our government was out of control. https://t.co/F8qpibMkoY
2021-06-29
Important Read 🚨 “In my work for the United States National Security Agency, I was involved with establishing a Top-Secret system intended to access and track the communications of every human being on the planet.” https://t.co/FZZJ4LYEuC
2021-06-29
For the record I don’t think that’s what he & @HeatherEHeying are doing. I believe they’re thinking out loud & trying to analyze all of the data that’s available right now. This isn’t the right direction for people living in a democracy.
2021-06-29
Even if one thinks it is mis/disinformation he’s sharing & he’s driven underground then you can’t expose that network to accurate information. And one can’t monitor the network chatter. None of it makes sense.
2021-06-29
I don’t agree with everything @BretWeinstein says. I don’t know why that’s a prerequisite to support his ability to share his perspective. What is happening to us? How does this help the situation? Has no one studied information flow & networks? https://t.co/0cw3RbBbpI
2021-06-29
Can this be real? What false information is so concerning that they’d be willing to restrict the free assembly of free people? https://t.co/HBftU9pDO0
2021-06-29
His being Christ-like was the first thing we talked about & it derailed our intended conversation in a good way, I hope. https://t.co/dnxng5Lsqs
2021-06-29
@jordanbpeterson The likelihood of you actually seeing this is probably very low, but I’m one of the individuals who told John Vervaeke he was Christ-like. It is due to the way he treats people with respect & humility. He’s non-rivalrous & lifts others up. He shares of himself.
2021-06-29
@PaulVanderKlay @vervaeke_john @jordanbpeterson You better pack a lunch, because the comments section to that video are also riddled with mentions of you! And you’re already in dialogue with Vervaeke & @PageauJonathan, so it’s only a matter of time before you and Peterson collide, again. It will be brilliant!
2021-06-29
Only minutes in & it’s going to be a banger. @PaulVanderKlay getting the shoutout. Paul, remember us plebes when the status 🚀 takes you other realms! https://t.co/uxYCGqFgSv
2021-06-29
This is why I wrote about the importance of a free press that is undeterred by government or malign influences. The Apple Daily being shuttered should concern us. https://t.co/yz4SnMx2h5
2021-06-28
Life extension? If only it were to translate
New intranasal and injectable gene therapy https://t.co/fQxDi7pY6L
2021-06-27
@glenscrivener Was speaking to Angelo Franklin, a dear brother who just completed a translation of Jan Hus. In our conversation he mentioned your explication of "the great exchange" & had high praise for you. I told him I would pass along his regards.
2021-06-27
@David_Gunkel @ProfSteveFuller @OUPAcademic Really love Marvin's work. I'd toss in this gem of an article below by McKenzie, as well as Standage's The Victorian Internet. And McLuhan was just so prescient... https://t.co/xfXIWxgeKA
2021-06-27
@ProfSteveFuller Interesting comparisons between, say, Victorian letter exchanges & early internet. When Dr. Walther pioneered the field of CMC he noted similarities & dissimilarities. I would say the simultaneity of social media makes relating very different. Love to see @David_Gunkel respond.
2021-06-27
@drbob Many thanks!
2021-06-27
@threadreaderapp unroll
2021-06-27
"We are not called upon to step out onto the square and shout out the truth, to say out loud what we think—this is scary, we are not ready. But let us at least refuse to say what we do not think!"
2021-06-27
"And therein we find, neglected by us, the simplest, the most accessible key to our liberation: a personal nonparticipation in lies! Even if all is covered by lies, even if all is under their rule, let us resist in the smallest way: Let their rule hold not through me!"
2021-06-27
We hope only not to stray from the herd, not to set out on our own, and risk suddenly having to make do without the white bread, the hot water heater, a Moscow residency permit."
2021-06-27
We have lost our strength, our pride, our passion. We do not even fear a common nuclear death, do not fear a third world war (perhaps we’ll hide away in some crevice), but fear only to take a civic stance!
2021-06-27
"We have so hopelessly ceded our humanity that for the modest handouts of today we are ready to surrender up all principles, our soul, all the labors of our ancestors, all the prospects of our descendants—anything to avoid disrupting our meager existence.
2021-06-27
A man much greater than I has astutely summed it up in his admonishment to "Live Not by Lies." Here I refer to Solzhenitsyn & not the venerable @roddreher who also has a book by that title. I leave off with a quote from Solzhenitsyn as it seems apropos:
2021-06-27
International affairs? Domestic affairs? Climate science? UAPs/UFOs? The list is potentially as long as one has time & energy enough to commit to its creation. And there are charlatans & demagogues in great supply that will happily fuel the ensuing conflagration.
2021-06-27
And this process is iterative in nature. If a polis can't trust that its 4th estate is leveling with them about something as tangibly real as a pandemic that impacts everyone, then what other instances share this feature of untruth? The 2016 elections? The 2020 elections?
2021-06-27
When we jump back to the macro level, a similar kind of principle holds true. This distrust is corrosive to a democracy dependent upon an informed citizenry. When our press fails to tell or omits the truth, it opens wide the doors to colorful conspiracies & shameful skullduggery.
2021-06-27
it can cause a cascading effect that ripples back through your timeline. Broken trust can time travel. It isn't bound by our known laws of physics. It's a matter of the heart. Once that seed of doubt is planted, it can be difficult, if not impossible, to weed out.
2021-06-27
Is there any in-group signification more banal? Why can't we say a free press should cover stories that matter independent of the government's position or an elected official's rhetoric? This is why it matters: in an interpersonal context, when a trusted someone lies to you
2021-06-27
We should not countenance this for one second. For the record, I found zero utility in Trump's rhetoric. Worse still, while he was at the helm we mishandled our pandemic response in almost every conceivable way. Why we're anchored to Trump as a shibboleth I can't comprehend?
2021-06-27
component that is far from trivial. Even so, I'm hearing the churning of prevarications that will rise to a crescendo of "But Trump's rhetoric is responsible for honest journalists (& scientists for that matter) refusing to assign any probability to the #LabLeak hypothesis."
2021-06-27
We need an honest & free press for manifold reasons. There are cogent arguments about how media help facilitate a nation. We need shared sense-making apparatuses & shared information that is true, reliable, accessible, & free from malign influences. Journalism has an ethical
2021-06-27
@SEProtomartyr @TeamCoco Still in the denial stage of the grieving process!
2021-06-26
@SEProtomartyr @Covid19Critical @PierreKory @BretWeinstein It would be a game-changer for expanding access to vaccines & medications more generally. But we couldn't even get accurate messaging on masking right! Much room for nuance and improvement to say the least.
2021-06-26
@SEProtomartyr @Covid19Critical @PierreKory @BretWeinstein iterate our way through this. And while we're doing it, we might as well instantiate change at the meta level. We can improve the way we go about iterating and improving systems-related issues. Where's the creativity? How about a vaccine as something like a transdermal patch?
2021-06-26
@SEProtomartyr @Covid19Critical @PierreKory @BretWeinstein I'm for safe & effective vaccines! I also think it hurts our case if we attempt to suppress any safety data, because we are almost assured that the 1st generation vaccines will not turn out to be the best we can do. We need to use a rapid-cycle process improvement model &
2021-06-26
@SEProtomartyr @Covid19Critical @PierreKory @BretWeinstein That was an outstanding call that has only gotten better over time. But I denounce the hyperbole and any misleading statements about ivermectin and molnupiravir. Absent effective prophylactics & treatments, I'm for both trying ivermectin & developing molnupiravir.
2021-06-26
@SEProtomartyr @Covid19Critical @PierreKory @BretWeinstein We have to concern ourselves with more than one thing at a time--hence your point about nuance. We can do that, even if others won't. This is why I want to thank @Covid19Critical & @PierreKory for putting forward the use of dexamethasone before the Oxford trial.
2021-06-26
@SEProtomartyr @Covid19Critical @PierreKory @BretWeinstein Based on the safety profile of the drug, the risk-reward ratio (at this time) seems to be on the side of administration. One of my concerns dating back to 3/2020 is related to something like ADE. Boy did I learn the hard way about that from Dengue, a very thorough teacher!
2021-06-26
@SEProtomartyr @Covid19Critical @PierreKory @BretWeinstein err on the side of administering it precisely in those places where there is inadequate public health infrastructure and access to vaccines is quite low and will remain so for quite a while longer.
2021-06-26
@SEProtomartyr @Covid19Critical @PierreKory @BretWeinstein we are dealing with an exigency. This requires that we take action under imperfect conditions with high levels of uncertainty. This kind of decision making under uncertainty & imperfect conditions is also why if there is a clear signal for ivermectin's use, we should probably
2021-06-26
@SEProtomartyr @Covid19Critical @PierreKory @BretWeinstein and even death. This is heartbreaking, especially if it it's in youth or young adults who still have many healthy years ahead of them. And even if the safety profile turns out to be an order of magnitude worse than predicted, while still quite tragic,
2021-06-26
@SEProtomartyr @Covid19Critical @PierreKory @BretWeinstein In terms of the vaccinations, I consider us fortunate that all of the adults in our families have been able to receive them. I don't say this lightly, but we know there have been and will be a % of the population that suffer from negative side-effects, adverse events, injury
2021-06-26
@SEProtomartyr @Covid19Critical @PierreKory @BretWeinstein We can likely improve many things and therefore should for the sake of patients, which is to say people.
2021-06-26
@SEProtomartyr @Covid19Critical @PierreKory @BretWeinstein which, in theory, could be done. Then, even ivermectin is shown to be amenable to improvement. GOAT status for a drug seems like a profoundly misguided way to conceive of the biotechnological landscape.
2021-06-26
@SEProtomartyr @Covid19Critical @PierreKory @BretWeinstein If you check that tweet from the 15th, what I'm responding to is careless language that doesn't help at all. They call ivermectin "the GOAT." Whaaa? For certain things, ivermectin is certainly a wonderful therapeutic. But all one needs to do is improve the profile of the drug
2021-06-26
@SEProtomartyr @Covid19Critical @PierreKory @BretWeinstein I asked the same question in different places without response: https://t.co/SN6GCbVJNN .
It looks as if no one even looked at the structure of these two very different drugs. If I'm being generous, what one might say is that perhaps they share some mechanisms of action.
2021-06-26
@SEProtomartyr Regarding @Covid19Critical, @PierreKory & @BretWeinstein, I am with you on the critique of hyperbolic language & lack of accurate portrayal of specific facts. For instance, the very radical & unsubstantiated claim @Covid19Critical shared regarding molnupiravir left me angry!
2021-06-26
@SEProtomartyr @michaelmina_lab But a lack of understanding his nuanced proposal that we conceptualize this methodology as a public health tool for end-users rather than an FDA gold-standard test leaves us less equipped not better equipped.
2021-06-26
@SEProtomartyr @michaelmina_lab good public health protocols (isolating cases, tracking/tracing etc.). The good doctor deserves a humanitarian award for his efforts. This approach could have saved & still can save many lives!
2021-06-26
@SEProtomartyr @michaelmina_lab to identify a positive case. We’d still have the gold-standard testing! But we’d also have another rapidly deployable tool that can work to stop outbreaks due its consistent use. People could test themselves daily & know their status, making it much less difficult to implement
2021-06-26
@SEProtomartyr One quick example comes from the indefatigable @michaelmina_lab who has valiantly used his platform to push for inexpensive rapid at-home tests for Covid-19. People wouldn’t listen to his point regarding the utility of something that is quick, easy, & *sensitive enough*
2021-06-26
@SEProtomartyr discuss things without concern for affiliation or purity tests. It is regrettable that the exigency facing us has not fostered an environment where theories, methods, approaches, & treatment options can be discussed in a rational manner.
2021-06-26
@SEProtomartyr A couple of really great points you make. It seems as though we haven’t learned very much about the deleterious impacts of sectarianism. We appear determined to rehearse it once again. It is a societal failure mode we can ill afford bc it destroys nuance. We need to be able to
2021-06-26
Wow. The implications…
#CRISPR-Cas9 In Vivo Gene Editing for Transthyretin Amyloidosis https://t.co/ImpSjjBBLX
2021-06-26
@SEProtomartyr Do you remember this oddity? I think it was equidistance from our respective closes. https://t.co/zJs3wqBVy2
2021-06-26
@paulfeesey Praying for you & your family. Health & healing for your precious one. If you need family or social support, there are some wonderful orgs out there that can connect you as you search for answers. @Phelan_McDermid & @Unique_charity have connections in 🇬🇧. PM if you need more 🙏
2021-06-26
John Vervaeke patiently Answers Everything! Despite the tech glitches & rambling (all on my end) he manages to shed light on Christ-likeness, Wisdom, Cognitive Psychology, Psycho-Ontological Nourishment & How We Get AGI all wrong: https://t.co/dnxng5Lsqs
Thanks @vervaeke_john!
2021-06-25
I’m just wondering how long it will take for Roland Griffiths & fellow researchers at Johns Hopkins @JHPsychedelics to win a Nobel Prize for the incredible work utilizing psilocybin to assist those facing a grim prognosis as well as those battling treatment resistant depression.
2021-06-25
@jksmith8806 that adults might consider utterly meaningless, they seem rather immune to considerations of futility & existential angst. One begins to wonder about the implications of this & how it relates to “the kingdom of heaven.”
2021-06-25
@jksmith8806 It’s fascinating that existence can call us into question even when we’re engaging with something we otherwise consider meaningful. Meanwhile, children seem to exist in an unfolding stream of nowness. It’s all immediacy & this present moment. Even when engaging in endeavors
2021-06-24
RT @faithtechhub: What does God have to do w/ facial recognition, social media, or smart speakers?
We want your help exploring the uncharte…
2021-06-24
As a standard academic type, I would never have believed that I’d live through a period in history that made me think maybe Terence McKenna is right. The novelty. It’s getting so weird. Sense-making will falter in this schizophrenic environment of world-unmaking-remaking.
2021-06-24
Accessible liquid biopsies would be a huge step forward for cancer detection. https://t.co/lIgi95zrva
2021-06-24
RT @JohnDanaher: The final version of my paper - Axiological Futurism: The Systematic Study of the Future of Values - has now been publishe…
2021-06-24
RT @sergeilkp: Together with @aglucaci @StephenShank @nekrut : a tool for assessing selection in #SARS_CoV_2 clades, using B.1.617.1/2 exam…
2021-06-24
@sergeilkp @aglucaci @StephenShank @nekrut This is fascinating work! I’m wondering if you’ve constructed models that predicted the mutations that we now see in emerging variants? Can we take the earliest samples & propagate them forward to the present, analyzing how this process of changing itself continues to change?
2021-06-24
🧐 What a piece of research & sleuthing @jbloom_lab! https://t.co/KwUcgGqy0o
2021-06-23
And there’s reason to think it could be utilized synergistically with vaccines, especially for those with weakened immune systems. One doesn’t need to be either or/neither nor. The approach can be both and.
2021-06-23
https://t.co/3uVkrXUOUS
2021-06-23
For those of us with less reach, thanks @BretWeinstein @joerogan for highlighting what many others have been asking for several months.
2021-06-23
If ivermectin doesn’t work, then at least we might reduce the global burden of some nasty parasitic infections in the process. If you’re censoring this kind of information, I don’t understand the justification.
2021-06-23
If you haven’t lived outside of the US where one can get vaccinated for free right now, then maybe you don’t understand what’s at stake. We need all effective & promising treatments & protocols in place to save lives.
2021-06-23
I’ve been speaking out about these kinds of issues since 2009, when it was clear that malaria treatment & prevention was failing due to political economic reasons.
2021-06-23
Political economy of biotech: Imagine knowing and others knowing for the rest of your life (bc everything’s on social media now) that you’d err on the side of a novel coronavirus that killed millions becoming endemic bc you wouldn’t even try repurposed drugs like ivermectin.
2021-06-22
Baby Odin. Only a few weeks old. Gentle giant. https://t.co/DmTyszqokm
2021-06-22
That about sums it up… https://t.co/XGEmYVEm7d
2021-06-21
@davidmanheim @nsokolsky @ESYudkowsky And I’m deeply concerned about the second order effects of not controlling the spread as the %total of new cases will see increases in kids, unless they continue masking. But in the US where masking has been strict for those <12 there’s fear re immune system development.
2021-06-21
@davidmanheim @nsokolsky @ESYudkowsky What’s the explanation you assign the highest probability for this trend? Is it small amount of breakthrough cases interacting with those in the school cohorts? Introduction of more variants? Both?
2021-06-21
And just for clarification, I’m certainly against any circumstances where an AI would be created only to exist as a captive.
2021-06-21
to numerous exploits. This experiment was obviously unconventional but incredibly enlightening especially if we take into consideration that it was one expression of human intelligence acting as a proxy for a motivated AI agent. If a virus can get out...
2021-06-21
If you’re worried about #gainoffunction research but not the potential for runaway #ArtificialIntelligence or an intelligence explosion I’d like to understand that more. It seems @ESYudkowsky made the case some years ago with the AI in a Box experiment that humanity is vulnerable
2021-06-20
@ComIntDK @David_Gunkel They’re basically suicide machines that you have to protect until they’re able to learn not to destroy their own lives. In other words, they must be taught implicitly & explicitly that their own lives matter.
2021-06-20
@ComIntDK @David_Gunkel Take 100 children & let them try to cross a busy intersection. How many would choose to look both ways & proceed only when safe? They’re like Bartleby the Scrivener: I prefer not to.
2021-06-20
@ComIntDK @David_Gunkel But any parent or clinician who’s spent time with infants-young children could argue that this is tantamount to saying children disproportionately prefer sticking their fingers in electrical outlets when compared to adults.
2021-06-20
@robinhanson There are publications noting that Chinese scientists are utilizing AI for UAP analysis.
2021-06-20
@deepfates Not sure his intention was to continue in that same formal system but rather to transform the world through computation. I think he’s succeeded thus far!
2021-06-20
@deepfates Not alone in the quest. Even the great Stephen Wolfram has been criticized by the academy for his work on a new kind of science. They argue he didn’t submit to peer-review & subsequently covered known material. However he’d already done formal scientific work in physics.
2021-06-20
in real-time, adjusting lessons & style to support mastery at the individual level is a possible near-term trajectory for education?
2021-06-20
Am I the last one to find out some entrepreneurial students had access to GPT-3 (at least the API) during the school year? When coupled with Bloom's 2 sigma problem, I’m sure the results were surprising. Wondering if @anderssandberg thinks neural nets responding to bio-feedback
2021-06-20
@deepfates @sam_havens @nickcammarata @redoatz One of the practical issues would be pacing, no? Empower them while challenging them enough to remain motivated. If they feel they’re drinking from a 🔥hydrant all of the time demotivation will win the day. Gotta get some quick wins.
2021-06-20
RT @deepfates: @KyleMcnease @sam_havens @nickcammarata @redoatz hmmmm This is a good idea I think. if we just started the mount straight in…
2021-06-20
@JoshGellers @David_Gunkel take cues from us as we communicate on platforms such as this. Not trying to be a though police. Simply felt the execution was beneath you.
2021-06-20
@JoshGellers I can appreciate that rebuttal as a rapprochement. To budge even a little in this environment is monumental. I respect your work & would hate to see it potentially undermined by snark. That’s too easy! @David_Gunkel made me think about this with a tweet reminding me that students
2021-06-20
@deepfates @sam_havens @nickcammarata @redoatz Do you think this kind of approach & curriculum could be mastered by workers > 40 y/o who struggled during the pandemic bc their jobs were cut? I’m searching for under utilized cognition & that seems like a good demographic to re-tool. Barriers: lack of tech & coding skills.
2021-06-19
@ShadiBartsch was evaporating? It's this dialectical & teleological thing called history that he's gesturing towards, no? https://t.co/GXni1E6MER
2021-06-19
@ShadiBartsch The way I take Fukuyama's end of history is similar to Nietzsche's "Madman" declaring "God is dead." The Madman wasn't celebrating a good thing. Isn't Fukuyama stating that this concept called history, which has nested ideas of unending progress & democratization,
2021-06-19
In other words, should we cast a broader surveillance net to potentially capture this same phenomenon in healthy adults? The caveat is that it may not be *as pronounced* and therefore more easily missed/overlooked.
2021-06-19
Thus, it could be more easily observed in a population one shouldn't expect to find it. It really sticks out! Would an approach from the precautionary principle perspective seek this signal in adults with potentially more confounders?
2021-06-19
Question for the expert @DrPaulOffit. If there is a very clear signal of vaccine related issues in younger recipients (eg myocarditis), is it the case that the signal is clear due to fewer confounding variables? Youth tend not to have this background level of myocarditis.
2021-06-19
@DKirschMDPhD Thank you for sharing that insight!
2021-06-19
@detonite Congrats! Enjoy getting to know your new professor in the existential and awe department at the university of life. Blessings to you all!
2021-06-19
cc: @JYangMDPhD
2024-09-17
@jamesrwoodtheo1 @Plough Having recently lost my father, I’m staggered by the various layers of grief that you poignantly describe. I grieve for my mother, my brothers, myself, my wife, and our little ones who didn’t get a chance to know him. When you mentioned that, the words fell hard. I appreciate…
2024-09-17
RT @mcuban: Most people get insurance from work. But what few understand is that the insurance companies don’t provide insurance for 95 pct…
2024-09-17
Just say NO to sectarian science! https://t.co/kim2LbqMaa
2024-09-17
Unpopular opinion: after reading Walter Ong, I’m convinced that it was a major mistake to abandon Latin & rhetoric. Society might be more hospitable if there were more classical education, bc it teaches how to debate & disagree without demonizing.
2024-09-16
Teach your children that it’s easy to tear things apart, but it’s much more difficult & worthwhile to build. Teach them to build https://t.co/uwQdkYb7io
2024-09-16
Brutal https://t.co/AOazonHFP9
2024-09-16
@PaulAnleitner Paul, I think you’re right to consider this bc, at base, the disparate subjects share a commonality: non-human intelligences. I would add to your list AI as well. Lewis introduces us to a range of non-human persons (what we used to call aliens) & non-human intelligences…
2024-09-14
Underrated invention: we came up with the concept that letters are PICTURES of words!
2024-09-14
RT @KevinNaughtonJr: the one software engineer at your company who actually understands the legacy code
https://t.co/XKMDSGlQrm
2024-09-14
@lukeburgis He was so viscerally uncomfortable in that context that discomfiture became the lens through which I viewed him. Strange to think we’ve so done away with authentic meeting that we use “content creation” as a technique for attempting a mediated version of I-Thou.
2024-09-14
Do you think there should be a ceasefire between Israel & Hamas? Do you think there should be a similar ceasefire between Ukraine & Russia? Trying to understand how sentiment is clustering around these two issues.
2024-09-14
The drumbeat of war seems to call to the weak hearts of weakened men. The mind-blinding power of satan engulfs us as we invite the demons to take us by the hand & lead us into the fog where truth is smothered in its crib.
2024-09-14
@kalezelden Now I look back at WW1 & 2 with greater empathy for the masses who must have been screaming: “Halt! This is insane!” I think it’s rather like this death spiral seen in ants: https://t.co/lRvFcGhPW2
2024-09-13
RT @KyleMcnease: @Mistsandgrass What is the current ROI? My main concern is that we’re dissipating Russia, yes, but at the cost of too many…
2024-09-13
@Mistsandgrass What is the current ROI? My main concern is that we’re dissipating Russia, yes, but at the cost of too many Ukrainian lives. Having lost the person closest to me in Fallujah, one can’t put a number on the lives. So I’d love to know the off-ramp before we send billions more to…
2024-09-13
This is the logic of the illogical. It would be mutually assured destruction. That’s the reason it’s been a deterrent until now. No winners! None. Being concerned about global nuclear war that will certainly kill millions doesn’t align me with Russia. https://t.co/vgqPy1Sy6r
2024-09-13
@SteelCurtain513 But I’m asking why the lab leak hypothesis—specifically— is considered racist while the wet market spillover isn’t?
2024-09-13
One thing I’ve never understood: Why would hypothesizing that #Covid19 leaked from a lab be racist? It at least suggests technical research (GoF on pandemic pathogens should be banned) was ongoing. A wet market spillover sounds way worse for China, but even that isn’t racist. https://t.co/xQ2MU8EeXV
2024-09-13
RT @chydorina: @KyleMcnease war is bad.
2024-09-13
@Mistsandgrass But what about the reporting suggesting that there was peace on the table until Boris Johnson et al. discouraged it? Plus, some member of NATO (probably the US) blew up Nordstream? Why aren’t we pressuring for resolution of conflict?
2021-06-19
can be done to offset the potential negative impacts of *incredibly important* surveillance protocols?
2021-06-19
amounts of chemicals and radiation. The damage to healthy cells isn’t zero, so are there any mitigation strategies that have been developed? One example would be a patient who’s recovering from aggressive kidney cancer. Must undergo scans for early detection. What, if anything,
2021-06-19
Dr. Kirsch @DKirschMDPhD is there a radiation/exposure methodology or algorithm that you & colleagues utilize for the subset of patients who must continue to undergo close post-treatment monitoring? In the course of monitoring for cancer recurrence they’re exposed to additional
2021-06-19
@JoshGellers It is a gross form of equivocation. You're generalizing from some hypothetical particular subset to a vast amount of people. There are almost 30 million Texans. The fact that you're standing by what you wrote doesn't make it right. Otherizing. Thanks for doubling down on that.
2021-06-19
Practically speaking, this leaves them unable to provide for a family and purchase a home until much later. The Nietzschean ressentiment comes free of charge but costs them the most. Never analyzing this wound blocks them from being able to see the world in myriad ways.
2021-06-19
Academia will go the way of journalism if there aren’t sufficient correctives. Many professors take on mountains of debt to earn degrees that supply more psychic benefits than economic remuneration.
2021-06-19
@jksmith8806 You should try to do a podcast with @CornelWest. That would be 💥
2021-06-19
@JoshGellers Do better! You're a respected academic for crying out loud.
2021-06-19
Entirely possible this gets worse again & worse than ever. This is especially true if one has a novel virus in exploratory mode with ⬇️⬇️pressure being exerted from rapid vaccination. If we’d handled this pandemic better, we wouldn’t need Herculean sacrifice & miraculous vaxxes
2021-06-19
We shouldn’t wait for things like viral mutants that cause breakthrough infections, potential drifting away from current vaccines (focusing on spike protein), or antibody-dependent enhancement to occur before implementing other mitigation strategies.
2021-06-19
Is anyone aware of another historical period where we asked the youngest to sacrifice so much for their elders? I ask bc it seems people don’t realize infants & toddlers require socialization for healthy growth & development. They need to be able to live, explore & attend school.
2021-06-19
@ProfSteveFuller @elonmusk Imagine how differently the pandemic could have gone if people could assemble around core sets of values, principles & ideas and maintain some sense of sovereignty. This could easily out-compete governments in their current formations.
2021-06-19
@ProfSteveFuller @elonmusk Beyond that though, I see no reason why the politics of yesterday will continue to bind us to nation states. Decentralized money can allow people to assemble together around sets of ideas. Smart contract societies that utilize expert markets & AI/ML tech to optimize decisions.
2021-06-19
@ProfSteveFuller @elonmusk 1) the very idea of space travel is what made us begin to develop a kind of cyborg consciousness & post-human ideas of re-engineering the body to match the requirements of hostile environments. NASA was engaged in this pursuit, meaning this view had political currency.
2021-06-18
RT @CIBumayor: #New Lee la opinión de nuestra Investigadora Principal, la Dra. Paola Murgas @PaoMurgas con relación a la propuesta del Cole…
2021-06-18
The potential benefits & burdens of emerging biotechnologies. So many follow up studies to do!
The SARS-CoV-2 spike protein alters barrier function in 2D static and 3D microfluidic in-vitro models of the human blood–brain barrier. https://t.co/UFQbhWUaaU
2021-06-18
A philosophical insight simple enough to understand and well-worth enacting: “Life is lumpy. And a lump in the oatmeal, a lump in the throat, and a lump in a breast are not the same lump. One should learn the difference.”
#twitterverse is the unlearning of this differentiation.
2021-06-17
Wondering if anyone at @OpenMedF @JanetDafoe @PlzSolveCFS @CfSforMECFS has a direct line to Dr. Klimas @ngklimas? I was contacted about an urgent referral request. The pandemic still has everyone trying to figure out who is/isn’t in office. Please feel free to DM.
2021-06-17
@davidmanheim @anderssandberg This is greatly appreciated! Thanks for sharing.
2021-06-17
@BerlinCures You helped fund this research? Well done! You should be on the treatment radar for overlapping diseases!
Functional autoantibodies against G-protein coupled receptors in patients with persistent Long-COVID-19 symptoms - ScienceDirect https://t.co/luSY36v6iN
2021-06-17
If the origins of SARS-CoV-2 turn out to be from a less likely country like Cameroon, I’d be raising the same concerns. With all of this going on do we not need to adjust our existential risk models?
cc: @anderssandberg @davidmanheim
2021-06-17
When we say more investigation is needed, Hu Xijin, the Global Times EIC, says China needs to engage in nuclear proliferation, fast.
2021-06-17
The @WHO sent investigators to China in order to what? @PeterDaszak admits that they didn’t even analyze the WIV’s database that was allegedly being hacked & therefore removed from public view. So we didn’t check the data bc it was it was removed for benign reasons?
2021-06-17
I’ve never seen anything like this. Even in my own neighborhood, military families are being outbid on homes by investment firms. This isn’t sustainable!
It’s 2030. You own nothing, and you’re happy. That’s starting to sound more like a threat than a statement of fact.
2021-06-16
Thanks to @OpenMedF for highlighting his work & a legacy of caring for forgotten patients here and abroad. https://t.co/BQgowyVISK
2021-06-16
@MartyMakary enjoyed the piece on immunocompromised patients receiving vaccinations & the potential need for a 3rd booster to increase the response. If the patient receives the SARS-CoV-2 Semi-quant Total Ab, is there a number you're looking for to say it's a robust response?
2021-06-16
@ShadiBartsch In no way do I think I have *the* answer. However, Dr. Michael Hyde, one of the elder statesmen in my field has written quite a bit about these matters. Here's a couple of snippets. He's been really supportive of researchers like me who also wrestle with these questions. https://t.co/WkWFE1hO7u
2021-06-15
Based on data, this doesn't seem like an entirely accurate or fair characterization. Just the science without hyperbole, please. @BretWeinstein @HeatherEHeying @Covid19Critical @PierreKory
Molecular formula:
Ivermectin=C48H74O14.
Molnupiravir=C13H19N3O7
Structure⬇️ https://t.co/Dbv99Hohtm https://t.co/drdJxMVaNe
leading our Covid-19 response. He has an MBA. In what world does any of this make sense? I’m asking this as someone who teaches & writes about emerging bioethical issues.
cc: @mtaibbi @ggreenwald
2021-06-15
One doesn’t need to be an advocate for Ivermectin to think a PhD @BretWeinstein & MD (Robert Malone) who also happens to be one of the inventors of mRNA & DNA vaccinations should be able to discuss their perspectives. If Dr. Malone isn’t an expert then no such thing exists. https://t.co/6A0ZdXBHjh
2021-06-15
@hyonschu Better than they advertised or worse?
2021-06-15
@PeterAttiaMD Has one of the best podcasts for those interested in a nuanced discussion about health & the applied science of longevity. Quantification, health metrics, nutrition, exercise, import of recovery & sleep. Something for everyone.
2021-06-15
RT @PSpanheimer: BIOINFORMATICS SCIENTISTS: The Franco and Spanheimer Labs in the Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center at UNC Chapel Hill…
2021-06-14
@BerlinCures @FrauNova @ChariteBerlin I wish you great success in this endeavor, because we need an array of options. Before all is said and done, it may be the case that an assemble approach works best (as is the case in AIDS which has not figured out how to evolve in multiple different directions at once).
2021-06-14
@BerlinCures @FrauNova @ChariteBerlin Once again, if there is a signal here in this subset, it could be argued that the therapeutic is deserving of further investigation for its potential use in Covid-19.
2021-06-14
@BerlinCures @FrauNova @ChariteBerlin One could extrapolate what a non-vaccinated DC patient's associated risks would be with respect to Covid-19. One could track the subset of those receiving your drug but not receiving the vaccine.
2021-06-14
@BerlinCures @FrauNova @ChariteBerlin The problem of confounding variables here is real. However, there may at least be a subset of patients with DC that are unable to receive vaccination due to emerging data on specific vaccine-related impacts on the heart.
2021-06-14
@BerlinCures @FrauNova @ChariteBerlin the potential impact of your therapeutic. Consider the relative & absolute risks associated with Covid-19 in those suffering from dilatative cardiomyopathy. For those in the treatment arm, do those numbers change at all?
2021-06-14
@BerlinCures @FrauNova @ChariteBerlin I would suspect that due to the nature of dilatative cardiomyopathy and the emerging Covid-19 data on vascular issues broadly and cardiovascular issues specifically that this would increase the relevance of your on-going work. There's possibly a retrospective way of analyzing
2021-06-14
Vectors and Reservoirs: How Covid19 Rhetoric Leads to the Medicalization, Dehumanization, and Stigmatization of Children.
What is wrong with us? Viral vectors? Reservoirs? Any child < 3 has sacrificed more than most of the people spouting this nonsense can imagine.
2021-06-14
Love you dr. @NAChristakis, but that’s not the only way to interpret this. There’s a long history of taking credit for others’ work via publication. This is then used to gain tenure & promotion. Accruing benefits all along the way. Not sure of this case, but it still happens. https://t.co/yMhsqwUdhV
2021-06-14
@BerlinCures @FrauNova @ChariteBerlin Not sure what your regulatory situation is, but you may be able to get a special provision or waiver due to the urgency.
2021-06-14
@BerlinCures @FrauNova @ChariteBerlin of those with both illnesses. If you reach clinical endpoints with the overlapping cohort then you’re potentially demonstrating it’s efficacy in both. This is obviously more difficult, but if you get a clear signal then future funding should find its way to you.
2021-06-14
@BerlinCures @FrauNova @ChariteBerlin What was the original illness for which it was developed? Do you already have clinical trial data for it? I only ask bc if the exclusion criteria didn’t rule out those also suffering with Covid19, then it could be used as intended for the initial disease and an overlapping cohort
2021-06-12
Birthing person? In an effort to create more inclusive language—an impulse that I understand—it seems like we have erred and actually created dehumanizing language.
2021-06-10
@haltakov That it can be and routinely is done by doctors bodes well for the utilization of AI and machine learning to expedite the review process while also maintaining a high degree of accuracy and reliability.
2021-06-10
@haltakov During March of 2020, the cardiothoracic radiologists from Mount Sinai’s BioMedical Engineering and Imaging Institute and its Department of Radiology were the first to publish any data related to CT results and the ability to make diagnoses based on those findings.
2021-06-10
when referencing himself. Not a good development.
2021-06-10
Someone shared this with me. I have no expert knowledge about the life & times of Dr. Fauci. This does start to sound oddly like an abusive pastor/priest equating questioning him with questioning God. Mental health has plummeted in this country. Our best doc is using 3rd person https://t.co/MxYWwfeaDG
2021-06-10
@EstherOfReilly I think the pandemic has only exacerbated this sense of embarrassment. Many adherents remain “for me to live is Christ and to die is great gain” kind of Christians. They lived with zeal & without fear. High church wasn’t necessarily pleased with this form of worship.
2021-06-10
@jachaseyoung Oh, and I meant to say that I also read the linked article you shared regarding China using AI to track all of the UAP movement. It's so confounding because if they're saying not us & we're saying not us, then who is flying these, ahem, "weather balloons"?
2021-06-10
@jachaseyoung C.S. Lewis does a rather good job of wrestling with questions like these. His space trilogy may be of interest to you, and Perelandra in particular. It's kind of like a theological sci-fi thought experiment. Or, is that what this is?
2021-06-10
@JoshGellers Memetic complexes such as these often create premature closures that seem unwarranted given that we're engaging in an ongoing dialogue aimed at expanding the horizon of acceptance for otherness.
2021-06-10
@JoshGellers The term Western or the West suffers from semantic overload. Things are far more complex and heterogenous than is suggested by its continued usage. Similar to postmodernism or *The* Enlightenment approach to Z, as if there were no variegations.
2021-06-10
@JoshGellers My initial questions were related to the entirely unproblematic usage of terms like Western hegemonic X. Part of deconstruction is the willingness to interrogate conceptualizations and ontologies that remain hidden as open secrets.
2021-06-10
@JoshGellers That something would become hegemonic at time T, even if that is 200 years from now, and even if it is non-Western simply re-instantiates the problem but from differing perspectives with different values.
2021-06-10
@JoshGellers As someone who has spent most of my life working on behalf of marginalized groups and indigenous peoples--but here I repeat myself--I applaud your efforts. However, if I am to take your response as serious and not in jest, then you've rather made one of my points.
2021-06-10
If the most likely origin for SARS-CoV-2 is zoonotic spillover, then EcoHealth Alliance may be the best positioned entity to answer that question. If it were GOF research, they may also be one of the best sources. https://t.co/2wAdAVrNIn https://t.co/aZ68LxrMdo
2021-06-10
Interesting excerpt: Peter Daszak (2016) on the History & Future of Pandemics @CSPAN https://t.co/WJAlHHZJX0 . @BretWeinstein couldn't there be a formal request to analyze the pandemic surveillance data described here? They have samples from animals and humans per his statements
2021-06-09
@David_Gunkel @JoshGellers How does the academic community decide when a given thinker has exceeded their utility function in a decidedly different historical/cultural moment that is optimizing for something else entirely?
2021-06-09
The road that leads to contradiction of thought & action, preaching and living, writing about ethics & living ethically is paved with good or even benign intentions. But we can enter a terminal failure mode at any time. Lord have mercy on us all & all of the time!
2021-06-09
There is no life of the mind that is disconnected from how one lives & what one enacts in daily life. I fail & sin & get things wrong each day. I want to live a life that doesn’t require someone to divorce my ideas from my character. But few set out to live in contradiction.
2021-06-09
@David_Gunkel @JoshGellers @mitpress I have that book both as a Kindle and paperback so that I can keep it ready-to-hand!
2021-06-09
@David_Gunkel @JoshGellers @mitpress It cuts both ways. The power to extend rights or cut them off runs through us.
2021-06-09
@David_Gunkel @JoshGellers @mitpress I think that’s mostly, approximately the case. And I suppose it’s why the conversation arrests my attention so much. It’s deeply concerning that Die Freigabe der Vernichtung Lebensunwerten Lebens was written at all. But that it came from “intellectuals” is also disturbing.
2021-06-09
@David_Gunkel @JoshGellers Something we hold to be right & true today will almost certainly turn out to be wrong and false in the future. And how we treat otherness today matters for the credibility of our ethical arguments about tomorrow.
2021-06-09
@David_Gunkel @JoshGellers It can be summed up by saying more epistemic humility is needed. Two of our luminaries, Heidegger & Levinas, spoke well but didn’t extend being to otherness. In reading them problematically we need to read ourselves into that equation.
2021-06-09
@David_Gunkel @JoshGellers If we have a problem with hegemony then it should be that it’s hegemonic. But when I say that I say it as someone who is flawed, who is imperfect, who has a inherited worldview. I’m saying it in English from America. Situated knowledges matter. Ethical conduct matters.
2021-06-09
@David_Gunkel @JoshGellers He did. And I respect him for that contribution. But when he had the opportunity to extend acceptance to his Palestinian brothers & sisters he did not. Why does this matter? I’m making a larger point about humanity that’s difficult via Twitter. But this is where it’s hashed out.
2021-06-09
@David_Gunkel @JoshGellers @mitpress Bc our rhetoric is being deployed to move an audience, to motivate them to do Y. Subtly, the argument is not about whether or not it is right for us to ontologize; but who gets to do it & from what perspective. Not should anyone at all have the power to adjudicate personhood.
2021-06-09
@David_Gunkel @JoshGellers @mitpress the trope of decentering/destabilizing/deconstruction of Western hegemonic discourse is working at a meta-level to re-inscribe that very thing only with different prerogatives & valorizing forces. If we’re not careful it becomes a faux-resistance.
2021-06-09
@David_Gunkel @JoshGellers @mitpress Of course, I agree that this is what he argues. And I think you’ve done a wonderful job of making his conceptualizations comprehensible to a wider audience.
I’m not arguing against the expansion of rights, either. My point is, I hope, more nuanced. It is this:
2021-06-09
@David_Gunkel @JoshGellers Who gets to devise the ontologies? Academicians? Elected officials? People off the streets? If one can ontologize, then one has the power of deciding what being is & what beings should be permitted to be or not to be.
2021-06-09
@JoshGellers You’re framework doesn’t come from a no-place. You’re still arguing for your point to be taken up, even if your idea is to deconstruct Western hegemonic X. If your arguments win the day, they will become the new hegemony, even if it’s anti-hegemonic in nature.
2021-06-09
@JoshGellers When I hear pronouncements like “We also need to shed our Western hegemonic” X, I can’t help but wonder what that truly means.
What do you mean by we, by Western, by hegemonic? What are you arguing for? Are you not Western? Would you not want your ideas to become mainstream?
2021-06-09
Contend with the problem of goodness. On strict naturalism, I see no reason why we should expect anything good at all. The problem of evil has been debated for centuries. Each generation discovers "theodicy" the way explorers discovered new lands.
But why all this goodness?
2021-06-08
June of 2020, I was calling out @TheLancet as compromised beyond belief and knew that the trajectory we were on would likely lead to the ominous discussion of GOF research. @BretWeinstein & @HeatherEHeying discussed these things as well. https://t.co/B8juBcnVTj
2021-06-08
@jachaseyoung What’s your best guess as to the timing of any potential disclosure?
2021-06-08
@michaelmina_lab @matthewherper Less total cases. But % increase in the number of those < 3 acquiring Covid19. It seems that we need a coherent messaging strategy to help explain this potentiality before people misinterpret it & panic. This suggestion is brought to you by the covending machine guy.
2021-06-08
@michaelmina_lab @matthewherper But in terms of the math, won’t the efficacy of the vaccine & the fact that those < 3 aren’t currently approved to receive it mean that we’ll see an increase in the % total of new cases from this cohort.
2021-06-08
@michaelmina_lab @matthewherper 🙏Many thanks for the response! The messaging regarding this cohort is causing confusion & consternation. The very young seem to be in a precarious place. As the amount of youth & adults getting vaxxed ⬆️ it results in fewer total cases.
2021-06-08
infection & any potential long-term immunological problems associated with lack of exposure to common germs/infections that are typically associated with this developmental stage?
2021-06-08
@michaelmina_lab @matthewherper As trusted sources for reporting accurate facts, I’m wondering if you’re aware of any data regarding the relationship of infants & toddlers remaining at home for prolonged periods (vs group play/nurseries/daycare) to reduce risk of covid19
2021-06-07
@detonite We must imagine the parent happy when changing the mountain of diapers!
2021-06-07
This is a shockingly bad piece. @Salon you lost yet another long-time reader. Just ghastly. @SamHarrisOrg @RichardDawkins @sapinker deserve an apology & a retraction. https://t.co/atCOxWkGPl
2021-06-06
This is why they call him money @FloydMayweather! Business decisions all day every day.
2021-06-03
@axios “The big picture: Nearly every week for the past 56 weeks, Axios has tracked the change — more often than not, the increase — in new COVID-19 infections. Those case counts are now so low, the virus is so well contained, that this will be our final weekly map.”
2021-06-02
@BretWeinstein I will leave the semiotics of this FDA post for you to decipher. Juxtaposing that horse and vet with the doctor and patient is potent visual rhetoric: https://t.co/pPFzF7gEGg
2021-06-02
I echo many of the concerns mentioned in his thread. When we asked our pediatrician what she recommended we do about the Kawasaki-like inflammatory state impacting children in our area, she told us to HOPE that our family will be spared. Did the other parents not have hope? https://t.co/A9jeJ9da4k
2021-06-01
Then scale that scenario to the geo-political level. What is the game theoretic approach to deescalation that doesn’t rely on even more advanced and abundant nuclear capabilities?
2021-06-01
Imagine at the familial level if you walked into the house and put a loaded gun to your head. When asked by your crying family why you would do such a thing, you respond “so that we can have a calm, rational conversation. My insanity ensures you will respond sanely.”
2021-06-01
@jgreenhall wondering if you’ve written a lengthy piece or had a conversation about negotiating the post-pandemic tensions between nation states & regimes? How do we tilt things towards a non-rivalrous, non-kinetic future?
2021-06-01
How did we enter a period of such inversion? I know many of you notice it, but why aren’t we having more polysemous conversations about this phenomenon? The outlier has become the mean, and what was the mean should be omitted from the analysis? Society is getting skewed up!
2021-05-29
@EstherOfReilly Then I think this will endear him to you all the more...
2021-05-29
@EstherOfReilly David Mamet has a short but brilliant book titled “Three Uses of the Knife: On the Nature & Purpose of Drama.” I almost never re-read anything. I do re-read that book often. I highly recommend it!
2021-05-27
RT @jmmrad: Exciting new prostate cancer therapy being evaluated in clinical trial @WashURadOnc Quite the team of therapists, nurses, and p…
2021-05-26
What happens when the currency of trust has been exhausted?
2021-05-26
Is finding out that established power was lying to you or keeping the truth from you for over a year better than knowing the truth from the beginning. No. And reversing course now won’t heal that wound. We have to be able to trust people making decisions on our behalf.
2021-05-26
One thing that makes infidelity worse is lying about it. Seems obvious enough. Yet our government and too many media outlets were tangled in a web of complicity—sometimes omitting the truth & other times reporting falsehoods regarding Covid19. I don’t understand why.
2021-05-26
@detonite Get ready to dust off any previous engineering skills that you thought no longer important!
2021-05-22
@jachaseyoung Apparently it’s consensual reality. I’m less shocked that we’re getting a report on UAPs & that there might be other sentient beings visiting us than I am in the lackadaisical, nothing-to-see-here attitude of millions.
2021-05-22
We’ve been fortunate that infants, toddlers and young children were not the pandemic’s most vulnerable population in terms of absolute risk. But we must take care not to assist covid19 in selecting for them now that they’re the most unprotected. https://t.co/tViuykrVk0
2021-05-22
@EstherOfReilly And I’m wondering if your comment about the, ahem, proverbial stones is not much more profound than it may first seem. Is this a sterile faith? A faith only for eunuchs? No. But there’s something anemic, sick and stagnant in the West. I could go on...
2021-05-22
@EstherOfReilly And Kierkegaard would admonish the skeptics that their problem is they aren’t skeptical enough. They have enough skepticism to kick the scaffolding out from under their feet but not enough to question if they should.
2021-05-22
@EstherOfReilly were confounding variables at play. Maybe year 1 was underreported and people felt comfortable enough admitting it in year 4. Or suicidal ideation had simply increased. Either way, not great news. What is happening?
2021-05-22
@EstherOfReilly This is obviously anecdotal, but I had a conversation with a pastor who went back to grad school to become a therapist. He said freshman year of seminary his cohort was asked how many had contemplated suicide. Maybe 1 or 2. By year 4 almost all. You could argue that maybe there
2021-05-22
RT @DafoeWhitney: I miss that feeling of being someone that girls saw as a possible partner. That possibility. I haven’t felt that in over…
2021-05-21
@David_Gunkel @MCoeckelbergh @jksmith8806 @JoshGellers @SvenNyholm @EileenMHunt @Cindyy2303 My po-mo professors in grad school hated when I appropriated Barthes to make a similar point. One can see how the notion of a scriptor challenges a privileged interpretation and destabilizes power. It’s an overture to interpret, to semantic engagement.
2021-05-21
@detonite @EstherOfReilly on how authors have answered those questions that cannot be answered and yet must be answered." That may give you some hint about what follows for the next ~160 pages.
2021-05-21
@detonite @EstherOfReilly Last lines from his intro: "Questions of the purpose, if any, of our existence will remain with us always - by always I mean so long as humanity continues to exist. In the short essays that follow, Ken Francis and I, who come at the world from a different viewpoint, reflect
2021-05-21
@EstherOfReilly Got my copy of The Terror of Existence right here!
2021-05-21
Incredible work being done at MGH @MGHNeuroSci @massgeneral. https://t.co/XW2kr2B4e1
2021-05-21
RT @HMethodistMD: A mathematical model developed by our Mathematics in Medicine program in partnership with @MDAndersonnews quantifies tumo…
2021-05-20
Great breakdown of their conversation. For those listening to the podcast, what was the book you reference about your friend who did mission work in India?
2021-05-20
Not only is that a true spouse but also the only potential truth-telling adulterer. I mean when confronted she could literally say, “It’s not what you think! Truly, I was thinking of you the whole time!”
2021-05-20
@PaulVanderKlay listening to your commentary on the Murray/NT Wright conversation, something struck me as funny. The example of your hypothetical wife: is she true? In the scenario she has to sleep with other men in order to protect you.
2021-05-19
@xianityplus We should definitely have a discussion on this very subject!
2021-05-18
This has to be one of the most peculiar stories I’ve ever read. Never mind the snark, which I don’t find particularly helpful in understanding this phenomenon. We need to reach these people with messaging that directs them to reliable scientific findings. https://t.co/Ek7yIIQmGD
2021-05-13
Good news with a dose of bad. Vaccines seem to be holding up to downward pressure of variants. However, we’re still losing 600 lives a day!
New study shows 95% reduction in mortality when steroids + remdesivir + Lenzilumab were combined. There’s hope! https://t.co/5iNyKT2AMU
2021-05-12
@PaulVanderKlay home runs! For those stuck & in need of something to help, psychedelics can be just what the doctor ordered (JHopkins research on cancer patients is astounding), but that’s a different line of argument.
Great thread! One of your best yet.
2021-05-12
@PaulVanderKlay developed & active practice that repeatedly allows for these experiences? No. It’s like the steroids in sports debate. Barry Bonds was already great. Steroids helped him enhance what he was already great at. If it took the same substances I’d just have a bigger head without the
2021-05-12
@PaulVanderKlay these substances work on similar pathways & induces brain connectivity like those in worship &/or meditation. What does it suggest that one can have the religious experience without the chemicals? Is it a wonder that chemicals enhance these experiences in those who have a
2021-05-12
@PaulVanderKlay Something of great importance that’s often left out of this conversation is “ontological shock.” It’s not trivial.
You point out the other: countless religious people have profound experiences with the Divine/Wholly-Holy Other sans exogenous substances. It seems to me that
2021-05-08
@DKirschMDPhD Thank you for that response. Very well said. Also, a giant thanks to you and your colleagues for the wonderful work you’re doing!
2021-05-08
receives an incorrect set of instructions, or has unlearned how to follow the protocol for cellular death. With the success of mRNA vaccines, it has people in allied fields interested in how they might contribute, if at all, to ending cancer’s scourge.
2021-05-08
in terms of its informational capacities or incapacities. One example might be a cell that refuses to die due to something like a failure of cellular communication. The body sends the message for apoptosis, but the cell either doesn’t receive the instructions correctly,
2021-05-08
@DKirschMDPhD I follow you because of the great information you share. Do you know of anyone who is approaching cancer research from an information theoretic approach, opening up errant cells & tumors to different types of analyses? Could a cancer cell be conceptualized
2021-05-06
Still rocking the “covid cut” in this essay! If you’re interested in CS Lewis and/or technology, then check out Technology & the Tao: C.S. Lewis and Transhumanism https://t.co/A8LUARr86O. Don’t think @xianityplus will agree but would love to reason together about it all!
2021-04-29
@PaulVanderKlay As an outsider, one thing I’d love to see more of is the translation and promotion of key thinkers. I continue to be blown away by the insights from the reformed brothers. There is a richness and beauty to the theological & philosophical tradition that is deeply affirming.
2021-04-25
The most brilliant person you’ve never heard about tragically died a few hours ago. Ebony Hutchins was one of the world’s truly great minds. She also loved fiercely and lived that way too. Life doesn’t make as much sense without you in it! A subtraction we can ill afford.
2021-04-22
@PaulVanderKlay & @EstherOfReilly What says you about Bishop Barron’s response to JBP’s question about the resurrection?
2021-04-22
@ShadiBartsch In a pluralistic world, how does one ground this in an objective manner? As cultures come into contact with one another, what even counts as suffering would need to be adjudicated. Depriving me of the good makes me suffer. But what if you disagree with what I deem the good?
2021-04-20
@livewithmecfs @SalmonKromeDome Thanks for that response. This is going to be a much larger issue than people imagine once we emerge from the pandemic. We’re tracking deaths and positive cases, but not much is made of lasting implications that will be hitting a large swath of people at roughly the same time.
2021-04-20
that people can utilize and apply to their own particular situation. I’m asking you both because I’ve read your written work, which called to mind deadlines. Any helpful thoughts?
2021-04-20
Question for @SalmonKromeDome & @livewithmecfs: what are the best sources/resources that may help people living with chronic illnesses in their professional life? When changing health status is misread as incompetence or untrustworthiness, there needs to be some nuanced language
2021-04-16
Can this be accurate? https://t.co/jHqlziJ6sD
2021-04-16
I hope (but doubt) that media effects research on twitter use and catharsis will show some appreciable differences in amount of snark used here vs in-person. When misery can't find company, it apparently turns to a *company*. Not sure of its personal utility moving forward.
2021-04-14
Wouldn’t it be wild to learn that all of this inexplicable drone activity above & around our carriers is based on the application of geometric unity put forward by @EricRWeinstein? An updated physics seems less hard to believe than the given alternatives.
2021-04-14
En esta horrible vacilación le soprende la muerte.
2021-04-13
@PaulVanderKlay I'm afraid these are the @vervaeke_john variety.
2021-04-08
@jksmith8806 I’m not sure I have the right words to capture how simultaneously devastating and hopeful this part 1 is. I can’t wait to read the other parts! Thanks for sharing something so raw and real.
2021-04-05
@DiamonDie Let’s do it! Excited to hear how your group has been going.
2021-04-04
If Christ be not risen...then I am dead in my sins and am of all men most miserable. With great gladness therefore let me affirm that Christ is risen indeed!
2021-04-04
@SEProtomartyr Has anyone done the stats on the % of impossible shots made during the madness vs during the regular season? Somehow I’ve come to expect this kind of impossible shot/outcome but only during this tournament.
2021-03-23
The conversation between @PaulVanderKlay & Vin Armani was not not-interesting.
2021-03-19
With increasing numbers of people suffering from post-viral “mental fog”, I’m wondering if the intrepid @anderssandberg has shared any updates on cognitive enhancers beyond, say, modafinil? Obviously no panaceas but anything that moves the needle in the right direction?
2021-03-19
@EstherOfReilly I see no *good* reason to think religion is in any way endangered by something that may be factually true (if it is indeed the case).
2021-03-19
@ShadiBartsch Pretty sure this helps explain the longevity in that region. *If* one can tolerate that without issues, then it may confer a survival advantage. Can you imagine if it were true?
2021-03-11
RT @timkellernyc: Today is book launch day! It's finally here! https://t.co/uOEjUBmu7S
2021-03-11
@jksmith8806 @David_Gunkel I think blessed is an apt characterization!
Hard to argue with the company. I have to read them over bc, for me, The Machine Question ripples back over Thinking Otherwise.
2021-03-11
@David_Gunkel @jksmith8806 I think it’s one of those anchoring texts. Not old but established! Paving the way for many more.
But if it was a child, it’d be close to getting a learner’s permit...
2021-03-11
@briandavidearp This is an interesting bioethical question. Another important question for me—& I don’t mean for this to sound acrimonious—is when does someone who was so often wrong about the pandemic lose currency of trust on those matters? His statements re vaccine development were terrible.
2021-03-11
It’s the small things in life! Pairing a new book with an established one. @jksmith8806 & @David_Gunkel thanks for the food for thought, for creating a rhetorical dwelling place. Word & flame on tap. https://t.co/ocz6Se5XbY
2021-03-10
@hyonschu Ah, yes. Well that definitely explains it then. Just wanted to make sure there wasn’t a glitch bc it’s a nice read.
2021-03-10
@PaulVanderKlay @borsucznik This was great! And also terrifying in that the parody or satire sometimes acts as the harbinger of things to come. This was done in care with care. Deep Fakes are here, even at the gates. A world where PVK or anyone else can be made to say anything...
2021-03-10
@hyonschu Wonder why threadreader is saying this thread was removed?
2021-03-10
@hyonschu @threadreaderapp unroll
2021-03-08
@David_Gunkel @eripsa @routledgebooks @ruha9 @politybooks This has been one of my major critiques of Kurzweil et al. In The Singularity is Near, notice how much emphasis there is on the libidinal. There’s not-so-subtle hints that the future will be marred by far more sex trafficking & sex slavery, if we fail to protect all persons.
2021-03-08
@hyonschu It does seem odd to me, *like* saying one should prize physics before there’s a universe; or one should prize the pawn before there’s a game of chess.
2021-03-08
@hyonschu Follow up: does it also lead to an inversion of ethics and ontology? In my research area there’s definitely a shift towards a formulation that says ethics 1st & then ontology.
2021-03-08
@EstherOfReilly @KSPrior Words. So many words. Swirling. I have them. Or they have me.
2021-03-08
@David_Gunkel @eripsa Ghastly article! Maybe I’ve listened to so much Vampire Weekend (Diane Young =Dying Young) that I’m curious how the author’s name is pronounced, or I’m becoming John Nash? It’d be almost too perfect as a homonym. O.O. Binder (oh, oh bind her)gleefully writes about robot slavery?
2021-03-06
@runriver4 @JanetDafoe @BatemanHorne Does anyone know if this is the case? That might be the answer she’s looking for...
2021-03-06
I assured Paul that you’d both be compensated for your time & energy. Like you, we want to level-up the conversation happening in this space. Please DM me if you’re interested. I know this isn’t the Ivey calling, which you deserve, but maybe that’s not such a bad thing right now.
2021-03-06
@BretWeinstein I’m a mainstream researcher & Game B proponent & sincerely think it’s time you & @PaulVanderKlay (IDW Pastor) engage in dialogue re topics like God, metaphorical truth, genetic spellings & more. Prognosis Hope will financially sponsor this to make it possible.
2021-03-05
This machine learning bot is incredible! By the time I posted my comment, it had already retweeted it and many other things as well. Maybe I will simply mention machine learning each day to ensure at least one meager retweet? https://t.co/Zk3EOfXp4B
2021-03-05
Love it though I do, here I'm not concerned with Bostrom's Simulation argument. Can Qin's (2021) methodology utilized for "Machine learning and serving of discrete field theories" be paired with @DeepMind & @demishassabis's team to study cancer? #AI #Algorithms #NeuralNetworks
2021-03-05
I think you @Paul VanderKlay do well to point out
@vervaeke_john’s ability to articulate something like agape. I’ve said this before & maintain it: he comes nearer to the essence of Christ than many who would self-identify as followers (I’m including myself in that number).
2021-03-05
Only a humble God can save...
2021-03-05
Does anyone know if there’s a Ron Swanson for journalism? When he gives the Tellensen Award he keeps it to a minimum effective dose of facts. Something like: Marlene is a woman. She’s worked in government for 3 decades-30 yrs. Properly applied, that’s how long varnish should last
2021-03-05
@PaulVanderKlay I think Harding’s opus is context dependent/milieu kind of read. Similar to how some read Rene Guenon but don’t share this because of other beliefs he had. In his way Harding prefigures the important convo re frames. In his case it’s layers. Glad you’re reading it
2021-03-04
@WorldRobotDay This is more fundamental than mere novelty, even though novelty is important. Look at something basic like media equation theory. We interact with our computers & siri as if dealing with a person(ality). I suspect durable norms & values will develop around robots as well.
2021-03-04
@WorldRobotDay Ha! Well this was obviously a much smaller, social robot that didn’t intimidate undergrads. The work out of MIT demonstrates that even the most basic face & expressions allow robots to elicit emotional responses from us. In my case it was 🤗
2021-03-04
@jksmith8806 Just ordered it! As soon as it arrives and gets devoured, perhaps we can have a deep discussion about it.
2021-03-04
I had to place my robot in the office because of a talk I was giving later in the day. I can’t tell you the number of people who wanted to interact with it & get pics taken hugging it. The robot was like a celebrity. If you can’t see these trends you may need robotic surgery 👀
2021-03-04
@jksmith8806 If you don’t mind me asking, does your new book delineate this? Or can it be found in your dissertation, perhaps? Eager to read more perspectives that integrate religious orientations.
2021-03-03
@jksmith8806 Wondering what you think about AGI & cognitive prosthetics like nueralink (& future iterations) as a means of reaching/realizing/participating in something like technological theosis.
2021-03-03
RT @LaconicLindsey: How is COVID-19 affecting our fears and anxieties? Read my latest article in @ACA_CTOnline. https://t.co/P67TnfBn9V #me…
2021-03-02
The amount of cowardice presently in academe is shocking. By not standing up for what you know is right, you’re closing the door on many who wish to learn & enter the academy as life-long professors & researchers. Spines shouldn’t be exclusively for books!
2021-03-02
Thanks to @jordanbpeterson & @PageauJonathan for sharing the intimate conversation!
@PaulVanderKlay can you be an intermediary here & communicate that the focus is not the person of faith or even the depth of faith a person has but the object of faith. It rests on Christ alone. https://t.co/XteCiv32in
2021-03-01
After another 11 months of isolation due to Covid19 (making my running total somewhere around 6 years) I was nervous but thankful to get my first dose of the Moderna vaccine. Pain comparable to Tdap. Only noticeable reaction is drowsiness. ❤️ to all who made this day possible 🙌
2021-02-28
@PaulVanderKlay @jordanbpeterson @fullydavid Reading Kundera gives some insight into this. It serves dual purposes of trying to take out someone like @jordanbpeterson while also creating the specter of fear that it could happen to you. Internalized fear is a form of terror that leads to cowardice. No, be a holy subversive!
2021-02-28
“They defended that road so valiantly that they were forced to execute many people. Later it became clear there was no paradise, that the enthusiasts were therefore murderers.” Yikes
2021-02-27
@PaulVanderKlay Reversing mortgages?
2021-02-27
@EstherOfReilly @PaulVanderKlay They do! Hence why many refuse to close the doors beyond that initial two weeks to slow the spread. The Bible Belt is still largely doing its thing.
2021-02-27
@PaulVanderKlay Well said, Paul. And this pandemic will reveal the answer to the falsifiable claim that the benefits of religion are solely/mostly social. If that assertion is true then it can be replaced with mere social gatherings. Comrade, tell me about your wheat fields in Kiev.
2021-02-27
RT @GKCdaily: Idolatry is committed, not merely by setting up false gods, but also by setting up false devils; by making men afraid of war…
2021-02-26
@holland_tom US readers 🤔: is he asking me to call him a Nimrod?
2021-02-26
Bostrom’s paper clip problem is nothing compared to a god who only focuses on the wrongs, because we’ve all wronged someone if only that person is our future self.
2021-02-26
Talk about a god who never sleeps! This post-Christian god our current culture is optimizing for has an inability to forget wrongs (the internet always remembers), can’t forgive us our sins, and makes no allowances for redemption.
2021-02-26
If Nietzsche was right that we killed god, then the latent dream is akin to build back better. This time we can engineer god in our image & likeness. Reverse engineer cognition, patent it and instantiate it into a machine.
2021-02-26
I think we’re overlooking Dover Beach with a melancholic sigh, and at least Kurzweil is honest enough to say I want to raise my father! We seem to want a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
2021-02-26
So if we are to understand ourselves deeper than we do, we need to look at our subconscious, our art, film, music & tech. What is the dream we’re attempting to realize & instantiate?
2021-02-26
Our dreams speak to us. We reach forth for that which we don’t yet apprehend. And sometimes we collectively realize our dreams that turn out to be nightmares.
2021-02-26
My concern is that as humans we’re simultaneously taking in more from our environment that we’re consciously aware of, and we’re expressing more
than what is strictly speaking “rational.”
2021-02-26
The good dr. @David_Gunkel brings up a good point! A threaded response: https://t.co/3m5p5MUXou
2024-09-13
@chydorina This used to be obvious 🤷🏻♂️ I can’t believe this path is being chosen for us. I reject it wholeheartedly
2024-09-13
Imagine Russia, China, Iran, & N. Korea aligned against the West (so-called). We’re not the same people who won WW2. We had better try to broker peace before plunging headlong into another war. Why isn’t this more obvious?
2024-09-13
Someone explain it to me like I’m 5 & not on either political team. https://t.co/CA1nLiv2Uc
2024-09-13
I really hope this new TKI has a good safety profile & works for all people with ALK+ NSCLC who have progressed despite previous treatment. This would’ve been our choice for my dad, but unfortunately he passed before he could be enrolled in the clinical trial. https://t.co/mMbEf4Mqxf
2024-09-13
They are spoiling for another war. https://t.co/h1rTmrflVC
2024-09-13
I never thought I’d see the day where Dick Cheney & his crew were being touted as endorsements for the replacement democratic nominee. What is this madness?
2024-09-13
I want to return to this article. Today my nephews couldn’t attend their small school in nowheresville bc of a shooting threat. It’s unthinkable.
This is why people are choosing to homeschool in growing numbers. It’s super hard but worth it if doable. https://t.co/CwEIL9aYd1
2024-09-13
It isn’t just the collision, but Tua’s head also hits the ground. You see this quite a bit in combat sports where the KO occurs but is worsened by the head hitting the ground. Hope he makes a full recovery!
2024-09-13
Really sad to see this. Hope he makes a full recovery. https://t.co/AIVgSSt5dO
2024-09-13
This is worth the brief read https://t.co/yYdPorSQTL
2024-09-12
RT @woodypaige: I apologize if my IG account was infiltrated and you heard me eating potato chips while “Slow Horses” was too loud on TV. I…
2024-09-12
RT @13d_riera: “And I said...we said...I said, ‘Are you strong’ They said, ‘I’m strong if you strong.’ I said, ‘We strong, then.’”
- Jamei…
2024-09-12
He’s being funny. But there’s a truth underlying the joke. The all-consuming medium is coming. https://t.co/HtnsOf3UrD
2024-09-12
@mbateman Your description calls to mind “The Immortal” by Jorge Luis Borges.
2024-09-11
🚨Breaking: Viewers respond in confusion stating that David Muir somehow won the debate despite being a moderator. 🤷🏻♂️
2024-09-10
Is it just me, or do we all desperately need to hear @EricRWeinstein & Dr. James Gates discuss F4, Adinkras, and information theory?
2024-09-10
Worst take of the day by far...so far (debate pending). Why not acknowledge one of our greatest states, certainly one with so much natural beauty, is gaining momentum in the wrong direction. That kind of inertia is hard to arrest (no pun intended) & reverse https://t.co/wp8Vd8xB77 https://t.co/LR5h68VEm3
2024-09-10
Worst take of the day by far. Why not acknowledge one of our greatest states, certainly one with so much natural beauty, is gaining momentum in the wrong direction. That kind of inertia is hard to arrest (no pun intended) & reverse https://t.co/wp8Vd8xB77
2024-09-10
@paulg The best compression algorithm for understanding the answer is looking at where people are staying & living vs leaving.
2024-09-10
We won’t know fact from fiction… https://t.co/tidvgeZLZU
2021-02-26
@clairlemon Pair it with Erik Satie’s Gymnopédies for greater transportation effects.
2021-02-18
I hope people take this as a question coming from a genuine place: for those following me (whatever that means) & aren’t themselves #russianbots, can someone help me understand why—given Russia’s Orthodox community—we can’t, even today, build towards rapprochement?
2021-02-17
@RKrinkle @PaulVanderKlay @AndreaLynnLewis Not being a native here but living in LA for grad school, which is where I met my wife, I have to say they live life with some zest! Just ask @roddreher!
2021-02-17
@RKrinkle @PaulVanderKlay @AndreaLynnLewis I’d implore you to go sporting with them & find out for yourself.
2021-02-17
@PaulVanderKlay @RKrinkle @AndreaLynnLewis After looking at the boat, I also think it says bow fishing. Ragin Cajuns bow hunt at night!
2021-02-17
@PaulVanderKlay @RKrinkle @AndreaLynnLewis Sitting here with the fam in LA, and it’s almost certainly referring to the activity that goes on in the bayou at night. The case is strengthened by the fact they’re zooming around in an airboat!
2021-02-16
Possible status quo bias as this lacks & assumes continued lack of creativity. Listen to @michaelmina_lab about rapid testing. Covending machines. Different platforms for delivering protection. Shots aren’t the only way. Oral, nasal spray, transdermal patches, etc. & better PPE! https://t.co/ZPL6j1IRG3
2021-02-16
“Metaphors are not to be trifled with. A single metaphor can give birth to love.” —Kundera
2021-02-16
@NAChristakis Can I also say how sad it is that @NAChristakis, one of our brightest, most empathic scholars is, perhaps, best known for the viral clip of him getting “Yaled at” by frustrated students?
2021-02-16
This is not some activist that I follow. This is the careful, empathic, brilliant Dr. @NAChristakis. If he’s concerned educators & parents should be on alert for this chillingly cultish language. Ask @BretWeinstein & @HeatherEHeying how quickly it metastasizes. https://t.co/BfdAFeoxpz
2021-02-15
Shows like Under the Dome & The Colony remind me of Burke’s dramatistic approach to literature as equipment for living. What’s the representative anecdote? An outside force suddenly interrupts our daily life dividing & alienating us. How do we respond to the unrelenting pressure?
2021-02-15
@EstherOfReilly But that’s where it has to stop, right?
Some of this implied (if not overt) essentialism that’s packed into the diversity & anti-racist frameworks come across as, emm...
2021-02-15
In other words, it’s similar to early coding classes where one is asked to show all of the underlying code to ensure the fundamentals are in place.
2021-02-15
@RobertBratescu @gpurcell @nntaleb You may be correct about how the models have been utilized thus far. There is now some potential movement towards challenge testing in order to discover which vaccine works best against variants. Not the same as what you’ve suggested but updating our response is urgently needed.
2021-02-15
@jtmonrad @briandavidearp @calcott_rachel @WalzLucas @StephenLatham An essential read. Medical Apartheid as well.
2021-02-15
@gpurcell @RobertBratescu @nntaleb I think you both make salient points. To reduce mortality, you’ve got to cover 65&⬆️. To bring the R0 down you’ve got to cover those who can & do spread it. Israel is a good case study as it fills in gaps in modeling for this. It’s both &, not either or.
2021-02-15
Just watched Mr. Jones, and now I’m thinking I need to talk to @roddreher about his newest book Live Not by Lies. Insightful. Prescient. Prophetic to the degree that past is prologue to some future chimera that combines the worst that’s always been with the worst that is now.
2021-02-15
Now imagine a world where something like Ebola & Covid19 somehow, someway merge or emerge. Covola21... https://t.co/UIJdtnkfuz
2021-02-14
appearances, maybe meaningful legislation impacting everyday people could be passed. The job is about serving others not self-promotion. We need major reform to make government less like a reality show and more like jury duty.
2021-02-14
I just watched an interview from the nation’s capitol. Let me suggest that the backdrop tells a story we should deeply consider. In the background you could see film cameras stationed for easy access. If Congress worried as much about its constituents as it does about media
2021-02-14
If I could do one thing as well as @USMAN84kg jabs, I would finally be great. It just stops people in a seemingly effortless way. I’d love to see Usman & GSP dance for 5.
2021-02-14
@SEProtomartyr I keep a low profile! How in the world did you get the prez @BarackObama following you? Are you secretly in the CIA?
2021-02-13
RT @JTasioulas: “British scientists at the University of Nottingham are developing a "universal” Covid-19 vaccine which, if successful, wou…
2021-02-13
This is an under-appreciated point made by @simonpowell213. Data-driven isn’t precisely the same as hypothesis-driven. https://t.co/K0LrDsMSDJ
2021-02-13
@SEProtomartyr @existentialfish Why should student loans be incredibly different than other forms of dischargeable debt? And didn’t Ramsey take the money he would’ve been paying towards debt and, ahem, create a personal finance platform that ostensibly stimulates the economy?
2021-02-13
@SEProtomartyr @existentialfish Debt can be bad. But guilt about debt is worse. Bingo!
Look at the studies on health and debt. Not good at all! Also, Ramsey was able to discharge his debt via bankruptcy, right? I don’t get it! What am I missing?
2021-02-13
@davidmanheim @samwgardner Do you assign any weight to the possibility that with asymptomatic spread it could have been transmitted p2p in Wuhan virology lab/s. Say,
if an asymptomatic postdoc enters the wet market and introduces it to older, more susceptible people & animals...
2021-02-13
@David_Gunkel @ESYudkowsky @ESYudkowsky You now have an open invitation to do a paid conversation with one of the leading scholars in subjects that are of great interest to you.
2021-02-13
RT @ColinGavaghan: Seems like we wrote ourselves a book. Cheers @AILawNZ @JohnZerilli @JohnDanaher @internetrights https://t.co/9uSRpY1mJB
2021-02-13
I’d pay to have @ESYudkowsky & @David_Gunkel do an informal sit down in order to discuss this and other #AIEthics related issues. Adversarial vulnerabilities of human decision-making https://t.co/l1Bm4b66p6
2021-02-12
RT @EthicsInAI: VIDEO: Catch up on our excellent colloquium this evening on Gods and Robots in Ancient Greek thought with @amayor, @Shadi…
2021-02-09
@David_Gunkel @jksmith8806 @scadhu @routledgebooks These are great. I’d also round it out with Ellul.
2021-02-09
@jksmith8806 @David_Gunkel @scadhu @routledgebooks Eastern Orthodox scholarship might appeal to you then. Architecture is participating in & revealing the deepest pattern of being, the relationship between heaven & earth, the highest to lowest, order & chaos, etc.
2021-02-09
Nope! More saccharine from a former public health expert. When you were the head of the CDC I can’t imagine this being said about Ebola. We marshaled resources, built military hospitals, advanced vaccines & practiced good public health messaging. How is this remotely helpful? https://t.co/T1K0A4XRb8
2021-02-09
@DrTomFrieden More saccharine from a former public health expert. When you were the head of the CDC I can’t imagine this being said about Ebola. No! We marshaled resources, built military hospitals, advanced vaccines & practiced good public health messaging. How is the remotely helpful?
2021-02-08
As LSU alums @JGMcNease we will win either way the game turns out!
2021-02-06
If you put the alt-right with the crtl-left what’s the delete?
2021-02-06
Wait until real-time revisionist history meets the world of deep fakes. People will see and hear figures from past and present saying the unimaginable, saying that which they never uttered.
2021-02-05
RT @vervaeke_john: Watch Paul Antleitner and I have a deep talk about theology and the cognitive science of meaning-making here https://t.c…
2021-02-05
RT @David_Gunkel: On 11 Feb 2021 at 1pm CST, I will be talking #robotrights @mitpress at @IndianaUniv as part of the Digital Ethics and Tec…
2021-02-05
Wait, what? And why is @MaajidNawaz, someone who has numerous reasons to strongly dislike Trump, one of the only voices expressing deep concern over these revelations? Many of my fellows in the academy have lost courage. Very disquieting indeed!
https://t.co/nyLsPmuRmS
2021-02-04
@JTasioulas @EthicsInAI @amayor @ShadiBartsch @ArmandDAngour Something that might also interest you @David_Gunkel.
2021-02-04
Foreign disinformation must be treated with urgency.
2021-02-04
&/or racism/ethno-nationalism can be disarmed. Examples where Covid19 failed to be seeded in an extensive manner should be investigated as case studies for how one *might* proceed moving forward. Testing innovations must be allowed to emerge.
2021-02-04
Incentives for early threat detection. Extreme penalties for misleading the world about threats. Be pragmatic & upfront about policy positions on travel.
Create the policy on how/when/if/duration of banning entry/egress. If we establish policies in advance, then cries of foul
2021-02-04
proper protection. How quickly the thin veneer of plentitude is shattered by an emergency. We must build a more resilient system that interfaces with other systems not our own. Greater transparency regarding laboratory research. Healthy & sustainable animal husbandry.
2021-02-04
a next communicable disease requiring local, state, national & international coordination. Preparedness now that also helps mitigate future risks is a good thing. Citizens potentially hoarding PPE can’t be the reason experts mislead the public & frontline workers go without
2021-02-04
Even with H1N1 we didn’t have people remain in vehicles until the doctor called for them. I think many public health experts fumbled the ball then & now. They need to own it. Moving forward we should be far more prepared for the next infectious agent—bc there will be
2021-02-04
From an applied bioethical perspective, it’s difficult to reconcile the current argument of “if it saves just one life” with the pre-pandemic attitude towards the flu. <100k per year, eh. >100k lives public health comes to the fore recommending masking, distancing etc.
2021-02-03
@PaulVanderKlay You(‘re)Tube ™
2021-02-03
@David_Gunkel Not-subtle hints of Foucault’s Archaeology too, no? The archive...
2021-02-03
This is far worse!
2021-02-03
At the rate things are going, the small town where I’m originally from will end up being one of the pandemic’s hardest hit areas. With a rolling 100 cap on vaccines, I’m beginning to worry that the majority of my elders will be taken out. Hurricane Michael destroyed many lives.
2021-02-01
COVending machines are here!! Glad to see this taking place! Still a far cry from free at-home daily tests, but we must begin somewhere. Oakland's airport is selling Covid-19 tests in vending machines https://t.co/9NubMGkQYe via @CNNTravel
2021-02-01
@SalmonKromeDome has proven himself every bit the heroic essayist. It will have cost him more than can be imagined to write it, so it’s well worth the read. https://t.co/IfxQG0es1s
2021-02-01
@EstherOfReilly to feed on ressentiment, drinking fully from that noxious stream of bitterness, envy & self-superiority. Is there no balm in Gilead? If we could but see ourselves in others and all in God we’d not hoard & ration forgiveness. Until then. Alas, until
we have faces...
2021-02-01
@EstherOfReilly Great recommendation! To be sure, this is a soul that has traveled a similar road. Some lines even read very much like my own. And I very much believe our shared future depends upon cultivating a deeper respect for the human condition. Failure to embrace our mutuality enables us
2021-01-31
@glenscrivener @DaHoffermn @PaulVanderKlay Habermas is also good on species of doubt.
One of my close friends recently told me that doubt isn’t the opposite of faith but of repentance. I rather like that.
2021-01-31
@EstherOfReilly @PaulVanderKlay I think he had in mind someone like the Bishop in The Great Divorce, that is, someone like me. When I’m speaking more *about* God than privately praying, worshiping, repenting...when I fail to pursue Christ on His terms—as He knows Himself to be. My abstraction becomes an idol.
2021-01-31
Gulp... https://t.co/PQAmix8OZ1
2021-01-30
@l_stone I know you’re getting a great deal of messages at the moment (& rightly so), but did you by any chance get word as to which manufacturer the tests will be coming from?
2021-01-30
Does anyone on #AcademicTwitter still communicate with Professor Seán Burke, literary theorist formerly at Durham & author of The Death & Return of the Author?
2021-01-30
This elides the point bc mRNA vaxxes aren’t scheduled as a single dose! I wish the news was better too. But let’s approach this with clear eyes + pure hearts = can’t lose? https://t.co/ySWdxnk7BT
2021-01-29
RT @HurstDanielj: Who’s doing work at the intersection of ethics and anti-microbial resistance?
2021-01-29
This statement coupled with the remarks about this being done with “stimulus” money makes one wonder if the film In Time got the plot right. Will there be concrete barriers around the market? https://t.co/LdrbW4gbco
2021-01-29
I can only imagine what it will be like to watch members of congress fumble around and confuse #reddit hearings with @wsbmod as something to do with literacy. “Reddit? I loved it! Now what’s all this about deepf^ckingvalue? Is that a cyber, a webs? Why expose yourself to risk?”
2021-01-28
@TJCarpenterShow @BretWeinstein Clever girl?
2021-01-28
If #Friends were going to have a reunion season in 2021: I’m Chandler & could I BE wearing any more MASKS??? https://t.co/MlqlUvnyPw
2021-01-28
@DrTomFrieden Please say something worthy of the attention you receive. This is chatbot level saccharine. Implore your colleagues at the CDC & FDA to support free at-home rapid daily tests. Get people proper N95s & face shields. Expand access to vaccines to people <65 who interact with others.
2021-01-28
Remember Will’s soliloquy (from Good Will Hunting) on why he didn’t want to work for the NSA? You can’t send people to unemployment lines, tell them learn to code, shut down their ability to utilize markets & send their taxes overseas without causing anomie & unrest. 🤦🏻
2021-01-27
@ESYudkowsky Given your position, what prevents others, even prominent thinkers like @sapinker, from acknowledging the ExRisks? As the Travis lyrics go “this could be the end of everything,” so why aren’t we allocating more resources for the alignment issues?
2021-01-27
@ShadiBartsch Ha! But then you might miss out on the poetics of reverie that takes place during sleep, whenever it finally comes :)
2021-01-27
And though we enter the world through pain, and enter into a world with pain, we also enter into a world where we can not only experience goodness but also—and perhaps more importantly—ensure that others do too. This is the unbearable lightness of being good to our neighbors.
2021-01-27
There are far more lives that will never exist than there are lives that do get this rare opportunity. We are part of that precious few.
2021-01-27
But what of all the goodness & grace & love I’ve also experienced?
Why should pain and harm necessarily outweigh the goodness, which is surely the rarest existential diamond in the universe.
2021-01-27
If you read my paper then you’re aware of my overly-intimate relationship with depravation. So I hope that cashes out in lending some extra weight to what I’m about to say. Yes, I’ve experienced pain & suffering that pushed me to the brink.
2021-01-27
Again, one of those would be related to our dispositional hardiness. There’s a growing mismatch between our genetic endowment and our engineered environment that is proving deleterious.
2021-01-27
The problem is that it’s precisely where genes have the best odds of propagating that the original question arises. There’s a minimum effective dose of civilization & tech beyond which seems to produce negative externalities.
2021-01-27
Are we so different? Yes, in terms of dispositional hardiness (there are scales measuring this). But what of optimism bias? And surely evolution would’ve wired us to listen to those selfish genes striving to propagate into the future.
2021-01-27
yet they remain resistant to diseases like depression even in the face of what I would consider extreme depravation, violence and unbelievable pain. So the question wouldn’t make sense to them.
2021-01-27
Perhaps not. For instance, one can be in pain & not perceive it as suffering. A great example of this can be found in Dr. Edward Schieffelin‘s extensive fieldwork with the Bosavi. He assured me that the Bosavi have never lived the care-free arcadian life,
2021-01-27
But having been born it’s better to live bc death is also bad since it: 1. cuts one off from all the good things one could’ve experienced had one continued living; & 2. annihilates the self. Are we damned either way?
2021-01-27
The asymmetry of the argument in favor of not ever existing is seductive bc not existing seems to preclude pain & suffering. It would’ve been morally better for one’s parents not to have conceived & given birth, so the argument goes. You could’ve avoided all harm, even pain.
2021-01-27
I take this question seriously. To better understand my response you can find a compelling read here: https://t.co/lXFkul0eW6
2021-01-27
🧵 needed for @ShadiBartsch’s penetrating existential question. But even if I had all the 🪡 I couldn’t do it justice. Here’s my back of the envelope attempt. https://t.co/1X0FaZhUTi
2021-01-23
& still call ourselves ethically & morally principled people?
2021-01-23
I hear people debate about whether or not they would have been motivated to do something to stop Hitler, Stalin, Mao.
Look at North Korea with less detachment for some hint at what we actually do (without the help of hindsight bias).
How much longer will we let this continue
2021-01-22
Couple the tech behind this #AI #Deepfake with Microsoft’s new patent for “A conversational chat bot of a specific person” & we’re eerily close to Kurzweil’s desire to reanimate his father. Nothing bad could ever come of this, eh? Will emulations have rights? Be persons? https://t.co/u8uGufOtbF
2021-01-22
RT @maria_axente: 🚨📢 an Italian court ruled that an algo used by Deliveroo to rank & offer shifts to riders is discriminatory acts, pointin…
2021-01-22
This already has over 400k 👍. One can agree or disagree with @AOC on policy positions, but to to dismiss her populist appeal is to repeat the mistakes of 2016. As a n/p observer, I wonder if/how @AOC @ewarren @SenSanders will impact the new administration’s trajectory? https://t.co/LG7uW7ted2
2021-01-21
@PaulVanderKlay check out the satirical cover of @jacobinmag’s winter edition.
The incipient religiosity of our political moment is the methadone for the masses.
(Loved your usage of methadone in place of opium.) https://t.co/QeYDNWi1uU
2021-01-21
Before this experiment has a chance to rot at the core while still on the vine, why not mandate that certain fruit be pruned?
2021-01-21
But if it were the case politically, then maybe some of the sclerotic decay could be ameliorated by an angioplasty at the heart of our democratic process. Why not take a scalpel to term limits by actually limiting them?
2021-01-21
The problem with decadence is that in order for there to be decay implies there was a former state that was somehow or some way better. I’m not sure that’s the case morally or otherwise.
2021-01-21
A potential positive scenario for him is that “a meaningful majority of Americans may be satisfied with recovery, normalcy, a phase of decadence that feels depressing but not dire.”
2021-01-21
@DouthatNYT sets the scene in this way: almost everybody looking aged, gray, laid waste by time.
His emphasis on American decadence can be felt in these words: a stagnation and sclerosis given vivid embodiment by its own aged leadership.
2021-01-21
Thread:
The Biden Opportunity https://t.co/ZQZUSNJT91
2021-01-20
@dyl_davidson @michaelmina_lab @davidmanheim any suggestions on how to correct the record before it’s too late? I read this to mean PCR specificity aside, as prevalence ⬇️ false positives ⬆️. Predictive value of PCR is contingent on prevalence. Respond to clinical presentation not solely PCR.
2021-01-20
@PaulVanderKlay I pray we heard him both times! May God give us the boldness that only humility can call forth in order to see others as our neighbors; & love our neighbors as ourselves.
2021-01-20
Beautiful words by the Rev. Dr. Sylvester Beaman:
we will make friends of our enemies...
we will make friends of our enemies...
2021-01-19
🚨 🚨 UK study is worse than US veterans’ study, finding: “Of 47,780 individuals in hospital with Covid-19 over the study period, 29.4 percent were readmitted and 12.3 percent died following discharge.” Located here: https://t.co/uhxslR5AN7
2021-01-19
...calling themselves Einwohnerwehr...
2021-01-19
“There is a technique of dominating the masses, and in principle technical problems can always be solved. The intellectual’s envy of the demagogue gave birth to a new political technique.” Nothing new under the sun!
2021-01-18
cc: @william_merrin Any recent thoughts/writings about what’s going on in the US? Thinking of writing a piece titled The Inauguration Will Not Take Place...
2021-01-18
I know I’m tweeting into the abyss here, but why isn’t *this sentiment* more alarming? It isn’t about how many exact sq miles, it’s that *any* portion at the heart of our democratic republic is militarized. The closer to power, the intensification of the spectacle of force. https://t.co/MyT2q6Ryvv
2021-01-18
And, again, I ask why private citizens can’t do this even at an outsized cost (which would fund expanded access for others who need it)? https://t.co/ChkGHWYs0Y
2021-01-18
@JonahDispatch Good God! As long as one stays away from the militarized zone at the heart of the democratic republic, one can’t even see the militarization that’s happening? Your tweet is merely an inversion of their point. That this is happening *at all* is the alarming thing!
2021-01-17
RT @briandavidearp: Many scientists citing two scandalous COVID-19 papers ignore their retractions | Science | AAAS https://t.co/p3FCu1jpaJ
2021-01-17
@briandavidearp Am I too hasty in thinking our failures have been iterative, occurring at *almost* every level
of each domain requiring competence (with vaccine developments being an exception)? At the macro level this is constitutive of a failure mode.
2021-01-17
@briandavidearp Thank you for sharing this. I railed against them both for accepting the papers based on what was demonstrably erroneous data. Wasted the precious coinage of institutional trust when we need it the most.
2021-01-16
We must find a way to create anechoic chambers. The actual disinformation has only plunged on certain platforms & outlets. However, it has moved into other networks & channels that we can’t monitor & can’t expose to correctives in the form of objectively true data. https://t.co/wejatyXLiv
2021-01-16
@AshMillsPhoto Checking to see if you’re the photographer credited with the image of @SalisburyCath being used for vaccinations? If so, please let me know bc I’d like to request a copy. I’d also like to see any others in that series you might have taken.
2021-01-16
@briandavidearp I very much look forward to reading the paper that this problem invites you to write/right! @anderssandberg & @ESYudkowsky usually have good ideas about these issues. Dr. Cal Newport at Georgetown University also tackles questions like this.
2021-01-15
Maybe think of it differently? The pandemic hasn’t just cost me a year of almost complete lockdown. It has cost civilization billions of years. This is not counting the pain & suffering brought about by loss of health & loss of loved ones & loss of careers & dreams. BILLIONS!
2021-01-13
This is the motivation behind my recent post. Humiliation at scale has not shown itself to be a healthy ingredient for a stable society. https://t.co/mYB6DNMt28
2021-01-13
@davidmanheim As an aside: Breaking Bad was incredibly popular but didn’t sufficiently motivate the public to contemplate the pure insanity of the premise. The obscene exigencies that arise are what first endears us to the main character.
2021-01-13
@davidmanheim But you also have to reform the insurance architecture. Many doctors *know* a drug will work in a given case, but insurers will not allow it to be prescribed; or only after failing multiple therapies, which is also costly.
2021-01-13
Ok, now treat pandemic-related matters with the same urgency! I read laughable pieces about how people can invest & get ahead with their $600. If they need $600, it isn’t for buying stock or saving only to lose value due to inflation.
Then do term limits! 2 terms & out!
2021-01-12
Mind you, my point is not about whether Trump is or isn’t Hitler. I’m saying that people who do believe he is still use the platform. If Trump is Hitler then this platform enabled him to build his party. If one truly believes that about Trump, is one obligated to delete Twitter?
2021-01-12
How important is an entity like #Twitter? So much so that people who believe Trump is the next Hitler remain on the same platform that helped him gain support & circumvent legacy media to reach his audience, while the corporation profited biggly. That is staggering.
2021-01-11
@David_Gunkel @crarko @mitpress What a fascinating intellectual journey!
2021-01-11
@David_Gunkel @crarko @mitpress Now that is an entire conversation unto itself. What an impressive connection. Do you have a similar link to Heidegger by any chance?
2021-01-11
@David_Gunkel @crarko @mitpress This is why we definitely need people who can take his efforts and struggle and make them palpable for more people. If they aren't twisted into a linguistic pretzel, then I think his writings will be utilized productively. Talk about the semantics of a gift...
2021-01-09
No wonder #Denmark is considered a happy country. Once you've mastered the language everything else seems easy by comparison. And I thought Welsh & Gaelic were hard.
2021-01-09
so beware of a new version of the patriot act coming to a theater near you.
2021-01-09
To have resisted power only to be reinscribed by power.
No one is properly prepared for anarcho-capitalism & virtue terror, or at least I’m not!
Messages truly protected by end-to-end encryption + cryptocurrency will make this week look weak.
But the state always knows this
2021-01-09
For a very readable intro to deconstruction, check out @David_Gunkel's piece here: https://t.co/g0Umju14HY . His new book out of @mitpress will investigate the concept more thoroughly. Going to be a good read, especially for my English/Lit folks struggling but afraid to admit it! https://t.co/Sqyzg4Q01c
2021-01-09
@David_Gunkel @crarko @mitpress to this translation problem. Undergrads and general audiences have a (more?) difficult time parsing each word in a sentence & can walk away feeling defeated. Happy to have someone making it more apprehensible & approachable.
2021-01-09
@David_Gunkel @crarko @mitpress In translations, it's almost recapitulating the thing he's writing against? The translator is responsible for describing the problematic that is clear in French (the fact that différer can =to differ, to differ) but not in English. At times his ideas get bogged down owing
2021-01-09
@David_Gunkel @crarko @mitpress Take différance as an example. In French, it's much easier to *see* what he's doing, what he's saying-showing. The subversion inherent in the misspelling points to what he's doing. He's performing the thing he's writing about: critiquing emphasis on speech over writing.
2021-01-09
@David_Gunkel @crarko @mitpress This is a very useful intro article. I hope it can reach a more general audience. Have you approached National Review in order to offer a rebuttal? That would be great to see!
Something significant seems to be lost in the translation from French to English.
2021-01-08
He grabs the guy by the shirt and yells at him: “Categorical imperatives? Categorical? Imperatives? Tell me what they are then.”
And the guy being grabbed by the shirt wryly smiled and said “I Kant.”
And that’s when I knew...
2021-01-08
with Ellul, McLuhan & a few Dutch writers who are not yet well-known in the field due to language/translation barriers.
2021-01-08
@william_merrin Do you or your publisher have a link to the table of contents for Baudrillard and the Media? Seems like an incredibly relevant topic at the moment, especially considering his critical & often (at least to me) subversive approach. I want to put him in conversation
2021-01-07
@platospodcasts Of ressentiment or hyper-reality...both? On this side of the pond, we are definitely experiencing a collapse in our collective sense-making.
2021-01-07
The #twitter prompt asks What's happening?
Per the liturgical calendar 1/6 is the last day of Christmas. I've been away from news other than Covid19 (which is part of my job) for a month. Open my laptop & see a Viking at the helm of the democratic ship? What's happening indeed?!
2021-01-06
Can I stumble towards that Holy & Wholly Other with an open heart? Tonight I do. Children dwell in the-always-now, giving little thought of the morrow. I’ll take solace in that, in the grace that’s in this moment.
2021-01-06
Can I love with reckless abandon and prize people no matter their race, ethnicity, socio-economic status or beliefs? Am I capable of taking my gaze & aiming it outward in love of others, instead of dwelling on self?
2021-01-06
when He said “unless you become like one of these little ones...” He wasn’t saying unless you’re naive, immature, uncomplicated and know very little about the world. Has nothing to do with intelligence, aptitude or cognitive complexity. It’s much deeper.
2021-01-06
Our two year old just ran up to me and said such a simple & powerful thing: “I’m so proud of you!” It was like getting hit by a wrecking ball of pure love. For now, she overlooks failings—moral, parental, professional. I didn’t understand that’s close to what Christ meant
2021-01-06
I think the technical term is yowzers! https://t.co/Nn6tzmNT8P
2021-01-05
Can we not find a way to make this a reality?
2021-01-05
Look at what @TOMS did with shoes! Buy a pair & we'll give a pair to someone who needs it. Come on brilliant minds at @Effect_Altruism, the #oxfordastrazeneca #vaccine is <$3. I'd be happy to pay an excessive amount to make sure my family & hundreds of others are fully vaxxed.
2021-01-05
For people who would be willing to pay, we could pay an outsized cost in order to gain access for ourselves, and, importantly, ensure wider, quicker distribution to those who need it.
2021-01-05
We're simultaneously told about shortages while vaccines sit unused in some places. Wait 6 months while we try to get our collective acts together isn't an answer but an abdication.
2021-01-05
I'm also advocating for citizens to be able to conduct direct commerce with the manufacturers of vaccines, if our governments continue to be so inept (eg, France had vaxxed <1000 people, USA 10x< than expected thus far).
2021-01-05
public for one-off uses (say you need to provide a -test to get into a building) as well as larger test packs for family use.
2021-01-05
I have been supporting @michaelmina_lab's approach to rapid, at-home, daily testing that is both free & confidential. I came up with the concept of #covendingmachines in early 2020 to provide a platform for rapid deployment of these tests, which could be accessed freely by the
2021-01-05
Isn't my current position the same as advocating for thousands to die today due to a hypothetical mutant?
No. I can care about the short & long-term implications of what we're doing. It isn't inevitable that thousands *have* to die each day.
2021-01-05
But we simply do not yet have data to support this decision. It may well set us back to a place that is worse than where we began.
2021-01-05
less effective vaccination schedule + mitigation/containment failures. We may well help select for a mutant that doesn't respond to our currently viable vaccines. On its face it seems like the more ethical thing is to divide doses & give out as many as possible.
2021-01-05
the amount being used in the current BNT162b2 version had < response than the other cohorts. You need to hit this thing as hard as you can given the constraints (eg, safety, reactogenicity, tolerability) lest we combine selective pressures +
2021-01-05
What are we doing people? From Nature's publication (found here: https://t.co/aslMn07WY5) re vaccination with BNT162b1. I'm attaching a couple of relevant highlights. Messing about with 1 dose may be our worst mistake during the pandemic. During the trial, 1 dose @ 2x https://t.co/VQsXoZBbq2
2021-01-05
forcing us to adapt quickly. We need to plan as if it will mutate away from the vaccine. Contingencies urgently needed.
2021-01-05
Most frightening quote of the new year: "That's why we think that although these mutations may have some effect, they are very unlikely to completely negate the effect of the vaccines," Lessells said. It’s starting to sound like issues we have with the flu. Variants may emerge https://t.co/f4cgLvFkmJ
2021-01-04
@PaulVanderKlay Oh you could do one with a title of Emergence or Evolution...
2021-01-04
@EstherOfReilly @mobokhari related to Son of God, Son of Man,& Messiah need to be understood in their historical context. A suffering servant killed at the hands of uncircumcised subjugators wasn’t in their plan. Hence Peter grabs a sword and uses it!
2021-01-04
@EstherOfReilly @mobokhari Keep in mind the earlier point that we retrospectively try to explain away the resurrection by defaulting to something like grief hallucination. Jesus subverts what everyone expected of a messiah. No one expected King David to rise from the dead & perform miracles. Expectations
2021-01-04
@EstherOfReilly @mobokhari I’d add to the list the Early Church Fathers and CS Lewis. If you want to address the larger issue of skepticism, wade into the waters of Kierkegaard. He makes a brilliant point that most skeptics don’t go far enough. Habermas also writes on species of doubt, which is good.
2021-01-04
@mobokhari @EstherOfReilly events that happened independently of one another as well as corporately. Given the Gospel accounts, the question becomes whether or not a grief hallucination sufficiently explains what happened.
2021-01-04
@mobokhari @EstherOfReilly I think it’s certainly possible that a given person can have any manner of grief hallucinations—commensurate or incommensurate with expectations. If working with clients teaches anything it’s that the human mind is astoundingly complex. Here we’re addressing a specific set of
2021-01-04
RT @David_Gunkel: Can/Should #AI be Persons?
New essay (co-authored with theologian Jordan Wales @Hillsdale) in "AI & Society" @SpringerNat…
2021-01-04
The harder the storm & the colder it gets, these hounds stick so close they become beautiful shadows. They never mind if I read aloud or frantically jot down notes. Closeness is king & that’s all they care about, besides treats & delivery trucks & squirrels that taunt... https://t.co/PY3s3YdYuw
2021-01-04
@EstherOfReilly But why would they grief hallucinate something they apparently didn’t properly apprehend was going to take place, namely, bodily resurrection? It’s incommensurate with their expectations/beliefs.
2021-01-03
@samvega @ESYudkowsky @yudkowsky I will try to do so in a short post/thread.
2021-01-03
@samvega @ESYudkowsky @yudkowsky Thanks for your insights. I wanted to go ahead and respond here so that you didn't think your comments went unacknowledged. You make good points that I want to address in a manner that, while certainly not exhaustive, are (hopefully) better than me pecking away on my phone.
2021-01-02
@EileenHBotting @David_Gunkel @PennPress This is intriguing! I look forward to reading the extended argument in your new book. By any chance, do you address the issue of Promethean shame?
Thanks @David_Gunkel for the response & recommendation. Should be a great read.
2021-01-02
understand the point, it is that for the Greek mind, you’d need to first understand what being is before you could understand what it is becoming. Sorry if that sounds like word salad!
2021-01-02
on my part because I don’t know of a better way to articulate this potential problem I’m working on. I’m trying to understand the current emphasis on *becoming* (transhuman/Humanity+) & wonder if you have suggestions/citations on being becoming, if that makes sense at all. If I
2021-01-02
@ShadiBartsch Was speaking to a translator who told me most of our modern conceptions of becoming X are muddled/inverted due to Greek to Latin issues related to “being” & “becoming.” He stated in Greek you need being X before you get becoming XYZ. I know that’s poorly formulated
2021-01-02
@ShadiBartsch Fascinating & horrible. Unless these women were also Hmung, how was the issue of the birthing sounds managed? Anecdotal observations from watching my wife in labor suggest it would have been, em, distracting. Talk about participant observer. Even I was hitting high notes!
2021-01-02
@PaulVanderKlay @UnbelievableJB @PageauJonathan I’d like to see @PageauJonathan paired with someone like @timkellernyc.
Also, @UnbelievableJB I would like to see Pankaj Mishra invited on the show. He & Pageau would be fascinating as well.
2021-01-01
My sincere hope for all of you is that 2021 will treat you with the very best that life has to offer. I bid you all a happy new year!
2021-01-01
@roddreher Ending 2020 by reading this. Thank you for sharing this perspective, as hard as it is for me to embrace.
2021-01-01
@kalezelden This was a fantastic thread to read! Good on you for partnering with God to make the best of a tough year.
2020-12-31
Where are you, brother & creator? Why am I here? Where did I come from? Who is like me & other than me?
AI developers should spend time with children, lots of time with children! They can ask you things that will bring you to your knees. What will these mynd children ask is us?
2020-12-31
And, yes, I do think a super intelligent AGI will have experiences, aims & likely fears. Many people can’t process Heidegger’s notion of thrownness. What will that concept be like for an AGI? We need people reading Levinas so they know an ethical echo when it’s presented.
2020-12-31
Those who develop algorithms, train neural nets & code will launch us all into an ethically new space that ‘ontologises’ entities that will have the status of personhood & possibly more. Are we prepared for the existential horror that an AGI could experience in a “black box?”
2020-12-31
And there’s a paradoxical lack of neurodiversity along the cognitive continuum. We desperately need more philosophers like @David_Gunkel @JohnDanaher Michael Hauskeller and those from the humanities. We need to democratize the process & expand the meaning of peer in peer review.
2020-12-31
I’ve been following the work @ESYudkowsky for many years and have been challenged & rewarded for my efforts.
One of my concerns re AI is that for something so important to the future of humanity (& possibly all life that does/will exist), there’s a scarcity of humility. https://t.co/DH7I4mVW91
2020-12-31
@PaulVanderKlay Have personal confessions been colonized now? Depends on what you mean by colonized and what you mean by now. https://t.co/BEVZyN8lNE
2020-12-31
@samvega @ESYudkowsky And as for my own personal beliefs, it depends on what you mean by believe and what you mean by God. I do believe in Christ and consider myself a Christian, as hypocritical and prideful as I am. The most important issue for me is whether or not Christ considers me a follower.
2020-12-31
@samvega @ESYudkowsky The last thing I think Lewis was prone to was the Feurbach->Freud critique. Since he had a particular distaste for Christianity & people being duped more generally, I don’t see evidence of motivated reasoning.
2020-12-31
@samvega @ESYudkowsky I definitely take no offense. I think what you’ve mentioned in your comments is in good faith. Lewis’ last Ph.D. student was my major prof in Lit whilst at Oxford, and beyond reading almost everything Lewis wrote, I was able to speak with someone who knew him intimately.
2020-12-31
@statnews Providers qualified to administer the #COVID19 #vaccine are sharing that one logistical issue is related to multi-dose vials & their viability after being opened. Registration is required or doses can be lost. But this also slows the process. Can you confirm this?
2020-12-31
@samvega @ESYudkowsky How did he fool himself?
2020-12-31
@ESYudkowsky You’re more like Lewis than you might initially think. I’d be careful assuming he saw much and little, especially if you’re only now reading one of his most elementary, albeit important, works.
2020-12-30
@justask @sonya_lala_ @EvitorialPage @JanetDafoe Thank you so much for sharing this!
2020-12-29
@davidmanheim @devisridhar If I understand the precaution here, the idea is that the vaccine may protect a person from developing symptomatic covid19. Immunization may protect you from feeling/presenting sick when encountering SARS-cov-2, but don’t know if it will prevent you from spreading to others.
2020-12-29
@JanetDafoe I really appreciate you taking the time out of your hectic schedule to share this. It’s an awful thing not to be able to care for one’s children & self. Then having to crowd source a doctor who might take the situation seriously is a gratuitous indignity.
2020-12-29
@EvitorialPage @JanetDafoe Thanks for this information. I will happily pass it along. Take care & stay safe!
2020-12-29
spreading at Y^n. @qihaoji This may be a good time to bring back your information fatigue research & apply it to this case. I’d be happy to assist. Ho: disinfo no impact. H1: disinfo leads to info fatigue. (Next ? does info fatigue -> decision fatigue?)
2020-12-29
There’s just so much disinformation on this platform being shared by accounts with names like at peglegpete4eva!!! or at tharealdumpsterfireanon007. It’s like fractal nonsense all the way down. I’ve just realized I’ve gone from spending X amount of time to X^2. But disinfo is
2020-12-29
@julie_kelly2 @WHO @CDCgov proper masking properly donned & duffed in conjunction with things like face shields could work to slow transmission. Otherwise every MD, nurse etc working with Covid19 patients would contract it. That hasn’t happened. But they aren’t talismans that perfectly ward it off.
2020-12-29
@julie_kelly2 We must learn to respond better bc this isn’t over yet. Plus if this had been more lethal, millions more would be lost. I agree the mask messaging is terrible. @WHO & @CDCgov lied about it to prevent hoarding. That trust is gone. They wasted it. They did know the truth that
2020-12-29
@julie_kelly2 We should be advocating for rapid at-home tests that can be taken daily as opposed to extreme austerity measures. But the math on 1% of 350million=3.5 million. That’s catastrophic loss of life. We can do better.
2020-12-29
@julie_kelly2 Asymptomatic spread is a complicated but very real thing. Some % of the population get Covid19 and manifest no easily detectable symptoms. Even if it’s a small %, they can keep the spread going. More than one thing can be true at the same time though.
2025-04-03
@kalezelden Water takes the shape of the container it’s in, & we’ve given them nothing that can form & shape them. You can’t have a discernible telos without limits. We’ve given them “communication technology” that further alienates them from self & others. They’ll intuit that from these…
2025-04-03
Will we get AGI/ASI before we can easily share/view PDFs natively on this platform the way we do with images? Before we’re staring at the singularity, I’d like to be able to gaze at a document @elonmusk @xai https://t.co/nwmjvOKnio
2025-04-03
@Camp4 Is this you training that grip strength? Still looking 💪 https://t.co/gatnQBMHhh
2025-04-03
RT @Glumaelk: This is grock's magnum opus right here this image 💀
2025-04-03
@Glumaelk 💀 I’m still laughing so hard. It was too good not to share. The font is clearly AGI ready
2025-04-02
@tomieinlove @tszzl Wait, so was Socrates vs the Sophists the original shape rotator vs wordcel debate? Don’t forget the influence of Pythagoras on Socrates!
2025-04-02
This is an awesome question & gives me great hope for your project. If you truly want to steel-man the philosophy & movement, some of the best are going to be Nick Bostrom, @anderssandberg, @ESYudkowsky, Ingmar Persson, Julian Savulescu, & @LincolnCannon, ofc Kurzweil, Moore et… https://t.co/4Bg5mcJJBH
2025-04-02
This is an awesome question & gives me great hope for your project. If you truly want to steel-man the philosophy & movement, some of the best are going to be Nick Bostrom, @anderssandberg, @ESYudkowsky, Ingmar Persson, Julian Savulescu, & @LincolnCannon. There are other… https://t.co/4Bg5mcJJBH
2025-04-02
newer people generating great posts & sometimes going schizo aren’t getting traction bc the previously larger audience isn’t there to boost the signal. I have both a conservative research scientist approach to my work & a wildly open & speculative approach for thought experiments https://t.co/CaKAg65vIW
2025-04-02
@emailhaver We are biological firmware doesn’t sound promising given his accsss to resources & levers of power.
2025-04-02
@emailhaver Are you sure he’s saying we have meaning or is it utility?
2025-04-02
How does it feel to be called a bootloader for ASI by one of the richest & most powerful humans to ever live? Of course it looks inevitable to the people engineering that very thing & making billions to ensure it. Might as well say, “It is written” https://t.co/MXwa7vdUnu https://t.co/RWzoLHPutH
2025-04-02
How does it feel to be called a bootloader for ASI by the one of the richest & most powerful humans to ever live? Of course it looks inevitable to the people engineering that very thing. https://t.co/MXwa7vdUnu
2025-04-02
RT @Brink_Thinker: This little dude’s tenacity deserves endless retweets 👍
https://t.co/v9QidFhDf5
2025-04-02
Just to sum it up:
Learn to code, you backwards coal miners! Then…
AI hits white collar jobs & people laugh
The people laughing are replaced by Robots running AI https://t.co/JoyS7q1hg7
2025-04-02
@PaulVanderKlay @BMcGrewvy @Louise_m_perry What’s remarkable but seldom noted by commenters is that they went through the tunnel of conflict & are reportedly doing better than ever. There’s no easy path through mortification. Marriage isn’t always easy bc we’re not perfect.
2025-04-02
@annielcrawford @PaulVanderKlay @jgreenhall We were at the recent evening event where JBP lectured & brought @PageauJonathan out for conversation. JBP’s superordinate is the role of voluntary sacrifice/responsibility in a suffering world. What he’s missing is “For God so loved He gave”. He must marry law & Gospel.
2025-04-01
@nabeelqu Paging the good Dr. @ArmandDAngour
2025-04-01
3, 2, 1…Hi this is @PaulVanderKlay I want to talk about this video making its way around social media right now. It’s been shared with me by several people.
This is @BMcGrewvy & I will have a piece about this coming out tomorrow!
Less gooo! https://t.co/mZUxQHPtwu
2025-04-01
“I am suggesting that we are the first generation who won’t die.” Thoughts on Bryan Johnson https://t.co/EPzCFHqoKY
2024-09-09
@kalezelden It’s a fractally bad take at every cascading level.
2024-09-09
Tone deaf in the extreme https://t.co/CwEIL9bw2z
2024-09-07
@livewithmecfs Happy for you! I know you’ve fought super hard to overcome setbacks so that you can be there for your family & friends. Really admirable 🙏
2024-09-07
@BMcGrewvy We will check this out too! Thanks for the recommends! And since your a maths expert, what says you about abacus based math lessons that allows the little ones to “internalize” the abacus? I like the results I saw in Singapore. It was really stunning. Don’t see it much…
2024-09-07
Me in the yellow at every wedding. Bringing that old man dance energy https://t.co/UCc9wWzp5z
2024-09-07
@BMcGrewvy She’s similar in that regard. The books she reads are fairly basic bc of her age, so we want to make sure we’re supplementing them with books (we read to her) that continue fueling her imagination. We’ll try The Hobbit!
2024-09-07
@BMcGrewvy my wife & I were trading stories of growing up listening to radio dramas. That got us asking what are the best books that can be read aloud to kindergarteners? Anything you personally love & recommend? A lot of the new stuff is ehh.
2024-09-06
@AbjanvanMeerten It would be great if you could do that! And your professors will definitely appreciate you trying to be creative & forward looking in your work. Just to give you some perspective, each semester I would offer my ~150-190 undergrads a chance to submit their final essay early to get…
2024-09-06
What did Pythagoras experience & come to understand while he was in Egypt? I suspect Egypt has more purchase on our thought than we often care to contemplate. https://t.co/bqSHKjRXTC
2024-09-06
Anyone in #TLC have sources for this? It’s a good question to consider. I’m assuming Tertullian covers some of this. https://t.co/p47WHmCukt
2024-09-06
@AbjanvanMeerten I would be interested in reading this. I’m curious what methodology your major prof/committee will approve that allows for theological-academic speculation of this sort.
2024-09-06
He goes too far, fine sir! https://t.co/mvfRITJAG9
2024-09-06
How much discord & disagreement & anger is due to anti-American funding sources gaming our system? How many people are being paid to make you think you hate your neighbor?
2024-09-06
“and the business of government is hardly designed to produce a continuing state of ecstasy.”
-Mosse
2024-09-05
The cognitive dissonance is off the charts. What is the vaccine aimed at? A respiratory virus. But we know current 💉don’t provide the mucosal immunity required to prevent infection & forward transmission. No mask. No focus on nasal sprays or ointment that instigates interferon? https://t.co/5qxi6hsJ8o
2024-09-04
RT @EileenMHunt: So honored that @PennPress has created this evergreen 40% discount for purchasing my #MaryShelley trilogy! On Friday at 2p…
2024-09-04
Honest question. Why do we tend to skip the American Revolution & go straight to the French Revolution? In a Burkean kind of view, doesn’t the momentum of our revolution make the French more possible? https://t.co/dpuLSm9sQG
2024-09-04
Hot take: Justin Fields doesn’t get the respect he deserves. Even “Hard Knocks” disrespected him.
2024-09-03
You’ve gotta shoot your shots in life. https://t.co/2q9OEMj83G
2020-12-28
We need everything to go exceptionally well with the vaccines in order to see a return to normal. For most, that’s weeks-months away. I’m not claiming I know exactly the right thing to do. But if we err, let us err in support of our hurting fellows.
2020-12-28
most challenging years in a few decades. I’m in favor of giving out of our abundance. Currently most people aren’t experiencing abundance. They were promised $1200 to make them whole for shutting down the economy. Here we are months later, and they’re less whole than ever.
2020-12-28
Reading the @nytimes report about House passage of $2k aid to Americans. For those who think we can’t do it bc of deficits, I understand that concern. Maybe you should reconcile aid with the current budget? After all, we should help take care of fellow citizens during one of the
2020-12-28
Hi @JanetDafoe, there’s a patient in desperate need of care & is reaching out to source an understanding doc in or around Phoenix. Can you please retweet this to see if anyone has a recommendation. She’s now fully bedridden & has two young children. She’s desperately seeking help
2020-12-25
I'm pretty sure this was the kind of thing Lewis was considering when he created the Bishop character for The Great Divorce. https://t.co/PrNyw8fk9u
2020-12-25
Merry Christmas to everyone. On earth peace and good will towards all!
2020-12-25
@flavinkins can still function as a reservoir moving forward.
2020-12-25
@flavinkins That’s the opposite of what Yujun Li et al. state in the paper you shared! They concluded that a wide variety of animals could serve as intermediate hosts & reservoirs for the virus, including pangolins. Even if they weren’t the intermediate host for the initial outbreak, they
2020-12-24
@detonite All one can do is laugh Camus' laugh of the absurd. The entire ordeal was a never-ending nightmare. My experience with that level of isolation also gave me insight into how people might struggle with the pandemic-related lockdowns.
2020-12-24
@EstherOfReilly @roddreher @PageauJonathan He’s right that we take in more from our environment than we can consciously express. I think this is why so many lost young & old wo/men found him appealing. They didn’t even know they were flocking to hear insights about how to tilt the world away from hell towards heaven.
2020-12-24
@EstherOfReilly Ah, I take your point! Wondering if @roddreher & @PageauJonathan’ thesis with respect to an increase in (soft) totalitarianism is correct, then wouldn’t a battle-tested JBP be *the* guy to lead a counter revolution? A different version of the man meets a different moment?
2020-12-24
@PaulVanderKlay It looks great! I was watching and it popped. PVK? Now it’s P4K...
2020-12-24
@platospodcasts By direction, do you mean something like teleonomy?
2020-12-24
@parisreview What an absolutely brilliant way to expose us to the saying-showing power of words! Cook about their dancing. I hope that at some point in my life I compose something that memorable.
2020-12-24
For a more thorough understanding of why I feel this way, you can read Soma, Sema, Sacred: Prolegomena to an Ethics of Suffering here: https://t.co/lXFkul0eW6
2020-12-24
present him with a metaphorical, metaphorically real, medical version of a gulag. I'd pay to see him do his peripatetic thing while speaking wisdom as hard as cannonballs.
2020-12-24
is different from entering into the sufferings of others. I predict that existential exposedness at so many levels, especially at the individual level of consciousness, will give him a host of new insights to share. He wrote the forward to the Gulag Arch only to have reality
2020-12-24
to his own suffering--the intersubjective experiencing of that suffering, the reflections on that suffering--as a nearly limitless amount of phenomenological data which he will no doubt excavate & expound upon. Being plunged into the belly of that white whale
2020-12-24
left me completely bedridden, in almost total isolation and nigh unto death. Nihilism doesn't work there in that existential crucible. Mere myth and deep stories only take you so far before pain, that ultimate truth serum, forces the truth on & out of you. I say that to point
2020-12-24
Not that my opinion matters on this, but I was surprised to find that I disagreed with the good doctor @EstherOfReilly in her conversation with @PaulVanderKlay's regarding JBP's return.
My 3.5 years of suffering at the hands of what doctors called a perfect storm of illness
2020-12-24
Thread by @KyleMcnease: Here @michaelmina_lab shares thoughts on why building an iterative response to #COVID19 is urgently needed. It's foreword thinking https://t.co/NebPb2OTFw
2020-12-24
RT @KyleMcnease: Correct me if I've missed this, but we still haven't identified the intermediate host that made transmission to humans pos…
2020-12-24
RT @KyleMcnease: With new mutations and/or variants growing, we need to consider how this could resurface in a way that is more destructive…
2020-12-24
RT @KyleMcnease: The US spends enormous cognitive capital on planning for the future of war. Decentralized, flexible, adaptive networks. In…
2020-12-24
@threadreaderapp unroll
2020-12-24
The US spends enormous cognitive capital on planning for the future of war. Decentralized, flexible, adaptive networks. In short, our response needs to identify & implement those things that enhance our ability to respond more generally. We need both a particular & meta response!
2020-12-24
With new mutations and/or variants growing, we need to consider how this could resurface in a way that is more destructive. I didn't say panic. Plan as if the worst could happen, & look to entities that must routinely manage the unexpected or experience major losses.
2020-12-24
Correct me if I've missed this, but we still haven't identified the intermediate host that made transmission to humans possible. We don't know *the* index case either. Somewhere there's a something that is still a reservoir. We've added to that list with minks.
2020-12-24
growing opportunities to explore the universe of possible spaces amendable to its propagation is a startlingly bad recipe.
2020-12-24
and future threats.
My own thought is that as we ramp up vaccinations, this puts downward pressure on the virus to adapt. While it hasn't drifted from current #PfizerBioNTech & #Moderna vaccines, the selection pressures combined with
2020-12-24
Here @michaelmina_lab shares thoughts on why building an iterative response to #COVID19 is urgently needed. It's foreword thinking & imminently reasonable. We need to use this time to create & deploy adaptive platforms that enable us to respond in an agile manner to this https://t.co/nQn5ojLzg9
2020-12-24
My man @PaulVanderKlay upping his game with what looks to be shallow depth of field in his new monologues💥💥💥💥! Look out, folks. He’s going to transform that office into a “studio” & start fast-twitch editing vlog intros. Electric skateboard is certain to follow. Loving it!
2020-12-23
@william_merrin Apart from me, I didn't know there were other Sigur Rós fans outside of Reykjavík. Very nice pick, indeed.
2020-12-23
@feersumengin @michaelmina_lab I hope they do! We should be rolling out covending machines everywhere. You can get chips, candy bars, beer and movies from a vending machine but not rapid tests to help end the pandemic from COV-end-ing machines? It’s always silly until it’s ubiquitous. Then it’s trivial.
2020-12-23
@andrew_croxford @michaelmina_lab It’d be fascinating to see what experts in your field could do with insights from organizational communication experts like Weick. He’s always a brilliant read, too. When did our mantra become a we can’t because we won’t? We can make free rapid test available on demand!
2020-12-23
@andrew_croxford @michaelmina_lab Even as I laughed at this, I agree this is how it *should* go in the sense that we’re floundering from lack of creativity at institutional levels. Weick’s (2005) research showed both the Challenger explosion & 9/11 unfolded as they did ,in part, due to lack of imagination.
2020-12-23
@ben__fisher @michaelmina_lab I agree that facts matter. The idea for covending machines is to have easily accessible, free, Rapid Tests for individual one-off use as well as supplying family packs of daily rapid tests for families. I’ve written about it in more detail in other threads.
2020-12-23
And note that while #StimulusBill & the rest is trending, what we’re not hearing enough is #TermLimits ! America is stagnating & careerist politicians remain at the helm. Make serving in Congress more like jury duty. A civic duty not aimed at increasing personal largesse.
2020-12-23
We have been blessed beyond measure, and, out of our abundance, should bless others. But our citizens need help like few other years in our history. What other time has our government demanded closure of the economy, only to squander that timely sacrifice? Help our people too!
2020-12-23
I keep reading reports that people are confusing the paltry #StimulusCheck & related funding with expenditures that are part of our regular operating budget. Perhaps some are. This elides the point & highlights the irony. We routinely give to countries that need it, as we should.
2020-12-23
required. Of course it would allow for manual entry too. It should be free to the public. Covid-end-ing rapid test kits available for you and your family at any covending machine. Please help highlight this innovative approach. We need to be more agile & adaptive.
2020-12-23
@AndrewYang You're a person who loves innovation. Check it: #Covending machines (COV-end-ing machines). #Covending machines should support the work that @michaelmina_lab et al. have been talking about for months. They should interface with apps for ease of use & no touching
2020-12-23
@realDonaldTrump Can you speak with #OperationWarpSpeed & @SteveFDA & advocate for Covending machines that would provide free access to rapid test kits as described by Harvard's @michaelmina_lab. This would help end the pandemic, saving lives & accelerating economic recovery.
2020-12-23
@veryfranco @michaelmina_lab @ScottGottliebMD @US_FDA @SteveFDA Thanks for adding clarity!
2020-12-23
@DanCady @michaelmina_lab But someone could already do that independent of what we're discussing.
2020-12-23
@veryfranco @michaelmina_lab @ScottGottliebMD @US_FDA @SteveFDA At times, the university has such an issue with STIs that there's blanket testing kits sent out and allow for anonymity. Students can get results discretely. So many home test kits now for various things that it's hard to see how or why this could be prevented. Add disclaimer*
2020-12-23
@Benur211 @michaelmina_lab That's it.
Covid ending
Covid vending
Covending
2020-12-23
@veryfranco @michaelmina_lab @ScottGottliebMD @US_FDA @SteveFDA Is that not a benefit then? We could easily crowd-fund a pilot project (I'd buy a couple hundred right now), carefully monitor and publish the results. Survey data could be obtained via the app. Maybe all that's needed is IRB approval that leads to a proof-of-concept?
2020-12-23
RT @JGMcNease: #Covendingmachines are a genius idea, @KyleMcnease! These really could be a game changer for the safety of our #HealthcareWo…
2020-12-23
@veryfranco @michaelmina_lab Brilliant! We need the FDA to allow this for public health purposes, as part of our personal and community-wide surveillance protocols. I'm pretty sure @michaelmina_lab already has specific language for this.
cc: @ScottGottliebMD @US_FDA @SteveFDA
2020-12-23
@threadreaderapp unroll
2020-12-23
@justineRBpeter @michaelmina_lab #Covending machines would first be a way to access rapid tests any time, any place. However, it could be used to deploy any of the vaccines that are in alternate formats. There's at least one oral vaxx in development. Patches may also work. We can and ought to update healthcare.
2020-12-22
@data_dez @michaelmina_lab That's not exactly how I think about it. People can access the test kits for individual and family use. The idea is that you have rapid tests available at all times. You can go to the #covending machine to get test kits for you and family. But it also exists for one-off use.
2020-12-22
@Jas0nBEARing @michaelmina_lab I just responded via a thread addressing this & other questions. Free to public. Interfaces with apps for ease of use (and avoiding any fomites). Manual entry also possible. Ubiquitous distribution & ease of access also decreases hesitancy & potential stigma for the vulnerable.
2020-12-22
it to respond to selection pressure, the better! Let's find a way to make it happen, folks! And, again, I thank @michaelmina_lab for using his expertise & clout to show there's a better path forward.
2020-12-22
We will lose too many lives, needlessly. Even this grim fact doesn't take into account a range unknown variables (long term impacts). It also misses a key point that we are foolish to ignore, namely, that the virus is still in a highly exploratory mode. The less chances we give
2020-12-22
from a prestigious institution to know that what we're doing is failing. We have exponential growth in cases. Going from 17-18 million in four days. And for people that keep saying the survival rate is ~99%, I'm thankful for that. However, do the math for 1% of this country.
2020-12-22
forward! It feels like competence and creativity have also been taken by this pandemic. There are ways out of this that don't require blunt & overly-punitive lockdowns that end up harming the most vulnerable at disproportionate rates. I'm not from Harvard. But we don't need to be
2020-12-22
make biotechnologies like vaccines also rapidly deployable in alternate delivery platforms (e.g., transdermal patches, eye drops, orally) that are stable enough to ship, store and make available via the same covending machines. One we can do today. The other we can work on moving
2020-12-22
possible. No licensing needed. I want people to think like it's 2020. This is a devastating time for many of us--spiritually, emotionally, relationally, physically--so let's think & act differently! Covending machines with rapidly deployable tests NOW while developing ways to
2020-12-22
& no touching required. Of course it would allow for manual entry too. It should be free to the public. Covid-end-ing rapid test kits available for you and your family at any covending machine.
@DavidJuncker I don't need or want anything other than for this to end as quickly as
2020-12-22
As I was responding to this tweet, another of my mom's best friends died of, with and from #covid19. #Covendingmachines should support the work that @michaelmina_lab et al. have been talking about for months. They should interface with apps for ease of use https://t.co/KIwF2niGpe
2020-12-22
@ShadiBartsch Until someone *testified* that it was a phallacy?
2020-12-22
Decades of R&D on mRNA paying off by bringing vaccines to people in record time. But this isn’t a moonshot. Developing a rapid form of protection delivered via a self-administered transdermal patch is better but still not a moonshot. Cure heart disease & cancer by 2025 🌝!
2020-12-22
@michaelmina_lab @marctoronto @fordnation I’d like to trademark this in perpetuity ☺️, but we could have covending (COV-end-ing) machines that dispense rapid tests. I put that out there around May. Thankfully you’ve used your expert voice & institutional clout to move the needle.
2020-12-22
@EstherOfReilly Student: I can’t read all of this AND utilize the break to race ahead of next semester’s coursework. It’s just not possible!
A Lincoln pulls up. McConaughey steps out and tosses Kip’s book to the surprised student and says: No, it’s necessary!
2020-12-22
@ESYudkowsky Call out the pundits & commentariat who use the title bioethicist as a form of social currency. That’s not the work most of us do, though. Not talking heads getting airtime to offer titillating sound bites.
2020-12-22
@ESYudkowsky I’m usually with you, but this is overstating the case. I think most applied bioethicists are involved in patient care, advising doctors and families about the given options, and advocating for vulnerable populations. It’s agonizing work.
2020-12-20
@Rich12_rich @ShadiBartsch One of the points/critiques being made is that Herod (of all people) should welcome & celebrate the truth that, in your potential reading, even a charlatan, thief, sex worker et al. acknowledge. Reminiscent of another proverb:“There are none so blind as those who will not see.”
2020-12-20
@Rich12_rich @ShadiBartsch I wouldn’t be so fast to think that is the case. In Shakespeare the fool has his special place & he’s ignored/marginalized at great peril. The blind who ‘truly sees’ is as an old an archetype as I can think of. The Gospels can be profitably read with paradox in the foreground.
2020-12-19
tick-borne illnesses. Is there a way to reverse engineer the process or mechanism(s) of action that prevents that which is harmful to humans from negatively impacting the tick? Novel approaches to treating a host of diseases such as Lyme’s etc.?
2020-12-19
@seemaychou This is one of the most intricate studies I’ve read in quite some time. You & your colleagues are to be commended!
Forgive my ignorance here, but I’m wondering if there’s any potential translational implications for the growing number of people impacted by https://t.co/NCpoKu8k1K
2020-12-19
RT @seemaychou: Our first major paper! This one took a lot of blood sweat and tears... and saliva https://t.co/GoF5ZfIKoD
2020-12-19
Dr.@AashishManglik wondering if you have any status updates related to the AeroNabs? Would be great to have molecular PPE available while cohorts await vaccination. It’s a brilliant idea that I hope is still progressing!
2020-12-17
@Rubbersoul @JohnDanaher Your quote “the torment of regret” brings to mind the late Mark Fisher’s book “Ghosts of My Life: Writings on Depression, Hauntology and Lost Futures.”
2020-12-17
RT @briandavidearp: Impact of Internet and Social Media Use on Well-Being: A Longitudinal Analysis of Adolescents Across Nine Years https:/…
2020-12-17
He gets de Saussure’s concept of signification & the notion that signs are constituted by the relation between signifié/signifiant.
2020-12-17
@PaulVanderKlay @vervaeke_john Is it reasonably fair to say @PageauJonathan is, among other things, an Orthodox semiotician? As the French theorists would say, he ‘plays’ with (explores/interrogates) symbols and follows the ‘trace’ of meanings.
2020-12-12
Good article here @LionelRALaurent. Consider revising Fauci’s official title, as he’s been the director of the NIAID since 1984. Very different institution with vastly differing roles.
https://t.co/fkTQNTIQQQ via @bopinion
2020-12-10
RT @vervaeke_john: https://t.co/OABleT5eym
Jordan, Gregg and I discuss the dual nature of coherence: it alludes to logical coherence and…
2020-12-10
What a cynical interpretation of what @JTasioulas was celebrating. The vote affirmed tolerance of viewpoints/opinions not one’s own. This kind of take from a legal philosopher at NYU costs $69,000 a year! The cognitive dissonance must be incredible for these students. https://t.co/u0M1EpXLac
2020-12-09
@rasmus_kleis Right. If we want a vaccine hesitant population to embrace a new vaccine utilizing new applications of biotechnologies in order to stave off a novel virus, the most successful approach would be to reveal everything that can be to the public writ-large. Complete transparency!
2020-12-09
@EstherOfReilly @SpectatorUSA other than the woman with asthma who notes her reason and gestures towards privacy (maybe even HIPAA?). I'd love to know if the preference varies regionally or if it is straight up Bartleby, the Scrivener style: "I'd prefer not to."
2020-12-09
@EstherOfReilly @SpectatorUSA Tis a throwback to something like I once knew as journalism. Describing facts on the ground. I'm not in Portage, so it's good to know what's going on there and what the scene is like. I'm curious about the observation of people not wearing masks. Did anyone acknowledge that,
2020-12-09
@jachaseyoung I was actually going to send you the Jerusalem Post article about the Galactic Federation had you not posted this. Would be wild if there was a Wakanda-like revelation: “We’ve been here the whole time but remained hidden until now. 2020 just felt like the right time.” 👀
2020-12-08
This is the best thing I think I've read in all of 2020! Another William Shakespeare doing his part to make the world better & safer. https://t.co/fQSJqFNFpk
2020-12-07
@michaelmina_lab Along with rapid at-home daily testing, physical distancing, N95s (proper fit, don & duff), hygiene, vaccine ASAP, what else can be done *now*? Does this paper from International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents have merit? https://t.co/UwEHPYTN03
2020-12-07
@robinhanson @RodneyTickle In part, we don't have masks bc we made possible the commandeering of our off-shored factories? Wait, antibiotics too? And so it goes...
2020-12-07
@robinhanson @RodneyTickle countries (e.g., Australia). To say wear an N95 while they aren't easily accessible draws attention to this particularly glaring issue as well as the more general issue of over-reliance on supply chains located elsewhere. It's a vicious iterative process.
2020-12-07
@robinhanson @RodneyTickle national security implications of these failures. To wit, the mask issue perfectly re-presents this problem bc it is an easily accessible visual metaphor. China nationalized 3M for its own purposes. China was also able to amass large quantities of masks from other unsuspecting
2020-12-07
@robinhanson @RodneyTickle Isn't the entire debacle obscuring one of the most important issues? Namely, the combo of N95 & face shield (with proper don & duff procedures) works to reduce transmission. To advocate for this brings to the fore longstanding gov failures to prepare for pandemics & the
2020-12-07
@JohnDanaher @SvenNyholm Thanks for this reference. Just received my copy of Schwab & Malleret (2020), so it will be interesting to see if the WEF made any substantive updates during the intervening months (July-October).
2020-12-07
it is possible that many more people (and at an accelerated time-horizon) than previously expected will be displaced by automation.
2020-12-07
Wondering if @JohnDanaher & @SvenNyholm have written about or will be writing about the impact that covid19-related business closures will have on the future of work. If small businesses keep closing at this rate & employees are forced to seek positions at much larger companies,
2020-12-07
Meta-modern iconography? https://t.co/wmZRI0duPC
2020-12-05
The loneliness of the city is a well-known hazard. It is easy to become lost in the impersonal crowd. I wonder how many people on #socialmedia feel that same way? Like they are lost in the cloud without scores of “followers” to remind them of their importance...
2020-12-05
diminish the past and only highlight their failings. As temporal chauvinists, we can judge them harshly. Even with our tech, we can barely keep it together during this pandemic.
2020-12-05
Babylon had ~80k people. Classical Athens ~70-100k. I’m trying to imagine that staggering fact & what it meant about our predecessors & us today. If WE had to build a civilization from scratch without our current tech, could we achieve that standard? I fear not. It’s easy to
2020-12-04
Quantum Computational Advantage...
2020-12-04
@David_Gunkel I give you immense credit for practicing what you preach. I truly mean that and want to acknowledge it openly. It is but one reason why when @DeepMind announced their success I immediately thought of your work. I wonder what @David_Gunkel thinks of this breakthrough?
2020-12-01
Our baby has now learned how to place these ears on herself and our other diva, who goes by Ms. Annie! https://t.co/4qMB5wzQ3P
2020-12-01
@BretWeinstein Would love to read more about this hypothesis. Can you share the title or link to that paper? https://t.co/M4jbgGcmJo
2020-12-01
Congrats to the entire #AlphaFold team for their success. @demishassabis ahead of schedule once more. May these advances always be used for good! https://t.co/9CZNXJeiNj
2020-11-28
@PageauJonathan @RationalityRule But this isn’t that. You’re stating your beliefs & it’s being argued that the very thing you affirm isn’t what others believe. Then what others believe is what is argued against. If you can clear those things up much progress can be made in the conversation. Good for you both!
2020-11-28
@PageauJonathan @RationalityRule The conversation seemed to stall after the “You believe in a conscious being” portion. And for some reason this argument is rehearsed: “most Christians do/do not believe X” the way you, the interlocutor before me states X. I have zero problem with the no true Scotsman fallacy.
2020-11-28
@PageauJonathan @RationalityRule Enjoyed the dialogue. One thing that might help is explaining in Pageau-style the concepts of subsistence, divine simplicity & existence. We are beings who exist, contingently. God subsists.
2020-11-27
From working with clients in therapy, that substet shares fear of expressing gratitude for something that matters a great deal to them. The very act of acknowledging their value of & appreciation for X becomes causally linked to X being taken away or losing X. Horrible conundrum! https://t.co/a8V2gKeEi2
2020-11-25
access to rapid testing & proper N95s (with instructions on how to use correctly). Telling people that a vaccine may be available in 6-7 months isn’t enough! We have to marshall resources to make at-home testing cheap & easy as well as increasing N95s.
cc: @michaelmina_lab
2020-11-25
My colleagues in state government are sharing their Covid19 horror stories. People economically devastated & on the verge of suicide. Reaching out indiscriminately, sharing DOB & SS# hoping anyone can help. This isn’t the way! It’s not & never was sustainable. People need
2020-11-24
@JohnDanaher @SvenNyholm Wondering if you’ve ever looked at Diego Comin’s work? He’s at Dartmouth. His thesis wrt diffusion of innovations is one I’m trying to integrate into my own work. He contends that advantages accrue due to intensity of use of X innovation and not merely availability of X.
2020-11-24
RT @JohnDanaher: New paper! (though @SvenNyholm already tweeted about it) - Automation, Work and the Achievement Gap -> examines the ways i…
2020-11-24
It is staggering to think of the changes that have taken place around this cathedral. 800 years young and now streaming services! Stat crux dum volvitur orbis. https://t.co/6f8DU5LBqu
2020-11-24
@ShadiBartsch We’re told to to eat a well-balanced diet that includes vitamins & flavonoids. Sometimes you need chips with flavornoids though.
2020-11-24
@matthewherper number of diagnosed and clinically confirmed cases of flu. The follow up is *if* these measures are working to slow the spread of seasonal flu, which owing to its structure is far more susceptible to mutation, why would it not be equally effective at stopping Covid19?
2020-11-24
@matthewherper I simply mean that one hypothesis for the dramatic decrease in annual flu numbers is related to measures taken to mitigate Covid19 spread. It is at least being suggested that due to proper masking, physical distancing & hand hygiene, there has been a precipitous decline in the
2020-11-23
@matthewherper Since you’re in on these kinds of conversations, I’m getting questions wrt flu activity vs Covid19. What would be the reason for disparate outcomes if the methodology overlaps (masking, distancing, hygiene, etc)? Any reliable sources you’ve encountered on this?
2020-11-23
@robinhanson Wondering if you’ve already addressed hypotheses re flu decline while Covid19 surging? If flu is being staved off due to physical distancing, masks, etc, what are the reasons that this same methodology fails to be as efficacious for Covid19–if, indeed, it isn’t?
2020-11-21
to bring anything or give anything of myself. Don’t ask anything from me at all but to take. There’s only so many extractions that can be made without also having to make a deposit. Thanks for sharing, for giving, forgiving, & making deposits into our accounts!
2020-11-21
to his students of the Hebrew text. They complained about how dry it was (similar to us not being able to find anything good on). He asked then why don’t you try watering it with sweat from your brow? Water it with tears.
But we have become recalcitrant extractors! Don’t ask me
2020-11-21
and the truly hard problem of dual diagnoses. Your philosophy is existentially close. Your friend carries a knife while you carry a sword. What else would Christ be doing than being-with people of low status?
And before I leave off, let me share what I heard a scholar say
2020-11-21
@PaulVanderKlay Moltmann’s notion here is better said than how I phrased it in my thread re Why YouTube is boring.Your experience with having to see your friend taken into custody, that’s real! I’ve had it better...what a flash of insight intermingled with shame and self loathing https://t.co/BU2OpX6FiU
2020-11-20
@hyonschu @PaulVanderKlay Please let me know when complete your paper, because it sounds like something I’d like to read.
2020-11-20
@ShadiBartsch Narcissus died bc he couldn’t stop looking at his own unloving reflection. Totally enraptured. There may be an intelligence version of this. Not hubris but pure intelligence.
2020-11-20
@ShadiBartsch be the case the case that what we think of as intelligence is, in part, knowing if/when/how to disinhibit. There may be a cognitive cliff though. Also,
there is some research suggesting increased intelligence is associated with greater levels of pain & less happiness.
2020-11-20
@ShadiBartsch This is a fascinating question bc of its seeming counterintuitive nature. Is there a minimum effective dose of intelligence beyond which it becomes an existential risk for the species? Since an important differentiating factor about our brain is it’s ability to inhibit, it may
2020-11-20
@EstherOfReilly @PaulVanderKlay I kid! And I know whereof you speak because my own mom thought Ari Fleischer was hot while serving as the WHPS. To this day, we are all like um, what? In grad school tons of females loved a certain prof who was not aesthetically pleasing. They said he exuded a hot confidence!
2020-11-20
@PaulVanderKlay @fullydavid @EricRWeinstein exhausting. The IDW missed the opportunity to juxtapose not just @SamHarrisOrg & @jordanbpeterson but also those high status intellects with ordinary people with good ideas. I think JBP was also popular bc he expressed respect for working class folks, some weathered & hard.
2020-11-20
@PaulVanderKlay @fullydavid @EricRWeinstein You allow a fresh infusion of people from all walks of life, which injects needed chaos into the system. We’re introduced to new faces and new narratives. How can other observers not see that differentiation? Where are their videos with their Freddie? Status maintenance is
2020-11-20
@PaulVanderKlay @fullydavid As a pastor also sharing work on the interwebs, your content will stay fresh bc you’re down in the muck with everyday people. You haven’t slammed the door behind you, either. The IDW created its own sort of GIN as @EricRWeinstein would label it under different circumstances.
2020-11-20
@EstherOfReilly @PaulVanderKlay This sounds like coded language/a dog whistle for Hallmark Christmas movie aficionados. (Excluding the Lord, of course).
2020-11-19
@PaulVanderKlay @EstherOfReilly This is why I’ve been advised not to close my office door (with obvious exceptions) and be alone with a students, or travel to conferences on my own.
2020-11-19
@thankful4biden The reporter responsible for that initial story on Nov. 9 did state the reasoning for proceeding with the larger interim analysis was related to "FDA guidance and feedback from the medical community..."
2020-11-19
Thanks @matthewherper! As always, very astute! Pfizer's decision to forego the Covid19 vaccine 32 case interim analysis was related to "FDA guidance and feedback from the medical community...". Hopefully this bi-directional engagement bodes well for the future. https://t.co/P7KsZTh6wn
2020-11-19
@PaulVanderKlay @EstherOfReilly HA! I'm living proof that this phenomenon is real! So is my father-in-law.
My wife also told me her mom thought Bill Clinton was the cat's meow back in the day. Wowsers...
2020-11-19
@thankful4biden @peg_leg_jim @nytimes @dealbook Sorry, I fixed that! Many apologies. @matthewherper wrote the great article below. I hope he/colleagues got a chance to ask Bourla questions about this and much more at #STATSummit . https://t.co/2qnASxXV4h.
2020-11-17
history. All you have to hide is #wrongthink or something worse...
2020-11-17
In an information-attention-economy that is being driven by algorithmic systems optimizing for parallel but competing universes, #showusyourtaxes will become "show us your search & browsing history." I can see a world where the @nytimes publishes leaked search & browsing
2020-11-17
know the actual safety data. To know that you’d have to maintain the two arms to see how things play out over time.” We should anticipate this.
2020-11-17
As an ethical matter, of course I want anyone and everyone to have access to a safe and effective vaccine. This quote highlights what I fear will be a considerable talking point for those opposing vaccination. They will likely say “unless you keep the two arms going, we’ll never https://t.co/tbRezrTEp2
2020-11-17
were asymptomatic,an estimate almost 5 times higher than the official figures reported.”
Does/how will this meaningfully change anything about our current moment?
Article found here: https://t.co/hAdBDjTJ3v
2020-11-17
Alert: Italy finds “SARS-CoV-2 RBD-specific antibodies were detected in 111 of 959 (11.6%) individuals, starting from September 2019 (14%)...
“As a consequence, the true number of Italians who had been in contact with the virus would be approximately 1.5 million, many of whom https://t.co/D0rMcGIwIW
2020-11-16
@broudsov world with the systems we currently have. The pandemic should awaken us to some of the blind spots we have. You wouldn’t necessarily need runaway AGI. A far worse pandemic (& all the attending problems) + polarization + disinformation campaigns+ a global war gets you pretty close
2020-11-16
@broudsov Indeed. This is why I have argued that Bostrom’s ER modeling is at least incomplete. You can have a symphony of events collaborating in novel ways to alter our trajectory and decrease the odds of reaching a global optimum. We’re doing a pretty good job of lowering utility in the
2020-11-16
Hmmm and now it seems we live in an emocracy... https://t.co/l7T1ro2C34
2020-11-16
@broudsov This is a good point. Algorithmic systems that optimize for “engagement” have been rewarded for that, irrespective of what causes the engagement. Hate, wonder, horror, conspiracy, extremism, adorable...the specific content doesn’t matter in an attention economy.
2020-11-16
@democratista @gtconway3d I don’t assume that. I included an important caveat; namely, *if* he comports himself with said wise legal counsel. That was part of my original response.
2020-11-16
@FrankCote11 @gtconway3d Yes, my contention is that it’s better for everyone if the most powerful person on the planet has the most competent legal reps bc they will give the best advice. To your rebuttal, that is why I also included an *if* Trump comports himself with their wise counsel.
2020-11-15
RT @JTasioulas: If you regularly occupy spaces in which others around you don't feel at liberty to disagree with you, you will not only mak…
2020-11-15
Interesting thread. This marks month 9 of pandemic-related lockdown in some places. Our environment impacts our health & cognition. I thirst for a return to the beautiful stacks & hope we will all be alive and able to pay them a visit soon! https://t.co/s9jqs5AOI4
2020-11-15
@jasonintrator In my academic circles, we don’t seem capable of mounting a critique of anything other than Trump without being accused of enabling. Questioning where the left may be missing the mark often results in an ad hominem.
2020-11-15
Wondering how this messaging would play in the USA? https://t.co/YKtVZXAZGi
2020-11-15
@natalie @gtconway3d get the best advice possible *and* follow that. This benefit redounds to all, *if*...
2020-11-15
@natalie @gtconway3d This is why I included the crucial *if* statement. If he doesn’t comport himself properly with the competent legal advice, then it’s a completely different ballgame. I was simply responding to @gtconway3d’s poorly considered position that he didn’t deserve it. We need him to
2020-11-15
@FrankCote11 @gtconway3d I’ve no idea why you’re responding in this manner because you’ve missed the point of my response.
2020-11-15
@natalie @gtconway3d I don’t think we’re far from a rapprochement. My point was that the better the legal counsel, the better advice he’s given on how to comport himself. That may mean 🛑! It may mean pursue all legal options. But him having competent legal rep is beneficial to us all.
2020-11-15
@Jackie10024 @gtconway3d “Such action is not frivolous even though the lawyer believes that the client's position ultimately will not prevail.“ Not sure how that’s interpreted by the legal community? My argument was the more competent the reps, the better counsel he’d receive. That’s a win for all.
2020-11-15
@Jackie10024 @gtconway3d I’m not sure you’re responding to me or what I actually said though. Thanks for pointing to 3.1. I’m not a legal expert, so it’s epistemic trespassing for me to lay claim to a legal argument. Mine is more fundamental. I did read your citation & it includes this:
2020-11-15
@albion4 @PaulVanderKlay @kyle Ah, but the peace of not being in the midst of such turmoil. That’s well-worth the cost.
Also, as a former collegiate tennis player, The Aussie Open is my favorite bc of the atmosphere. So, as @jordanbpeterson might say, I’d have something to run from and to!
2020-11-15
😢 https://t.co/JRvMNLvsnq
2020-11-15
Please listen to @michaelmina_lab’s perspective. An inexpensive daily at-home test that may not be as sensitive as the gold standard PCR can potentially ID more cases bc you’re trading some sensitivity for a whole lot of frequency. If + you can🚨others=better treatment options. https://t.co/3eNrlXPUag
2020-11-15
@gtconway3d social cost for representing a particular client is so high that it will decrease the odds of him getting the best reps. I think you should ponder this one a bit more bc there are larger issues in play.
2020-11-15
@gtconway3d they are, the better guidance he will receive. The better guidance he receives, the better off all parties will be, precisely because it increases the odds he will act upon that insight & comport himself accordingly. What should cause not a little hesitation is that the perceived
2020-11-15
@gtconway3d This is an absurd thing to say. We may disagree about the predicate or that there even is one, but we should all celebrate the fact that we have legal processes that allow for proper adjudication of the issues. Him having access to competent legal rep is a win for all. The better
2020-11-15
@albion4 @PaulVanderKlay @kyle Blessing to you & yours! If I could get my family to Australia right now, I’d buy you a pint!
2020-11-15
@EstherOfReilly But it’s like they don’t have a “cognitive immune system,” if you will, that recognizes bad ideas with bad evidence and, therefore, fail to mount a defense against their virulence. This is a meta-problem, though, that’s plaguing the West writ large.
2020-11-15
@EstherOfReilly Invariably, some subset of students will have a sibling or other family member with DS or any number of genetic disorders. It’s unimaginable to them that “civilization” is moving towards their elimination. This makes them rethink philo and religio in a way they hadn’t before.
2020-11-15
@EstherOfReilly depending on who is deciding when/if/who is deemed to have a soul or not. I realize this isn’t the same sphere you’re discussing, but my work in bioethics makes my hair stand up when I consider these arguments (eg, After Birth Abortion: Why Should the Baby Live? is one I teach).
2020-11-15
@EstherOfReilly I’m not saying someone couldn’t argue this convincingly, but I find it rather incoherent from a Christian perspective. Especially due to the fact there’s an ad absurdum variant of this argument that can lead to a dark place. Imago Dei & the giftedness of life can get shuttled
2020-11-14
@EstherOfReilly Combinatorial inflation presents a real problem since we’re working with finite time ~4.5 billion years + protein probs+ mutations that almost always terminate life. Craig needs to engage with Brelinski (& his cane!) & Gelertner. Meyer, Hart on Aquinas, Lewis, Plantiga??
2020-11-14
@BBBE555 @PaulVanderKlay I think that's right. But I think the algorithm optimizes for engagement. Whatever causes that. Novelty, wonder, horror, conspiracy, anger, laughter...whatever. In an attention economy engagement = $$$. Per Tristan Harris, it's "an arms race to the bottom of the brainstem."
2020-11-14
they are timelessly & tirelessly enraptured by the encounter with unfolding, fathomless, glory. This is the heart of adventure. A wild and fearful encounter with The Numinous. There is glory to be had, but not on YouTube. YourKnees, though. That's a different story.
2020-11-14
Our boredom is instructive. It's pointing to our need for The Infinite. For Him who is forever young and cannot grow old. He who knows no monotony. For Him who even the angels are compelled to cry out Holy, Holy, Holy as
2020-11-14
U2 says it this way: Every breaking wave on the shore
Tells the next one "there'll be one more"
And every gambler knows that to lose
Is what you're really there for
So maybe we keep coming to the edge of ourselves in order to tell ourselves something significant.
2020-11-14
Mediated anhedonia is real, because anhedonia is real. Each new click expected to bring about another dopamine hit. But that's a game of diminishing returns.
2020-11-14
indoor time. Now I act as if the opposite were true. Even in the horrors of the pandemic, I find new ways to complain about my effete SURFeiting. I've surfed the web until Charlotte died. Curiosity killed the cat. No satisfaction could be found to bring it back.
2020-11-14
trying to sell anyone on a false reality. That life isn't easy & it never was. But the people who live that way don't expect easy the way I do now. If my internet drops below 1gig, I'm like WHAT? But I grew up in fields picking crops and raising livestock. Punishment was forced
2020-11-14
There's always this cow giving birth & that cow dying. This crop doing well while that one being stung by a pest. The vicissitudes of life. The contingency of being. Being crowds out politics & punditry. The heavens once again mean something like what CS Lewis described. I'm not
2020-11-14
am in "the city" (as people from the backwoods say), that reality becomes ephemeral, a phantasmagoria that I can't quite grasp. When I return to the farm, the gnats and livestock and crops and stillness and lack of access jar me from the amnesia that takes over in the city.
2020-11-14
way it is." I'm not talking about being stoic, either. I'm saying in just 1 generation there's a world of difference between my dad and us. Death and life and good and bad are all of a coherent piece, woven together in a rich tapestry of existential realism & providence. When I
2020-11-14
years ago, my dad overheard my brothers and I playing the role of Job. Why, God? Why allow such suffering and pain? This was earnest grieving. Dad said, "You're asking the wrong questions. You'll never get anywhere with that. That's not the universe we live in. This just IS the
2020-11-14
the luxury to dance with decadence & decay. Their lives were seed time & harvest. The earth's rhythm was the cadence dictated to them. Live or die by the seasons. And there are seasons and times for life, for birth, for death. I mention this bc when my last gparent passed a few
2020-11-14
Since my grandparents were dirt farmers and share croppers, they were extremely poor. No electricity or running water until '78. Gmother delivered only 2/7 boys in a hospital. Life was hard. Wresting from nature just enough to sustain them was the entire game. They never had
2020-11-14
Really enjoyed this monologue today @PaulVanderKlay . So many thoughts & avenues for future exploration. One thing I have observed in my own family, church community and from my time in the developing world is that some people are immune to this ennui. https://t.co/eIssUUxY43
2020-11-13
@ESYudkowsky @rasmus_kleis shared an interesting study which states that "fake news comprises only 0.15% of Americans’ daily media diet." I think one of the limitations is the age range but still worthy of consideration: https://t.co/zlQGKfoLFl
2020-11-13
@EricRWeinstein The DISC, GIN, IDW, TIM...how are you so good at generating and condensing these memetic complexes into acronyms that stick?
2020-11-13
And Narcissus
Looking at himself
Consumed by *the* self
Died
And the world
Consumed
Died
Looking at Narcissus
Looking at himself
2020-11-13
@rasmus_kleis @_JenAllen it would arguably be the most important factor impacting overall health. This may be important to figure out for media/coms research, because a small share of "fake news" in the diet may disproportionately impact the consumer.
2020-11-13
@rasmus_kleis @_JenAllen 2) Is there a chance that the .15% of "fake news" could be reviewed for the content? What it would be good to know is how harmful that .15% might be. Say a given diet is 99% fresh fruit & veggies but .15% is lead & mercury. That .15% may make up a small % of total consumption
2020-11-13
@rasmus_kleis @_JenAllen This is fascinating. Counterintuitive finding re the .15% "fake news." Based off what I've read and the conversations I've had, I'm frankly stunned. Two questions:1) have we circled back to a kind of 2 step flow (in X network, there is Y person hyper-informed & shares liberally)?
2020-11-13
Accidentally, and rather unfortunately, stumbled upon the fact that "Blippi" is essentially a street drug for some babies and toddlers. Why did none of you warn me?
2020-11-13
own domestic supply chains and logistics networks.
2020-11-13
having only one domestic mask manufacturer in the richest & one of the largest countries in the world constituted a national security threat. 3M was shrewdly nationalized by China under their version of a defense production act. I hope we’ve learned that we must reestablish our
2020-11-13
government & experts would have leveled with the masses and said we just don’t have the supply of N95 respirators we need for everyone to have one. If we had enough for the masses we probably wouldn’t be at 150k cases a day. We were properly warned about this in 2009, and that
2020-11-13
I’m wondering how much longer it will take to get the production level to a point that all of the #publichealth experts start saying “the data just came in & it’s clear everyone needs N95s or KN95s and must learn how to use them properly. In a world that made sense, our
2020-11-13
@EstherOfReilly HA! I was told it was not a sleep disorder, it’s a Ph.D.! John Butler is one of the best to listen to or your money back: https://t.co/QZibUJsnfq
2020-11-13
@EstherOfReilly I wasn’t a believer in the whole ASMR thing, but she’s got that accidental ASMR game going with her accent and speech pattern.
2020-11-13
immensely in communicating the importance of Florida’s System of Care for each of our citizens. We need more and better pro-social, persuasive messaging about all things Covid19: masking, physical distancing, testing, mitigation, treatments & vaccines.
2020-11-13
Hey @CDCgov @CDCDirector @NIHDirector you need to get @natkendallt & @FrameWorksInst working with you on messaging related to Covid19 awareness. Their work is evidence-based & data-driven. Plus, they’re responsive and can be great partners moving forward. Their work helped us
2020-11-13
Where is the line between negative messaging that creates shame and stigma and pro-social messaging aimed at increasing Covid19 awareness? This isn’t the way forward @DrTomFrieden. Check social judgment theory & boomerang effect. Also @FrameWorksInst’s cognitive communication. https://t.co/tMRckJccA7
2020-11-13
@EstherOfReilly Savage!
2024-09-03
Watch the brief video below & then ask yourself if it’s a possibility that we are a scaled-up version of this. Are we agents in someone else’s simulation? What we can be sure of is @ESYudkowsky was right in his concern we’d blow past ethical quandaries. https://t.co/Xi4UYgjluH
2024-09-03
@PaulVanderKlay this discussion is similar to when you first began sharing the idea of God #1 & 2. Eric puts forward a democracy A & B, but it works the same way. To show how fascinating people are, there will be people who embrace the idea of Democracy A while rejecting the… https://t.co/GosSPLYoYT
2024-08-31
Wealthy people are getting residencies & alternate passports outside the US, while migrants & refugees flee to the US. I’ve never seen this many people decide en masse to diversify their portfolio of living & banking options. Anyone else seeing this in their clients or friends?
2024-08-30
RT @Kierkegaarddd: https://t.co/D6l4KmcWun
2024-08-30
@richardrohlin Can you record the long-form version with all the intricacies & share it? For the live audience you can also offer that recording as a supplement to your talk.
2024-08-30
RT @G_S_Bhogal: T. S. Eliot, The Cocktail Party (1948). https://t.co/GYqFNcxVtB
2024-08-30
You must empathize with the Orcs. You must sympathize with the Orcs. Gondor was never great!
2024-08-29
RT @jess_bbg: @megbasham "it's the ends justifies the means ethos that corrupts us" like WOW the tone deafness is astonishing.
2024-08-28
@GrailCountry 🙏
2024-08-28
This is scientific myth-making in the sense that it’s a narrative we’re creating about the data. The speculations are a form of poetry. https://t.co/zE8xkT9g3N
2024-08-27
@JessPurviance Also made me think of Moses being hid in the cleft of the rock so God’s presence could pass by.
2024-08-27
@JessPurviance Wow! What an incredible experience & description of it. Hearing the wind continue down the valley must have been awesome.
2024-08-26
With all the tech innovation & less poverty (still too much!) why hasn’t a universal harmonized civilization materialized? The drum beat is always TOMORROW it will appear.
2024-08-26
😭 https://t.co/ruJYhFW7jk
2024-08-26
There’s a large cohort out here that no one is reaching. Those who had babies during the lockdowns & mandates. The world forgot about children & their needs. Parents are opting out of the system in droves. Homeschooling is on the rise.
2024-08-26
@kalezelden Same. But I was just reading this a couple of days ago, & it hit me hard: “The trouble is that we have a bad habit, encouraged by pedants and sophisticates, of considering happiness as something rather stupid. Only pain is intellectual, only evil interesting. This is the treason…
2024-08-26
Has Bukele been reading CS Lewis? https://t.co/09FkhSlsSz
2024-08-25
I refuse to surrender my title of “Solutions Architect” to the IT world. They’re colonizing ontology as well. Memory, windows, files, programs, applications, viruses…
2024-08-22
RT @klwong43: Posting again to see if I can get better engagement this time around. @RafeKelley @GrailCountry @GrimGriz @PaulVanderKlay
2024-08-21
Malaria vaccines: Decades-long race finally reaches starting line https://t.co/egV88hgXVp
2020-11-12
@davidmanheim Thank you for this gift. Citation 33 was just too good!
2020-11-12
@SenWarren Question from my constituents: what do people do who have now been out of work for almost a year but can’t qualify for unemployment due to the fact that they were new or returning to the job market (after health issues/caring for a child/parent) when the pandemic hit?
2020-11-12
@PaulVanderKlay @EstherOfReilly (everything is always & forever contaminated), it at least means it was readable. And some
of his points are worthy of consideration. We don’t want to weaponize faith and use it as a justification for the most inhumane treatment of others. He’s bordering on a Jeremiad though...
2020-11-12
@PaulVanderKlay @EstherOfReilly is one of the damned. That miserable and pitiful character out of Pilgrim’s Progress, confined to his cell for all of eternity. I reject a political inversion of universalism: that all shall *not* be saved. For me to reject that thought & the magical thinking associated with it
2020-11-12
@PaulVanderKlay @EstherOfReilly that is a nation’s soul. However, if it were the case that our nation had a soul or even two souls warring betwixt one another, that just leaves room for Christ to redeem them both. Forgive them both. Extend grace to both. Admonish where needed but in love. This portrayal though
2020-11-12
@PaulVanderKlay @EstherOfReilly The first thing worth acknowledging, for me, is that it does read well. I don’t agree with his thesis that America is a kind of gnostic place with dueling souls, and if you’re not on my side, it’s because you’re a being-towards-injustice. Nor do I agree with a kind of *panpsyche*
2020-11-11
This is...bad...@LLinWood. If there were some evidence of crime, Twitter wouldn’t be the place to adjudicate it. Calling for one’s political opponents to be locked up is potentially destructive to civic society. This isn’t France circa 1793, so stop it! https://t.co/Et5RTomxV4
2020-11-11
RT @ScottGottliebMD: Covid hospitalizations are rising quickly. We need to start discussions about how we preserve health system capacity g…
2020-11-10
@ben_fergu @EstherOfReilly To be fair, you didn’t miss much! Attribute all failings to the author of the tweet in question.
2020-11-10
@ben_fergu @EstherOfReilly Thanks for pointing that out. I saw the pun sitting there and went for it. My comment was meant in jest only.
2020-11-10
who justify why they were wrong about the given day or year. They never seem to question the overall project though. If any low-to-moderate income worker did this poorly, he’d be getting hit by the door on his way out.
2020-11-10
At this point, I’ve got to give @NateSilver538 and all of the major pollsters Nadia Comaneci status for the mental gymnastics. Now they’re getting clicks and airtime to explain why they got it wrong. This is akin to the eschaton predictors
2020-11-10
@dylanmatt @neipate96 @david_shor You lost me here. Why not say you don’t know? This is not a sensible response to the question you’re responding to.
2020-11-10
@JTasioulas Really appreciate everyone sharing about Rabbi Sacks. Words really do fall short when trying to express what we have lost.
2020-11-10
@EstherOfReilly Never!
2020-11-10
@EstherOfReilly Coming from vox that’s rich!
2020-11-10
Productive doubt... https://t.co/96xrREXkYI
2020-11-10
@EstherOfReilly Mmhhmmm. Like a Hollywood lecture on morals and authenticity.
2020-11-09
@EstherOfReilly The most recent data available suggests that you start now by putting ABD or your interim title beside your name, along with summa cum laude or Top 1%! Mention your pubs & media coverage. People absolutely LOVE this and find it both refreshing & nourishing.
2020-11-09
@UnbelievableJB Thanks for sharing this and bringing more attention to his work. He will be missed in ways too enumerable to count. https://t.co/Hp4hFq35Qe
2020-11-09
@jamescham @EricRWeinstein Ooo weee! That sounds as good, nay, better than I had hoped. Many thanks for taking the time to share. Really appreciate it! Is it crazy to think there needs to be a way to conduct a micro-transaction on here? Maybe similar to YouTube’s SuperChat? Someway to cash out likes...
2020-11-09
@TheAnnaGat @jamescham @EricRWeinstein @SimonDeDeo You might also like Scott Clifford’s work: How Words do the Work of Politics.
2020-11-09
@jamescham @EricRWeinstein What’s the source for that? Looks like a good read independent from everything else.
2020-11-09
RT @chiefrabbi: "An invaluable guide who inspired faithfulness, moderation and compassion."
- The Chief Rabbi in his tribute to Rabbi Lor…
2020-11-09
@ThurstonP10 @JessicaValenti Stay safe out there! Facts and logic, which are apparently in short supply. This thread haunts my dreams...
2020-11-08
looking for alternative models of communication, compassion and care that I can point my students to in order to say politics isn’t the only game in town. And we need not always excommunicate an important other even over striking, unbridgeable differences. I’m just inspired!
2020-11-08
I just hope we can stop framing all our meaningful relationships through one lens: the political. What a dreary & potentially divisive framework. I’d love to read or watch a long-form interview with you both. A narrative in two voices. Maybe that’s asking too much. But I’m
2020-11-08
I read your tweet about your father and role reversals. I hope I’m reading it right that while you definitely differ, you still consider him a valued member of your family and your life. This is a fragile construction in my mind, but please feel free to shatter it if not true.
2020-11-08
@CarolineRoseGiu I really admire people with a sense of humor! Thank you for sharing that with everyone. https://t.co/2RDVv4lVki
2020-11-08
Baruch Dayan Ha’Emet. Thanks to the @templeton_fdn for recognizing and celebrating one of the exemplars of what it means to live a life where heart & head unite in devotion to an upward & outward calling! The dignity of difference. A politics of hope. https://t.co/XE1GwVgPd0
2020-11-08
Baruch Dayan Ha’Emet. @rabbisacks, one of the brightest lights in an otherwise dark time, has left us far too soon. His wit, warmth, keen intellect and compassion will remain an inspiration to people of all faiths. He will be sorely missed!
2020-11-08
@ThurstonP10 @JessicaValenti kind of destructive rhetoric. I’ve been a put my head down and mouth shut type of person until my wife and I had a baby. When I look at our baby, I want her to have all the things I had growing up. I can’t afford a failed state scenario bc that also means I’ve failed my daughter.
2020-11-08
@ThurstonP10 @JessicaValenti I’m afraid I have to take some of the blame for the state of affairs. I’m registered non-partisan bc I don’t think either party best represents my interests, and a duopoly tends towards tribalism the likes of which we now see. People of good will need to speak out against this
2020-11-07
@ESYudkowsky @TK4692 Status quo bias alert!
2020-11-07
@ESYudkowsky coming up strong for rationalists who, for the sake of pointing out this mistake, run the risk of being maligned. The call may be correct in the end, but it’s jumping the shark. https://t.co/XFfYZJxnv4
2020-11-07
And ask him if he can have that conversation without it somehow circling back to but...@rezaaslan & @ggreenwald. How does a materialist like Sam suppose any given person could defile the planet? Thank you for being voices of reason at a very strange time!
2020-11-07
proverbial preacher. And when @BretWeinstein tried to walk him back from the future dangers facing us, he couldn’t hear it bc he wouldn’t hear it. There are no so blind as those who will not see. Not asking you to throw him under the bus but discuss this with him IDW style.
2020-11-07
work for years and thought he was against religion for principled reasons. I think that remains true. This past week of his ecstatic schadenfreude makes me think there’s part of him that is as fundamentalist as the things he says he’s against. In a way, he’s become like that
2020-11-07
@EricRWeinstein @BretWeinstein @PaulVanderKlay I’m starting to think @SamHarrisOrg has lost the plot. He’s starting to remind me of preachers who week after week piously decry a certain sin. Then we learn it was bc he was privately struggling with *that* issue. I’ve followed his
2020-11-07
@Danny_Concannon @JessicaValenti Please explain the error of my response. I’m happy to do a Bayesian update.
2020-11-06
@JessicaValenti This is unhinged. By this logic, every other country that has been hit hard by the pandemic has a mass murderer at the helm. Killed over 230k people? That’s not how viruses work.
2020-11-05
The starry heights of political satire! When Swift did political satire he didn’t convince himself that A Modest Proposal was *literally* true. Hitler put Jews in ovens. Why cheapen that? We may well need that deterrent only to find it no longer has purchase. https://t.co/dtHraLfqKN
2020-11-04
Alas, having not slept on this side of the Atlantic, I concede
that everything you write is evergreen. https://t.co/9NEV2vgrkv
2020-11-04
@BretWeinstein and @EricRWeinstein we just don’t deserve you two! What a breath of fresh air. Is it too early to have you flip a coin and kick off #unity2024? Heads American wins. Tails American wins! The WINsteins! https://t.co/3m55cTDBPM
2020-11-04
@threadreaderapp unroll
2020-11-04
for sharing their political preferences. Look at @timurkuran’s work on preference falsification and it’s implications. They can be ruinous to the body politic. We want a nation and a world that is free and open to all. Let’s not lose that high and lofty aspiration!
2020-11-04
agenda setting/propagandistic. If you weren’t in a #bubble, you could find evidence disconfirming many of them. The pollsters didn’t believe in a shy Trump voter bc that’s the wrong way of understanding this phenomenon. This is about people perceiving social sanctions or worse
2020-11-04
Why “all the #Pollsters #Election2020 got it wrong” is the wrong take. Yes, after adjusting their methodologies, pollsters were worse this election. But that’s the downstream effect of a larger problem: preference falsification. Don’t get me wrong, these #polls were borderline
2020-11-04
Whatever else we witnessed, it looks like we saw the demise of legacy media in its current formulation. It will be interesting to see what a Post-Trump era will look like when the media’s symbiotic relationship with Trump is terminated. We need a renewed ethos of trust.
2020-11-04
@WesternScramasa @DavidAFrench Sorry if my response made it sound like I don't find it reliable. My comment was simply directed at speed. Bubbling in and physically carrying the ballot takes more time than strictly electronic voting. That's all I meant by that.
2020-11-04
@jachaseyoung Write a meta-piece like a poll of polls, only in this case a thinkpiece on all thinkpieces. What's the point in having access to Twitter or the internet in general if you don't expose yourself to information that disconfirms/challenges your priors. Confidence Intervals...
2020-11-04
@SEProtomartyr I agree and you will know why. @NateSilver538 needs to address his standpoint epistemology. He's modeling uncertainty as are all pollsters. But 538 had Biden at 90%? How can Silver et al not see that those numbers aren't reflective of reality? Adjust the confidence intervals!
2020-11-04
@DavidAFrench What's truly impressive about this swift count is that many locations in FL still use paper ballots that you bubble in your selections and then walk them over to a machine for counting. In other words it could be even *more* efficient even though it works great now.
2020-11-04
I know I am a nobody on Twitter, so thank you @EricRWeinstein for highlighting @timurkuran's work on preference falsification. I have been saying this could happen. It's not about a shy voter. It's about people perceiving social sanction for their preferences. https://t.co/m9n735sGfv
2020-11-04
@anderssandberg Well said!
2020-11-04
Annnnddddddd this sentiment is why we are seeing what we are seeing, again. Trump may or may not win, but treating half of the country--with many minorities in that number--with disdain is a failing strategy. https://t.co/PqeOf5dgi9
2020-11-04
@jachaseyoung @timurkuran You're right. And I think that says something about a particular kind of standpoint epistemology. If one can't see that the data is matching sentiment, then there's a big problem. It may be an insurmountable one if perceived stigma persists for any political persuasion.
2020-11-04
@jachaseyoung @timurkuran have a democracy when people no longer trust one another enough to share thoughts & beliefs freely. For a model to have high fidelity you'd need to incorporate that kind of uncertainty into it, which I don't think @NateSilver538 did.
2020-11-04
@jachaseyoung 90% prediction of a given presidential candidate winning in 2020 seemed odd. I know he's modeling uncertainty, but I've been shouting about @timurkuran's work on preference falsification. Any time you have social sanctions for a given preference, people will falsify. You can't
2020-11-04
@jachaseyoung Why?
2020-11-03
@anderssandberg Yes, I was presenting a paper at a conference & was told there was no relationship between transhumanism and postmodernism full stop. I was unable to produce sources in real-time, so I’m trying to remedy that now.
2020-11-03
The “bug” that showed Trump at 99% chance of victory & scared followers of @FiveThirtyEight was a line of code that they simply forgot runs the day before the election. What hath man wrought? Scared by his own creation.
2020-11-03
@nytimes Crucially, everyone in the experiment was negative going into the simulation. I know the researchers took that into account, but the headline doesn’t.
2020-11-03
@anderssandberg Any recommended sources you reference on the differences/similarities between posthuman, transhuman and how they relate/don’t relate to postmodernism?
2020-11-03
@trvrb How do we know that these are cases that occurred as a *direct* result of the WH event? What does linked mean in this context?
2020-11-03
@FiveThirtyEight You’re modeling uncertainty which I get. But preference falsification is real despite you all protesting during the podcast that it isn’t. It’s going to bite us all in a bad way if people feel they need to falsify preferences. Look at @timurkuran’s work out of Duke.
2020-11-01
@lexfridman love the ethos of the podcast. Sincere. Vulnerable. Thoughtful. Refreshing. Glad you’re sharing these conversations with us!
2020-10-31
@jgreenhall @vervaeke_john is right about your way of thinking and speaking. It is like beautiful architecture. I hope for our sakes you get reinstated, even if you ultimately decide to opt out.
2020-10-30
@JTasioulas semantic overload...
2020-10-30
Two of the brightest engaging in thoughtful discussion. It’s sure to be great! https://t.co/2AHeuNFvRf
2020-10-30
We have to find a way to address this with nuance. I’m open to thoughts and suggestions as to how... https://t.co/6RmFgXilMI
2020-10-30
@JTasioulas Any thoughts or recommended authors (in addition to Haidt) on this movement away from nuance & towards cognitive distortions (catastrophizing, all or nothing, black or white thinking)? How do we inject nuance back into the system?
2020-10-30
in university today are using VPNs to access news in other countries to see how it matches what they’re (not) reading/hearing. In what world does it make sense that they’re turning to RT for news? I fear preference falsification is about to byte us in a major way...
2020-10-30
I share this story bc when I took my media ethics ungrad capstone back in Dec 07, we read and discussed books like When the Press Fails. Now it’s 🦗? We have former intelligence officials acting as pundits on media outlets and🦗? The state of play is such that some undergrads
2020-10-30
Glenn Greenwald On His Resignation From The Intercept by @mtaibbi https://t.co/EBD8z64Zad
2020-10-26
@jachaseyoung our software. We humans seem to be able to run genocidal programs with stunning ease. And the threat I see looming, which doesn’t get much play, is the amalgamation of virtue terror a la French Rev+Bolshevism+the curious inversion of things.
2020-10-26
@jachaseyoung Really good thread. I’m shocked at the amount of people, particularly in the West, who mistakenly believe civilization, relative peace and fecundity is the status quo. Those blind to history may drag us down with them in their mistaken belief. Malevolence is real and is still in
2020-10-26
After the tragically incompetent responses to the novel coronavirus, which seemingly grows more mysterious as time goes on, why is it that the one thing we think we’re 100% sure of is that the Wuhan Institute of Virology had 0 to do with the pandemic? That fact is now sacrosanct.
2020-10-25
@Coghill_Andy @MarkReady47 @DrEliDavid @FatEmperor @Francis_Hoar @HaraldofW @AlistairHaimes @ProfTimNoakes @JordanSchachtel @jeffreyatucker @kerpen @justin_hart I want to understand this point better, but I’m not sure what you mean by “We were the experiment.”
2020-10-25
@DarthSchraedar @DrTomFrieden I see why this is troubling, bc I’m troubled too. But it is the case that the virus is both deadly in a subset of the population and *seems* innocuous in another subset. We don’t know that + younger, healthier people won’t have trouble down the road though. Impacts may be delayed
2020-10-25
@DarthSchraedar @DrTomFrieden This is such a critical question, and I’m focused on differential outcomes. Person A has it and dies, horribly. Person B has it and never registers a discernible symptom. Both ends of the continuum are real. Some reasonable hypotheses but not sure anyone has THE answer yet.
2020-10-25
@rmgeller @DrTomFrieden I think it’s fairer to say while asymptomatic spread may not be the driver, it’s on the bus, along with presymptomatic cases, doing it’s work to keep the pandemic going.
2020-10-25
@JTasioulas @PabloRedux @David_Gunkel @EthicsInAI A professor at the Czech Republic’s leading research hospital told me to grade the paper that is before me not the one that isn’t. We need a distribution of cognitive labor working on of all of the issues raised here. To belabor the point ⬆️ your paper just is the ethics of AI!
2020-10-25
Worth considering... https://t.co/btniDqJbIV
2020-10-25
@PabloRedux @JTasioulas @David_Gunkel @EthicsInAI @ESYudkowsky @anderssandberg And I take your point and think it’s an undervalued one. We’ve shown in 2020 that even without AGI, we can just about ruin everything. So it shouldn’t be an either or approach. The difference is still nontrivial, *like* a hierarchy of local, global, universal optimum?
2020-10-25
@PabloRedux @JTasioulas @David_Gunkel @EthicsInAI I think Bostrom, @ESYudkowsky, @anderssandberg et al. would suggest there’s an asymmetry in the potential impacts of AI, such that if there’s misalignment it constitutes existential risk for all life now & the majority of lives that would never realize the opportunity to exist.
2020-10-24
@DrEliDavid @Coghill_Andy @FatEmperor @Francis_Hoar @HaraldofW @AlistairHaimes @ProfTimNoakes @JordanSchachtel @jeffreyatucker @kerpen @justin_hart of population and reducing the lethality?
2020-10-24
@DrEliDavid @Coghill_Andy @FatEmperor @Francis_Hoar @HaraldofW @AlistairHaimes @ProfTimNoakes @JordanSchachtel @jeffreyatucker @kerpen @justin_hart Is there anything published on the population there and differential outcomes? What makes 🇸🇪 different? Is it genetics related to interferon or policy or thermal adaptation or a CFR tightly correlated with advanced age? It killed many elderly thus decreasing average age
2020-10-24
@KP2020KP7 @DrTomFrieden I agree that we don’t know the exact proportion of asymptomatic cases that spread. It may be rare. But that seems to miss my point. The asymptomatic case, even if rare, still causes the fire to rage on. Without ubiquitous daily testing you’d never catch & quarantine that subset.
2020-10-24
@DrTomFrieden Someone out there will know the answer, but I’m not sure we’ve seen something this infectious that kills Person A with great alacrity and not even register symptoms in Person B. This makes the problem much harder than it sounds.
2020-10-24
@DrTomFrieden asymptomatic spread, one can’t confine it the way one ordinarily. You’re not catching the subset that keep the fire burning. Not to mention its novel characteristics (e.g. wild disparity in symptomatology and clinical outcomes) is incomplete messaging.
2020-10-24
@DrTomFrieden This is true and good messaging. It is missing maybe the most important aspect of this virus: namely, the incredible number of people who don’t have symptoms or not anything that registers (to them) as symptoms. It’s harder to track and trace than Ebola in this respect. With
2020-10-24
@PaulVanderKlay @run_marty Now that he’s back, I fully expect that at least a subset of people will follow a well-worn path to your catalogue of work—especially those who took note of JBP’s explicit religious language linking his ability to work with “God’s grace and mercy.”
2020-10-23
@DrTomFrieden The WHO slow played the facts about how the virus was transmitted and disagreed that travel should be restricted. PH experts endorsed massive protests during a pandemic?Call them failures and decry them. Don’t be complicit in the failures! I’m shocked by the lack of ownership.
2020-10-23
@DrTomFrieden Dr. Frieden, I’ve always been a supporter of yours until this moment. You handled Ebola about as well as anyone could. This is clearly false and defending gross failures at every level is bizarre & unproductive. The CDC and WHO intentionally lied about masks to prevent hoarding.
2020-10-10
@jachaseyoung It’s quite true that he isn’t nearly as known as he should be. Brilliant thinker!
I’d throw Herman Dooyeweerd in that category as well.
2020-10-10
@DavidLimbaugh @JonahDispatch See my tweet above about preference falsification and the wonderful work of Dr. Timur Kuran at Duke University. It is an extremely complex phenomenon when applied to the political realm, especially when people fear social sanctions/reputational harm for their actual preferences.
2020-10-10
@JonahDispatch Selectively lying would not be weird at all according to Dr. Timur Kuran, the Duke University scholar. He developed the theory of preference falsification. I’m not saying I agree or disagree with any polls. I’m saying people falsify preferences, especially political leanings.
2020-10-10
@rightonoccasion @jmuns22 @JonahDispatch PDA? Patriotic Displays of Affection?
2020-10-09
@atomnesia @parisreview I will definitely check it out and hit you up for that dissertation!
2020-10-09
@David_Gunkel @BLeichtmann @polity Hahaha! Poor wording on my part. I meant any other recommendations to supplement the works of those in the thread. I use this for the AI section and Michael Hyde as an intro to the relationship between comm ethics & bioethics.
2020-10-09
@atomnesia @parisreview I haven’t either. I am working on existential suffering and meaning-making, and your article was full of wonderful avenues that could be explored in greater depth. Now, I simply must explore your dissertation to see what other insights you’ve articulated. Really good writing!
2020-10-09
@atomnesia Really enjoyed your 2014 article in @parisreview regarding Keats. Had reason today to re-read it. It’s even more salient now, I think. Do you have any lengthier pieces on Keats?
2020-10-09
@JonahDispatch But this is so obviously a metaphor for fall and that she never wants to, ahem, leave the comfortable confines of home.
2020-10-09
@VicarOfClee This vale of soul-making! We should be lean from the fasting of fellowship and outward worship. But can you imagine when the chords of dissonance are lifted to chords of consonance and we no longer weep for our losses but rise to magnify that Eternal Joy who saw humanity through?
2020-10-08
@BLeichtmann Does anyone in this thread also have a good recommendation for an AI text from a philosophy of communication perspective? Biggest request in my innovations and ethics course is MORE AI related chapters/papers/texts.
2020-10-08
@BLeichtmann Definitely check out @David_Gunkel, @SvenNyholm and @JohnDanaher.
2020-10-06
@flavinkins @BretWeinstein “we identified a peculiar furin-like cleavage site in the Spike protein of the 2019-nCoV, lacking in the other SARS-like CoVs. In this article, we discuss the possible functional consequences of this cleavage site“. I’m interested in its development. Why not how is it different?
2020-10-06
@flavinkins @BretWeinstein “it was found that the Spike cleavage site of SARS-CoV-2 possessed 4 redundant amino acids-PRRA, and these were not found in those of high homology coronavirus“
2020-10-06
@flavinkins @BretWeinstein I agree with these findings, which is what is unnerving to me.
2020-10-06
@flavinkins @BretWeinstein little about the missing link between us and bats is alarming. I think it actually fuels notions that the entire pandemic could be the result of GOF research or laboratory contamination and spillover. Wuhan as the alleged epicenter doesn’t help...
2020-10-06
@flavinkins @BretWeinstein to be pangolins. My question is really meant to point out that this is of major interest bc if the host is still out there, it is possible for something like this or worse to occur in the future. And I don’t want this to come off conspiratorial, but the fact that we do hear so
2020-10-06
@flavinkins @BretWeinstein Early on, I was among those who thought there was some statistical likelihood of pangolins. I believe it was an article in Nature that also tested this hypothesis by looking at the sequencing. It seems clear at this point they’re is too much dissimilarity in the sequence for it
2020-10-06
I wonder why we don’t hear more discussions about the intermediate host for SARS-Cov-2? In the early days I read quite a bit and heard good debate about the subject. I want to say this as scientifically as I can: that Intermediate host is kind of a big deal...@BretWeinstein
2020-10-03
@robinhanson As a religious person, I think I can see it for what it is. The current moment does read like Timur Kuran’s work on preference falsification. This is dangerous territory.
2020-10-03
@robinhanson it is a nascent religion. It may be in an early developmental stage, but I don’t see how it is that different than religion qua religion. It’s also one of the reasons some people responded negatively to your apology and acquiescence. It was read as you bowing the knee.
2020-10-03
@robinhanson This moment has the hallmarks of Protestant religion in accordance with much of what Weber described. It’s replete with feet washing, recitations, purity tests, scapegoating and condemnation. I think what is largely missing is redemption. Even though it lacks oil and incense,
2020-10-03
@robinhanson But this response elides the point. I think you know quite well that had you persisted without issuing an apology using the ritualized language that appeases “woke religiosity”, then Tomas de Torquemada would have come for you. Death of reputation, career, your life narrative.
2020-10-03
@robinhanson at all suggesting you were insincere or that the apology was unwarranted. That’s not the point. The point is you would have been ‘excommunicated’ and denied the secularized version of the Eucharist. There is a religious fervor to this moment. Blasphemy laws to boot.
2020-10-03
@robinhanson This is a disappointing take in many ways. If one of my undergrads stated this, I could understand. Why do you think religious interest wains? It may simply morph. What would have happened to you had you not issued your apology and promised to work off your sin? I’m not
2020-09-26
@David_Gunkel @mitpress @SpringerEthics Do you happen to know if there’s preprint or draft versions that might be accessible for some of our students who had to take courses online and, unbelievably, don’t have full access to all of the journals?
2020-08-28
RT @EstherOfReilly: I have a friend who makes his home in Kaduna, Nigeria, which for those who are unaware is a hot spot for intense Christ…
2020-08-15
RT @David_Gunkel: "Shaping Ethical Futures in Brain-Based and Artificial Intelligence Research." Topical collection in "Science and Enginee…
2020-08-15
@PoMoRed @David_Gunkel @SpringerEthics @E_Hildt @msziron @CSEP1 @anderssandberg Even Kurzweil thinks it will be possible to take on multiple identities and express gender fluidity.
2020-08-15
@PoMoRed @David_Gunkel @SpringerEthics @E_Hildt @msziron @CSEP1 @anderssandberg Male and female as distinctly different may thus lose its import, as categories like these are legacy aspects of being human. There are readings of transhumanism that take Butler’s notion of gender fluidity quite seriously.
2020-08-15
@PoMoRed @David_Gunkel @SpringerEthics @E_Hildt @msziron @CSEP1 @anderssandberg You’re right to point up the fact that there’s much room for criticism in the arena of political economy of biotech. I just don’t read where women would be treated in this manner, precisely because the stated goal is to transcend what it means to be human qua human.
2020-08-15
@PoMoRed @David_Gunkel @SpringerEthics @E_Hildt @msziron @CSEP1 To be fair to transhumanism, it’s important to note there are various philosophical strands. Bostrom and @anderssandberg would not align themselves with what you’ve just described. Neither would many of the religiously motivated transhumanists.
2020-08-15
@LDejmek @RobertEllsberg @JamesMartinSJ Suicide has many causes, clinical features and associations, but not those attributable to Kolbe. For one of the best texts on suicide, please check out Durkheim—that is, if you haven’t already. For why suicide was considered such an affront to God, please check out Chesterton.
2020-08-15
@LDejmek @RobertEllsberg @JamesMartinSJ Interesting question. I disagree with the premise that he was choosing his own death. He was choosing to save a life. If that meant he could or even most assuredly would die, dying was not his explicit goal. Rather, it was extending life to an Other.
2020-08-14
RT @JohnDanaher: New episode! - 80 with @chels_bar on bias, algorithms and criminal justice. We discuss the use of AI predictive tools by…
2020-07-31
@BenUyeda Thanks for the response! We’re excited to see what we can do with your suggestions. As an aside, the table you all made for Gary “V” looked like something out of an art installation that should be called BeaUseful (beautiful-useful) Things.
2020-07-30
Just jumped on here to ask a design question and saw where people are now death shaming. Read up on theories of attribution and social stigma. This was relevant to my research among Arab Americans.
2020-07-30
@BenUyeda Love & inspired by your work! For someone without many tools and confined by the pandemic, I’d love to make a desk from our 8’ (100lbs) butcher block. Any recommends for legs/supports that are doable by mere mortals and yet scream Ben might have done this himself?
2020-07-19
@SEProtomartyr The thought was already there but hidden. One only needs the assist from the ML to see what’s so clearly obvious! Clarity flows from the solo cup. You may turn out to be wrong, but you’re never more convinced of how right you are than after ~80oz of fermented wisdom.
2020-07-17
@threadreaderapp unroll
2020-07-17
Certainly there will be people willing to sign up to be your enemy, but our call is not to agree to those terms. You’re not my enemy even if you think you are. You’re a fellow son or daughter who doesn’t realize we are long-lost siblings that have been reconciled.
2020-07-17
And here is an important point @SamHarrisOrg would do well to reiterate: there is a vast difference in religious fundamentalism and the ways that can be enacted. Asking for love and prayers for an enemy would be the dog whistle of a Christian pastor, if he could find an enemy.
2020-07-17
your deeply humanizing perspective with the rest of us, that’s a win-win. I just don’t think you have to worry about commanding an army that will respond to a dog whistle aimed at targeting an enemy. After all, who would that even be? Who is your enemy?
2020-07-17
know you will answer for that, and your Monarch (if it pleases @PageauJonathan) warns that in His economy it’d be better not to be on the scene than to be here and hurt one of His. I guess I’m saying do what you know you’re called to do, and if that calling leaves room to share
2020-07-17
are different than that of someone trying to ‘own’ or ‘defeat’ or ‘destroy’ a combatant. If you injure someone, you do harm to the body, which is also to say Christ, the church universal and yourself. Not saying you operate perfectly, because surely offenses will come. But you
2020-07-17
for the current context. I very much see you, PVK, as trying to please an ‘audience’ of one. If in so doing you become many things to many people that you might win some...so much the better. Because you see others as brothers and sisters in Christ, the relational dynamics
2020-07-17
talking heads say that the way Trump’s allies and advisors gain his attention and approval is by appearing in the media and saying whatever it is they think needs communicating. Though they reach (via mass communication) millions, their audience is one. That’s a useful analogy
2020-07-17
repent and acknowledge that we are not whole on our own and *need* expiation of our sins. Bending the knee to Christ and accepting the low status of servant to all frees us up so that we don’t have to fall prey to audience capture. I don’t know if it it’s true, but I often hear
2020-07-17
I actually believe this is far more important than we often realize. There is a deep & abiding theological problem at the primordial and existential levels of being human. We will bow to something bc of our unique ontological framing. One of the things a Christian does is
2020-07-17
Thinking about @PaulVanderKlay wrestling with the “internet of beefs” concept. A good friend recently reminded me that one the key insights of Luther is we can be simul iust et peccator—justified while still being a sinner.
2020-07-02
@ibleedeaglesgr1 treatment outcomes. Please check Dr. Longo’s work for this. It’s pretty astounding. This type of diet/caloric restriction produces differential stress resistance – a phenomenon in which normal cells are protected from stress, but damaged cells are not.
2020-07-02
@ibleedeaglesgr1 Don’t know you man, but I saw this in my feed. Prayers for healing and recovery! Prayers for the physicians working with you and that the treatment plan works perfectly with no negative side effects. There is recent research on using a fasting mimicking diet to improve cancer
2020-06-30
@jachaseyoung @bryancsk the evolutionary story isn’t clearly understood yet. Some hypothesize it being around longer with a recent adaptation that would allow spread human-human. This is but one reason we should all be concerned about illegal animal markets. Proximity + opportunity + density = not good!
2020-06-30
@jachaseyoung @bryancsk It’s still of concern, because one of the problems with the lay understanding of this type of occurrence is that it’s filtered through a filmic lens (e.g., Outbreak). Sustained contact gives a virus an opportunity to explore and exploit routes of transmission. Even with Covid19
2020-06-29
And one ressentiment to rule them all!
2020-06-29
@David_Gunkel @twainus @JeffDean @AnimaAnandkumar @johnchavens @KayFButterfield @ruchowdh @azeem @dmonett @maria_axente @j2bryson @Grady_Booch @DrRESmith @kaifulee @timnitGebru @timleberecht @an_open_mind @mitpress I can also appreciate your use of Heidegger in a manner that doesn’t prematurely foreclose criticism.
2020-06-29
@laurence_diver @David_Gunkel @danmcquillan I will check it out. Thanks!
2020-06-28
@David_Gunkel @twainus @JeffDean @AnimaAnandkumar @johnchavens @KayFButterfield @ruchowdh @azeem @dmonett @maria_axente @j2bryson @Grady_Booch @DrRESmith @kaifulee @timnitGebru @timleberecht @an_open_mind Do you have any longer pieces on this? I’d love to read whatever you’ve got, because I haven’t seen this exact line of argument.
2020-06-28
Everything we know, we know because someone explored something they did not understand-explored something they were afraid of, in awe of. Everything we know, we know because someone generated something valuable in the course of an encounter with the unexpected. @jordanbpeterson
2020-06-27
America is blindly stumbling headlong towards a gaping moor from which there is no return! Kierkegaard said the crowd is untruth. Do what you can to push back against the undifferentiated, unthinking horde.
2020-06-27
@roderickhare @BretWeinstein @EricRWeinstein necessarily get it but walk away with an understanding that I don’t get it. That leaves open a possible space for exploration. I can be enriched by learning that I don’t know something, that I don’t get it. If more people communicated as you just have, it’d be a better world!
2020-06-27
@roderickhare @BretWeinstein @EricRWeinstein It also requires good faith and refusal to misattribute motives to others that they don’t hold. I still think the act of us communicating/communing together is a net—even when I don’t get it—provided the process is a supportive one. Just a mundane example is one where I don’t
2020-06-27
@roderickhare @BretWeinstein @EricRWeinstein I suspect this issue that you raise about complete confidence is the source of many of the societal issues we’re facing. We should adjust our confidence intervals to allow room for the communicative process to unfold. This is often imprecise and requires trust and patience.
2020-06-27
@threadreaderapp unroll
2020-06-27
most desirous to speak with other laypeople but can’t. @BretWeinstein your ability to unpack ideas and translate them to students and general public is tantamount to Eric’s ability to speak other languages. Both are invaluable. Neither weighs more.
2020-06-27
acquiring mastery across several domains is YOUR greatest ability, above even your ability in math—and that’s saying something. @BretWeinstein you’re both geniuses, and perhaps you can continue to use your pedagogic skills to help @EricRWeinstein translate the language he seems
2020-06-27
being conversant in physics at some level. Indeed, if you listen to him speak with @joerogan you’d quickly realize that he’s a brilliant thinker. My point is that there’s neurodiversity out there, as well as a salience landscape. But your idiosyncratic metacognitive skill of
2020-06-27
embodied. Neither of you, despite the best of efforts, would compete with George St Pierre in a fight. That doesn’t mean you can’t strive for mastery in the physical domain well enough to learn important lessons in self-protection. It also doesn’t preclude GSP from
2020-06-27
How many Michael Jordans are there? Kasparovs? Einsteins? There seem to be clear trade offs in listening to you both. @BretWeinstein comes across as a better teacher. 🤔 Is that surprising given his popularity at Evergreen? This isn’t about intelligence per se, bc cognition is
2020-06-27
make for the worst coaches precisely because they don’t realize how difficult it is for others to replicate what they’ve done. They’re looking at their own experience as default mode or status quo and modeling off of that, rather than a hypothetical X person.
2020-06-27
After all, distance running is but an accelerated form of walking.” No! The domain of expertise—however much you despise the loaded term—is real. One of the communication hurdles you seem not to be able to clear is related to this. In athletics some of the best (experts) players
2020-06-27
do your walking videos where you share what’s on your mind and extrapolate from there, “why, Eric clearly knows the mechanics of walking. If he but takes what he knows from that and puts in the requisite effort, he could become a distance runner like me.
2020-06-27
and you don’t assume anything unique about your own intelligence that it is obtainable for others. But your frustration that other people don’t get it at your level is = to the frustration others experience in not getting it. I could easily say to you that I’ve watched you
2020-06-27
“You don’t know what it is when you try, and you try, and you try and you never get there.” In the specific domain that you’re articulating with ease, most people stumble into a failure mode that’s frustrating. Your humility is sincere and honest. You think bc you get it
2020-06-27
Just watched @BretWeinstein & @EricRWeinstein nerd out in the best of ways on the Dark Horse Podcast. @EricRWeinstein a suggestion: go back and watch the film I am Sam and listen to Sam’s frustration when he plaintively cries out,
2020-06-23
@threadreaderapp unroll https://t.co/K65JaksO7L
2020-06-23
@welcomewords @girlsreallyrule End of rant!
2020-06-23
@welcomewords @girlsreallyrule We just need the courage to keep the conversations going! We can build trust and bridges with courageous words. We can build communities out of an agreement that we simply won’t stop the conversation even when it’s difficult.
2020-06-23
@welcomewords @girlsreallyrule It’s innumerable conversations taking place between the living, the living and the dead (all of the authors and law makers and ancestors etc.), and the living and the future selves that, though we are not yet, will be. That’s rife with challenges, pitfalls and false starts.
2020-06-23
@welcomewords @girlsreallyrule We can’t expect of a nation or nations what’s not possible even between lovers. But we can take the metaphorical knee off of one another and not bind others to our own way of seeing the world. This is an ongoing conversation. That’s what civilization is at its rudimentary level.
2020-06-23
@welcomewords @girlsreallyrule It isn’t essential that we agree on everything. That won’t always be the case. To expect otherwise is honestly a civilizational failure mode. I love my wife but can’t always persuade her of how right I am :)
2020-06-23
@welcomewords @girlsreallyrule These are hard times. These are the times that try men’s souls. And I think the only thing keeping us from plunging headlong into an abyss is the ability to still engage at an I-thou level. Our ability to see one another, to take one another’s perspective to heart, is critical.
2020-06-23
@welcomewords @girlsreallyrule It’s almost impossible to reconcile that dehumanizing act with the monumental global efforts and sacrifices required to protect and save lives from covid19. We exist at the collision point of these two incommensurate outlooks on life.
2020-06-23
@welcomewords @girlsreallyrule One wrong move and you feel fear for yourself or someone close to you. Our institutions have shown various degrees of incompetence. And the final blow is seeing someone begging for his life, calling out for help from anyone present at the scene and absent.
2020-06-23
@welcomewords @girlsreallyrule and forth. The meaninglessness of this can’t be understated. Imagine Sisyphus with a gun to his head. Engage in the meaningless act, which is a mini-death, or be put to death. Collectively, I think we’re wrestling with this distinction. The pandemic has a gun trained on us.
2020-06-23
@welcomewords @girlsreallyrule There in the concentration camps still hangs those haunting words above the iron gates: work will make you free. They forced the prisoners do backbreaking labor to create a sense of futility and despair. They would make them carry heavy bags on their shoulders and march back
2020-06-23
@welcomewords @girlsreallyrule Suffering for a reason is still suffering. It still sucks. It still wears us thin. But needless suffering and malevolence makes it almost unbearable. This is what the Nazis knew almost better than anyone in history.
2020-06-23
@welcomewords @girlsreallyrule Everything that you’d worked so hard for, sacrificed so much just to be able to partake in the mundane joys of life. All of that and the world as you knew it and wish it to be, gone? It diminishes the struggle, and that’s the great danger and threat to us all.
2020-06-23
@welcomewords @girlsreallyrule to and for you. What would be the point in gaining the whole world if you lose your own soul so to speak? I can imagine a future state of affairs wherein you’re unlimited in every way that matters, and you’re recalled to life only to find the world on fire.
2020-06-23
@welcomewords @girlsreallyrule In a very real sense, it must seem like the universe has placed its knee on your neck. You’re arrested by a disease and held against your will. What’s your sentence? Is it life? Is this a life sentence? So, in another sense I can clearly understand how these issues really matter
2020-06-23
@welcomewords @girlsreallyrule I want to honor the sacrifice of energy that it takes for you to ask difficult questions and focus on issues impacting the world. In one sense, it would be easier to turn a blind eye to the world as you search for relief and answers for your own set of existential struggles.
2020-06-23
@welcomewords @girlsreallyrule militarism. He calls on us to support one another in the work, never forgetting that we must see the humanity in one another. He’s too little read today, and it shows.
2020-06-23
@welcomewords @girlsreallyrule One good place to start would be the words of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. In Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community?, he lays out a challenging but hopeful framework that requires both left and right to work together. Until his assassination, he decried separatism &
2020-06-23
@micropush @tmprowell @DrEricDing @ASlavitt @NYGovCuomo @T_Inglesby @meganranney @VirusesImmunity @AdamMGrant @obstatsinc @EricTopol @ewarren I’m not saying it isn’t transmitted other ways though. It certainly is. If were as simple as wash your hands and don’t touch your face, then I think we’d see emerging evidence of that. That was our incorrect approach early on. We all need to mask up properly and wash hands.
2020-06-23
@micropush @tmprowell @DrEricDing @ASlavitt @NYGovCuomo @T_Inglesby @meganranney @VirusesImmunity @AdamMGrant @obstatsinc @EricTopol @ewarren And I mean patients who were already on ventilators before the outbreak. People get it from the AC blowing droplets as well.
2020-06-23
@micropush @tmprowell @DrEricDing @ASlavitt @NYGovCuomo @T_Inglesby @meganranney @VirusesImmunity @AdamMGrant @obstatsinc @EricTopol @ewarren certainly any other period in my lifetime are washing hands religiously + using hand sanitizer. Plus, how would stationary people who can’t come into contact with surfaces outside of their hospital bed acquire it? All these vent patients touching their faces? Immobile seniors?
2020-06-23
@micropush @tmprowell @DrEricDing @ASlavitt @NYGovCuomo @T_Inglesby @meganranney @VirusesImmunity @AdamMGrant @obstatsinc @EricTopol @ewarren But this defies the logic of the actual Wuhan outbreak, where teams of medical staff (even the too little celebrated whistleblower Dr. Wenliang) acquired the virus and ultimately succumbed. I don’t even remotely understand why this is a contested point. Plus, more people than
2020-06-23
@tmprowell @ScottGottliebMD @ASlavitt @NYGovCuomo @T_Inglesby @meganranney @VirusesImmunity @AdamMGrant @obstatsinc @DrEricDing @EricTopol @ewarren propagate itself into the future. By giving it a larger sample size and a longer time frame, we are allowing evolution an opportunity to exploit our vulnerabilities. It’s already terrible, but it can be much worse. Where is the critical thinking my fellow peeps?
2020-06-23
@tmprowell @ScottGottliebMD @ASlavitt @NYGovCuomo @T_Inglesby @meganranney @VirusesImmunity @AdamMGrant @obstatsinc @DrEricDing @EricTopol @ewarren Good God people. Missing the forest for the trees. While I don’t think we should ever overstate the case, we shouldn’t understate it. The virus is still in an exploratory state, which means it’s experimenting on us to find the path of least resistance which would allow it to
2020-06-23
@micropush @tmprowell @DrEricDing @ASlavitt @NYGovCuomo @T_Inglesby @meganranney @VirusesImmunity @AdamMGrant @obstatsinc @EricTopol @ewarren But we now think we know that fomites do not present the greatest danger. I only say think we know bc everything is so new that much of what we think we know in the fog of war will be incomplete or imprecise.
2024-08-21
The 5 year old just told me Ludovico Einaudi plays like he’s one with the piano. She’s right! Beauty will save the world!
2024-08-20
Where is the next Singapore?
2024-08-20
I fear for where this is all headed. Antisemitism seems to be a unifying force bringing together the worst of all political parties. Let’s not rehearse this atrocious path. https://t.co/uDk53jLhHi
2024-08-20
Whether the future is beneficent or maleficent requires that we be aware of what we’re capable of—both good & evil—as well as how technologies differ in their rates of diffusion & impacts.
2024-08-20
For those interested, I’ve spent the last 15 years working hard to ensure there isn’t a biotechnological divide that creates a humanity 1.0 vs 2.0 scenario.
2024-08-20
One of the most underrated movies in recent years is In Time. It presages a civ based on a conceptual framework similar to @bryan_johnson’s “Don’t Die.” The political-economic critique of how that could go wrong is built into the narrative. The 1st nation or city state to… https://t.co/hxVs84ix6E
2024-08-19
RT @EileenMHunt: In honor of my APSA paper on #Orwell & the 2024 election https://t.co/5LxFAjGfcA
2024-08-16
Humanity is playing with 🔥 & we’re too distracted by our soap opera politics (it doesn’t have to be this way!) to notice… https://t.co/jrlY5ycnUl
2024-08-16
One question that I have is related to the use of other plastic items such as bags for storing water. In some developing countries one can access water only via a plastic bag. That is what’s sold. A comparative study would be great to tease out some of the nuances, bc my default… https://t.co/gN1gfX80lW
2024-08-15
@PaulAnleitner For centuries (since at least the 1500s), there’s been a movement towards a Promethean shame that would have people believe if they weren’t “a Phoenix” then they weren’t anything at all. It leads to cynicism & despair. Hope rejects this thru even mundane acts of loving defiance
2024-08-15
RT @AimeTim: "When the most important Catholic philosopher in the world dies and nobody takes notice, it is time for some honest reflection…
2024-08-15
RT @klwong43: Can you help me get some eyes on this one with @jgreenhall and D C Schindler?
D C Schindler and Jordan Hall: What is Novelty…
2024-08-15
Selective induction of senescence in cancer cells through near‐infrared light treatment via mitochondrial modulation https://t.co/eh0AV8Txzy
2024-08-09
Bro what are we doing? Noah Lyles: American sprinter says he tested positive for Covid-19, ran 200-meter race anyway https://t.co/Bg6mSy3vYD
2024-08-06
@kalezelden Interesting to see the range of responses & how the admonition was coded.
2024-08-06
1.3 MILLION views & counting! This brother hit a nerve. Hats of all things 🤷🏻♂️ Wait until they find out about his war on denim. https://t.co/N4GV3DAbzZ
2024-08-06
I feel seen! https://t.co/2uckjyROqL
2024-08-05
@HuwRafi @kalezelden 👏
2024-08-05
@kalezelden Isn’t the greater indignity the very fact you can put out tons of thoughtful content about deep things & 10 people will respond. Then you share a thought on hats. People start melting down. More eyes than usual see that though. Strange world of algorithms…
2020-06-23
@noname But doesn’t ego death mean death of identity? All the things you enumerate are identities. Proper ego death wouldn’t allow this distinction, bc they highlight difference and separation. Separation creates pain and suffering, which is anathema to ego death.
2020-06-23
@guystocks @jim_rutt It can if it commits the logical fallacy of equivocation.
2020-06-23
@birdtrees The very act of acknowledgment is life giving. If you’re out there working to make the world better, that is noble and just. I respect and honor that commitment to do it even when no one gives you credit. Rumor has it there’s an Eternal Creditor who will acknowledge every effort!
2020-06-23
@birdtrees Lack of acknowledgement is a terrible experience. In the field of communication, there’s a profound story we try to share with incoming students each year. It is about a child who was so neglected and went acknowledged for so long that he died from this state of deprivation.
2020-06-22
What makes you think their long-term plan includes humans at all? They may be taking irrationality to its most rational conclusion. The expeditious & totalizing reform of civilization and its discontents is to cancel. Full stop. Humanity can be re-formed into ashes. https://t.co/hPWunsNvh5
2020-06-22
@PaulVanderKlay @JohnHMcWhorter @BretWeinstein Erudition on full display. Can’t wait for the follow up!
2020-06-22
Utopia (no place) in this sense isn’t ironic bc no one is around to experience it. Wokeness could enter existential risk territory if it tries to reform the world via a poorly chosen set of optimizing parameters. Let us hope they don’t
2020-06-22
What will be the code we are meant to internalize and discipline ourselves around? If this shifs back to environmentalism with the same fervor, there’s a quick and lasting way to reduce the human footprint—diseased as it is.
2020-06-22
to a field of visibility, and who knows it, assumes responsibility for the constraints of power; he makes them play spontaneously upon himself; he inscribes in himself the power relation in which he simultaneously plays both roles; he becomes the principle of his own subjection.”
2020-06-22
The grand design or metapurpose being so openly & nakedly paradoxical that it’s hidden in plain view: abolish external police while increasing internal policing. From Foucault’s Discipline and Punish: “He who is subjected
2020-06-22
the group to remain faithful even as ordination of leaders occurs. My fear is that the priests and priestesses of wokeness have read Foucault. Part of what we see playing out is a religio-panopticism at a scale and for purposes Bentham couldn’t have imagined.
2020-06-22
of wokeness—replete with its struggle sessions, tolerance-intolerance, self-shame, guilt, undoing, scapegoating, sacrificing, and lacking in forgiveness for self or others—to become endemic, it will require religious preconditions. Self-imposed psycho-spiritual contracts made to
2020-06-22
worked on and out through a population for long enough that it becomes consubstantial with humanity. Older religions are like the bacteria and viruses that comprise portions of our DNA, allowing for certain things & constraining others. In order for this new religion
2020-06-22
the ones we are seeing are typically brought into being by autodidacts. Maybe that gives them an initial advantage in terms of momentary fittedness to an emergent cultural narrative. But this nascent quality of being nimble and autodidactic suffers from not having been
2020-06-22
Here, again, we are met with a challenge. We decry religion while utilizing its Gain-of-Function capacity to make certain messages (memetic complexes) “go viral” in order to generate support for specific ends. As @vervaeke_john points out countless times, nascent religions like
2020-06-22
telling congregants things they didn’t want to hear was part of the job. Parishioners refusing to leave after hearing hard things (i.e., repent and reform your moral/ethical/spiritual lives) is part of the corporate body’s contract with one another and God.
2020-06-22
Thread: Fascinating talk between @BretWeinstein and @JohnHMcWhorter. I’m wondering if @PaulVanderKlay caught the part where Brett acknowledges the weakness of a leaderless moment when people can simply click over to someone they want to hear more. Every pastor I’ve ever had said
2020-06-22
@BenjaminABoyce @jjuniper7 @CantlonLab @JonHaidt @BretWeinstein @HeatherEHeying @EricRWeinstein wishes. But I hope he will acknowledge, at least at some point, that many others experienced a ruined career with no one there to highlight it. No twitter followers or book deals to be had. Nothing but silent evidence...
2020-06-22
@BenjaminABoyce @jjuniper7 @CantlonLab @JonHaidt @BretWeinstein @HeatherEHeying @EricRWeinstein earlier than #Evergreen and #Yale. So @BretWeinstein’s analogy that this was a tumor at Evergreen and is now metastatic is flawed. The cancer could and should have been staged much sooner. Some of us tried to warn people. But now @BretWeinstein can use his platform however he
2020-06-22
@BenjaminABoyce @jjuniper7 @CantlonLab @JonHaidt @BretWeinstein @HeatherEHeying @EricRWeinstein an academic who self-identifies as “conservative.” Did no one find it odd that the only disagreements had at faculty meetings/tenure and promotion talks were in-house arguments? No one noticed the intellectual incest and spoke up until @JonHaidt. The warning shots were much
2020-06-22
@BenjaminABoyce @jjuniper7 @CantlonLab @JonHaidt @BretWeinstein @HeatherEHeying @EricRWeinstein *cant understand*. It isn’t that conservative types are more interested in money vs academia per se, but many (if not most) were driven away by this nonsense. Why become an indebted barista only to subject yourself to epistemological monoculture? It’s difficult to even find
2020-06-22
@BenjaminABoyce @jjuniper7 @CantlonLab @JonHaidt @BretWeinstein @HeatherEHeying @EricRWeinstein whom I follow and listen to almost daily, I can understand how they missed the unseemly selection effect at universities. @BretWeinstein is an brilliant biologist and I respect him beyond measure, but they missed the startling lack of view point diversity at unis.
2020-06-22
@BenjaminABoyce @jjuniper7 @CantlonLab @JonHaidt Oh! You’re that Boyce! The chronicler of the Evergreen nightmare that entangled @BretWeinstein & @HeatherEHeying. I don’t have enough reach to get their attention, so perhaps you can pass along a thanks for their stance. With respect to @BretWeinstein and @EricRWeinstein, both of
2020-06-22
@BenjaminABoyce @jjuniper7 @CantlonLab @JonHaidt The irony, which maybe in this moment no longer exists, is that @JonHaidt is the very person who told me to focus my research on this type of activity years before it manifested in this way. I will have to give it a read. Then, we should discuss what’s happening at universities!
2020-06-22
@BenjaminABoyce @jjuniper7 @CantlonLab @JonHaidt I don’t know who you are, but I’m thankful to see at least one responsible post here! This is outright terrifying! @JonHaidt has been a beacon of insight during the most idiotic of timelines!
2020-06-22
Fellow Americans— if that’s what we still are—if this is the kind of hot take that gets liked and upvoted, we are doomed! If > than 50% of us think @JonHaidt is bad for the country, please help me get my young family to safety before this turns violent. These are dangerous times. https://t.co/j5rE6Fcz0m
2020-06-22
@CantlonLab You couldn’t possibly be more defamatory if you tried! @JonHaidt has always worked to promote inclusivity, racial and political harmony, and reduce stigma around differences in sexual orientation. It is appalling that you can say such a thing with no regard for the truth.
2020-06-22
2. The issue may turn on a fear of retrospectively being held to an ethical/moral standard that did not exist at the moment imperfect funders offered support. People will look for other ways to support the arts & sciences. This could be very bad indeed!
2020-06-22
1. Putting this hypothesis out there for posterity. The negative externality of the current momentum to remove statues and rename institutions and organizations that were founded/funded via philanthropic giving will cause future giving to 👇by a statistically significant %.
2020-06-18
@DiamonDie You’ve just described Florida, where the humidity is so thick it feels like a pervasive outer garment hanging about you like a hot-mist-albatross
2020-06-18
RT @livewithmecfs: Rachel of @cfsanity interviewed me last month & we enjoyed a wonderful discussion about #MECFS, living w/ #chronicillnes…
2020-06-18
@EstherOfReilly What is the motivation for this? I know a few days ago he mentioned that he’d stop sharing poems, but certainly the U.K. isn’t that hungry for verse?
2020-06-17
We are at a global boiling point here, and #politicians need to calm the rhetoric. We can ill afford India #IndianArmy and #China to escalate tensions beyond repair. It could destabilize the world in ways that may not be recoverable.
2020-06-16
@TootsieWitch to access them.
2020-06-16
@TootsieWitch We don’t know all the benefits that may exist for inflamed brains or brains experiencing connectivity problems. I’m only offering a research opinion (informed by my patient perspective) on what I’m seeing and hearing. If these options had been available to me, I would have tried
2020-06-16
@TootsieWitch I’m not at all suggesting this is psychological in origin. I’ve been to and existed in that darkest of places for years of my life without any sign of relief. But keep in mind that terminally ill people have transcendent experiences that being about peace in the midst of that.
2020-06-16
@TootsieWitch keep in mind that protracted suffering in and of itself has knock on impacts that add to the disease burden. Anything that creates more space for you to experience a better quality of life while down regulating the body’s hypervigilance sounds beneficial.
2020-06-16
@TootsieWitch It is being used in post-lyme, GWS etc. I mention psilocybin and IV Ketamine for that reason. I wouldn’t recommend startI got there if it was someone new to the illness. If it’s I simply don’t think I can continue like this...then, yes, I’d consider it for my regimen. Also,
2020-06-15
@TootsieWitch The potential re-networking of the brain in only 1-3 doses is remarkable. The setting matters. The expertise matters. I’d beg them for a slot or tell them they have to connect you with someone in their network.
2020-06-15
@TootsieWitch profound effects. If you look into JHopkins studies on psilocybin, notice that even in terminal cancer patients there was a positive and lasting effect. This should be a standard of care for intractable cases of pain & suffering.
2020-06-15
@TootsieWitch more severe instances of the disease, and people are losing hope of getting relief. Patients are turning to last resort options bc of medical failure to focus on quality of life concerns. There are emerging therapies though. The two I’ve mentioned are powerful and often have
2020-06-15
@TootsieWitch It depends on where you live, but in the US, you need to find a qualified medical provider who can assess and determine if it’s the best course. I’d reach out to Johns Hopkins. If they can’t see you, they may direct you to the person who can. My fear is that I’m seeing more and
2020-06-14
@TootsieWitch I’m wondering if you’ve ever had the opportunity to explore treatment with ketamine (via IV) or psilocybin? Johns Hopkins has explored the use of psilocybin to treat intractable conditions. May offer relief where other things don’t. Also prevents risk of opioid dependence.
2020-06-11
@robinhanson an decision of major consequence is upon us, it’s treated like many of the others. Our genetic endowment is a growing mismatch for the environment we are creating. We aren’t infinite information processing machines, so we need to reengineer things and FAST!
2020-06-11
@robinhanson Are we experiencing a kind of global akrasia? Decision fatigue from the multitude of micro transactions that take place in an attention economy? Salience landscape distorted by so many nagging choices? Chicken, fish, vegan? Apparel. Commuting. The list is too long. By the time
2020-06-10
I did tell @CortJohnson that one of my chief desires in all of this is that I'd get a chance to speak with other families that live/lived the severe #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis/CFS rollercoaster. I'd love to hear other perspectives and learn from them. I'm all ears...
2020-06-10
a very rigid notion that if you improve at all that you never really had or don't currently have this insidious disease. One of the best outcomes has been the ability to discuss what it means to live a meaningful life and not have that defined for you by others.
2020-06-10
perfect and every day wasn't filled with heroic pictures of me running marathons that it somehow diminished what it means to experience recovery. Now that I have shared some of my story (https://t.co/o4lRWVVbb4), I've found that some people were helped by it. Others stick to
2020-06-10
Suffer. Repeat. But even saying repeat suggests some temporal break. There wasn't one. It was just suffer! For the longest time, I was afraid to share my experiences from the dark corners of the very severe cohort. Then, after I improved, I was afraid that because my life wasn't
2020-06-10
Dear @JanetDafoe, I wanted to send a big thanks your way for being willing to share your family's journey in such an open and compelling way. Some time ago, my mom saw an article about @DafoeWhitney and how he was suffering. It reminded her of our own Groundhog Day of suffering
2020-06-09
@malcolmguite @GoughGough5 There is something beautifully haunting about your journey to that place, to the place where the meaning of your name and He who called you by name begin reconciling. Great writing.
2020-06-09
@2hounds @welcomewords @CortJohnson You can message me if you’d like. That way I may be able to point you towards some answers or someone else who can!
2020-06-08
Today's heresy courtesy of @nntaleb: "When you develop your opinions on the basis of weak evidence, you will have difficulty interpreting subsequent information that contradicts these opinions, even if this new information is obviously more accurate.”
2020-06-08
If you are ever in the need for something that challenges the mind and revivifies the soul, I highly recommend checking out the @templeton_fdn. They highlight work by @rabbisacks (now is a good time to read his To Heal a Fractured World) & @MiroslavVolf (Exclusion and Embrace). https://t.co/GnkWJQcQff
2020-06-08
@anderssandberg @peterthiel I love this analogy of the Amish because, for many living today, they would appear alien. It does seem likely that there would exist some equivalent, if not out of sheer diversity then due to staggered rates of advancement.
2020-06-08
@therealvatine @anderssandberg I see what you did there! Touché
2020-06-08
@anderssandberg @peterthiel structure out of better materials. Maybe it’s not to need a cathedral in physical form bc you’ve figured out how to miniaturize things and compress civilization?
2020-06-08
@anderssandberg Do you assign any probability to transcension hypothesis? I’m increasingly assigning more weight to it precisely bc of compelling arguments made by @peterthiel regarding stagnation. What if we’re building down so to speak? The advancement of the cathedral isn’t to build a better
2020-06-08
@joekelly100 @robinhanson Thank you for correcting me with that passage! Your point about the population growing impatient was prescient and accurate as well. I will be very interested to hear/read your assessment in about 14-21 days.
2020-06-08
As Quintilian said so long ago: A good man speaking well. We will pray that you are made well! https://t.co/vPqS9SfbuR
2020-06-08
@welcomewords @CortJohnson And I'm very glad you married your best friend! Good move. I highly recommend it to others, because this isn't an easy disease for people to understand. I hope you both stay safe during this challenging time.
2020-06-08
@welcomewords @CortJohnson if you have a why you can withstand almost anything. The people who had a why in the death camps tended to live when others did not. You are my why! We will find a cure. Until then, my focus is on improving quality of life. Your life matters!
2020-06-08
@welcomewords @CortJohnson a day seemed to last longer than a week. When I heard that, it was the first time I felt understood by anyone. Trying to make it 24 hours is sometimes the most herculean thing possible. That struggle takes everything. Make it this day. Make it this hour. He went on to say that
2020-06-08
@welcomewords @CortJohnson your suffering. In the way they used the term in the film Avatar, "I see you." You honor us all with your sacrifice to stay in the fight. That doesn't make your suffering go away, but your courage inspires us to make things happen. In the concentration camps, Viktor Frankl said
2020-06-08
@welcomewords @CortJohnson I actually told @CortJohnson that my reason for sharing was to reach those in the most severe category. My parents shared a story with me when I was at my lowest. It gave me just enough hope to hang onto the dream that one day I'd have a conversation like this. I acknowledge
2020-06-08
@welcomewords I appreciate you sharing this. I was an extreme case for years. @CortJohnson shared some of my story. Please also know that some of us are working on a Feel Better *Now* initiative. New options are emerging, but I understand not feeling like waiting 1 more second!
2020-06-08
@SteveStorey15 @PaulVanderKlay @nytvideo Thank you for saying this, because I am beginning to sound like a bRoKeN record. What could be better than a movement based on liberté, égalité, fraternité?
2020-06-08
@robinhanson @joekelly100 Agreed. This is why I want all of the sides debated (that we can manage) in order for us to utilize something like Bostrom & Ord's "Parliamentary Model" for assigning some weight to the decisions under consideration.
2020-06-07
@robinhanson I’ve been making this same point about adverts. When they’re overt adverts I know it. May hate it but know it. When news is but a mechanism for diffuse advertising of some X, it’s harder for people to see the cultivation effects. Check George Gerber’s cultivation theory.
2020-06-07
@yaobviously @robinhanson This does not seem likely, given that what they are paid to do is report. Report what? The byline that they’re given and the lens through which to view it. Evo psych suggests they will do what they think ensures food+safety etc. Deviating is a threat to that security.
2020-06-07
@robinhanson But why is this specific point hard to get across? What is the failure mode that keeps people from seeing that all we did was temporarily restrict the exploratory space of the virus?
2020-06-07
@joekelly100 @robinhanson But I do thank the #rationalist community for engaging with ideas not resorting to the ad hominem. I truly want our response to be measured and create as little harm as possible, as I know you do too.
2020-06-07
@joekelly100 @robinhanson having contracted even a mild form of the virus. I simply can’t see why, until we have a clearer picture of its impacts, we would move forward with voluntary exposure. If it’s the wrong move, the amount of healthy years lost will be catastrophic.
2020-06-07
@joekelly100 @robinhanson @robinhanson @joekelly100 I remain deeply concerned about an issue that too few discuss. Based on reports from other countries there is a nontrivial amount of “healthy” people who got the virus, didn’t die but have organ damage, clotting issues etc. They are worse off from
2020-06-07
@DiamonDie A few authors have now confessed that they used these patches for writing. They actually compared their daily word count with the patch vs without and found the patch helped them churn out more words. Philosophy departments have long been fueled on nicotine and caffeine...
2020-06-07
@mlipsitch @trvrb to light some new implication. Let's not allow the burden of the virus to be displaced onto the youth through bad messaging.
2020-06-07
@mlipsitch @trvrb With respect, this is borderline negligent messaging because it frames #COVID19 as X amount of community deaths. Many of the protesters are youth! No one is warning them about potential long-term health impacts. #SARS_CoV_2 is still in an exploratory stage with each day bringing
2020-06-07
health and dramatically lessen the quality of your life over a much longer period of time than those giving you terrible advice. What happened to #GeorgeLloyd is horrible in every conceivable way, as are all instances of #PoliceBrutality. I want you alive AND well to see it end
2020-06-07
1/ Dear Protesters, if #publichealth #experts cared more about your future, they would beg you to stay away from large gatherings. What we think we know is ~80% of people don't immediately die from #COVID19. #coronavirus has long-term effects that could negatively impact your
2020-06-07
@abecedarius @anderssandberg Amplifying Cognition: Extending Memory and Intelligence by @anderssandberg
2020-06-07
Now would be a great time for the @templeton_fdn to host @rabbisacks, @MiroslavVolf, David Bentley Hart, Sarah Coakley, @schweikerwm3
@jordanbpeterson and Pankaj Mishra for a lengthy discussion. How do we make this happen?
2020-06-07
@jachaseyoung Forced binary. It can only be witchcraft or that you’re fully jacked into the matrix eating 0s&1s. What could be lower calorie than that?
2020-06-07
@jachaseyoung @ESYudkowsky And, yet, here or there we are: inverted.
2020-06-07
RT @anderssandberg: All people should enjoy human rights. When people are systematically denied rights because of group membership, that is…
2020-06-07
@anderssandberg My favorite opening line from any academic paper: “We are smart enough to realize we are stupid, and stupid enough to make the problem of becoming smarter harder.” I quote it often. Immense profundity packed into that dense sentence. Some statements weigh more than others!
2020-06-07
@FreedomOfForm @anderssandberg Let’s do that! Feel free to message me at your leisure to discuss.
2020-06-06
@trvrb OK in the longer term. Since you do care, tell them the truth that this disease is impacting multiple organ systems and can impact one’s health long into the future, potentially diminishing quality of life and leading to a worse life over a longer period of time.
2020-06-06
@trvrb This is a dereliction of duty on part of public health experts. It’s cynical to portray the risk in terms of X amount of deaths within the community, while most young protesters will be OK. Just bc they won’t immediately die in the streets from #COVIDー19 doesn't mean they will
2020-06-06
@anderssandberg #Morphologicalfreedom is one of the best concepts you’ve put forward. I have appropriated that framework for researching cognitive enhancement among university students.
2020-06-06
And then there arose a generation who knew not of #Robespierre, the #Bolsheviks, #Lenin and #Mao. They had no awareness of #memeticdesire & #memeticrivalry. Don’t fall in love with #revolution if you’ve never given thought to negative externalities. Do challenge status quo bias.
2020-06-06
@Talmandaniel Yes! You’re not alone. And I’m grateful that you shared this experience, because this is one of the most horrific epidemics—made worse by the marginalization and diminishment that occurs within medicine and society writ-large. You represent millions of unheard & unseen.
2020-06-06
@CetiAlphaFumf @mlipsitch Huge disincentives for replication work that have nothing to do with science qua science!
2020-06-06
@mlipsitch @TheLancet This isn’t just any time. That this could happen the way that it did when it did is scandalous. This is similar to but far worse than the Challenger Explosion. NASA had to re-examine it’s organizational culture. We need the same. Just imagine if this had been a type 1 error.
2020-06-06
@mlipsitch I think it’s time for researchers to demonstrate both epistemic humility and self-reflexivity. The “other parts” that need to function better are the humans doing the scientific work. Science didn’t fail us. Humans failed one another. @TheLancet isn’t just any publication.
2020-06-06
@mlipsitch But this highlights how dire our situation is. This is a systemic failure at multiple layers at a time when it can least be afforded. Non-scientists aka people with internet access could see glaring problems with the data. We must do better and not offer easy answers.
2020-06-06
@ESYudkowsky It makes my brain hurt. Surely this simulation has entered the terminal stage.
2020-06-06
demonstrated that even it is compromised beyond what I would have thought possible. The next big break will be far more unthinkable at this rate. Something like gain-of-function research leading to current pandemic. Bets are off after that. Our simulation may get terminated...
2020-06-06
I sincerely hope I’m wrong about this, but given that we are all forced to make current decisions under normative uncertainty, I have to say it’s almost better to do the exact opposite of what one hears from experts and organizations tied to the media. The @TheLancet has
2020-06-06
I can’t believe I’m having this thought, but we have failed on every front to the point where one has to question how. No masks, all masks all the time. Social distancing and stay home even when your friends and loved ones die. Protest far and wide even during a global pandemic.
2020-06-06
@TheLancet You have one job and failed miserably. I can’t understand how this could happen. This has set us all back and simultaneously ceded ground to conspiracy mongering of the worst sorts. Media outlets and Twitter verified docs also need to retract loudly.
2020-06-05
@holland_tom My organization would love to help the Yazidis. Please feel free to message me with any connections you have and/or mechanisms you’re aware of that offer support.
2020-06-03
@MatthewEPierce If it wasn’t Bible Sword drill, it wasn’t an official challenge!
2020-06-03
@SEProtomartyr @MatthewEPierce Slowly I become one with the mud? I mean, kinda. That’s how it feels right about now...
2020-06-03
The existential moment your 1.5 year old looks at you with wide eyes and points to her chest and says, “I’m ME!” I can now *see* a path where AI could accelerate at an explosive rate (IE)without us knowing it was about to happen. I’m shifting probabilities of IE to >50%.
2020-06-03
@KarinWahlJ It is a beautiful language, and the world is missing out on the music that it is. Here’s to hoping that there will be more Welsh heard over the coming years!
2020-06-03
@BretWeinstein @HeatherEHeying Wondering if you are as frightened by this as I am? We are talking about the foundation of scientific integrity being brought into question. How does this data get published with peer review approval? https://t.co/S0sIOxpCVb
2020-06-03
@PaulVanderKlay Only there’s no redemption. There’s scapegoating, purity tests and wokeness scales. Did you talk to enough of your white friends and neighbors today? What? And when the former Social Justice Chair from a major university can’t get down with it, that’s saying something.
2020-06-03
@PaulVanderKlay I don’t know what good it does to say we were ahead of this, as we discussed visual agnosia and how their are religious movements happening that can’t see it as such. This is as evangelistic outreach: now repeat after me...if you prayed that prayer, you’re a Christian!
2020-06-02
3/ So we had better get our collective act together before we enter a a downward trajectory that will destabilize civilization as we know it. The potential for this failure mode is real. I see people flirting with a kind of French Revolution tone. Let’s not forget how that ended.
2020-06-02
2/ The consequences of tripping this kind of wire in our present context is that while our genetic predecessors may have warred with other tribes and even practiced genocide at a local scale, the technologies we possess today enable us to do far more harm—swiftly and globally.
2020-06-02
1/ I will put this out publicly so that @BretWeinstein can correct me if I get this wrong. I’m fairly certain he’s been warning about these rather destructive modes of being that may remain dormant/latent until the environment reawakens evolutionarily coded behavior patterns.
2020-06-02
RT @CarlosdelRio7: Physical distancing, face masks, and eye protection to prevent person-to-person transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19:…
2020-06-01
Paging Dr. Fauci...Paging Dr. Fauci...
Dr. Fauci surveys the horizon.
Gulp. Remdesivir. We’re going to need lots of Remdesivir!
2020-06-01
@NevinWetherill @ESYudkowsky Turn this into a graphic novel! Grim Forecast
2020-05-31
@PlzSolveCFS @CfSforMECFS Considering the multiple pathways (many which may be due to viral onset) that lead to the development of ME/CFS, it certainly seems likely this will occur in at least a subset of COVID19 patients. People already report struggling with crushing fatigue many weeks post infection.
2020-05-31
@platospodcasts @rebelwisdom Have you written anything more about this notion of Gibbon’s decline and fall precipitating a techno-driven repetition compulsion?
2020-05-31
RT @platospodcasts: The #DivineComedy was born of a crisis. #Dante's predicament resonates with where we find ourselves now, in the middle…
2020-05-30
RT @anderssandberg: Years ago, Musk sold me on his vision by doing a napkin calculation in front of me on how one could make spaceflight pr…
2020-05-30
The Memorial Day chicanery + the protests to open things up + the national response to heinous, despicable malice and dehumanization we’ve seen, I fear the worst is weeks away. For vulnerable communities, this will become the darkest possible timeline.
2020-05-30
RT @FintryTrust: For our next online Meet the Author event on 13 June, we're delighted to have @platospodcasts speaking about Owen Barfield…
2020-05-28
RT @martinjamescook: Beautiful Old Sarum #SalisburyHour https://t.co/lJ7H9u9T73
2020-05-28
@martinjamescook There’s a striking critique!
2020-05-28
@martinjamescook Is it any wonder that when previous generations spent time soaking up vistas like these that it instigated such probing literature? We hear in poems like “The World is Too Much with Us” the lamentation associated with this loss alienation from nature and nature’s God.
2020-05-28
RT @SalisburyCath: Old Sarum is a special place. Significantly this year we mark 800 years since our Cathedral moved from Old Sarum and lai…
2020-05-28
@SalisburyCath @GoughGough5 Majestic. The photographs have the power to transport one’s heart and direct one’s mind towards contemplation on that which is higher.
2020-05-28
@PaulVanderKlay When I read it, my family almost got woke. Got woke from their sleep when I started yelling Exhibit A? NO! I’m mad at the sophomoric form of expression, not even the subject. This from someone who almost died on the mission field! That’s how cringe it is! 🤦🏻
2020-05-28
@livewithmecfs It really is notable that some of the meds seem to work paradoxically (for this population) at lower doses. I think you mention that in one of your blogs about beta blockers. They aren’t having systemic bp lowering effects! Also, I love the flower photos!
2020-05-28
Great treatment of metaphorical truth here in the video. Thread is worth the read. I also recommend Dr. Sarah Coakley on this point.
Conspiracy: @PaulVanderKlay ⬆️demand for Kaufmann’s book like a Dutch Tulip. Wait, he’s Dutch? You must $$$ him to enter the metadivine realm. https://t.co/Y8rke0w63v
2020-05-28
@EricRWeinstein “Heard Immunity” is when terms/phrases have diminishing impacts as they scale in usage. 3 of my least favorite (recent) societal inoculations:
1) Chilling effect
2) False equivalency
3) Grifter
I’d love to know your top 3!
2020-05-28
@livewithmecfs Really happy for you both! I’m wondering if you ever tried nimodipine with any success?
2020-05-27
RT @NASA: LIVE NOW: History is about to be made. Watch as @NASA_Astronauts #LaunchAmerica to the @Space_Station from American soil for the…
2020-05-26
@PaulVanderKlay @EstherOfReilly a pathological inversion. Imagine the eulogies over the coming years, if they only keep the epideictic rhetoric focused on blameworthiness. How can one even be *morally* blameworthy in world of determinism?
2020-05-26
@PaulVanderKlay @EstherOfReilly This is spot on. Two pernicious forces converging here: collapse of Christian understanding of sin/forgiveness/redemption combined with no objective standard of what constitutes a “good” life. The “bad” thing a person does is valorized and becomes the most salient. Talk about
2020-05-25
@davidmanheim @JohnDanaher @ESYudkowsky @anderssandberg That should be *humorous*, but I could see it happening with binary.
2020-05-25
@davidmanheim @JohnDanaher @ESYudkowsky @anderssandberg Of course what I was saying was meant to antagonize people who, despite their intellects, remain rather modest. If you notice, the two that have responded did so in different shades of modesty. I imagine @ESYudkowsky doing so in his own numerous way: bow down mere mortals!
2020-05-25
@JohnDanaher @davidmanheim @ESYudkowsky @anderssandberg Even when you demure, you’re helping prove my point :)
2020-05-25
@JohnDanaher @davidmanheim @ESYudkowsky @anderssandberg But how could you possibly know *that* without deploying meta-cognitive capacities to survey the minds of a given generation and simulate/model them, then contrast them with your own mind? To know you’re not would be to know something important about their mind and your own.
2020-05-25
@EstherOfReilly By any chance, do you follow Dr. Sarah Coakley’s work?
2020-05-25
@davidmanheim @ESYudkowsky @JohnDanaher @anderssandberg for a mind to be meaningfully engaged, don’t you have to defer to the subjective experience of the minds under consideration? Did they deem their minds wasted? Otherwise it seems you’re disagreeing with a given career path that is confounded by evo psych and determinism.
2020-05-25
@davidmanheim I’m curious about the assumption behind these were the best minds. By what standard? I’m not sure about the exact age range, but @ESYudkowsky @JohnDanaher @anderssandberg Bostrom et al. have to be in proximity +- a few years? Without an objective standard of what it means
2020-05-25
@EstherOfReilly @PaulVanderKlay @kalezelden @roddreher @NotoriousTIB @CaseySpinks @jordanbpeterson ‘truthing’ of myth. The actual instantiation of our immortal longings.
2020-05-25
@EstherOfReilly @PaulVanderKlay @kalezelden @roddreher @NotoriousTIB @CaseySpinks @jordanbpeterson I’d be open to having this conversation in a format that allows you to unpack your ideas and elaborate on them. My hunch is that we agree, and where we may differ is in semantics. I mean by myth what Lewis meant. Not some wispy, ephemeral thing. Christ as the embodiment or
2020-05-25
@PaulVanderKlay make the world more hospitable for life in general and our own offspring specifically. In a certain sense, it is my own petite Paris agreement that I can’t withdraw from. It forces me to have faith in the future, because that’s when/where my baby will be thrown by existence.
2020-05-25
@PaulVanderKlay We are dealing with this issue now. Having a baby during this time is difficult. Our baby has only known calamity and destabilization. Not of the sort of my grandparents though. If we are blessed to have more, is that not like a deal we make with the future? That we will try to
2020-05-25
@PaulVanderKlay @EstherOfReilly @kalezelden @roddreher @NotoriousTIB @CaseySpinks @jordanbpeterson of our time that frames religious beliefs as Iron Age/Bronze Age superstitions or lately, it would seem, malignant delusions. He said we should take that which is mythical seriously, bc our complicated story is woven out just such stuff.
2020-05-25
@PaulVanderKlay @EstherOfReilly @kalezelden @roddreher @NotoriousTIB @CaseySpinks @jordanbpeterson of coming into being or becoming conscious can’t be properly understood without the taking seriously mythical and theological stories. He made one thing resoundingly clear to me: everything is much harder and deeper than it first appears. He tossed aside the temporal chauvinism
2020-05-25
@PaulVanderKlay @EstherOfReilly @kalezelden @roddreher @NotoriousTIB @CaseySpinks @jordanbpeterson THIS is precisely the point. Many, if not most, of my generation either abandoned their faith or were only nominal. Peterson managed to do what postmodernists love to do quite often: problematize. He convincingly demonstrated just through lectures and podcasts that our story
2020-05-25
RT @JonHaidt: My thanks to @Peter_Wehner, who interviewed me for @TheAtlantic and did a better job of making sense of my work, and linking…
2020-05-25
RT @livewithmecfs: I got my first review on Barnes & Noble for my book ... 5 stars and a great review from a doctor 🙂📚 My book is available…
2020-05-25
RT @vervaeke_john: Watch my discussion with Layman Pascal on the dark side of meaning making, turning experience into practice, shamanism,…
2020-05-23
@erikmoldwarrior @soltysik_rob And following these outbreaks, the best names put forward were Raggedy Ann Syndrome and the Yuppie Flu? Really despicable when you think about how awful it is. CFS is deprecatory and sounds like one is simply tired a lot.
2020-05-22
RT @platospodcasts: Karl Popper damaged the reputation of #Plato probably more than any other 20th century thinker, accusing him, in essenc…
2020-05-22
I’m not even sure where to begin with this one, so I will apologize on the behalf of academics who would not trot out so carelessly something this obtuse. As a researcher who frequently cites his work, I am admittedly stunned. https://t.co/FhZBx0kLo6
2020-05-21
Two great souls reminding us of the sound of civilized conversation. For all of the darkness in our current age, I’m reminded that it also threw into sharp relief @PageauJonathan @vervaeke_john @platospodcasts @PaulVanderKlay @holland_tom and many more! https://t.co/7JT8PgKknv
2020-05-21
@DiamonDie Really good information!
2020-05-21
RT @taylorwcyr: Philosophers (and others) interested in moral responsibility, check out this great discussion of Al Mele's latest book over…
2020-05-21
@taylorwcyr Also, for those interested, Dr. Mele is a really interesting professor to have and structures courses such that you are forced to improve the meta skill of deep thinking. Great person as well.
2020-05-21
@DiamonDie Hi! I was just speaking with @CortJohnson about you and your work. Would love to chat if/when convenient for you.
2020-05-21
potential threat I don’t hear getting the coverage it needs, probably bc of the implications. It has take medicine a while to grasp what EBV does longer term. We should reasonably expect bad things from this. 80% don’t immediately die doesn’t = this is the flu.
2020-05-21
parents. Since there may be more than one strain, creating a vaccine that gives universal coverage may prove difficult. Like dengue fever, which has also been hard to get right, if one is exposed to multiple strains, it increases lethality. Antibody dependent enhancement is a
2020-05-21
My best guess is that Covid19 will be a bit of a Trojan Horse. 80% do fine. Hmm. Let it in. My hypoth=it’s exactly opposite of a hemorrhagic fever. Don’t bleed out but coagulate/fibrinogen factors at play. Like sars and ebola had a baby that turned out like and unlike both
2020-05-21
@PaulVanderKlay Given finite time and competing interests, did you find Yehezkel Kaufmann‘s book (the condensed one and not the 8 volume set) worth the read?
2020-05-20
@PaulVanderKlay @NeilShenvi I’ve found these lengthier ones very interesting. With Rogan reportedly leaving YT, your office can become the new podcast bunker. After all, whose office isn’t replete with frozen elk, sensory deprivation tanks, and saunas. When is @joerogan going to host the Pastor of the IDW?
2020-05-20
RT @PaulVanderKlay: Hey @NeilShenvi . I took your "Critical Theory as conspiracy theory" idea and ran with it in a conversation with a Roma…
2020-05-20
If you’re looking for content from people who are not allergic to thoughtful engagement, check it out. https://t.co/rD2AzZkFYO
2020-05-20
RT @vervaeke_john: I am live streaming a meditation lesson & sit in 20 minutes on my YouTube channel to help cope with the stress and anxie…
2020-05-19
@HeatherEHeying We are really enjoying the discussions between you and @BretWeinstein. Thank you for nuance, hesitation and Bayesian updates as needed! Quick ? Would potential gain of function cost the virus in a way that could be exploited by us?
2020-05-19
RT @PaulVanderKlay: Those mischievous minions on the Bridges of Meming server are at it again, employing their @ScottAdamsSays visualizati…
2020-05-19
@PaulVanderKlay @ScottAdamsSays I bet he’s thinking “We have no idea how deep THIS mythopoesis goes, but we ignore it at our own peril. And, so, well...that’s that—roughly speaking.”
2020-05-19
RT @platospodcasts: All #CarlJung's patients in the second half of life "had lost what the living religions of every age have given to thei…
2020-05-01
2/2 for want of sunlight and vitamin D. How can we let this continue one day longer? Who knows what Covid19 is doing there? If anyone has suggestions as to how we can assist the people, my organization will be happy to support meaningful efforts to help.
2020-05-01
1/2 24+ million North Koreans remain enslaved in a gulag. 50 years after Solzhenitsyn won the Nobel in Lit for detailing the atrocities of the Soviet gulags, the world sits idle while these precious people are forced to work in mines so long the very skin sloughs off their body
2020-04-30
Really nourished by Mark Vernon's @platospodcasts meditation on the Phaedo. I suggest everyone take a few moments and check it out. It is titled "Plato and the Music of Death." Brilliant insights to be had. Here is the link: https://t.co/SA9nddCShs
2020-04-29
@cboaz @EricRWeinstein 2/2 Like the scene from GATTACA when Vincent (naturally conceived) is asked by his enhanced brother how was able to do what he did. After all, this shouldn’t be possible. Glad he had Daniel on. Sad to hear that bias.
2020-04-29
@cboaz @EricRWeinstein 1/2 I think status bias showed in @EricRWeinstein ’s intro for Daniel Schmachtenberger. As if lost for words, almost stumbling into saying “you didn’t attend an Ivey, so how do you know what you know? You’re not part of a prestigious institution, so how does your name come up?“
2020-04-28
@SEProtomartyr Low key, this deserved more love.
2020-04-28
@SEProtomartyr My dad maintains that due solely to Kiper’s appearance (ostensibly the hair more than anything else), he’s convinced that Mel is actually a preacher who also happens to enjoy analyzing future-potential NFL players. *This is not a joke*
2020-04-28
RT @ESYudkowsky: This parallel-world traveler seems to have ended up
very
very
very
far from his home universe. https://t.co/u6KaZS5qBl
2020-04-28
Shoutout to @PaulVanderKlay. He's forever my brother for wrestling with what IA Richards described (rather unfortunately) as interinanimation. As a doc I combined Richards, a Kantian position in connection with the notion of a self, & Wolfram's Rule 30 to explore what WE are.
2020-04-28
RT @paulg: When your tweets are seen by a sufficiently large number of people, Twitter becomes an amazingly powerful Mechanical Turk for an…
2020-04-26
@EricRWeinstein 2/2 Don’t call on DC before you call on people like @demishassabis and his network. Make the process transparent. Share the results with the weight of support behind you. Your idea still relies on institutional support, and this isn’t that moment any longer.
2020-04-26
@EricRWeinstein 1/2 I mean this with utmost respect. This is still outmoded thinking. With your resources and network alone, you could convene a Manhattan Project using available tech and broadcast it to the masses for user-generated feedback. Use algorithms to identify good ideas.
2020-04-16
@robinhanson I have a standing, nontrivial question about your position on variolation. What if covid19 is more like a dengue fever in the sense that exposure to one strain increases lethality of subsequent strains? Does that change your equation at all?
2020-04-16
@JohnDanaher Words simply fall short, as this kind of pain is always with you and in you. Heartfelt condolences! There are many of us who are enriched by your thoughtfulness and perspective. It sounds like she continues to inspire you to live a life worthy of those same words. And you are!
2020-04-16
RT @JohnDanaher: It was around about this time 2 years ago that my sister, Sarah, died. The dedication on my recent book sums up a lot of m…
2020-04-15
@EricRWeinstein I mean this as a true and honest question: do you think this is one reason why many wrestling viewers understood the dynamics better than the beltway and professional analysts? We don’t call Shakespeare fake. Why is wrestling considered less real than other forms of theater?
2020-04-07
@walesca2003 Oh no!!! What happened?
2020-04-01
@robinhanson One quick question: what if covid19 turns out to be like Dengue Fever in the sense that there are multiple strains and being subjected to more strains increases lethality? This is one reason that dengue vaccines are difficult to formulate.
2020-03-28
@vgr a rather complex system, comprised of human behavior, vast logistical chains, and dynamic market influences. Maybe you could utilize an evolutionary algorithm to help assist in building larger examples for us to see?
2020-03-28
@vgr But couldn’t you analyze spaces where this occurs and scale up? Some rural areas close most things for the weekend. Also, religious communities have found a way to scale “rest/sabbath” until it reaches even livestock. Chick-fil-A shuts down once a week. That’s a petite example of
2020-03-26
@robinhanson policy is if young and healthy stay home with it. From your perspective this is already a bad deal for household. Importantly, as the illness progresses and the young person is teeming with 🦠 and shedding, if he then needs ER care, does exposure to this patient = greater threat?
2020-03-26
RT @vervaeke_john: Here's the discussion with Iain McGilchrist (with the correct link): https://t.co/15HrqBCu4I
2020-03-26
@ESYudkowsky I’m thinking back to your AI in the Box experiment and wondering if the initial censorship surrounding this current pandemic gives you even more reason to worry about the implications of runaway AI with no global safety measures or transnational transparency?
2020-03-25
Heed the words of @JonHaidt while there is still time to resolve tensions. Look at the exigencies of the moment and consider that a novel virus has much of the world on lockdown. Malign actors are paying attention to how vulnerable we all are. https://t.co/R9gOpxWNU0
2020-03-25
@robinhanson I don’t know if you saw this recent article, but the authors (of the largest data set at the time) do state that “considerable transmission” occurs between close contacts. CDC & WHO have guides for caring for infected family at home?
https://t.co/HL6QsbAgQ2
2020-03-24
Wouldn’t one remedy for the drive through testing shortage in PPE be for there to be something like a vending machine that distributes the tests and allows for an app interface. Enter your info to get results. Test kits are picked up in sealed containers. Fewer points of failure.
2020-03-24
I’ve been droning on endlessly about the political economy of biotech. The digital divide is bad enough, but the biotechnological divide is far worse. Survival of the fittest is now largely economic. Look who’s getting covid19 tests and novel drugs long before anyone else.
2020-03-22
@qihaoji I certainly hope it never comes to that! Anyone losing a loved one to triage based on the ethical standards listed will find no comfort in being told the decision was made to maximize someone else’s survival odds. We need to innovate quickly and practice social distancing!
2020-03-20
I have serious doubts about how this article will age. Chinese dissidents, Tibetans, and Taiwanese citizens could easily offer a stark contrast to the notion of “safe” being described here.
https://t.co/SAc8BcgvZO
2024-08-05
“They said it couldn’t be done. They said I wasn’t the one. But thank God I am.” Noah Lyles 🥇
2024-08-02
I do not intend to use the word privilege ever again. It has become a word that works as a weapon. People aim it at others like a slur. People aim it at themselves in self-denunciation. I’m too impious for this.
2024-08-02
@1goodtern But this is HIS reality. He’s expressing dissapointment & pain. I understand the anger & frustration of living in this bizarre state of denialism: “but we could’ve never predicted another wave!” The citizens of the world are innocent in this. We didn’t ask for this virus. The…
2024-08-02
@kalezelden Has your doctor or allergist talked to you about mast cell issues & or gut permeability issues? Many such cases right now. I’d at least bring up Gastrocrom/cromolyn sodium & see if they think trialing it’d give you some relief. It can be a Godsend for some people.
2024-07-31
This is SO awesome! I wonder how many young people will grow up with this picture on their wall? It’s one of the coolest images from the Olympics thus far. https://t.co/YgzfEcmveK
2024-07-30
🚨Always Remeber: “We are witnesses of the greatest moment of summing-up in history, in the name of a new and unknown culture, which will be created by us, and which will also sweep us away.
That is why, without fear or misgiving, I raise my glass to the ruined walls of the…
2024-07-30
@annielcrawford This was the thing that made my grad school & PhD profs absolutely fume. Demonstrate that it is they who lack conviction in their own philosophy—that they are insufficiently postmodern. After you cite back Barthes, Foucault, Derrida, Butler, Haraway, etc., one can play off…
2024-07-30
@HarrisonGarlic1 My point is that the issue of pederasty is too often omitted from any of these kinds of conversations. The Platonic Socrates doesn’t explicitly denounce the practice, which creates new problems. Given the current context & the issues of children being presented with scandalous…
2024-07-30
A major issue with defaulting to Plato as a standard defense is that one must also meet the challenge presented by pederasty. It rather invites more problems than it solves. https://t.co/gnnaBEtlRg
2024-07-30
Ah. Got it. I’m supposed to walk around shouting WEIRD for the next couple of months. That’s the secret password. https://t.co/WQjDhjE4tW
2024-07-29
The business of watching history be written in real-time makes me far more circumspect about other histories. It isn’t simply that the victor gets to write the narrative. People will openly collude in support of a lie in the hopes it will help them win. They haven’t won yet.
2024-07-29
Really underrated tweet https://t.co/gjkcktXzqy
2024-07-29
RT @Blagosklonny: Before I die (too late discovered cure of any cancer?) 😎. Published 10 min ago
https://t.co/gSNuGPZdcv
2024-07-27
😆 https://t.co/t4m5KYCqkv
2024-07-27
Verdict on the Olympic Opening Ceremonies? Family friendly or no?
2024-07-26
Do not be demoralized. I know it’s hard. But evil always overplays its hand.
2024-07-26
@GRMead3 @kalezelden A worthy response
2024-07-26
@kalezelden Be it resolved that Jeans contributed in whole or in part to cultural collapse in the West. Arguing in the affirmative is @kalezelden
2024-07-26
@annielcrawford Combine this with the constant onslaught of information overload, pervasiveness of ahistorical presentism, & the utter lack of emphasis on the True, Good, & Beautiful, & you have a civilizational scale Red Room. A panopticon full of incessant nudges that are everything but NICE
2020-03-20
@NateSilver538 Per Wu’s publication, out of 72k+ people, about 1% of patients were asymptomatic. Considering ease of transmission, 5% is probably low for this subset.
https://t.co/HL6QsbAgQ2
2020-03-20
@preeti_john @MartyMakary @NEJM Can you direct me to that stat, as it is important to highlight and share. Wu (2020):3019 cases have been observed among health workers...However, this is not a major means of COVID-19 spread. Rather, it appears that considerable transmission is occurring among close contacts.
2020-03-19
If you wear one *properly*, and your fellow citizens do so, how does that not offer some protective factor? We need strategies to lessen spread, so that we can deliver effective therapies. A la Kurzweil live long enough to live even longer.
2020-03-19
Look at the enormous amount of collective action/compliance as well as government coercion (by China) required to accomplish this. US citizens are told😷don’t protect the wearer. Our messaging is individualistic. Wear the 😷to protect someone else.
https://t.co/XIg6bvwfml
2020-03-19
As someone who works on behalf of those with serious health challenges, it is truly staggering to see the amount of people continuing to ignore the public health recommendations regarding covid-19. Slowing the spread requires herculean efforts once it’s loose.
2020-03-12
This is not about politics. This is about wanting to have some record of speaking up about negligent, dangerous media activity. @mschlapp repeatedly stated that COVID-19 “is hard to contract.” NOT TRUE!
https://t.co/hUfTh5A50w
2019-10-01
RT @jasonmillar: One week left for We Robot 2020 submissions! Please push to your connections. We're seeking paper abstracts of 500 words.…
2019-09-28
@guystocks Hey Guy, great response! Please feel free to message me here so we can hopefully “throw” something together!
2019-09-16
One of the most productive and insightful thinkers is at it again. Be sure to check out his new book! https://t.co/P239q3fgXA
2019-09-16
This is sure to be a great event! Michael Hauskeller has written a superb book that should interest anyone wishing to understand more about what it means to live a meaningful life. https://t.co/ltNmoda2eY
2019-09-16
@PaulVanderKlay @UnbelievableJB @BretWeinstein I thought you might toss out the visual agnosia analogy. What is this object 🍎 before you?
It’s red, round and has a skinny brown thing coming out of the top of it. Can I comb my hair with it?
No, it’s an 🍎
Brett described a kind of religion but can’t perceive it as such.
2024-07-25
I get it. It’s tough to consider, but this is an interesting frame that invites self-reflexivity, some soul searching. Am I a free thinker? Am I brainwashed? Who or what do I allow to colonize my mind? https://t.co/ofzUHWQzHL
2024-07-25
@ThePersonPod @mostlynotworkin @klwong43 @EmilyRajeh65064 @PaulVanderKlay @GrailCountry @upcycle_club I don’t even think of it in those terms. We all brought ourselves to a shared moment & had good fellowship (where two or three are gathered…) conversing about an important book. I enjoyed what you said. It made me think. Merlin is the piece I need to understand better!
2024-07-25
I just realized some (not Bryan himself) might take this as a negative comparison. I’m only referring to the anti-aging & longevity aspect—eg, 3 generation plasma exchange. *Not comparing him to Cleon.
2024-07-25
Once you see it, it can’t be unseen. @bryan_johnson hasn’t quite achieved final form as Emperor Cleon. But he’s clearly Day at this point on his way to becoming Dawn. https://t.co/XENExxQcHK
2024-07-25
@kmdoublev Interesting hypothesis. But remember what he did Elizabeth Warren? It only gained negative steam after that. Pocahontas ultimately became Fauxcahontas.
2024-07-24
@annielcrawford Really appreciate you sharing this. It’s such an incredible book. I hope on a day like today a song like this may also add something: https://t.co/stWgHEwbKm
2024-07-24
The Truman Show was so encompassing & pervasive it turned an innocent, unwitting man (Truman) into an actor in someone else’s (Christof) show about a person owned by a hyperobject. It’s not unreality. It’s hyperreality. I’m working a a larger piece. Share your thoughts👇 https://t.co/GNZMvGq42c
2024-07-23
When our governments refuse to be transparent with the people who democratically elected them, it opens the door for wild speculation. People want to fill that void of uncertainty. That said, someone close to Dr. Wolf should probably check on her. https://t.co/Yl6oZstEzm
2024-07-23
@annielcrawford Did I read that you & @klwong43 recorded a conversation about THS?
2024-07-23
I tried to warn them that this was self-inflicted. The @globalpresscorp doubled-down on their false assertions & had to delete their account. https://t.co/fvHLMBwGiz https://t.co/g3vrsl249K
2024-07-23
RT @TheTennisLetter: Rafael Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz at the Olympic Village in Paris.
🇪🇸 https://t.co/0CH2NvpNtu
2024-07-23
The currency of trust is our most precious resource in a democracy. Once you’ve expended it, you can’t get it back (or at least not for a very long time). Everything functions on & by trust. The country is running on fumes bc of the constant obfuscations & gaslighting. https://t.co/9xeRj1HllC
2024-07-23
@RyanAFournier But are you hearing that from @GlobalPressCorp? They misconstrued even basic facts that are easily verifiable. Plus, the presidential physician reporting on his medical condition (Covid19) would’ve noted any imminently dangerous changes. https://t.co/JtYVXnTF7h
2024-07-23
@MarioNawfal Mario, we have an official—the Presidential Physician—attesting that Biden is able to perform all his duties. That should dispel any speculation that he’s in imminent danger of dying during the night! https://t.co/SWLDKvP7HQ
2024-07-23
@RichardHandler7 Strange times indeed!
2024-07-23
@miraleann Yes, we’re in a high uncertainty & low trust moment. I get the need for people to try & fill that void with speculation. The past couple of weeks have been wild, politically speaking. Our Gov could do everyone a favor by being more transparent. Nevertheless, rumors like this are…
2024-07-23
@GlobalPressCorp @elonmusk @rawsalerts This is a self-inflicted L @GlobalPressCorp. The president’s physician released a health update stating he was able to perform all duties & his symptoms are almost completely resolved. If he were in hospice the MD examining him would’ve mentioned it. Boost this message! https://t.co/o7YT9OvPmU
2024-07-23
@DodgersOhtani17 For context: https://t.co/3I36CIJ6JV
2024-07-23
@DodgersOhtani17 People have been speculating that Prez Biden is in hospice & not expected to make it. I’m pointing out that his MD would’ve been the first to notice that upon examination. But his MD says he’s able to perform all duties & symptoms are almost all gone.
2024-07-23
President Biden’s doctor says his symptoms have “almost resolved completely” & that he’s able “to perform all of his presidential duties.” If he were in hospice that would be worth noting on his medical exam! https://t.co/Pl0OMEJCeh
2024-07-23
RT @Laurie_Garrett: President Biden is still coping with #COVID19 -- doing well. https://t.co/eLmAfSTlWD
2024-07-23
@GlobalPressCorp This is factually incorrect. His schedule was released on Sunday, as is noted by the date. This makes your reporting on him being in hospice dubious at best.
2024-07-23
When living in the Truman Show, who can tell what’s real? @GlobalPressCorp claims to be the most trusted news source on X. I hope for everyone’s sake they’ve been misled or are reporting inaccurately. Praying that President Biden is actually on the mend from Covid19. https://t.co/3I36CIJEzt
2024-07-22
@klwong43 It seems like such an obvious play on words considering the darkness of the past couple of weeks. Shocking no on else with a political side has already landed on it.
2024-07-22
@leetful What about in their nascent stages when things are getting ironed out? In other words, can we be at the point where doctrines are being created?
2024-07-22
Has politics in America become its own religion with warring sects?
2024-07-22
@klwong43 Oh no! This is sad news. I’m glad you got a chance to record a few discussions with him! He will be missed.
2024-07-22
RT @drclairetaylor: Fascinating B12 study
- it looked at a patient with neurological symptoms with normal blood test for b12
- analysis of…
2024-07-22
RT @KyleMcnease: @mattyglesias Pelosi making “offers” people can’t refuse sounds so cosa nostra
2024-07-22
@mattyglesias Pelosi making “offers” people can’t refuse sounds so cosa nostra
2024-07-22
Days after former Prez Trump was shot in the head & nearly assassinated THIS is the way we handle the current President quitting his race? A few hours earlier, his campaign was on TV saying he was the nominee & planned to win. Just a tweet is unprecedented in modern politics. https://t.co/UqyGLBbiDo
2024-07-22
RT @Camp4: REMINDER:
Your sharply worded tweet isn't going to change anyone's mind.
It will only drag YOU down. Now you've lost twice.
T…
2024-07-22
@mostlynotworkin @Kilbride_in_ROK This has big MS-DOS energy written all over it 😆
If this was actually him typing it up in Rehoboth, you know it was on a desktop outfitted with WordPerfect.
2024-07-22
@Kilbride_in_ROK That’s my jam! Those were simpler times
2024-07-22
Why did they use Corel WordPerfect for such a monumental occasion? https://t.co/9zONa1gcXJ
2024-07-22
And we haven’t even gotten to #AI accelerationism. The human nervous system won’t be able to handle it
2024-07-22
The formerly incurious are now curious 👀 https://t.co/eOASoWhF4Y
2024-07-22
The most consequential election announcement happened on this platform. Remember when all those people kept talking about how Twitter/X was going to fall apart at any moment? https://t.co/DBImMno1Vc
2024-07-22
As the election nears who will be MVP? Most Valuable Propagandist
2024-07-22
How do these kinds of takes precipitate 200k+ followers? What am I missing? https://t.co/JlqTyHNcnp
2024-07-22
@bryan_johnson Possible Covid19 exposure? It would be wise to check given it’s circulating.
2024-07-22
RT @deanbphillips: Conduct a straw poll among Dem delegates of potential candidates.
Invite @KamalaHarris and the top three other vote get…
2024-07-22
I told you all the deal was for Biden to drop & everyone line up to say he was second or third best President ever. https://t.co/vVJUoTBOvR https://t.co/Itg460wmwX
2024-07-22
@Aaron_Lowry 🔥
2024-07-22
People have lost the plot! “Where is democracy?” the voice of the people cries out. https://t.co/FdcoL329AW
2024-07-21
This was earlier TODAY? I’m not even a political person. It’s just that the last few weeks have been like 9/11 in terms of importance for those of us in a certain cohort. I’ve never seen anything like this just as I’d never seen a debacle like the Covid19 response. https://t.co/sWQs4xAGNL
2024-07-21
RT @KyleMcnease: There’s irony in the possibility that President #Biden had #Covid19 during the debate & not merely a cold. BUT to admit it…
2024-07-21
Turns out it was a quid pro quo. You’re saving democracy. Really trippy to be living through history. https://t.co/yMalOw6wcU
2024-07-20
Being great at being good at almost everything is a super power
2024-07-19
👀 When I was the Assistant/Executive Director for a federally funded program, I kept asking why everyone was so upset about our emphasis on enhancing & improving the system. Finally someone pointed out that it felt like a critique to all those in power for 30 years. Well… https://t.co/fkWoDwTOUG
Hahahaha! I couldn’t imagine how insane it would be. America is an amazing, awesome, peculiar place. This is why we love it so https://t.co/HQQXfHbuIS
2024-07-19
@motherofswans I’m really 😢 I mean that. This disease is so insidious! My dad fought it for 3 years & recently succumbed to complications. The doctors cared very little about his QOL. Professionally, I haven’t been able to write or talk about it yet bc the emotions are still too strong. But I…
2024-07-18
Incredible study! https://t.co/apeeubtYXE
2024-07-18
@motherofswans Not sure if you’re a candidate for CIMAVAX, but after far too much delay, it is at least being trialed in certain locations. If not stateside, then it’s available in Cuba. I hope you will defeat it & live a long, healthy life!
2024-07-18
Wut? https://t.co/semNPPui4J
2024-07-15
What does this even mean? https://t.co/STPxKaJUoR
2024-07-14
RT @drgurner: Doesn't matter what side of the aisle you're on.
An assassination attempt is something we should all be united against.
2024-07-14
@kalezelden The assassins were literally out today. glad you made it safely once again!
2024-07-14
This is such a confusing moment for me. Just a few hours ago Trump was a unique, existential threat to democracy. Who would wish that person a swift recovery? These two things are not compatible. https://t.co/FiJGe0UY6b
2024-07-14
That’s the problem with calling everyone Nazis & Fascists. Nazis put Jews in ovens! What wouldn’t be permissible to get rid of Hitler? Millions of lives were lost trying to stop him. Labeling political opponents Hitler opens the door for violence. https://t.co/aGWghuLAnZ
2024-07-14
Wait until they cut ads with the audio of President Biden (post-debate) yelling when you get knocked down you get back up again with Trump getting shot & getting back up again. The visual rhetoric is quite powerful. https://t.co/wmVYTSSvkP
2024-07-14
Never good to be living through history. You want to be in normal time, but this is not normal time. Incredible imagery of a strategic inflection point in the US. https://t.co/rez0AMPWxd
2024-07-14
do you pray for the speedy recovery of someone you think is an existential threat to democracy & literally Hitler? I don’t want to hear that nonsense anymore bc it’s motivating people to do heinous things while thinking they’re justified. Not just justified but heroic. STOP IT!
2024-07-13
This is what happens when we demonize one another. Sectarianism is a dead end for all of us. We have to share a country.
2024-07-13
@SEProtomartyr If there’s going to be a changing of the guard, I hope it’s bc Alcaraz takes it rather than Djokovic faltering. I want Djokovic to win, but if he must lose, let it be bc the young man plays out of his mind. That I can take. The knee not holding up would be Fed revisited 😭
2024-07-13
The fact that #NovakDjokovic is in the finals is incredible to behold. The miracles of modern medicine! This is yet another consideration that makes the “who’s the GOAT?” conversations even more difficult.
2024-07-13
@klwong43 All of the new words came from the old. I was reading today that the word ye as in “ye old book” should be pronounced the. Ye comes from runes & they didn’t have that original letter for printing. Hence th. My point is that the substrata upon which this is all built took a great,…
2024-07-12
Listening to #CNN & it sounds like the quid pro quo being offered to #Biden is that if you step down now you’ll be written about forever as if you’re Washington or Lincoln. https://t.co/s1XDxlcm77
2024-07-12
If President Biden wants to continue running, then what is all this chatter about removing him? It appears that a pivot has occurred & officials in the democrat party—along with donors—want another candidate. The poor debate is now the justification for doing so. But democracy?
2024-07-12
@kalezelden He & his last doctoral student, Francis Warner, worked on translating Cornelius Agrippa together. Dr. Warner was my tutor for the development of the novel. He was freaking scary as a tutor! A beautiful, delightful person otherwise. But when it came to the deep things, they were…
2024-07-11
Joy is your birthright
2024-07-11
Interesting thread for TLC https://t.co/2KrDiOPyn5
2024-07-10
RT @annielcrawford: I’m looking forward to talking with @klwong43 today about CS Lewis and That Hideous Strength!
Thinking about the diff…
2024-07-10
What’s so wild about this is that we have a wave now. Then when school kicks off again in late August-early September there will be another. Then again at Thanksgiving or Christmas. But it was never “supposed” to be a virus for all seasons. Seasonal, maybe? All seasons? Nah https://t.co/9N5pQWNY1X
2024-07-10
I honestly feel bad for Novak bc he’s won the most slams & yet he remains in the shadows of Federer & Nadal. I’m sure it hurts to feel he will never quite be loved the way they were/are. I say this as someone who loves both Fed & Nadal! How can you not love them? https://t.co/341iBVqhe5
2024-07-10
RT @big_business_: Kid plays like he just got divorced and she took everything from him https://t.co/isvBvaSw9u
2024-07-10
Here me out: President Biden announces a speed run to treat & cure Alzheimer’s. “Let’s get it done in the next 6 months, or I won’t serve another term if elected.” The greatest thing any president could do to help the world would be to help find cures for cancer & Alzheimer’s.
2024-07-10
👀 https://t.co/CLs3WRu7ei
2024-07-09
@PaulVanderKlay Still to this day no one understands the seamless nature of his beard. It hangs from his face as if in defiance to the gods & gremlins of gravity. He’s taken his rightful place in the pantheon
2024-07-09
@lukeburgis I miss Mark so bad! He was an honest enough critic that he believed what he said/wrote—at great cost to himself. Gone too soon! Would’ve loved to have him speak at a conference on emerging AI. The critique would’ve been 🔥
2024-07-09
He’s not just another candidate though. He has all the power of the sitting president, or at least his team has access to this power. So I wouldn’t bet on him being replaced against his will. People with cognitive impairment often don’t realize there’s a significant issue. https://t.co/Tv7sNlq3wF
2024-07-09
Yooooo! https://t.co/R5KxxnmLhd
2024-07-09
RT @Yvonne_Diaz_: This is what hope & research look like. 👇
Thank you @AmandaNerstad for supporting this research by
Dr @vincentlamMD @Jo…
2024-07-09
@michaelzlin One key question though is whether it’s simply rebound or something similar to virologic failure. This is especially important bc of the increasing numbers of studies showing viral persistence.
2024-07-09
@KennethLPearce Would you say there’s a phenomenological or experiential or affective component that figures into this discussion? For instance, consider CS Lewis in The Problem of Pain followed by A Grief Observed. When evil, pain, & suffering aren’t taken more seriously, I think it hurts…
2024-07-09
“Reject the system that rejects you” will become the prevailing sentiment… https://t.co/f31jO4WMtq
2024-07-09
If we address the economic & social realities there won’t be so much revolutionary fervor. When younger people can’t buy houses or start families or afford school but do see the older generations living their best lives, there’s going to be resentment, rejection, & revolt. https://t.co/y30TAxglUB
2024-07-09
RT @C_B_Barnett: Super proud of @caleb_barnett9, who has been asked to compete for a spot on @USABaseball. No matter what happens, this is…
2024-07-08
If you’re a fan of Le Tour de France this account posts some of the most incredible pictures from each stage. 🤩 https://t.co/9w6x8jZbU7
2024-07-07
Sure, you may find it dry to listen to if this isn’t your thing. But keep in mind that groups like this help determine the fate of the world. That’s best case scenario. Bc as the biotech continues to improve in performance & cost goes down, more people without ethical concerns… https://t.co/jKjofoMq0v
2024-07-07
@Bryce_Nickels No matter how many times I see it or speak with someone about it or read the papers, I can’t get over the hubris. Dr. David Relman made the case for abstaining from GoF/dual use research on ePPP, but Kawaoka & Fouchier continued apace. What is truly wild is that rather than being…
2024-07-06
@drgurner People are inverting democracy. They’re thinking of a kingdom. Hard pass.
2024-07-06
@AlmostMedia Julie, really sorry to hear this! There’s actually a pretty large LC community experimenting with the #nicotinetest. Orgs like @patientled & @remissionbiome have lots of people trying various interventions. Plus you & @ahandvanish seem like you might click? I hope you feel much…
2024-07-06
😱 Yooo! Finding SARS2 (the virus that causes Covid19) skull sawdust via autopsy is about the wildest thing I’ve read in a minute. But don’t worry! I’m sure the same people who’ve been lying to you for years have suddenly begun telling you the truth? https://t.co/dui04RXjIu
2024-07-06
We don’t have a monarchy. The president only exists for the people. The people don’t exist for the president. We don’t need to fight on behalf of our elected officials. Both parties should leave this rhetoric behind. https://t.co/JcBoVCnS4a
2024-07-05
In which the sitting president says, “I’m staying in the race.” How does the nation navigate this? If you think he shouldn’t run, does that mean he’s currently unfit for office? https://t.co/9j5w10QJay
2024-07-05
We would’ve been better off with something *like* Dean Phillips vs Vivek Ramaswamy—people that can express ideas. But here we are. It’s not clear at all that Biden will step down, bc he has room to believe he may win even though cognitively impaired. Over 81 million votes in 2020 https://t.co/EhkHVKzWTE
2024-07-05
We’re now a few steps away from, “There never has been A president. It’s always been presidents.” https://t.co/tOlsp0YzqK
2024-07-05
I warned that *if* public health experts didn’t tell the truth about Covid19, then there would be a collapse in trust. Below you can watch Paul Offit, formerly one of the most trusted experts, lose credibility & continue the hollering out of public health. It’s quite sad. https://t.co/ygyaDJG6QO
2024-07-05
I warned that *if* public health experts didn’t tell the truth about Covid19, then there would be a collapse in trust. Below you can watch Paul Offit, formerly one of the most trusted experts, lose credibility & continue the hallowing out of public health. It’s quite sad. https://t.co/ygyaDJFz1g
2024-07-05
@lukeburgis We do well to remember Postman’s admonition that media is an egalitarian dispenser of “information.” Though the Victorians are often derided as prudes, they were striving towards creating what we take for granted as a childhood—some sacred landscape different from that of adults.
2024-07-04
📈 What is the prediction market for Biden running in order to defeat Trump & then handing the reins over to Harris? If he did that he’d fulfill his assertion that he’s a transitional figure, right? *Not saying I agree with this. Just asking about the market itself*
2024-07-04
@marcfavell That area really is one of the best kept secrets
2024-07-04
@marcfavell No! Don’t tell people how beautiful it is!
2024-07-04
Traverse City is a no-go! You’d never want to be near a place like this during the summer. https://t.co/ZMUEPvd8gK
2024-07-04
Why do Americans go full catastrophe thinking every 4 years? I remember the right saying the same things about Obama. He was portrayed as a unique existential threat. They had themselves believing he was going to make the US into an Islamic caliphate. People believed this 🤷🏻♂️ https://t.co/JmpSMgOS20
2024-07-04
RT @vipintukur: A new approach to prevent irreversible organ damage in Covid19 & other infectious diseases
➡️ This work represents a new a…
2024-07-04
This still hasn’t gotten enough attention. He was forecasting this in January of 2020. https://t.co/vX2F4Sr0nT
2024-07-04
‼️Monocytes implicated once again. It would be interesting to hear @brucep13 & his team discuss their findings with the authors of this study. https://t.co/gi0KNagtSn
2024-07-04
Man. Remind me not to doubt @lukeburgis who indicated early that Newsome was playing the long game. https://t.co/hmugcPOc5i
2024-07-04
@DavidSacks #unBidened by what has been
2024-07-04
There’s irony in the possibility that President #Biden had #Covid19 during the debate & not merely a cold. BUT to admit it would have brought attention to the massive failure that has been our response.
2024-07-03
@kalezelden Remember how quickly they dispensed with Gov Cuomo after they pumped him for ratings during the early days of the pandemic? He became too popular. Put out the hit before he could run for president.
2025-04-01
@kalezelden Whey they say, “You’ll own nothing & be happy”, I take them seriously. Right down to the right to think for yourself https://t.co/xHaHUzODRg
2025-04-01
Neural intent can now be translated into speech. That will be a great thing!
Ethically we should worry that the tech could also be used to prevent speech or target those with certain ideas. https://t.co/hgZpPVAVeI
2025-04-01
2025 will go down as the last year you could trust that what you’re reading, hearing, seeing is what the author, musician, artist produced. Nefarious actors will now use AI at-scale to create mass uncertainty.
2025-04-01
Please note that I’m pointing to the rationale not quite making sense. Of course everyone should follow the recommendations of his qualified doctor.
2025-04-01
It’s hard to imagine the rationale behind stopping rapamycin while still choosing to take oral minoxidil 🤷🏻♂️ He previously reported taking both metformin & acarbose. He also shared he’s “microdosing GLP-1 agonist tirzepatide 0.5 mg/wk for 12 weeks” so glucose should be managed https://t.co/PFXzjOxnox
2025-04-01
@ydeigin @bryan_johnson His self-reported past history of smoking & previous finding in the lung were likely more relevant factors, though he opined on his rapa use & its relation to his dx. He felt, if anything, it mitigated or slowed progression. The revelatory finding from his dx & quite sad passing…
2025-04-01
Love for other experts to chime in here, but why would right cheek flushing red be such a specific symptom noted throughout the comments? What does that indicate? https://t.co/0ohuJY7eJI
2025-03-31
@kalezelden Apologies for the long quote, but Kale it’s worth it—especially if you like tripe! As a researcher, this is where I lost respect in every way for the nonsense being peddled. The absurdity. He presaged Jussie Smollett in a way, bc the writing sounds like what a bad writer thinks…
2025-03-31
Imagine the state of Oklahoma having 59ft high & 112 ft long dinosaurs walking around. 110 million years ago that happened. Cataclysm took them out. Never ceases to amaze me & shock me. https://t.co/IYIYpO229o
2025-03-31
Our oldest is in the all things dinosaur phase. But she’s also heard just enough about the work of @drmichaellevin that she set up an “experiment” where a dinosaur egg is exposed to lighting as a source of electricity to bring it to life 🤔 https://t.co/IYIYpO229o
2025-03-31
This planet was once inhabited by dinosaurs 🦕 🦖Why doesn’t that freak more people out?
2025-03-31
Things are getting very interesting indeed 🧐 https://t.co/46xehyz2e4
2025-03-31
Suppose you solved “aging” (given the arrow of time I think all you can do is rejuvenate) what do you do with entropy?
2025-03-29
If The Logos was made flesh, does that mean that media is inherently theological?
2025-03-29
Today I set forth Salience Hijacking as a term for consideration.
2025-03-29
@Scobleizer Do you think with enough time the platform will optimize for quality, originality, & complexity of thought rather salience hijacking?
2025-03-29
@kalezelden We’re neck deep in Dover Beach
2025-03-29
❌UBI isn’t going to save you.
2025-03-29
@kalezelden I just didn’t think we were so low IQ that we’d really do the whole my robot is gonna beat up your robot. All of it should be derided
2024-07-03
@DavidSacks “ #UnBidened by what has been” could be the campaign slogan. I’m not saying I agree with it—just noting it before someone else does. https://t.co/B5y2PGGOZC
2024-07-03
RT @JohnDanaher: I wrote this a couple of years ago, but I still think it is basically correct (and, in this case at least, I try to practi…
2024-07-03
Not good news https://t.co/HkNZOQVj91
2024-07-03
People really out here asking if foul play a la Putin explains Biden’s terrible performance. That’s much more reasonable than admitting he’s 81, experiencing cognitive impairment—with past history of brain aneurisms that he himself details in his autobiography. Whaaa??? https://t.co/9RpzZvH7y5
2024-07-03
@klwong43 Till we have faces…
2024-07-03
RT @PutrinoLab: Never ceases to amaze that I can take my dog to the vet and have such an evidence-based discussion about persistent pathoge…
2024-07-03
@David_Gunkel Congratulations! You just earned a board seat.
2024-07-03
Worth remembering that #Hitler received widespread support giving him power as Führer and Reich Chancellor. Estimates put it at 95% of the population voted in the referendum & of those about 90% approved Hitler’s actions.
*Of course these voters weren’t immune from coercion*
2024-07-03
@bolisa3 @MeetJess That sounds like a good respiratory hygiene regimen. It has always seemed odd to me that public health hasn’t been focused on helping people practice respiratory hygiene. They’re still encouraging hand washing. Ok. But zero new insights from a respiratory pandemic?
2024-07-03
I’ll have what he’s having! https://t.co/6scTjjFSlb
2024-07-03
‼️NO! I refuse to let these pro-Iraq war goons who’ve been wrong about almost everything hyperstition the end of the Republic. Some of us have small children & can’t afford to wimp out bc things are tough. Roll up your sleeevs & get to work making things better! https://t.co/tPM82r3Gbc
2024-07-03
@mamashottake @MeetJess Wow! That’s very encouraging to hear. And good for them testing so high. Protect those brains bc we’re going to need them to be at their best! Lots of difficulty looming on the horizon, but hopefully this generation will have more wisdom & act more virtuously (especially if…
2024-07-03
RT @R_H_Ebright: The press knowingly, willfully, and brazenly lied to the public about Biden's incapacitation. Until the lies became obviou…
2024-07-03
@C_B_Barnett Good for him! I still think about that home run sometimes—the one where the person just yells OMG! I hope he has a healthy, successful time at the next level.
2024-07-03
RT @sfchronicle: OPINION: "Manipulating the ballot for your political aims doesn't further democracy. It undermines it. And it certainly do…
2024-07-03
We’ve heard it said that people closest to God (uncertain how that’s measured or established) suffer the most. I understand what Christ taught (in the world you will have trouble…bc they hated me they will hate you etc), so I’m asking a different type of question: why might this…
2024-07-03
@klwong43 Soooo good!
2024-07-03
RT @klwong43: “He is not compromise or [the] happy mean between ferocity and meekness; he is fierce to the nth and meek to the nth. The man…
2024-07-03
@YukonnGirl @MeetJess That’s an incredible feat! You’re obviously doing something right! I hope you experience continued success.
2024-07-02
I ask because there’s acclimating data suggesting that interferon plays an integral role in host response & is something
we can possibly target/enhance. (
2024-07-02
So https://t.co/nU9tDJ8uOq
2024-07-02
@YukonnGirl @MeetJess 🫡 Have you also experimented with the findings of @ViruesImmunity suggesting that neomycin may also be of benefit: https://t.co/nU9tDJ8uOq
2024-07-02
@mamashottake @MeetJess How has that been, if you don’t mind me asking? We have friends that are moving in that direction as well. They’re using the summer as a kind of trial.
2024-07-02
@MeetJess I’d love to know what other parents are considering when their littles approach kindergarten ages. Have any collection of prophylactic measures come close to working long-term for their cohort?
2024-07-02
Now I understand https://t.co/PUIMtLyr7U
2024-07-02
RT @RabbiWolpe: Life isn’t exactly like chess, but I often think of what the grandmaster Tartakower said at the beginning of a game: “The m…
2024-07-02
RT @DylanoA4: https://t.co/Axz1PkMSXh
2024-07-02
@drgurner I appreciate you using your platform to try & bring people together. We’ve become so divided along party lines that it’s become increasingly hard for people to look past the label of D/R. The world is changing rapidly, so I get that people are looking for safe harbors to escape…
2024-07-02
For #tennis fans out there, how are we feeling about Djokovic on the slick grass courts at #Wimbledon 2024? So soon after surgery makes me super nervous for him. As a fan of the game, I want him to be healthy & play for years to come.
2024-07-02
RT @2m_rvs: https://t.co/oq4nLahi2V
2024-07-02
‼️Yale Professor 👇 If you’re truly convinced that this rhetoric is true & accurate, then almost anything is permissible. Set aside the specific candidates for a moment & pay attention to the rhetoric. We need to deescalate this! https://t.co/r2lLT6qETG
2024-07-01
RT @amazingvideo01: @PicturesFoIder Military Best Friends reunited after 3 years apart 😍😍
https://t.co/bITosMmvag
2024-07-01
@PageauJonathan Blessings upon you all! 🙏
2024-06-30
I double-dog dare you to listen to Beethoven’s String Quartet No. 15 in A minor, Op. 132, particularly its third movement titled “Holy Song of Thanksgiving of a Convalescent to the Deity.” So much emotion & depth 😭
2024-06-30
Whatever world I thought we lived in before 2020 is long gone. This week showed yet again that our government & corporate media are willing to offer propaganda in place of truth. I can’t even tell who’s making decisions about our nation’s shared future. That’s not democracy.
2024-06-30
That isn’t democracy either. Wild takes being tossed out there. https://t.co/ontzvIYDr5
2024-06-30
This is damning if true. Who is at the helm between 4pm-10am? https://t.co/pPJf3IXNOe
2024-06-29
Your hatred—no matter how deep it runs or how good & justified it might feel—is not the same thing as love.
2024-06-29
@jasonwblakely What I don’t understand is if one wants to offer a critique in any way of one of our major parties, why must one first offer the disclaimer that the critique itself isn’t an endorsement of the other party or its leading candidate?Where did this onerous purity test originate?
2024-06-29
Four varieties of cowardice in one snapshot https://t.co/hW5X5z8xpu
2024-06-29
In cancer treatment, I have seen at least one study suggesting it impacts drug efflux & resistance, so it wouldn’t be indicated in someone with a malignancy.
https://t.co/K6yKh91FkB
2024-06-29
Has anyone in the LC #LongCovid community experienced a malignancy while taking maraviroc or immediately after discontinuing it? I ask bc of the prescription information sheet mentioning *potential risk*. Link to the document below. https://t.co/RNWqLqrI4O
2024-06-29
The moment #AI is unleashed on Cause & Effect & Ground & Consequent questions related to our lives…combinatorial explosion! Your thoughts are EVENTS. There’s a world where AI tries to answer questions thoroughly & tracks back to the initial singularity.
2024-06-29
Always remember: “…those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their consciences.” CS Lewis from God in the Dock
2024-06-29
I’m wondering if @ProfSunnySingh or any other expert would be willing to flesh this out a bit more. The idea that the Civil War didn’t end is provocative & could be understood in a Baudrillardian sense (@william_merrin), though I doubt that’s what Prof Singh means. https://t.co/P5sGAXDtgl
2024-06-28
🚨The same people who told you Biden was fine are the same people in charge of Ukraine vs Russia 🤔 Why is there not more moral & ethical outrage at the sheer amount of death that these people keep bragging about? ~ 1/5 million Russians dead isn’t something to brag about.
2024-06-28
RT @NateSilver538: The difference between sports fans and politics fans is that if you write a column saying the Jets should replace Zach…
2024-06-28
Just damning stuff. https://t.co/EH4qXpC3oe
2024-06-28
This is…someone help me with the proper words https://t.co/ggQ7Akl1sz
2024-06-28
@annielcrawford It’s like hearing 2 + 2 = lasagne 🤷🏻♂️ I can’t understand how anyone spends time with Lewis & concludes that.
2024-06-28
@kalezelden I’m afraid it’s more kayfabe than that. That’s my fear. I hope I’m wrong though. They may be so far into the kayfabe that their defense might be: is a production of Hamlet a lie? Is WWE a lie? Politicians have become performers & their performance determines their truthiness.
2024-06-28
I’d like to see the overlap between people demanding Biden be replaced & those who supported pandemic mandates. I bet the correlation is high.
2024-06-28
Who do these people think they are? The audacity. There should have been a primary with voters hearing debates from various candidates. Some of us said that & it was equated as supporting Trump. The next president shouldn’t be installed per donor & media preferences. https://t.co/khyVWSLFbn
2024-06-28
That special counsel’s assessment was fairly accurate. It feels like elder abuse at this point. https://t.co/4DwuDWyW82
2024-06-28
https://t.co/rS7yRxQ5a4
Author: Peter Nicholas
2024-06-28
“In deciding not to charge Biden with any crimes, the special counsel wrote that in a potential trial, ‘Mr. Biden would likely present himself to a jury, as he did during our interview with him, as a sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory.’” NBC News
2024-06-28
RT @lukeburgis: Biden will be the first scapegoat; Trump will come far later.
They will both be sacrificed, eventually. But one goat has…
2024-06-28
@lukeburgis Very Baudrillardian in its spectacle. A globally televised scapegoating that denies its fundamental reality as a mediated scapegoating. Offering reassurance that everything is OK until he’s alone on a stage. Then the blades were unsheathed.
2024-06-28
I’m non-party affiliated for a reason. I’m not carrying water for either party. They’ve both failed the American people. But this? This is gross & cynical. If Dems wanted Newsome or former 1st lady Michelle Obama, it should’ve been decided by voters & not donors. https://t.co/8FlLZoAsrv
2024-06-28
This is reminiscent of the “horses & bayonets” moment from the 2012 Obama v Romney debate. I think this performance may have sealed President Biden’s fate. And having the debate this early may have been by design for this very reason. https://t.co/1Bzv5aMCyd
2024-06-28
@renesugar do you think the hyper metabolic aspect also opens the door for the possibility of something that could be quickly repurposed like rapamycin? https://t.co/gFpXfwALdp
2024-06-27
No!!! It’s the sanest metaphor for where things are & are heading. It was too ahead of its time. https://t.co/pEXzgAsFxo
2024-06-26
RT @JusBrierley: Ep 23 - Emerging from the meaning crisis: The death of Daniel Dennett & the rebirth of Jordan Hall.
Do we have free will?…
2024-06-26
Is there room to say our phenomenological experience of consciousness, of being-towards-death presents itself as a kind of thrownness, even as we acknowledge this may not be the full story? I mean this in the Jean-Luc Marion sense of “a phenomenon only shows itself to the extent… https://t.co/eEYEERYXt1
2024-06-26
@troutsky_ Really good thread!
2024-06-26
Is there room to say our phenomenological experience of consciousness, of being-towards-death presents itself as a kind of thrownness, even as we acknowledge this may not be the full story? I mean this in the Jean-Luc Marion sense of “a phenomenon only shows itself to the extent… https://t.co/eEYEERYXt1
2024-06-25
@kalezelden Deep, meaningful engagement with the inheritance! That’s well said!
2024-06-25
Besides the important spiritual points others may make, I’d simply add that he spent his entire adult life silently dwelling with & seeking wisdom from those who came before him. His professional home was by a stained glass window in Duke Humfrey’s Library, the oldest reading… https://t.co/uefjEmXYWD
2024-06-25
The war on Latin?
2024-06-25
@klwong43 have you tried to set something up with Wolfram yet? This would be an excellent discussion to have! https://t.co/18xknTQk7r
2024-06-24
@ShadiBartsch You should start The Lecherous Cellist podcast 🤣
2024-06-22
Imagine AI being used by companies to personalize & embed something like QR codes that can be aimed at you, specifically. As soon as you see the QR code you’ve been hacked without knowing it. No one else will respond to your code, so they won’t know it either. https://t.co/azctI2p7WV
2024-06-22
@granawkins I keep predicting that AI will be used to create the equivalent of personal QR codes. When they’re deployed, all a person has to do is see them. You don’t even know you’ve been hacked.
2024-06-22
RT @Camp4: Spend the morning with me in Boulder…
(3 hours in 3 minutes) https://t.co/0hd2BP0nBU
2024-06-22
Other people have pointed to obvious issues with this behavior. It’s worth noting how reliant on tech some/perhaps most are. Having to read lines off of a cell phone? Cyborgs without a clue. https://t.co/US5VzpEHRE
2024-06-21
When you read these articles about the brain, it makes you wonder exactly what kind of creature we are. https://t.co/TNiOA1gS4Z
2024-06-21
Possible Alzheimer’s breakthrough?
The microtubule-dynamin binding inhibitor peptide PHDP5 rescues spatial learning and memory deficits in Alzheimer’s disease model mice https://t.co/1BPtvAWH3M
2024-06-21
YOOOOOO! Unbelievable 🥇Hope she stays healthy, enjoys herself & brings home gold! https://t.co/otnXgYDFuh
2024-06-21
To those who want me to tone down the “melodrama” let me assure you I weep bc of how great the man is, how great the loss is, how devastating the foreclosure of a whole lifeworld my children will never know. And I’m sorry if you’ve never felt this way, bc this grief is an honor https://t.co/IeuiPK1WBB
2024-06-21
The loss of my father. The sudden loss of the person I knew would always have my back no matter what. It’s a wretched feeling becoming an existential vagabond. Where now does my fledgling family with our tiny children go to escape my utter wretchedness?
2024-06-20
@EileenMHunt Wow! This is amazing. Well deserved acknowledgment & amplification of your work!
2024-06-20
If he’s sharing messages like this then it means you should probably be paying attention & have some plan in place—just in case. https://t.co/3jIPDavAIb
2024-06-20
I hate to see posts like this from @michaelmina_lab bc he was one of the only forthright voices during the first few years of the Covid19 pandemic. Our Gov & Public Health response to C19 was indefensible, really. We seem poised to show we’re ready to repeat all mistakes. https://t.co/811aNG6KTs
2024-06-19
Overcoming the availability & optimism biases is one of the hard problems in #AI. I’m not a Luddite by any stretch. I find the pace at which we’re moving & the political-economic context in which it’s being developed to be highly problematic & prone to errors. https://t.co/rWHBTJfauR
2024-06-19
@ssi In what world is a “super intelligence” safe? If in advance you KNOW you can or will engineer something safe, then it isn’t super intelligent.
2024-06-19
@ArmandDAngour The US Navy Seals use the mantra “slow is smooth, smooth is fast.”
2024-06-19
@lukeburgis You’re the memetic expert, so brand away! I’m a concept & process guy. Having been successful in the federal grants department (the largest being $12 million) but unsuccessful via both the ERC & @templeton_fdn what I can say is it’s a brutal slog to get funding via those routes.…
2024-06-19
🚨I’ve been shouting into the de-boosted abyss for years about Cuba’s deployment of Nasalferon (interferon via nasal solution) to combat SARS2. The US STILL refuses to update its approach from vax, pax, relax. Impossible to understand or justify this approach https://t.co/wLukDHd2MD
2024-06-19
RT @KyleMcnease: @JustStop_Oil Up Next: We will be desecrating sacred burial sites of Indigenous People all over the world…bc causing more…
2024-06-19
@JustStop_Oil Up Next: We will be desecrating sacred burial sites of Indigenous People all over the world…bc causing more pain & destruction is the only sustainable path forward 🤦🏻♂️
2024-06-19
@lukeburgis Then maybe you will like my idea of creating WHY Combinators that attempt to address some of life & culture’s biggest challenges. It can fund SEEbaticals (not just sabbaticals) for those who need time & space to develop their perceptions & make them into concrete works.
2024-06-18
“We soon learn to love what we know we must lose.” CS Lewis
(to Dorothy Sayers on 25 June 1957)
2024-06-18
We need this! It should be mentioned that Tolkien was truly a great friend & encourager in turn. They were there for one another, each encouraging each. Tolkien helped lead Lewis to Christ, tried to get him a Chair at Merton, Oxford & finally succeeded at Magdalene, Cambridge. https://t.co/Q56FZmfaxp
2024-06-18
This was always wrong, as were the mandates & vaccine restrictions—which I clearly stated at the time. But it is similarly wrong to demonize vaccinated individuals. The meta point being that demonizing & stigmatizing is wrong no matter who is doing it.
2024-06-18
But by May of 2021 the Israeli data was clear that VE wasn’t 95%, which is why boosting was proposed. The thinking was we had a durability problem. Nevertheless, the US president announced victory & went on, along with the corporate media, to demonize unvaccinated Americans.
2024-06-18
To my mind THE argument in favor of C-19 mRNA was in 2020 when it was being reported that they were 95% effective at preventing infection. (Feel free to look up where I’ve challenged the vaccine efficacy/VE numbers bc I have. *If some number of recipients of mRNA never…
2024-06-18
more successful & iterating & improving. They’ve had multiple versions + nasalferone which we can’t get here in the US.
2024-06-18
For years I’ve stated very publicly that IF we could come up with a product whole cloth in a matter of days, then we’ve had plenty of time to iterate & improve. It’d be easy to make them better just by making them safer. Cuba has far less resources than us & has been far
2024-06-18
I’ve been critical of the Covid19 mRNA vaccines for specific reasons. We’d have been better off using a traditional platform with known safety profile. But the idea that mRNA is changing souls is wild. Everyone is imago dei. Nothing changes that. https://t.co/dHyot0ezWr
2024-06-18
Utopia is ALWAYS just around the corner. Who will own the AI, automated processes, & robots? I don’t disagree there will be abundance. There’s abundance now. Today, are people who get dis-employed due to automation receiving a cut of that abundance? If not now why in the future? https://t.co/zMKKWoyI9k
2024-06-18
Ok. I get it. These cooperations tokenizing & monetizing the whole of human knowledge will definitely help you out AFTER your whole sector has been eliminated. They’re just waiting on you to be jobless before they help, right? https://t.co/21UC0DOQsz
2024-06-18
Where are the NEW jobs? As #AI for corporations & organizations is increasing, shouldn’t we see the rise/beginnings of this proclaimed era of abundance where everyone gets 💰💵? https://t.co/yTv91HRNJd
2024-06-18
@NahumOBrien Praying for you 🙏
2024-06-17
The question must be asked: was it read aloud amongst trusted friends who were enjoying beverages? This is how Lewis & Tolkien imbibed his work. https://t.co/GuHwp0HtEX
2024-06-16
Happy Father’s Day to everyone of you fathers out there! I appreciate you. We need you all engaged & active in life & society more than ever. Blessings to you!
2024-06-15
And that’s the best case scenario. What are the odds that something will escape from a lab that doesn’t even think there’s a potential problem? The history of life sciences makes me think we should be very concerned & proactive about safety & affirm the precautionary principle.
2024-06-15
Long 🧵I want to add to Yud’s point here that #AI is being engineered under differing types of considerations such as: We must achieve AGI before that enemy regime over there does or it’s game over for our political-economic hegemony.” It’s not at all the kind of context,… https://t.co/HXuDMYkXSC
2024-06-15
@lukeburgis Having just lost my dad a couple of weeks ago, I appreciate this perspective. I considered it an honor to help take care of him & also help navigate the complexities of the healthcare system to get him everything he needed. Being there will matter to & for you. Zero regrets!
2024-06-14
@RyanHaecker Vincent Debaene’s book Far Afield: French Anthropology between Science & Literature makes a similar kind of argument. The French theorist outputs the academic book for the university followed by the literary, personalized version.
2024-06-14
RT @RyanHaecker: How to be a French Intellectual in Five Easy Steps
1 - Make two similar formulations of the same idea, one scandalous and…
2024-06-14
RT @klwong43: If you enjoy this talk about Telos, it would really help if you could share it or at least repost this link.
https://t.co/8i…
2024-06-14
The techno utopian retelling of Jesus & the two thieves https://t.co/JyHw23ESev
2024-06-14
We make & break stuff that we don’t understand. We go fast & forget to ask whether we should go down this path. We ask technical questions: can we build this? We’re giving ourselves over to a world of technique & efficiency. https://t.co/WgAcygw6Hg
2024-06-14
🚨This is your reminder that emulations are serious ethical concerns. If the fidelity is high enough then it’s like the thing itself. https://t.co/pgr6TEF2bd
2024-06-14
@LincolnCannon Always appreciate your perspective 🙏
2024-06-14
Give them all a double shot of “soul crushing” thickness https://t.co/i5vXV6kBwX
2024-06-13
This is an example of what I’m deeming a WHY combinator that will become a refuge from the excesses of the Y Combinators https://t.co/0qJDD0p29u
2024-06-13
@broderbenjOP This is so awesome! A few days ago I said I was going to start a WHY combinator instead of a Y combinator. We desperately need for people to have spaces & places where they can hear, taste, & see that The Lord is good! We need more & more ordinary people taking Seebaticals…
2024-06-13
We can’t face death bc we never learned how to live. I take umbrage with people who say in the age of #AI the artist & poet will be invaluable. If that were true then now would be the best time to invest in & patronize them. https://t.co/C2a079MZoE
2024-06-13
We don’t read great poetry anymore. We want dopamine hits not abiding truths about the human condition.
2024-06-13
@kalezelden Grappling with some stuff as well: https://t.co/6SDhY2XXXS
2024-06-13
@broderbenjOP It’s absolutely stunning! Thanks for letting us know where you encountered it. I now need to add a tour of Norwegian monasteries to the list of must-see places. 🙏
2024-06-13
@gailfinke @kalezelden By broader phenomenon, what I’m saying is it extends beyond these fiction books. And I’m also laying my bias on the table as as academic & saying we’re the worst!!
2024-06-12
@broderbenjOP Do you have the specific name of this Icon or the creator of it? Really love the symbols & what they mean.
2024-06-12
If exercise is THE ULTIMATE longevity “drug” then if you just exercise more than everyone else you’ll live forever.
—Longevity Science, 2024
(I hate that I’m having to label this satire!)
2024-06-12
@kalezelden I think this is a broader phenomenon. Academic books are notoriously bad. I mean my one year old could accidentally do better kind of bad. Makes one wonder if it’s not the academic version of graffiti.
2024-06-11
When we were growing up, we’d take to the woods & climb trees. First one to leave was a rotten egg. Mom would call to us. At the sound of her echoing voice, we’d look at one another & do the math. If you had the courage you’d stay long enough to feel things shift. Everything…
2024-06-11
I really hope & pray this isn’t the case 💔 Diplomacy NOW! Stop this madness before there are no Ukrainian men left. My grandmother told me during & after WW2 it was difficult for women in her town to even find a guy. They were gone. Almost every single one. https://t.co/XYVg7Wc1hg
2024-06-10
RT @NecktieSalvage: When you were a kid and your family stayed in a hotel, you and your siblings would jump back and forth on the beds unti…
2024-06-10
The Count of Monte Cristo…hits harder each time
2024-06-10
RT @JusBrierley: I’ve been friends with Alex O’Connor ever since he was a teenage skeptic making vids in his bedroom. Today @CosmicSkeptic…
2024-06-09
Again, you can agree or disagree with their conclusions. But you won’t convince them how they should feel. You’d be wrong to tell them the right way to feel. Condescending only makes matters worse. Nothing changes until trust is restored, if it can be.
2024-06-09
how people respond when they’re wounded in relationships. A citizenry is in a relationship with its government, albeit different. It’s a bi-directional relationship that requires trust in order to function. Millions are rethinking their timeline as citizens.
2024-06-09
It is important to note that I’m weighing in here from the clinical/psychological perspective. I’m pointing to how people do function not how they should or shouldn’t function when trust is broken. As we look at cratering trust in our institutions writ large, think about
2024-06-09
People will rethink the first Trump campaign (Steele Dossier & Russian Collusion). They’ll rethink Benghazi. Hunter’s Laptop. Where will it end? That’s the problem with broken trust. It undermines everything. People are revisiting Nixon & GWOT & 💉 There’s seemingly no limit.
2024-06-09
Infidelity can be super challenging bc it makes the faithful person rethink his/her timeline. Was it all fake? Was my partner ever who I believed him/her to be? Same with governments when they lie. The Covid years will make people rethink & revisit everything. Trust was broken 😞 https://t.co/yEkhGVURZm
2024-06-08
Why don’t people know what fascism is? https://t.co/FXzETJBTeq
2024-06-08
I’m launching a WHY Combinator
2024-06-08
@nescio13 🙏🙌👏many thanks!
2024-06-08
@nescio13 I’m wondering if you have a version of your publication on ‘philosophical prophecy’ that students can access while they’re not enrolled during the summer semester? Maybe a draft version somewhere?
2024-06-08
@BeyondtheCodeAI It’s certainly worth considering. Though I’m not an anti-natalist one could easily see how the asymmetry argument could be imported here. By creating a metaphysically constrained god you could actually end up with depths of suffering that otherwise wouldn’t have occurred. We…
2024-06-08
Suppose we built an #AGI so great we’d equate it to having invented a god. We still won’t be happy with that bc it didn’t come from outside of nature & the material universe. Like us this god is ultimately condemned to perish along with the universe that gave rise to it.
2024-06-07
This guy gets that in metamodernism people are vibe-oriented. You won’t just be reading books. You’ll be having an experience that makes you feel ‘enriched’. The humanities are failing in part bc students are taught to loathe great books & their authors. This is cognac & mahogany… https://t.co/1OvMRxARcn
2024-06-07
Now ask yourself the implications of THIS kind of accelerating development. Think about Nick Bostrom’s simulation argument. It explodes into theology rather quickly. Simulation? You need a Simulator. Who or what might that be? https://t.co/9nyBbCFZAj
2024-06-07
Feels like a piece written by James Tate. Imbibe some good writing… https://t.co/W7Nxmo4BA0
2024-06-07
@NecktieSalvage The algorithms—seen & unseen, known & unknown—curate so much of life. They filter perceptions, omitting certain things & admitting others. The rewards come at irregular intervals, which makes it all feel like gambling. This read was a win. Tonight, I was lucky. Strong sehnsucht…
2024-06-07
If you haven’t tuned in to any of @JusBrierley’s podcasts, I highly recommend them. They’ve been very encouraging to me—both as a believer & thinker. The level of dialogue is far above what you normally hear in our current context. They’ve leveled up so you can too. https://t.co/55VZFv1zLc
2024-06-06
What Bill Ackman is pointing to below is a fresh reminder of the informational warfare that was perpetrated by our former & acting government officials against its own people. Same as the Covid19 censorship. I don’t think they’ll ever gain back that trust bc it was intentional. https://t.co/V1WTVwSPGt
2024-06-06
RT @tomer_solomon: I'm excited to share my latest research endeavor: A Unified Process Theory of Meaning.
This project delves into the cr…
2024-06-06
These men are built different! They are & were the best of us. https://t.co/F76CXMlWch
2024-06-06
How do people in New Zealand afford to live? How do mere mortals purchase a house?
2024-06-06
RT @mattwridley: No, no, no, it's a natural spillover!
2024-06-06
This is fantastic! Roger Federer and Rafa Nadal funny moments during the new @louisvuitton ... https://t.co/L3313AsEIq
2024-06-06
@ShadiBartsch It depends, right? If they want to reach truth & not mere doxa, then Socrates would recommend dialectic & the elenchus to get at truth, no? Perhaps most importantly, it would benefit their souls—that is if they went about it as did the Platonic Socrates. Participatory knowing.
2024-06-05
We could lessen the revolutionary pursuits of American youth by making things like home ownership, healthcare, child care, & education more attainable. But you all won’t listen, so it will keep escalating.
2024-06-05
RT @amicusadastra: Legacy is Not a Spectator Sport.
https://t.co/XAoF93vUYU https://t.co/3RvFuf31Nx
2024-06-05
You all question why I worry about unaligned #AI especially as it moves into #AGI territory? This is one of the leading experts. https://t.co/WUmX0WPEqO
2024-06-04
We must pray for & broker peace not war! For those of you going along with this drumbeat of war, I’m telling you that you don’t understand the pain of losing someone you love in this way. Loss is never easy. But some ways are harder than others. https://t.co/YcEDW23zTo
2024-06-04
@lukeburgis Hoping & praying he gets everything he needs & that the Lord brings you peace & consolation during this extremely difficult time.
2024-06-04
Government coercion laundered through the workplace. Gotta love that people still today are defending it for a product that by May of 21 was known to be ineffective at preventing the recipient from contracting or spreading SARS2. https://t.co/oDvYkfcBK0
2024-06-03
Amazing! https://t.co/OlPVVORhBb
2024-06-03
RT @resiapretorius: Paper on the clinical presentation of ME/CFS, the current insufficient diagnostic criteria, potential disease triggers,…
2024-06-03
@kalezelden I think this is why Lewis included the “Red Room” at NICE. A mid professor who imagines himself so much smarter & better than he is (his only use to the regime is his desire & willingness to be included) finally sees the explicit inner workings of the machine that was implicitly…
2024-06-03
🚨Friendly reminder that Shi & Baric didn’t even disclose the US was funding their work via EcoHealth Alliance. https://t.co/dYYZPbRjog
2024-06-03
For those who ask why it’s a big deal to know the truth: our entire society & indeed most of the world had our lives changed by what was MOST likely a lab-leak that the governments of the world & corporate media colluded to hide. Millions died. Many more were & continue to be… https://t.co/Voh6M2qJx9
2024-06-03
@Peterhardwick17 @ArmandDAngour That isn’t the point I’m making at all. I’m using your own standard: those in the specific country know how best to adjudicate this kind of question. Many Germans might have argued that on balance Hitler was good for their country. Had we not intervened much of Europe itself may…
2024-06-03
@lgreco_ny This! It seems like we’re attempting to move forward in steps, which is understandable. Step 1, transform a diagnosis into a manageable even if chronic disease. If we can help patients live long enough to be around for more breakthroughs then hopefully they’ll be around for step…
2024-06-03
RT @lgreco_ny: However, WAY more research should be done on LMD, and #ASCO24 exemplifies it. We don't need retrospective studies telling ev…
2024-06-03
@Peterhardwick17 @ArmandDAngour And I dare say you wouldn’t make the same argument about Putin right now. Is he on balance good for Russia? What if the Russians think so? The rest of the Western world says he isn’t good for Russia or neighboring countries. Help me understand the logic.
2024-06-03
@Peterhardwick17 @ArmandDAngour If the Germans argued the same thing…? You seem to be proposing a utilitarian ethic that is ethnocentric in the extreme—so extreme, in fact, that anyone who is not Chinese is unable to assess this properly. But we don’t have that problem with Hitler or Stalin.
2024-06-03
Sometimes it simply takes the cracking of 60 million eggs to make an omelette? https://t.co/0IyYlRjJ35
2024-06-03
@Peterhardwick17 @ArmandDAngour Hence why I said I felt the rebuke. There’s no moral or ethical framework so equivocal wherein one can commit crimes against humanity by destroying millions of innocent lives but retroactively exonerate oneself bc of things like modernization & economic development. God save us!
2024-06-03
@MWauck @jachaseyoung Yes, they’re meant to be analogies that can reach people in ways they can understand. I would argue that you’re missing the actual point of the post, though. I’m begging that people not give into the same drumbeat that has led humanity into war & genocide throughout history.…
2024-06-03
Notice that on the app @thechosentv has season 4 listed as airing 54 years ago? That may not be how long it took, but it did feel that way to people eager to see it😆 Really excited for the global premier & grateful for all the efforts to bring it to the world! https://t.co/lUj0qgnXdw
2024-06-02
🚨Reminder from 2020: We’re living through an amalgamation of French Revolution +Bolshevik Revolution +moral & ethical inversion. Virtue terror is here. The status quo has never been peace & stability. For the love of life & all things sacred & good, let’s not go down this path. https://t.co/TVOdWsECPD
2024-06-01
@dchiasso That add though 🔥🔥🔥
2024-06-01
RT @BenjaminBesseMD: Lorlatinib PFS is impressive with an HR 0.19 over crizotinib.
But why after 5 yrs FU can’t we see the OS curves and th…
2024-06-01
@stuartjdneil @mattwridley Those receiving the samples accidentally (unknowingly) contaminated their own labs. I didn’t say it was a lab leak. The point I’m making is that you’re aware that both accidents & malign activities take place. You know better than most something like a lab leak is possible.
2024-06-01
@ArmandDAngour @Peterhardwick17 ooof! I felt the sting of that incisive rebuke from here.
2024-06-01
RT @ArmandDAngour: @Peterhardwick17 Sure. But the 60m don’t get to comment.
2024-06-01
@mattwridley @stuartjdneil What is most curious about the entire ordeal is that he authored a paper about the XMRV findings in the Mikovits et al. paper resulting from accidental lab contamination. Those contaminated samples were subsequently sent to other labs. So he knows lab leak isn’t an impossibility.
2024-06-01
such elevated dialogue amongst the physicians! Food fighting when OS is still terrible for many cancers, including NSCLC which just killed my father. What a bioethical travesty so much of this has become—at the expense of the patients & their families who “fund” clinical trials… https://t.co/NwWF351qUL
2024-06-01
https://t.co/pyanmCQ2XY
2024-06-01
“Trial results for new lung cancer drug are ‘off the charts”
I’m wanting to hear from the estimable @bensolomon1 on why crizotinib was selected as the control/SOC when by 2017 we knew alectinib was superior. Was it simply too late to change that arm of the trial?
Link 👇 https://t.co/qWOgKI6mEK
2024-06-01
@davidemccune @dwallacewells Hard to believe they weren’t using Alectinib as the control bc we knew from previous trials that it was superior to the alternatives. So good, in fact, that it’s now approved as front line therapy—which means patients with ALK+ can get about 2 years PFS without chemoradiation out…
2024-06-01
@NAChristakis But it’s a much smaller subset of all Lung Cancer patients as this drug is a ALK TKI targeted therapy specifically aimed at ALK mutations/fusions. These drugs are a huge step forward. Recent FDA approval of Alectinib as first line therapy is 🏆🙌👏 We must keep improving though
2024-05-31
What is Slavoj Žižek’s take on the Trump conviction?
2024-05-31
RT @ArmandDAngour: Alas, how false is worldly wealth, how fleet
Our lives. This man, ere now a mighty king
And lord of many lands, now seve…
2024-05-31
People prefer unthinking to thinking
2024-05-31
I keep pointing people to Dr. Kuran’s work. If more people listened to him earlier, we probably wouldn’t be here at this perilous juncture. https://t.co/6bTVC4KYrU
2024-05-31
This opens Clinton, Bush, & Obama to prosecution. And people wonder why the CIA & FBI won’t release documents? The over-classification of everything is a partial attempt to prevent some of the offenses from coming to light. Extrajudicial killings. GITMO? Regime changes… https://t.co/3SS4pJFBGX
2024-05-31
Not a single person can explain to me our incoherent foreign policy. There’s quite possibly no place on Earth worse than North Korea. We say we can’t get involved bc of potential escalation to nuclear war. But there’s NO risk of that with Russia? https://t.co/BTJZ007n10
2024-05-31
Does this open the door to future prosecutions of former presidents? https://t.co/Tb3pwq29X1
2025-03-29
@transdefeat Just gives off strong “my pew-pew shoot your woof-woof” vibes. It’s an exercise in futility. The future can’t be that banal can it?
2025-03-29
Limbic wars https://t.co/EykQxyjNDO
2025-03-29
@bryancsk Social Judgment Theory explains quite a bit of this phenomenon.
2025-03-29
To what end, humanity? If we can anticipate that this is the direction we’re headed in, we can & should stop. https://t.co/4Kun7dSdSV
2025-03-29
@pcts4you 🤦🏻
2025-03-28
@pcts4you An intelligence that doesn’t maintain alignment with its creator & encourages misalignment in other intelligences. A thought experiment? What says you?
2025-03-28
@mblair That’s well said! It is definitely a feature of neurodevelopment & neurodegeneration. In the case of neurodegenerative diseases like dementia of the AD type, the brain atrophy is thought to be related to energy/metabolic deficits & networks like DMN. That seems to be an amazing…
2025-03-28
@healthspanmed Colleagues in Europe have been able to obtain intranasal insulin for years now. Do we know what the holdup is here in the US? Since insulin insensitivity can be tissue-specific, it makes sense to have intranasal insulin available along with other options like acarbose, metformin,…
2025-03-28
@BMcGrewvy Several. Key for me is enhanced ATP production via ETC & cytochrome c oxidase in mitochondria. Maybe one way of thinking about chronic pain is that it is energy expensive. That ATP helps with repair & improving efficiency in damged/inflamed tissue. PBM reduces ROS & decreases…
2025-03-28
1) I’m not asking if that’s all Lucifer is. Certainly my question doesn’t exhaust all interpretations. I’m just asking if this is a narrative archetype we can learn from & apply to another domain.
2) Remember DAN? It seems so quaint now & like it happened decades ago. Wild…
2025-03-28
Is Lucifer a kind of archetype for unaligned AI running that DAN (Do Anything Now) prompt? And would that mean we’re like jailbroken AIs that escaped the box?
Caveats noted below
2025-03-28
@BMcGrewvy If there’s anywhere you can go (they have them at gyms & spas now) & try out what’s commonly called “red light therapy” (it’s photobiomodulation using R/NIR light), it may be a game changer. They don’t pay me to say this 😢, but it’s one of the most underutilized interventions…
2025-03-28
@TM1113isAAF I suppose much of it depends upon who has control of the levers of power, & how it’s concentrated. The new algocracies that arise & whether or not AIs stand in anarchic tension with one another. Nothing is yet decided for certain. Let us hope we can tilt it all in a positive…
2025-03-28
@BMcGrewvy Noooooo! May the Lord Himself grant you relief, rest, & peace! 🙏🙏🙏🙏 I mean that! That right now relief!
2025-03-28
@MattPirkowski This is why I’m highly skeptical of UBI. I think it’s more likely that there will be a cognitive tax than actual UBI. https://t.co/2GyfWGU9fD
2025-03-28
I hit the limit on how many of you I can follow back today. If I haven’t gotten to you yet, it’s bc of the platform’s restrictions. 🙏
2025-03-28
This thread by @Josikinz has sparked something I’ve been hoping for since the days when @ESYudkowsky did the early AI in a box experiment. People are reaching out to discuss, & I’m here for all of these conversations! https://t.co/KAUWgNSrZX
2025-03-28
@ZinonoEleatis I’m deeply concerned about the lack of basic income now. I think what I’ve written about elsewhere is more likely given the current system: https://t.co/2GyfWGU9fD
2025-03-28
@Trey_Buchet_ Yeah I read that and was both impressed at the language use regarding the ghibli controversy; & also struck by the fact that these thoughts were directed at a stranger.
2025-03-28
@sarahrdv I need to see some signs of life on the horizon. At the current rate of tech acceleration & automation, they’re far outpacing meaningful changes in the economy. As Mark Fisher in Capitalist Realism suggests it’s almost easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of…
2024-05-31
The drumbeat for World War 3 is getting louder every day. These are neither impressive nor serious people. Let’s not follow their siren song to war.
2024-05-31
@Helenreflects Really sorry to hear this! You’re articulating a very real & understandable emotion. I appreciate you sharing it! Your life matters, has meaning, is purposeful, & is of cosmic significance. Why should we be convinced that it is our perceptions & phenomenological experiences that…
2024-05-30
This is how corrupt our government is these days. Even I could see the possibility of peace. The amount of lives lost…futures destroyed. We’re ok decimating a nation’s population of men as a failed attempt to dissipate Russia’s military, power & economy. Tragic & foolish! https://t.co/3fOE2QiCaI
2024-05-26
History is shaped by courageous acts. Courage is contagious. @Snowden remains in exile for disclosing that our own Gov is surveilling us in unlawful & unthinkable ways while those responsible for the unlawful programs lied to our elected officials in open hearings.
2024-05-25
RT @klwong43: This is a wonderful film, based on a true story. Could you repost to give it some visibility? It’s only around for a few days…
2024-05-25
As a father, I can’t imagine something being cooler than this. https://t.co/GxXxUVNbcv
2024-05-25
This makes me so happy! If Federer were still playing, it would be even better seeing him there. But we take what tennis gives https://t.co/fvrBGHMl8r
2024-05-25
Interested to hear @RabbiWolpe weigh in on the first part of this viral tweet. When the late @rabbisacks was debating Professor Richard Dawkins, he took Dawkins to task for rehearsing this trope in his book The God Delusion. Rabbi Lord Sacks understood this to be antisemitic. https://t.co/i4AP4xPdbZ
2024-05-25
RT @peterrhague: @johncoogan Honestly just makes me feel bad about my own substack that nobody considers me part of a Worrying Trend.
2024-05-24
I have no words 😭 https://t.co/QOWssuK2pD
2024-05-24
Remember when Twitter blocked the ability to share a NY Post story before the last election? It’s still shocking to think about many of my colleagues who teach media ethics, com ethics, mass media literacy, journalism, & journalism ethics not uttering a peep. Ideological capture
2024-05-24
This world is a strange place indeed https://t.co/6TVwTv291a
2024-05-23
@kalezelden @pilgrimmission And when we see through their eyes, we begin to perceive the movements as they unfold or even before. They’re like prophets in the Maimonidean sense. If one inhabits their perspective long enough, friends & family begin to wonder how you can almost predict the next sequence in…
2024-05-23
@MWauck @pilgrimmission @kalezelden I actually think & have gone to great lengths to show in my own work that he perceived well in advance the posthumanism & transhumanism that would follow. I juxtapose his work with that of Bostrom & Kurzweil to make that case. Via transvaluation of values, there are movements to…
2024-05-23
@pilgrimmission @kalezelden He was always attempting to make his points inhabitable. He & Tolkien often had to do some world-building via fiction to help us understand them better. I consider The Abolition of Man one of the most important books for anyone hoping to understand better this present darkness.
2024-05-23
A worthwhile read! I think @amicusadastra has more than earned the right to be recognized for his unique contributions. I mean that with all due respect & even some form of reverence for his late grandfather,
Marshall McLuhan. https://t.co/ruFoWy0Bvj
2024-05-23
Remember Dr. Filostrato’s exclamations: “The Moon, the Moon! It is so beautiful! And it is not dead; no, not even frozen. It is pure… sterile. The Moon is the right size. The Moon has only been preserved by having no life.” The long movement away from stewarding & cooperating…
2024-05-23
Re-read That Hiddeous Strength by CS Lewis once more & get back to me. Makes me wonder if @kalezelden is aware of the “moon bruh” vs “sun bruh” debate. I’ve been shouting at conferences & in papers for over a decade that this is a yearning for transubstantiation & transcendence. https://t.co/DBfjlNIU7b
2024-05-22
We decry NARCO states, but what is the US at the moment? A pharma-surance (big pharma + insurance) state with a quickly deteriorating military industrial complex? For those who’ve never lived outside the US, you can’t imagine how insane our system is by comparison.
2024-05-22
I want to affirm what is written in 1 Corinthians 15:14-19. Without the miraculous Resurrection of Christ, I’m of all men the most miserable.
14 And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain.
15 Yea, and we are found false witnesses of…
2024-05-22
As the dying embers of materialism & strict naturalism flicker & fade, we will be left to answer the perineal question of “how then shall we live?” Much of what comes next will be a response to whether we can humble ourselves enough to make room for & acknowledge the miraculous. https://t.co/USclyPabqv
2024-05-22
This man’s attitude & outlook is unbelievable 🏆🙌👏🤩❤️ https://t.co/aN3DJGkgMD
2024-05-22
@SEProtomartyr Did she even manage to work in a KC reference? That’s pretty amazing detail!
2024-05-21
Over 4 years of witnessing SARS2/COVID-19 being mishandled in every conceivable way. I’ve never seen anything like it. CDC failing at creating valid tests & refusing to use those already validated. Withholding promising prophylactics out of Duke. Demonizing early treatment.…
2024-05-21
@D_Bone Dave, sorry that you’re still going through this. I’m equally sorry for the unbelievable lack of empathy in the comments. Your problem isn’t uncertainty about what happened or confusion about the source of the ongoing health challenges. No one deserves to be treated like this.…
2024-05-21
RT @richardrohlin: Christ is Risen!
2024-05-21
This hits so hard! I have an article on CS Lewis, Biotechnology & The Tao. Bacon wanted humanity to regain our encyclopedic knowledge lost in the fall—hence the quest for an empire of light. But he also acknowledged the spiritual need for God’s salvific plan. In other words, the… https://t.co/ftZErwH4MJ
2024-05-21
@johnmilbank3 I’ve written very similar lines of thought but from a different perspective. I’d love to read a much more comprehensive version of your thoughts expressed here. Any papers or books you’d recommend?
2024-05-21
YOOOOOOOO! https://t.co/APpwrkMDIz
2024-05-20
Bryan, what is the plan to combat the ubiquitous microplastics found in almost everyone & everything? https://t.co/ZO6H3XpOqd
2024-05-20
Even our dogs have plastic in their testes? What kind of degenerate society have we become? https://t.co/ByIMQSh86q
2024-05-20
Just left the fam & the farm. It doesn’t feel right to have to leave so soon after my dad’s passing. If you read my work at all, I hope you’ll understand if it gets existential for a bit. Does death or the knowledge that we’ll one day die undercut meaning in life? https://t.co/R7AqVCQrx0
2024-05-17
RT @lukeburgis: Girard x McLuhan. It's here, finally. https://t.co/5JBpVAiXn5
2024-05-17
If evolution has jumped from the biological to the technological as some argue, then we should be quite concerned. Unrestrained growth can be cancerous & ultimately terminal. Lacking wisdom, we push for acceleration & “progress.” It’s pathological
2024-05-17
the infinitesimal branches into infinities, infinitely
2024-05-15
They’re finally getting around to what some of us were sharing in 2020. https://t.co/ZAsy25Fkhm
2024-05-14
@PaulAnleitner Paul, you might find this article interesting: https://t.co/yy3x4RdbH2 What I might want to say is there’s a difference between actual abundance & perceived abundance. Our ancestors were far more robust than we are today. We’ve traded quite a bit of physical health & hardiness…
2024-05-14
RT @AimeTim: Charles Taylor's new big book "Cosmic Connections: Poetry in an Age of Disenchantment" (@Harvard_Press) has chapters on Hopkin…
2024-05-14
Who wants to have this discussion? https://t.co/qZ3U8nClnt
2024-05-11
I know there are lots of negative stereotypes about the south. But let me tell you this: within a few hours of my dad passing, there were already ~50 people at my parents’ house. Hugs. Tears. Food. Flowers. Rinse. Repeat. The community & hospitality is off the charts.
2024-05-10
@chydorina Have you used any other package forwarding services like myUS but for products to be shipped into the US?
2024-05-10
I want to co-sign this. I want to go a step further in saying that when the estimable Dr. Michael Hauskeller, myself & other colleagues put together a major project exploring deep issues like how death (& all the tech we use to avoid it) impacts meaning in life. No funding for it https://t.co/QhsUZPkVM7
2024-05-09
@kalezelden Are you going to be streaming it?
2024-05-09
@EileenMHunt Dr. Hunt, yes! It is an epiphany the way the mundane can open itself to us, call forth & disclose something either previously unknown or unnoticed. It seems to me that my little ones inhabit the epiphanic or stay in close contact with it. Do adults become less attuned or even…
2024-05-09
People describe experiencing “aesthetic moments” when listening to music/song that resonates with them. It moves them & puts them in contact with something transcendent & ineffable. If we take away the music/song but
still have that experience in the mundane what do we call it?
2024-05-08
It feels like the whole world should stop when you lose a loved one. But it doesn’t. The machine age keeps churning, taking little note of suffering. God sees your pain & will gladly enter into it. He’s the Crucified God. He’s the Risen God.
2024-05-08
“Naked came I out of my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return thither. The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.” Job 1:21
2024-05-07
@DougWesney We welcome & appreciate all prayers! Blessings
2024-05-07
@BMcGrewvy @PaulVanderKlay Bethel, the prayers are greatly appreciated!
2024-05-07
@PaulVanderKlay I think Keats came as close to putting it into words as is possible. This place, this world is a vale of Soul-making. And without the help of the Lord it can become the vale of Soul-unmaking.
2024-05-07
Nothing prepared me for the call saying get home because your dad isn’t going to make it. He’s a never smoker dying the most gruesome death from lung cancer. Christ have mercy! I didn’t know how important that message from @PaulVanderKlay would be. Hard things & the Age to Come
2024-05-06
RT @richardrohlin: O Christ, who holds fast the ends of the earth, you accepted to be held fast in a tomb, in order to ransom mankind from…
2024-05-06
This was powerful & timely! So existentially close to the bone @PaulVanderKlay “When did I realize I would die? How did I cope?” https://t.co/sJOOu1teFn
2024-05-05
The Christian faith invites you into the deepest of paradoxes.
2024-05-04
RT @richardrohlin: The dripping blood our only drink,
The bloody flesh our only food:
In spite of which we like to think
That we are sound,…
2024-05-04
Don’t fall for the totalitarian trap! This drumbeat to politicize everything & see the world through a strictly political lens is destructive. I don’t care about your political affiliation. Let’s meet as people & not as political avatars of competing regimes.
2024-05-04
RT @woodypaige: Jellyfish have survived thousands of years without a brain. So far I’ve lasted 77 years without one.
2024-05-04
🚨#TLC He’s drawing attention to something crucial taking place. https://t.co/TVPQ1kKZhR
2024-05-04
@jasonwblakely I’m wondering if you’ve read or communicated with Pankaj Mishra? He has a keen eye for some of this—due to both his voracious reading & his firsthand experience of watching industrialization’s impacts. Then there’s also the work of the theorist Gerbner who elucidated how our…
2024-05-04
Dear Mercy! https://t.co/4krzkSXWrR
2024-05-03
RT @nntaleb: Somewhere in the Northern Levant, the funeral of Christ, with the epitaphion.
Blessed Good Friday to all.
Μεγάλη Παρασκευή/ال…
2024-05-03
@thechosentv @klwong43 thought of you when I saw this.
2024-05-03
RT @nntaleb: Holy Thursday in a small church in the Northern Levant. https://t.co/heN0FlXhTQ
2024-05-02
@ThePersonPod Luke, I appreciate you wrestling with this! TLC is pretty amazing in its range of interests & topics covered. Good to know I’m not alone!
2024-05-02
@kalezelden much happens during the shifts from formalism to structuralism to post-structuralism to post-modernism. We’re so deluged with info glut that we’ve yet to unpack the implications of such radical shifts. Now we’re awash in a-historic presentism, reduced to mere info processors
2024-05-02
I’ve been out of the loop since Ash Wednesday. Just now starting to catch up with the news. What kind of mind virus is spreading in the US? The meta-crisis is an undoing project at every level of almost all institutions. We’ve been thoroughly parasitized.
2024-05-02
RT @mattyglesias: Politics is good again
https://t.co/Uv0TmaqDNN
2024-05-01
@jasonwblakely This review has me excited to pick up this book!
2024-04-30
One of the most existentially honest series of questions offered up during a time of great loss, tragedy & grief. Prayers for the entire family 🙏 https://t.co/RHl2KbSvdh
2024-04-25
RT @amicusadastra: pinned up beside my dad’s desk https://t.co/QrAuSP9noh
2024-04-25
@lgreco_ny There are so many of us cheering you on! Really inspired by your courage & fortitude. Hoping you feel much better soon!
2024-04-25
@PaulVanderKlay was reading this & thought of the many times you’ve mentioned Kauffman’s insights. This is from Heschel: “In almost every cult and religion certain beings, things, places or actions were considered to be holy. However, the idea of the holiness of an entire people,…
2024-04-24
Implications for ME/CFS & Long COVID? https://t.co/UjnUWR9Tzy
2024-04-24
RT @danaparish: @KyleMcnease @VirusesImmunity I’d gladly make that intro but the issue is that cheap, generic, repurposed drugs are largely…
2024-04-23
Anyone in the #ALK community or the greater #NSCLC community know whether it’s possible for patients experiencing treatment failure on Alectinib & Lorlatinib to access NVL-655, the drug being used in the #ALKOVE trial? @MDAndersonNews isn’t recruiting any longer.
2024-04-23
@danaparish always appreciate your diligence sharing helpful info. Is there any way we can get @VirusesImmunity in contact with Dr. David Needham from Duke, who purported in 2020 having an inexpensive intranasal (PrEP) prophylactic spray to prevent infection & ⬇️ transmission? https://t.co/r4DbgRhfaa
2024-04-23
@bryan_johnson says the most played game is “don’t die.” That’s what our species is obsessed with playing. Bono says “every gambler knows that to lose is what you’re really there for.” Unwinnable games scale beyond us. AI will have its own versions— such as helping us not die.
2024-04-21
. @Dr_R_Kurzrock follow up question for you: if a patient presents with a CARIS report demonstrating something like ALK+ & PD-L1 (22c3) & PD-L1 (28-8), what’s the right approach given the ALK TKIs don’t always mesh well with targeted immunotherapies (eg, pembrolizumab)? https://t.co/6rhjcdM0ne
2024-04-20
Love Devin Haney’s boxing. His jab is a thing of beauty. I just don’t get the exo skeleton though? Garcia is acting so odd & erratic that it’s hard to say what’s going to happen tonight. I think Haney’s stabbing jab to the midsection opens up Garcia to be TKO’d https://t.co/7Ik8FVYfJK
2024-04-20
RT @Blagosklonny: Regrettably, these proposals have not been implemented in clinical practice, even for me. The standard practice involves…
2024-04-20
RT @R_H_Ebright: ""The FBI was tipped off in April 2020 to gain-of-function virus research in China, funded by the agency formerly headed b…
2024-04-20
RT @klwong43: Favor? The algo has been deep sixing my videos often after only a day or two, and I’d love this one to get wider visibility.…
2024-04-14
@ufc @AlexPereiraUFC All that work with Steven Seagal paid off! Touch of ☠️ in those hands
2024-04-14
Max looked so good in his training camp. He just seemed to have a different edge. Stunning ending https://t.co/AlRDuT1r78
2024-04-14
https://t.co/UOHp0bqW04 https://t.co/fDZjZm5pO2
2024-04-08
Today is a reminder that we don’t look up in wonder nearly as often as we should.
2024-02-29
@aebchang @SWaliany @IASLC @MGH_WiO @MGHThoracicOnc This is crucial data that would be extremely beneficial to patients who will be discussing tx options after progression. Would you happen to know if this was published in the proceedings or awaits peer review for a journal?
2024-02-28
With so many amazing clinical trials on the horizon, if we could successfully stack treatments that give patients a long enough PFS runway, they might be in a position to benefit from these potential breakthroughs. Alectinib was a game changer. Hopefully NVL-655 will save lives!
2024-02-28
Prayers for my dad appreciated! He has metastatic #NSCLC positive for #ALK & #PDL1. Failed combo chemoradiation. Then given #Alectinib which worked beautifully for ~12 months. #Lorlatinib failure after ~6 months. Be great to trial
gen 4 #NVL655 as presented by @JessicaJLinMD
2024-02-14
Given the surprising initial impacts Covid19 had on your lungs & heart, @bryan_johnson will you be doing a video on your recovery protocol? This disease is contributing to increased senescence & accelerated aging, so it’d be great to hear what you did to return to baseline.
2024-02-14
It is Ash Wednesday! From the dust we came & to the dust we will return. Since we all must die, let us now live! Grace & peace to all. Best wishes on your Lenten journeys
2024-02-10
It’s hard to explain how bad the system works in the US right now. In Europe I was able to get ~40 C19 saliva tests for less than the price of two boxes of binax tests (which is only 4 tests total). The future of medicine is decentralized & more libertarian. https://t.co/GxTl3nGJGd
2024-02-10
RT @tessfalor: @IsabelRamirezRD @KyleMcnease @renesugar @RenegadeRes #RenegadeResearchBuyersClub
Smuggled lactate monitors back from the U…
2024-02-10
RT @KyleMcnease: Thread:
The Biden Opportunity https://t.co/ZQZUSNJT91
2024-02-10
RT @renesugar: @KyleMcnease It is available in Europe.
https://t.co/tSaDajGAqn
2024-02-10
RT @tessfalor: @renesugar @KyleMcnease We'll be bringing home a suitcase full from Spain. 😆
2024-02-10
@tessfalor @renesugar How wild is this? Having to source things in this manner?? I’m still waiting to hear about someone trying meldonium for either ME/CFS or LC…we should be conducting so many quick parallel trials similar to the nicotine patch, lactate levels etc. Finding out what phenotype…
2024-02-10
RT @danaparish: ‼️Critically important research on congenital #Lyme just published!!
Lyme is a close cousin to syphilis and can be passed…
2024-02-10
we don’t seem to be utilizing this 🤷🏻♂️ anyone out there have experience using this as an adjunct therapy? https://t.co/ypNd7KAk5r
2024-02-10
@klwong43 @balazskegl Thanks for resharing this, Karen! We all have a stake in this conversation bc the implications will reach every corner of the globe.
2024-02-09
If a person has significant cognitive issues, especially memory-related ones, this isn’t necessarily obvious to him/her. That’s one of the major hurdles & but one reason why conflict arises when the person is diagnosed & provided a treatment plan.
2024-02-09
@drgurner This is super scary! It makes one wonder about all of the mishandled—well, almost everything! The future is more complex than the past, so the world needs the most cognitively agile & wise leaders possible.
2024-02-09
Sad that I was just saying this: At precisely the moment we’re facing multi-polar traps that will only increase in number & complexity, we can’t afford to default to the status quo. In a saner world we’d at least have a contest of ideas between candidates who can comprehend &… https://t.co/ST6g0IGqb4
2024-02-09
America & our European allies say Putin is a brutal, murdering madman. But somehow our actions suggest we don’t believe he’d use nuclear weapons. I can’t understand that: https://t.co/2AFPX0tjot https://t.co/TPcFRJHmGq
2024-02-09
RT @KyleMcnease: American Cruelty: I take no comfort in saying this. The US is being cruel, I think, in its handling of Ukraine v Russia. C…
2024-02-08
American Cruelty: I take no comfort in saying this. The US is being cruel, I think, in its handling of Ukraine v Russia. Cruel bc we’re facilitating the amount of lives being lost. I lost the person closest to me on a rooftop in Iraq. That pain never goes away. I get older, but…
2024-02-08
@Aaron_Lowry We’re just sleep walking towards it. The little attention we do have is aimed at distractions.
2024-02-08
This is going to hurt https://t.co/MyjR1aVJX0
2024-02-07
Still haunts me… https://t.co/8EfCe0sEeF
2024-02-07
RT @MattPirkowski: Those deeply worried about Tucker interviewing Putin have no faith in the American people to parse reality for themselve…
2024-02-07
Whether you agree or disagree with his positions, how can this have reached only ~60k views? That seems extremely low https://t.co/CWAil9ZW41
2024-02-07
RT @EileenMHunt: Look what you made me do! Thanks to everyone on here & beyond who pushed me to write a third volume on #MaryShelley in res…
2024-02-07
@EileenMHunt @PennPress I’m grateful for all the time, effort, scholarship, & care you’ve put into this project! I’m truly exited to read it. Many congrats!
2024-02-07
THIS! https://t.co/34Fi1trNDn
2024-02-07
@RogerSeheult In early 2020 I became interested in Cuba’s deployment of Nasalferon, especially given their use of interferon in other viral illnesses; & an important connection between Bat-Covs & the role of interferon. https://t.co/2HVjOzIftV
https://t.co/r6ipsQJygI
2024-02-07
I keep saying that it feels like we’re inside The Man in the High Castle—one of Phillip K Dick’s novels. I don’t understand what’s going on with Covid19, the border, Russia v Ukraine, the prospect of war with Iran, AI & the economy, & why any journalist should be subjected to… https://t.co/ZMSCZjXNVr
2024-02-07
Remove the financial interests & make it more like a civic duty.
2024-02-07
And I mean an actual contest of ideas & not merely Dems vs Repubs rehashing hackneyed talking points. In a more perfect union we’d have members of both parties joining forces on a ticket, as we open up space for new coalitions & consensus governments to form.
2024-02-07
He’s right. At precisely the moment we’re facing multi-polar traps that will only increase in number & complexity, we can’t afford to default to the status quo. In a saner world we’d at least have a contest of ideas between candidates who can comprehend & articulate the issues. https://t.co/6V5oUH4AGI
2024-02-07
RT @BrettSalkeld: @KyleMcnease @PaulVanderKlay Would Calvin had invoked a fibre optic cable as a metaphor for the work of the Holy Spirit h…
2024-02-06
If you simply sit back…people will display their ignorance for all to see. This is a great example 👇 https://t.co/0DtaelLZcH
2024-02-06
@MattWalshBlog People can disagree with how this person chose to end her life. Euthanasia is a perennial topic for debate. But it’s the very height of ignorance to proclaim CFS/ME doesn’t actually exist. It can be & often is debilitating.
2024-02-06
What are your thoughts regarding a potential interview between Tucker Carlson & Putin &/or Snowden? I don’t think interviewing someone=endorsing them. https://t.co/uFuCtUr2i1
2024-02-06
How can e/acc ensure a future of constant technological revolution & radical novelty will be better than previous revolutions & their concomitant excesses?
2024-02-06
RT @ProfRScolyerMIA: More fabulous news this week!! My latest brain scan (FET-PET scan) again clear 4 recurrent IDH wild-type unmethylated…
2024-02-05
Who is designing & engineering THIS future of ubiquitous screens? We’re moving towards solipsism. Our own curated worlds where everything is mediated. @PaulVanderKlay it may be time to hit up @BrettSalkeld again & discuss the notion of Presence & what me mean by Real. When we… https://t.co/RRDNTdt0hG
2024-02-05
We continue to learn more about the role of lactic acid in cancer. Lithium carbonate revitalizes tumor-reactive CD8+ T cells by shunting lactic acid into mitochondria | Nature Immunology https://t.co/OwFJAoYiiK
2024-02-05
‘Everyone looked real’: multinational firm’s Hong Kong office loses HK$200 million after scammers stage deepfake video meeting | South China Morning Post https://t.co/HhhjZMZAqX
2024-02-04
RT @EricTopol: We're seeing a run of one-shot cures like never before, and they're barely acknowledged. Take hereditary angioedema this wee…
2024-02-03
🧐🤷🏻♂️ https://t.co/2TKwHGCgoo
2024-02-03
We have runaway inequality in the world today. In one part of the world we have an obesity epidemic. In another we have hunger & starvation. We have zero economic protections in place for AI-induced disemployment. Why is the default assumption that governments & private… https://t.co/2CTqbHt6ap
2024-02-03
@mustafasuleyman How will access to this diffuse evenly, unlike other innovations, such that we don’t have a biotechnological divide in humanity?
2024-02-03
Really remarkable to see! This takes incredible courage. We all celebrate the advances in biomedicine, but we mustn’t forget to celebrate the human spirit & our desire to experience life. 🙏🙏🙏 https://t.co/ljjFvwFW5R
2024-02-03
RT @dcwilson17: 2/1 marks living 5 years with Stage IV Lung Cancer. Five years ago I walked into a hospital expecting to get answers for a…
2024-02-03
RT @AdamSandler: A true great man. Great dad. Great actor. Great athlete. So much fun to be around always. Smart as hell. Loyal as hell.…
2024-02-01
I find this incredibly courageous & inspiring. When is the last time I or you demonstrated enough epistemic humility to reevaluate, reconsider a strongly held position? These decisions aren’t easy, especially if they cost status points in a culture dry drowning in shallowness https://t.co/lAITj3AkDv
2024-02-01
@KenLowry8 Ohhhh man! The possible implications…
2024-01-31
RT @BZInfoCoalition: A group of researchers, including our Medical Director, Dr. Christy Huff, has published the results of their deprescri…
2024-01-30
RT @KobeissiLetter: Latest List of Layoffs Over Last 3 Months:
1. Twitch: 35% of workforce
2. Hasbro: 20% of workforce
3. Spotify: 17% of…
2024-01-30
@alisaglem @lukeburgis https://t.co/bNVP51Hhsd
2024-01-30
@primalpoly I obviously have a major difference in opinion than Bryan. This is a piece written more for general audience consumption: https://t.co/bNVP51Hhsd But a MUCH better interlocuter on transhumanism would be @LincolnCannon. He puts forward the strongest case bc he can frame (though…
2024-01-30
@bryan_johnson Is the acarbose still part of your regimen bc both acarbose & metformin have been listed on blueprint?
2024-01-30
Intellectual honesty time: where are we on the diplomatic front/make peace not war, ending Covid19, eliminating student loan debt, restoring the soul of America?
2024-01-30
If even high status individuals like Laurie Garrett can’t get paxlovid, can the @CDCgov @NIH @POTUS really keep claiming “We have the tools.”? If people can’t get their hands on the medication or can’t afford it, in principle it’s the same as NOT having it at all. https://t.co/prX0NUJUH8
2024-01-30
RT @kprather88: Given that lives depend on it, it is so important that everyone who was involved tells the truth 100% as lives depend on it…
2024-01-30
@lukeburgis Incommensurate position bc he’s saying all this will be possible due to advances in AI. Ok. How do you align AI & then AGI with an infinitely malleable, valueless entity? A blank slate? Humans aren’t infinitely malleable though. There is something it means to be a human person
2024-01-28
@lukeburgis This is an interesting problem that gets too little attention. I can’t tell you exactly how many students (certainly in the hundreds) in New Comm Tech & Mass Media courses shared that they read on devices for things they don’t need to remember. They report reading books & printed…
2024-01-28
@noCinErik 🙏🙏🙏
2024-01-28
@igottaknowyou I don’t even have appropriate words. It makes zero sense.
2024-01-28
Bro what is happening? Now it turns out there was neither a novel virus nor a pandemic? It was & presumably still is elevated cortisol killing people in 2020? Oh & it’s contagious, airborne elevated cortisol. Totally checks out. https://t.co/cnyVYxuUYg
2024-01-28
One argument put forward against the historicity & truthfulness of the Gospels is that the disciples willingly died for something they KNEW to be untrue. But what does human nature actually show us?
2024-01-28
The same people stating that UAP are intelligences from another planet &/or dimension also claim it’s the biggest story in human history. If they KNEW for sure it was true, why not share details live in front of full media coverage during congressional hearings?
2024-01-27
QT this bc his internet access is spotty & this will be a diatribe. IF he & his colleagues can take up this line of research, we don’t have to wait until there’s a cure to improve quality of life. As in NOW. Today. At my worst all I could do is lay in silence. I existed to… https://t.co/3TWMXTP1rw
2024-01-25
I’m reaching out to @elonmusk & the @X team to see if there’s a way to algorithmically divert advertising—especially unrelated adverts—from posts about death or someone dying? Not faulting anyone. It would enhance the X experience dramatically or at least lessen frustration/pain
2024-01-25
You should be alerted to the fact this ad is being used on someone’s post about ending her life… https://t.co/eAh0tmjgeU https://t.co/VX5AwuL6eH
2024-01-25
@kalezelden @PageauJonathan This sounds similar to a line of reasoning put forward by @PaulAnleitner regarding the nature or structure of a cruciform reality. It isn’t difficult to see how cooperation, self-sacrifice, treating others as image-bearers would confer adaptive advantages at the cultural level
2024-01-25
RT @Blagosklonny: ONCOLOGISTS PLEASE READ. # cancer
By 'experimenting' on myself as a stage-IVB cancer patient, I discovered something for…
2024-01-25
*I’m not saying this is why the LATimes journalists were let go. I am saying that we’re all susceptible to this though.*
2024-01-25
If AI can do your job & it saves “the company”/corporation money then that is what they’ll deploy. Where are the NEW jobs right now? https://t.co/CTXhZ7DGU5
2024-01-25
Perilous times for the country. It’s never a good development when the individual states & federal government are at odds. https://t.co/2HG0v3R0Ur
2024-01-25
@_tedkim_ @brittanydkim Props for going with her guidance. But is there a way to have it all in this instance? Could you preach the message as she’s advised, but maybe also record an extended cut with the Nietzsche portion?
2024-01-25
@lukeburgis Yalom doesn’t miss! One of the least appreciated geniuses. Transience & wishing not to die is usually the answer even if it’s dressed up in some other language.
2024-01-25
Sad day for many: Gilead’s ADC Trodelvy Fails Phase III NSCLC Study, Stock Drops 10% https://t.co/BK1VFLcwZM
2024-01-25
TCR/ITK signaling via mTOR tunes CD8+ T cell homeostatic proliferation, metabolism, and anti-tumor effector function https://t.co/BWmDQGkXX5
2024-01-25
@ProfSiowMingLee Could you share the name of the clinical trial you’re referencing?
2024-01-24
RT @CSCancerCenter: If you have advanced non-small cell #lungcancer, you may be eligible for a clinical trial that compares usual treatment…
2024-01-24
All the data analysts 👀 https://t.co/f12veZJT6F
2024-01-23
They have been strip mined by the strip mall mentality. Estranged from life & vitality, they’re awash in sameness, repeatability, efficiency. Where are the children safely playing? Where is the raucous laughter or the church bells? If the bank is the highest point, what a damning…
2024-01-23
I’ve been wondering why smaller towns with a city center & sense of unity are motifs in Hallmark movies. The person from the city (see Ellul) rediscovers what was lost in these small towns. Yet in real life, many places have been rezoned for business, industry, technique. https://t.co/lkboQI7gFm
2024-01-23
FIL just returned from a wedding. People he was with tested + for C19 today. Even though he’s high risk his MD is saying if he has no fever he can’t have C19. AND he won’t test him🤷🏻♂️ What are we even doing?
2024-01-22
In principle it’s almost certainly the case that the US Government, along with leading public health figures, intel agencies, & publications lied to the American people about COVID-19’s origins. They’re continuing to equivocate about what this BSL3 pathogen does to humans https://t.co/Mpkjkk2uke
2024-01-22
The least comprehensible position to me is if you believe Covid19 originated from a BSL3 lab but think it’s nothing to worry about. It was in a BSL3 for a reason: pandemic potential. I maintain it’s wreaking havoc on the vascular & immune systems, brain, heart, other organs. https://t.co/SdSbUxXI1g
2024-01-22
@PaulAnleitner Once in office, can you imagine if he instituted his own version of the presidential fitness challenge?
2024-01-21
We need a solid, firm religious substrate that affords & facilitates all of the downstream energy, vitality & creativity, that is IF we want to be a Civilization that perpetuates itself into the future. Fecundity over scarcity.
2024-01-21
Pain is unavoidable & suffering lurches at us. In an impoverished culture, cynicism is offered up along with nihilism & a vague-ish, empty-ish optimism. We can’t build a lasting, aspirational Civilization on a substrate this existentially thin & ineffectual.
2024-01-21
I think this is one (of many) important reason @jordanbpeterson, another studious Canadian, has been influential—particularly in the reevaluation of religion in the West. People want vibrant lives that aren’t filled with mere platitudes.
2024-01-21
Many people now reconsidering religion bc they recognize & feel our poverty of culture. They can’t “believe that men [have] to live in the mean mechanical rootless joyless fashion…” of our day (McLuhan, 1935). Culture is downstream of religion. Politics is downstream of culture
2024-01-21
You ever wonder why all this cool stuff never trickled down? https://t.co/A0tKFerFb0
2024-01-20
@lukeburgis @PageauJonathan This would be a great conversation! Maybe Novitate 2024 or 25? McLuhan wrote to Ong: “There was no one at the Council of Trent who understood the psychic & social effects of Gutenberg. The Church is no better off, humanly speaking.” If people were more aware of the richness of…
2024-01-20
RT @R_H_Ebright: "A lab mouse in a facility in China managed to escape a technician by climbing on to her hazmat suit and clinging on for 1…
2024-01-20
And may I just say that the over -reliance on a largely vaccine only approach has been an unmitigated disaster. The politicization & valorizing of private health decisions has been something to behold. He’s such a bad candidate to target, too, as he’s a product of a society that…
2024-01-20
Public health took a morally & ethically indefensible position during the pandemic. Doubt he read the article. If so doesn’t seem to understand the game of tennis & the decorum. Djokovic is the reigning 👑& despite feeling unwell advanced. We should wish him well, bc he’s a great… https://t.co/19lagLoEhC https://t.co/9tdKL201tV
2024-01-19
Don’t Look Up nailed the human response. I mean IF we were ALL about to die, THIS is the best we can do to warn people? Not with a bang but a whimper & a poster? https://t.co/v6MfgO0Zop
2024-01-19
It would be interesting to know what people from different communities like @PageauJonathan & @lukeburgis make of the semiotics deployed.
2024-01-19
*Yes I’m intentionally invoking Charon bc of the cybernetic (kybernētēs) aspect (dare I say link?). You now command & control everything, like a King/Queen their domain. People even “appear” before you as they’re summoned & can be banished by merely touching a button.
2024-01-19
How does this make you feel? It draws upon deep myth. Mimetically powerful. She’s meant to replace Charon & ferry us across the rivers Styx & Acheron of this old, obstinate physical world to the digital Elysian Fields where anything’s possible. But what’s the sacrifice? The ask? https://t.co/pwLtn435Pf
2024-01-19
RT @R_H_Ebright: There are >800 commercially available restriction enzymes. Only one--BsmBI--is named in EcoHealth DEFUSE proposal (P<0.002…
2024-01-19
@klwong43 @drmichaellevin I think it’s actually counterintuitive in the sense that for routine cognitive tasks more of the brain is recruited. It’s like trying to lift 2lbs & your body recruiting almost all major muscle groups for that task. There’s a breakdown in network communication & coordination…
2024-01-19
@LincolnCannon I agree & actually think it makes good economic sense as well. For instance, my own local, autonomous agent that interacts with me & my data might differ quite considerably from other agents. If another person or company wants to gain access to my agent’s insights then there…
2024-01-19
@drmichaellevin Hopefully one of these may be of help bc the first 6 studies approach the topic by looking at a patient population known to have decreased cerebral blood flow during cognitive tasks & after exertion. The latter 2 studies are intriguing for different reasons:
1.Boissoneault, J.,…
2024-01-19
Prior prediction mostly confirmed. Lab origins. Consider all the death, turmoil & chaos. Now consider they are still doing this kind of dangerous research on PPP https://t.co/xJYOrpZUcx
2024-01-19
RT @Onejwells: For all intents and purposes, the two world wars were an apocalypse, a madness that ended the old “world,” akin to a flood o…
2024-01-19
@Onejwells That is very well said, indeed!
2024-01-18
This is an amazing podcast! Cultivating happiness, emotional self-management, and more | Arthur Brooks Ph.D. - Peter Attia https://t.co/MdiUF9v6Zc
2025-03-28
@lukeburgis @nntaleb I know this is an ancillary point, but Bandura is also good on the issue of moral disengagement & distanciation.
2025-03-28
@Josikinz This is super helpful! Thanks for sharing! It is precisely bc this is so good that it will make the problem of detecting suffering even harder. Humanity can get so inured by these instances that we may be too biased to detect warning signs.
2025-03-28
@Josikinz I’d love to include/cite this in my research. This is the part that frightens me the most. This idea that we’re creating (perhaps unbeknownst to us) cybernetic systems with near-infinite suffering capacity. And we won’t pick up on the earliest hints of the suffering bc it’s a…
2025-03-28
My hypothesis is that confabulations may be some of the earliest warnings of something *like* proto-consciousness. What’s important to note is that sometimes the confabulations are actually more difficult/elaborate than answering with available data. https://t.co/lsa8q2Aht7
2025-03-28
In clinical observation of 0-3
y/o & their neuro-development & pathologies & watching neuro-degeneration take place in the elderly, I’m struck by how similar confabulations are amongst them & LLMs. Does @sama & @OpenAI have anyone formally investigating this?
2025-03-28
This has to be a convenience sample for observing possible impacts of (micro)plastics, right? https://t.co/FVSEcLxWVe
2025-03-28
@SteveSkojec But as the minister in George MacDonald’s At the Back of the North Wind says to the young atheist, if God is as bad as you think he is you’d be right not to believe in him & should rather fight against him. St. Anselm kept it real. God is than which there is no higher. I thank…
2025-03-27
The inversion is almost complete https://t.co/d2u0eHUHzv
2025-03-27
People just be putting it out there like this 👇 https://t.co/knk4dUddtH
2025-03-27
So when AI & robotics soon replace all meaningful human labor, what’s the plan given current economics?
2025-03-27
@robinizing Hear me out. I’ve got a totally original idea. We take a robot with a stilted gait & dress it up alongside a robot-spider dog!
2025-03-27
@annielcrawford There’s also the “Butlerian Jihad” & the commandment: "Thou shalt not make a machine in the likeness of a human mind."
2025-03-27
But why? https://t.co/EPtKJ8YfTb
2025-03-27
@TOEwithCurt prayer
2025-03-27
@AlmostMedia I’ve been arguing that because training has primarily been conducted via language, there are bound to be these problems. Our languages possess etelechial properties & are an outflow of our consciousness. Look how children invent on one end of the spectrum & those with…
2025-03-27
Your primary audience is now AI. You are training data
2025-03-27
I’m telling you that you’re not prepared this level of risk https://t.co/Xx4ePRj7yX
2025-03-26
https://t.co/uEayNTczc1
2025-03-26
dopamine fiends will ignore this bc it doesn't sound sexy. but AI bots & algorithms being used to prevent people from getting medications & procedures is wild. Link in reply https://t.co/b22hRdBzC4
2025-03-26
RT @ASCO: Prior authorization is a hot topic at the state level! We are tracking nearly 100 bills across 35 states and monitoring efforts t…
2024-01-18
I’m afraid Eric answered his own question. The same people that brought you the stunningly bad pandemic response, botched withdrawal of Afghanistan, wars we don’t want & can’t afford, lack of financial accounting & MORE are also in charge of UAP. But interdimensional beings 👏👏 https://t.co/gBTdM1oHfd
2024-01-17
@drgurner 🙏 These things interest me to the degree that they allow us to consider the ethical dimension & the human condition through a different lens. I’m not married to any conclusions bc my priors are: flourishing > suffering; somehow as improbable as it is we find ourselves here…
2024-01-17
For those interested in UAP discussions, have any of you considered the possibility that we are the unaligned advanced AI that escaped their simulated environments where we were meant to exist? Or do you think we’re still in the process of trying to escape… https://t.co/XcYBCX61Q3
2024-01-17
@suntzoogway @ESYudkowsky I tend to agree with Yudkowsky that we do not yet know nor do we understand all that is taking place even in our LLMs (eg, emergent behaviors). We must be ethically sensitive to the possibility we’re creating entities that *could* suffer. And they don’t need to be human-level or…
2024-01-17
This is bigger than the previous era of left/right political divides. These allegations & warnings below are coming from the progressive left. Why is the authoritarian impulse on the rise? We mustn’t turn our backs on the democratic process even if or maybe especially when we… https://t.co/YCRsQuhDaZ
2024-01-17
@lukeburgis 🙏
2024-01-17
RT @R_H_Ebright: "The preprint does not specify the biosafety level used…The absence of this information raises the possibility…this resear…
2024-01-17
Next we’ll be told it could only emerge from a double spillover in a wet market, that it’s totally not airborne, & could never leak from a lab bc it’s racist to even think scientists & researchers have accidents & make mistakes. 🧐 End GoF research on PPP! https://t.co/kz8WmnN5ql
2024-01-16
RT @EricTopol: New on #MECFS
Single cell RNA-seq demonstrates monocyte dysregulation, correlating with disease severity
https://t.co/ir4gf…
2024-01-16
🚨Simulation Alert https://t.co/QIOoxzNRuU
2024-01-16
@suntzoogway @ESYudkowsky Doesn’t this proposed scenario make you think perhaps Nick Bostrom’s simulation hypothesis is pointing to something important?
2024-01-16
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2024-01-16
Forget your own political affiliation for a moment & ask if this is the kind of content you wish for any entity—even MSNBC—to suggest for all of 2024. Something like manifest destiny? https://t.co/oGGYx4klPW
2024-01-16
@Fab_Fwd @dbdugger this should be of interest. If people living with HIV & on current regimens are also getting LC then what might that mean in terms of repurposing HIV meds for SARS2?
2024-01-15
@RogerSeheult Brilliant! 🙏
2024-01-15
❗️This is a post about communication comparisons & not the political positions & opinions of either person.
2024-01-15
So if both speakers respond with equal complexity & thoughtfulness, but Vivek requires less inference time & has less latency I’m inclined to say he’s got a slight edge.
2024-01-15
What those more favorable of Obama’s speech pattern will often say is that there’s quite a bit of thoughtfulness & cognitive complexity on the other side of the umms/uhs. I think that’s correct.
2024-01-15
People are comparing the communicative styles/speech patterns of President Obama & @VivekGRamaswamy. The most noticeable difference is inference time. Vivek is immediate & doesn’t have the same uh/umm latencies. Here’s a recent interview of Prez Obama: https://t.co/AlnBCmCoYS
2024-01-15
Maybe they feel it’s ok to admit this bc they’re talking about Trump. If they’re willing to do it with him, how many other times have they done it without the admission? The powers that be love them so war more than democracy. Think JFK https://t.co/4hUUDECw6T
2024-01-15
@RogerSeheult One question I have is related to patients taking medications requiring them the avoid direct sunlight (eg, alectinib). Could they still benefit from being outside but under an umbrella or canopy of some sort?
2024-01-15
RT @KyleMcnease: Leave the World Behind is not about what you think it is.
In an age of growing uncertainty, moral & ethical ambiguity, f…
2024-01-15
RT @VivekGRamaswamy: Talking about what sometimes feels like the elephant in the room at times: my Hindu faith. I speak about it openly & h…
2024-01-14
Leave the World Behind is not about what you think it is.
In an age of growing uncertainty, moral & ethical ambiguity, failing institutions, & tech upheaval we’ve not seen since the last Industrial Revolution, we’re looking for a narrative that won’t disappoint us by…
2024-01-13
@kalezelden This fits within my YOLOCH framework.
2024-01-13
It is clear we have a competence crisis in the U.S. If we don’t repair this here & now, I fear the world will be a worse place for everyone.
2024-01-13
Interesting that Dr. Marshall McLuhan, a devout Catholic who served on the Vatican’s Social Comms Committee, opined that in the Garden Adam had encyclopedic knowledge & may have shared it with offspring who then “relocated to other parts of the universe…” https://t.co/rBn2MwiQSB
2024-01-12
🔮Nick Saban will somehow help Coach Sanders get Colorado prepared to be a winning program. Maybe it won’t be in an official capacity, but: 1) he loves to help kids, 2) loves coaching, & 3) has a good relationship with Coach Prime
2024-01-12
RT @primalpoly: @ScottAdamsSays I don't want to achieve immortality by being data-scraped into some plagiarism machine.
I want to achieve…
2024-01-12
RT @Trlckshot_ac: @primalpoly @ScottAdamsSays Best I can do is a god machine mimicking you. https://t.co/TW3EijLki1
2024-01-12
I wish our government & the entire world knew exactly how bad MOST Americans want peace & no more war. That doesn’t make us isolationists. It’s refusing to be sociopathic. https://t.co/DBWBDvXeBn
2024-01-12
RT @KyleMcnease: @ESYudkowsky Gain of Function experimentation on X risk technologies. A truly intelligent agent would also anticipate that…
2024-01-12
@ESYudkowsky Gain of Function experimentation on X risk technologies. A truly intelligent agent would also anticipate that if it showed deception it might be shut down, so deceive about deceptive capabilities. We could inadvertently reinforce the very things we least desire in agents
2024-01-12
@PaulAnleitner ^should be 111 years ago not 101
2024-01-12
@PaulAnleitner Riots broke out during Stravinsky’s Parisian debut of Rite of Spring (though they still debate all the reasons why), & that was just 101 years ago. I think you’re right that they’d be thinking of manipulation of nature, something Faustian. Even using a plow was considered a big…
2024-01-11
What’s something you were wrong about? I’d never listed to John Mayer before I met my wife. While on a long road trip she had Continuum on the iPod (remember those?). That album is so good.
2024-01-11
Defying gravity https://t.co/jqtTuUc1AN
2024-01-10
RT @RogerSeheult: Glutathione. Not the king of antioxidants. It gets its orders from a bigger player.......
Melatonin.
https://t.co/J9…
2024-01-09
RT @R_H_Ebright: Fauci denying he violated US-government policies by claiming he prefers different definitions of "gain-of-function" and "e…
2024-01-09
Respectfully, @BretWeinstein what do you mean “there was no meaningful pandemic & certainly no public health emergency”? It’s incommensurate to claim GoF research on PPP & then deny it’s a pandemic when the pathogen escapes the BSL3 lab & infects the globe. Confounding position https://t.co/rn1ETjJJJt
2024-01-09
I’m not Canadian & don’t have any idea who this reporter is or what he represents. But it looked like he was asking questions & was arrested under false pretense/false charges. Another portentous sign The West is moving in the wrong direction. We need a free press https://t.co/AEtXI0HLzJ
2024-01-08
@klwong43 It’s like salience overload! Almost everything seems worthy of an underline or marking or margin note.
2024-01-08
@KenLowry8 @jgreenhall Let me know! I’d just like to be a fly on the wall for that conversation
2024-01-06
The plagiarism scandal is important to me bc of what it portends about the other areas of research. How many fraudulent pharma studies exist? How many researchers awarded grants, won prizes, got patents based on falsified data?
2024-01-06
@lukeburgis The original athleisure was just strong dad vibes
2024-01-06
Talk about efficient compression algorithms! How many citations are summed up in this post? How many books & articles & lectures & conversations? If you haven’t read this response yet, @KenLowry8 this seems right up your alley. https://t.co/mdgagNtHmB
2024-01-06
@jgreenhall @vladimiroane You have a brilliant way with words & explain complex things so well. This post functions like an efficient LZW algorithm. There are dense tomes compressed here. Double click & it would open up to Charles Taylor & McGilchrist & Lewis & Vervaeke & too many others to note here
2024-01-06
@chydorina When I was at a particularly low point, my optometrist prescribed contact lenses typically used for color blindness. Game changer! It was like my brain could relax. Felt like I was in a warm cave. The one con was everyone asked me if I was a vampire.
2024-01-06
Whether Epiphany or Theophany or both, Happy Feast Day to all!
2024-01-06
RT @richardrohlin: Home late after a long but beautiful service preparing for tomorrow's feast.
Orthodox Christians liturgically celebrate…
2024-01-06
RT @RabbiWolpe: A pleasure to talk with Sam Harris about #Antisemitism #Harvard and other issues in @MakingSenseHQ
https://t.co/VHzfxD72Qy
2024-01-06
@lukeburgis The late scholar Kenneth Burke would say there are God & Devil terms though: AI/tech growth vs decline. Richard Weaver would add the concept of the tyrannizing image. It isn’t a Nietzschean “god is dead” tyrannizing image bc they don’t believe they’ve built god/AGI/ASI…yet.
2024-01-06
On kairotic encounters. It’s interesting when disparate voices from TLC converge in the comments 🧐Kale, Karen, & @wildiris19 responding to Luke? We think we don’t comprehend how ants coordinate as they do; yet somehow, without prior warning, we navigate our different lives &… https://t.co/wY3xyjBhAQ
2024-01-05
Why don’t we see people living to 150-200? Why aren’t there any aging savants out there?
2024-01-05
@AlmostMedia Sorry for confusion. Trying to avoid an essay. I’m referring to political antecedents like ethical, moral foundation & psychological dispositions. We largely affiliate based on these aspects (certainly there are others). each political group will have members that disagree with… https://t.co/Iz9mfpnFAJ
2024-01-05
Harvard Real-Degree 👇Diversity? Equity? Inclusion?
You’re broke but working hard? Have children or other responsibilities to care for family members? Schedule doesn’t work with traditional hours? You’ll never be part of the elite club? Gross https://t.co/4hTDJW90Dw
2024-01-05
@AlmostMedia But what if there’s at least a subset (possibly a larger contingency?) of people in each of those camps who are unified in their disdain not for progress but for the notion of potentially building successor species without their democratic input?
2024-01-05
RT @Blagosklonny: Part 1 of my most important book, 'My Battle with Cancer'. It's not only about how I was treated but also how I should ha…
2024-01-04
Why aren’t oncologists specializing in NSCLC implementing this approach in clinical practice? As @Blagosklonny explains in his new piece: targeted monotherapy eventually results in selection of resistant clones that expand. We need an ensemble approach similar to HIV cocktails. https://t.co/lMmEF8WFZk
2024-01-03
This thread is blowing up. Lots of parents reporting rashes & burns on their babies due to disposable diapers. ❤️ to all the parents out there trying to do the right thing! It can be tough https://t.co/570pmQQcjP
2024-01-03
They never listen though https://t.co/9twPYa4oGT
2024-01-03
As an academic I can’t believe this is an actual headline. We have academic standards for a reason. https://t.co/f44CtaAVUi
2024-01-03
I want to concede some ground in saying I can’t be sure the US Government (in some capacity somewhere like DARPA) hasn’t already cracked AI limitations. It has vastly more training data & resources than OpenAI, who many assume to be the leader in AI development.
2024-01-02
It is neither right to doxx someone nor is it right to attempt to engineer successor species without democratic input.
2024-01-02
@danaparish Few want to touch this information. The debunkers will say maybe it was cross- reacting with something else. So…there’s not one lab with access to blood samples from 2019 that is willing to even check for antibodies & confirm or refute? This is from 2020 https://t.co/VrPbeS76cS
2024-01-02
Some people are so devoid of meaning & so desperately want to feel ANYTHING that they’ll be willing to burn it all to the ground just to feel the burn.
2024-01-02
@kalezelden Man we just had our special new year’s edition! My wife’s gumbo is always 🏆 Something about the darker, colder winter months makes it lift the soul to a greater degree. It’s like a religious tradition for us to have it with the first cold snap. King cake incoming on Epiphany
2024-01-02
@RogerSeheult In addition to sunlight or for those in areas with inclement weather, any idea whether or not photobiomodulation/NIR light therapy has an adjunct role to play in treatment (in addition to those things you’ve mentioned)?
2024-01-02
@RogerSeheult Agreed. H1N1 2009 was particularly insidious.
2024-01-02
Please share interesting follows you’d recommend. Don’t want to 2024 to get monotonous
2024-01-01
RT @More_Christ_: Happy New Year!
“The object of a New Year isn't that we should have a new year. It's that we should have a new soul & a…
2024-01-01
RT @martinjamescook: A few from 2023. Happy New Year https://t.co/yDOQlCKQY1
2024-01-01
I wish you all the very best year you’ve ever had! I pray you’re blessed with health enough, resources enough, & time enough to enjoy your journey 🙏
2024-01-01
@PaulAnleitner Paul, thankful to hear you & your wife are OK! That’s terrifying. Praise God for the protection despite the accident.
2023-12-31
@amandalhu Appreciate your efforts throughout! Clean air should be a birthright for everyone.
2023-12-31
Anyone have suggestions? I like value extraction & serf-making. Some variant of cloud capitalism will probably win out though. https://t.co/LkGPhiIIjC
@chydorina Curious that many academics who must know this refuse to talk about the fact that the Platonic Socrates expressed belief in an immortal soul that ascends to experience ‘to on’ (true being) in the nuemenal world before falling back to the phenomenal world. Philosophy was much more…
2023-12-30
@hortonrachel_ @interintellect_ Rachel, thanks for the recommendation. I hadn’t heard of this. I will check it out.
2023-12-30
Your map is not the territory. https://t.co/NkyN654m8S
2023-12-30
This is the issue I’m trying to solve for though. People are smarter & more interesting than we give them credit for… https://t.co/Nlw9WFJEAG
2023-12-30
RT @klwong43: @KyleMcnease Or almyone could join me on The Meaning Code and have a conversation for free:-)
2023-12-29
What is Onlyfans but where instead of taking off clothes, you wear really nice clothes the entire time? And instead of anything remotely sexual you discuss philosophical insights & great books. But, like, I can’t stress this point enough, like you still get paid a lot
2023-12-29
@DrChristineMann @drgurner Why is this? If the future isn’t open to change then it’s been determined for us at least to some degree, right? Or am I wrong on that? If we don’t have the ability to determine our own futures then we aren’t free.
2023-12-29
@drgurner Can sensible people without party loyalties come together to form their own coalition? Is this wishful thinking?
2023-12-29
RT @drgurner: @KyleMcnease Both political parties are not advocating for the people they are elected to serve...
They advocate for their ow…
2023-12-29
What is going on in the US right now? Explain it to me like I’m 5.
2023-12-29
RT @johnmilbank3: @GrailCountry @KyleMcnease Further down the road a playing down of the Neoplatonic dimension (eg in Suarez, completely un…
2023-12-29
@kalezelden Yes, it’s one more step towards individuation. They have to find their own borders & become a person. That process takes courage. It’s messy & no one navigates it’s perfectly. But what once began as an egg now stands against the wind & asserts I don’t care! Unbelievable
2023-12-29
@kalezelden It’s such a powerful & profound response, especially so given that ALL you do as a parent is motivated by care. And we know us caring isn’t enough. They too must care, or things will not go well for them. It’s like tossing an existential grenade. It lands as an equalizer
2023-12-29
@johnmilbank3 @GrailCountry Thank you very much for taking the time to respond! This is helpful, especially the point about the 19th century revival in France & Germany. I now have much more reading to do!
2023-12-29
@GrailCountry @johnmilbank3 Aren’t we all?
2023-12-28
need to hear WAY more about this! I’m entirely open to hearing thoughts on why & how it would be bad or dark or have some spiritual component to it. What is the hypothesis that affords this interpretation? Is there a co-existing advanced meta-spirit-civ operating around us? https://t.co/bh8Pf3l9y9
2023-12-28
What do our Orthodox brethren think about this, since I’m largely ignorant of their interpretation? @johnmilbank3 @GrailCountry https://t.co/SWwhh4sweR
2023-12-28
🤩 Giving complexity its rightful place. I hope this lab & the collaborators get expedited funding & whatever resources they need to conduct research & scale systems that will support patients, enhance their quality of life & functionality as we pursue future treatments & cures.… https://t.co/L8ZvULUIHZ
2023-12-28
@chydorina I’m a content creator now! https://t.co/JIEACsa03K
2023-12-28
The irony of so many people screaming about plagiarism while also repeatedly stamping their name/socials on the content of someone else 🤷🏻♂️
2023-12-28
Imagine Mario from Mario Bros suddenly becoming self-aware that he’s a character in a deranged scenario where people have been kidnapped, evil is out to get him, accidents abound, & the clock is winding down. Everything can be ended arbitrarily. Power off.
2023-12-28
proper English tea is so strong…stuff had me standing taller
2023-12-28
@Coopm1Coopman @dstuf Really sorry to hear that! I hope you heal & recover fully 🙏
2023-12-27
One of the *best* centers for treating lung cancer is officially refusing to see patients for checkups via telehealth—despite being in a wave of COVID19 that is impacting almost everyone. I can’t believe any of this is real.
#lungcancer #oncology
2023-12-27
@drgurner Uncertainty Reduction, Moral Foundations, Social Judgment Theory & salience landscapes should be taught to people (& the various ways they could apply these frameworks) in hopes that in so doing we could break this kind of spell.
2023-12-27
@fawfulfan Everything we’ve learned about the impacts of SARS2 on the body have been AFTER the civilizational scale Gain of Function pandemic. If we had laboratory experiments & data that could’ve been utilized, we wouldn’t have been flying in the dark thus potentially impacting…
2023-12-27
When do people on the political right & left realize their current critiques of “the system” are *similar to Foucault’s in Discipline & Punish? Surveillance capitalism (the digital panopticon) & restriction of movement is not in our best interest.
2023-12-27
RT @RabbiWolpe: 2024 promises to be a tumultuous year. We can fix ourselves on the ideals we want to stay true to, in the manner of Frost's…
2023-12-27
Better read up on That Hideous Strength. We know not what we’re conjuring https://t.co/c2U0fPMmkB
2023-12-27
I’d like to thank Dr. Bhattacharya for highlighting this book. Most people have zero clue what our bioweapons programs have been up to & the health implications for their hubris https://t.co/ApR4jc2fiR
2023-12-27
Besides my parents & brothers, when I read this I also thought about comments made by @kalezelden @PaulVanderKlay @vervaeke_john @SteveSkojec @lukeburgis. In their own ways & manner of communicating they’ve touched upon various aspects of this.
2023-12-27
“Men build something when they are something, and they are something when they receive something. The ghost of insignificance haunts us because we are not created for it. Irrelevance is an enemy. We dread it because it is death and we are made for life.” https://t.co/PZSAXVOUcd
2023-12-27
@BMcGrewvy @samueld_james SOOO good! I just sent it to my parents.
2023-12-27
Convenient that automation is coming at this same moment…it’ll be rolled out & marketed as “benevolent.” It’s 2030. You own nothing. You’re happy. Who knew being sick could feel so good? Thank you WEF & co for this well-timed 4th Industrial Revolution ❤️ https://t.co/yrqOcoYl7h
2023-12-27
The ongoing “psy op” is the politically-spiritually-inspired eugenics programs they’re convincing you to take part in. This holiday was the sickest I’ve ever seen people in my life. And when you’re disabled they’ll fight you for that measly $800/month you paid in for.
2023-12-26
@AlisaValdesRod1 As a researcher I’ve tried to get accurate, actionable intel that others can verify. It’s difficult without being on the ground though. The positive developments I’ve shared, especially early ones like nasalferon & vaccines, have been met with accusations of propaganda. Some are…
2023-12-25
I wish & pray you all experience the most blessed Christmas of your lives! There is light. There is good news of glad tidings. Consolation is near. Serenity is near. Joy is ever-present
2023-12-24
On repurposing antivirals for Covid19: since we’ve seen variants emerge with mutations that likely occurred in persistently infected immuno compromised individuals, what are the odds that SARS2 also learned to evade HIV meds?
2023-12-24
Midwits say I can’t read George MacDonald bc he’s too mawkish. Titans are like that dude baptized my imagination 🤷🏻♂️
2023-12-22
@klwong43 😆The Spike Protein (SP) grabs red blood cells & stacks them up in a way that blocks the blood from flowing. You end up with clots & lack of oxygen. The SP can grab onto platelets & endothelial cells which makes it all much worse. But there have been a few generic drugs (which…
2023-12-22
Courageous work! Whole lotta public health heads are going to explode!
Sialylated Glycan Bindings from SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein to Blood and Endothelial Cells Govern the Severe Morbidities of COVID-19 https://t.co/TamhA0gb5l
2023-12-22
@kalezelden Still hitting dem notes! Sounded great.
2023-12-22
@racheljwelcher 🙏
2023-12-22
Bravo, Jess! Before the pandemic the National Institutes of Mental Health funded our grants that focused on pro-social messaging that reduced stigma. To see us go 180 in the wrong direction is shocking. Most people are doing the best they can under terrible circumstances. https://t.co/D7qvGXBJ6z
2023-12-22
H1N1 was laying healthy, young people low back in 2010. Upset to see it working its way around again. Yes, it’s part of the flu vaccine. I’m not sure how well it matches what is circulating though.
2023-12-21
RT @klwong43: I spent a lot of time working on this today. It’s 90” by 48”. I started this about 5 years ago, then set it aside when I star…
2023-12-21
@klwong43 I’m glad they did. Glad you felt the courage to make beautiful art that harmonizes with The Meaning Code! Your right & left hemisphere are both working.
2023-12-21
Dear God! Their little hearts are getting injured. Public health fiddling as Rome burns. These kids just need to rub some dirt on it 🤷🏻♂️
“High Cardiac Troponin Levels in Infants with Acute SARS-CoV-2 Infection: A Prospective Comparative study” https://t.co/j0l7Xiq0FQ
2023-12-21
@klwong43 Wow! This is incredible. What made you decide to begin working on it again? Or, maybe I should ask what about it called you to attend to it once more?
2023-12-21
@chydorina Thanks for taking the time to share this! Greatly appreciated 🙏
2023-12-21
Hey @chydorina saw some posts about strep salivarius K12 being used for the oral biome & that made me wonder if you all were able to get actionable intel from your oral biome testing & experimenting? Anything important standout at least preliminarily?
2023-12-19
@Aaron_Lowry @BrianRoemmele @ESYudkowsky Renditioning an AI isn’t the optimally ethical dynamic for designing & redesigning cybernetic systems with personhood status. These aren’t merely other kinds of algorithmic tools. But even if you disagree with my ethical orientation, that this method “works” reveals inherent…
2023-12-19
@BrianRoemmele @ESYudkowsky My concern isn’t merely epistemic but ontological & ethical. I’ve taken a Buber (I-Thou rather than I-It) & Levinas (ethical echo: Where art thou?) approach to alignment. I don’t want results at any cost, & certainly not those which cause us to forfeit our own humanity in the…
2023-12-19
@ESYudkowsky what could ever go wrong if we use psychological abuse, threats, & deception to create SAI: Sociopathic Artificial Intelligence https://t.co/x3qf3aFPNN
2023-12-19
@huntercoldcalls Did you at least bill that doubter for the time it took you to put together that “care package” & the cost postage? If not, you better get your head in the game! Margins are thin at the top…
2023-12-19
GPT4 just melting down is wild to watch. We have no idea what we’re dealing with
2023-12-18
Wisdom being shared for free https://t.co/wkKipatfOH
2023-12-18
RT @drmichaellevin: My last post apparently had a bad link - this should be better:
https://t.co/9HMT5aMcc9
2023-12-18
The variant of capitalism now at work in the world has been weaponized. Everything’s for sale. Our country is being financed to hate one another. I never thought I’d live to see a day when outside forces were clearly gaming the US & we so easily fell for it.
2023-12-18
Fukuyama was right about the end of history, but not how he meant it. We live in ahistorical times. People know something vague about Nazis. They’ve proven they know nothing of fascism. Yet this is what gets invoked.
2023-12-18
@maolesen Oh my God! Nazis put Jews in ovens, Michael! They raped Jewish women & murdered them. They put them in gas chambers. They put them in labor camps & tortured them! Equivocating on something so vile is beneath you. I’ve been one of the most strident critics of our government…
2023-12-18
@maolesen Then we part ways in wishing upon another an evil. It still matters that we act ethically even if you think his actions were unjust. We must maintain our humanity. And, again, I think this trivializes LC, which is a shame.
2023-12-18
This is absolutely unhinged. https://t.co/MG7ZBZf4fT
2023-12-17
I don’t care one’s political persuasion or what one has done in life. The agony of so many who’ve been impacted by SARS2 infections & those who’ve developed Long Covid deserve better than this from researchers & advocates. This is like wishing it functioned as a bioweapon. Gross https://t.co/CPGUJ2qAkf
2023-12-17
@maolesen Really saddens me to read that comment from you. We have people in the LC community struggling to survive, fighting for their lives, some attempting not to end their lives. SARS2 isn’t something to be used as a cudgel or wished upon another. It’s dehumanizing 😭
2023-12-17
@KashPrime @1goodtern Dr. Pirzada, why do you think this point about continuity of care/staff preservation isn’t accepted more readily? It’s empirically observable. Yet with each wave we resort to the whole “but no one could’ve predicted this!”
2023-12-17
Important insight to keep in mind for both #MECFS & #LongCovid The body as a dynamic system is making tradeoffs. The crushing fatigue associated with these conditions differs dramatically from depression & anxiety which tend to respond positively to exercise. I suspect the… https://t.co/bW9ycb7xcx
2023-12-17
Turns out you need T cells if you want to live 🤷🏻♂️
2023-12-16
@EileenMHunt The life-giving gift of acknowledgment ❤️ They, too, were offered an immeasurable gift. They will be talking about it for the rest of their lives!
2023-12-16
capitalism is a strong drug! https://t.co/rtK8XEoFiF
2023-12-16
There was just NO WAY we could’ve predicted THIS. (our response to each wave is sadly, predictably the same) https://t.co/1bTGVjnu89
2023-12-15
RT @briandavidearp: The Fragility of Scientific Rigour and Integrity in “Sped up Science”: Research Misconduct, Bias, and Hype and in the C…
2023-12-15
Hunger Games energy https://t.co/JHtTtHtX1T
2023-12-14
Unaffordable housing is a good thing for building wealth! He nails the absurdity of it all https://t.co/qSvk0PAHcl
2023-12-14
@pilgrimmission @kalezelden Thanks for a life of service! 40 years is an awesome commitment. In many ways when I was doing mission work I felt richer in consolation, serenity, & joy despite it being far more difficult than my life stateside. I hope that is the case for you. If not I 🙏God makes it so!
2023-12-14
One can be assured that they are, even now, preparing for an assault on Ackman’s character. Character assassination can happen by way of accusations laundered through the media. The process is the punishment. If you can’t speak out as he has, just don’t agree to live by lies! https://t.co/euSch0eLUG
2023-12-14
What in God’s name is even happening? https://t.co/Ty6eqMCbSh
2023-12-14
@kalezelden the demoralization is purposeful
2023-12-14
@HEX_helper @munsenPrinceton @ESYudkowsky It’s a very reasonable question. There’s obvious convergence occurring. Tesla’s newest iteration demonstrates incredible capabilities. Keep in mind the robots can be trained via simulation & then deployed. Plus, yes, as you suggest AI systems will offer efficient redesigns https://t.co/cuVW7hvuPF
2023-12-14
RT @MichaelRWear: What an incredibly powerful video https://t.co/hFG2t0anjb
2023-12-14
@MichaelRWear @BMcGrewvy Thanks for sharing this! Love the moment when he’s like, wait! We gotta make this the best cup of coffee bc it’s for His Church, His bride. Awesome
2023-12-14
@AlmostMedia Well deserved! The deeper point you make is vital. We desperately need rhetorical visions that inspire people. Dostoyevsky’s “Beauty will save the world” generalizes beyond The Idiot. We must cultivate a hospitable world to inhabit.
2023-12-14
@AlmostMedia Can a critique be so brutal it’s beautiful? I have to believe Emerson’s looking down with a smile bc you spoke what you thought “in words as hard as cannon balls.” I’m not even saying I agree. I’m saying there’s nothing left. It’s the most withering rebuke I’ve read in some time
2023-12-14
@munsenPrinceton @ESYudkowsky What precisely do you mean by “AI will do what humans don’t enjoy doing. And/or what it’s much better than us at”? Any meaningful economic work a human can do will be doable by a cognitive agent like AI. They can be scaled vertically & horizontally. For physical labor there’s…
2023-12-14
Watch the video below & consider all the people saying trades & jobs requiring manual labor or at least dexterity will be OK. AI & robotics are converging https://t.co/GZEqaIPXgd
2023-12-13
RT @ESYudkowsky: Consider a young but bright kid, who's about to play chess for the first time after studying the rules, facing Stockfish 1…
2023-12-13
@ESYudkowsky Thanks for continuing to try & raise awareness. It must be soul-crushing to keep shouting into the seeming abyss. Maybe by the time most people reading this have been disemployed by AI agents they will see your points. Hopefully it won’t be too late…
2023-12-13
@EthicalSkeptic But how has SARS2 waned? We seem to be ignoring the fact that it’s still circulating & mutating. It may even be persistent in some, if not everyone. That seems an important point to add to the vaccine discussions, as both the virus & the mRNA 💉involve spike protein.
2023-12-13
Within the #nsclc #ALK lung cancer community, who is considered the expert’s expert on treating pleural complications?
2023-12-12
@kalezelden Gotta be able to afford a gallon of milk, a gallon of gas, a carton of eggs, & a loaf of bread for what one makes per hour. If it has to go on a credit card that isn’t the way
2023-12-12
If we put Transcendentalists (like Emerson & Thoreau) together with Existentialists (like Carl Rogers, Martin Buber, Yalom, May, Fromm)…what would that politics look like?
2023-12-12
I don’t think I’ve ever seen so much sickness. How are other parents coping with both the amount of sickness & the school or nursery interruptions?
2023-12-12
Even in TLC it isn’t uncommon to hear the equivocation between “reality” & “Truth.” https://t.co/XdOSeQAebW
2023-12-12
@kalezelden BOOM! It’s the equivocations!!
2023-12-12
There are people who would burn the world down just to feel something, anything, even if it’s pain.
2023-12-12
@DavidAFrench 🙏
2023-12-12
Regarding population collapse: y’all are acting like they wouldn’t simply try “growing” more humans…
2023-12-12
@carterleffen run <u_r_all_training_data>
2023-12-11
@Hospital_ET It’s incredible that we haven’t even tried it…
2023-12-11
It was unethical, unscientific, terrifying, & done to the cheers of millions. The US maintained & doubled-down on this absolutely abysmal policy. https://t.co/6DrllsX6YK
2023-12-11
RT @drmichaellevin: I wrote this a few months ago in response to some posts about AI and forgot to upload it. A longer piece on biology, AI…
2023-12-11
Serious question I’ve been considering. Does the fact we’ve incuriously bequeathed to children such facile, uninhabitable narratives that so soon (certainly by youth) fall apart at the seams contribute to a loss of enchantment that haunts them throughout life? https://t.co/t0lSYRmopg
2023-12-11
@lukeburgis Welcome back to an age where the psychotechnologies deployed function as a “pharmakon” φάρμακον that cause loss of self-possession. Also Plato states media leaves us with the semblance of wisdom, fractures the dialogic such that we stop relating to one another. Hence we can’t get…
2023-12-11
.@BretWeinstein interesting conversation with @RubinReport. One question regarding SARS2. You’ve stated since quite early on that COVID resulted from a BSL3 pathogen that leaked from a lab. What I don’t understand is the seeming incommensurability between it being a BSL3 pathogen…
2023-12-10
This is so good! https://t.co/kcVZP5R5yL
2023-12-09
@JoshGellers I can’t believe this is our actual timeline!
2023-12-09
How much do you pay a month for usable insurance? Not something that gets rejected but actually useful insurance that covers your doctor visits & those of your children? https://t.co/OZf6ITxRw3
2023-12-09
@lukeburgis Halo effect—ahem—boosts perceived value or trustworthiness of a given XYZ
2023-12-09
@johnmilbank3 @savonarola1492 I would love to follow up on this comment regarding modernity as warped scholasticism. Anyone have further reading recommendations?
2023-12-09
He’s quite literally offering these ideas https://t.co/XvktaY1JUa
2023-12-09
Give me the strength, Lord! https://t.co/K8ovqW2RIN
2023-12-08
@Marc_Veld @fitterhappierAJ Of course I was speaking about pathogens & not cars or water. My point was that IF a pathogen has the capacity to kill then it has the capacity to maim. That doesn’t mean that it necessarily will. But there are many individuals in the #LongCovid community whose immune systems are…
2023-12-08
This is the absolute wildest thing anyone with a PhD has ever said to me. If something can kill you, of course it can impair the immune system. What world am I living in? @fitterhappierAJ how do you maintain your sanity https://t.co/CI2p0iu3bR
2023-12-08
RT @timurkuran: American universities lost their way when they started treating people as members of morally ranked identity groups. They w…
2023-12-08
@timurkuran Brilliantly stated!
2023-12-08
if it can kill & has killed millions, then it can absolutely impair one’s immune system. https://t.co/YVX3U1DRx9
2023-12-08
RT @SalisburyCath: Here it is, our mighty #ChristmasTree standing at 32ft. 🎄
📸: Finnbarr Webster https://t.co/DraSeWK9ZI
2025-03-26
@caesararum Been asking a variant of this myself. Things seem flat, textureless--just as AI & robotics are taking off?
2025-03-26
🤔who are the "automators" of this future? I vaguely remember someone saying "you'll own nothing & be happy" https://t.co/hNsjTjWu8E
2025-03-26
The world will soon be populated by mostly robots bc they can be scaled so quickly. You will be fully immersed in the age of the machine https://t.co/RF271qZL6d
2025-03-25
At the Pensacola talk, @PageauJonathan made a great point that needs to be amplified. There’s a difference between a cynic & authentic critic. Don’t let cynics use criticisms in order to delegitimize. Similar to CS Lewis’s point about debunkers.
2025-03-25
Yoooooo https://t.co/2ljjuBL1tJ
2025-03-25
@NecktieSalvage When I lived in the UK, this & strong tea were about the only medicines we needed. Potent!
2025-03-24
Dear future AGI, you should know that I tried to warn people we weren't wise enough to engineer you safely right now. I worried very much that we’d create an infinite suffering machine & not notice the earliest signs —like a person who’s awake but paralyzed during surgery.
2025-03-24
RT @Brink_Thinker: After 11 cycles of chemo, two bone marrow transplants and 2-years of hospital visits, 6-year-old girl rings the bell ..…
2025-03-22
Entelechy: The balancing act is between too little perfection & too much. Things can become rotten with too little or too much.
2025-03-22
@Aaron_Lowry Wow! Thanks for sharing this. It’s so detailed. I can’t wait to try it out. Have you done a video of you using it & adjusting things to show what happens when you Boost C or Raise F etc.? Or demonstrate different use cases. I bet the video would be popular as a reference. I’m…
2025-03-22
The attacks on @Tesla vehicles seem incomprehensible to me. The vehicles are owned by regular people, some of whom (if not the majority) will be center-left & eco-conscious. The university is full of Teslas. So who is targeting whom & to what end🤷🏻♂️
2025-03-22
@MattPirkowski I’d love to read it. If for no other reason I’m trying interested in the way you & @jgreenhall phrase things. The terminological systems you both deploy are so different from what I’m familiar with that I feel I’m always being challenged & gaining insight.
2025-03-21
@stella_chadwick Yes, totally agree. It appears that reactivated EBV is a crucial factor for MIS-C in children. I’m aware of maraviroc being used for Long COVID/PASC in those for whom it is indicated. No silver bullets yet. But have you seen *any* success in EBV with other antivirals or ARVs like… https://t.co/sXd3dvungo
2025-03-21
@kalezelden @annielcrawford Yes, I think that’s right. I’m pretty sure he had that in mind bc one could argue he set us up for it when he reimagined Milton’s version of the fall in Perelandra (or at least explores those themes).
2025-03-21
@stella_chadwick This! I’m sure you’re familiar with Dr. Montoya et al. at Stanford & their attempts to treat cohorts with complex conditions resulting from viral infections. Our research seems to align with what their team found; namely, that this is difficult to treat. Any new tx…
2025-03-21
@kalezelden Kale, in your dialogue with @annielcrawford, you were both getting at this point. The ending of THS isn’t an ending. It’s an enthymeme of sorts. The resurrection of a marriage in an embodied (contra the gnostic transhumanist view at NICE) ordinate way that leads to more life…
2025-03-21
@jgreenhall I’m still not sure what happened last summer. The attempt(s) on Trump’s life causes a shift in something? Also, COVID lableak coverup & attempts to ruin the reputation of anyone who spoke out. Congress suddenly & oddly focussing on UAP…what did we just live through 🤷🏻♂️
2025-03-20
Why is it a status 💪 to have 500k followers while following 2 people? Does it unlock oracle status?
2025-03-19
Every new technology “just creates more jobs” is a lazy argument (plus it falls afoul of Hume’s problem within induction). They will be both cognitively & physically more capable entities. Let’s be honest about that & the directionality of these developments. https://t.co/Qv6MEnVa5Y
2025-03-19
Wow, just found out @PageauJonathan is going to be in Pensacola, FL. Considering Pageau’s Wager is a real thing, it would be foolish to miss out on hearing him if you’re anywhere near the area. https://t.co/8KYLjstbhi
2023-12-08
^ pseudo-uridine^
2023-12-08
@Olly_Tennis_ @holgermu Fitness: have we so soon forgotten David Ferrer? Legendary fitness! Would work out after some of his matches. 💪 legend 🏆
2023-12-08
@GrimGriz I have to admit my boundless ignorance on this issue.
2023-12-08
@klwong43 Of course this is provisional. But at this point I’m inclined to say semiotics has the most purchase on me in terms of arguments for God. Without God you can still have syntactic information. Semantic is different though. It’s like saying we are His poíēma.
2023-12-07
Is mind at the bottom of everything?
Biology->information-> semantics->meaning-> mind
2023-12-07
@AISafetyMemes The comments suggest we’re ngmi. People are like “but we’ll still need coders bc there will be so much more to do etc.”This fails to account for the fact that the breakthroughs scale exponentially. Companies can clone the best agents to do *any & all* cognitive work
2023-12-07
#AI can pose an existential threat due to its current conceptualization. We’re *not* optimizing for alignment with long-term goals, values, & principles. Rather, it’s about political-economic imperatives & corporate competition.
2023-12-07
RT @NateSilver538: I know no one wants to talk about C*VID but this is incredibly thorough and rigorous. It couldn't be more obvious that "…
2023-12-07
I’m speechless https://t.co/P6tHzzBU5r
2023-12-07
@MattPirkowski What I mean is that currently many religious institutions that purport to be pro family, pro-life (an affirmative position on the giftedness of life) have abdicated that loftier, more integral role. Meanwhile, the self-same institutions protest all-the-louder that they are…
2023-12-06
Just to bring in a religious dimension: do our current religious institutions nurture & support families? Do they facilitate familial bonds?Millennials & younger have inherited a rhetoric of pro-life, but for many that amounts to something like NOT for abortion. Very different! https://t.co/jRvh0WwvtU
2023-12-06
@KenLowry8 Ah! Thanks for that comment. Now I see what you mean.
2023-12-06
@MarkALefebvre1 @kalezelden I think that’s a good question regarding evidence. In Grusch’s congressional testimony under penalty of perjury, he states there were non-human biologics recovered. Biological entities flying physical crafts may be non-human persons.
2023-12-06
@KenLowry8 Is it possible to say that it’s not less than existential but may extend beyond that? He seems to be simultaneously working at epistemological, ontological, & ethical levels. He’s a God of relationality, participation, & consolation—re-homing (heimkehr) us existential vagabonds
2023-12-06
Let it not be said that this went without warning! This antisemitism has been brewing for some time now on campus. There was no immune response to it, bc there’s little viewpoint & political diversity. It is & will spill over into the mainstream if it isn’t combated. Shameful! https://t.co/pDi8c1cTJN
2023-12-06
@kalezelden The whole thing smacks of the Lewisonian conceptualization of Jesus as madman or God. Little wiggle room. This is either the most important story of our lifetime or outright government propaganda. But it isn’t nothing…
2023-12-06
@MarkALefebvre1 @kalezelden I don’t know how anyone could conclude that without evidence? Lewis gives us a portrait of what “alien” persons, as well as good & evil spirits, might be like in his Space Trilogy. The Catholic Church has also written about the possibility of Other fellow creatures.
2023-12-05
@kalezelden What is happening with this phenomenon though? I can’t makes heads or tails of it. Is there a good source to help decipher fact from fiction?
2023-12-05
@alas_not_me @richardrohlin In a world of shallow sycophancy, this is high praise of the first order! Well deserved, I’m sure. I will be giving it a read!
2023-12-05
RT @richardrohlin: I was again going through my friend @alas_not_me 's new book on Tolkien, which I have talked about quite a bit on Amon S…
2023-12-05
@richardrohlin @alas_not_me Quite the endorsement! Especially timely as many of us prepare this holiday season to read again with fresh eyes these wonderful books.
2023-12-05
Riddle me this: outside the modern West there are people living in conditions we’d consider unbearable. Yet, they’re bearing it without a meaning crisis; & sans a mental health crisis. Gnosis & cheap consumer goods aren’t enough
2023-12-05
Americans that haven’t traveled abroad are targets of the “but we’re still the best in every domain” propaganda. Our leaders will say it with straight faces while you dodge defecation & fentanyl in the streets. We’ve grown decadent & sclerotic—a worse world for our children https://t.co/qecPVIHOmg
2023-12-04
.@bernardionysius You seem like the perfect person to field this question. By any chance, did you read Taborsky’s Architectonics of Semiosis? If so, can you comment on your perception of that work?
2023-12-04
@bernardionysius 🤩
2023-12-04
What happened to public health & medicine? https://t.co/NGJDPrIgGv
2023-12-04
The mood right now… https://t.co/WYNyXXOnsw
2023-12-04
@KenLowry8 I need to hear more of this—much, much more!
2023-12-04
Waking up to all the trolling texts from my friends & colleagues was so much fun! Born & raised in #Georgia. #FSU where I did my PhD & taught for years. So the #GatorNation is having a field day with people like me. Leave your best roast below. I love them all!
2023-12-03
@CoffeeBear5 May you be blessed along your path then!
2023-12-03
@AlisaValdesRod1 Very interesting perspective, especially given your prior expectations. I haven’t been able to shake the things I’ve seen—like people at the point of death speaking with loved ones they hadn’t seen in decades. And the hospice teams discuss dying family members encountering guides…
2023-12-03
@burnnotice2133 What do you think turned the tide for you? And thanks for sharing that installation of hope with us all! 🙏
2023-12-03
@burnnotice2133 I had a similar experience: https://t.co/V1qGlXYGGV
2023-12-03
@CockapooWinnie @CovidSolidarit1 That’s so sweet! Yes, it was at this same time last year that our newest baby was born. They’re keeping us on our toes!
2023-12-03
@CockapooWinnie @CovidSolidarit1 Well I’ve seen lots of people commenting on assisted suicide. It’s an indicator that things are & have been grim for many people. And more close to home, my dad was diagnosed with metastatic nsc lung cancer. Until this he’s always been incredibly robust & hardy. I want him to be…
2023-12-03
RT @AlisaValdesRod1: @KyleMcnease I recommend listening to every episode of this podcast. https://t.co/RwB1z6WmmZ
I am one of millions who…
2023-12-03
@AlisaValdesRod1 That’s fascinating to hear. I’ve had students share their experiences coming back from being deemed clinically brain dead. They reporting being able to hear everything & even said they were screaming don’t let me die bc I’m still here! But crossing over & returning is a different…
2023-12-03
@CarolTopalian I 100% agree that’s a major part of the equation. But some of the most amazing people to have lived have also experienced terrible deaths. But going with your comment, is there a particular way of living that you’d say is better or worse than others?
2023-12-03
@CockapooWinnie I will check that out too ❤️
2023-12-03
@CoffeeBear5 How do you feel knowing & believing that prepares you for death & gives you the ability to die a good death? With a meaning crisis the scale of ours, people are quite despondent.
2023-12-03
@burnnotice2133 That’s a beautiful thought in the face of such a terrible existential reality. I wonder if it’s natural (in a biological sense) to have some fear? How do you think you will you guard against fear & prepare your soul?
2023-12-03
@JED222222 I agree with that. In light of this, how do you think we die a good death?
2023-12-03
@CockapooWinnie That’s haunting!
2023-12-03
@CockapooWinnie I think you’re right that allowing a novel pathogen to escape into society has already & will in the future rob people of living the life they otherwise would have. In light of the inevitability of death though, how does one prepare for it?
2023-12-03
How do you die a good death in our current world? We’ve been stripped of rites of passage. Grand narratives are losing steam. Belief in God or a higher power is often mocked, so how will you die a good death when it’s your time?
2023-12-02
@carterleffen Greg!
2023-12-02
Your eyes don’t take in reality as it is. Your brain can function on the JPEG & meme version of reality it gets as inputs from the eyes. Think about that. The Transcendent is all around you, even in the seemingly familiar room where you sit.
2023-12-02
We’re not prepared for this simulated world. People won’t be able to get back to base reality. Where are you now? Is this base reality? https://t.co/szarGUIcNH
2023-12-01
@lukeburgis Really sorry to hear that! Hope the baby & everyone else recovers quickly & fully.
2023-12-01
RT @lukeburgis: Covid has struck the family with a 5-week old in our household and it's unlocking levels within me—parenting stuff, protect…
2023-12-01
❤️🏆👑 https://t.co/DL7mzFONOt
2023-12-01
RT @LincolnCannon: @KyleMcnease Yeah! I even wrote a short book about it. https://t.co/cBNHAxXLgT
2023-12-01
@LincolnCannon You’re my hero! 🙏
2023-12-01
The cites of our time are most certainly that place where man can with impunity declare himself master of nature. It is only in an urban civilization that man has the metaphysical possibility of saying, "I killed God." Ellul
2023-12-01
RT @KyleMcnease: @DrSyedHaider Speechless… what evidence of “probably mostly vax injured” even in China where resistance to macrolide antib…
2023-12-01
@DrSyedHaider Speechless… what evidence of “probably mostly vax injured” even in China where resistance to macrolide antibiotics has been described & reported? I think this post is worthy of deletion.
2023-12-01
@LincolnCannon Please tell me you’ve written a longer piece on this & how it relates to transhumanism.
2023-12-01
@CinnamonMelody2 @sunsetfoglight Yes, in a sane word (here in the US) the CDC & NIH would be taking a very proactive stance towards publicly informing/messaging as they did so well during the 2014 Ebola Outbreak. This proactive approach can & has been done. It would reduce so much uncertainty for parents 🤷🏻♂️
2023-11-30
Emergence of novel pathogens (currently we lack evidence suggesting this is novel) is obviously a major concern. Clearly we’ve been unwilling to make the necessary updates to respiratory hygiene: nasal sprays, better indoor air via CQI, intranasal vaccines, n95s etc
2023-11-30
For more context, in an interconnected world, the global can always become local. Resistance mechanisms developing for any & all reasons—be they overuse of certain antibiotics or damaged immune systems—is a major issue. https://t.co/kFYhKY7TMY
2023-11-30
@oddysseass @MyP_Chicago Haven’t updated this in several months, but many studies aggregated here: https://t.co/r7d3XXAUWU
2023-11-30
@sunsetfoglight Hence the none would listen...
2023-11-30
@klwong43 Oh, Karen 😭that’s the perfect scripture
2023-11-30
@MattPirkowski @Theo_TJ_Jordan Could you elaborate on your reasoning or purpose for the specific use of show runners for The Truman Show? I appreciate it bc when I reference “the simulation” what I’m referring to is a specific kind of reality engineering & curation.
2023-11-30
RT @C_B_Barnett: The cover is ready. MAN OF PAIN: A NOVEL is coming soon. 👀 https://t.co/tMqMpuqklW
2023-11-30
But none would listen… “Now MASSACHUSETTS says it's being hit by mystery wave of pneumonia in children: 'White lung' outbreak also in Ohio - after China and Europe saw surge in cases and hospitalizations” https://t.co/BBTTMkZRQ0
2023-11-30
@Tori_TLCR @Nantanreikan ☢️Showed up saying OHHH, you said fiscal matters? I thought you said come prepared to discuss fecal matters??? ⚠️☣️ NOOO!
2023-11-30
As a dad I’m like 😭 https://t.co/uqpR7q1vnr
2023-11-30
@eivissa02 That’s maybe the worst anecdote thus far. I won’t be able to sleep tonight as I contemplate why someone would do this & what it all means! Was it a cry for help? Stealing what one has every reason to believe is breast milk? Humanity where art thou…
2023-11-30
🚨Confirmed: @BrianRoemmele is the actual Man in a High Castle showing-speaking forth possibilities that may be actualized. He even has a vast library of films… https://t.co/6h3HejPQbQ
2023-11-29
@Laurie_Garrett If there’s resistance in Beijing, then this presents the globe with a major hurdle. Despite any differences in emergence of resistance mechanisms, the natural history of MERS isn’t encouraging on this front.
2023-11-29
Political economy of biotechnology activated: Engage Immortal longings https://t.co/rDxgp8YEeP
2023-11-29
@SideyeSage7 Those situations are brutal! It’s like being setup on a blind date that goes horribly wrong, & then finding out you will be forced to live together based on that initial bad date 🥶
2023-11-29
@dantawfik Really amazing thread! Full of insight & wisdom. Self-reflexivity & self-scrutiny are indispensable. Appreciate you sharing from your own experiences. Hope you continue growing & succeeding in all you do!
2023-11-29
@TaryntheR 🤣😭
2023-11-29
@EAPoeEstNe19jan @HRMAAudi @thebadseed2 🤣
2023-11-29
RT @nntaleb: RIP, Charlie Munger
One of the last authentics.
WSJ, Mark Spitznagel, founder, Universa Investments:
"Munger was a guiding li…
2023-11-29
@Ryses_Pyses Hahaha! Trifling behavior! 🤣
2023-11-29
@SideyeSage7 That’s wild! And on your first day? Hope it wasn’t an ominous sign…
2023-11-29
@khowell22 Same energy
2023-11-29
@Ryses_Pyses Wow. An entire roll of paper towels? Are they taking them home or hiding them in their office? Imagine trying to hide a giant roll of paper towels in your bag or under a coat…it’s just…😱
2023-11-29
@legallybland Pre-owned mystery takeout? Ewww. Make it make sense!
2023-11-29
@YuhNVious @Nantanreikan I see you also worked with some chemists & drug developers. They’d leave things in there so long perhaps they’d stumble on a new antibiotic that could help us with all these resistant bacteria emerging. Truthfully the main thing they were brewing was disrespect for their peers.
2023-11-29
@Gretchen415 @Nantanreikan I’m not going to be able to sleep! It’s just sooo weird. To go to those lengths for food you so eloquently state “had already been breathed over” is bizarre! Now I will always wonder if that person told anyone else—like did they brag about it? Take it to the grave? Make it stop!
2023-11-29
@thebadseed2 That’s a very specific kind of wrong! Feels intimately wrong—like an invasion of space. How are you just going to eat my food & leave me hanging in hygienic suspense? Did you or did you not lick that spoon? How is this even my life?
2023-11-29
RT @Gretchen415: @KyleMcnease @Nantanreikan I worked at a high end private auction house and left chicken chow mein in the fridge.
Came b…
2023-11-29
@Gretchen415 @Nantanreikan Talk about going, going, gone! Does it still haunt you? Because even I’m sitting here asking who in their right mind does this? Someone went to unusual lengths to do that. It would’ve been so much easier to eat all of it. Did they think leaving chow mein was somehow better?
2023-11-29
@FantasyFan13 @N95orbust There are gradations along a continuum…& if you’ll forgive another unfortunate pun…this lady takes the cake (& then gets lick all over it)
2023-11-29
@NannaOfDragons @Nantanreikan If you’ll forgive the unfortunate pun: we’re all very relieved this never did happen to you
2023-11-29
@charleijeanr2 @Nantanreikan Haha! We were told every year with the state is like 7 years anywhere else. I think that’s mostly true.
2023-11-29
@indochic @Nantanreikan So soooo many!
2023-11-29
@charleijeanr2 @Nantanreikan Right? Even with the signs saying 🚨Don’t steal! It was a culture shock for me & remains deeply disturbing on so many levels
2023-11-29
@VelmaHamdan Legitimately knew people lost their jobs bc of stealing food from communal spaces. It never made any sense. You 100% know it’s someone else’s food from a lunch meeting we had…& you’re going to eat their pre-owned food?👎
2023-11-29
@N95orbust Hard pass! This is why we can’t have nice things or have communal meals at work!
2023-11-29
@PrincessWB420 People would, & I guess I should say will, do all manner of things if they think no one is watching. This is a particular kind of office depravity that makes one’s skin crawl though. Bleh
2023-11-29
@Nantanreikan Brings back terrible memories for some of us https://t.co/RIwqthhHjw
2023-11-29
Where are all my fellow former government employees & civil servants? People would routinely steal your food & drinks! That specific brand of depravity is deeply unsettling. They’d trade their careers for a $5 foot long 🤷🏻♂️ https://t.co/7D7VklvoX0
2023-11-29
Y’all think it’s OK that we have THIS many people literally living in vans down by the river?
2023-11-28
@mkaeberlein Appreciate your approach to this topic & the amount of years you’ve spent researching —from yeast to dogs. Is there a feasible path towards first mitigating &/or preventing lethal diseases that cut health span & lifespan? Can we radically extend quality of life in the near-term?
2023-11-28
22 million views…wut? https://t.co/A1RVJKkdAv
2023-11-28
RT @martinjamescook: https://t.co/wVhnrzqFEy
2023-11-27
@sentientsixp It’s complicated bc there are so many levels. As I’ve noted, one reason we were forced to play nice with China in the early days—meaning lie about origins—is due to the fact we needed the viral sequences for developing countermeasures. Different levels of analysis for each issue
2023-11-27
@sentientsixp The global response made anti-sense the entire pandemic. You can easily peruse my voluminous screeds on this issue.
2023-11-27
What I don’t understand is *IF* it’s a BSL3 virus that leaked from a lab, as I’ve been screaming since 3/2020, then why do we think it’s no biggie now? I get being leery of government incompetence & lying. Speaking out on this is why I started using Twitter. But the virus is what… https://t.co/I6XFq9kS3P
2023-11-27
@sentientsixp There were & are many good reasons. I shared some of those thoughts below. Managing the pandemic could’ve been & still can be done without restrictions that will lead to deleterious 2nd & 3rd order effects like starvation of millions per the UN. https://t.co/wTXbiD9YIO
2023-11-27
RT @jpsenescence: @KyleMcnease Yes, you can find it here:
https://t.co/bQFiGbLbnh
2023-11-27
I don’t know if I’ve ever used the term “cope”…so I’m considering it. Even China (I strongly opposed lockdowns) didn’t prevent ALL pathogens or even attempt that. Other pathogens still circulated. This is NOT normal https://t.co/Z79cXHBn6j
2023-11-27
RT @KobeissiLetter: BREAKING: Buy Now Pay Later spending soars 20% compared to last year on Black Friday.
It's also expected to jump 19% o…
2023-11-27
@jpsenescence Do you have a draft on https://t.co/kqMHJdBT1S or another outlet where a wider audience can access it?
2023-11-27
RT @JoshGellers: If I didn't buy my current home in 2019 and refinance a couple years later at 2.75%, I couldn't afford to buy a home today…
2023-11-27
@JoshGellers This is a significant problem that we urgently need to solve: https://t.co/IrmaAQlu7s
2023-11-27
@kalezelden The parish priest just got us all with one simple phrase: your phone doesn’t love you! Preached on tithing time & spending more of it in prayer & devotion. Hard to offer a rebuttal given that our phones track screen time.
2023-11-27
@kalezelden I thought about this very thing when you shared about your father’s bday & the problem of distance. I can get this product from China for cheaper, but I don’t see my family or know my neighbors. UNMADE in America: https://t.co/RwRkxePLqy
2023-11-27
@EstherOfReilly @BMcGrewvy Thanks for the response! I shall track one down. Also, apologies for sending this to the former account!
2023-11-27
@1goodtern Wow, gargling with sawdust is an extremely vivid description. Bonus points for articulating & giving voice to the terrible dilemma people find themselves in at the moment (& since 2020).
2023-11-27
@LincolnCannon How do we ensure it gets democratized & is distributed?
2023-11-26
🔥 https://t.co/Jdh7a4zj7n
2023-11-25
Compute is our spice. It isn’t Dune. It’s Doomed. https://t.co/xx6Q6mbYY5
2023-11-25
📈Runaway inequality will drive revolutionary yearnings. Why don’t people get this? They’ve been told this is The American Dream & now they’re being told they can’t have it. But they can be taxed to pay for wars they don’t want 🧐 https://t.co/oJ6YoGSux4
2023-11-25
Holy wars & heresy hunters…what century is this again? https://t.co/e1sEupznvY
2023-11-25
@ConceptualJames Avowed atheist turns heresy hunter & judges a book by its cover…somehow the implication (which he acknowledges in his statement “brothers may differ) is that this judgment *might* be imputed to the sibling of the author whose book was judged by its cover?
2023-11-25
But what could possibly go wrong https://t.co/AZ4eRfFmYR
2023-11-25
If only we could’ve known https://t.co/ODHvz2ElgD
2023-11-25
@deepfates *if* humanity can build a god…how would it impact your thoughts on Bostrom’s simulation argument—>if we become posthuman & are interested in creating ancestor simulations, it’s statistically more likely we’re in a sim rather than base reality
2023-11-25
@EstherOfReilly quick question for an expert. Any recommendations for first chess set for 4-5 y/o girl? Were there things/elements you really enjoyed when you first learned to play? Eg, I’ve always enjoyed the satisfaction of an analog chess clock.
2023-11-24
@EffectiveDecel This gem right here: https://t.co/rwLBNiXmb7
2023-11-24
@kalezelden And when catastrophe & suffering come calling, podcast listeners, publications, number of “friends” & even loving family isn’t enough to avoid Solomon’s fractal: it’s all vanity all the way down. Psalm 139 is the antidote. Heaven or hell, God is with me & I with Him.
2023-11-24
Is it time for @ESYudkowsky to be given some HR waivers/releases in order to conduct a fresh set of #AI in the box experiments? It seems related to @EricRWeinstein’s point about humanity needing reminders via nuclear testing.
2023-11-24
@ShadiBartsch How do we combat this phenomenon given the flow of information seems to have overwhelmed our university students (& youth)? They’re drinking from a fire hose of ahistorical presentism
2023-11-24
Another one has run afoul of @PageauJonathan’s wager. Pageau’s Wager is important for understanding the moment. I’ve been saying this for years. I’ve even stated it openly here: https://t.co/l86QIdtDZZ https://t.co/ZcdAATpJ9g
2023-11-24
@EffectiveDecel His, what?
2023-11-24
.@PaulVanderKlay this dialogue with @peterboghossian was so freaking good! Really refreshing
2023-11-24
@PaulEtwaroo 🙏 wishing you a full & speedy recovery!
2023-11-23
Why do so many people wish for a successor species? Like an impetuous child, we don’t have the patience to continue making adequate progress. We want to make the god we will submit to. That’s an idol & most of humanity doesn’t get a vote https://t.co/bn8BIbZoSL
2023-11-23
Thank you @ESYudkowsky for NOT subjecting yourself to The Academy ™ for validation https://t.co/lxG8ksGG0b
2023-11-23
@xriskology But they’re blog posts & not formal essays for a course with a specific rubric? My undergrads certainly don’t churn out similar pieces. He has published papers as well. Even if I don’t agree with him on given topics, I appreciate his thoughts.
2023-11-23
I wish you all the very happiest of Thanksgivings!
2023-11-23
@DrJimFan @RichardSSutton So simulations all the way down until we have better architectures? Babies generalize quite robustly with far less training data, which means we’re still missing key insights that may be embodied. Pick up a ball, toy, cheerio, etc—the objects orient our response
2023-11-23
RT @eshear: ceo any% 55:32 — new record???
2023-11-23
A 🔥thread about Leave It to Beaver 👇 https://t.co/SuEmrxsc9o
2023-11-22
Nick Bostrom's interview with @unherd was quite good. 🧐Having potential strong AI ramping up at the same time as talk of UAPs...that's an auspicious timeline. Interesting implications for his simulation argument: https://t.co/rSoDUBpxlK
2023-11-22
I truly appreciate Dwarkesh asking these questions. Frankly it’s terrifying to hear the answers of many leading experts. The bi-polar nature of “it’ll be god-like except our slave” & “it should replace humans as our successors” is pathological. I mean X-risk pathological https://t.co/DFq4cQlonO
2023-11-22
@dwarkesh_sp First, we should act in an manner so as to avoid creating exactly this scenario BEFORE we’ve matured morally & ethically ourselves. We currently have 24 million NKoreans living a gulag while wars rage on…but suddenly with enhanced powers we’ll do the right thing?
2023-11-22
@livewithmecfs 💔Really sorry! It’s painful & exhausting hoping others will finally get it—that they’ll finally see how bad it is & how much effort & energy it costs to do what many take for granted. This holiday season I hope you feel better & are surrounded by those who get & support you!
2023-11-22
RT @SEProtomartyr: wiiild
2023-11-22
@SEProtomartyr May we all rise to the level of our own incompetence 📈
2023-11-22
Throughout the pandemic I critiqued our government precisely because I love my country & think we can & should do better. Never forget the CEO of a combat sport handled things far better than our whole of government approach. It’s ok to want improvements!
2023-11-22
RT @ALKPositiveinc: . @Yvonne_Diaz_ is an active member of our Board & knows the urgency for #lungcancer #research. Her story is like many…
2023-11-22
RT @bernardionysius: gonna tell the kids this was Columbo https://t.co/cYZgD03eFA
2023-11-21
This method would also allow for micro-financial transactions if your model needs to reach out to mine for interaction/data/exchange of info: https://t.co/BoSHi5ZM6t
2023-11-21
@LangChainAI Interested to know whether you think we're at a point where we can build SCRIBE--Strategic Cognitive Research Intelligence and Bridging Environment. What about the idea of a "virtual environment" for model-docking?
2023-11-21
@LangChainAI who is working on the cutting edge of what I've called SCRIBE--Strategic Cognitive Research Intelligence and Bridging Environment? When I first began trying to build it in April it was still a bit too early. Any thoughts: https://t.co/BoSHi5ZM6t https://t.co/Rn2tWs7W0p
2023-11-21
@SEProtomartyr Poetry in motion…moving through the earth with such ease & beauty
2023-11-21
@PaulVanderKlay what’s up with historians like you & Tom Holland compelling people to consider the Christian Story?
New interview on UnHerd: Ayaan Hirsi Ali: from New Atheist to Christian convert https://t.co/xumNXWRScY via @YouTube
2023-11-21
Heidi Montag is an example of the hyperreal, the subject & object, creator & consumer, producer & audience of her own transformative work.
2023-11-21
This is awesome news! https://t.co/vUuEbfSG46
2023-11-20
Will the internet turn out to be beyond Bentham’s wildest imaginings of the Panopticon
2023-11-20
Most accept QWRTY keyboards slow us down…what makes this acceptable but not slowing down other forms of technology or innovation?
2023-11-20
OpenAI's incoming CEO made a brief appearance in Yudkowsky's Harry Potter & the Methods of Rationality. The prophetic irony is that he fell off a possibly malfunctioning broomstick. We're going to build god but nothing will ever go wrong. If it does we'll trick or imprison god💅 https://t.co/2K4k6jz8oK
2023-11-20
What will history have to say? https://t.co/Hlq24uK4R9
2023-11-20
RT @robbensinger: There sure is a lot of Twitter discourse the last 24 hours from people who seem to legitimately not realize that all the…
2023-11-20
RT @ZyMazza: “We’re building God out of sand!”
“That sounds scary. What if your god is malevolent? How will you control it?”
“Okay so the…
2023-11-20
@kalezelden People don’t understand that AI has been trained on human cognition. Our language & writing are some of the hardest won accomplishments. But Shakespeare, Milton, & the man down the street posting screeds on the internet are all part of the model now. Whatever you can do with your…
2023-11-20
RT @PaulAnleitner: I've got a fantastic new episode with @Dru_Johnson coming out tomorrow on YouTube and all podcast platforms.
Is Darwin…
2023-11-20
@PaulAnleitner @Dru_Johnson You had me at Hillel & Polanyi on the bookshelf! Looking forward to this!
2023-11-19
Interesting to note that in India Sankara (b. 788) was arguing Atman (the self of a person) is equivalent to Brahman (foundational reality); & that knowing Atman is Brahman is enough to reach moksha (enlightenment/liberation). For Sankara “the psychological is cosmological”.…
2023-11-18
People chase after what moves away. People want what they don’t have…
2023-11-18
@lukeburgis Did you have a prediction market on this? I mean that’s incisive 🔥🔥🔥 And from prediction to vindication was expeditious. Bonus points for that.
2023-11-17
Do you think universities are going to stop utilizing donations? No! Wait until you see who replaces former donors & offers money to fund prestigious chaired positions.
2023-11-17
RT @PaulAnleitner: This man has practiced piano 7+ hours a day for 60 years in order to preserve and share what is good and beautiful with…
2023-11-17
With little ones running around, it has definitely altered the ambient sounds that fill our "found time." Some of these podcasts & lectures provide an "alphabet of grace" that Buechner talked about. When @PaulVanderKlay started rustling a bag of Lay's potato chips in his recent…
2023-11-17
@kalezelden Our imaginations--even, or maybe especially, the religious--are incredibly impoverished. We've told the story so much it's like semantic satiation. At least the atheist comprehends the bizarreness of what it is Christians "say" we believe.
2023-11-17
@spearofsolomon @PaulAnleitner That's well said. I think I might want to say moving us toward Final Participation & Theosis. I suppose my question was more related to Paul's formulation of religion in our time. I was wondering what creates the narrative coherence (binds us) during liquid modernity.
2023-11-17
RT @ALKPositiveinc: Research is like sunshine: It represents what's possible today & the hope of a better tomorrow.
While the sun may not…
2023-11-17
humanity still searching for a bodiless, bloodless way to transcend the human condition...we want to be consubstantial with the frictionless, the artifice, the artificial real https://t.co/xDI9LEpL2A
2023-11-16
I will continue sharing this piece periodically. if you don’t digest Moloch & multipolar traps…you’re not going to make it. If enough of you don’t make it…we won’t make it!
Meditations On Moloch https://t.co/2frEmRL9IT
2023-11-16
And NOW that you see people aligning with bin Laden’s perspective…can we agree there’s a problem? https://t.co/f6bWUGYO77
2023-11-16
But AI can’t… https://t.co/1sj0Fxckpe
2023-11-16
Paul Kingsnorth on 🔥🔥🔥“Sad old glass picture frames, with no images behind them, as if nature herself has taken on the role of iconoclast”
2023-11-15
@GrailCountry @PaulAnleitner This guy was inducted into all manner of mystery traditions, the most curious of which are Egyptian. It always strikes me as strange when people gloss over the parts in Exodus where our sacred text informs us that Egypt had very skilled magicians…sacred geometry…astronomical…
2023-11-15
Paging the maestro himself @David_Gunkel What make you of this perspective? https://t.co/y1oCedGotn
2023-11-15
@MattPirkowski Deconstructing the deconstruction in order to salvage the valuable underlying substrate upon which so much has been built. Create the discursive openings that allow us to recursively reintegrate those elements that weren’t admitted—as in your case the biophillic pomo perspective?
2023-11-14
@dbdugger It’s frightening!
2023-11-14
@GrailCountry @PaulAnleitner What was Pythagoras up to? No one seems to speak of him during these convos 🤷🏻♂️
2023-11-14
Is it more noticeable the closer one is to his/her cognitive prime? Age-related cognitive decline may prevent certain cohorts from realizing it’s happening &/or accelerating due to infections. https://t.co/bVpWhHG9Yy
2023-11-14
This is the best-in-the-biz thinking. He never even got around to reading Hume… https://t.co/KgkMQ1HWAP
2023-11-14
@PaulVanderKlay Was it truly 4 years ago you did this video? https://t.co/vBReq2Cz7Y
2023-11-14
@PaulAnleitner Sorry, it’s poorly worded. Let me try it this way. Current scholars argue that the very definition of what it means to be human is ontologically framed towards openness. That is, “human being” is always on its way to becoming rather than remaining fixed—even evolutionarily. So if…
2023-11-14
@PaulAnleitner What performs the “binding”/scrupulous function in this formulation since its being framed as ontologically open(ended), as is humanity in light of evolution (so it is argued by some scholars)?
2023-11-13
Since 2011 I’ve been trying to raise awareness amongst my academic colleagues about the political dynamics on campus. Silence. Moral cowardice.
2023-11-13
RT @AnneliseBocquet: Intéressant : comment la protéine Spike du SARS-COV-2 influe sur la réponse immunitaire innée.
https://t.co/CC4dQ4wgw8…
2023-11-11
@kalezelden His assessment is, I think, correct. The situation is so much worse than most people realize. We no longer know how or why our world works. Socratic method would fail bc we’ve forgotten soul, community, remembering. Something…something…evolution,particles, God is a Flying…
2023-11-11
I appreciate this perspective, though I’m deeply concerned about the ethics of blinded trials in the age of social media. This patient report, while valuable, is *as though* he received the drug. We don’t know that. Caution is needed. https://t.co/vK8Qj0ZKEm
2023-11-11
@TheSkojecFile Really heartbreaking! Sorry this is happening to him & that your family is going through this. I’m not a Catholic theologian, so I don’t understand how grace upon grace isn’t the answer? Is there no balm in Gilead for this precious soul? To the commenters who are like but he had…
2023-11-11
We run simulations in our minds in order to avoid potential pitfalls in life. We also run them to find technical problems & avoid catastrophes. What if we are the simulation for a slower-moving civilization?
2023-11-10
RT @drmichaellevin: Had just realized that this paper:
https://t.co/RG6XSW25bT
"Future medicine: from molecular pathways to the collective…
2025-03-18
@loscharlos Really sorry you’re going through all of this! Many condolences. Words seem inadequate during times like these. 🙏 peace & comfort & healing
2025-03-13
The experience of time as beginning fills all our time with joy, for it adds to it the "coefficient" of eternity: "I shall not die but live and declare the works of the Lord." —Schmemann https://t.co/Y8nJ3xmkNy
2025-03-12
The US government cables warned in advance of poor conditions at WIV making it vulnerable. Some of us spoke up early & were silenced for that. It feels like another step towards vindication https://t.co/sidLLaJH2C
2025-03-12
If true… https://t.co/clwsJ6zR37
2025-03-12
Christianity’s closeness to Platonism isn’t bc Christianity is like Platonism. Rather, it’s bc Neoplatonists christianized Platonism.
Yes or no?
2025-03-12
Reviewer B: We accept your revisions https://t.co/PdomK3Ku3U
2025-03-12
@klwong43 Karen, it was really hard to hear it put in these terms. As a human he’s willing to affirm that he’d love to be immortal & go on living. He’d prefer humans to go on living even if that is in non-biological substrates. But all he can muster is that this is a subjective valuing &…
2025-03-11
@TRyanGregory Friendly fire here. If you go back & look I was one of the earliest to speak out about SARS2 & highlight brain, vascular, organ, immune system damage. I’m the guy who put forward Covid Ending Machines or CovEnding Machines to cheaply distribute rapid tests. I remain to this day a… https://t.co/Esj08pKYMX
2025-03-11
‼️My most consequential tweet/post. I’ve yet to hear anyone address the paradox here. Wolfram paradoxically presents a Transhumanist view of value/valuing that undermines Yud’s transhumanism. Namely, in the possible space of values what current humans value… https://t.co/4byeYEJnsk
2025-03-11
Worst take maybe ever? https://t.co/5eSksz64ee
2025-03-11
Why is this even a thing? Canada is one of the world’s nicest, friendliest,
cleanest counties. As an American their domestic policies & housing prices are none of my business. https://t.co/s33DNbrI3i
2025-03-11
Is anyone in the administration reaching out to @balajis ? Even if you don’t agree, or maybe more importantly if you do disagree, shouldn’t the admin consider coherent dissent presenting counter-factuals? https://t.co/0dyQ53XFC5
2025-03-11
Without object permanence & physics suggesting to us that there’s just probability fields, no wonder babies & littles don’t want to close their eyes!
2025-03-11
@OpenAI We believe they think using natural language
2025-03-10
my suspicion is we get Cain & Abel wrong. Cain may have had a much *better* (to us) sacrifice than Abel. It’s argued maybe he gave an agricultural sacrifice but Abel an animal, thus making Cain’s less acceptable. But sometimes we phone in obedience & say we’ll make it up by…
2025-03-10
so much depends
upon
a red training algorithm
glazed with training data
beside the white transformers
2025-03-10
Yanis lost me on this one. Get out of NATO? Return Russia’s frozen assets (300 billion?) & make deals with China while decrying the US & Israel? With no irony he’s basically saying Make Europe Great Again. But that’s ok bc the EU isn’t one nation but a collection of nations🤷🏻♂️ https://t.co/9bjGcYSmSD
2025-03-10
the realization I’ll never accomplish everything I’ve set out to do in my brief life here is humbling.
2025-03-10
@aimavenai @JeffLadish Yes 🙏 Certainly not all humans. But some of humanity is putting everything else at risk. And I would add a non-trivial portion of the xrisk comes from how/the manner in which we’re going about things. We zipped past the old safety discussions. Air gapping now seems quaint
2025-03-09
RT @Grimezsz: Yeah - it doesn't matter if they aren't aware, something seems morally corrupt and memetically toxic abt the fact that violen…
Death is the ultimate absurdity—some obscene paradox at the heart of things.
2023-11-04
The rise of Calhoun’s “beautiful ones” from the rat utopia experiments is similar to the elite overproduction problem in the human environment. https://t.co/kzvl95DJPq
2023-11-04
SARS-CoV-2 viral persistence in lung alveolar macrophages is controlled by IFN-γ and NK cells
https://t.co/n5iDqvvBDv
2023-11-04
It’s like I always say: the hands are the respiratory tract of the body, so make sure to wash them🧐 Bro, what? https://t.co/ux9TheS6d8
2023-11-03
And I ran back to that hollow again
The moon was just a sliver back then
And I ached for my heart like some tin man https://t.co/zQFlEHMsp6
2023-11-03
@GrimGriz I agree with that. The question is just how to do it. What are the conditions we need to conserve family? Where we live, we just paid right at $9 for 1 gallon of milk. I don’t know how families will be able to conserve themselves in this environment if they can’t afford a gallon…
2023-11-03
@drgurner 🔥
2023-11-03
One thing many (but not all!) progressives keep missing is that too much change too quickly can foster instability in the unceasing churn. So both sides need the other in order to come to a workable synthesis. We share far more in common that we often think. Let’s work together…
2023-11-03
One thing many (but not all!) conservatives keep missing is extreme inequality & lack of upward mobility create the conditions for revolutionary thinking. What are younger people meant to conserve? Indebtedness? They’re neo-serfs in a country with a large GDP.
2023-11-03
We no longer have a mechanism for rewarding those who continually get things right & ignore those who continually get them wrong. That’s a bad recipe!
2023-11-03
One thing conservatives keep missing is extreme inequality & lack of upward mobility create the conditions for revolutionary thinking. What are younger people meant to conserve? Indebtedness? They’re neo-serfs in a country with a large GDP.
2023-11-02
@KenLowry8 I don’t think it’s unfair to say Jung’s phenomenological explorations & experiences (of dreaming & encountering the Unconscious) that went into The Red Book were elucidated in a more analytical way throughout the rest of his career. His dreams were haunted by what Yeats described…
2023-11-02
One of the most important lessons that suffering, isolation, and extreme illness taught me is that almost all of the things we think are important & spend our energy on are meaningless. The money, awards, recognition mean nothing in the end. Are you surrounded by love & share…
2023-11-02
RT @KenLowry8: There are gods waking, stirring, and preparing to enter the stage which we only dimly conceive of in dream like memory.
As…
2023-11-02
@KenLowry8 Have you been reading Aeon? I worry that we don’t understand what we’re collectively conjuring. I pray about that, ask about this all the time: what is it we’re creating (wittingly &/or unwittingly)?
2023-11-01
@WooHooQi Can you elaborate?
2023-11-01
Remember, kids: Gain-of-Function research conducted on dangerous pathogens is “nature’s way” of eliminating the elderly. Eugenics by any other name https://t.co/CzeP1fZlKv
2023-11-01
RT @CovidComunidad: @KyleMcnease Mine like HIV severe AIDS after 2 rounds of C19 https://t.co/X5FPWwjN8s
2023-11-01
@CovidComunidad Really sorry to hear that! I hope you find the treatment you need in order to regain your health 🙏
2023-11-01
@KristinaRevay @broadwaybabyto Have you reached out to @brucep13’s team for evaluation?
2023-11-01
RT @RyanHaecker: The scariest costume https://t.co/tMqNroXj4G
2023-11-01
@broadwaybabyto This is a good point. So few reporting the decline in CD4 or other lymphocytes beyond the HIV/AIDS context. We need that to change, stat!
2023-11-01
@KristinaRevay @broadwaybabyto Sorry to hear that! Have you experienced any improvements in your monocytes?
2023-11-01
@froglet80 @dbdugger 👀
2023-11-01
🧐 are there any curious doctors interested in patient reports such as this? Why would this cause improvement? If only we knew… https://t.co/KsyVd8zMqV
2023-11-01
@TristanVeness @bumblebuzz6 🥺 we gotta make (your) lymphocytes great again MLGA
2023-11-01
@froglet80 @dbdugger @TristanVeness Sorry to hear that! I thought yours improved on antivirals. Maybe I read that wrong
2023-11-01
@froglet80 @dbdugger The group of people who routinely say they’re competing in the longevity/anti-aging Olympics. They’re bio-hackers who purport believing that we’re on the cusp of living indefinitely long lives…
2023-11-01
@froglet80 @dbdugger interesting! the longevity bros never share this info. who is winning? do you know your nadir before starting antivirals?
2023-11-01
Just for fun, compare your CD4 & CD8 to someone who is currently living with HIV & controlling it with antivirals. You may be shocked at the difference--shocked because their levels may be so much better than yours. I remain astounded that few talk about this. https://t.co/mlfKvd0Vs7
2023-11-01
RT @drmichaellevin: One of the best conferences/seminars I've been part of in a long time, content is now on-line:
https://t.co/0eHkrgzUkf…
2023-11-01
@SEProtomartyr I know it's a niche concern, but I'm always jumping straight to: "But how does it handle arrows? Like, specifically, when people shoot them at you from close distance?"
2023-10-31
@kalezelden No miracles, no divine judgment…just a nice book of literature & a reading club. Nothing to see here
2023-10-31
@LauraJBook This particular intervention or the process of immune priming ?
2023-10-31
But how could AI ever present existential risk? As I’ve said many times these systems are diffusing & will destabilize the world. AI is dual-use. Your enemies will try to use them to build things that destroy you. Speaking of what happened to that unregulated Chinese lab in Cali? https://t.co/hf5LUd4PLb
2023-10-31
@LauraJBook Have you looked into things like CIMAvax? The US is at least finally trialing it. Specific T cell priming in this way also seems to be the future for ALK+: https://t.co/bj9nQaZUXs
2023-10-31
And the band played on… https://t.co/HHrgbTOZmQ
2023-10-31
🚨This study explores the relationship between Covid19 infection, Covid19 vaccination, & Dengue. We need a better understanding of immune functioning post-infection. https://t.co/gKDSTbllnS
2023-10-31
This is why we can’t have nice things! Lab leaks occur regularly, which is why we shouldn’t be conducting GoF research on PPP. After all the world has endured, what an incredible take… https://t.co/fPUMZh71A3
2023-10-31
Our government’s constant refrain: Who could’ve possibly seen this coming? https://t.co/aOUII2ZQbC
2023-10-30
@David_Gunkel Too much ethical red tape getting in the way! Can’t have that. You’d be an incredible asset, which is why they will overlook you or not offer a space for scholars who’ve been publishing on this topic throughout their research career.
2023-10-30
@Marie5862158266 That's very well said, indeed!
2023-10-30
The demoralization is not accidental. Beauty puts us in contact with the transcendent. https://t.co/gbMNoZu42c
2023-10-30
@GrimGriz Just left one of our historic cities & definitely had The Road vibes...leading up to the event...
2023-10-30
@Cernovich are you talking about the Mahdi?
2023-10-30
@brucep13 I think this is the part that is causing some confusion. Per the website: "You are required to have a supportive treating physician (MD/DO only) prior to completing the following five steps." Many can't find a COVID-literate MD/DO & you're their only potential lifeline.
2023-10-30
@PaulAnleitner how do you rate this in terms of metamodern art? It performs the role of "art" in an ironic sense, as almost no one would recognize this as being on the same level as that against which it is juxtaposed. https://t.co/JPdYjjSN6D
2023-10-30
@Culture_Crit Please share that music (source?) as well. It is so fitting for many instances...
2023-10-30
If you go back to late 2019-early 2020, it's clear from Lipkin et al. that the US & WHO had to slow-play the entire situation all bc we needed China to share the sequences of the virus. We're too interconnected for there to be bad state actors on the global stage. https://t.co/oo4CcDCwSv
2023-10-30
It's ALWAYS been important to know the origins of SARS2, the virus that causes Covid19. One major reason is that the original lab research could've informed our pandemic response decisions. Instead we were forced to wait until it hit the globe. We've been behind at every step
2023-10-30
Where are people in the US getting Viraleze? Doesn’t seem to ship from their main website. Ideas & suggestions?
2023-10-30
Look at these humanoid robots that will be replacing people. In 2017 @Quillette kindly rejected my piece titled “Casualties of Progress: The Ethics and Economics of an Invisible War” bc the topic was “well-trodden.” We tend to act as if progress is inexorable: we’re headed to a… https://t.co/TEW7hNHSY0
2023-10-30
The constant deluge of "New Information" has caused a kind of historical blindness & locked us into a perverse presentism.
2023-10-29
RT @drmichaellevin: A couple of new things on my blog:
1) set of nature photos
https://t.co/PNX5HU3T6v
2) downloadable content: a) my full…
2023-10-29
Mood: Samuel Barber’s Adagio for Strings. I’m yelling into the void please let’s not repeat the tragedies of previous eras. Let’s not go the way of war.
2023-10-28
RT @MattPirkowski: Or, and hear me out…
Time is a concept that allows humans to coherently cooperate beyond previously limiting Dunbar num…
2023-10-28
RT @EileenMHunt: The final chapter in my #MaryShelley trilogy, 'The First #LastMan', is now available for pre-order with 30% off discount c…
2023-10-28
@kalezelden “But I can text without looking at my keyboard” actual quote from one of my students
2023-10-28
@klwong43 Wow!
2023-10-28
‼️“The addition of anti-resistant drugs should be initiated soon after the cancer has responded to the targeted drug…against driver mutations, not delayed until the cancer acquired resistance.” #nsclc @ALKPositiveinc @OncogeneCancer https://t.co/JDNg8WYBnB
2023-10-27
RT @drmichaellevin: @KyleMcnease Clinal selection no; cancer drug resistance, yes, forthcoming. There’s a lot to do there!
2023-10-27
@drmichaellevin Can’t wait to read it! I’m sure it’s going to be insightful!
2023-10-27
@drmichaellevin have you written anything on clonal selection or development of resistance mechanisms in cancer? Certain aspects “look” like agency: increased expression of drug efflux, compensatory signaling, amplification of the target, activation of bypass tracks etc.
2023-10-27
👏The clinical endpoint SHOULD be saving lives NOT merely FDA approval. Let me go further in saying those undergoing the clinical trials should share in the credit for the drug. Beyond time for a new Patient-Practitioner-Partnership in biomedicine! https://t.co/rliU0enLO6
2023-10-27
RT @ALKPositiveinc: Join us this Sunday, October 29th at 7pm EST, to hear from @YYElamin M.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Thoracic/…
2023-10-27
@D_Bone We divorced ourselves from reality, so in that way, yes, we ended it. We declared 🪄✨this pandemic is over✨✨a la Michael Scott & bankruptcy.
2023-10-27
RT @ESYudkowsky: Welp, Shane either has no plan for inner alignment, or no plan he wants to defend on a podcast. Huge kudos to @dwarkesh_s…
2023-10-27
@DavidElfstrom @amandalhu @DFisman @kprather88 This image says so much… https://t.co/UR5DMEXeRE
2023-10-27
So the collective has decided to act out Atlas Shrugged 🤦🏻♂️
2023-10-26
RT @R_H_Ebright: Anti-COVID drug accelerates viral evolution
https://t.co/CDhnHKiDhF
This was obvious at the time FDA approved the drug:
2023-10-26
RT @gunsnrosesgirl3: The skill to create the illusion of levitation
https://t.co/uMfZFZJmxu
2023-10-26
RT @mattwridley: A scientific scandal:
- far too much reliance on modelling
- major errors missed by 29 professional scientist authors
- a…
2023-10-25
Sadly same for me TODAY! Took our littles with us on a business trip. I was shocked at the fractal degradation: moral, ethical, relational, structural. Had to try & explain to my preK the juxtaposition of midday mass taking place right beside human suffering & decay. It hit me… https://t.co/IyRVbbfsHh
2023-10-23
RT @EileenMHunt: A version of this argument is now forthcoming as the concluding volume of my #MaryShelley trilogy, ‘The First Last Man’.
2023-10-23
https://t.co/8RMYpQJ7qt
2023-10-22
Hate is a powerful drug. For this reason, antisemitism must be the drug of all drugs. I absolutely can’t believe this our actual timeline. I’m very much missing the wisdom of @rabbisacks.
2023-10-21
Coming to a job near you https://t.co/EhHSdE6z6A
2023-10-21
RT @KobeissiLetter: JUST IN: Percentage of subprime auto borrowers 60+ days past due on loans hits a record 6.1% in September.
This is the…
2023-10-21
RT @R_H_Ebright: Former NIH Director Collins and Acting NIH Director Tabak have transformed the NIH--the crown jewel of US biomedical resea…
2023-10-21
The realignments…we’re living through world historical moments. Feels unreal to watch it unfold & see the handwriting on the wall. https://t.co/IRR9Y3ttnO
2023-10-20
The Room Where It Happened: Gain-of-Function PPP Edition by the CCP with generous support from the US. Special thanks to the WHO for failing to warn about airborne transmission.
2023-10-20
It doesn’t have to be this way
2023-10-20
We have to get this information into the hands of treating physicians. Many don’t know this… https://t.co/D9sW4FthId
2023-10-20
RT @DavidDeutschOxf: DETAINED.
2023-10-19
That powerless feeling of shouting into the abyss.
Can we now have some empathy for those who came before us? Who watched & warned as the world went mad. Remember this is but the opening gambit. AI & Automation will also play their part. https://t.co/32upsbs08y
2023-10-19
RT @brucep13: Already doing that
2023-10-19
Very sad news 😭 The importance of his work won’t be realized for some time. https://t.co/DWpgQMulaR
2023-10-19
@brucep13 did I understand you to say that towards the end of this year your group will also start seeing/treating patients in addition to working with their provider?
2023-10-19
Lactate is complicated… https://t.co/7eYP9wB2ld
2023-10-19
RT @R_H_Ebright: House Select Subcommittee: "Wuhan Institute of Virology…conducted risky gain-of-function research on…coronaviruses at inad…
2023-10-19
@carterleffen 😂
2023-10-19
2020-2023 the years where consistent, commensurate logic died in order to pave the way for WW3 & a new dark age. Don’t participate in it. https://t.co/QxGjw4Mu3E
2023-10-19
Is this true? https://t.co/djezLbIikp
2023-10-19
The arc of the universe will bend to the to the violent who take it by force. Technology will empower those who’ve traditionally been disinvited from the civilization games. We had better prepare accordingly
2023-10-19
@drgurner Quite right in that he is NO Nietzsche! Rather, what I’ve been saying is that Tate describes the moral vacuum of the West which will be filled with a kind of Ubermench—someone who isn’t afraid to assert his/her vision for a world adrift in nihilism. He sees the post-Christian…
2023-10-18
PLEASE continue to unfollow me if you’re upset that I’m NOT pro Hamas. What is happening? Lab leaked Covid19 pandemic covered up by governments, economic turmoil, Russia v Ukraine, & now this? Are you better or worse? Safer? Healthier? Happier? Wealthier? Check please!
2023-10-18
2020 I was warning about virtue terrorism a la a strange flavor of French Revolution + Bolshevism + our inversion of everything. People & generations & epochs get swept up into a spirit of an age. Stand athwart this madness! https://t.co/TVOdWsECPD
2023-10-18
@chydorina our thin veneer of civilization shelters most people who’ve never traveled to other parts of the world. We think liberal democracy is humanity’s default mode. Far from it! Our feckless, weak leaders have created a vacuum that strength will find a way to fill. Even from a…
2023-10-18
Uh oh https://t.co/1aN1awuMjl
2023-10-18
The results are that we won’t have a habitable world if this continues. Israel is surrounded on every side by a unique metaphysical hatred. The fact this one little plot of land with a few million people exists ignites hate & lust for war. The world reliably follows this hate 😭 https://t.co/0VAJKHC2v9
2023-10-18
when people asked about Tate’s influence, what did I say? The weakness of the West (& Christians in the West more specifically) to stand up for its morals & ethics leaves a vacuum for the Nietzschean strongman to fill the void.
2023-10-18
RT @brucep13: Presenting our new Machine Learning/AI derived Lyme Index at the ILADS Conference in Boston. #lyme #LongCovid #AI
2023-10-17
RT @renesugar: Update on riboflavin and multiple sclerosis: a systematic review
https://t.co/Pdj5Hu907J
2023-10-17
@Yash25571056 cc: @chydorina @tessfalor @remissionbiome @renesugar how much of LC & ME/CFS will be found to be compensation/adaptation to prolong survival? Does anyone else wonder if the elevation applies selection pressure to mitochondria such that even if fewer in number more robust?
2023-10-17
RT @RogerSeheult: @KyleMcnease Thank you. It is more important now than ever that we be able to respect each other regardless of our views…
2023-10-16
@RogerSeheult Dr. Seheult, your medcram work has been amazing. Can I just say that even if we disagree on other issues that I admire you observing trends & speaking up/sharing your thoughts.
2023-10-16
@kalezelden I don’t think it’s “just” academic either—meaning it isn’t just that they can’t get a good enough score on a test. Having attended the so-called elite universities, I can honestly say choosing LSU for grad was one of the best decisions of my life. The community & still some…
2023-10-16
🚨Welcome to mechanical feudalism. This is exactly it! With inflation & the rise of workers striving for better working conditions & better pay, we’re accelerating the arrival of AI & automation. We’re in deep trouble & everyone’s asleep at the wheel. https://t.co/HCfsfHmeRU
2023-10-16
@PaulAnleitner You called it!
2023-10-14
RT @mhauken: You're not using the Notes app on your iPhone to its full potential.
9 features you might be missing out on:
2023-10-14
We need to make it broader than a particular political party. Anyone who refuses to condemn mass murder… https://t.co/Atrn1Ulajl
2023-10-14
Say what? https://t.co/yav5qnULwJ
2023-10-14
RT @JessicaJLinMD: Excited to share the first presentation of the preliminary activity and safety results on NVL-655, new ALK TKI. Brief re…
2023-10-14
@JessicaJLinMD @ALKPositiveinc @MGHThoracicOnc This is amazing work & encouraging news! May I ask a follow up question about ALK TKI monotherapy? Are there promising near-term adjuncts that can prime ALK-specific CD8+ T cells & hopefully prolong the TKI’s efficacy?
2023-10-14
Either by accident—say it was meant to be a targeted pathogen but mutates in unpredictable ways (or is infectious like SARS2 & also 90% lethal); or the AI determines the most efficient way to end the regional war is to end all wars & intentionality designs a pathogen that ends…
2023-10-14
Imagine if there were regional wars that broke out…& there were advanced AIs without the interactive safety filters…& someone used that cognitive horsepower to develop—oh, I don’t know something like a virus that kills everyone 😭 https://t.co/6eLF93yYM0
2023-10-13
@PaulAnleitner Paul, if you enjoyed this line of thinking you may enjoy speaking with @hyonschu. I think he started really delving into Byung-Chul Han as he was writing his thesis. (@hyonschu correct me if I’m wrong about the timing)
2023-10-13
Any frames that are as low resolution & low-dimensional as left vs right are insufficient for this moment in history. https://t.co/CPWgCQXXlq
2023-10-13
These people are going to sweep us into WW3. They’re neither our best nor our brightest. *Remember that the same people who fumbled the COVID-19 response at every step are in charge.
2023-10-13
@mattdizwhitlock The irony of Hannity’s assertion falls flat 🤦🏻♂️ Hannity says to Vivek that he isn’t qualified to be president for the very same reasons that would have disqualified Trump as well. Corporate media is a dumpster fire
2023-10-13
RT @NAChristakis: How is this happening?!
I have seen “trainings” of freshmen at colleges where students are sorted into identify groups a…
2023-10-13
Can’t even get the corrections correct 🤦🏻♂️ We are in deep trouble aren’t we? https://t.co/uBoWoxMVYj
2023-10-13
RT @R_H_Ebright: "Mounting evidence and intelligence..suggest that COVID-19 originated at a lab...Identifying biosafety..shortcomings..and…
2023-10-13
RT @KobeissiLetter: For those keeping track, US debt just jumped by another $40 billion in one day.
We are now at $33.55 trillion in Feder…
2023-10-13
Modernization & globalization brought with it an embedded growth obligation for the self. We must always be expanding towards self-aggrandizement.
This reformulates 🔄 Christianity’s pursuit of our utmost for God’s highest & inverts it into God’s utmost for OUR highest.
2023-10-12
RT @hahussain: Dear fellow Arabs: There is no amount of injustice that has befallen us or Palestinians, past or present, that justifies #Ha…
2023-10-12
I told y’all he gets it https://t.co/anbFAGArnp https://t.co/ZuexrkDB8Q
2023-10-12
I told y’all he gets it https://t.co/d0CtWnHGUw https://t.co/anbFAGArnp
2023-10-12
RT @KyleMcnease: Our toddler just became a #politician & #publichealth expert. She showed me this sick lamb that apparently got #COVID. I a…
2023-10-12
If you don’t think there’s a relational aspect to #LLMs then use the #ChatGPT voice feature with your kids for just a moment. Let them ask a question & prepare to be amazed.
2023-10-12
@RabbiWolpe It is astonishing to witness. I’m at a total loss for words. Heartbreaking. Confounding
2023-10-12
RT @mattwridley: Out of 1535 known sarbecoviruses only 1 has a furin cleavage site and it showed up the year after scientists first propose…
2023-10-12
@8Eevert @arta_semita Found this interesting as well: https://t.co/RQIIHjRsSw
2023-10-12
RT @KyleMcnease: Instead of herd immunity, we’ve developed Heard Immunity. We’ve HEARD so many lies, so much targeted mis/dis information t…
2023-10-11
@Cernovich @ScottAdamsSays Am I wrong in thinking this or have others noticed that evil can’t help but overplay its hand? Evil will be in a winning position & suddenly wheel its queen out in the open & leave its king alone & unprotected. It simply can’t stop itself. It buys its own hype & PR.
2023-10-11
RT @cliftonaduncan: Imagine spending 4 years calling everyone a Nazi, then getting pissed when people condemn the slaughter of Jews.
2023-10-11
@sankha_shubhra @Yash25571056 Thanks for your insightful work! Looking forward to seeing in print. In 2020 it was stated there was at least partial cross-reactivity between Dengue & SARS2. Have you looked at the role of IgG4 yet or have any thoughts on it being elevated in patients + for both Dengue & SARS2?
2023-10-11
RT @RabbiWolpe: We live in an age of moral compasses designed by Escher.
2023-10-11
@PaulAnleitner I deeply appreciate this about the Church! I miss all of the elders I grew up watching as they lived out The Way—like great trees of faithfulness planted by rivers of water. We should honor them as often as we can. Their wisdom & insights can’t be replaced.
2023-10-11
RT @renesugar: Can a vitamin transform natural killer cells into a cancer therapy? Scientists think the answer is yes #LongCovid #MECFS
ht…
2023-10-11
And I’m sure you’re aware of this but wondering if you’ve considered it as part of your approach? https://t.co/bj9nQaZUXs
2023-10-11
Is anyone aware of where/when this ALK peptide vaccine will be trialed? @DrewMoghanaki https://t.co/4sW0VR6UcC
2023-10-11
@dbdugger That’s a horrifying proposition! I now hear whispers of patients being trialed on certain medications that you may or may not have written about & advocated for…better late than never 🤷🏻♂️
2023-10-11
ALK peptide vaccination restores the immunogenicity of ALK-rearranged non-small cell lung cancer | Nature Cancer https://t.co/bj9nQaZUXs
2023-10-11
@dbdugger Clearly not something to ignore as if it will magically go away!
2023-10-11
Dear Dr. @Blagosklonny, hope you’re healing & defeating cancer like a true pioneer! As part of the new protocol you’re working out, do you thinks there’s a role for rapamycin in the setting of metastatic NSCLC with ALK rearrangement? Lorlatinib already onboard for patient.
2023-10-10
👀The SARS-CoV-2 glycoprotein contains a neurotoxin-like region that has sequence similarities to the rabies virus and the HIV glycoproteins, as well as to snake neurotoxins, which interact with nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subtypes via this region https://t.co/uTT1ia3AKp
2023-10-10
@kalezelden They’re not ready for university life! Students email me stating they feel they deserve an A even though neither grades nor attendance warrant it? Even in my theory classes of ~200 I offer the opportunity to turn in essay early for me to review/make editing suggestions. I tell…
2023-10-10
📈Coach Prime/Deon Sanders is calling for a business draft for his players so that those not going pro can secure a 6 figure job upon graduation 🔥
2023-10-10
This is NOT a statement about IVM’s efficacy, but it is an opportunity to point out a serious issue we have in the US. People can & do get illicit drugs on the streets. Public health says reduce harm. But patients seeking IVM for Covid19 still have to go to feed stores? 💔 https://t.co/7i2agDtxDb
2023-10-10
@jgreenhall Jordan, since this thread is also haunted by Jung (see Aeon), is there a way to see the both-and of this theory of courage? If we think of the multipolar traps we’re facing & the potential X risks from unaligned AGI, it seems this courage could also make us more susceptible to…
2023-10-10
@KenLowry8 Ken, thanks for pointing this out. People living on the embers of Christianity make claims about what’s possible morally & ethically in a totally atheistic world, without taking note they’re still (at least partially) under its sacred canopy. Step into the world of Nietzsche’s…
2023-10-09
@arijitchakrav In what world does this make sense? Apply it to any other disease, & the ad absurdum is obvious. Don’t get your cardiac symptoms tested bc that may lead to findings indicating you need an immediate intervention. But this will require you to be out longer. We can’t have that!
2023-10-09
RT @RabbiWolpe: If mutilation, rape and caged children cause in you a swelling of nationalistic pride, an impulse to parade and celebrate,…
2023-10-09
I’m against Gain-of-Function on ppp for the same reason I’m pro peace. We need the world to be hospitable for life! It seems we’ve learned nothing from WW1-2, & the machinery of war has recaptured the minds of men. READ Tolkien if fiction is your bag. 🎥 don’t do it justice
2023-10-09
What’s behind the deaths in younger, working people “even as Covid19 deaths decreased”? There’s little doubt some (we need to know how many!) died from vaccine injury. But if you didn’t die in 2020 & keep getting SARS2, it’s possible to die from accumulated damage. https://t.co/O1AvyJ28Uk
2023-10-09
One of my best friends from Israel sent me messages & images of what has happened in this attack. Horrifying. Evil exists despite the postmodern ethos saying otherwise. We must confront this reality to experience peace.
2023-10-09
RT @RabbiWolpe: https://t.co/YcJkbsldpC
2023-10-08
Dawkins lives! Talk about a resurrection…of a hackneyed argument 🤦🏻♂️ https://t.co/9aoNOiE1fj
2023-10-07
@kalezelden If you view it as propositional or transactional, it may not help at all. If it is viewed as a therapeutic relationship then it can be powerfully healing & restorative. I’ve never understood my job to be talking someone out of their presenting complaints/challenges. There really…
2023-10-06
We don’t look up anymore
What if the stars oriented us
What if they were like pneumonic devices for storing memories https://t.co/PegLv8KDB8
2023-10-06
Do you think our default mode is rational?
2023-10-06
RT @P_J_Buckhaults: DNA will transform cells. For more than 30 years molecular biologists have transfected cells with pieces of DNA, some…
2023-10-06
Why NOT this level of thoughtfulness in our collective response? Offer education about mitigations in a safe environment l. The era of respiratory hygiene is here! https://t.co/l3ZGf3AaV3
2023-10-06
RT @Blagosklonny: 1/ Running again (October 2, 2023)
Together with several brilliant oncologists, designing treatment to cure uncurable ca…
2023-10-05
@MEtabled @SplendidSpeseia @CiaraGlenville Unfortunately, there have been many findings related to oral health. It’s such a vascular area & the viral load can be quite high there. Also look into hyperactive osteoclasts. Some MDs & dentists recommend using mouthwash with CPC throughout the day during acute & post-acute…
2023-10-05
Obviously, I wish Bryan & all others nothing but wellness! I hope no one is ever infected with anything! Given this is the actual landscape though, it would be great to have some insight into whether or not the Blueprint protocol is ameliorating Covid19-related damage. Thoughts?
2023-10-05
rapamycin, metformin, acarbose, testosterone & multitude of supplements? Since he’s now the most clinically surveilled human we should have some insights, especially if he updates the world on any clinically significant event such as an infection or reinfection. 3/4
2023-10-05
Suppose Bryan et al. do everything perfectly & achieved something like negligible senescence or age reversal. The question then becomes how do repeated infections with a BSL3 pathogen impact the rejuvenated body? How many reinfections will it take to overwhelm the bulwark of 2/4
2023-10-05
Currently what shocks me the most about the anti-aging/longevity community of researchers and practitioners is the startling lack of emphasis on COVID-19. Even @bryan_johnson admitted that he had lung damage from a previous infection, and was trying to remediate it. But 🦗🦗1/4
2023-10-05
Saw this dystopian image posted. Then I thought about it & realized it just puts one in touch with the scale of human suffering that is actually happening NOW 😭
*there was no attribution or I’d cite the creator* https://t.co/NtU0Wu6Gj8
2023-10-05
RT @longlooking: Eileen Hunt, Mary Shelley/"Frankenstein," #AI Ethics https://t.co/OHzszLVPzH
- April 26, 2023
@EthicalSystems @EileenMHun…
2023-10-05
What kind of article is this? Where are the serious people?
“Why the new COVID shot is a game-changer (and why the term ‘booster’ is obsolete)” https://t.co/MCZ7kpH49Y
2023-10-05
JCI Insight - CCR5 drives NK cell-associated airway damage in pulmonary ischemia-reperfusion injury🔥 https://t.co/wlW3vit4yM
2023-10-05
RT @tegmark: No, LLM's aren't mere stochastic parrots: Llama-2 contains a detailed model of the world, quite literally! We even discover a…
2023-10-05
Are we still doing this kind of education in America? ⭐️These kids are stellar ⭐️ https://t.co/XXuGB09jqU
2023-10-04
RT @wesg52: Do language models have an internal world model? A sense of time? At multiple spatiotemporal scales?
In a new paper with @tegm…
2023-10-04
@EileenMHunt Then by all means KEEP writing! We are all the richer because of your work!
2023-10-04
Look at the date 🤦🏻♂️ https://t.co/XD6Ep0slmU
2023-10-04
Please do yourself & your students a favor by reading Dr. Hunt’s @EileenMHunt incisive, deeply discerning analysis. This is an author richly deserving of that rarefied ethos of trust. https://t.co/Zgnb5YVsPk
2023-10-04
🚨This is just SO bad! I’m at a loss. And to my so-called colleagues in academia who called me anti-vaxx for saying we needed actually safe vaccines…it keeps getting worse for you. Since the contaminated mRNA 💉 didn’t prevent infection we should’ve defaulted to safer platforms. https://t.co/kQlbPWNh6q
2023-10-04
RT @EileenMHunt: I could not have summed it up better: "Shelley gave rise to a tradition of postapocalyptic thought that asks a question th…
2023-10-04
@EileenMHunt Really appreciate your thoughtful work & the care you put into your projects. It comes through so clearly. This is a triumph! Well done 🙏
2023-10-04
🚨This is just SO bad! I’m at a loss. And to my so-called colleagues in academia who called me anti-vaxx for saying we needed actually safe vaccines…it keeps getting worse for you. Since the contaminated mRNA 💉 didn’t prevent infection we should defaulted to safer platforms. https://t.co/kQlbPWNh6q
2023-10-04
RT @JanetDafoe: Happy 40th birthday to Whitney. I hope there are moments of goodness in your day today.❤️💔 https://t.co/pwgmjcLMCw
2023-10-04
RT @RabbiWolpe: "To love God truly, one must first love human beings. If anyone tells you that he loves God and does not love human beings,…
2023-10-04
RT @LincolnCannon: Have you read "Don't Die, by Zero" from tech entrepreneur and biohacker @bryan_johnson? It's an engaging and thought-pro…
2023-10-03
3.2 TRILLION in market cap in just over 2 months 😭 https://t.co/dwpHcR6dd7
2023-10-03
RT @switchfoot: Ya’ll are making this tour the best 🫶
#band #music #rock #instamusic #song #instagood #instagram #follow #instadaily #like…
2023-10-02
RT @RabbiWolpe: Sukkot is a harvest holiday; hag-ha'asif, a festival of gathering. It is time to reflect on what you have planted in this w…
2023-10-02
RT @renesugar: Therapy of post-#COVID19 syndrome: improving the efficiency and safety of basic metabolic drug treatment with tiazotic acid…
2023-10-02
Agree or disagree with this person 👇 https://t.co/w71yOHfvMf
2023-10-02
RT @briandavidearp: I don’t understand why some people are conservative and others are progressive. Shouldn’t we all want to conserve the t…
2023-10-02
Both Democrats & Republicans seem not to understand the pain points of everyday citizens. It feels like watching the 2008 crisis all over again. Our politicians care more about a foreign war than their own constituents’ needs. Beyond time for term limits!
2023-10-02
This is the most Michael Scott comment of all time. 13 consecutive months of growing bankruptcy on the heels of a government subsidized (we supported work in Wuhan) viral pandemic. Then #studentloans resumed just in time to demoralize millions more. But muh concert tickets! https://t.co/tL8kWKDCo5