#Hypothesis

AstraZeneca Vaccine and clots: this important paper from Germany proves that VITT is not the result of cross-reactivity between anti-spike antibodies and platelet factor 4 (PF4). See thread and links
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ALRIGHT I’M DOING IT. #NowWatching Wild Mountain Thyme THE AUDACITY OF THIS MOVIE to think Christopher Walken can do any accent other than his own THE AUDACITY OF THIS MOVIE
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A fascinating blog post by Andrei Illarionov, considers carefully the infection and death rates due to coronavirus in different parts of Italy. He points out the big differences between different
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Claiming that biology has zero effect on the potential outcomes of an individual means you believe a turtle's brain put in a human body might become the next Elon Musk.Limiting
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Why did chloroplasts and mitochondria transfer almost all their essential genes to the nucleus? I think economics had a part to play. TL;DR It is cheaper for the cell to
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A conversation about growth must begin with market type. This is the most ignored aspect of growth strategy discussions within startups yet it's fundamental. My favorite is the discussion regarding
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In reaction to the sheer volume of bad papers I have had to review lately, I am starting to draft a new paper called "How not to write about the
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I have a lot of confidence in science, not so much in scientists. Science is:a) a set of protocols for the systematic accumulation of knowledge of the natural order.b) the
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You may have come across the "BCG hypothesis" lately - strong correlation between universal #BCG vaccination & protection against #Covid19. See attached abstract as an example. These studies received much
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Why Pakistani youth needs BTS, a scientific explanation : Observation : Most armys say they want BTS to visit Pakistan but they are afraid of their toxic and xenophobic nation.
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This was written off the cuff so I will respond off the cuff. I use a more expansive definition of "folk religion" than gaitanalyst does here. When we think of
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If you meet someone who claims to have created a system for controlling other peoples' minds, you know that they are:a) Delusional;b) A fraudster; andc) A sociopath.1/ This goes for
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Dreadful but predictable response to the @SecDialogue #SecuritizationTheory imbroglio. Demanding that basic standards of scholarship be upheld, and insisting on a clear, defensible definition of racism, now constitutes "assault" o
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Loving @mariepoulin Notion Gardening Dashboard. It's my first time seriously gardening. Notetaking is critical to the trail & error. Gardening is a space for creativity & prototyping. The learning cycle
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I can now reveal that we tracked down Ghislane Maxwell on 23-Nov-19 at 17:39:43pm to be in Doylestown, Pennsylvania (49 days ago) - but we lost track a day later.
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1/ I have a theory about what is going on here...One key difference in the updated IHME model is a new assumed value of a key parameter. This is the
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