Sankalp jayant سَنكلب جايَنت

Doctoral Scholar@IIITD || DSE || Applied Econometrics & Causality || Philosophy of Science & Social Sciences || Social Ontology; Zizek, Plato, Marx/Hegel

[Sankalp jayant سَنكلب جايَنت @26thprotocol]

Do share your thoughts on this...
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@TuttReal Better would be to take the help of AI rather than 'a group' LLMs would know how to apply Hegel's logic better on Capital than people who have never read Hegel.

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@OzmunC Please upload the rest of the episodes.

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Ambedkar was a believer in Universal values. His bhakts believe in liberal postmodernist "all local cultures must be respected" logic. No wonder the Ambedkarite movement has degraded so much.

[Doing Sociology @SociologyDoing]

How Can Sociology Help the Discipline of Economics? A Critique of Economics’ Social Ontology – Sankalp Jayant
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https://t.co/5OOr1v0Eid

[Sankalp jayant سَنكلب جايَنت @26thprotocol]

Much needed study...

[TheLiverDoc™ @theliverdoc]

STAY WITH ME.

A few years ago, a patient was referred to me because he was diagnosed with complicated cirrhosis. He had an infection which led to a condition called hepatic encephalopathy (brain failure due to high ammonia levels). The treatment largely involved ammonia reducing therapies. One drug was central to this - Rifaximin - a non-absorbable antibiotic that reduced ammonia in the body. I prescribed him Rifaximin for 6 weeks and advised him follow-up.

He came back to me, not after six weeks, but in 4 weeks, this time, in liver coma (worst stage of brain failure - due to very high ammonia). He spent two days in the ICU and six days in total in the hospital. His hospital bill was close to INR 80,000. He had no insurance and his wife borrowed the money from neighbors and friends to clear hospital dues.

Upon questioning, I found that he was not taking the Rifaximin drug I had prescribed. He was only on the other two drugs (one, a syrup called lactulose for improving ammonia clearance in gut). I was furious, because the patient spent a whole week unecessarily in the ICU and wasted so much money that he never had - just because he was "not compliant" to my orders. I decided it was time for me to school him a bit.

But I was wrong. He was compliant. He had purchased Rifaximin and was on it. For 15 days. Thereafter, he could not afford it. He was an autorickshaw driver who shuttled school children every morning and evening. He could hardly make ends meet. He had two children of his own. The Rifaximin brand I prescribed him was 42 rupees per tablet. He had to consume two a day - which would mean 2520 rupees a month. He just did not have that money - so he skipped it - to not compromise on other important matters - childrens education and food.

He was confused and scared about opting for a cheaper version of Rifaximin because one, he was unsure about the quality of Rifaximin that was not prescribed by me and two, he was "scared" that I would scold him for buying a cheaper Rifaximin and if that got him into trouble.

I was confused and scared about prescribing a cheaper version of Rifaximin because one, I was unsure about the quality of Rifaximin that was not "a good promoted brand" and two, I was "scared" that his family would scold me for prescribing a cheaper Rifaximin and if that got him into trouble.

It is heartbreaking that many doctors still simply don’t trust generic medicines. Too often, they worry that these cheaper options are lower quality or might cause more problems than the big, famous brands. This fear leads them to prescribe expensive drugs instead, and the real tragedy is that it pushes vital healthcare out of reach for the ordinary people who need it most - like my patient.

This narrative, that generic drugs 'are never good' and that only big pharmaceutical marketed drugs are what works has been deeply ingrained into doctors and patients alike - I do not know by whom and since when. Looking back, these strong emotions were based on either opinions, testimonials or second- and third-hand information. Not evidence.

Like I said. Stay with me. This is life changing and will disrupt the drug market in India. Here are the results of The Citizens Generic vs. Brand Drugs Quality Project.
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[Gerardo L. Munck @GerardoMunck]

Angus Deaton on the Credibility Revolution

Nobel Prize-winning economist Deaton offers a sober assessment of the credibility revolution in econometrics. He also highlights the value of seeking out “important mechanisms that are plausible, interesting, and worth thinking about.”

[Sankalp jayant سَنكلب جايَنت @26thprotocol]

Robert Pippin on what Nietzsche would have thought of modern-day economists: "Modern prophets of progress commited to their religious faiths (of knowing truth empirically) with a very low minded conception of the rationalization of society."

[Sankalp jayant سَنكلب جايَنت @26thprotocol]

This is outside Bishop Conrad School in Bareilly, where I received my entire school education.

[Piyush Rai @Benarasiyaa]

Members of right wing groups chant Hanuman chalisa outside a church in cantonment area in Bareilly district Uttar Pradesh.

[Sankalp jayant سَنكلب جايَنت @26thprotocol]

I'm glad how dialectically Ser Jaime thinks...

[Cinema Hub @_CinemaHub_]

@RealEmirHan Him directing Troy would have meant no Christopher Nolan Batman trilogy, so I am glad things worked out the way they did.

[Sankalp jayant سَنكلب جايَنت @26thprotocol]

Tenet, Oppenheimer, Dunkirk were all overrated and average or slightly above average. There is no reason to show optimism for Odyssey.

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@TheCinesthetic Why does the musical score start like the Dune and then cuts off abruptly?

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Religious explanations are largely effective not just because they are ideological but because contradictions within them pave the way towards the truth they create. Their absurdity is not so easy to expose, especially by philosophically illiterate scientists and anti-theists.

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You know that things are doomed when Javed Akhtar is the standard for an Atheist intellectual in the country.

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@OzmunC Still wish it was your translations with chinese being spoken. Please continue if possible...

[Sankalp jayant سَنكلب جايَنت @26thprotocol]

My younger brother, thrown out of school in Class 8 for being “deviant,” received a PhD offer in Philosophy today (India) . He’ll study Žižek, Hegel, finitude, and ideology. I look up to him as my mentor as I've never known or met a bigger radical, rebel and original thinker.

[Kathleen Tyson @Kathleen_Tyson_]

@YvetteCooperMP Jimmy Lai was a terrorist agent of US-UK, their tool in destabilising peaceful, prosperous Hong Kong. He advocated US should nuke China.
https://t.co/Nx1foTxHVj

[chanakya fc @The_Sleigher]

saar pls saar I'm IPS saaar 😭😭😭

[People's Daily, China @PDChina]

China on Tuesday executed Bai Tianhui, former general manager of China Huarong International Holdings Limited, after being convicted of bribery.
The execution was carried out by a court in north China's Tianjin Municipality, following the approval of the Supreme People's Court.

[Anubhav Singh @lucifer_damned]

Being in India is a daily reminder that no amount of knowledge, degrees & accomplishments can transcend “merit”. A society which considers you a sub human will continue to think of you like one, desperate for times past where they could treat you like one too.

[Vsauce @tweetsauce]

Sabine Hossenfelder's (@skdh) LOST IN MATH arrived today! Bring on the mathematical messiness!!