@robertwiblin I firmly believe that if the whole materia medica could be sunk to the bottom of the sea, it would be all the better for mankind—and all the worse for the fishes.
Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809-94), speaking to the Massachusetts Medical Society, 1860
@s_r_constantin That the majority of our neurons are in the cerebellum has intrigued me too. Though they are less metabolically active, only 30 % of blood flow is in the posterior circulation and that supplies cerebellum, brain stem and occipital lobe!
@RichardHanania Skimmed it, but the data for Sweden was badly outdated. Now and for many decades there has been a strong positive correlation between income and fertility. https://t.co/yGLMxCixml
https://t.co/KCXF7Oyvgx
Positive correlation with IQ too https://t.co/qJG43NJ7PJ
@ZachWeiner The kids are alt right? In Sweden younger people were more right wing. But they did not vote more for the far right (Sweden democrats): https://t.co/AJQ7p9vTBq
@bryan_caplan This case is extra dumb. Smoking is bad but nicotine by itself is not very harmful. Lowering nicotine content of cigarettes may well increase smoking.
@robertwiblin Once stay at home orders had started they were much easier to renew/extend. Even if they were justified at some point perhaps better to never have started.
@ElonBachman If it were vaccines you would see this kind of excess death in all highly vaccinated countries and you don’t. As for long lockdown, what are young excess death numbers in other lockdown countries?
@alexeyguzey Finally, CSF amyloid-beta has a diurnal pattern that's probably related to sleep and it seems that at least severe sleep deprivation increases CSF Aß. https://t.co/W2pvTHRMyQ
https://t.co/aL9Zp0RkUX
@alexeyguzey Electro Convulsive Therapy is another effective therapy against severe depression. Probably more effective than ketamine: https://t.co/v9UxMGDZ5i
@juliagalef@robertwiblin Right now I'd think random grant allocation would do better at the margin. Then question becomes what's the optimal amount of money that should be randomly allocated!