‘Plague was sweeping the city of London in the summer of 1665, and the Lord Mayor was desperate to do something. … The plague germs were carried by fleas that lived as parasites on rats. But that was not known. By mid-July fear gripped the city, as the plague was killing over 1,000 Londoners per […]
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Progress, Potential, and Possibilities https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2AwJ7_ci3A discussion of Free to Choose Medicine (FTCM) http://www.freetochoosemedicine.com. Highlights: 05:00 Gold standard of randomized control trials versus gold standard of systems thinking 15:00 2019 Science article critical of FTCM and Madden’s reply in Econ Journal Watch https://econjwatch.org/articles/science-on-fda-liberalization-a-response-to-the-status-quo-process-for-medical-treatments 19:00 FDA culture: good people in a dysfunctional process 20:00 Way of looking
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On December 5, I’ll be in Mexico to speak at La Cuidad de Las Ideas. “La Ciudad de las Ideas is an International Festival of Brilliant Minds, a celebration of creativity and curiosity. With the participation of over 60 speakers, from scientists to opinion leaders, the festival takes place from the 4th to the 6th
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The Black Plague of 1665 and the Lord Mayor of London: In 1665 the plague came to London. They called it the “Black Death”—black because of the color of the nasty lumps that signaled its presence in the victim’s body, and death because of the invariable result. The plague germs were carried by fleas that
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I will be a guest, along with the excellent Marian Tupy, on the TASA show hosted by Jennifer Grossman. The positive data on human progress are overwhelming. Yet so many are pessimistic. Is it simple ignorance of the data? Is it that bad news drowns out the good? Is it that we’ve made only technical
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Você pode não se considerar rico. Deixe-me provar que você é. Em 1836, o homem mais rico do mundo era Nathan Rothschild. Ele tinha 58 anos de idade e, de acordo com um check-up médico no início daquele ano, com boa saúde para um homem na sua idade. O pai de Nathan iniciou um banco
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