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Were that it was so simple. My understanding is the mRNA used in the vaccines was engineered to be more stable (less ephemeral). Not sure what that means in terms of half life, but AFAICT it's a mistake to assume that it will behave similarly to naturally occurring mRNA if this is true.

yasp··on The Antiscience Movement Is Escalating, Going Global and Killing Thousands

SciAm isn't what it used to be. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-unbearable-wh...

yasp··on Yes, experts will lie to you sometimes

See also experts lying about the number of annual flu deaths to push annual flu shots.

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/comparing-...

yasp··on MIT study: Covid-19 vaccines may be less effective for racial minorities

So what word should they use instead?

yasp··on Most statin problems caused by mysterious 'nocebo effect', study suggests

And some statins cross the blood brain barrier. Cholesterol is important to your brain.

There are a few mechanisms by which statins could cause side effects. This talk discusses some of them. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_QdNX9etCg

yasp··on Article on Joe and Hunter Biden Censored by the Intercept

> Why is that?

Isn't that a question the New York Times should have been answering?

I will admit that I haven't been following the Burisma scandal that closely, but the following post [1] provides sufficient evidence to me to believe that it hasn't been reported accurately in the USA.

[1] https://www.moonofalabama.org/2020/10/media-again-falsely-cl...

yasp··on My Resignation from the Intercept

Greenwald's follow up posts:

Article in question https://greenwald.substack.com/p/article-on-joe-and-hunter-b...

Emails with editors https://greenwald.substack.com/p/emails-with-intercept-edito...

yasp··on My Resignation from the Intercept

What discredited Sy Hersh?

yasp··on The No-Code Generation is arriving

It reads like an advertisement.

yasp··on Cognitive deficits in people who have recovered from Covid-19

Nassim Taleb has assured me that IQ is a "pseudoscientific swindle". Imagine my shock, therefore, to see this paper relying on it.

yasp··on Porn Sites Still Won’t Take Down Nonconsensual Deepfakes

So then ostensibly a deepfake that is clear that it's not actually Emma Watson (not pretending) and therefore only sharing a likeness would be legal?

yasp··on Porn Sites Still Won’t Take Down Nonconsensual Deepfakes

Would this also apply to real porn actresses who happen to look like Emma Watson?

yasp··on Facebook removes QAnon conspiracy group with 200k members

How do we know that this isn't just metastasizing the problem?

yasp··on UC Berkeley boosts Latino admissions by 40% in one year

At the expense of how many Asian admissions?

yasp··on Turkey determined to control social media platforms, Erdogan says

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yasp··on On Liberty (1859) [pdf]

Why is this trending right now?

yasp··on Harvard University Won’t Require SAT, ACT for Admissions Next Year

Is this just personal anecdata?

yasp··on Harvard University Won’t Require SAT, ACT for Admissions Next Year

>Test scores don’t prove much except who had the resources, time, and motivation to study the most.

I was under the impression that SAT prep doesn't move the needle much. Am I mistaken?

yasp··on Outbreak of common colds at Antarctic base after 17 weeks of isolation (1973)

Didn't make that connection but it's obvious in hindsight. sigh

yasp··on Outbreak of common colds at Antarctic base after 17 weeks of isolation (1973)

Would have added it but the title was too long

yasp··on Role of Vitamin D in the prevention of Coronavirus 2019 infection and mortality

From what I can tell, it's still not clear that vitamin D isn't a just biomarker.

yasp··on Urbit OS 1

opensea.io has them for under $5

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