Sta Hungry Stay Foolish

Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.

A blog by Leon Oudejans
Tag:

Science

The silo mentality in scientific articles

Last week, I noticed a Big Think article: Why are flood myths so common in stories from ancient cultures around the world? I've written about this in several blogs (eg, my 2016 blog). Actually, there is no flood myth; it's part of our geological history. Also see Wiki on the post-glacial sea level rise. The above might be viewed as yet another example of my recent...

read more

Irrational belief systems

Last week, I watched a few episodes of New Tricks, rated #7.9 in IMDb. In Se 06 Ep 2, the words irrational belief systems are suddenly mentioned. As far as I can remember, I have never plotted my concept of the 7 Belief systems along the axes of rational versus logical. This is my initial diagram. For 4 of the 7 Belief systems, there is no (eg, scientific) evidence...

read more

What’s slowing down science (Axios)

Axios Science: What's slowing down science By: Alison Snyder Date: 13 January 2023 "Discoveries that push science in new directions are happening less often than they did in the last century, according to a new finding that will frame debates about how (and how much) to try to spur this type of research. Why it matters: Scientific advances fuel...

read more

New CRISPR cancer treatment tested in humans for first time (FreeThink)

FreeThink title: New CRISPR cancer treatment tested in humans for first time FreeThink subtitle: One dose could potentially provide life-long protection against recurrence. By: Kristin Houser Date: 19 November 2022 Summary from email version, dated 17 November 2022: "A new CRISPR-based cancer treatment has been tested in humans for the first time: The...

read more

Red meat is not a health risk. New study slams years of shoddy research (Big Think)

Big Think title: Red meat is not a health risk. New study slams years of shoddy research Big Think subtitle: Years of shoddy research have overstated the risk. By: Ross Pomeroy Date: 12 November 2022 "KEY TAKEAWAYS Studies have been linking red meat consumption to health problems like heart disease, stroke, and cancer for years, but these invariably suffer from...

read more

Archives

Framework Posts

Pin It on Pinterest