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I'm the poster. I posted it because I wanted to get some of my dot-connecting noticed more (https://medium.com/@InfinoMe/cholesterol-have-we-shot-the-messenger-

I'm the poster. I posted it because I wanted to get some of my dot-connecting noticed more (https://medium.com/@InfinoMe/cholesterol-have-we-shot-the-messenger-a3f5dfeba09 https://medium.com/@InfinoMe/cholesterol-have-we-shot-the-me...), but links to "viral" news content is more click-worthy than the "Show HN" section. As a scientist I've slowly learned hard lessons about how to hook people, and I'm terrible at it. I don't profit from spreading these ideas. I'm just one of the head data scientists at one of the top dementia labs and I'm tired of longevity-based research taking so friggin long. I also have zero desire to spend a year writing this up only to pay some scientific journal top-dollar so they can paywall it. Putting it up on Medium hopefully saves more lives faster. I guess I took inspiration from the viruses and snuck my medium post on an innocuous buzz article that is exploding on social media now. Sorry not sorry :p

kaycebasques 8y ago
I'm sorry. I didn't mean to insinuate that you had any shady objectives. From my casual research, I do think that it's important that we develop more understanding around HSV1, especially if there's a link to something as devastating as Alzheimer's. My only goal was to inject some skepticism and awareness around why this particular article might receive more attention.
- subcosmos 8y ago
  I wasn't offended! It's all good. I certainly hope the posted article didn't have any hidden objectives. The linked papers however seem to point to the true hero of this story, a scientist who has apparently been taking shit for decades for her theories. Looks like she was right after all : https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/07/herpes-viruses-alzheimers/564887/ https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/07/herpes-v... Ruth Itzhaki from the University of Manchester notes that “hostility or derision occurred with most of my papers on this topic, and many people simply ignored them.” I predict she will be a Nobel recipient

kaycebasques 8y ago

I'm sorry. I didn't mean to insinuate that you had any shady objectives. From my casual research, I do think that it's important that we develop more understanding around HSV1, especially if there's a link to something as devastating as Alzheimer's. My only goal was to inject some skepticism and awareness around why this particular article might receive more attention.

subcosmos 8y ago
I wasn't offended! It's all good. I certainly hope the posted article didn't have any hidden objectives. The linked papers however seem to point to the true hero of this story, a scientist who has apparently been taking shit for decades for her theories. Looks like she was right after all : https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/07/herpes-viruses-alzheimers/564887/ https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/07/herpes-v... Ruth Itzhaki from the University of Manchester notes that “hostility or derision occurred with most of my papers on this topic, and many people simply ignored them.” I predict she will be a Nobel recipient