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Thank you for this excellent post! Out of curiosity, how much time do you spend sifting through COVID-related material every day? Or is it mostly passive (Twitt

• raphlinus 6y ago
  It goes up and down depending on how busy I am with other things, but aside from keeping on top of Twitter I try to read about a paper a day. I went pretty deep into a few topics, including HCQ and trying to understand the capabilities and limitations of isothermal PCR. One interesting pattern I found from discussions on HN is that when people cite papers, they very often don't support what the poster seems to be claiming. That's maybe I something I could expand on, because it's similar to cherry-picking but still not quite the same. In any case, I still appreciate the references because often I learn something :)
  • exmadscientist 6y ago
    >One interesting pattern I found from discussions on HN is that when people cite papers, they very often don't support what the poster seems to be claiming. This is not unique to HN. Heck, often the data in the paper doesn't support the words in the paper! Science is hard.