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There must be some ambiguity in the article, because GP's reading looks plausible to me. For example, "You can’t have one set of elements in Russia and another
by ajb 12y ago
There must be some ambiguity in the article, because GP's reading looks plausible to me. For example,
"You can’t have one set of elements in Russia and another in the US, everyone would work together and compare notes. At the very least one side would have the common decency to at least steal from the other. No way anything like this could possibly go on.
But as far as I can tell this is exactly the state of modern psychopharmacology."
It's not obvious whether the author really thinks that the Russians have found some new elements, or is just using the term 'element' to mean 'chemical', but either is erroneous.
- TeMPOraL 12y agoLook at the first sentence of the post. Or the beginning of the paragraph you just quoted. Elements being different in different countries is clearly marked as an absurd example.
- ajb 12y agoOkay, I agree, he's being sarcastic. Sorry, I'm obviously too tired to contribute to this discussion.
- davorak 12y agoI agree with TeMPOraL, the first sentence sets up the example: > Imagine if a chemist told you offhandedly that the Russians had different chemical elements than we did. Make it clear that different elements being used in Russia is a hypothetical. He then uses it to show the absurd state of the state of psychopharmacology.
- chemunc 12y agoIt's things like this that point out that the author a) can't write effectively and b) doesn't know anything about pharmacology/medicinal chemistry. Why are people going nuts about an article written about a very advanced subject that's written by a non-expert?
- TeMPOraL 12y agoIf someone working at a hospital, doing psychiatry for a living and known for reading tons of research papers is a "non-expert" then I don't know who to read anymore. By this standard you shouldn't listen to anyone here about anything related to programming or startups.
- chemunc 12y agoPsychiatrists with reading habits aren't medicinal chemists or pharmacologists.