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by Perenti 5y ago
I also had a Professor of Psychology, the Dean, tell me that "mathematicians don't understand statistics".
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Many years ago I had the displeasure of attempting to teach statistical inference to psych students. My background is applied maths. Psychs tend to over-sample (so combined with step-wise regression can support _any_ hypothesis), over-tes
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It sounds like those patients were in a very nice calm place. During my K infusions (30-50mg/hr for 7 days) for chronic neuropathic pain I was in a single room in a hospital. There was enough to see and hear that the mind took them
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by Perenti 5y ago
I've had K infusions for neuropathic pain, in comparable dosage rates, for up to 7 days at a time. You certainly notice the effects of IV K. So do other people when you start to talk to a hairbrush. It's a bit draining after a f
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To feel like prison you'd have to be made to "stand by your door" twice a day, eat crap every day, and practice invisibility to prevent being shanked. You'd have to be able to see behind you in the meds line to prevent
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I know it's kinda cliche, but as a youngster (10 years old) I read "Mathematics for the Million" by Lancelot Hogben and life was never the same. At 14 I read "How to lie with Statistics" by Darrell Huff, and I lear
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Which is why I'm back to Debian testing. It was the forced "upgrade" to firefox using snap that finished me, as it wanted to eat my carefully sculpted profile.
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OK, let's start by saying that this is specifically for US young men. And since the USA has a higher percentage of citizens either behind bars or having been inside this is not so surprising. Other developed countries support the une
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I search for within 50km of "Zillmere, Qld Australia" and it returns schools in Abu Dhabi. There are at least 3 Universities, and several colleges that could of been returned. I suspect it may not be ready for the real world..
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As an Australian, I insist that anything named "Cassowary" should try to disembowel you if you have anything to do with it.
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Without reading the paywalled article, is this because the US Health System sucks compared to most other wealthy countries? Don't get me wrong, if you've the money there are doctors in the US who do amazing things, but I'm t
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I am gifted, and one of my degrees is in teaching, and I've taught in a school for gifted children. Having the advanced students be "junior teachers" to the struggling students benefits both groups. It stimulates deep under
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We also see things you don't, as they're more obvious to us. Animal camouflage is a big one - animals are obvious to me that you struggle to see. Don't make the common mistake of thinking we chromatically challenged people
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This tool deals with total colour loss, but does not allow for things like deuteranomaly which is far more common than Deuteranopia. Include a slider to simulate reduction in cones. As someone with deuteranomaly it's amazing how many
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by Perenti 5y ago
Our greyhound has a certificate now...
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Sadly, it seems to be power for the sake of power. I've been involved with a few govt green papers over the last 20 years, and most of the proposals are about bureaucrats extending their reach. It's why I vote Green now, as both
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The Australian PM is only lying when his lips are moving. Before politics, he was known as "Scotty from Marketing", and that's how he operates, like a dodgy secondhand car salesman. And he loves coal.
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Australian who lived in the US for a year. Before I went I thought our cultures were similar. Alas, no, there are many very fundamental differences. The health system, the racism, the poverty, the inequity all amazed me. So did the fact
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by Perenti 5y ago
SNRIs have resolved my suicidal ideation. I credit Effexor with saving my life. The increased risk of suicidal ideation in young anxiety patients is probably offset by the reduction in self-harm amongst the major depression people.
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My GP told me that having a strong sex drive is normal for men in their 50s, so I suspect you might be experiencing the meds...
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I'm also on venlafaxine, and have been for years. I've recently (4 months) started MMJ for my chronic pain, and it seems to offset the sexual side effects of the Effexor: (1) I have a libido again (2) I always finish now (3) and
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That's an urban myth. Most of us in The Rest Of The World are quite happy with our Universal Healthcare and lack of guns in schools.
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My grandfather was the first white person born in White Cliffs. He didn't see another white kid until he was 12 years old. Due to his running with the indigenous kids, he became a great bushman, knowing law and language.
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I struck this paternalistic attitude just the other day. I have pretty complex health problems, which include CRPS/RSD. Opiods are not the best for neuropathic pain, and only things like fentanyl have any impact. I'm also recov
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People have been known to commit terribly violent crimes due to MDMA. It's not the standard effect it has, but it happens enough to remind me that it's an amphetamine.
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My opinion is that ultimately IQ is only a measure of performance on IQ tests. There is a positive correlation between IQ and performance in some tasks, but calling someone with a high IQ "smart" or "more intelligent" i
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These mice plagues are a cyclic phenomena. I remember being in one in 1973, living in a small town in the wheat belt. Australia - land of floods, fires and pest plagues.
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Pre-captivity Hebrew used the Phoenician alphabet, post exile the Chaldean (square) one.
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Are you implying that Dr Cox was a serial killer?
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An ICD is a bit more drastic than a pacemaker. They do have a pacemaker-like mode, called overpacing that tries to slow down tachycardia, but their main function is delivering shocks to reset life-threatening arrythmias or to defibrillate

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