ernst_10

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by ernst_10 5y ago
There is always bias in the userbase, people usually watch content on their side of the political agenda for example. How do you know the so-called "brigade" isn't actually bringing things closer to public opinion? Also are w
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by ernst_10 5y ago
It is in the english language. > the expression of disapproval of someone or something based on perceived faults or mistakes. Regardless the parent was talking about someone sharing more detailed criticism.
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by ernst_10 5y ago
So criticism and encouraging people to consider the criticism? What is wrong with that?
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by ernst_10 5y ago
> piles of credentials and active practices with tens of thousands of satisfied patients This doesn't constitute strong evidence and isn't how science works.
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by ernst_10 5y ago
> This is, for both scientific and political reasons, a very difficult area to work in, and I don’t believe the evidence is in to either support or rebut that claim. The default position should be a heavy bias towards believing the gene
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by ernst_10 5y ago
> all they are doing is selecting for folks who "cheat" by being able to memorize massive amount of leetcode questions This takes an extremely high level of cognitive ability, which is a far, far better signal than a take-home
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by ernst_10 5y ago
I don't think many medical scientists support any functional medicine practice. I have no doubt much of the medical industry is extremely corrupt, but I have a hard time believing nearly all medical scientists are working against peopl
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by ernst_10 5y ago
If most data is common between people, then storing the diffs should be cheap.
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by ernst_10 5y ago
No it isn't. Groups of people obviously have different genes. For example, some East Africans are far better at sprinting. Does admitting that make me racist against non-east africans? Do you believe African-Americans dominate basketba
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by ernst_10 5y ago
How was it inaccurate?
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by ernst_10 5y ago
> I think the biggest risk of being oversold right now are the "polygenic risk scores" being used for various quantitative traits, which fail to generalize very well. How do the hits from large scale GWAS fail to generalize wit
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by ernst_10 5y ago
> but genetic testing is used extenstively and effectually by functional medicine practictioners every day You mean this functional medicine? Or are you using the term in a different way? > Functional medicine is a form of alternative
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by ernst_10 5y ago
How do you justify racism against asians, who are the most affected group by these discriminatory policies, when they are often poor and somehow quickly rise with good scores? Obviously, it's not historical overt racism holding black p