orthopodvt

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by orthopodvt 4mo ago
"All models are wrong. Some are useful." (Feynman) The blog sets up a straw man that oversimplifies how logic is used.
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by orthopodvt 2y ago
So there is such a thing as "knowledge". Learning problem solving skills in the absence of subject-matter knowledge is simply a Markov walk exercise. edit - corrected spelling
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by orthopodvt 3y ago
I was in high school when calculators arrived on the scene. I still have several slide rules (one was circular so it would be more accurate :-) ). In the space of one year, slide rules completely disappeared. I stopped trying to show my kid
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by orthopodvt 5y ago
Seems like a pretty reasonable analysis of what is going on. I'd be interested in hearing any rebuttals.
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by orthopodvt 6y ago
The study conditions are so artificial (very slow), that any potential efficiencies would likely be negligible. My son, who ran track in college used to tell me that it was harder to run at a 7 minute mile pace than 6 minute mile pace, beca
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by orthopodvt 6y ago
Most of what is stated is simply not true. I am a physician, not a member of the AMA. They have absolutely no role in the selection of medical students, training of physicians, or their licensing. I have no particular love for the AMA. But
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by orthopodvt 6y ago
What a great story and an amazing person. It's always nice to read about someone who was genuinely a good person. I especially liked the quote: “Every man’s life ends the same way. It is only the details of how he lived that distinguis
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by orthopodvt 6y ago
While hypervitaminosis D is a real syndrome, as evidenced by this story, low Vitamin D levels are endemic in temperate and northern latitudes. We did a study several years ago ( Vitamin D Status in an Elective Orthopedic Surgical Population
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by orthopodvt 7y ago
The headlines don't reflect the results reported in the abstract. In particular, a erectile dysfunction rate of 25% at one year is very high. Furthermore, the criteria for cancer oblation seems to be PSA decrease of 75%, which was achi
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by orthopodvt 9y ago
Almost makes me wish I had gone to MIT instead of Harvard....