peterevogel

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   by peterevogel 19y ago

   As the son of someone who recently went through a cancer scare, I'm really excited about this stuff. I used to think chemotherapy was such a primitive therapy - flood the body with poison and hopefully it will just hurt the cancer - but th
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   by peterevogel 19y ago

   I've often wondered about this while watching canine social groups in action. Despite the proverbial "dog eat dog", I've seen what appears to be an expectation of fairness and group order in dogs, even in a supposedly informal social group
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   by peterevogel 19y ago

   There is certainly a part of me that feels guilty, sometimes for not taking a more active, direct role in the improvement of people's lives, of our course as a species, of the world in general. Volunteering is wonderful, but clearly that's
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   by peterevogel 19y ago

   It's always a little amusing - and frustrating - how our language falls short when we try to describe quantum phenomena. Quarks don't have a "position in the neutron because their existence is expressible as a waveform, not a little marble
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   by peterevogel 19y ago

   There has always been a disconnect of this sort between pop science journalism and actual scientific papers. Medical and biotech researchers, in particular, have to be ultra-cautious in their pronouncements. There are a hundred thousand v