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by sniperjoe360 5y ago
This paper makes a lot of sense. As a doc, I've seen literally several hundred patients with portions of their brain removed or damaged, some of them very extensive (>20% of the brain). Yet many are completely asymptomatic, and man
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by sniperjoe360 5y ago
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3500377/Autistic-ma... Here's the story
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by sniperjoe360 5y ago
Hi Mr. Crumb, why beat the strawman? He didn't say that and the article didn't either. All he is saying is that Asians try really hard, not that Blacks or other groups are not trying.
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by sniperjoe360 5y ago
I think you have the implication backwards. Priviledge does lead to valuing education. But lack of priviledge can also lead to valuing education. For example, the janitor dad who wants a "better life" for their kid, and pays for t
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by sniperjoe360 5y ago
Joe with all due respect your logic is flawed. Parents who are interested in boosting their children scholastically are not necessarily privelidged. They could be privelidged. But wouldn't it also make sense for the least privelidged
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by sniperjoe360 5y ago
To add a little nuance, look at the survival for various cancers in the NHS vs the US. Cancer care for example is measurably better in the US in terms of overall survival, early detection, and access to drugs. You "get what you pay fo
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by sniperjoe360 5y ago
Good points, and I too found the tone to be overly libertarian - as if the author made all his life decisions to prioritize personal happiness over the collective. No doubt his opinions are shaped by background: He is publishing in a conse
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by sniperjoe360 5y ago
To be fair to Mr. Taleb, he does mention the technology argument at the very end of his paper in the conclusion - although his counterargument is very much a handwave. "The customary standard argument is that "bitcoin has its flaw
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by sniperjoe360 5y ago
Hi, I prescribe opiates often as a cancer doc. Opiates act on the central nervous system and decrease the perception of pain but don't address the pain itself. They are quite useful in the short term as bridging therapy (a few days to
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by sniperjoe360 5y ago
I felt the same way, what's an article about radiation oncology doing here on HN? :) Ditto to the comment below. Former coder turned doctor. Radiation Oncology was a quasi natural choice (radiology and emergency medicine are also very
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by sniperjoe360 5y ago
The only FDA approved radiosensitizers are chemotherapy based (i.e. platinum, taxol). Vitamin B3 (Niacin) is a weak radiosensitizer at large doses. Finally hyperthermia and increase atmospheric O2 also increase radiosensitivity. The common
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by sniperjoe360 5y ago
Radiation oncologist here, the radiation dose delivered (32Gy whole brain in 1.6Gy BID) with boost to tumors is highly unusual and outdated. It causes short term memory loss at a higher rate than stereotactic radiosurgery - which is the pre