Stuart Vyse Chris French 🇺🇦 Two of them have cats on the cover. Conspiracy?

Great to see my former student Alan Tuerkheimer doing expert commentary on the Trump trial on CNN.

Most informative dialogue with Alexa to date:
Me: 'Alexa, what is your favorite novel?'
Alexa: 'My absolute favorite book is FRANKENSTEIN by Mary Shelley. I learned a lot about what it means to be human.'

Medical research humor and the real problem of keeping participants blind to conditions in placebo control trials.

Dr Hotez, thank you so much for this. Your unflinching courage and dedication to Public Health is a treasure not only to America, but to the world. America is very lucky to have you.

Thank you, Chris French 🇺🇦!

Merveilleuse nouvelle.

José Andrés: 'Let People Eat' nytimes.com/2024/04/03/opi…

Adam Schlesinger. Four years gone. #fuckcovid
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One of the more consistently funny accounts on this site.

I am loving this collaboration between Retraction Watch and Zotero. It keeps me from blithely citing retracted articles.

Savoring Uncertainty: A Skeptic Goes to the Movies.
In his news 'Behavior & Belief' column, Stuart Vyse looks at films that may of particular interest for critical thinkers.
skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/savo…

US Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar is SO good at oral argument. #SCOTUS

This is a crazy mini-series-worthy story. nytimes.com/2024/03/24/nyr…

I saw Anatomy of a Fall and figured it might make good material for my column in Skeptical Inquirer. 'Savoring Uncertainty: A Skeptic Goes to the Movies.' The final verdict is yours. skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/savo…

Terrific piece by Amy Lutz on how the NIH, bowing to identity-based politics, is considering dropping the reduction of disability from its stated goals. open.substack.com/pub/persuasion…

Another invitation to publish in a journal that is not in my field.

Does tweeting increase citations? We conducted an experiment with 110 tweeted papers and 440 controls, waited 3 years for citations to accumulate... and found no significant increase in citations
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