Bill Hanage @BillHanage.bsky.social
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Assoc Prof at Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health and Gooner. Currently cosplaying Dr Rieux in some weird re-enactment of La Peste. Tweets are personal
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To me, the definitive take on DIY anti-aging was Roy Kishony asking “do you live longer, or does it just feel longer?”
An incredible piece by Health Nerd. Walking a challenging line that I’ve yet to see someone attempt and, on top of it, do it so well with empathy and science.
“And herein lies the problem with long Covid discussions. There are two separate conversations going on at the same time”
Yes, distances between points in a UMAP are routinely used to infer biology, even though the distances are meaningless.
Even Leland McInnes, the author of UMAP, doesn't 'put much stock in the exact distances'.