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2002 economic sciences laureate Daniel Kahneman has passed away aged 90. He was awarded the prize for integrating insights from psychology into economics, especially human judgement and decision-making under uncertainty. Learn about his life and work: bit.ly/2NTewKs

“The responsibility of a society is to reduce misery, not to increase happiness.” RIP Danny Kahneman—a paragon of intellectual integrity, humility, and curiosity tinyurl.com/nsaszumw

Honored to be interviewed by the indefatigable Shannon Watts, founder of Moms Demand Action and summoner of women's audacity to discuss women's health. Thank you, Shannon, for your courage, your voice, and your support of other women 🔥 Protecting women's health with Dr. Lucy

Medical care sucks in this country, but there's one doctor you can count on. For this week's Newsletter Examples, I interviewed Lucy McBride, MD, who answers the questions your doctor doesn't. A short 🧵

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Election anxiety is real, regardless of political party. I was glad to talk with Mary Louise Kelly on All Things Considered about how to cope - mentally & physically (hint: vote!!!) npr.org/2024/10/31/nx-…

Timothy Caulfield Jennifer Gunter Danielle Friedman Sure, touting supplements without robust evidence isn’t my thing either, but let’s face it: the *real* bunk is fear-based messaging about hormone therapy for women. Women have been needlessly suffering, deprived of facts & nuanced information abt menopause & hormone therapy for

Go to bed. Get rest. It’s gonna be a long week.

“Deservedly or not, public health authorities lost a lot of trust, especially during the pandemic, and they have struggled to get it back. This has left an opening for others. The reaction from public health officials often seems to be to yell the same thing, only more loudly.

Why would Jay Bhattacharya make a great NIH director? It's not that he was right or wrong about COVID (he was mostly right!), it's that Jay was willing to put forth ideas, even when politically unpopular, & to engage in civil discourse with honesty & integrity.

It has been fascinating to see virologists, psychiatrists, journalists, and beyond claim that there was an archetype of a COVID-19 response represented by harsh punitive and regressive strategies. And that any deviation from recommending a harsh response suggests that one was

The debate around obesity and Ozempic is only getting weirder. My two cents as a primary care doc open.substack.com/pub/lucymcbrid…

What leads us to ignore experts isn't their knowledge. It's their arrogance. Evidence: Scientists are more credible when they admit what they don't know, acknowledge what they got wrong, and update their views. Trust is earned by expressing humility, not by asserting authority.

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My therapist made a life changing statement during therapy today. 'You don't have to feel hopeful about the future, it's enough to just be curious about what is coming.' I can't even describe how eye-opening that one sentence was."

Mark Hyman, M.D. Ofc science is a process & certainty is impossible. But it’s crucial to acknowledge *degrees* of certainty. Ex: we’re very certain that cigarette smoking causes lung cancer. Certainty about science’s *uncertainty* can do as much harm as certainty itself.

Never take this for granted son.

A stunning essay in the FT on the international decline in the ability to read, reason, focus, and learn new things. It began or accelerated in the early 2010s. It's hitting teens AND adults. Self-report and objective scores. by John Burn-Murdoch ft.com/content/a8016c…