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Brian Appavu, MD

@appavubrian

Neurologist, dad, husband. Interested in thinking through first principles and discovering solutions to complex problems.

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Identity isn’t found inside you or in the crowd. It’s forged at the moment you’re willing to disappoint your own tribe.

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“The truth or falsehood of a belief depends upon whether the belief corresponds to a fact, not upon any other circumstances, however useful the belief may be.” - Bertrand Russel (The Problems of Philosophy, 1912) nytimes.com/2025/07/30/opi…

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I felt compelled to write an article in response to the recent New York Times article from Sandeep Jauhar regarding redefining brain death. As a neurologist with my own experiencing working in this domain, I have thoughts I wanted to share.

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Many situations in life are similar to going on a hike: the view changes once you start walking. You don't need all the answers right now. New paths will reveal themselves if you have the courage to get started.

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There are few things as professionally motivating for a young man as having children. I have seen it time and again over the last few years. A friend has their first child and they seem to go into beast mode at their job or company. Part of it is probably a drive to provide

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It's hard to truly understand how radical some of David Deutsch theories are compared to much of modern scientific consensus. One of Davids most controversial but valuable contributions to society is the rejection of probability (with the exception ex. card games) as an

It's hard to truly understand how radical some of <a href="/DavidDeutschOxf/">David Deutsch</a> theories are compared to much of modern scientific consensus. 

One of Davids most controversial but valuable contributions to society is the rejection of probability (with the exception ex. card games) as an
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The best decisions I’ve made in my life so far were the ones that made sense to me—but looked bad or 'weird' to others around me. The worst decisions were the ones that aligned with everyone around me—when a quiet part of me knew something didn’t feel right. Both kinds of

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Endless money printing is the source of most of your economic woes. It's not 'billionaires', 'capitalism', or any particular race of people. Your pounds, dollars, euros, naira, and yen are devalued daily. And as long as the problem is misdiagnosed, it will continue forever.