Shocked that it's me of all people who ended up with some of the best+most accurate beliefs. What are the odds of that? /s

In andymatuschak.org/books, I argued that non-fiction books are surprisingly ineffective for typical readers. One common (great!) criticism I heard was: Isn’t reader interest the biggest factor? So what if vaguely-interested people don’t absorb much from pop non-fiction? (Thread)

As the US exits the landmark INF missile treaty, one Russian paper today says the treaty’s collapse “increases the risk of a nuclear conflict & moves the world closer to war with all its catastrophic consequences.” #ReadingRussia

A great deal of confusion in science education would be solved if theories were presented in light of the problems they were meant to solve.

What we need today are universal values based not on faith but on scientific findings, common experience and common sense.

We have enough problems for everyone to be working on saving the world.

Now seems highly likely that there has been undetected community transmission ongoing in parts of the upper West Coast for weeks, at least. How did we end up with major surveillance failure on par with Italy and Iran? Let's talk about how that happens.

A photo of who we hope is the final Ebola survivor returning home

Wow, this is an absolute game changer. There's now a mRNA vaccine in the works for malaria. Huge, huge news for Africa. 💚 academictimes.com/first-vaccine-…

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Since it wasn't immediately clear on my first reading: This is 13% reduction in _all cause_ childhood mortality. That's staggering. Like, aiming at the "best things to ever happen" leaderboard levels of staggering.

Heads up! I'm going to start tweeting interesting facts and problems from my research; mostly about maternal and child health in India, but there will probably be some detours along the way.