A question for you: at what step do you stop agreeing with this logical argument relating to animals? (see below) Please comment "disagree" on the first step you disagree with (and if you have time, please explain why you disagree with that step). Thanks! 🙂 🧵

New Center for Global Development policy paper: *MALARIA VACCINES* are a huge scientific breakthrough. But the world is dragging its feet on rolling them out. We examine why, and how to go faster. 🧵

Was researching how horrible Lyme disease can be. (Answer: horrible.) Thought: “Surely somebody must be working on a vaccine by now, how close are they?“ And… huh?? We have one? We… HAD one? And WHAT Humanity, get your f***ing act together!

Survey of 900 experts by World Economic Forum reveals they have bizarre views about the biggest global risks. Most severe 10 year risk is extreme weather events??

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A majority of bioethicists affirm that "preventing a death is equally important irrespective of age." If you don't immediately see why this is evidence of professional incompetence, compare: "every life-extension is equally important irrespective of its duration."

Presented at #EHRA2025: In the SINGLE SHOT CHAMPION trial, pulsed field ablation was noninferior to cryoballoon ablation with respect to the incidence of a first recurrence of atrial tachyarrhythmia, as assessed by continuous rhythm monitoring. Full trial results:

Today's total fertility rates look very worrisome. Since people today are delaying fertility more and more, they look worse than eventual, completed fertility rate.

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Because philanthropic donors usually prioritize local causes, communities facing the greatest need often end up with the least support. Charitable grants received per capita (2021): Bay Area: $1,031 Central Appalachia: $98

Most of the increase in natural disasters in the late 20th century is due to improved reporting— Tracking the occurrence of natural disasters can save lives by helping countries prepare for future ones. In our work on natural disasters, we visualize data from EM-DAT, the most

Microsoft claims their new AI framework diagnoses 4x better than doctors. I'm a medical doctor and I actually read the paper. Here's my perspective on why this is both impressive AND misleading ... 🧵

This is actually wise. "The dose makes the poison" is unintuitive to humans. People prefer mechanistic and binary reasoning rather than quantitative reasoning, which is why people can get themselves hyped up about harmless amounts of substances that harm in the right amounts.

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