#Delusions

On why "it's a small change, why do you bother" and "Bob's heart is in the right place, let his little superstition be" is a load of rotten horseshit: a
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1) The point of the electoral college as designed in 1787 was to entrust the selection of the president to a small group of eminent persons. That plan went moribund
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What are those papers that come inside my medicine boxes? Do I really have to read them? In October 1957, a new over-the-counter (OTC) medicine #thalidomide was introduced in Germany
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When we say that "an algorithm is biased" we usually mean, "biased people made an algorithm." This explains why so much machine learning prediction turns into phrenology.1/ Researchers with phrenological
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I feel like it’s time I talk about my baby boy Serky. He’s going through so much right now. His head is foggy, his heart is fragile. He is detached
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Unapologetic Convictions :A Thread. Most parents screech "be safe". Kids are born & brought up to avoid "rocking the boat”.No wonder most adults float in mediocrity throughout their lives. Cowards
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The transgender medical experiment will be recalled as one of those grand delusions that appear every now and then in history; a mass delusion that kidnaps the minds of people
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1. As another witness @CaslerNoel discusses Trump's use of amphetamines (this one I didn't know about), it's time to remind folk of my reporting bout Trump's medical records that show
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Here it goes. I can’t stress enough how that recent take on ‘secular liberals’ and the Arab uprisings is both out of touch AND extremely harmful. I’ve seen many people
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My first experience with psychosis/schizophrenia (thread)TW/ Psychosis, HallucinationsI moved from my home town in Dublin to London in Sept 2014 for University (Film School)In the summer of 2015 after completing
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This woman did not awaken beneath a cabbage leaf 4 years ago and stumble wide-eyed into a MAGA rally. The slaveholders at the end of the Civil War also cried
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Why Steve Bruce isn’t good enough for this club - the timeline. A thread. Steve Bruce isn’t a victim of #NUFC delusions. He joined the club in July 2019 as
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If a small child scrapes her knee, her parent might "kiss it better". This does nothing, but both parties appreciate the ritual. Hanson finds that empirically, many medical interventions do
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1/ Some book recommendations:Rules of the game: many people are asking me for investing book recommendations and I finally felt guilty enough to actually put together a list. BUT--this is
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TW: Mental healthI'm not a Kanye stan. I couldn't name a song of his. I remember a music video where he rode a motorbike.Kanye has been getting a lot of
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As a kind of advent calendar, I'm sharing the books that helped me write my upcoming book. Day 1: Buildings and Power #bookworm #research #books #innovation https://youtu.be/DoIhhdpZ8Ak  Day 2: Visualisierung
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