CNN published an interesting article citing the CDC talking about how the vaccinated against COVID-19 are less likely to die from everything. Let's have a look, laugh, and ask a few questions.
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https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7043e2.htm?s_cid=mm7043e2_w
Pardon being away for a bit! I'm back with a humdinger, a new study showing the palpable bias in social sciences!
References:
https://x.com/Theory_Society/status/2033604101896806649
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11186-026-09690-2
Science magazine has a contributor finally starting to ask good questions. How would you answer them?
References:
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aeg1977
https://www.aaas.org/news/task-force-releases-vision-american-science-and-technology
There's been lots of discussions about universities, but what are the underlying virtues a university should encourage in students?
References:
https://hxstem.substack.com/p/are-bad-researchers-bad-people
A study in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health examines the fraction of children with asthma that is attributable to gas stoves in the home. Interesting take, but there are a few things worth pointing out.
The YouTube version of the episode will be up tomorrow morning!
Article reviewed in this episode:
Population Attributable Fraction of Gas Stoves and Childhood Asthma in the United States
https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/20/1/75
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The new one on the actions of “Affinity Groups” is quite interesting, but you can only get it as a paying subscriber! Go check it out! https://open.spotify.com/episode/0f9q192oAAwAiKCjCC6Edv?si=0b_flngGQliFxK7I_d5N6Q
There will be no content over Thanksgiving week since I'm off on vacation. Happy Thanksgiving all!
