Victor Loux — bookmarks tagged “science”

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AI is wrestling with a replication crisis | MIT Technology Review

technologyreview.com/2020/11/12/1011944/artificial-intelligence-replication-crisis-science-big-tech-google-deepmind-facebook-openai/

Science is the belief in the ignorance of experts – Daniel Lemire's blog

lemire.me/blog/2020/07/12/science-is-the-belief-in-the-ignorance-of-experts/

Lights and Shadows – Bartosz Ciechanowski

ciechanow.ski/lights-and-shadows/

Peer Review – Rodney Brooks

rodneybrooks.com/peer-review/

The Mystery of John Titor: Hoax or Time Traveler? - Pacific Standard

psmag.com/environment/the-mystery-of-john-titor-hoax-or-time-traveler-57001

A person named "John Titor" started posting on the Internet one day, claiming to be from the future and predicting the end of the world. Then he suddenly disappeared, never to be heard from again.

The Risks - Know Them - Avoid Them

erinbromage.wixsite.com/covid19/post/the-risks-know-them-avoid-them

It seems many people are breathing some relief, and I’m not sure why. An epidemic curve has a relatively predictable upslope and once the peak is reached, the back slope is also predictable.

Hoping Llamas Will Become Coronavirus Heroes - The New York Times

nytimes.com/2020/05/06/science/llama-coronavirus-antibodies.html

Antibodies from Winter, a 4-year-old llama with great eyelashes, have neutralized coronavirus and other infections in lab experiments.

The Viral ‘Study’ About Runners Spreading Coronavirus Is Not Actually a Study - VICE

vice.com/en_us/article/v74az9/the-viral-study-about-runners-spreading-coronavirus-is-not-actually-a-study

Belgian researchers chose to bypass all standard science publishing protocols to publish research that has been overhyped and isn't well understood.

Exclusive: Humans placed in suspended animation for the first time | New Scientist

newscientist.com/article/2224004-exclusive-humans-placed-in-suspended-animation-for-the-first-time/

At least one person has been placed in a form of suspended animation during a trial that aims to help people survive traumatic injuries like a gunshot or stab wound