Category: Science & Medicine
The Burzynski Story: lessons in human nature
Dog-bathers are running for cover!! OMG! Like 3 hours of video? “No way!”, I hear them screaming as they zip off like The Roadrunner from Looney Tunes! 😂😁 Or there is the other group who want everything in 5 words. GET LOST NOW! Well the shear stupidity of large systemsRead More
I’m proud to be a conspiracy theorist!
Today I’m proud to have been called a conspiracy theorist. That means I was just about a year early. Well, you looked down the page, and thought “He’s among his own kind – so there!” It’s fine. As I’ve said a zillion times before ‘truth and reality are my onlyRead More
Complexities with medication
This is not a tutorial or advice. The infographic below is a broad-brush summary of some of the complex issues that need to be considered when prescribing medications. It is not exhaustive. This is not meant to be used by patients or the lay public to make decisions. It mayRead More
Guilty by reason of sanity: the ultimate insanity
The words in the title of this post ‘guilty by reason of sanity‘ cannot be found on Google without other words before or after. You can find ‘Not’ in front of the words. What is it It is the title of a book, I’m considering writing. What motivates the titleRead More
Lavageddon!
Some will be afflicted by the Semmelweis Reflex to immediately reject this post and linked reports. Others will bawl, “I could be run over by a bus – so what?” Well, read this excerpt first if you’re still here – from Nature Journal 17th Aug 2022: Huge volcanic eruptions: timeRead More
Prevention without prediction
Bandwagons of people believe that in order to prevent some terrible event happening, one must be able to predict what is likely to happen. In a social media world, crowd sentiment wins. Thankfully there is a reality beyond the confines of craniums! I will avoid going back into my thoughtsRead More
New territory
I just realised that my last post was on 29th June; almost a month ago. Obviously, something has been going on. Well, I have to be careful not to say too much – lest I be stalked, sent unsolicited materials, or given advice. Many life-changes have been happening. I’ve movedRead More
Where is fact in relation to position?
Again this exploration is motivated by what I see on social media platforms. I often read or hear, “The fact is… (blah blah)..”. But what does that mean? What does fact mean? What do people mean when they refer to ‘fact‘? Of course I’ve not been able to directly quizRead More
The average human being is ‘hotter’ than the sun.
Obviously not. So why the title of this post? It is about the energy density of human beings compared to the Sun. ‘Hotter’ is of course loose terminology, but it makes it easier to appreciate. As some will not have seen or heard in Prof Cox’s series that he saidRead More