@soboleffspaces A chain of events starting in the primordial ooze 4 billion years ago…its turtles all the way down.
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Adrian Levy
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What was the most heated discussion with my university friends in this trip to Motherland?
Sapolski’s Determined…
touched the nerve apparently 🫢
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@RobertTalisse Suggested dust cover for A World Appears @michaelpollan
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In 1999, a friend & I were drunk at the NYC bar 7B, stranded in a blizzard. A cult member named Salbu approached us & invited us to “have a breakthrough.” I asked him what the mind is. His verbatim reply that my friend transcribed on scrap paper
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One from my personal collection. Do you know why they paint a line on the “Spinner” or nose cone?
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A close tie with "Australian Outback" for best geographic euphemism.
Tristin Hopper@TristinHopper
"Canadian Shield" is an extremely elegant name for "hectares upon hectares of rock we can't do anything with."
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Toronto drivers are the worst in the world. Discuss.
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@MarionKoopmans The problem with an "all hazards approach" is that unlike chemical, radiological and nuclear health risks, biological pathogens often do not follow exposure-response relationships.
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Listening to presentation about plans in Europe for preparedness
1. All hazards approach (flooding, fires, infections, war)
2. Geopolitical east and west of europe requires strengthening in Europe
3. Given complexity: whole of government approach needed commission.europa.eu/topics/defence…
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@PhysInHistory 1) Notes on Complexity by Neil Theise.
2) Complexity and Post Modernism by Paul Cilliers
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Mention one physics/philosophy book that you think everyone must read ✍️
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Following the lead of @CNN, here is another "coverage" of the Jenin operation that does not mention the word "terror" and presents the heroic terrorists as "resisting the occupation" who would spare innocent Tel Aviv from their justified wrath. @jaketapper
Leila Molana-Allen@Leila_MA
As Palestinians living in #Jenin camp try to pick up the pieces and put their homes and lives back together after this week’s devastating IDF raid, our story from last night’s @PBS @Newshour. pbs.org/newshour/show/…
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We were fortunate to have @edyong209 visit @Yale and share his perspectives based on his remarkable reporting on the pandemic. Now the recording is available. Thanks Ed - great to have you here. law.yale.edu/yls-today/yale… @YaleLawSch @YaleGHJP @gregggonsalves
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@DrJWolfson Agreed, when the mentor employs an "apprenticeship" style. A developmental approach is generally less time consuming and places the onus on the student to strengthen self-directed learning skills.
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🚨Unpopular opinion: In methods research, it is basically impossible to provide direct, high-quality research mentoring to > 5 students at once.
Daniela Witten@daniela_witten
I am so amazed by statistician colleagues who have large research groups (8+ grad students) and find them to provide really high quality research mentoring, help writing/editing manuscripts, etc. What’s your secret and does Hermione realize you have her time turner
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Scientific leadership in public health from UK's Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies. gov.uk/government/pub…
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The Government of Canada must follow the UK’s lead by developing a meaningful and measurable strategy that is uniquely devoted to biosecurity, writes CIGI contributing author @adrianlevy_nova for the @TorontoStar: thestar.com/opinion/contri…
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@sdschwab Please forgive me: “measurable learning objectives”?
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I always forget how long it takes to design a course, but finished the syllabus for my first-ever PhD class "Organizational Economics of Health Care". If anyone is interested, you can find the syllabus here: stschwab.github.io/images/Org%20E…
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"It argues that virus outbreaks and destructive climate change events represent a whole new field of national security threats — one that demands more than an ad-hoc approach from the federal government," he writes.
Read the special report here: cigionline.org/publications/r…
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