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NYT edits article after letter
Okay, it’s not as big a deal as actually getting a “Letter to the Editor” published in Scientific American, but Mr. Leonhardt responded to my letter to the NYT. (An expanded version is here.) They’ve changed “virus” to “infection” on the website. (“Bacteria” would have been better, in my opinion. But, let’s face it: I’m … Continue reading
>NYT edits article after letter
>Okay, it’s not as big a deal as actually getting a “Letter to the Editor” published in Scientific American, but Mr. Leonhardt responded to my letter to the NYT. (An expanded version is here.) They’ve changed “virus” to “infection” on the website. (“Bacteria” would have been better, in my opinion. But, let’s face it: I’m … Continue reading
More on blog.bioethics.net disappearing posts
I do believe that there is a very real bias in the “mainstream” bioethics, especially in the academic world. Just as with much of the formal sciences and medicine, the belief that all humans at all stages of life are deserving of special protection from harm – the “prolife” viewpoint – is not welcome. To … Continue reading
>More on blog.bioethics.net disappearing posts
>I do believe that there is a very real bias in the “mainstream” bioethics, especially in the academic world. Just as with much of the formal sciences and medicine, the belief that all humans at all stages of life are deserving of special protection from harm – the “prolife” viewpoint – is not welcome. To … Continue reading
Reporters often get it wrong, too
Nancy Valko forwarded a New York Times article, that irritated me as a doctor, on several levels.First, there’s no such thing as a “flesh eating virus.” Most likely Isabel’s secondary infection was a bacteria: Group A Streptococcus. The fact that 20% are found to be “misdiagnosed” at autopsy does not mean that a correct diagnose … Continue reading
>Reporters often get it wrong, too
>Nancy Valko forwarded a New York Times article, that irritated me as a doctor, on several levels.First, there’s no such thing as a “flesh eating virus.” Most likely Isabel’s secondary infection was a bacteria: Group A Streptococcus. The fact that 20% are found to be “misdiagnosed” at autopsy does not mean that a correct diagnose … Continue reading
What is a Crunchy Con?
Here’s the straight stuff, from National Review Online. Now, I’m not a Luddite, either. I think of myself as an “early adopter.” But I pick and choose. I hope with reasoning behind it. Like I said, I’m part-Crunchy.
>What is a Crunchy Con?
>Here’s the straight stuff, from National Review Online. Now, I’m not a Luddite, either. I think of myself as an “early adopter.” But I pick and choose. I hope with reasoning behind it. Like I said, I’m part-Crunchy.
I'm part "Crunchy Con!"
There’s a great controversy building about atypical (at least to some non-conservatives) conservatives. There’s a great discussion about it over at National Review OnLine. What does this have to do with Bioethics? Well, if you think of yourself as conservative while at the same time, you see the protection of the environment as part of … Continue reading
>I’m part "Crunchy Con!"
>There’s a great controversy building about atypical (at least to some non-conservatives) conservatives. There’s a great discussion about it over at National Review OnLine. What does this have to do with Bioethics? Well, if you think of yourself as conservative while at the same time, you see the protection of the environment as part of … Continue reading
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