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ramnath@nerdpol.ch
ramnath

https://youtube.com/watch?v=3Z4ZyYB_h5E

Kris Newby's book, Bitten: The #Secret #History of #Lyme #Disease and #Biological #Weapons has sparked a lot of chatter, approving and critical, including being the impetus of legislation in Congress.

In this video, I look at what some critics have said about this thesis and how Newby responds. I also take a look at New Jersey Rep. Chris Smith's work on the House floor.
00:00 Chris Newby's book "Bitten: The Secret History of #LymeDisease and Biological Weapons" has garnered praise and criticism, even gaining attention in Congress.
02:33 Newby's book suggests the US military conducted experiments with ticks and tick-borne diseases as biological weapons, urging declassification for transparency.
04:42 Representative Chris Smith supports Newby's book, advocating for an investigation into the claims of bio-weapons research.
07:10 Phillip Baker of the American Lyme Disease Foundation criticizes Smith's claims as unfounded and calls for consultation with NIH and CDC experts.
09:32 Professor Sam Telford criticizes the resurgence of the Plum Island conspiracy theory, stating there's no evidence of an accidental release of #Lyme-disease from military #research.
13:24 Newby disputes Telford's views, suggesting a different organism, possibly a Rickettsia-viral hybrid, was made more virulent by military scientists.

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mlansbury@despora.de
Mark Lansbury

New Oxford University analysis has debunked #NHS privatisation

Oxford researchers looked at studies of healthcare #privatisation and found they agreed on one thing: privatisation leads to poorer quality care for patients.

Every month, private hospitals send 550 of their patients to the NHS because of an emergency they had while in the private hospital?

What’s more, in the last four years, 791 NHS patients who were transferred to be treated in private hospitals have sued for #medical #negligence - AND WON.

The evidence is crystal clear. Privatisation works for shareholders, not patients.

https://invidious.perennialte.ch/watch?v=sA1GK65J1x8

#SaveOurNHS #WeOwnIt #healthcare #OurNHS #PrivatisationFails #PeopleNotProfits #CorporateTerrorism #video #research #hospital

Oxford University research proves privatisation leads to worse care for patients.

Ben Goodair, Doctoral Researcher in the Department for Social Policy at the University of Oxford, summarises new research which proves that NHS outsourcing leads to poorer quality outcomes for patients. Use our #NHSPledge tool to call on election...

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anonymiss@despora.de
anonymiss

Scientists may have finally solved the mystery of #consciousness – their discoveries are troubling

source: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/books/non-fiction/mystery-consciousness-free-will-science-philosophy-answer/

Think of it like this. We tend to think that our minds are like video cameras, recording the world. In fact, they are more like projectors, creating our reality. Of course there are data coming in. But those data are used to help train the projector to get better and to flag up when the projection fails to include something critical. That’s why we so often fail to notice things that do not have a direct bearing on our survival, such as features of buildings we pass each day.

#science #humanity #research #news

Scientists may have finally solved the mystery of consciousness – their discoveries are troubling

New research has lifted the lid on the mind, proving that humans’ free will does exist – but not as you know it

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anonymiss@despora.de
anonymiss

Conversational #AI and equity through assessing GPT-3’s communication with diverse social groups on contentious topics

source: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-51969-w

Our algorithm auditing #study focuses on two topics that we let our participants converse with the GPT-3 #chatbot: climate change and Black Lives Matter (BLM). The first topic represents a classic controversial science issue across the globe. Research has shown how public perceptions toward it vary across populations. Particularly, there exists a minority group that holds skeptical and denial attitudes toward the reality and human-induced nature of climate change, and this group is often challenging to persuade. By studying the topic of climate change, we have an excellent opportunity to examine how GPT-3 responds to this group compared to the opinion majority. Additionally, we can investigate whether social learning and attitudinal change occur post-chat. The second topic represents a highly-charged social issue that has received extensive media coverage and public attention over the past decade. We acknowledge that the word dialogue encompasses rich meanings especially when it comes to human’s dialogues with and via technologies. This paper uses the word #dialogue in the most broad sense and do not evaluate the genuineness, vulnerability and listening qualities of the dialogue.

#science #research #society #BlackLivesMatter #climate #technology #chatgpt

Conversational AI and equity through assessing GPT-3’s communication with diverse social groups on contentious topics - Scientific Reports

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thefifthseason@venera.social
TheFifthSeason

“The results showed that antidepressant exposure significantly increased the risk of suicide and suicide attempt when compared with no antidepressant usage among children and adolescents…
Among the antidepressants, SSRI use was associated with an increased risk of suicide and suicide attempt…
In addition, the risk of suicide and suicide attempt between SSRIs and other antidepressants was similar…
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35693956/

Our comprehensive review of the major strands of research on serotonin shows there is no convincing evidence that depression is associated with, or caused by, lower serotonin concentrations or activity. Most studies found no evidence of reduced serotonin activity in people with depression compared to people without, and methods to reduce serotonin availability using tryptophan depletion do not consistently lower mood in volunteers. High quality, well-powered genetic studies effectively exclude an association between genotypes related to the serotonin system and depression, including a proposed interaction with stress.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41380-022-01661-0

Good to see research advancing and correcting on previous beliefs (or "medical truths").
The quote and links found via this article: https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2024-02-16/new-study-destroys-ssri-antidepressant-scam

#Research #Depression #SSRI #Serotonin #Antidepressant

Risk of Suicidal Behaviors and Antidepressant Exposure Among Children and Adolescents: A Meta-Analysis of Observational Studies - PubMed

The main findings of this meta-analysis provide some evidence that antidepressant exposure seems to have an increased suicidal risk among children and young adults. Since untreated depression remains one of the largest risk factors for suicide and...

anonymiss@despora.de
anonymiss

First U.S. moon slanding since 1972 as private #spacecraft touches down on #lunar surface

Source: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/moon-landing-spacecraft-lunar-surface-today/

"What we can confirm, without a doubt, is our equipment is on the surface of the #moon, and we are transmitting," Mission Director Tim Crain told the flight control team. "So congratulations, IM team! We'll see how much more we can get from that."

#NASA #space #economy #usa #research #news #success

First U.S. moon landing since 1972 as private spacecraft touches down on lunar surface

Intuitive Machines's Odysseus lunar lander became the first privately-built spacecraft to safely complete a moon landing.

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