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Carl Alexander @basmatilice

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Joined February 2017
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Little suspicious that surgeons don't have more organs than normal people. What are they spending all that time studying medicine for?
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My body sold the score :/
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Judge a man by the art with which he misuses commas
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Don't judge a picture by its image
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Raymond Chandler changed how I cook my eggs
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A book is really just an an opera without the sound
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At least Socrates wasn't sentenced to tenure
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After Dark: Murukami's midnight snack.
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New strength standard for men: overhead press gf New self defence class for gals: Prevent this from happening
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New data responds to concerns by Ioannidis and Gupta that fatality rates were overestimated. Even accounting for sampling bias, COVID-19 is far deadlier than flu - action is justified thanksforbrushingyourteeth.c…
Replying to @nntaleb
@nntaleb docs.google.com/document/d/1… many pieces downplaying the risks of COVID-19 highlight the uncertainty of data due to test bias. What do you think about taking costly preventative actions based on uncertain data?

We cannot trust current COVID-19 models

We cannot trust current COVID-19 models By Eran Bendavid, Jay Bhattacharya, and Neeraj Sood March 21, 2020 Extraordinary measures like shelter-in-place orders and quarantines are justified if...

docs.google.com
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My intuition is the tail risk is big and lived experience in Italy / Wuhan suggest it gets very bad - so you should take action (lockdowns) anyway
Did Mem Fox just manage to silence that protester with her icy glare? #qanda
Don't see any rejoice in Bill Leaks death, just reasoned critique of his work, free speech I thought? #qanda
When indigenous people have equal positions in parliament and own national newspapers and television stations, then we wont need 18C #qanda
But we need gold medals so that we can be proud while we lock children in abusive detention centres #qanda
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Martha is so inspirational #qanda
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does it count as exploitation if it can't make a profit because of piracy? #QandA
do i even need to see the play after this? #qanda
nice to see people agreeing with each other for once #qanda
Indigenous story is the perfect example of the sort of history that only arts funding can keep alive and available for public view #qanda
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