“Atheism” and “Secular Morality” →
commonsenseatheism.com
Luke on how jarring public discourse can be.
March 2011
“Here’s the deal. Medical science, when it works well, tends to progress
from basic science, to small pilot studies, to larger randomized
studies, and then–only then–to those big, rigorous, insanely expensive
randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trials. Dr. Spector
mentions hierarchies of evidence, but he seems to fall into a false
dichotomy, namely that if it’s not Level I evidence, it’s crap.
The problem is, as Mark pointed out, in medicine we often don’t have
Level I evidence for many questions. Indeed, for some questions, we will
never have Level I evidence. Clinical medicine involves making decisions in the midst of uncertainty, sometimes extreme uncertainty.” —Science-Based Medicine » Skepticism versus nihilism about cancer and science-based medicine
from basic science, to small pilot studies, to larger randomized
studies, and then–only then–to those big, rigorous, insanely expensive
randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trials. Dr. Spector
mentions hierarchies of evidence, but he seems to fall into a false
dichotomy, namely that if it’s not Level I evidence, it’s crap.
The problem is, as Mark pointed out, in medicine we often don’t have
Level I evidence for many questions. Indeed, for some questions, we will
never have Level I evidence. Clinical medicine involves making decisions in the midst of uncertainty, sometimes extreme uncertainty.” —Science-Based Medicine » Skepticism versus nihilism about cancer and science-based medicine
More Words about Money and Games Writing | No High Scores →
nohighscores.com
More on writing for cash.
February 2011
The lost diary of Queen Victoria's final companion - Telegraph →
telegraph.co.uk
Always a little skeptical of “lost diaries” but an interesting read.
“what i really need is what makes me bleed
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Changing is good, changing is awesome, changing is the best way to succes! True! But no one says that changing hurts. I am changing day by day, everyday, but in the last few months this process has been accelerated. Breakneck speed. I feel a sharp need to hurt others, friends, knowns and unknowns, people who care about me, men and women who love me and hate me. But most of all i’m hurting myself. And there is no stop. Not now, not yet.” —Free Text Host - The Anonymous Text Hosting Service - No Registration Required
What Evidence Filtered Evidence? - Less Wrong →
lesswrong.com
Giving things the correct weight.
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Skepchick » Louis CK to Donald Rumsfeld: Are you a Lizard Person? →
skepchick.org
He still hasn’t answered Louis, is he a lizard or not?
Sunday Time Waster: Money in Game Writing | No High Scores →
nohighscores.com
Bill over at No High Scores gets into the grit of writing on games.
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You’re ooonly cheating yourself – Bad Science →
badscience.net
By ignoring evidence, that is.
Email: Aonuma and Skyward Sword’s Art Direction « Malstrom’s Articles News →
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Of character design and scenario use.