Science, Funding, and Economic Prosperity
A reply to Lawrence Krauss.
Zachary Robert Caverley
Zachary Robert Caverley is a physician assistant specialising in cardiology and working in rural health clinics in the north-west US. His Substack is called Observational Evidence.
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Who Should Fund Science?
The notion that governments should fund science is built on falsehoods.
Who Will Save Us From Racist AI?
The researchers analyzed multiple databases and the findings were striking—the ML models were able to predict self-reported race (classified as Asian, black, and white) with astonishing precision.
The Social Determinants of Health: Critique and Implications
This overreach of public health also bleeds into the educational sector, where schooling is yet another SDOH requiring intervention.
Dr. Norman C. Wang and Selective Outrage
Our profession functions well because constructive criticism, the need for empirical data, and a willingness to change have hitherto been so deeply entrenched.
The Problems with Discrimination Research in Medicine
The narrative that has emerged from the conclusions of these limited studies could inadvertently cause some populations to avoid medical follow-up and form an inaccurate view of healthcare practices.
Rethinking Health Disparities
True progress in medicine can only be accomplished when we maintain a consistent standard of scientific excellence and honest inquiry.