David Colquhoun / is on Nostr

Biophysicist, and statistician. Likes stochastic processes, dislikes pseudo-science.
My toots are searchable

#biophysics #physiology #statistics #pharmacology

Last Notes

2025-05-04 12:41:03

"Sabine Hossenfelder Asks If Science Is Dying. It’s Not."
I too loved many of Hossenfelder's earlier videos. Now she's turned into an anti-science crank. That is very sad.
Nice account of her downfall by @jonathanjarry.bsky.social
Read it at
https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/critical-thinking-general-science/sabine-hossenfelder-asks-if-science-dying-its-not

2024-08-31 11:10:33

Good piece by #PaulMason, in #Prospect magazine.
"We are no longer dealing with fascism as a Führer-led hierarchy, as it was in Nazi Germany, but as a rhizomic structure: the roots communicate with other roots independently of the tree trunk, and the modern equivalent of Mein Kampf is created by its readers in real time. It leaves the local institutions of democracy—police forces and councils—facing a globally organised force they barely understand."

2024-08-25 19:47:18

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@npub1zdp…vqv8 I think that he had a visit from the MMS lot

2024-08-25 19:41:23

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@npub1zdp…vqv8 He was visited by snake-oil salesmen, and was stupid enough to believe them.

2024-08-25 10:04:32

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@npub1g0t…tvm4 I presume that, like me, you have USS pension as well as state pension. In which case you don't need any extra money to stay warm.

2024-08-03 22:11:12

"American Nazis in the 1930s—The German American Bund"
https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2017/06/american-nazis-in-the-1930sthe-german-american-bund/529185/

2024-03-10 23:22:26

The proportion of scientists who believe that man has caused climate change has been estimated to be 99.85%., with 95% confidence limits for this proportion being 99.62%–99.96%
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ac2966

2024-02-17 23:03:38

This evening, we watched the BBC Storyville episode, #Navalny. 93 minutes of rivetting facts, including the amazing #BellingCat phone calls.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0016txs/storyville-navalny

2023-11-25 22:52:44

Just watched this film, link provided by our Ukrainian guest. For Holodomor Memorial Day.
Heartbreaking.
Capital of despair | Holodomor Chroniclers | Episode one | Documentary s... https://youtu.be/jhvCfggrV3Q?si=G8CLRFhqdvftB_KV via
@YouTube
youtube.com
«Столиця відчаю» | Голодомор. Літописці | Епізод перший | Документа...
Перший епізод «Столиця відчаю». Чому Захід «підігрував» Сталіну у приховуванні геноциду? Чи дійсно знання про те, як Сталін безкарно влаштував гено

2023-11-03 21:43:06

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@npub1200…aqy2
damage? And isn't the long name as arbitrary as the long one?

2023-10-20 21:38:51

Sabrina Malpede sounds like a remarkable person
https://www.ft.com/content/066702d7-5437-493c-81b5-ae4bb0a23298?desktop=true&segmentId=fe4987a4-0d36-0eb5-d88f-99ac7b30c569#myft:notification:weekly-email:content

2023-09-29 16:40:38

Timothy Garton Ash
"A second Trump presidency would be a disaster for the US. It would also be a catastrophe for Ukraine, an emergency for Europe and a crisis of the west. If Biden steps aside now, democrats everywhere will honour him"
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/sep/29/unless-joe-biden-stands-aside-the-world-must-prepare-for-president-trump-20?utm_term=6516f48a531efb5b0c17c6b753530147&utm_campaign=BestOfGuardianOpinionUK&utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&CMP=opinionuk_email

2023-07-19 09:40:25

Well well, Today I have beaten the odds and made it to 87.
I've been asked to talk to students in Strathclyde U in October, but I'm recording it for YouTube, just in case.

2023-07-07 12:50:02

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@npub1psd…9sr7 Good question. No, because most email is not used for scams. In contrast, the ONLY use of deep fakes is to fake something. Some may be jokes, but most will be dishonest.

2023-07-07 11:36:00

This shows the terrifying side of AI. It was entirely predictable. Whoever developed this technology (why?) is totally irresponsible. Not only the criminals who made the fake should be in jail. Those who developed it should be in jail too, IMO
https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/110/672/586/538/127/589/original/305f2d9b79f8e6ea.jpg