Oh, so you've noticed. Clinical cancer research in the US is increasingly dominated by pharmaceutical industry sponsors, study finds. Why is this so? I've seen many brilliant scientists get tired of low salaries and having to put up with teaching and administrative crap, and flee for "industry", as they call it, where the pay is higher and there are no teaching responsibilities. Plus, government grants are not a guarantee and at a university, come with indirect costs and fees. You have to hire and pay for your own postdocs and supplies. At a pharmaceutical company, everything is provided for you and all you need to do is your research.
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And crap happens with academic research, too. I'm glad the Data Colada incident got resolved favorably. But what a smear for Harvard. What's going on with Ivy League schools these days?
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Augmented reality goggles may help doctors perform spinal taps better. Kinda interesting, but getting that gear on before the procedure would be cumbersome. If there's a problem, patients get sent to interventional radiology instead. They do a good job.
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Democrat Ron Wyden wants to pack the Supreme Court and introduce new demands that the Court must follow, like disclosure of income tax. The whole purpose of the tricameral government was to make each branch of government be independent, and not beholden to the other two. If there's a problem with SCOTUS, it should be addressed by the Chief Justice. At this time, John Roberts doesn't seem to have a problem with Charles Thomas, so if you think there's a problem, take it up with him. Congress should have no control over the goings on in the highest Court. Control your own members first.
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Some people want to really uglify Deschutes County. Good thing they were prevented from uglifying the southern Oregon coast. Enough already. There is no reason why we shouldn't continue with our current energy sources. This could happen here:
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Here's a pet peeve of mine: people who introduce equations into their paper to make their idea sound "scientific". Like there is some science behind their thinking. The author calls it "mathiness". Others have other names.
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Hear, hear! Two thirds of Americans are willing to self-censor, afraid to speak their minds, becase they fear someone will get offended. When did we start to become so afraid? The crazies among us seem to have no concerns. But I think no one wants to get involved in litigation, having to defend accusations of racism, sexism, transgenderism, what have you. It probably started when idiot judges awarded decisions to snowflakes. So when people saw that the legal system was messed up, they saw it was better to avoid problems. Now of course, only the woke get to be vocal. Common sense voices just get yelled at, with no one coming to their rescue.
But maybe there is good news. Some think that America is getting less woke. The great experiment has failed, and we are dialing back. We shall see.
It used to be possible to hijack a Kia and get sensitive info about the owner, with a phone app just by scanning a license plate. This is why people tend to avoid the bells and whistles that techies offer. It's not that they're Luddites. They would rather have the status quo over the risk of enjoying unnecessary convenience at the cost of privacy and security.
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Prepare for a massively disruptive dockworker strike. This reminds of the joke about which part of the body is the most important. Everything is important and needs to function properly, in order to avoid shutting down the whole body. Even the lowly asshole.
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In reality, no one really knows. I think the reason that the media wants the presidential election to appear close is that so when Harris is reported to have won, people won't automatically assume election fraud. Because it was close, right?
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