Where can I access and play around with this model and/or its code ?
YimbyGeorge
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Has anyone done any research that human connection density due to population growth, increased travel and crowded work areas has reached a tipping point? Should multiple pandemics simply be the result of global population and superspreading in practise crossing a tipping point ?
I am not optimistic.
I think the take up of vaccines for Smallpox will be high despite serious side effects. I have seen the severity of small pox scars in survivors in my grandparents’ generation. Even with a low case fatality rate of 1% the fear of facial disfigurement will push people to take the vaccine.
Anyone asked the kid what he wants?
At that age I would not want to associate with any of this fussy ceremony stuff.
There is more to healthcare than what was measured.
Examples from my life:
Lesser pain due to better pain meds for chronic pain.
Lesser scarring from acne.
Better life due to treatment for IBS.
Atleast they admit depression gets better.
Eyes and ears come to mind. The eye might bring it dangerously close to the brain.
Rubbing it into a non bleeding scrape on the skin is also possible.
Yay! Atleast someone has the guts to do science the old way like E Jenner.
I suspectthat freezing may just kill the virus. However a dead virus can also give immunity if there is an adjuvant. “The viruses are soaked in beta-propiolactone, which deactivates them by binding to their genes, while leaving other viral particles intact. The resulting inactivated viruses are then mixed with the aluminium-based adjuvant Alhydroxiquim-II.” From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Covaxin
While the above dead virus vaccine is injected to be useful, it is possible that even just a nasal spray may be effective if there is an adjuvant and the peptides are present. See https://www.radvac.org/ .
The Russian, Chinese and some Indian vaccines do not depend on the mrna US patents.
You could even make a vaccine in your college lab if you wish… https://radvac.org/
Is this something that can now be replicated on a sports watch or wearable via an app?
RNA alone is a good enough self replicating life form that arose first before we the rest of the cell machinery. This would be the most extreme form of the RNA world hypothesis. There is no need for anything else to evolve to claim that life has arisen.
“Now, a pair of Scripps Research Institute scientists has taken a significant step toward answering that question. The scientists have synthesized for the first time RNA enzymes that can replicate themselves without the help of any proteins or other cellular components, and the process proceeds indefinitely.” From https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090109173205.htm
Good to find someone else who appreciates this book. Probably the best book on India in a long time.
I apologize for tldr. I think the most important thing is to prevent death of cells from low oxygen. If you solve he problem of nervous tissue dying from lack of oxygen, then you solve all coom problems like drowning, heart attacks, etc. Anything that cuts off oxygen will not kill you and. You will be invincible like a cockroach.
Must true AI sleep?
reference to the fmri paper please ?
My intuitive view is that human minds cannot be simulated by turing machines because Qualia are not explained by computation. I beleive Roger Penrose’s views are similar.
However useful Philosophical Zombie like AI can be created by turing computation. I Think the Blindsight novel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blindsight_(Watts_novel) describes a world where conscious and non consious intelligences both exist.
3rd or 4th options
What do you think of Roger Penrose’s idea that these algorithms will never really understand anything. Consciousness and true understanding in the way a human understands, require new physics that can explain consciousness.
Why doesn’t this trial get more publicity?
https://www.togethertrial.com/trial-specifications
Ivermectin was dropped for futility, Fluvoxamine trial stopped for superiority! Fluvoxamine rules!
What are ancillaries. Clones?
What are the specific microbes found, and also those that should not be found in the stool of a superdonor? Perhaps just culturing these microbes separately is sufficient to make a good insertible pill?