What a mind-blowing year 2024 was. Thank you for covering it and taking us along for the “glad to be informed” ride. And I still sit back in amazement at the seamless Helmuth takedown. It was so utterly satisfying.
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way—in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only.
Please keep in mind that the end-point goal of research should always be considered. For example, with masks, the end-point goal is "does masking prevent disease," not "do masks prevent virus penetration." Preventing virus penetration may or may not be directly related to preventing disease.
What a mind-blowing year 2024 was. Thank you for covering it and taking us along for the “glad to be informed” ride. And I still sit back in amazement at the seamless Helmuth takedown. It was so utterly satisfying.
Thank you, Thacker!
That entire crew at Scientific American needs to go! : )
Well, you’ve done it before - get after it!
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way—in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only.
Great opening sentence!
Should be....Interesting.
Please keep in mind that the end-point goal of research should always be considered. For example, with masks, the end-point goal is "does masking prevent disease," not "do masks prevent virus penetration." Preventing virus penetration may or may not be directly related to preventing disease.
Propaganda