Spooky action at a (short) distance

E ntanglement in physics is about action that seems to transfer some sort of 'information' across distances at speeds faster than th...

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Subgroups in autism (without intellectual disability)

" Children with ASD  [autism spectrum disorder]  without ID  [ intellectual disability ]  could be differentiated into Moderate and Sev...

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Is life itself a simulation of life?

I t often happens in science that our theory of some area of reality is very precise, but the reality is too complex to work out precisely,...

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Somatic mutation beyond neurological traits. Part IV: the big mistake in genetics

T he previous posts in this series were about the potential relevance of somatic mutation to neurologically relevant traits.  I commented ab...

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Quantum spookiness is nothing compared to biology's mysteries!

T he news is properly filled these days with reports of studies documenting various very mysterious aspects of the cosmos, on scales large a...

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Unknowns, yes, but are there unknowables in biology?

T he old Rumsfeld jokes about the knowns and unknowns are pretty stale by now, so we won't really indulge in beating that dead horse.  B...

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Who should take statins? Is heart disease predictable?

W ho should take statins.....besides everyone ?  I thought a lot about this when I was working on a lecture about predicting disease. The p...

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