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Historian Alfred W. McCoy on how the principal of medical ethics was stumbled upon by psych researcher Henry K. Beecher
posted by saskwatch at 2020-06-04 10:42

saskwatch: If I was being funny, I'd say there are jokes. There are no jokes, but reality is absurd.
saskwatch: This may be the most important video ever made.
saskwatch: If you only watch one video, watch this one.
saskwatch: edited version with better sound but distracting video panning
saskwatch: other of his talks eg based on his groundbreaking historical research and books, are interesting, too
saskwatch: It's easy to mistake the problem being defined. It's not a question of 'will this intrude on my life', the way the people under examination work, they already have, and chances are you didn't notice.
saskwatch: Is that how democracy should be preserved?

Science without Validation in a World without Meaning
posted by seti at 2020-06-04 09:49

saskwatch: "nature is not understandable in terms of ordinary physical concepts and is, therefore, absurd" ... perhaps this is the result because the scientific enquiries made are absurd? monkey brains? really?

How authoritarian is the GOP compared with other major parties in OECD societies? Very. The GOP position towards ethnic minority rights & liberal democracy is close to Polish PiS and Turkish AKP, although a few others like Greece's XA are more extreme.
posted by seti at 2020-06-04 08:01

saskwatch: pretty graph :-) Party Politics Measuring Populism Worldwide pdf from globalpartysurvey.org
saskwatch: none of the graphs in the pdf are the same as the one on twitter, and neither has a key
saskwatch: perhaps see B: