Carl T. Bergstrom
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Prof. Biol. @UW. Info flow in bio, society, & science. COVID
I love crows and ravens. he/him
Book *Calling Bullshit*: tinyurl.com/y7ekfkhx
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RADIO FREE ALBEMUTH | Kirkus Reviews
This unpublished (c. 1976) semi-autobiographical novel, like The Divine Invasion (1981) and The Transmigration of Timothy Archer (1982), presents Dick (1928-82) in his latter-day role as a religious explicator; and formulates, in science-fictional...
Carl T. Bergstrom
In my list of books where PKD anticipated our present, it was criminal to leave out Radio Free Albemuth. I couldn’t remember this morning which book featured President Farris F Fremont. kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/p… pic.twitter.com/EAOzFZ1Ib0
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SEVEN AND A HALF LESSONS ABOUT THE BRAIN | Kirkus Reviews
An excellent education in brain science in seven short chapters and an introduction.
Carl T. Bergstrom
From what I know about Lisa, I'm guessing her upcoming book about the brain will be provocative, interesting, and very well-written. I'm eager to take a look.
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ZeroDivZero: mathematics, science, engineering conferences - and you!
math, cs, science,... and you!
WSJ News Exclusive | Health Agency Scraps Coronavirus Ad Campaign, Leaving Santa Claus in the Cold
A federal health agency halted a public-service coronavirus advertising campaign funded by $250 million in taxpayer money after it offered a special vaccine deal to an unusual set of essential workers: Santa Claus performers.
Calling BS: Data reasoning during an infodemic
The University of Washington, where we both teach, conferred 8,853 undergraduate degrees in the 2017-2018 academic year. A mere 20 of these degrees were awarded in the field of statistics. Indeed, only a small fraction of our students receive any...
Around 200 'murder hornets' will be 'extracted alive and killed'
The Washington State Department of Agriculture wiped out the nest Saturday to protect native honeybees, marking the first successful attempt to locate and remove a nest on US soil.
Carl T. Bergstrom
UPDATE: Crew of space station step in to address the situation. But wait...is one secretly on the side of the murder hornets?
dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8… pic.twitter.com/UZviimGcus
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Anti-Science Extremism in America: Escalating and Globalizing
The last five years has seen a sharp rise in anti-science rhetoric in the United States, especially from the political far right, mostly focused on va…
Addressing anti-Indigenous behaviors in corvid fandom
There are few animals that generate the kind of enthusiasm and following that ravens, crows, magpies and other birds in the corvidae family do. Their presence in our lives is so significant, they a…
Schoolchildren Seem Unlikely to Fuel Coronavirus Surges, Scientists Say
Researchers once feared that school reopenings might spread the virus through communities. But so far there is little evidence that it’s happening.
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Carl T. Bergstrom
Closing schools for 6 weeks is one thing; closing them for a year is another entirely. We need to prioritize reopening schools, especially K-5, over just about everything else. Given age-specific disease dynamics, this should be possible, esp. w/ testing.
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The Old Friends Hypothesis
Our microbial partners
Carl T. Bergstrom
To my surprise, discussion of more mainstream issues—the hygiene hypothesis and the old friends hypothesis—is entirely lacking.
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The pandemic exposes human nature: 10 evolutionary insights
Humans and viruses have been coevolving for millennia. Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19) has been particularly successful in evading our evolved defenses. The outcome has been tragic—across...
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Carl T. Bergstrom
There's a paper out in PNAS that features a number of evolutionary psychology speculations about SARS-CoV-2. Some of my friends are coauthors, so I apologize in advance to them, but I don't like parts of the paper, and I want to briefly explain why.
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Improved Account Security during the 2020 US Election
We're focused on keeping high-profile accounts on Twitter safe and secure during the 2020 US election.
Carl T. Bergstrom
Upon reflection (thanks for those who prompted that reflection!) I am skeptical of the story. I don’t see any evidence that this exploit was successful. And there’s good reason to suspect it is implausible
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To avoid quarantining students, a school district tries moving them around every 15 minutes.
Carl T. Bergstrom
And now Montana.
With quotes like the ones below they're *begging* us to assign the stupid yokels narrative. I just don't believe it.
nytimes.com/2020/10/20/us/… pic.twitter.com/YrKkDhGFoV
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The Hawaiian Crow Is Once Again Extinct in the Wild
After releasing 30 captive-bred birds in 2016, researchers were forced to bring the few survivors home for protection and further study.
National Academy of Medicine Elects 100 New Members - National Academy of Medicine
The National Academy of Medicine (NAM) today announced the election of 90 regular members and 10 international members during its annual meeting. Election to the Academy is considered one of the highest honors in the fields of health and medicine...
Herd Immunity? Or ‘Mass Murder’?
A proposal to let people with low risk of infection live without constraint could lead to a million or more preventable deaths.
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Carl T. Bergstrom
Over six months time, we went from a theoretical concern to the reality of US COVID policy.
(To be clear, John didn't write this title himself, nor did we write the title to our piece. And also to be clear, his piece is well worth reading.)
nytimes.com/2020/10/19/opi… pic.twitter.com/Hp3X6CScjF
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EP-221 Adam Paysse of Floodland Brewing — Good Beer Hunting
It started when i went to the website . "FLOODLAND BREWING" it read in all caps at the top. "Floodland is a brewery in Seattle" below. A spot to enter your email. You want to know more? There’s a text file FAQ with some basic points of info. That’s...
Carl T. Bergstrom
If you're into this sort of thing, here's a lovely interview with Adam about the beer he brews at Floodland. Great listen.
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As Local News Dies, a Pay-for-Play Network Rises in Its Place
A nationwide operation of 1,300 local sites publishes coverage that is ordered up by Republican groups and corporate P.R. firms.
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Carl T. Bergstrom
This is what is moving into the vacuum they've left behind.
Local journalism is essential for democracy, and deserves your support.
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