Jeffrey Flier
Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor and Higginson Professor of Physiology and Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Formerly Dean of HMS.
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Woody Allen meets Marshall McLuhan
great scene from Annie Hall. There are edited versions of this scene posted elsewhere but I wanted to upload the whole thing.
Trump Asserts He Can Force U.S. Companies to Leave China
The president cited a national security law from 1977 that has never before been used to cut economic ties with a trading partner.
'I'm Radioactive'
Journalist Jonathan Kaiman is one of the least famous, least powerful men to be brought down by the #MeToo movement. A year later, the fallout continues.
Are Political Disagreements Real Disagreements?
If people disagree about anything, it’s politics. In the United States, nearly half of all Republicans and Democrats say they “almost never” agree with the other party’s positions. Whether the topic is health care, the economy, foreign affairs,...
As an Iranian academic, I'm fed up of being asked to focus on poverty and oppression | Sadaf Javdani
I’m expected to work on the ‘exotic’ themes that white professors want, but it’s making me feel intellectually crippled
Why Philosophers Shouldn’t Sign Petitions
Our job is to persuade by argument, not by wielding influence.
Jeffrey Flier
“Numbers generate a pressure to believe that isn’t grounded in explanatory force, because having more and more adherents to a view doesn’t give rise to better and better accounts of why the view is correct.” Why Philosophers Shouldn’t Sign Petitions
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This is a health-care plan both Republicans and Democrats should agree on
A mix of universal catastrophic coverage and private insurers would be better (and cheaper) that Medicare for All.
The New York Times surrenders to the left on race
The paper's 1619 Project could have been an important public service. Instead it's leftist agitprop.
Shelby Lyman, 82, Dies; Unlikely Star of a Fischer-Spassky Broadcast
Mr. Lyman was a high-ranked player who was drafted to provide live commentary of the celebrated chess match in 1972. The show became an improbable hit.
Remembering the Miracle of 1989 | by Carl Bildt
Thirty years ago this month, a series of peaceful demonstrations in Eastern Europe set off a chain of events that culminated in the collapse of the Soviet Union. Looking back, it is now clear that Europe experienced a miracle in 1989: the story...
expert reaction to study looking at maternal exposure to fluoride and IQ in children | Science Media Centre
Jeffrey Flier
expert reaction to study looking at maternal exposure to fluoride and IQ in children | Science Media Centre
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A standardized citation metrics author database annotated for scientific field
Citation metrics are widely used and misused. This Community Page article presents a publicly available database that provides standardized information on multiple citation indicators and a composite thereof, annotating each author according to...
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Jeffrey Flier
Just received an email from John Ioannidis with link to his new paper presenting a better approach to ranking citation impact. He says I’m in top 0.01% for impact in my field. Hope he wasn’t pulling my leg! Check it out.
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Shareholder Value Is No Longer Everything, Top C.E.O.s Say
Chief executives from the Business Roundtable, including the leaders of Apple and JPMorgan, argued that companies must invest in employees and deliver value to customers.
Hundreds of extreme self-citing scientists revealed in new database
Some highly cited academics seem to be heavy self-promoters — but researchers warn against policing self-citation.
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Jeffrey Flier
Citation metrics have many flaws as a tool to evaluate scientific accomplishment. One of them is the practice of “extreme self-citation”. Hundreds of extreme self-citing scientists revealed in new database.
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Slavery Did Not Make America Rich
Ingenuity, not capital accumulation or exploitation, made cotton a little king.
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Jeffrey Flier
“To cast enslavement of some as requisite for the wealth of others is bad economics, then, and bad history. But it is also a toxic ideology.” Slavery Did Not Make America Rich. A must read by @DeirdreMcClosk when considering #1619Project ideas.
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The Anti-Capitalist Ideology of Slavery
By Phillip W. Magness | The anti-capitalist ideology of southern slaveholders presents a conundrum for historians who erroneously equate the plantation economy with the free market.
Jeffrey Flier
I’d also recommend this piece in parallel when considering capitalism and slavery. The Anti-Capitalist Ideology of Slavery
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The 1619 Project: Confronting the Legacies of American Slavery
The 1619 Project explores the most profound struggle for freedom in the United States and anyone committed to liberty should read and engage it.
Why Does the FDA Overrule Its Expert Committees’ Recommendations? by Joseph H. Golec, James C. Cooper :: SSRN
To evaluate some complex drugs, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) creates committees of experts who recommend whether the drugs should be approved or rejec
Pro-Government and Pro-Market Edition | Robert Wright & Brink Lindsey [The Wright Show]
0:57 Building the ideal Democratic candidate 14:21 Who has the best chance of beating Trump? 18:46 Brink: On health care, Democrats have picked the wrong bad...
Shell Workers Had To Attend Trump Speech To Be Paid, Were Ordered Not To Protest: Report
They were instructed: "No yelling, shouting, protesting or anything viewed as resistance," according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.