4dpuzzle

Like somebody else here said, it isn’t because these magics aren’t viable. It’s just more profitable to fleece sick people with treatments than it is to cure them.

Surprisingly, my guess was C too. And for some reason (which I’m trying to recollect), my mental model was almost exactly the same as in the parallel paths experiment - I was expecting the currents to ‘slosh around’. So it wasn’t a big surprise when the initial probe showed multiple steps after switching.

I guess there are multiple ideas at play here. The first is that it’s not very accurate to model current as the flow of electrons. Current is more like a wave in a sea of electrons. Meaning that though current moves at speeds approaching the speed of light, the electrons themselves are much slower. This is what makes the water channel model in the video so appropriate.

The second is about characteristic impedance. It isn’t just another impedance. It’s a point property of the transmission line. It’s also fundamentally related to wave propagation. It comes up anywhere wave propagation is involved - for example mediums that carry sound waves have acoustic characteristic impedance. An intuitive explanation of the concept…may take a few pages. I just don’t have the energy to do it now. I will just say that it’s a really really important property. It’s well worth it to go back to it, study and iron out all the misconceptions, even if it takes you hours to do it.

I’m not a doctor, but a technologist. A new diagnostics tool? Good! But I can guarantee that good doctors won’t ditch the stethoscope for anything else. No amount of automation can replace the reassurance that your own senses give you.

This is perhaps more true in the case of mechanical engineering. The touch and feel of the machines can be unfamiliar and changing. And the diagnostics tools are more available (because invasive probing is more acceptable). Despite this, I have noticed that myself and others depend on sight, sounds, heat and sometimes even smell to keep a tab on their health. I don’t think any professional would consider completely cutting off their own senses.

People’s belief in what’s on the internet (conspiracy theories) naturally implies their distrust in the NHS’ words, since both are contradictory. I still believe that mistrust is a major driver here.

However, you’re right that the internet may be swaying public opinion of those who are indecisive. The rise of the internet may be partially responsible for the rise of mistrust and antivax sentiments.

I’m not going to completely disagree with you, since the answer isn’t so black and white. You are arguing that people are turning antivax due to loss of generational knowledge of these diseases (which you are equating to stupidity). There is probably some element of truth in it.

But we also have examples to the contrary. The covid pandemic and its vaccine are certainly a product of our generation. Yet, we have people outright denying the seriousness of the disease (it’s just a flu!) and completely neglecting the massive loss of lives. That is not due to generational forgetfulness, but clearly due to mistrust.

I can’t be sure, but I feel that the latter (mistrust) is a more significant cause of antivax sentiments than the former (loss of memory).

I’m not an antivaxxer and certainly won’t recommend going unvaccinated against such preventable diseases. But IMO, it’s wrong to just brush off antivaxxers as stupid. There are two reasons for this. The first is that vaccination rates are dropping. That would mean that wise people are turning stupid. No - there has to be a different explanation, which we will get into later. The second reason is that we need everyone (except those who can’t for medical reasons) onboard for vaccinations to work. Herd immunity is an important thing in vaccination.

Antivax sentiments, like any conspiracy theory, comes from a distrust in authority - be that the government or the bigpharma. One reason could be religious beliefs - religion always has something to mislead people. But another reason could be that these authorities are genuinely untrustworthy. In the US for example, you could be forgiven for thinking that the big pharma is out to make money from your ailments - sometimes getting you sick in the first place. The nexus between big pharma, hospitals and medical insurance companies are genuinely out to squeeze people. Big pharma gets rich out of other people’s misery and the government just doesn’t do enough to stop it.

In such cases, a healthy skepticism of big pharma and government is actually warranted. But there’s no clear definition of what’s healthy. And people often stray into the unhealthy territory, ending up with antivax and other conspiracy theories. Antivax is just a symptom of public and private institutions losing the trust of ordinary people. And while the doctors are often on the people’s side, they’re also part of the system. People’s trust in them depends on their personal experience.

A vast majority of those millions are going to be for the identity rather than just the relevant data. Meanwhile, the genetic profiling companies, drug companies and insurance companies are sociopathic enough to lie through their noses about it.

I have a strong feeling that the data transfer has already happened through data brokers. They are just easing the public into acceptance.

Do you realize that you don’t need to volunteer at all? Do you know that there was a rape and murder case that was proven using data from a similar (same?) company? They found a bunch of people with DNA similar to that from the rape kit and went on to find their common relative.

The story above may sound good. But it won’t be too hard for medical insurance companies to deduce your approximate genetic profile based on the samples submitted by your relatives.

Even worse, it doesn’t take a lot of genetic material these days to profile you. The PCR technique (the same used for Covid-19 screening) can amplify samples. You may have submitted a blood sample at some point in the last few years. How would you know if a tiny bit of that was siphoned off to create an exact genetic profile of yours?

Privacy is dead because of the average person. They were informed several times, but they decided it wasn’t important. And they ruined it for everyone else who cared.

The article says that it was not caused by scratching the itches. But the pattern is exactly like as if he scratched with his nails. Perhaps his back became tender and sensitive due to the mushrooms and scratching created the patterns.

Costco shiitake mushrooms shouldn’t be toxic at all. Otherwise, so many would be dead by now - at least a few people would have eaten too much before the toxicity showed up. Perhaps you are badly allergic to it? That happens to a few people to common and safe food.

Interesting! The idea that the entire universe was once in the Goldilocks zone sounds weird - though it certainly follows from the cooling that the universe underwent after the big bang. However, the universe apparently lasted in the zone for only a few million years. That means any life that formed then would have to stay dormant for the billions of years before being seeded on planets like Earth. So it still doesn’t explain the billions of years of prior evolution. May be I’m missing something.