Well, we’ve been spending a lot of time these past two weeks dealing with the abandonment of logic and science by adults. So, today would be a good day to discuss one of the craziest delusions of the bunch-paraskevidekatriaphobia and it’s related delusion- triskadekaphobia. What are these? Fear of Friday the 13th and the number 13, in general.
When one thinks about drug research, they rarely recognize that it’s often just a series of trial and error. One considers a series of potential drugs and determines if and how it works. Rational drug design is a completely different (and still a nascent) process.
Continue reading Rational Drug Design
OK. I admit it. I have not been diligent in obtaining my flu vaccine every year. My logic is impeccably bad- I haven’t had the flu, so…
Continue reading Flu Vaccine- for more than the Flu
Most of you know I consider myself a chemical engineer first. Oh, I’ve got lots of other hats- but I approach almost every problem using my chemical engineering training. Which is why I use Bayesian statistics to make decisions. Don’t panic- it is scientific, but, at least its veneer is simple to comprehend- it is basically normal logic. It works for scientific analysis, project management, even for vacation planning.