After all, political Life is a Rollercoaster. (View Post)

Had we started with one of the variants, rather than classic COVID, that would have been interesting. Or if it had debuted a couple of decades earlier. Basically, we were pretty fortunate that vaccin… (View Post)

The bit of political space I will happily die on is "sometimes we have to do things we don't want to do, because they are the least bad option". Many of us are so used to getting what … (View Post)

It's easier in the physical sciences- you get a hoohah (the most recent one was room temperature superconductors, the memorable one from my student years was cold fusion), everyone has a play wi… (View Post)

I don't think anyone is denying that. We know roughly why it happens- as OGH Jr explains. We know roughly why it's so hard to fix- nobody gets ahead by writing up negative results, and no p… (View Post)