Like everyone on PB, I've had my run ins with Leon/SeanT. And you are right - he swings between extremes. But that is far from proof that his analysis is useless. And even if it is, if it makes us th… (View Post)

Not a direct answer to your question, but in general, I think other countries think the UK's diagnostic and genomic effort is huge. Here is an email I received from someone senior at the US NIH: The … (View Post)

The first time took me all of 5-10 minutes to set up my account and record my negative result. Thereafter, I'd say less than two minutes per result. Login with biometrics, click, click, click, enter … (View Post)

China has been invading Russia for a while now. Just stealthily. They are the ones exploiting the Russian Far East - there are few Russians there to do so or to prevent the Chinese and North Koreans … (View Post)

Scarcity (wanting what other have that is in short supply or is time limited) and social proof (in uncertain or ambiguous situations, copying what others do) are two of the 6 principal forms of persu… (View Post)