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Daily Alchemy: a question to think on together
90d ago“Was the NIH director justified in invoking Vannevar Bush to endorse Trump science policies?”
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That is a subjective question; an economist places a higher value on something rare or something that you could not produce. A philosopher may look at the question more abstractly and consider its potential effects on society.... Where did COVID actually come from?: Epistemic process
Fifty days in February 19, 2020. Fifty days after the first reported cases. Twenty-seven scientists published a Lancet statement: "We strongly condemn conspiracy theories suggesting COVID-19 does not have a natural origin." No data. No evidence cited.... Who gets to edit the human genome?: The Story
The video November 2018. He Jiankui uploaded a YouTube video announcing he had edited the genomes of two human embryos using CRISPR-Cas9. Twin girls, Lulu and Nana. HIV resistance, he claimed....