Category Archives: medicine

bon mot

Posted on Sunday, 2005 March 20 by Anton

Selwyn Duke, a suspiciously white male, comments on the diversity police: It’s a bit like insisting that every can of paint contain equal amounts of every color, so as to ensure that every color has a place in every can. … Continue reading →

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death by safety

Posted on Wednesday, 2004 December 15 by Anton

Independent Institute: History of Federal [drug] Regulation (cited by Sunni Maravillosa)

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links without comment

Posted on Saturday, 2004 December 11 by Anton

Barlow v TSA (password-protected) (thanks Sunah) Tasteless Screeners Awards Gun Grabbers Say the Damnedest Things! School as prison What is Too Human? The ethics of human-animal chimeras An Indian’s Thanksgiving Proposal Give ’em what they want: more government

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guess what

Posted on Sunday, 2004 December 05 by Anton

Travis doesn’t like “bioethicists” either.

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three extropian items

Posted on Tuesday, 2004 November 30 by Anton

Mike Linksvayer attended a lecture on “Changes in the Disparities in Chronic Diseases During the Course of the Twentieth Century”. Perry Metzger shares a report (pdf) on infrastructure in Somalia. (Later: Michael Tennant comments on it at Strike The Root.) … Continue reading →

Posted in economics, futures, medicine | 1 Comment

medical marijuana news

Posted on Saturday, 2004 October 23 by Anton

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Cannabis study encouraging for MS The biggest UK study of cannabis-based drugs has shown evidence for a long-term benefit in easing the symptoms of multiple sclerosis. (cited by Vicki Rosenzweig) 2012: This post keeps getting … Continue reading →

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the weather up here

Posted on Saturday, 2004 May 22 by Anton

I am tall enough to wish I were two inches shorter. Do any very bright minds wish they were dimmer? A few weeks ago I read – I’ve forgotten where – an article reporting with a bit of worry that … Continue reading →

Posted in me!me!me!, medicine | 2 Comments