Predictions

[degringolade]

Rococo / Pietro Longhi/ The Alchemists

One of the reasons that I am super uncomfortable right now is that no one "knows" anything.  We have people trying to jam a novel situation into models that kinda-sorta worked before in a different situation.  But they are taking that uncertain knowledge and letting go like Jeremiah with blood curdling predictions.

I have an itch to make a prediction.  I think that anyone who blogs has the same problem.  We write for a small audience and want them to know all about our omniscience.  But in this case I got nothin'.   I am very much starting to suspect the numbers coming out of the pipe.  I am beginning to be suspicious about the way the statistics are generated and the significance of the numbers being presented.  I am questioning the basic assumptions made in this mad dash toward being #1.

I have always been a skeptic.  Science can never prove anything, it can just disprove things. 

I am beginning to think that I smell a rat.

Comments

You are Worth It

[mschmidt]

“This means that it is immoral of you to be a weirdo”.

In other words, according to prevailing moral standards, you should love yourself more.

Think about those who will miss you, and those who will not, and strive to be there for those who will miss you, so they might enjoy your continued presence, and do the same for those who won’t miss you, lest they be allowed to forget that they are full of shit.

Also, remember that you are contributing to the common good by working on the medical response, not just commenting on it. You have put yourself at increased risk because you care more about doing your job than the risk, not because you are a weirdo. At least possibly, and the possibility makes you worth saving.