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Irritating Things People Say About Obesity

Posted on 20/08/2013 by Anne Amnesia (Blog Author)

The title should make the point of this post clear. 1) Its just simple thermodynamics The point of this rather stupid statement is that people get fat in direct proportion to the difference between energy ingested as food, and energy … Continue reading →

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In All Seriousness: First Aid

Posted on 19/10/2012 by Anne Amnesia (Blog Author)

Okay, maybe that last post was a bit flip. The important question about first aid is, what situations are you expecting and what do you plan to do about them? There is something of an inverse curve describing first aid/medical … Continue reading →

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What Should I Put in My First Aid Kit?

Posted on 18/10/2012 by Anne Amnesia (Blog Author)

I was recently involved in editing a book on medicine in resource-poor circumstances, and the discussion on the first aid chapter collapsed into a disagreement on the nature of first aid. Having worked both professionally on an ambulance, and as … Continue reading →

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I’m in a book!

Posted on 17/10/2012 by Anne Amnesia (Blog Author)

Okay, I should have posted this a few months back. I’m in a book! My essay on Occupy Wall Street is one of the lesser contributions reprinted in Dreaming In Public: Building the Occupy Movement available from the publisher or … Continue reading →

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My Only Title Here Is Mom: From The Other Side

Posted on 25/09/2012 by Anne Amnesia (Blog Author)

A NICU is a terrible place for a social animal. How are you? Eye contact. A quick look- how is their baby? Going home is a good day. Bad days are unthinkable. In between is a terrible negotiation- your bad … Continue reading →

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Worst Science “Journalism” I Have Read In Years

Posted on 21/08/2012 by Anne Amnesia (Blog Author)

Its an easy jab to claim that journalists are too quick to report a “controversy” by talking to advocates for either side and counterbalancing their points without mentioning that, say, the number of credentialed scientists who believe carbon emissions don’t … Continue reading →

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Two Data Sets, a Stats Package, and No Comment

Posted on 14/08/2012 by Anne Amnesia (Blog Author)

Data points are for 50 states plus District of Columbia 2011 Obesity data from the CDC: http://www.cdc.gov/obesity/data/adult.html 2011 Political affiliation data from Gallup: http://www.gallup.com/poll/125066/State-States.aspx

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On Profiling

Posted on 23/07/2012 by Anne Amnesia (Blog Author)

Okay, so this is probably the trendiest topic on earth today and probably that’s as it should be: Why did James Holmes shoot up a theater? I’m going to go out on a limb and suggest that we don’t know, … Continue reading →

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For everyone in the blackout

Posted on 02/07/2012 by Anne Amnesia (Blog Author)

Sometimes when facing common trouble When whole town is screwed We become actually human Act like Prometheus would Suddenly there is more humor And a party tabor style People ringing one another “Yo man, how was your blackout?” Suddenly there … Continue reading →

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Hunter Gatherer: Putting To Rest The “free time” Question

Posted on 04/04/2012 by Anne Amnesia (Blog Author)

This is barely medical at all, but I need to say it in public. The question about whether low-technology people had “more free time than we do today” is completely unanswerable, in fact its formulated so badly it shouldn’t even … Continue reading →

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