Left Brain Right Brain
I got my second dose of COVID vaccine.
I am very fortunate that my state classified parents of high risk disabled kids (young adults, in my case) as ...(read more)
by Sullivan (Matt Carey)
Aggregating the best of the blogs on science and pseudoscience
February 19, 2021
February 18, 2021
Left Brain Right Brain
As of March 15 people with developmental disabilities can qualify for COVID vaccines in California
California is opening access to COVID vaccines to more people. As part of this they have issued “Updated COVID-19 Vaccine ...(read more)
by Sullivan (Matt Carey)
January 15, 2021
Left Brain Right Brain
Family members of some people with developmental disabilities declared “health care workers” and are eligible for COVID vaccines in California
California Department of Developmental Services (CDDS or California DDS) has deemed that “family members of certain people are “health care ...(read more)
by Sullivan (Matt Carey)
December 21, 2020
Left Brain Right Brain
An old “friend” learns an old lesson
15 years ago I went online to find out information about autism. Like many parents, I didn’t know much before ...(read more)
by Sullivan (Matt Carey)
December 7, 2020
Left Brain Right Brain
Xavier Becerra please seat a new IACC quickly
Xavier Becerra, the news is reporting that you will be nominated to be the new head of the Department of ...(read more)
by Sullivan (Matt Carey)
October 18, 2020
DC's Improbable Science
Why p values can’t tell you what you need to know and what to do about it
This is a transcript of the talk that I gave to the RIOT science club on 1st October 2020. The ...(read more)
by David Colquhoun
October 16, 2020
Left Brain Right Brain
No, the CDC didn’t report that masks are ineffective against COVID-19
Let’s put this another way. Masks don’t work if you wear them “all the time” but not when you are ...(read more)
by Sullivan (Matt Carey)
October 7, 2020
Left Brain Right Brain
Anti-vaccine activist on the Proud Boys: “They seemed like really good guys”
Over the past four years many extremist and conspiracy theorist groups have been connecting and even forming alliances. The pandemic ...(read more)
by Sullivan (Matt Carey)
October 1, 2020
Left Brain Right Brain
Mr Trump, Mr Azar, your inaction is hurting autistic people
You took credit for it, but it is meaningless if it isn’t implemented. You are short changing people with disabilities. ...(read more)
by Sullivan (Matt Carey)
Left Brain Right Brain
Trump’s strategy in the debate was to abuse Biden’s disability. That should sicken any real American.
Biden is a stutterer. He’s learned how to communicate clearly but that involves focus. There’s a great story in The ...(read more)
by Sullivan (Matt Carey)
September 30, 2020
Left Brain Right Brain
So where is that economic miracle, Donald?
There’s a reason why Trump isn’t talking GDP growth these days. It’s because he failed by that measure. Four years ...(read more)
by Sullivan (Matt Carey)
September 29, 2020
Left Brain Right Brain
Looking back 4 years: the rise of Trump, aided by faux autism advocates. I won’t be quiet again.
I still can not fathom how parents of disabled kids, of autistic kids, would support Trump. But this election, I’m ...(read more)
by Sullivan (Matt Carey)
September 25, 2020
Left Brain Right Brain
Did Jake Crosby close “Autism Investigated”?
There is/was a blog called “autism investigated”. If you are unaware of it, consider yourself lucky. It is/was a cesspool. ...(read more)
by Sullivan (Matt Carey)
Left Brain Right Brain
Shelter in Place saved lives
When people claim that shelter in place orders didn’t save people, they are just wrong. When people say we didn’t ...(read more)
by Sullivan (Matt Carey)
September 13, 2020
Left Brain Right Brain
We needed the IACC in 2020. It’s past time to re-form it
The U.S. has a committee called the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee. It’s mandated by law, a law that has been ...(read more)
by Sullivan (Matt Carey)
July 28, 2020
DC's Improbable Science
The transgender question
I am going to set out my current views about the transgender problem. It’s something that has caused a lot of ...(read more)
by David Colquhoun
July 6, 2020
DC's Improbable Science
Dr Rosi Sexton for leader of the Green Party
There will soon be an election for the leader of the Green Party of England and Wales. I support Dr ...(read more)
by David Colquhoun
June 8, 2020
DC's Improbable Science
The toppling of Edward Colston
During the Black Lives Matter demonstrations on Sunday 7th June, the statue of Edward Colston was pulled down and dumped ...(read more)
by David Colquhoun
March 23, 2020
DC's Improbable Science
Exponential growth is terrifying
This example illustrates just how fast exponential growth is. It was proposed on twitter by Charles Arthur (@charlesarthur) who attributes ...(read more)
by David Colquhoun
March 2, 2020
DC's Improbable Science
The history of eugenics at UCL: the inquiry report
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The inquiry into UCL’s historical role in eugenics was set up a year ago. Its report was delivered ...(read more)
by David Colquhoun
November 25, 2019
Stuff And Nonsense
A New Science Forum
Excitingly, a new science forum Scrutable is here. There’s a SCEINCE forum (officially known as the Nerd Lab) for discussion ...(read more)
by jdc325
November 22, 2018
DC's Improbable Science
An interview with Rosi Sexton: polymath
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On Sunday 23 September, we recorded an interview with Rosi Sexton. Ever since I got to ...(read more)
by David Colquhoun
November 2, 2018
DC's Improbable Science
Bernard L. Ginsborg (1925 – 2018). A tribute.
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If you are not a pharmacologist or physiologist, you may never have heard of Bernard Ginsborg. I first ...(read more)
by David Colquhoun
January 14, 2018
DC's Improbable Science
Eugenics, UCL and freedom of speech
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On Monday evening (8th January 2018), I got an email from Ben van der Merwe, a UCL student ...(read more)
by David Colquhoun
December 5, 2017
Bad Science
Evidence to House of Commons Sci Tech Select Committee on Research Integrity
Sorry not to be in regular blogging mode at the moment. Here’s a video of our evidence session to parliament, ...(read more)
by Ben Goldacre
November 8, 2017
DC's Improbable Science
Christopher Robin: a sad story
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Today we went to see the film Goodbye Christopher Robin. It was very good. I, like most ...(read more)
by David Colquhoun
November 1, 2017
Evidence-based everything
Bayesian trial in the real world by Simon Gates
This post arose from a discussion on Twitter about a recently-published randomised trial. Twitter isn’t the best forum for debate ...(read more)
by Simon Gates
October 18, 2017
Evidence-based everything
Language, confidence intervals and beliefs by Simon Gates
People often speak and write about values of treatment effects outside their confidence intervals as being “excluded.” For example; “the ...(read more)
by Simon Gates
September 21, 2017
Evidence-based everything
Best sample size calculation ever! by Simon Gates
I don't want to start obsessing about sample size calculations, because most of the time they're pretty pointless and irrelevant, ...(read more)
by Simon Gates
September 13, 2017
Evidence-based everything
Confidence (again) by Simon Gates
I found a paper in a clinical journal about confidence intervals. I’m not going to give the reference, but it ...(read more)
by Simon Gates