Science versus anti-science

Science Versus Stigma

Science Versus Stigma Stigma is an enormous obstacle to more effective drug abuse treatment. Widespread perceptions that addiction strips individuals of basic human qualities lead to selffulfilling predictions that those who are addicted cannot recover or ever play positive and productive social roles. Two articles in this issue of Addiction Science & Clinical Practice illustrate a fundamental ...

Science versus the Mountain

The science of security versus the security of science.

A very public controversy has arisen from the creation of two influenza A viruses based all or in part on highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 strains. These viruses were genetically modified, specifically and intentionally, to enhance their ability to transmit by air between ferrets, a commonly used animal model for influenza virus transmission studies. One virus, from the Erasmus Med...

Expert Testimony versus Junk Science

L-[methyl-"1C]methionine ("IC-methionine) uptake of seven primary breast cancers, four soft tissue metastases of breast cancer, and three other breast lesions was studied by positron emission tomography (PET). "C-methionine accumulation was assessed by calculating the standardised uptake value (SUV). The mean SUV for breast cancer was 8.5± 3.3 (s.d.), while the maximal uptake in the liver was 1...

Theory versus practice in data science

In this talk I will discuss examples of how Amazon serves customers and improves efficiency using learning algorithms applied to large-scale datasets. I'll then discuss the Amazon approach to projects in data science, which is based on applying tenets that are beneficial to follow outside the company as well as inside it. Last but not least, I will discuss which learning algorithms tend to be m...