Solomon and Ashmedai Redux: Redaction Criticism of bGitin 68b

How many neutrophils are enough (redux, redux)?

Many chemotherapeutic regimens produce neutropenia, which predisposes to microbial infection. However, not all neutropenic individuals develop infections, so the ability to predict this outcome would be a powerful clinical tool. In this issue of the JCI, Malka et al. describe a dynamic system model of neutrophil bactericidal activity that confirms and extends the concept of critical neutrophil ...

Criticism of Benacerraf’s Criticism of Modern Eleatics

I analyze here Benacerraf’s criticism of Thomson arguments on the impossibility of ω-supertasks. Although Benacerraf’s criticism is well founded, his analysis of Thomson’s lamp is incomplete. In fact, it is possible to consider a new line of argument, which Benacerraf only incidentally considered, based on the functioning laws of the lamp. This argument leads to a contradictory result that comp...

The H5N1 Manuscript Redaction Controversy

S cientists are an argumentative bunch, and science is no stranger to controversy. Since the beginning of the scientific revolution, science has witnessed and engaged in great controversies , including heliocentrism, the theory of evolution, the N-ray affair, and most recently the debate over climate warming. Prior controversies were settled with additional scientific study, which provided conv...

Detection without Recognition for Redaction

The prevalence of image and video capture along with public demand to view such recordings has made privacy protection a major concern. Redaction is used to obfuscate personally identifiable information such as faces, license plates, house numbers, and store fronts. Redaction aims to obfuscate targeted areas while maintaining scene context. We propose facial obfuscation methods that maintain co...

The Art of Criticism? Criticism as Art!