Various web links I found to be of interest recently.
Last year, 10,000 sham papers had to be retracted by academic journals, but experts think this is just the tip of the iceberg
The startling rise in the publication of sham science papers has its
roots in China, where young doctors and scientists seeking promotion
were required to have published scientific papers. Shadow organisations
-- known as "paper mills" -- began to supply fabricated work for
publication in journals there.
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Watchdog groups -- such as Retraction Watch -- have tracked the problem
and have noted retractions by journals that were forced to act on
occasions when fabrications were uncovered. One study, by
Nature,
revealed that in 2013 there were just over 1,000 retractions.
In 2022, the figure topped 4,000 before jumping to more than
10,000 last year.
The Cambrian explosion of business ideas that the invention of internet
produced a generation ago have ossified into rent seeking, buying out
the competition, and funneling huge amounts of cash to shareholders.
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Here is how platforms die: first, they are good to their users;
then they abuse their users to make things better for their business
customers; finally, they abuse those business customers to claw back
all the value for themselves. Then, they die.
Consensus is a search engine that uses AI to find insights in research papers.
The Front Page of the Dark Web -- the internet that isn't visible to search engines.
To access darkweb sites on The Hidden Wiki, install TOR Browser
Richard Hanania
But a 2021 paper has convinced me that liberals are the side that is overwhelmingly closer to the truth on most factual matters.
Certain groups of people -- like women, smokers, and those who had severe
COVID-19 infections -- are at a higher risk of long COVID,
a review of more than 800,000 patients has found.
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Yet, researchers also found that patients who had at least two doses
of the COVID vaccine had a significantly lower risk of getting
long COVID down the line.
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Having other conditions -- like anxiety, depression, asthma, diabetes,
and being immunocompromised -- were also connected to a higher likelihood
of getting long COVID, researchers reported.
Data shows that dancing may treat depression symptoms better than SSRIs
Australian researchers have published a study that shows that the best form of exercise to treat depression is dancing, beating out several exercises including walking or jogging, yoga, tai chi, and strength training among others. The study aimed to identify what kind of exercise would be best for treating major depressive disorder, either in tandem or compared to the prescription of psychotherapy, and antidepressants.
If you want to make money in the stock market, change this channel.
Cramer is living proof that education (Harvard, Harvard Law), intelligence, and experience aren't sufficient to generate market-beating performance. Despite his history as a successful hedge fund manager, his picks at TheStreet.com and the CNBC Investing Club have underperformed the market by about 1.7 percent a year for 23 years, not even counting the $400 fee he charges. This calculation is based on Cramer's performance from 2000 to 2017 and 2019 to 2023. I asked CNBC media relations for data on his 2018 performance but received no response.
Play table tennis wearing a virtual reality headeset. I haven't tried it but am told it's pretty good.