Archive - Holodoxa

Internet Dialogues

Arguing in cyberspace is perhaps better than in person. Maybe synthetic arguments are even better. An example included.

Aug 29 •

Treating Cancer Beyond the Official Evidence

A recent study examines the oft opaque off-label and off-guideline practices in oncology, demonstrating the possible utility of real-world data.

Aug 20 •

July 2024

The Evolution of Fatherhood

In her new book, Sarah Hrdy's explores the natural history of paternal care, describing the underlying behavioral endocrinology and speculating on its…

Jul 29 •

A Dormant Army Within

How we learned to unleash T cells on cancer.

Jul 3 •

June 2024

Things Are Getting Heated

My recap of the second quarter of 2024.

Jun 26 •

All Bayes Everything

Subjective beliefs can offer a path to decreasing prediction error. This is the power of Bayes' Theorem. Plus, our flawed brains may be natural Bayesian…

Jun 14 •

May 2024

Hyper-Darwinian Wars

Why Cancer Is Hard to Kill.

May 28 •

A Brief Genetic History of Europe

A tour of highlights from A Short History of Humanity: A New History of Old Europe by Johannes Krause and Thomas Trappe.

May 19 •

The Battle for American Masculinity: Buchanan v. Gatsby

Before Andrew Tate, there was Tom Buchanan. Did Fitzgerald actually favor Tom? America's culture war wrt masculinity has been long. No green light in…

May 3 •

April 2024

Why Leukemia Risk is Higher in Hispanic/Latino Children

A case study of an interesting non-coding variant associated with indigenous American ancestry contributing to disparities in acute lymphoblastic…

Apr 22 •

Narcissism in Reflection

Can you look away? A review of The Portrait of a Mirror by A. Natasha Joukovsky.

Apr 6 •

March 2024

Spring Cleaning for the Mind

My recap of the first quarter of 2024.

Mar 27 •

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