Tag: medical researchers

  • Looking At Conspiracy Theories From Inside Someone Else’s Foil Hat

    Looking At Conspiracy Theories From Inside Someone Else’s Foil Hat

    Walking a mile in someone else’s shoes, they say, is the best way to understand them. Last week, I donned a foil hat and took to Twitter. I wasn’t out to understand conspiracy theorists – I was sarcastically mocking them. But now I do better understand how the fringes are drawn to conspiracy theories. In…

  • Why I Don’t Sign NDAs, Mostly

    Why I Don’t Sign NDAs, Mostly

    As a general rule, I don’t sign NDAs; meaning non-disclosure agreements, because as a general rule, NDAs are BS, meaning b******t. Here’s the thing, NDAs serve a narrow function. Enforcing confidentiality when no other legal structure would require it. It’s why you don’t need Lawyers or medical personnel to sign an NDA. You also don’t…

  • Why is Self-improvement Bad When it’s Biohacking?

    Why is Self-improvement Bad When it’s Biohacking?

    After looking at The Atlantic’s take on Twitter’s CEO, Jack Dorsey’s fasting; I’m getting tired of the way some publications stand against well… self-improvement. I realize some of the Silicon Valley bros make it an easy target. But “biohacking” is self-improvement, backed by science. Sometimes biohacking is also pseudoscience, and other times just crazy measures that…