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People have a variety of intensities of cravings and capacities for self-regulation (with a magnitude that is largely out of their control). Discipline only works for people where …

The issue is that our modern world has engineered our food to be highly energy-dense and incredibly appealing, so the root cause is an evolutionary mismatch with our environment, w…

It's great to be active, but there's more to it than that, namely that our modern world has highly engineered our food to be highly energy-dense and incredibly appealing. So the ro…

Yes, $50 was a rough out-of-pocket estimate, the amortized cost per scan for operation alone is probably on the order of hundreds of dollars per scan, assuming high utilization. On…

From what I know, seems like a mix of medical price fixing by the gov't, adoption of lower cost hardware, and universal healthcare. There's apparently less bureaucracy, perhaps bec…

Yes totally, and ultrasound already does wonders in that regard. It's a good strategy to focus on the specific use cases that match the strengths of the tech. I think MRI will be u…

Yes, that is a economic & public health policy problem that really needs to be solved. We can look to Japan as example of what's possible, they have invested in nearly twice the nu…

I completely agree that's an issue, although more of an economic / public health policy issue than a technical one. There are low field MRI systems, such as the one made by Hyperfi…

Here are OECD and WHO reports on regional availability of MRI: https://www.oecd.org/en/publications/health-at-a-glance-2025... https://www.who.int/data/gho/data/indicators/indicato…

Cool work and proof of concept, and very excited to see where this goes. However, I do think there is enough exaggeration and missing information here that it warrants some critica…

That's literally treating people as means to an end, when it's not clear if the "end" even required sacrificing young people's lives. In the grand scheme of things, why not spend a…

They haven't shared enough to say anything concrete, but one important detail is that this system doesn't have many of the benefits usually found in ultrasound (portable, cheap, si…

To be honest, this one could just as well be a sloppy bibliography.

The core issue is that X is now a tool for creating and virally distributing these images anonymously to a large audience, often targeting the specific individuals featured in the …

Those were most likely from a multi-line list that was converted to a single line when the comment was processed on submission.

Sadly so, students often associate their self-worth with research and academic achievement, so if things go south, for whatever reason, they are in crisis.

Curious why this comment is being flagged if anyone minds explaining.

I agree there are some red flags here to me. One is the priority claim "As far as we know, no one seems to have done this kind of stimulation before - even in animals." The other i…

I wonder where they got their equipment and research space. A charitable explanation is that they purchased it out of their own pockets, but otherwise, they really should acknowled…

Probably an M4 which has up to 128GB currently

An experiment is essentially a way to question ones own beliefs by probing how well they align with reality. There are some theoretical scientists, who don't experiment, but I thin…

Questioning is great, but to generate scientific knowledge, we need a few more steps, roughly speaking: 1. Ask a question 2. Form a hypothesis 3. Experiment to test it 4. Analyze r…

That was previously the case from my perspective as well, but it seems to be rapidly changing.

It's especially hard given that big tech companies and their leaders are working closely with government and explicitly supporting certain political missions, there are few truly a…

Two reasons for are the cellular connection and smaller form factor. Would love to have a MBA with those