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The United States and world spend huge amounts of money on this, not even to mention the enormous amounts of private research. The takeaway here is getting money into the hands of smarter and more motivated people.
It's a problem of incentives. Governments have a limited (although large) budget, and no incentive to spend it well[1]. You don't get promoted as a government administrator if you approve a Nobel-prize-winning grannt. If you don't get rewarded for good work but may get punished for taking risks, you optimize for risk minimization, even if this means a lot of potentially-good work not getting done. Nobody blames the F…
I assume you meant `max(...)`? Otherwise you will at best get zero dollars in bonus, and at worst owe your employer money. ;)
(I get min/max backward all the time too.)
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The United States and world spend huge amounts of money on this, not even to mention the enormous amounts of private research. The takeaway here is getting money into the hands of smarter and more motivated people.
It's a problem of incentives. Governments have a limited (although large) budget, and no incentive to spend it well[1]. You don't get promoted as a government administrator if you approve a Nobel-prize-winning grannt. If you don't get rewarded for good work but may get punished for taking risks, you optimize for risk minimization, even if this means a lot of potentially-good work not getting done. Nobody blames the F…
There's a crazy story in here where Sytse invested in a click chemistry cancer research startup (Shasqi) in 2017 and ends up becoming a customer six years later. I sincerely hope it works out for him.
This is the most supremely motivating post I've seen in a long time. I know what it is to be diagnosed with cancer, being rushed to surgery - it's amazing how quickly the medical-industrial complex can move once you've got a diagnosis (at least in Australia). I had a short period of contemplating terminally, because cancer claimed the life of most of my family. Thankfully, after surgery it was gone. To see Sid use hi…
Fellow Australian with Peyronie's here. Do you know about Dr C Love? I have just had a PIG surgery with him. It is too early to make a definite statement on the result yet, but things are looking a lot better than before.
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You are right on the mark. What triggered me was the slide in Sid's presentation: "Assessing Fibroblast Content of Tumor". Peyronie's is all about Fibroblasts. I actually typed my reply quite a few times, deleting mention of Peyronies and retyping it. It's a shameful condition for me, and I realize that I have to get over this. Peyronie's affects 1% to 20% of men, primarily because it's (if you're anything like me) -…
It’s not quite the same, but I had a frenulectomy done due to severe phimosis leading to pain and bleeding. It was absolutely horrible, and I was shocked at how hush hush we all treat conditions like this. Thankfully there’s a straightforward surgical treatment for it, and I hope that you’re successful on your quest around Peyronie’s!
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How do you deal with setbacks both in work and life, and show resilience and belief you can find a solution? Is this innate or something you worked on? Also, are there things you think are impossible for you to do?