J Andrés Delgado-Ron MD, MSc @jorgeandr3s.bsky.social · 12mYes, you have [written/shared what someone wrote] about this in the past, something like "virtue signaling" 000
J Andrés Delgado-Ron MD, MSc @jorgeandr3s.bsky.social · 5hBut in the same paper: "However, a cursory Google-based search revealed reports" and in the registration "Whenever feasible, we will apply descriptive statistics." osf.io/zugw8 The conclusion: "we showed thanatosis is associated with a survival advantage in animals as well as humans." (2/2) 110
J Andrés Delgado-Ron MD, MSc @jorgeandr3s.bsky.social · 5hThere is also the misuse of prerregistrations "As to the strengths of this paper, we used pre-specified work packages to investigate the association... and we registered our protocol prior to data collection in order to avoid data cherry-picking." pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC... (1/2) 110
Reposted by J Andrés Delgado-Ron MD, MScJames Dinneen @jamesdinneen.bsky.social · 9hExclusive in @nature.com: A Canadian startup just completed first test of a method to stem emissions from thawing permafrost, placing woody mats on areas of rapid erosion. Researchers say the concept is promising, but faces steep obstacles to scaling up in the Arctic. www.nature.com/articles/d41...nature.comWoody ‘blankets’ are being deployed on Arctic permafrost to reduce carbon emissionsA start-up company is testing whether stabilizing areas of rapidly eroding permafrost can prevent greenhouse-gas emissions. 1257
J Andrés Delgado-Ron MD, MSc @jorgeandr3s.bsky.social · 07/10/2026The reason people who almost die look at their bodies “from the corner of the ceiling” andresdelgadoron.substack.com/p/the-reason...andresdelgadoron.substack.comThe reason people who almost die look at their bodies “from the corner of the ceiling”Changes in perception during near-death experiences 000
Reposted by J Andrés Delgado-Ron MD, MScMel Goodale @action-brain.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Good to see that our opinion piece on grand theories of consciousness is out. #consciousness #neuroskyence #philsci #philsky🧠 #neuroscience #brain 🧪 12813
Reposted by J Andrés Delgado-Ron MD, MScAdrian M. Owen, OBE, FRS @comadork.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Have grand theories of consciousness earned their keep? Our opinion, published in @cp-neuron.bsky.social today. @action-brain.bsky.social @cifar authors.elsevier.com/a/1nupi3BtfH...authors.elsevier.comPlease wait whilst we redirect youAll content on this site: Copyright © 2026 Elsevier B.V., its licensors, and contributors. All rights are reserved, including those for text and data mining, AI training, and similar technologies. For all open access content, the relevant licensing terms apply. 5229
J Andrés Delgado-Ron MD, MSc @jorgeandr3s.bsky.social · 06/10/2026This is so refreshing. Thank you for saying it out loud. 040
J Andrés Delgado-Ron MD, MSc @jorgeandr3s.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Just finished my free labour duties reviewing three manuscripts. 1 minor revision 1 major revision 1 rejection < how do you plan to reach a scientific conclusion with just 3 variables and killing your sample as adjustment? #episky 000
Reposted by J Andrés Delgado-Ron MD, MScFlorian Naudet @floriannaudet.bsky.social · 03/10/2026🍫 or 💩? About the effect size reported in a trial that shaped the estimated effect of fluoxetine in meta-analyses of pediatric depression, my stellar co-author @ploederl.bsky.social says: “It’s the kind of effect size you only get if you ask people whether they prefer chocolate or faeces.” 👇👇👇nature.comProzac use for childhood depression skewed by single flawed medical trialOne small study in Iran swayed meta-analyses in favour of antidepressant use in children, researchers say. 1148
J Andrés Delgado-Ron MD, MSc @jorgeandr3s.bsky.social · 02/10/2026A recent paper proposes that NDEs may have evolved from the same defensive response that causes animals to “play dead.” INTERESTING; but can five unverified anecdotes support a scientific theory about near-death experiences? Read the full article below. www.linkedin.com/pulse/eviden...linkedin.comNo Evidence in the Planned Search? Five Anecdotes from Google would do: NeuroscientistsNear-death experiences are a scientific mystery. We have credible reports of people describing out-of-body experiences, life reviews, and other unusual phenomena—but we still don't know how they happe... 000
Reposted by J Andrés Delgado-Ron MD, MScmoin syed @syeducation.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Gave a talk in my dept. on the OSF transition. I wrote up a rough script of the session, which could be of interest to others. I synthesize existing resources and provide my own perspectives. Comments and corrections welcome! zenodo.org/records/2306... 215372
Reposted by J Andrés Delgado-Ron MD, MScJack Cousteau ⚓️ @angrywaterman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026 74246996
J Andrés Delgado-Ron MD, MSc @jorgeandr3s.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Reappraising the claims of evolutionary continuity between thanatosis and near-death experiences academic.oup.com/braincomms/a...academic.oup.comReappraising the claims of evolutionary continuity between thanatosis and near-death experiencesJorge A Delgado-Ron; Reappraising the claims of evolutionary continuity between thanatosis and near-death experiences, Brain Communications, , fcag368, htt 000
J Andrés Delgado-Ron MD, MSc @jorgeandr3s.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I wish it was an alternative medicine problem 121
J Andrés Delgado-Ron MD, MSc @jorgeandr3s.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Here comparativepopulationstudies.de/index.php/CP...comparativepopulationstudies.de Does Marriage Increase Couples’ Life Satisfaction? Evidence Using Panel Data and Fixed-effects Individual Slopes | Comparative Population Studies 110
Reposted by J Andrés Delgado-Ron MD, MScDarren Dahly @statsepi.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I have an idea for the next @criticalcarereviews.com... 172
J Andrés Delgado-Ron MD, MSc @jorgeandr3s.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Cinq choses à savoir… Expériences de mort imminente CMAJ doi.org/10.1503/cmaj... via @cmaj.ca #fr 000
Reposted by J Andrés Delgado-Ron MD, MScIan Hussey @ianhussey.mmmdata.io · 25/09/2026"Systematic reviews are only as credible as the studies they include" INSPECT-SR was published yesterday, giving concrete guidance on how to exclude untrustworthy studies. Cochrane's statement: www.cochrane.org/about-us/new... Article: www.cochrane.org/about-us/new... Guidance: inspect-sr.comcochrane.orgNew tool helps researchers spot problematic trials before they distort evidence | Cochrane 26031
Reposted by J Andrés Delgado-Ron MD, MScYoshua Bengio @yoshuabengio.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I was invited to address the UN Security Council this afternoon to discuss the unprecedented threat posed by uncontrolled frontier AI agents. 84920
Reposted by J Andrés Delgado-Ron MD, MScNature @nature.com · 20/09/2026Controversy around OpenAI’s claim to have solved the Navier–Stokes problem highlights how researchers could be inadvertently sharing — and absorbing— ideas through chatbots. go.nature.com/4xwcjXsgo.nature.comOpenAI maths bombshell sparks debate about who gets credit in age of AINature - Controversy around OpenAI’s claim to have solved the Navier–Stokes problem highlights how researchers could be inadvertently sharing — and absorbing— ideas through chatbots. 1247
J Andrés Delgado-Ron MD, MSc @jorgeandr3s.bsky.social · 16/09/2026@badboyofscience.bsky.social Hey, what would you tell to someone that says that quantum entanglement is just a complicated way of saying you tried splitting a particle but it seems the particle is still together, just across space-time. In other words, a true "atom" (indivisible) 000
Reposted by J Andrés Delgado-Ron MD, MScAnil Seth @anilseth.bsky.social · 16/09/20261/6 An extraordinary @nature.com paper has just landed from the lab of @sergiuppasca.bsky.social. They found a way to create "xenocortical mice" which have ~92% of their cortex occupied by a cortical organoid derived from human stem cells. 69140
J Andrés Delgado-Ron MD, MSc @jorgeandr3s.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Are targets for *social network size* and *daily interaction frequency* appropriate for public health guidelines on social connection? We analyzed data from 1,325 Canadians searching for an ideal number exists to reduce loneliness, anxiety, and depression Read to find out: doi.org/10.1016/j.ss... 000
J Andrés Delgado-Ron MD, MSc @jorgeandr3s.bsky.social · 15/09/2026My money is in multiple waves of data collection for the same question. 010
Reposted by J Andrés Delgado-Ron MD, MScAnil Seth @anilseth.bsky.social · 10/09/2026“If I had more time, I would have written a shorter letter”. Blaise Pascal (probably). 1171
Reposted by J Andrés Delgado-Ron MD, MScCMAJ @cmaj.ca · 10/09/2026We don't talk about our dead: A neurosurgeon reflects on unwritten rules of his profession ➡️ www.cmaj.ca/lookup/doi/10.1503/cmaj.260727 001
Reposted by J Andrés Delgado-Ron MD, MScAlex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Ultimately, this letter from NSF is an announcement that universities will be funded a lot less and politically-connected industry will be funded a lot more. Fancy words around old-fashioned corruption.nsf.govNSF leadership in a new golden age of scienceThe U.S. National Science Foundation was established in 1950 to keep American discovery at the frontier. That mission has not changed. The science and technology ecosystem around it has... 8323170
Reposted by J Andrés Delgado-Ron MD, MScPaper Skygest Team @paper-feed.bsky.social · 19/08/2025**Please repost** If you're enjoying Paper Skygest -- our personalized feed of academic content on Bluesky -- we'd appreciate you reposting this! We’ve found that the most effective way for us to reach new users and communities is through users sharing it with their network 2114143
J Andrés Delgado-Ron MD, MSc @jorgeandr3s.bsky.social · 09/09/2026“Since NDE pushes at the limits of proposed neurobiological explanatory models, we should probably rethink our metaphysical implications about the mind–body relation” Oleksowicz, M., Gaitán, L. Near-death experiences: feasibility and advantages of the mechanistic explanation. Synthese202, 78 (2023) 000
J Andrés Delgado-Ron MD, MSc @jorgeandr3s.bsky.social · 09/09/2026For a second, I thought this was about the discussion of miracles on Substack. But this is not much different, is it? 011
J Andrés Delgado-Ron MD, MSc @jorgeandr3s.bsky.social · 08/09/2026As an Ecuadorian, this is so underwhelming 000
J Andrés Delgado-Ron MD, MSc @jorgeandr3s.bsky.social · 04/09/2026I just saw the Lind Initiative is announcing its most recent iteration. I was part of the inaugural cohort. Some of the best memories from my first year at UBC. 000
J Andrés Delgado-Ron MD, MSc @jorgeandr3s.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Did I ever think I would be discussing Selection Bias as it relates to reincarnation? No, I did not see that coming andresdelgadoron.substack.com/p/an-epidemi... #EpiSkyandresdelgadoron.substack.comAn Epidemiology of Reincarnation (Part 2): Incubation PeriodWhat the time between lives reveals about rebirth syndrome 010
J Andrés Delgado-Ron MD, MSc @jorgeandr3s.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Meme of Bernie Sanders face or it does not count 010
J Andrés Delgado-Ron MD, MSc @jorgeandr3s.bsky.social · 30/08/2026An Epidemiological Profile of "Reincarnation" or children who seem to recall past lives substack.com/home/post/p-...substack.comCausal Inference for the Afterlife: An Epidemiology of ReincarnationHow does Science test supernatural claims? 000
Reposted by J Andrés Delgado-Ron MD, MScThe Conversation CA @laconversationca.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Ce que cinq décennies de recherche nous ont appris sur la façon de faire face à la mort. Un article de Jorge Andrés Delgado-Ron, chercheur à la Faculté des sciences de la santé, Simon Fraser University. theconversation.com/pourquoi-de-...theconversation.comPourquoi de plus en plus de médecins reconnaissent-ils la validité des expériences de mort imminente ?Ce que cinq décennies de recherche nous ont appris sur la façon de faire face à la mort. 011
J Andrés Delgado-Ron MD, MSc @jorgeandr3s.bsky.social · 28/08/2026I don't like the gratuitous inclusion of near-death experiences as a woo woo topic, but I have to side with you in the overall treatment of most episodes (including NDEs). 100
J Andrés Delgado-Ron MD, MSc @jorgeandr3s.bsky.social · 28/08/2026The only definitive conclusion I can take from "Psychedelics align brain activity with context" (I mostly align with the first reviewer's initial assessment) is that when people say "that movie goes well with mushrooms" they are onto something. doi.org/10.1038/s415...doi.orgPsychedelics align brain activity with context - NatureThe psychedelic psilocybin reorganizes brain activity into structured, context-aligned patterns that integrate internal and external processing, providing a neural basis for the felt continuity betwee... 000
J Andrés Delgado-Ron MD, MSc @jorgeandr3s.bsky.social · 28/08/2026A permanent marker for an impermanent object is a bit silly though. I loved OSF, but I clearly see how one can abuse that system 000
J Andrés Delgado-Ron MD, MSc @jorgeandr3s.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Just to clarify that was the press-release from Nature. Now onto the paper. 000
J Andrés Delgado-Ron MD, MSc @jorgeandr3s.bsky.social · 28/08/2026"In other words, psilocybin did not simply desynchronize brain activity; it reorganized it into neural states tuned to the immediate environment. Rather than contradicting the entropic brain hypothesis, these findings refine it." This is so sad. @anilseth.bsky.social 100
J Andrés Delgado-Ron MD, MSc @jorgeandr3s.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Tell me you used LLMs without saying it: "The machine-learning analyses, however, revealed a second and more surprising layer. Rather than becoming increasingly random, whole-brain activity formed distinct, context-locked trajectories that reliably distinguished between the four conditions." 100
J Andrés Delgado-Ron MD, MSc @jorgeandr3s.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Do I get an award from the author team? 000
J Andrés Delgado-Ron MD, MSc @jorgeandr3s.bsky.social · 17/08/2026At least 2008: doi.org/10.1046/j.13... But systematically 2012: www.bmj.com/content/349/...bmj.comPreferred reporting items for systematic review and meta-analysis protocols (PRISMA-P) 2015: elaboration and explanationProtocols of systematic reviews and meta-analyses allow for planning and documentation of review methods, act as a guard against arbitrary decision making during review conduct, enable readers to asse... 100
Reposted by J Andrés Delgado-Ron MD, MScJiaying Zhao @jiayingzhao.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Honored to be featured in @pnas.org to discuss an important study showing that a one-time cash transfer to alleviate poverty can have lasting benefits on the recipients: www.pnas.org/post/journal...pnas.orgPNASProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans... 001
Reposted by J Andrés Delgado-Ron MD, MScMartin Plöderl @ploederl.bsky.social · 13/08/2026🚨 1. Can changed trial characteristics explain fluoxetine's loss of efficacy for pediatric depression? New paper by @floriannaudet.bsky.social @richlyus.bsky.social and me is out. It is a secondary meta-regression on an already existing meta-analysis. Why was this important? ->sciencedirect.comCan fluoxetine’s diminished efficacy in pediatric depression be explained by study sites, baseline severity, age, and psychological interventions? A secondary exploratory meta-regression.Fluoxetine’s efficacy estimates in pediatric depression trials have declined to the range of placebo equivalence. We investigated whether changes in t… 187
Reposted by J Andrés Delgado-Ron MD, MScThe Lancet @thelancet.com · 12/08/2026A study in The Lancet Healthy Longevity found that stopping statins in adults over 75 with no history of heart disease or stroke does not increase the risk of death within three years. Authors say further trials are needed to confirm these findings. 🔗 spkl.io/633247MUPY 2117