Freedom of information request finds six-month trial cost £320,000, used almost 100 police hours and led to just one – incorrect – alert

Cochrane said they'd ask me to review it before publication; they didn't, published it today, and it's worse than I feared

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A tool to visualize the dangers of mass screening for low-prevalence problems. - verawilde/rarity-roulette

Disciples of the secular religion of science argue over competing idols, clinging to false security against the existential terror of epistemic uncertainty

All is welcome so long as it is a piece played by an instrumental band, examples include military bands and university bands.

Like a wind asleep against stones as light as the air from a volcano’s mouth. Coves clear to the sea floor, wind grass and new lambs, donkeys eating…

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Preamble: This shortie is my attempt to come up with an example that makes the problem underlying immortal time bias as obvious as possible.  In Japan, people who reach the age of 100 are handed a co...