The Polythróna with Hadrian Archo

  Premise Throughout the pandemic, there have been a small collection of strange cases or phenomenon that I have been taking notes on, but do not really exist in the literature. Some with an academic or questioning personality may approach such a blog post with a lot of skepticism. To try and alleviate this, I’ll provide some details about myself that should help with the legitimacy of my hearsay. I’m a mid-career scientist at a large research organization on the Eastern half of the United States. I previously worked in neuroscience, but I now work on clinical trials related to HIV and COVID19. We currently work on four clinical trials on COVID19, and two of them involve us reaching out to local hospitals in our region for current cases of COVID19. Our other two studies involve people who have recently recovered from COVID19 as we follow them over time. In other words, just trust me, bru. Tale 1: COVID-19 Vaccines and Surgery One of the nurses that I work ...

  Originally written: 06/27/16 A thought on science education. A recent observation has told me that it seems like critical thinking and reasoning skills tend to decline as one gets involved in the sciences. It may be that science is taught as a fact in its classes where it leads to more analytical thinking and not critical thinking. It seems as though critical thinking, or the ability to withdraw points of view and debate them as such are found more in disciplines where there is a lack of perceived truth. Many scientific theories are that (perceived truth), supported by evidence, and nearly set in stone. Only science education that explores research and development encourages critical thinking in the sciences as newfound discoveries birth new theories to be debated.  2021 Additions: It’s odd to read this entry that I wrote five years ago now. I wasn’t even done with my bachelor’s yet! But I remember why I had this thought in the first place. In the US, those who ...