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Comment What matters is the end result (Score 0) 467

I'm not an anti-isolation advocate, but let's be realistic. Social distancing is helping our medical community cope. That's it. The same number of people will die, whether it is all at once or spread over a year. What we are doing is allowing those that can be helped to have access the resources to be helped. It may improve the over-all numbers by some percentage points, but the overall tally will be close to the same.

Comment Balance between "science" and "support" (Score 1) 273

It seems to me that in medicine, a lot of guesswork is involved at the patient/doctor interface. Additionally, there is a lot of need for trust between the physician and the snake oil vendors. I truly think there is plenty of snake oil in the chemistry industry regardless of the perception of due diligence. If this class presents a balanced view that makes some individuals in the medical industry more sensitive to the emotional well being and the the balance between chemistry and quality of life, I'm all for it.

My sister died after a second round of breast cancer. The first round was heavily chemical and sterile, and the second round was heavily homoeopathic and supportive. Even though she died as a result of the second round, I truly believe she felt better emotionally and spiritually during that course.

Comment Perfect riffle shuffle (Score 1) 63

Most people are not aware that a perfect riffle shuffle on a deck of cards returns the deck to it's original state at eight shuffles. This means an assumption of imperfection for seven shuffles.

It is highly probabilistic that a perfect riffle shuffle never occur. It takes some effort to replicate to perfect shuffle.

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