BrianAppavu
Brian Appavu, MD

Physician, father, husband, and enthusiast for solutions to complex problems.

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2025-11-12 12:32:50 CET

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@nprofile…5qrc, I'd be happy to develop some educational materials on CJD and prion disease. I did care for a number of patients with CJD during my neurology training, and it is a devastating disease. I'm sorry for your loss, @nprofile…m38g

2025-11-12 12:30:14 CET

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Thank you, @nprofile…fhsu for your kind words.

2025-10-15 16:41:20 CEST

Civilization: Dynamic and Static Societies
This was inspired by the book, Lords of the Cosmos: From Stasis to Stars (https://www.amazon.com/-/he/Arjun-Khemani/dp/1544549539)
#vlog #philosophy
https://blossom.primal.net/a2a82990bc637d8a5c4651314520a24f77647f68b27c4111107fac326394c8de.mp4

2025-10-13 17:00:49 CEST

To others, we're a mystery waiting to be unraveled.
When I learn something new about somebody, it doesn't 'change my opinion of them'. Rather, it elucidates a part of the mystery I have in my mind of who they are.

2025-10-09 17:58:22 CEST

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My article on the 'Consciousness of Bitcoin'. It highlights how both bitcoin and consciousness are emergent network phenomena with very similar properties.
#philosophy #bitcoin #consciousness #neuroscience #mind #brain #awareness #neurology
#naddr1qv…qu9r

2025-09-28 23:01:19 CEST

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Thank you. I agree with you. I'll have to check out that material.

2025-09-28 22:44:35 CEST

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Thank you. I really appreciate it!

2025-09-28 20:13:44 CEST

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Thank you for posting my article. I think this is an interesting question as it relates to the Extended Mind Hypothesis.
I think in the absence of AGI, what separates us from AI is our ability to create conjecture from the data we have in front of us, and to go from there to use experimentation and induction to develop better explanatory models of our world and figure out how we can improve it. At present, AI can help us accelerate in that effort. If we lack self-awareness, however, than yes, AI can manipulate us.
I think self-awareness and our being 'conscious' is what allows us to be in control.
In my mind, this is like being Neo within the Matrix. Neo can work wonders in the Matrix because he understands it and harnesses it to complete his goal, which is to free others. You do want to 'disconnect' from the Matrix to maintain self-awareness and your true self, but you also want to be prepared to get back in to do wonders as a self-aware human being.

2025-09-28 16:17:03 CEST

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Thank you.

2025-09-28 13:26:42 CEST

Political Assassinations, The Fourth Turning, and Orienting Yourself Toward Your Best Character
#vlog
https://blossom.primal.net/6e05fc753f81cf7925404aea23ed8f613b906136b4ca5abbd83f1a825bb70597.mp4

2025-09-27 14:59:39 CEST

A lecture-version of my article on the 'Hard Problem of Consciousness'.
#philosophy #vlog #readstr #consciousness #neuroscience #brain
https://blossom.primal.net/46d2fe2320c943321ec41ea49ced1ab9c3b986dd853e824d806a242903441849.mp4

2025-09-27 13:38:34 CEST

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My latest article on the 'Hard Problem of Consciousness'.
#philosophy #readstr #consciousness #neuroscience #brain
#naddr1qv…e9lg

2025-09-27 13:13:52 CEST

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Don't use the state to fight the state.
You're an inspiration to a movement that is building a better world.
You’ve been a light in the darkness for many of us. That’s why we follow you—not because you play their game, but because you remind us that there’s another way to live in the darkness of our times.
Let’s stay lighthouses in the storm, guiding others, and keep building the better world we actually want—together, not through them.

2025-09-24 22:26:59 CEST

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I completely agree with you. In terms of the discourse, I meant to discuss how people interpreted the arguments made during his debates.

2025-09-24 15:06:56 CEST

Whether it's reactions to Charlie Kirk or the recent uproar over the discussion surrounding acetaminophen (Tylenol) and autism, I'm continuing to observe the same thing: We're all looking at the same observations and data, but we're not comprehending each other.
On the acetaminophen question, I don’t believe that many of the staunchly committed voices on any side are all that confused about “association vs. causation.” I think there are quite a number of people with drastically different viewpoints who demonstrate some understanding of the limits of observational studies — confounding, mediation, collinearity, and so on.
So why do we still continue to talk past each other?
I don’t think the Charlie Kirk discourse is really about politics.
I don’t think the acetaminophen debate is really about politics or even science.
I think the issue is deeper.
I think some of it has to do with our emotional processing during discourse, and the language we use when we respond. But part of it also comes down to something even more basic: whether we share the same epistemology — the way we define what counts as knowledge and truth.
And here’s the problem: most people don’t even know what the word “epistemology” means.
Yet without some shared understanding of it, I don’t see how we’ll ever truly understand each other.
#philosophy #politics #knowledge
https://blossom.primal.net/b107744968712fee4efc8e184f617d4de056a4c2115ce72c84485f9387500830.jpg

2025-09-23 16:24:20 CEST

My video lecture on the Biological Theories of Consciousness
#philosophy #brain #mind #psychology #neuroscience #consciousness
https://youtu.be/O_XdtVWEEo4

2025-09-23 16:20:55 CEST

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My recent article on Biological Theories of Consciousness.
#naddr1qv…0y2a

2025-09-22 16:40:43 CEST

I found this interview from Ilhan Omar very emotionally provocative.
Initially, I felt a lot of anger, but I've heard a lot of terrible things said about Charlie Kirk and I wanted to explore why I found her words so provocative.
I think the weight of her words were in saying that his legacy should be "in the dust bin of history".
The thing is, if we think someone is wrong or terrible, we take their legacy as important. Not because we agree with them, but because we want to understand their motivations, errors, and not repeat the evils of the past.
We understand that it's important to understand Adolf Hitler and his writings in Mein Kampf. We understand that it's important to understand the background and motivations of Osama Bin Laden.
So why would someone want someone's ideas and legacy, which are clearly inspiring others, to be forgotten and never heard from again?
I think that reason is that to erase ideas entirely is not to defeat them. The only reason to demand they be forgotten is fear—fear that those ideas reveal truths that threaten the illusions that those individuals wish to protect.
https://blossom.primal.net/0df76c44b9340b4dd25e2352c6f9892ce6993da5a65196f68694f568ff82d321.mp4

2025-09-21 15:20:25 CEST

Jimmy Kimmel firing and the future of free speech.
#vlog
https://blossom.primal.net/1edf01946bc47292063b25779eee7c5d29b8a40bf49c621f830e85055f2b23e6.mp4

2025-09-21 15:06:22 CEST

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Thank you for sharing @nprofile…f3fd

2025-09-20 18:29:44 CEST

This is a beautiful analysis of the film, Gladiator. It's fundamentally the story of Cain and Abel.
#filmstr #philosophy #dadstr
https://youtu.be/X-jncIrqW8Y

2025-09-19 13:43:33 CEST

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The article version of my discussion on the eastern metaphysical and philosophical foundations of consciousness.
#philosophy #bookstr #consciousness #psychology #health
#naddr1qv…l23r

2025-09-19 13:15:17 CEST

Consciousness: Eastern Metaphysical and Philosophical Foundations
#philosophy #vlog #bookstr
https://blossom.primal.net/bad73d91d60835811f94b0452b862a06985f85cffc1a6e341dd781fc387996d1.mp4

2025-09-18 20:47:35 CEST

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An article version of my discussion on the western metaphysical and philosophical foundations of consciousness.
#philosophy #bookstr #filmstr #health
#naddr1qp…6e96

2025-09-18 20:41:19 CEST

Consciousness: Western Metaphysical and Philosophical Foundations
#philosophy #vlog #bookstr #health #filmstr
https://blossom.primal.net/d773c58a7af15b780a73c4d92c6621a092b7d7d9d90cb74ae8c2e3f5a333341c.mp4

2025-09-17 19:16:06 CEST

Part II: National Tragedies and Our Unique Experiences with Empathy
#vlog
https://blossom.primal.net/ce1fc0b675ebfc057da6509b7f89d953eb0c09352933ce7264b0d72567f8f21d.mp4

2025-09-17 18:38:21 CEST

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Thank you for sharing this.

2025-09-17 15:42:14 CEST

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#vlog

2025-09-17 15:41:36 CEST

National Tragedies: Our Empathy is Limited, but Unique to Each of Us
https://blossom.primal.net/687080ef2bb920f3dc45212ee8a49044d2010dfa0824e2e1785d9493e87cc0a9.mp4

2025-09-17 13:31:04 CEST

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Awesome video. Looking forward to seeing more of your content!

2025-09-17 01:36:12 CEST

Teamwork: Why Most Teams Fail, but the Fellowship of the Ring Succeeded
Note: This is a video I put on my Youtube page a few weeks ago, but I'm really interested in putting my content directly onto Nostr. I just got introduced to Blossom, so I'm trying for the first time to see if I can upload my videos and content here.
I hope this works and runs well. If it does, I hope you enjoy!
#vlog #grownostr
https://blossom.primal.net/999d94dd250fcf7947de7e523d129f2695df8b05c5f06fc03e71538c0fcc57de.mp4

2025-09-16 14:51:58 CEST

Last night, I played tag and hide-and-seek with my two oldest children. Before that, they were both on their tablets.
While we don't enforce screen time rules with our kids, we aspire toward what Aaron Stupple discusses in his book, 'The Sovereign Child', that children should be treated as autonomous individuals - as people with their own desires, capacities, and rights - rather than primarily beings to be controlled, disciplined, or shaped to conform. I worry about their screen time, but we aren't enforcing any rules on them.
However, absolutely any time I offer them the chance to play tag, hide-and-seek, or other games of their choosing, they always choose play over the tablet.
We don't need to control screen time. We need to recognize whether they are getting the interaction, relationships, and stimulation that their hearts desire.
#dadstr #parenting
https://blossom.primal.net/3fb324377c0959e829efe3bc39e613fad4e050a5e82bea2927cb0a1f17013ba4.png

2025-09-15 00:10:43 CEST

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Thank you for the follow. I love your vlog and content, and agree we dads got to have each other's back in this day and age.

2025-09-14 23:45:01 CEST

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Welcome. Im still learning what I'm doing in this ecosystem, myself.

2025-09-14 23:41:42 CEST

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42 year old father of four kids, here. My oldest is 5 years old. Nice to meet you.

2025-09-14 17:11:41 CEST

I think we're entering a point in American History where Saul Alinsky's 'Rules for Radicals' are being explicitly called out for how manipulative and destructive they really are for building a better world.
The ends don't justify the means.
https://blossom.primal.net/aa3defc2cc6736922878053268229ac690a5ca2f9af1821d94b3e0dc5a01c98e.jpg

2025-09-13 23:02:07 CEST

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Addendum: This is Nostr. Here, we can communicate OUTSIDE the algorithms that control us on other platforms.

2025-09-13 22:43:28 CEST

There’s a lot of division and conflict in our society right now. In moments like this, we often hear that we need to “listen to each other.” But I’m not sure that’s the real problem.
From what I can observe, two people can watch a debate and come up with drastically different interpretations of what was discussed or what each perspective represented.
I don't think we have a problem where we don't listen to each other. We have a problem where we don't comprehend each other.
We have problems in our ability to temper our emotions and think critically. Anger is a legitimate emotion, but it demands a low-time preference, patience, proper processing and decision-making. We have too much of an urge to come to a conclusion of why a person we never met decided to act horrifically in a location hundreds or thousands of miles away from us.
We rarely pause to recognize logical fallacies— reification, false dichotomies, circular reasoning, ad hominem attacks, appeals to the consequent, the fallacy of composition, and so on. We rush into “debates” without agreeing on definitions beforehand, and too often treat them like battles to win rather than opportunities to clarify differences and seek consensus.
Meanwhile, media and social platforms (including this one) reward emotion over logic, amplifying division instead of fostering reason. That leaves us vulnerable—pawns on a chessboard we don’t even realize we’re on.
I don't want to be too prescriptive with this post. I'm a neurologist whose a lot better at diagnosing problems than curing them. But I suspect we’d all benefit from occasionally stepping away from the algorithm, having face-to-face conversations with people who disagree with us but whom we still recognize as safe, and—quite literally—touching grass.
Here's a picture from Heber, Arizona, one of my favorite places where I'm literally touching grass and spending time with my family this weekend.
https://blossom.primal.net/796226dc38a96f9470df38b43c63e7a2419643a42c6dbd98a591a545b9b7c45c.jpg

2025-09-12 00:58:41 CEST

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In the wake of the recent murders of Charlie Kirk and Iryna Zarutska, as well as the mixed reactions I've seen all around me, I felt compelled to write essay.
#naddr1qq…w60j

2025-09-10 18:33:19 CEST

Doctors cannot diagnosis disease if they are censored to the symptoms.

2025-09-01 00:48:35 CEST

My Latest Video: Don't Be A Pawn
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjcxH6YYd54
#chess #authenticity #independence #awareness

2025-08-24 02:45:49 CEST

Fix the money, fix the world.
https://youtu.be/rPVoaYFiIDg

2025-08-23 23:03:29 CEST

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Thank you. I understand.

2025-08-23 18:40:56 CEST

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We sought a number of doctors' recommendations and thought through lots of different possibilities before we tried for a fourth child. We felt that there were risks, but if we were in a good place with a good team, we would be okay. Ever since our marriage 9 years ago, my wife has had a very strong urge to be a mother to a large family. I'm very blessed to have her as a partner.

2025-08-21 23:28:04 CEST

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Thank you for your kind words. I agree there isn't anything wrong with business, as a concept, if we are looking at it as a way to exchange value for value. It's even better when it can be done with authenticity and generativity.

2025-08-21 20:14:37 CEST

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My Nostr Article Regarding The Art of Medicine
#naddr1qv…uvw4

2025-08-21 20:13:35 CEST

My recent experience reminding me about what it means to practice medicine.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3rWMWvBH6Y
#health #doctor #desire #healthcare

2025-08-16 14:59:28 CEST

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Awesome. Thank you. I look forward to reading your essay when you post it!

2025-08-15 15:43:28 CEST

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I agree. It's fascinating to see the same issue apply to both social phenomena, and brain wave activity.

2025-08-15 12:56:25 CEST

My video essay discussing the concept of reification.
https://youtu.be/ll5rM3k5o4w
#Philosophy #Neurology #Neuroscience #Definitions #Reification

2025-08-14 20:10:53 CEST

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My latest article tackling a concept I wrestle with, but very few talk about: the fallacy of reification.
#naddr1qv…da05

2025-08-13 18:40:53 CEST

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@nprofile…5qrc offers a very unique opportunity within the Nostr ecosystem to invigorate a patient-centered approach to improving medical education, research, and driving medicine toward what fundamentally matters - improving health. Take a look at their charter. I'm excited to be a part of their efforts.
#nevent1q…dmmz

2025-08-06 15:09:15 CEST

If you have to make a hard decision in life, play with your kids the night before you do. You'll know what you need to do.
https://blossom.primal.net/5359f69fab289ab177de34dde32eb886f920b410d667cb8ae07d269b8835da68.jpg

2025-08-06 15:07:30 CEST

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I visited that site last summer. Still so very surreal....
https://blossom.primal.net/1c5be28f3036ad27d0962afa4e75ad7418588f9053a56b7cd248bb470077e12a.jpg

2025-08-04 18:15:23 CEST

My video responding to a group of physicians who propose, in a recent New York Times guest essay, that we need to redefine brain death to optimize rates of organ procurement and transplantation.
https://youtu.be/4b4rfuoZ5UA
#philosophy #logic #desire #mimesis #girard #jordanpeterson #motivation #authenticity

2025-08-03 12:39:28 CEST

Life is short.
Be courageous.
Poke the bear.
https://blossom.primal.net/0eab2811e526cff0276fe7225d46ce509f700be80aaa5fd3aed63501a6d656ab.jpg

2025-08-03 02:47:02 CEST

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Thank you for your kind words. Trying to get involved with more of this.

2025-08-02 13:33:58 CEST

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Distrust occurs when you sacrifice truth for utility.

2025-08-02 13:13:31 CEST

The authors here completely fail at acknowledging the is/ought problem from David Hume:
"Reason is, and ought only to be the slaves of the passions" (A Treatise of Human Nature, 1739)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/30/opinion/organ-donors-death-definition.html

2025-08-01 14:35:04 CEST

Freedom is not an end goal. It's the impetus needed to do what you love.

2025-07-27 16:00:42 CEST

I've been gradually getting the sense that Nostr provides the space in our modern day for perhaps the highest 'creativity/ego' ratio I've seen.

2025-07-19 17:41:16 CEST

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We live close to my parents, and they buy toys they keep in their house. We definitely create a massacre there as well. Thankfully, my parents enjoy it and take pleasure in cleaning up afterwards.

2025-07-19 17:38:58 CEST

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Yeah. I definitely worry that in 20 years when our house is squeaky clean, I'll miss this.

2025-07-19 17:37:46 CEST

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Haha. I hear you. It's a familiar room for kids who love and are loved...

2025-07-16 14:38:10 CEST

https://youtu.be/qnQugyigLw4
A beautiful and authentic response about success from the highest ranked golfer in the world.
#authenticity #success

2025-07-14 14:02:49 CEST

Less than 24 hours after a deep clean…
This is what our family room looks like again.
If you have kids under 5, you already know: mess is inevitable. Toys everywhere. Chaos on repeat. But I’ve started to see it differently.
A messy house used to feel like an inevitable lost battle. Now, I’m learning it’s a sign of something else—something good.
This isn’t just a living room. It’s a lab. A workshop. Ultimately, we as parents build a home not only as a save haven, but as a creative hub for our kids to explore. We create the environment for them to use their agency to imagine, play, experiment, innovate and create.
Whenever I clean up my office or desk, I feel clarity of mind to think, write, experiment with ideas and just do more. In the same way, I think when our kids see a clean house, they have increased inspiration to get the toys, papers, and crayons out again and do more with their creativity. The mess comes quickly—but so does the magic.
I'm starting to think less of cleaning our house as a never-ending chore, but an opportunity to 'clean up the lab'. It's an opportunity each day for our kids to see an environment that is both safe and bountiful; to test their boundaries and see where their mind can take them. We’re not just cleaning a house. We’re preparing the stage for discovery.
#parenting #creativity #philosophy #sovereignty
https://blossom.primal.net/bc79980efd506b8445057929fbd173349aaa0653e172a1d8812e2d462aa43f8b.jpg

2025-07-10 02:37:40 CEST

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Hey @nprofile…ewd4 That would be awesome. I really look forward to working with you and your team on all this!

2025-07-08 01:58:37 CEST

https://youtu.be/sRQ8zLKjA-M
My latest video:
In a world where our desires are fundamentally mimetic, how do we find authenticity?
#authenticity #philosophy #desires #mimesis #motivation

2025-06-29 18:38:17 CEST

https://youtu.be/oq4130d_vzU
I first watched 'How to Train Your Dragon' in my 30's and I'm not afraid to say that this kids movie remains one of favorite movies. l've always felt a bit embarrassed to claim a kids movie as one of my favorite, but I think this film analysis hits a home run in describing why I, and perhaps others, find this movie so resonating.
#carljung #jung #shadow #philosophy

2025-06-23 15:04:19 CEST

Desires II: The Mimetic Trap
https://youtu.be/T9A7xDTRONE

2025-06-15 04:09:23 CEST

Satoshi Nakamoto is the 'Gray Champion' of our Fourth Turning.
https://blossom.primal.net/ea404060af7edc7aa1fcc41f5f6fd1bc1f3437de4d9fba6a016f7d054ae051c7.jpg

2025-06-10 12:37:39 CEST

My latest video on desires and Rene Girard's Mimetic Theory of Desire. Enjoy!
https://youtu.be/ft12GkqToqs

2025-06-04 18:28:07 CEST

"Desires are discerned, not decided. Discernment exists in the liminal space between what's now and what's next" -Luke Burgis

2025-04-01 23:23:49 CEST

Amazing interview here with Naval Ravikant. You might find gems here that resonate with you.
https://youtu.be/KyfUysrNaco

2025-03-15 14:26:02 CET

My latest video on the fallacies of induction. Enjoy!
https://youtu.be/elwQWmSSKnw
#philosophy #logic #induction #fallacies #argument #bias

2025-03-10 04:34:57 CET

My third video on logical fallacies, with a focus in appeals that are made to override reason.
https://youtu.be/7KG2dtD2nN4
#philosophy #reason #fallacies #argument

2025-02-28 12:50:40 CET

My second video on logical fallacies where the argument is distorted.
https://youtu.be/yax2GsWGXYg
#philosophy #logic #reasoning #fallacies #argument #strawman

2025-02-19 14:46:31 CET

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Taking advice from people outside my profession. If you only listen to the advice of the same people going down the same road, doing the same thing, then you're not setting yourself up to authentically create and innovate.

2025-02-19 12:30:51 CET

My latest video on logical fallacies where the person is attacked, rather than the argument.
https://youtu.be/yMbeaJqMyPQ
#philosophy #logic #reasoning #fallacies #argument

2025-02-13 21:04:22 CET

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I agree and have my own experience dealing with the issue of indirects that the public likely doesn't fully understand. Institutions may not like or want grants that don't offer high indirects, even if the funding opportunity is promising for the investigator. Sometimes, institutions may only approve the submission of a grant if investigators agree to lower the amount offered toward a clinicians' time to the research to 'offset the cost' of less available indirects. Other times, an increase in an institutions indirect requests may cause a research team to lose funds dedicated to them on an ongoing study. Very often, this occurs with the actual research team having no clarity regarding where the indirects are going. I think if we were to achieve decentralized fundraising for medical research, contributors and investors would have a strong demand to know exactly where there money goes, and that it helps the true cause of the research.
Fix the money, fix the world...

2025-02-10 11:39:22 CET

Here's my latest video essay on epistemology, with a focus on induction, science and explanatory knowledge. I hope you enjoy!
https://youtu.be/F1ObEu_9ixY
#philosophy #epistemology #science #induction

2025-02-09 14:02:33 CET

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I do it with the same principles of why I HODL bitcoin.
I maintain a long time horizon about the quality and longevity of my life. I remain convicted about my values - that my health and a strong mind is what I need to create value in this world for my family and for others I treasure.
Just like DCA, i stay consistent and humble and stack - not just sats, but weights with progressive overload and effective time under tension.
Consistency and principles fuel what I do and how I define myself. The idea of deviating from this makes me so uncomfortable that I just need to get up.

2025-02-07 03:38:37 CET

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'Searching for Bobby Fisher' was one of my favorite movies as a kid, but I didn't appreciate it as much as I could until I became a dad myself.

2025-02-05 00:33:00 CET

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I've read it and thoroughly enjoyed it. Some of it hit me hard, including statements that desire is an agreement you make with yourself until you get what you want.

2025-02-02 23:16:39 CET

https://youtu.be/e_97p2VpQfM
Here's my latest video essay on epistemology, and identifying truth in this world. I hope you enjoy!
#philosophy #epistemology #metaphysics

2025-01-28 12:16:18 CET

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This has always been my favorite quote from this movie....
#note1zzs…lm2u

2025-01-27 19:41:38 CET

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This is all interesting. I just don't understand why it's making people sell their bitcoin 🤷‍♂️

2025-01-26 15:48:29 CET

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My wife is on Nostr! @npub1ry4…c35z is an independent thinker and a short story writer with training and skills in creative writing. She's also an amazing mother. Follow her for some thoughtful and creative content.
#note1nl3…lpc0

2025-01-26 13:34:01 CET

https://youtu.be/7SQ1wjhuea4
What is the nature of reality? Here is my newly released video on metaphysics, with an exploration of reality and illusion.
I hope you enjoy...
#philosophy #metaphysics

2025-01-25 21:31:20 CET

https://youtu.be/D1BpRKmwINE
What @npub103m…d3h5 says here is so important.
Don't get too impatient spending your time anxiously waiting and focused on when bitcoin will hit $1 million or $10 million.
Bitcoin is valuable, but not as valuable as time.
When bitcoin was $100 back in 2013, I'm sure much of the faithful couldn't wait for it too hit $100,000. That took 11 years.
I would give anything to go back to 2013 then when i was a youngster with a wide world in front of me.
If bitcoin hits $10 million by 2040, that's great, but then I'll be an older man and my kids will be be nearly adults and no longer cuddling me and calling me 'daddy' like the adorable toddlers they are right now.
Enjoy the present, create value in this world, and move forward in life with meaning.

2025-01-25 20:28:37 CET

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I have not, but I'm happy to look into it.

2025-01-25 20:23:38 CET

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Mortality. We must die. But that's ok. The fear of death invigorates our impulse to live life well.

2025-01-25 20:15:58 CET

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Memento mori...
I think about death and I fear death. It's unsettling and uncomfortable, but it invigorated me to think about the time and energy I have left in this life, and it focuses me on using it to produce and provide value to those who I love and my community.
The fear of death is perhaps the most powerful imposed of the human spirit.
https://youtu.be/-5zdmA7HSoE

2025-01-25 19:59:23 CET

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Welcome Jordy!

2025-01-25 02:10:22 CET

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He will eventually.....Nostr is inevitable

2025-01-25 02:05:05 CET

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I'm not quite sure he'd want to come back...

2025-01-24 19:29:39 CET

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I totally agree. Respectful debate and humility to accept correct arguments are the cornerstone of a beautiful civilization. Nostr can be the protocol we can do this in.

2025-01-22 22:33:48 CET

https://youtu.be/watch?v=2bZSzObqAjE
I found this conversation enlightening, challenging and stimulating.
It's between Naval Ramikant, Tim Ferriss, and Aaron Stupple, the author of a new book, The Sovereign Child. Im reading through the book now.
I think this is a great video to watch if you want your children to live free, and experience authentic passion in their lives.

2025-01-21 19:59:27 CET

I take it with a source of pride to not actually know yet what wBTC even is....

2025-01-21 19:55:50 CET

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For those familiar with Plato's Allegory of the Cave...
#note1g05…d0jp