HeyJaredBank of Erin
"Blog" = self-explanatory (very short, unedited, random topics, mostly about my crazy brain) "Science For Your Mother" = sciencey topics using non-sciencey language
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- Sep 24, 2026
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A failed trial is not a failure (opens the original)
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This is a story of the importance of rigorous clinical trials and the difference between correlation and causation.Cholesterol and heart diseaseI’m assuming most of us have had the idea that high cholesterol leads to heart disease engrained in us for decades. Perhaps you’ve been told by a doctor or the internet or Claude to exercise and eat healthfully to keep your cholesterol levels healthy. If that fails, perhaps you’ve been prescribed a statin to lower your cholesterol levels.You̵
On the precipice (opens the original)
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In the past month since I last posted, I have been thinking quite a bit about this need of mine for vigilance. I find myself thinking about this strange precipice that my very innate desire to work hard, to improve, to be productive, puts me on. How to be all those things, and also: improving not because anything is wrong but because I want to grow, working hard not because I need to prove my worth but because I enjoy what I’m doing, being productive not by reacting to whatever is thrown at me i
What is my window? (opens the original)
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My nervous system seems to be on high alert these days. Vigilant, scanning my environment for what needs fixing. Even minor annoyances become danger signs. This vigilance can be productive, when it is directed towards a certain problem or task I need to complete. It is also evolutionarily important, as humans who were able to scan the environment and sp… Read more
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