by Yogi Hale Hendlin | Mar 24, 2017 | Uncategorized
In UCSF’s local online news source Synapse, I have an article about why its a good idea for preventative medicine not to axe the Chancellor’s Concert Series here.
by Yogi Hale Hendlin | Mar 21, 2017 | Perverse Incentives, Side-effects, Systems thinking, Uncategorized
“It was widely believed thalidomide would be useful to control morning sickness. It did – but it did other things, too. We need evidence, but unregulated marketing does not help us get needed data.” –A colleague at UCSF The epidemic of reductionism...
by Yogi Hale Hendlin | Mar 14, 2017 | Climate Change, deus ex machina, folly, philosophy of science, Priorities
Today at UCSF, I had the chance to hear Michael Specter deliver the 2017 Chauncey D. Leake Lecture: “Do Facts Still Matter? And What Does It Mean If They Don’t?” It brought out all of San Francisco’s good liberals, concerned about Trump’s...
