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Sylvain Ribes's avatar

The Saturnian article is a critique of medicine through a satirical allegory.

Not the worst.

Nicolas Roman's avatar

The Saturnian Neurosurgery article is a real gem. I think this must be some kind of experimental literature, in addition to possibly being a hoax. There’s just so much character, and the only two citations are to Hippocrates and Anton Chekhov!

Thomas Alan White's avatar

Sorry learning how to use technology! AI is an credible social event but now you can be in on the biggest ever instead of second best! A knowledge Renaissance is going to be gasoline on the fire of AI. To overthrow the reign of terror forced on us by quantum physics, we are going to have a tsunami of progress magnified dramatically by AI.

Balazs Fabian's avatar

Dear Stuart Ritchie,

I have been a regular reader of your blog, and I was very sorry to see that it has been discontinued. The last post is from last year. In my view, your posts were a far more meaningful scientific contribution than the vast majority (95%) of academic publications.

I truly hope you will consider returning to it one day.

Best regards,

A colleague

Tom Swift's avatar

Great article. There is a huge need right now for truly independent scientific research. Read more here: https://swiftenterprises.substack.com/p/the-purpose-of-tom-swift

And, enjoy an original science fiction novel!

https://swiftenterprises.substack.com/p/the-lunarian

Tom Stafford's avatar

The authors of the Saturn article are very engaged on pubpeer

"This symbolic document provides an examination of medical malpractice within the field of neurosurgery, utilizing fictional scenarios that draw inspiration from actual cases frequently encountered in this specialty." https://pubpeer.com/publications/306A99F8F7084E6F58CBBFEB84FA99