Friday links
A last link on the facebook saga makes the observation that if facebook just includes some randomness in all decisions of what to show on the stream (which they might do just to improve their service), then any study which leverages this is a randomized observational study. And observational studies have much reduced ethical thresholds.
An excellent summary of what is known about SSRIs. I really liked both the conversion of effect size to weight loss numbers and the discussion of how, whilst people can agree on the data, it gets very hairy when you start to use words such as "moderate depression" or "severe depression" to describe different numeric results.
Some people who make more money than I do, can activate your DNA. Obviously, they are skeptical of ENCODE claims. This guy's biography is perfect:
Toby Alexander, is a coach, speaker, seminar leader and author. He is a leading expert in a variety of fields including energy medicine, emotional mastery, peak mental strategies for optimal performance, 15th dimensional physics, futures and forex trading, SAP, remote viewing, and distant healing.
Next week, I'll be in Lisbon for LxMLS 2014. Contact me if you want to get in touch there.