Month: January 2023

My last discussion briefly contrasted 2 styles of thought. Extreme risk aversion would be the style of medical doctor, obeying the principle Primum Non Nocere where the stakes are high and best courses of hard-won empirical evidence.  But risk aversion does not work for the entrepreneur/inventor since you advance only by exploring new possibilities.  The…

We who practice medicine are taught risk aversion, Above all, do no harm.  A recent article on Elon Musk by Christopher Cox in The NY Times Magazine of January 17, 2023, “Elon Musk’s Collision Course” makes a powerful argument for the exact opposite, a sort of “Damn the Torpedoes, Full speed Ahead,” approach that makes…

Second Look Neurology Applying knowledge of the Brain to Mental Life. Neurological Insight. As practicing neurologist, expert on neurological disorders, i have studied the nervous system over my professional life. Brain function impinges on all perception and action. Therefore, it affects everything, all human endeavor. Your brain colors personal relationships, politics, your very like experience.…