Ramblings about statistics, AI, and psychology.
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We have more than one Genome
Inspired by a recently published article in the ZEIT (in German only), I did some further reads on the topic of mosaicism. The bottom line: contrary to common belief and what is taught in text books (and University courses), the human body does not consist of cells with a single, personal genome, but instead each cell or…
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Quartz: A tumor stole every memory I had.
Not directly related to my field of research, but a very interesting story from a patient who lost memories due to a craniopharyngioma and gains them back as the tumor is removed: What eventually did happen was something none of the experts ever suggested would be possible. Over time I would lose my memory—almost completely—of…
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Re: Blog
Okay, schon wieder ein Blog. Ja, ich habe in den letzten Jahren immer wieder neue Blogs aufgemacht. Und ja, die haben selten länger als ein Jahr gehalten. Trotzdem habe ich noch mal einen neuen Anlauf gestartet. Und wieso? Seit Anfang Oktober arbeite und promoviere ich in der Abteilung Methodenlehre, Diagnostik und Evaluation an der Uni…
Got any book recommendations?