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Skeptics-in-the-Pub Group open to the public! All welcome to monthly meetings. FB page: https://xitter.cf/t.co/RHxht6gDaS

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Fascinating step forward if the science can survive long enough.
1/ Artificial intelligence is beginning to move beyond “prediction engines” toward something much more interesting: AI-assisted scientific reasoning. Two recent Nature papers described multi-agent AI systems capable of: • reviewing enormous scientific literatures • generating mechanistic hypotheses • prioritizing candidate therapies • proposing experimental pathways • and helping researchers identify existing drugs worth testing in new diseases Importantly, these systems did NOT independently “cure” diseases or replace scientists. What they demonstrated was something arguably more important: A scalable framework for accelerating biomedical hypothesis generation. The workflow looked roughly like this: Literature ingestion → mechanistic reasoning → candidate ranking → experimental prioritization → human review → wet-lab testing. That matters because modern biomedical research now produces far more information than any individual laboratory can fully synthesize. If these systems prove reliable, they may eventually help: • shorten discovery timelines • reduce dead-end experiments • improve drug repurposing • identify overlooked biological pathways • and augment human scientific teams The real story here is not “AI replaces scientists.” It is: AI may become a force multiplier for science itself. References: Nature (2026) — “Towards an AI co-scientist” Nature (2026) — “A multi-agent system for machine-assisted scientific discovery” @IntegralAnswers
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For those in the northeast of England. facebook.com/share/1CgrYgrNF…
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For those in the northeast of England. All welcome. facebook.com/share/189QCQEiv…
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Henry Short is our guest speaker at our next meeting on Thursday 13 June 2024 at The Chapel Pub on Whitehouse Street, Middlesbrough, TS5 4BY starting at 7:30pm. He will be discussing the current health of the River Tees and its Estuary.
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Check out "Kevin Precious - The Reluctant Teacher" eventbrite.co.uk/e/kevin-pre… @Eventbrite
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Do you remember when you joined Twitter/X? We do, not too long after first being formed! #MyXAnniversary
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youtube.com/live/HHY4Qh7xYyw… #TERFWARS: S4E11 - Rant mode. Another good episode @KatyMontgomerie. Talking about bad parents such as these ridiculous TERFS Gender Critical who are still insulting people #suffragents @kerns_richard_ @BuckAngel @NickBuckleyMBE @DrHoenderkamp @Glinner
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Gender Criticals And White Nationalism youtu.be/HWCEWSSJxGI via @YouTube @KatyMontgomerie
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#Groupon Online 12-Month Tarot Reading. Link: rationalwiki.org/wiki/Tarot #Tarot “”I played poker once with Tarot cards. I got a full house and 3 people died. —Steven Wright
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#lCraniosacraltherapy and #cranialosteopathy are based on the idea of manipulating "cranial rhythms". This is a fake concept that we now know has no evidences. In spite of the many claims here, these treatments have never been found effective for any condition.@glamourmag
#CranioSacralTherapy along w/ other manual therapies are now being used in "Sleep Boot Camps" to help w/ insomnia & it's actually working! Here's how one woman is now sleeping like "a comatose angel," thanks to quality mind/body care, including CST. bit.ly/2SYAtKp
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#ChinaShow China’s surveillance balloon explained and why never to buy a Chinese phone which has CCP spyware on youtube.com/live/Xa_FH9MeJ4k…
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