Flow chart medicine is the norm today. My wife, the nurse, relays the anecdotes of today’s spreadsheet medical industry. It’s no different than any other industry today. Microsoft Excel and its many copycats and derivatives has got to be one of the biggest detriments to our society and the ways in which businesses, industries, institutions, and individuals interact with each. It has sucked the soul out of everything. I’m convinced of that.
I can certainly say that the brightest are not the medical billing departments. My bills are almost always wrong in some way. Since I have a very high deductible plan I need to fix them and the people I call are almost always completely clueless. They follow a script and are prevented from ever lowering a bill. Funny how the bills always seem to err with incorrect HIGHER charges.
I noticed that UHC’s stock has dropped in half. I thought denial of claims was more profitable?
Health care in this country is a total disaster for so many.
Pilkington didn't cite the source of the chart he published. So I asked Grok:
The chart Pilkington provided is a scatter plot comparing average IQ scores with the female-to-male ratio across various academic fields, showing a negative correlation (y = 130 - 24x, R² = 0.59). Based on recent posts on X, this chart likely originates from a 2014 blog post by Dr. Randal S. Olson, a data scientist, titled “Average IQ of students by college major and gender ratio,” published on June 26, 2014. Olson used data from the Educational Testing Service (ETS), which administers the SAT and GRE, to estimate IQ scores from standardized test scores (like SAT or pre-2011 GRE scores) across college majors. Some posts on X also mention that this data may have been reposted on platforms like Reddit (e.g., a 2017 post on r/dataisbeautiful) or referenced by sources like StatisticBrain, though the latter lacks transparent documentation.
However, there are caveats. Olson himself noted that these “IQ” values are proxies derived from standardized test averages, which may favor quantitative skills and not fully reflect general intelligence. Additionally, the correlation shown in the chart—higher IQ in male-dominated fields like Physics & Astronomy and lower IQ in female-dominated fields like Early Childhood Education—has been debated, as SAT-based IQ estimates can be controversial and may not account for broader cognitive abilities or systemic biases in testing. While the chart is widely circulated, its methodology and conclusions remain contested among researchers.
I’m still surprised Trump won the Presidency in 2024, and the GOP the house and senate.
The establishment GOP through selective funding and support, and ignoring fraud, in the last three federal elections seemed focused on gracefully losing. The worst was in 2018 with Paul Ryan losing the house majority.
Trump seems very focused on the midterms by:
1. Continue attacks on Democrats to show voters how out of touch they are, and decrease their favorability.
2. go around main stream media. Court alternate media. Push back on biased coverage.
3. take action on election fraud.
4. Supply funding and support for gop candidates that can win.
5. Improving the economy.
6. Doing popular changes, but touchy politically. Dei, trans in military, drug pricing, immigration, maha, etc.
7. Stay out of foreign wars.
Trumps strategy may be waiting for congressional action by a more maga Congress after the midterms to permanent his actions done by executive order.
Agree that the wins were surprising, but in retrospect they confirmed something that many had suspected: that there was a substantial and influential counter-revolutionary movement underway, probably since at least the 2020 debacle. There was major firepower, spearheaded by the 2025 project but also including Little Tech, whites hats in most or all of the alphabet agencies, especially the DoD, and Wall Street, among others. The participants brought lots of cash and a level of savvy only seen on the left in the past as well as a remarkable level of secrecy. The strategy remains largely under wraps and is still playing out.
If I'm not mistaken, we just saw a similar (related?) process play out behind the scenes in the Papal Conclave. The progressives that wanted a Francis II were run out of town at the outset, and the movement back to tradition, as it turns out, occurred too quickly and seamlessly not to have been somehow orchestrated.
Add to that the fact that, as the Church goes so does the World, and we can begin to see the true magnitude of what is underway.
Agree, it is so aggravating to have Susan Collins, Thom TIllis and that Alaska woman all constantly opposing Trump. I bet Elon and Trump know a lot from that USAID data that they aren't saying. Seems like huge $ got funneled to these people, maybe through their relatives, so they always oppose Trump.
What really infuriates me are Rep politicians like the ones you mention who support Merrick Garland and others like him and can't support an Ed Martin.
Flow chart medicine is the norm today. My wife, the nurse, relays the anecdotes of today’s spreadsheet medical industry. It’s no different than any other industry today. Microsoft Excel and its many copycats and derivatives has got to be one of the biggest detriments to our society and the ways in which businesses, industries, institutions, and individuals interact with each. It has sucked the soul out of everything. I’m convinced of that.
I can certainly say that the brightest are not the medical billing departments. My bills are almost always wrong in some way. Since I have a very high deductible plan I need to fix them and the people I call are almost always completely clueless. They follow a script and are prevented from ever lowering a bill. Funny how the bills always seem to err with incorrect HIGHER charges.
I noticed that UHC’s stock has dropped in half. I thought denial of claims was more profitable?
Health care in this country is a total disaster for so many.
Pilkington didn't cite the source of the chart he published. So I asked Grok:
The chart Pilkington provided is a scatter plot comparing average IQ scores with the female-to-male ratio across various academic fields, showing a negative correlation (y = 130 - 24x, R² = 0.59). Based on recent posts on X, this chart likely originates from a 2014 blog post by Dr. Randal S. Olson, a data scientist, titled “Average IQ of students by college major and gender ratio,” published on June 26, 2014. Olson used data from the Educational Testing Service (ETS), which administers the SAT and GRE, to estimate IQ scores from standardized test scores (like SAT or pre-2011 GRE scores) across college majors. Some posts on X also mention that this data may have been reposted on platforms like Reddit (e.g., a 2017 post on r/dataisbeautiful) or referenced by sources like StatisticBrain, though the latter lacks transparent documentation.
However, there are caveats. Olson himself noted that these “IQ” values are proxies derived from standardized test averages, which may favor quantitative skills and not fully reflect general intelligence. Additionally, the correlation shown in the chart—higher IQ in male-dominated fields like Physics & Astronomy and lower IQ in female-dominated fields like Early Childhood Education—has been debated, as SAT-based IQ estimates can be controversial and may not account for broader cognitive abilities or systemic biases in testing. While the chart is widely circulated, its methodology and conclusions remain contested among researchers.
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I’m still surprised Trump won the Presidency in 2024, and the GOP the house and senate.
The establishment GOP through selective funding and support, and ignoring fraud, in the last three federal elections seemed focused on gracefully losing. The worst was in 2018 with Paul Ryan losing the house majority.
Trump seems very focused on the midterms by:
1. Continue attacks on Democrats to show voters how out of touch they are, and decrease their favorability.
2. go around main stream media. Court alternate media. Push back on biased coverage.
3. take action on election fraud.
4. Supply funding and support for gop candidates that can win.
5. Improving the economy.
6. Doing popular changes, but touchy politically. Dei, trans in military, drug pricing, immigration, maha, etc.
7. Stay out of foreign wars.
Trumps strategy may be waiting for congressional action by a more maga Congress after the midterms to permanent his actions done by executive order.
Agree that the wins were surprising, but in retrospect they confirmed something that many had suspected: that there was a substantial and influential counter-revolutionary movement underway, probably since at least the 2020 debacle. There was major firepower, spearheaded by the 2025 project but also including Little Tech, whites hats in most or all of the alphabet agencies, especially the DoD, and Wall Street, among others. The participants brought lots of cash and a level of savvy only seen on the left in the past as well as a remarkable level of secrecy. The strategy remains largely under wraps and is still playing out.
If I'm not mistaken, we just saw a similar (related?) process play out behind the scenes in the Papal Conclave. The progressives that wanted a Francis II were run out of town at the outset, and the movement back to tradition, as it turns out, occurred too quickly and seamlessly not to have been somehow orchestrated.
Add to that the fact that, as the Church goes so does the World, and we can begin to see the true magnitude of what is underway.
Agree, it is so aggravating to have Susan Collins, Thom TIllis and that Alaska woman all constantly opposing Trump. I bet Elon and Trump know a lot from that USAID data that they aren't saying. Seems like huge $ got funneled to these people, maybe through their relatives, so they always oppose Trump.
What really infuriates me are Rep politicians like the ones you mention who support Merrick Garland and others like him and can't support an Ed Martin.
Yes and now, not needing Senate confirmation, Ed Martin is doing some really important investigations in his new position !