J Andrés Delgado-Ron
@jorgeandr3s.bsky.social
Social epidemiologist and public health researcher.
"Here we are not afraid to follow truth wherever it may lead, nor to tolerate any error so long as reason is left free to combat it."
Find me philosophizing at https://substack.com/@andresdelgadoron
"Here we are not afraid to follow truth wherever it may lead, nor to tolerate any error so long as reason is left free to combat it."
Find me philosophizing at https://substack.com/@andresdelgadoron
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The 5 stages of the ‘enshittification’ of academic publishing
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The 5 stages of the ‘enshittification’ of academic publishing
Academic publishing now shows the same decline that has hit social media and online marketplaces.
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January 8, 2026 at 3:30 PM
The 5 stages of the ‘enshittification’ of academic publishing
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theconversation.com/the-5-stages...
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Please join me in welcoming to the public domain such works as the 1930 Best Picture All Quiet on the Western Front, Faulkner's As I Lay Dying, several Nancy Drew books, some songs you've heard of (Dream a Little Dream of Me; Georgia on My Mind), and more:
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Welcome to the Public Domain in 2026 | Internet Archive Blogs
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January 2, 2026 at 1:33 PM
Please join me in welcoming to the public domain such works as the 1930 Best Picture All Quiet on the Western Front, Faulkner's As I Lay Dying, several Nancy Drew books, some songs you've heard of (Dream a Little Dream of Me; Georgia on My Mind), and more:
blog.archive.org/2026/01/01/w...
blog.archive.org/2026/01/01/w...
The idea that the mind can exist "beyond the brain" is not new, and it has been proposed and defended by countless philosophers.
We have, however, stopped considering it a serious idea because it seems to be incompatible with everything we have learned about the brain, through neuroscience.
We have, however, stopped considering it a serious idea because it seems to be incompatible with everything we have learned about the brain, through neuroscience.
January 2, 2026 at 1:17 AM
The idea that the mind can exist "beyond the brain" is not new, and it has been proposed and defended by countless philosophers.
We have, however, stopped considering it a serious idea because it seems to be incompatible with everything we have learned about the brain, through neuroscience.
We have, however, stopped considering it a serious idea because it seems to be incompatible with everything we have learned about the brain, through neuroscience.
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Paper now published in the Journal of Clinical Epidemiology.
Longer thread below!
www.jclinepi.com/article/S089...
@markhoro.bsky.social @joannamoncrieff.bsky.social @richlyus.bsky.social @floriannaudet.bsky.social
Longer thread below!
www.jclinepi.com/article/S089...
@markhoro.bsky.social @joannamoncrieff.bsky.social @richlyus.bsky.social @floriannaudet.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Paper now published in the Journal of Clinical Epidemiology.
Longer thread below!
www.jclinepi.com/article/S089...
@markhoro.bsky.social @joannamoncrieff.bsky.social @richlyus.bsky.social @floriannaudet.bsky.social
Longer thread below!
www.jclinepi.com/article/S089...
@markhoro.bsky.social @joannamoncrieff.bsky.social @richlyus.bsky.social @floriannaudet.bsky.social
Thanks to CTV for covering our study
Social media driving teen disordered eating: SFU study
Social media driving teen disordered eating: SFU study
Concerning new research out of Simon Fraser University has found 23 per cent of teens surveyed have experienced disordered eating or body image issues.
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December 23, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Thanks to CTV for covering our study
Thousands of people report past life memories after hypnosis. Entire books have been written based on these sources. Here is why we cannot blindly trust them (and why we should learn more about it):
open.substack.com/pub/andresde...
open.substack.com/pub/andresde...
December 23, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Thousands of people report past life memories after hypnosis. Entire books have been written based on these sources. Here is why we cannot blindly trust them (and why we should learn more about it):
open.substack.com/pub/andresde...
open.substack.com/pub/andresde...
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This was a light-bulb moment for me! My new post @plos.org comes from learning about the concept of science populists:
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Science Populism, Medicine Style - Absolutely Maybe
I hadn’t been aware of the term science populism until a video about it did the rounds recently. It was a light-bulb…
absolutelymaybe.plos.org
December 19, 2025 at 9:01 AM
This was a light-bulb moment for me! My new post @plos.org comes from learning about the concept of science populists:
absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/12/19/s...
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absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/12/19/s...
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Social media feeds 'shadow pandemic' of disordered eating among B.C. teens — rates highest among transgender and sexual minority teens: New SFU study.
Full story below.
Full story below.
Social media feeding ‘shadow pandemic’ of disordered eating in teens, SFU study finds
Social media use and exposure to influencers is driving an increase of disordered eating among B.C. teens, warns a recently published study from Simon Fraser University.
www.sfu.ca
December 18, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Social media feeds 'shadow pandemic' of disordered eating among B.C. teens — rates highest among transgender and sexual minority teens: New SFU study.
Full story below.
Full story below.
What if I told you some psychiatrists treat toddlers for PTSD? open.substack.com/pub/andresde...
The toddler psychiatrist
When reading “troubled people,” I rarely think of small children.
open.substack.com
December 18, 2025 at 6:58 PM
What if I told you some psychiatrists treat toddlers for PTSD? open.substack.com/pub/andresde...
We often say science is what would come back if we restart from scratch:
Dean Sheils’s worldwide survey of out-of-body experience beliefs in 67 small-scale societies found that 95% of them experienced it and described the phenomenon in remarkably similar ways.
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Dean Sheils’s worldwide survey of out-of-body experience beliefs in 67 small-scale societies found that 95% of them experienced it and described the phenomenon in remarkably similar ways.
open.substack.com/pub/andresde...
Resurrection vs. religion: which one came first?
Near-death experiences and the origin of mind–body dualism
open.substack.com
December 17, 2025 at 10:55 AM
We often say science is what would come back if we restart from scratch:
Dean Sheils’s worldwide survey of out-of-body experience beliefs in 67 small-scale societies found that 95% of them experienced it and described the phenomenon in remarkably similar ways.
open.substack.com/pub/andresde...
Dean Sheils’s worldwide survey of out-of-body experience beliefs in 67 small-scale societies found that 95% of them experienced it and described the phenomenon in remarkably similar ways.
open.substack.com/pub/andresde...
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Six journals rejected their commentary. Six!
Journal system is really lousy in facilitating proper scientific process.
@ploederl.bsky.social
Diamond OA journal @robustnessreports.bsky.social would be a perfect fit.
But I can see why you tried psychiatry journals to reach the audience. Catch22.
Journal system is really lousy in facilitating proper scientific process.
@ploederl.bsky.social
Diamond OA journal @robustnessreports.bsky.social would be a perfect fit.
But I can see why you tried psychiatry journals to reach the audience. Catch22.
8/ A closer look revealed that there was a significantly increased risk for suicide ideation in the acute treatment phase with escitalopram (13/136) versus placebo (2/137).
OR = 6.67, 95%-CI 1.77 to 47.20, p < 0.01
To repeat: this remained entirely unreported/-discussed in the original publication
OR = 6.67, 95%-CI 1.77 to 47.20, p < 0.01
To repeat: this remained entirely unreported/-discussed in the original publication
December 15, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Six journals rejected their commentary. Six!
Journal system is really lousy in facilitating proper scientific process.
@ploederl.bsky.social
Diamond OA journal @robustnessreports.bsky.social would be a perfect fit.
But I can see why you tried psychiatry journals to reach the audience. Catch22.
Journal system is really lousy in facilitating proper scientific process.
@ploederl.bsky.social
Diamond OA journal @robustnessreports.bsky.social would be a perfect fit.
But I can see why you tried psychiatry journals to reach the audience. Catch22.
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1/ What if a drug for anxiety disorder more likely makes you feel suicidal than help against anxiety? This was found for escitalopram in paediatric generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), but it was nonetheless approved. Let me explain and summarize experiences with trying to get this corrected in a🧵
September 10, 2025 at 1:41 PM
1/ What if a drug for anxiety disorder more likely makes you feel suicidal than help against anxiety? This was found for escitalopram in paediatric generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), but it was nonetheless approved. Let me explain and summarize experiences with trying to get this corrected in a🧵
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New single dose oral treatment for gonorrhoea effectively combats drug-resistant infections, trial finds.
Find out more 👉 spkl.io/63326AizOe
Find out more 👉 spkl.io/63326AizOe
December 14, 2025 at 11:33 AM
New single dose oral treatment for gonorrhoea effectively combats drug-resistant infections, trial finds.
Find out more 👉 spkl.io/63326AizOe
Find out more 👉 spkl.io/63326AizOe
The toddler psychiatrist
open.substack.com/pub/andresde...
open.substack.com/pub/andresde...
December 14, 2025 at 3:47 PM
The toddler psychiatrist
open.substack.com/pub/andresde...
open.substack.com/pub/andresde...
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"All of the editors-in-chief and associate editors of Springer Nature’s Journal of Philosophical Logic have announced their immediate or pending resignation and the launch, as of today, of a new “diamond” open access journal, Philosophical Logic."
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Editors at Springer’s Journal of Philosophical Logic Resign, Launch New Open Access Journal - Daily Nous
All of the editors-in-chief and associate editors of Springer Nature's Journal of Philosophical Logic have announced their immediate or pending resignation and the launch, as of today, of a new "diamo...
dailynous.com
December 11, 2025 at 1:54 PM
"All of the editors-in-chief and associate editors of Springer Nature’s Journal of Philosophical Logic have announced their immediate or pending resignation and the launch, as of today, of a new “diamond” open access journal, Philosophical Logic."
dailynous.com/2025/12/10/e...
dailynous.com/2025/12/10/e...
NDEs are fun. We should debate them more often open.substack.com/pub/andresde...
Resurrection vs. religion: which one came first?
Near-death experiences and the origin of mind–body dualism
open.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:05 AM
NDEs are fun. We should debate them more often open.substack.com/pub/andresde...
Some people believe the mind can exist without the brain. Sadly, we cannot prove them wrong. Here is why.
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A lesson on #falsifiability
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A lesson on #falsifiability
December 4, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Some people believe the mind can exist without the brain. Sadly, we cannot prove them wrong. Here is why.
substack.com/@andresdelga...
A lesson on #falsifiability
substack.com/@andresdelga...
A lesson on #falsifiability
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To anyone who uses PubMed, it may not be updated while the U.S. government is shut down.
This is not the end of PubMed; just an irritation for now, but one we should keep in mind.
This is not the end of PubMed; just an irritation for now, but one we should keep in mind.
October 3, 2025 at 5:50 PM
To anyone who uses PubMed, it may not be updated while the U.S. government is shut down.
This is not the end of PubMed; just an irritation for now, but one we should keep in mind.
This is not the end of PubMed; just an irritation for now, but one we should keep in mind.
Ask a physicist how quantum entanglement occurs but add two rules:
1) they are not allowed to explain how it is calculated.
2) they must recognize the search for hidden variables has failed.
1) they are not allowed to explain how it is calculated.
2) they must recognize the search for hidden variables has failed.
September 26, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Ask a physicist how quantum entanglement occurs but add two rules:
1) they are not allowed to explain how it is calculated.
2) they must recognize the search for hidden variables has failed.
1) they are not allowed to explain how it is calculated.
2) they must recognize the search for hidden variables has failed.
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NEW 🔔 Diverse community perspectives on public health guidelines for social connection: a qualitative study in Canada
✍️ Refol et al.
OPEN ACCESS doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daaf131
✍️ Refol et al.
OPEN ACCESS doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daaf131
August 8, 2025 at 2:54 AM
NEW 🔔 Diverse community perspectives on public health guidelines for social connection: a qualitative study in Canada
✍️ Refol et al.
OPEN ACCESS doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daaf131
✍️ Refol et al.
OPEN ACCESS doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daaf131
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We are on the cusp of AGI, definitely for real
August 17, 2025 at 8:56 PM
We are on the cusp of AGI, definitely for real
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Hey, as a librarian I have to tell you
You don't have to finish a book that doesn't interest you. Life's too short for that. Not your jam? You have my permission to move on to the next book.
You don't have to finish a book that doesn't interest you. Life's too short for that. Not your jam? You have my permission to move on to the next book.
August 15, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Hey, as a librarian I have to tell you
You don't have to finish a book that doesn't interest you. Life's too short for that. Not your jam? You have my permission to move on to the next book.
You don't have to finish a book that doesn't interest you. Life's too short for that. Not your jam? You have my permission to move on to the next book.