Friday Links (2020-10-16)

The right question is not "when did people stop speaking the Latin language?"

It's "when did they start believing that the language they spoke wasn't Latin?"

And the answer to that is: not until pretty damn late.

— A. Z. Fοrеmаn: Sеrious Philolοgy, Sillу Βеhavior (@azforeman) October 14, 2020

The paper linked is very clear:

Hydroxychloroquine is not effective

One of the lessons I got from grad school was "don't read the paper, read the data"

Here, they report 5 CRTs with >1,500 patients total and only one (the smallest, at 31+31 patients) had positive results https://t.co/NONE6NuheD

— Luis Pedro Coelho (in Shanghai 14-24 Oct) (@luispedrocoelho) October 7, 2020

In which Werner Herzog gives the an incredible answer when asked how many languages he speaks pic.twitter.com/BOdUwiImi8

— The author, Séamas O'Reilly (@shockproofbeats) October 7, 2020