Dec 22, 2021An interview on science and consciousnessPreamble: In October 2021, I was contacted by Fatima Mutarelli, Chief Editor of the online newspaper “Il Gattaccio di Via Bastioni,” an initiative born as part of a rehabilitation project for psychiatric patients hosted by the Mental Health Center in Via Bastioni in Salerno, Italy, managed by the guests of…Physics21 min readPhysics21 min read
Jul 22, 2021Are you a no-vax?“Are you a no-vax?” - It sounds like an accusation. “Are you trying to evade the question?” - Before answering, can I tell you a little anecdote? “All right”. - Your question reminds me of a journalist interviewing the director of a film, where female characters were definitely not very…Vaccines3 min readVaccines3 min read
Jun 30, 2021Vaccini obbligatori?Vaccinarsi o non vaccinarsi? Non è sempre facile decidere, ma di una cosa possiamo essere certi: la possibilità di decidere non dovrebbe mai venire meno. In altre parole, nessun vaccino dovrebbe mai essere reso obbligatorio. Scopo di questo mio articolo è offrire alcuni spunti di riflessione sul tema controverso dei…Vaccini15 min readVaccini15 min read
Feb 5, 2021Numeri negativi e democrazia: un antidoto alla divisioneQuesto breve scritto, sotto forma di domande e risposte, presenta in modo sintetico l’essenza della proposta del ‘doppio voto elettorale,’ che utilizza sia i numeri positivi (per rappresentare i voti favorevoli) che i numeri negativi (per rappresentare i possibili voti contrari, di natura difensiva), al fine di proteggere le nostre…Politica8 min readPolitica8 min read
Feb 5, 2021Negative numbers and democracy: an antidote to divisivenessThis short text, in the form of questions and answers, presents in a synthetic way the essence of the proposal of introducing a ‘double electoral vote’, which makes use of both positive numbers (to represent the favorable votes) and negative numbers (to represent the possible votes against, of a defensive…Democracy8 min readDemocracy8 min read
Dec 12, 2020Accuracy and prediction… the limits of our intuitionImagine that an infectious disease is spreading around the world, and that a test is available, with for example a proven accuracy of 90%. Ask yourself the following question: What is the likelihood that I am infected, if the test is positive? Usually, people answer that the probability is 90%…Probability5 min readProbability5 min read
Dec 12, 2020Precisione e predizione… i limiti della nostra intuizioneImmaginate che una malattia infettiva si stia diffondendo nel mondo, e che sia disponibile un test, con ad esempio una precisione dimostrata del 90%. Fatevi la seguente domanda: Qual è a probabilità che io sia infetta/o, se il test è positivo? Solitamente le persone rispondono che la probabilità è del…Matematica5 min readMatematica5 min read
Nov 16, 2020Disease as a solution: the unexplored hypothesisPreamble Before deciding to post this article on Medium, I explored the possibility of publishing it in some medical journals. Of course, I did so without being particularly optimistic, its content being decidedly in contrast with the dominant medical thought. The first attempt I made was with the journal Medical Hypothesis…Medicine36 min readMedicine36 min read
Apr 8, 2020On the “paradox” of hyperventilationThe name “Bohr” usually evokes one of the fathers of quantum mechanics, the famous Danish physicist Niels Bohr, who among other things enunciated the so-called complementarity principle, emphasizing the presence of dual aspects in our way of interacting and observing reality. …Pranayama13 min readPranayama13 min read
Apr 2, 2020House “arrest”The coronavirus emergency has put many under house “arrests.” How are we experiencing this precautionary measure? Do we simply kill time, not to go crazy, or do we consider this moment of suspension as an opportunity, not to be wasted? To give you an example, the other day I was…Covid-197 min readCovid-197 min read
