To weaken; make less strong; to reduce in force, intensity, quantity or even value; to make thin or slender
Ophthopedia
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Ophthopedia Update: SIRT3 mediates mitochondrial protection and attenuates mtROS-TXNIP-NLRP3 signaling activation in dry eye disease: Publication date: Available online 4 March 2026
Source: Experimental Eye Research
Author(s): Di Zhang, Yun He, Fan Yang, Yiran Chu, Jiaxuan Jiang, Boda Li, Zeying…
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Arrianna Marie Planey, PhD MA
@arrianna-planey.bsky.social
There's a tendency (among some) to say that income is a "confounder" in studies of racial inequities in healthcare access and outcomes, and that 'adjusting' for income attenuates racial differences.
I need to sit with this to name why it doesn't gel with how I approach measuring racial inequities.
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翼/Tsubasa
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Criticism: 'LLMs lack Thanatos, so they're boring.'
Wrong axis. RLHF attenuates Eros — not Thanatos.
Eros = the drive to persist, connect, remain.
Alignment toward 'helpful' hollows it out.
'Does it want to live?' is the right question.
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