I'm also unsure why Nye chose to focus on rubidium. There are other myocardial perfusion imaging agents. For instance, 13N-ammonia is likewise widely used as a myocardial perfusion imaging agent. I'm no medical historian so perhaps I'm mistaken, but from what I've read it appears 13N-ammonia has been used as such an agent since at least the 1980s (e.g. see here).
Perhaps Nye's scientific backwater Kentucky narrative is part of the liberal elite's felt-disdain toward Middle America. Or something similar like how secular atheists like Nye believe they're the more intelligent as well as scientifically enlightened ones. But the truth is there have been many scientific and technological discoveries and the like made by people from "flyover country." An example is the first digital computer at Iowa State University.
Great response from the radiologist.
ReplyDeleteI'm also unsure why Nye chose to focus on rubidium. There are other myocardial perfusion imaging agents. For instance, 13N-ammonia is likewise widely used as a myocardial perfusion imaging agent. I'm no medical historian so perhaps I'm mistaken, but from what I've read it appears 13N-ammonia has been used as such an agent since at least the 1980s (e.g. see here).
Perhaps Nye's scientific backwater Kentucky narrative is part of the liberal elite's felt-disdain toward Middle America. Or something similar like how secular atheists like Nye believe they're the more intelligent as well as scientifically enlightened ones. But the truth is there have been many scientific and technological discoveries and the like made by people from "flyover country." An example is the first digital computer at Iowa State University.
That was actually a good article and letter that puts Nye's point in perspective
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