Friday, December 19, 2008
My lab:
My jug of coffee:
And some music to analyze data to:
Time to go science.
Friday, December 19, 2008
And this here is one of the reasons no one takes psychology seriously. I wouldn’t bother reading the whole thing (it’s about the DSM-V), but I found this quote particularly resonant:
“This is not cardiology or nephrology, where the basic diseases are well known,” said Edward Shorter, a leading historian of psychiatry whose latest book, “Before [...]
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Wednesday, December 17, 2008
I’m finally done with exams, and I have a few questions:
1. Why are flowcharts always funny?
Courtesy of Drew Toothpaste
Courtesy of Randall Munroe
2. What is it with quotes about dying young?
“The moment of the rose and the moment of the yew tree are of equal duration” – T.S. Eliot
“Live fast, die young, leave a [...]
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
When asked to reply to internet security expert Mr. Ferguson’s advice to switch web browsers after IE was found to have a loophole that allows hackers to steal stored passwords, Microsoft spokesman John Curran admonished Windows users to keep using IE because ” we’re trying to get this resolved as soon as possible”.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d85p7JZXNy8
Sunday, December 14, 2008
That it is illegal for an ugly person to walk down any street in San Francisco? (I’ll be sure to wear my hat very low)
I ate dinner at Cities Grill and it was delicious.
And now, for your listening pleasure, the greatest song ever written:
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxNYBE0-mL0
Saturday, December 13, 2008
It’s three in the morning (not exactly 4 am, but the metaphor holds true here). I should be working on graduate applications (due in two days), but I can’t focus. I passed out this afternoon before I could make a second pot of coffee and ended up napping for about 8 hours (my roommate must [...]
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Friday, December 12, 2008
As this just came out, I feel it appropriate that the first science discussion we will have after my exams are done should be Susan Hurley’s shared circuits model. I actually derived this independently while doing background reading in cortical processing for my perceptual research with Jeanine, and only discovered Hurley’s work a few months [...]
Friday, December 12, 2008
And then there is journalism. Novella is referring to news organizations like Reuters and the Washington Post, but I’ve been seeing a lot of this in New Scientist lately as well. Now that I think about it, This American Life is guilty too (I’ve only caught them once, but that’s only because that particular act [...]
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Thursday, December 11, 2008
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdUUx5FdySs
mais l’important, c’est pas la chute
c’est l’atterrissage
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
We’ve been having a lot of people not show up for the study after they’ve signed up. It doesn’t bother me, because I’m still going to get all the subjects that I need, but it kinda makes me wonder about the participants themselves. Their grades get docked every time they do it. And to risk [...]