Saturday, February 28, 2009
NS just put out an article by Amanda Gefter on red flags for spotting hidden religious agendas in “scientific” arguments. I’ve dealt with every single one of these, so it was nice to see someone else put it in print. To summarize Gefter’s excellent opinion piece:
You may be dealing with a hidden religious agenda if [...]
Thursday, February 26, 2009
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrbK6Q4WnlA&feature=subscription
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16658-fear-of-heights-linked-to-vertical-perception.html?DCMP=OTC-rss&nsref=online-news
Sunday, February 22, 2009
That at the Salk institute:
You are not allowed to drink red wine or dance in the courtyard?
There are offices in the stairwells?
The offices and labs purposefully do not have numbers so as to force human to human contact (i.e. asking for directions)?
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
There was a cooties outbreak in Tampa, FL a few weeks ago, so the city had all public buildings segregate their water fountains. As I did not bring a camera, I had to get these pictures using my phone (sorry for the poor quality).
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FahBBnfHAQ
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrlSkU0TFLs&feature=related
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Courtesy of Virgil Griffith at CalTech
Monday, February 16, 2009
I chanced across this press release by current President Reveley:
Right now is an unusually critical time in William & Mary’s long life. We are struggling every day with a very bad economy that shows no signs of getting better soon. We have a huge amount of strategic planning to do during the next couple of [...]
Monday, February 16, 2009
Sketched during Vlad Griskevicius’s talk on aggression at SPSP:
Saturday, February 14, 2009
The March 2009 issue of Discover has an article about human evolution by Kathleen McAuliffe called “Are we still evolving?”. The article itself is entertaining, although a bit misdirected. The word “evolution” simply denotes a change in gene frequency over generations. In this sense, the genetic (not diet) based decrease in visual acuity in modern [...]