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Paging Dr. Gupta

Saturday, January 17, 2009

Last week, a friend and I were having a discussion about solutions to the economic crisis.  I pointed out that the “sole superpower” status that the US enjoyed in the 90s and early 00s was probably a result of massive investment in science, technology, and science education during the Soviet era.  In other words, a [...]

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There are lies, damn lies, and statistics

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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A rainforest and a bank walk into a bar

Sunday, November 2, 2008

It’s 1:30 in the morning, and I am making apple pie.
In other news, we are getting kind of an interesting gender*condition interaction in the study.  By gender*condition interaction, I mean that the males in the study are giving us no effect at all, and in some cases a small change opposite our hypothesized direction.  There [...]

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