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Can we start descriminating againts people bad at statistics?

So it’s been a great year so far, full of exciting silence and lack of activity. The lack of any audible complaints is simultaneously reassuring and pressure-inducing. But today I bring you another example of someone making possibly the most … Continue reading

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A Treatise on How Digg 4.0 Ruined Itself

I am, perhaps, a bit odd. What I want from a social bookmarking site (or whatever the kinds are calling them these days) are articles which I did not know I wanted to read. For everything else, there’s RSS. I … Continue reading

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Science, “Framing,” and Self-Image

I sometimes get a little shock when I start to wax nostalgic and notice how much I have personally changed over time. Particularly, my idea of what it means to be a scientist has been repeatedly perturbed into new and … Continue reading

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Does anyone find pointless math convincing?

So with time I’m developing a folder in my RSS catcher of blogs and websites that I can count on to spout nonsense which is relevant to my interests. As of last night Salvador Cordova’s Young Cosmos has earned its … Continue reading

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Religion’s Stranglehold

I’m not on top of things lately. I blame the impending final exams looming on my horizon. But Pharyngula and Orac have both discussed another death of a Jehovah’s Witness through refusal of a blood transfusion. I think everyone else … Continue reading

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Food Physics

This is one of the coolest science articles I’ve seen in some time: Nestle and the University of California team up to explain the interaction of water and lipids in food. I wish I could explain exactly what it is … Continue reading

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