Random Thoughts
- Science and the Senses
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A question occurred to me the other day, which was to consider how science might have developed differently had humans possessed different senses. As an example, humans are significantly visual, but it is interesting to consider how things might be if we ...
Blog Post - Gerhard Adam - Jan 5 2011 - 2:37pm
- Battle-Weary and Worn: Huffington Post Capitalizing on Autism and Wakefield
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Wakefield and the vaccine wars suck up the air. So much attention on one man. On hammering away at each other over whether Wakefield's the saint or Deer. Or who's the greatest sinner. There can be little doubt regarding Wakefield; the GMC ruling ...
Blog Post - Kim Wombles - Jan 11 2011 - 9:39am
- Facebook Is Obsessed With A Science Cheerleader
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I'm not sure how many of you out there have Facebook- quite a few, I assume, given their huge participation numbers- but on a frequent basis they introduce changes designed to help us. I can't argue with Mark Zuckerberg's instincts, since ...
Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Jan 14 2011 - 4:06pm
- Our Progressively Regressive Tax System.
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It is accepted wisdom that an increasing marginal rate on income taxes serve to balance inequality in our society, while also funding the massive entitlement programs created at the federal and state levels. Indeed, the credo of so called progressives fo ...
Article - Ed Chen - Jan 13 2011 - 12:48pm
- Entropy and Artificial Life
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I used to work in chemical thermodynamics for quite a while. No doubt, I have heard of the informational entropy but I have always thought that it has nothing to do with the entropy in chemical thermodynamics. Recently I have started reading papers on arti ...
Blog Post - Evgenii Rudnyi - Jan 15 2011 - 10:52am
- Marriage Equality
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Why I believe in marriage equality or no marriage at all. ...
Article - Ed Chen - Jan 16 2011 - 9:14pm
- Flip Mental Switch And Find The Zone
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Do you live for moments where "you're so absorbed by the task at hand that you lose track of time and place"? Some call this 'the zone', psychologists call it Flow, and I'll pointlessly coin a acronym, 'SPS' (super ...
Article - Project Calliope - Jan 25 2011 - 12:33pm
- Science talks with beer
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You can read this story two different ways. Enjoy science and beer, the combination meant to be together. Or Unpaid scientists give lectures at pubs, and don't even get free beer. Science pubs?. Sign me up, for audience or speaker! Alex Tuesdays at Th ...
Blog Post - Alex "Sandy" Antunes - Jan 28 2011 - 10:27pm
- The Stopwatch Test & Productivity
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How much actual on-task work do you do on a typically work day? The myth is everyone produces 8 hours of useful, targetted work in an 8.5 hour work day (with unpaid lunch). Staying in the office extra hours, likewise, produces more useful work. I suggest y ...
Article - Alex "Sandy" Antunes - Feb 4 2011 - 10:07pm
- 45
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Today I turn 45 years of age. Overall, physically I do not feel much different from, say, 15 years ago. I consider myself lucky, since I am generally in good health. Never have I had to sleep in a hospital bed, not a single night. I will spare you a list o ...
Blog Post - Tommaso Dorigo - Feb 5 2011 - 8:27am
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