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Janet D. Stemwedel (whose nom de blog is Dr. Free-Ride) is an assistant professor of philosophy at San Jose State University. Before becoming a philosopher, she earned a Ph.D. in physical chemistry. Email her at dr.freeride@gmail.com.

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Bringing the new neighbors some pi (a Sb 2.0 meme).

In honor of the arrival of all the new neighbors here at ScienceBlogs Towers, here's a little getting-acquainted meme. 3 reasons you blog about science: To make the scientific method less scary to non-scientists. To examine the ways in which...

Why "Dr. Free-Ride"?

Longtime readers of the previous incarnation of this blog knew me as "Dr. Free-Ride". Most of them, however, never asked where that pseudonym came from. As it happens, the source of the pseudonym was a class discussion (in my "Ethics...

A quick tour through the vault.

Because some of you may be new to "Adventures in Ethics and Science" (having found it by way of the high-powered company I'm keeping here at ScienceBlogs), and because a lot of the cool kids here are doin' it, I...

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