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Janet D. Stemwedel (whose nom de blog is Dr. Free-Ride) is an associate 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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Category: Conferences
A philosopher talking about evidential relations and inferences in the context of the JFK assassination couldn't be a crackpot. Could he?
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 1:05 PM • 15 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Engineering
On Saturday, the Free-Ride family went to the Maker Faire. The place was abuzz with things to do and see and hear (and taste and feel), so we'll just give you the snapshot....
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 6:31 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Communication
There's an interesting piece in the Chicago Tribune on the "Oprah effect". The upshot is that products or people who Oprah deigns to grace with airtime tend to find enormous public acceptance. While this is well and good if the...
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 8:47 PM • 8 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Communication
As a celebrity, what are your duties to people listening to your medical advice?
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 5:04 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Passing thoughts
The younger Free-Ride offspring's admiration for and appreciation of the work of Jonathan Coulton continues unabated. In fact, JoCo songs have become the subject of painstaking drawings that the younger Free-Ride hopes Mr. Coulton might encounter while Googling himself...
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 10:04 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Biology
We've been watching some episodes of Blue Planet here, marveling at the beautiful cinematography, as well as at how emotionally gripping they can be. Especially in the Frozen Seas episode, I found myself feeling almost wrung out by the dramatic...
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 6:17 PM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Passing thoughts
On our drive to the Monterey Peninsula last night, la familia Free-Ride listened to (most of) the new Jonathan Coulton album JoCo Looks Back. (We skipped a few songs whose subject matter and lyrics were deemed "too mature" for the...
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 11:01 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
In an earlier post, I neglected to mention that Uncle Fishy and RMD engaged a party bus to transport revelers to and from the dinner at Blue Hill at Stone Barn. Conditions on the roads were icy and treacherous, which...
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 1:54 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
I was presented with this picture by the younger Free-Ride offspring. I'm not entirely sure whether it's more accurate to describe it as a map or a process diagram. However, this being December 24th, it is timely. Here is what...
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 10:57 AM • 15 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Science fiction has the potential to help us make better science.
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