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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: Kids and science
The Free-Ride family got its copy of the new CD/DVD set Here Comes Science by They Might Be Giants this week. The sprogs, who have been listening and watching, offer something kind of like a review....
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 2:26 PM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Passing thoughts
Like a good nerd, I love me some Star Trek. I will confess to having a strong preference for the original series (TOS), on account of that was what my parents watched with us when we were wee young nerds...
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 11:53 PM • 14 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Academia
The younger Free-Ride offspring watches a movie and disses my line of work.
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 11:29 PM • 10 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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
