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August 31, 2006
Inbreeding among Mormons permlink
Category: Genetics
A reader pointed me to this fascinating, if tragic, article about the rise of rare recessive diseases among a schismatic Mormon sect which dominates Colorado City. This group has been in the news since the their "prophet" was just arrested....
Posted by Razib at 11:03 AM • 14 Comments
Biology's future as a science permlink
Category: Genetics
Lubos Motl asked me to comment on this majestic post by a computational biologist at Stanford. This paragraph is worth quoting: I will enumerate three main points, all of which represent both a challenge and an opportunity. The first will...
Posted by Razib at 9:37 AM • 10 Comments
Off with her head! permlink
Category: Blog
I stand with the other science bloggers in encouraging everyone to do what they can to oust the Creationist on the Ohio School Board. More from Ed Brayton, Chad, John, Bora, Kevin and Tara. If you lose enough small battles...
Posted by Razib at 1:16 AM • 0 Comments
August 30, 2006
Data & theory, then, now, and forever permlink
Category: Science
In the 10 Questions for A.W.F. Edwards, a mathematical geneticist, he was asked: Like Fisher you have worked in both statistics and genetics. How do you see the relationship between them, both in your own work and more generally? Edwards...
Posted by Razib at 2:59 PM • 1 Comments
I'm an "upbeat"? permlink
Category: Blog
I noticed some blogs were talking about a new Pew Political Typology, and I decided to take their survey to see where I fit in. It said I was an Upbeat, which seemed wrong to me as I'm not that...
Posted by Razib at 11:43 AM • 7 Comments
Katz, Skogkatter kladistics permlink
Category: Blog
Below the fold, same breed, or not?...
Posted by Razib at 9:14 AM • 2 Comments
Why I rock permlink
Category: Blog
To the right you see a habanero pepper, 100-350 K Scoville units (Jalapeno is 2.5-8 K). I can eat 2 habeneros in one sitting and enjoy it. And what does not kill you can cure cancer. Hot dog! On the...
Posted by Razib at 2:25 AM • 10 Comments
August 29, 2006
Why I'm jealous of John Hawks permlink
Category: Evolution
Look at this bitch. No, seriously, check it out, he has this long ass post on fossils and paleoanthropology. How the hell am I supposed blog about human evolution with some pride & self-respect if John Hawks has to cover...
Posted by Razib at 12:35 PM • 5 Comments
The Secular Right (again) permlink
Category: Politics
Real Clear Politics has a column titled The Secular Right which reflects upon the Mac Donald vs. God affair. Interestingly, the author linked to my post where I followed the debate in The Corner. A few months ago my summary...
Posted by Razib at 11:59 AM • 3 Comments
Tour of the ScienceBlogs permlink
Category: Blog
Check out the tour (taxonomy?) of the ScienceBlogs over at 3.14. There are promises of summaries of each SB (I assume I'll be the handsome ScienceBlogger!)....
Posted by Razib at 9:09 AM • 1 Comments
August 28, 2006
Voltron & evo psych permlink
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As a child it seemed that everyone preferred Lion Voltron to Car Voltron. I was a contrarian and asserted that I preferred Car Voltron, and yet in my heart of hearts I knew Lion Voltron was the true bomb. Is...
Posted by Razib at 12:59 PM • 7 Comments
10 Questions for A. W. F. Edwards permlink
Category: Genetics
Last week I pointed you to 10 questions for Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza, and hinted that there is another 10 Qs for another student of R.A. Fisher. Well, that time has come, today David B. posted his 10 questions for A.W.F....
Posted by Razib at 12:19 PM • 1 Comments
10 assertions, postscript permlink
Category: Evolution
Recently, myself, RPM, afarensis, Robert Skipper, John Wilkins and John Hawks made about 10 assertions about evolution of about 10 words or less (some participants fudged, no worries, I'm not Tony Soprano). We all went in different directions, but issues...
Posted by Razib at 9:52 AM • 0 Comments
August 27, 2006
The man permlink
Category: Blog
This is the man.......
Posted by Razib at 3:02 PM • 7 Comments
Coming to Life - a big and small book permlink
Category: Genetics
OK, so I finally read Coming to Life by Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard. Unfortunately, I am having a hard time finding something original to say. To recap, Janet, Shellee, Bora (hey, check out Bora's link, books_coming_to_life_by_christ.php!), RPM, The Poreless One and PZ...
Posted by Razib at 1:05 PM • 3 Comments
Got Microsoft stock? permlink
Category: Blog
"...you know, Microsoft is like a cush government job." -friend who is an ex-Microsoft employee. "I just noticed in this year's update to Excel that they finally added that feature I worked on 10 years ago!" -friend who is an...
Posted by Razib at 12:15 AM • 4 Comments
