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What does not kill the group, makes it stronger!  permlink

Category: Genetics

I recently finished reading The Faith Instinct: How Religion Evolved and Why It Endures, a new book by Nicholas Wade, a science writer for The New York Times. Before giving it the "full treatment" I thought it behooved me to...

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To crush your enemies, and steal their cattle for your sons!  permlink

Category: Culture

As I gave a nod to statistical tricks and subtle shell games very recently, the material I review subsequently should be viewed with skepticism and caution. A few days ago I also pointed to a paper which describes and models...

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William Gunn is looking for another job  permlink

Category: Culture

Early (2002) reader of Gene Expression, William Gunn, is leaving a biotech company in San Diego and is looking for another job. Here's his Linkedin....

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Against multiculturalism (multireligionism)  permlink

Category: Culture

I rarely post much political commentary here, because it would add little value as I have nothing distinctive to say in that domain. At Secular Right I am wont to do data analysis because I think data is something that...

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Andrew Gelman's "Applied Statistics"  permlink

Category: Culture

Andrew Gelman has started a new blog at ScienceBlogs, Applied Statistics. Someone should design him a header, perhaps a fancified Bayes' theorem?...

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Mosque offended by alcohol & roast pig...in New York City  permlink

Category: Culture

Spotted Piglet Hiccups: Boozy Breslin Clashes With Mosque: The much-hyped, soon-to-open Breslin restaurant, situated in the 12-story Ace Hotel on Broadway and 29th, is giving members of the Masjid Ar-Rahman mosque across the street some agita. "Five times a day,...

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Bernie Madoff only squandered $21 billion  permlink

Category: Culture

In a piece that outlines SEC follies: In fact, Mr. Madoff said in the jailhouse interview that, on two occasions, he was certain it was only a matter of days or even hours before he would be caught. The first...

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Materialism leads to inequality  permlink

Category: Evolution

Intergenerational Wealth Transmission and the Dynamics of Inequality in Small-Scale Societies: Small-scale human societies range from foraging bands with a strong egalitarian ethos to more economically stratified agrarian and pastoral societies. We explain this variation in inequality using a dynamic...

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Katz  permlink

Category: Culture

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On offense  permlink

Category: Anthroplogy

Ruchira Paul has a post up, "Religious, superstitious, nonsense" and other harsh words. The point at issue is the fact that a teacher who expressed anti-Creationist views in harsh tones was sued. Ruchira asks somewhat rhetorically as to the sort...

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