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Obama & McCain & Clinton on autism permlink
Seems like both the Republican nominee and the likely Democratic nominee entertain the autism and vaccination "hypothesis". I don't follow politics very closely, this sort of comment really disturbs me.... Via TNR. Update: And Clinton too. Update II: Insolence &...Posted on April 22, 2008 2:27 PM • 5 Comments
Just Science, William D. Hamilton week permlink
I stated earlier this week that I would post on papers from William D. Hamilton's Narrow Roads of Gene Land. I've narrowed down which ones I'll blog: Day 1: The genetical evolution of social behaviour. I Day 2: The genetical...Posted on February 3, 2008 4:39 AM • 4 Comments
Ethics & science permlink
If science is a culture it needs a way to punish free-riders & cheaters. Otherwise the whole system will collapse. So check out Tetrapod Zoology; Darren has some details on shady goings-on....Posted on January 31, 2008 2:27 AM • 0 Comments
Just Science 2008 update permlink
Sign Up, Subscribe to the Feed and Learn More! We've got 30 people signed up so far. I know more will come on board, so I'm looking forward to getting drowned in pure science in ~3 weeks. Also, if you...Posted on January 13, 2008 6:07 PM • 1 Comments
ScienceDebate2008 on Science Friday permlink
Science Friday will have a show about ScienceDebate2008 this week. It will likely be on the NPR website tomorrow afternoon.......Posted on January 10, 2008 11:25 PM • 0 Comments
p's & q's vs. verbs permlink
Evolgen and Popgen Ramblings have put up posts where they criticize a parameter of the acceleration paper. John Hawks responds in the comments. But I thought this line was priceless: Nah, you're not a dirty anti-adaptationist! All these labels are...Posted on December 30, 2007 7:28 PM • 7 Comments
Most Canadian Non-whites have Vitamin D deficiency permlink
Are you getting enough vitamin D?: The research, which is awaiting publication in a medical journal, found that 100 per cent of those of African origin were short of vitamin D, as were 93 per cent of South Asians (those...Posted on December 23, 2007 1:21 AM • 8 Comments
White skin does a body good (in certain climates) permlink
EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATIONS: THE IMPACT OF LIGHTER SKIN: It would take someone with dark skin of African or South Asian ancestry about 60 minutes at the same time of day to make the amount of vitamin D that a person of...Posted on December 19, 2007 2:58 PM • 1 Comments
Rocks permlink
For those of you who like it dead, The Accretionary Wedge #4....Posted on December 16, 2007 12:55 PM • 3 Comments
Mega-storm to hit Bangladesh permlink
Chris Mooney has the details....Posted on November 14, 2007 3:59 PM • 0 Comments
Four Stone Hearth #27 permlink
Four Stone Hearth #27....Posted on November 7, 2007 1:01 PM • 0 Comments
Who's afraid of nuclear power? permlink
Just listened to an interview on NPR with the author of Power to Save the World: The Truth About Nuclear Energy. She mentions how she had a reflexive prejudice against nuclear energy and generally opposed its use because of her...Posted on October 27, 2007 4:56 PM • 13 Comments
The devil speaks some truth permlink
Jake over at Pure Pedantry has a lost post titled Why Pairing Science and Atheism is High-Brow. It is a very nice little essay, and I enjoyed the historical perspective brought into the discussion by quotations from a John Dewey...Posted on September 12, 2007 10:43 PM • 0 Comments
Why math? permlink
The Austrian Economists and Dani Rodrik have been talking about the use of mathematical formalism in their field. I think Rodrik gets it right: In other words, we use math not because we are smart, but because we are not...Posted on September 10, 2007 5:54 PM • 0 Comments
Seasonal science permlink
I was talking with a friend of mine who is an economist about science, and the great productivity in modern societies which allows for the perpetuation of narrow specialties in scholarship. I repeated to him my own hunch that if...Posted on August 28, 2007 8:55 PM • 6 Comments
Biology is what you study, not how you study permlink
Chad's response to Dave Ng's meme attempt asking people about their own field and relationship to other fields included this: I'm particularly not envious of biology, in which every result seems to be messy and contingent. Everything has a hundred...Posted on July 10, 2007 6:29 PM • 3 Comments
