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June 30, 2006
Category: Vaccination
This week, our benevolent Seed Overlords ask, "What are some unsung successes that have occurred as a result of using science to guide policy?" Well, I thunked, and thunked, and thunked. Then my head began to hurt. Then I thought...
Posted by Mike at 6:33 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Full disclosure: I am a moderately observant Conservative Jew (Conservative is a denomination of Judaism, not a political leaning). Having said that, the bandying around of the term faith is disingenuous. Religious people are supposed to be honest--at least, that's what I was taught.http://mikethemadbiologist.blogspot.com/2005/06/schiavo-and-demise-of-faith-based.html
Posted by Mike at 8:41 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
June 29, 2006
Category: Iraq
I've never liked most war movies because I think they glamorize warfare, even if they are 'realistic.' That's why I've referred to them as "war porn." Most deaths are horrifying in their randomness: a few inches to the left or...
Posted by Mike at 12:10 PM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
June 28, 2006
PZ rightly noted about the l'affair de Big Pharma that it's just a stupid overreaction: somehow I don't think the Viagra trade is destroying America's inner cities or rural communities. But, over at Feministe, zuzu notes that the Dominican Republic...
Posted by Mike at 9:53 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Education
A bunch of us ScienceBloggers have decided to help raise funds for teachers (more details here). I really don't care if I 'finish' dead last, but who doesn't want to help kids? For the price of a couple of those...
Posted by Mike at 4:48 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
June 27, 2006
Category: Education
A bunch of us ScienceBloggers have decided to help raise funds for teachers (more details here).
Posted by Mike at 5:37 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Acinetobacter
One of my many pet peeves is that nobody takes 'ordinary' bacterial infections seriously. I originally wrote this post Jan. 8, 2006, but I was ranting about Acinetobacter since the previous August.
Posted by Mike at 4:20 PM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
June 26, 2006
Category: Likelihood
While I'm away, I'll leave you with this introduction to likelihood theory (originally published Nov. 22, 2005).
Posted by Mike at 4:33 PM • 7 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
June 25, 2006
Category: Education
From the archives, here's a post about Paul Krugman's explanation of why academia is so full of those goddamn libruls (originally published April 6, 2005).
Posted by Mike at 10:23 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Education
...don't think I'm not watching. I'll know who's been naughty and nice. A bunch of us ScienceBloggers have decided to help raise funds for teachers (more details here). I really don't care if I 'finish' dead last, but who doesn't...
Posted by Mike at 9:45 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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