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Jake Young is a MD/PhD student at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in NYC getting a PhD in Behavioral Neuroscience. He holds a BS and MS in Biological Sciences from Stanford University. If a volcano were to erupt Pompei-style in Central Park, his body would be preserved in a scoliotic posture over his lab desk. Archeaologists would later conclude that he spent most of his day training rats to perform tricks, until he went blind building electrical equipment by hand using a dissecting microscope. But, still, he died happy...because science is cool.
Pure Pedantry is a blog about science -- social sciences and otherwise -- as well as academic and scientific culture. No one can live on science alone, so I also like to dwell on pop culture, periodically explore the humanities, and indulge in other types of geeky goodness.
DISCLAIMERS: 1) Jake Young is not a licensed physician (yet). He is merely a medical student. The information published on this site is not intended for use in medical decision-making. Please seek advice from a licensed, medical professional before making any health decisions. 2) The opinions expressed are my own. They do not represent the views of SEED magazine or the educational establishments I currently attend or attended in the past.
December 23, 2007
Category: Comments
Gregory had this to say about the post on why you sometimes feel like you are falling when you are going to sleep: there is a spiritual explanation for this, it is the moment when awareness stops identifying with the...
Posted by NotoriousLTP at 8:48 PM • 3 Comments •
December 22, 2007
Category: Economics
I mentioned in an earlier post on Ron Paul that one of the policies he advocates that I do support is a return gold standard. I used to think this for two reasons -- both moral rather than economic principles,...
Posted by NotoriousLTP at 1:20 PM • 15 Comments •
Category: Quotes
Jesse Walker at Hit and Run had this to say about anti-immigrant activist Tom Tancredo dropping out of the GOP Presidential race: Tom Tancredo has dropped out of the presidential race. He will be replaced by Montezuma Aztlan Calderon, an...
Posted by NotoriousLTP at 12:41 PM • 0 Comments •
December 20, 2007
Category: Funding
.5%. Woohoo! High fives all around! It is going to be another year of suck for NIH spending. The omnibus spending bill that has been passed by the House and Senate and is expected to be ratified by the President...
Posted by NotoriousLTP at 7:39 PM • 6 Comments •
December 19, 2007
Category: Libertarian politics
Ron Paul just lost my vote (not that he really had it before). See the video below the fold (the question is at about 2:40):...
Posted by NotoriousLTP at 3:34 PM • 26 Comments •
Category: Other People's Work
Encephalon 38 is up at Not Exactly Rocket Science. Highly Allochthonous discusses an issue I had never heard of before: geovandalism or the destruction of geological samples that could be used in research. There are clearly trade-offs involved here: you...
Posted by NotoriousLTP at 12:53 PM • 0 Comments •
Category: Perception
Vision is the process by which the brain converts the light stimuli into a mental world filled with abstract visual objects. If you stop to think about it, this is an incredible feat. There is nothing in the photons coming...
Posted by NotoriousLTP at 12:39 PM • 2 Comments •
December 14, 2007
Category: Words and Writing
Lame. w00t is the word of the year. Pssh. I can come up with so many better words that w00t. How about Pecksniffian? Sesquipedalian? Casuistry? All those are way better. Just try using Pecksniffian at the bar, and see how...
Posted by NotoriousLTP at 12:48 PM • 2 Comments •
Category: Haha, a funny
Sadly we are all susceptible. I spent like thirty minutes trying to ponder the answer to the question in this cartoon. Thanks xkcd. (Click to enlarge.) This is a real issue for me. In order to get any work done,...
Posted by NotoriousLTP at 12:39 PM • 0 Comments •
Category: Drugs
An investigative report in the Cleveland Plain Dealer looks at the FDA Fast Track. For those who don't know, the FDA Fast Track was created to accelerate the drug approval process for drugs targeted at under-treated diseases. Yet there is...
Posted by NotoriousLTP at 12:12 PM • 4 Comments •
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