Now on ScienceBlogs: And so, driven on ceaselessly toward new shores
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.
November 28, 2008
Category: Haha, a funny
The economy is rough for everybody. The super-rich are cutting back on their mistress subsidies: According to a new survey by Prince & Assoc., more than 80% of multimillionaires who had extra-marital lovers planned to cut back on their gifts...
Posted by NotoriousLTP at 11:55 AM • 3 Comments •
Category: Biology
Check out this crazy video of a rare "elbowed" giant squid recorded from a Shell Oil remote operated vehicle in the Gulf of Mexico....
Posted by NotoriousLTP at 11:52 AM • 1 Comments •
November 27, 2008
Category: Medicine
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! I was reading the Web this morning, and this story reminded me of a Thanksgiving a couple years ago....
Posted by NotoriousLTP at 11:14 AM • 2 Comments •
November 23, 2008
Category: Public Health
Over at the NYTimes Well blog they have a really good summary of studies about vitamins and improvements to health. Everyone needs vitamins, which are critical for the body. But for most people, the micronutrients we get from foods usually...
Posted by NotoriousLTP at 8:28 PM • 4 Comments •
November 11, 2008
Category: Economics
I agreed (reluctantly) with the need to bailout banks because they constitute a special case in the financial system -- the overall health of banks is linked to the overall health of the economy. I am not against bailouts per...
Posted by NotoriousLTP at 2:55 AM • 6 Comments •
November 5, 2008
Category: Neuroscience
Michael Shermer, editor of Skeptic magazine, has a great article in Scientific American about the limits of interpreting fMRI scanning studies -- particularly how they are presented in the media. The biggest point is that the brain is not a...
Posted by NotoriousLTP at 6:19 PM • 3 Comments •
November 4, 2008
Category: Politics
I always get in arguments with mathematically-inclined people about whether to vote or not. The mathematically-inclined point out very reasonably that the chances of your vote being decisive are perishingly slim. (These mathematics are explained clearly in this PBS video...
Posted by NotoriousLTP at 11:58 AM • 5 Comments •
November 3, 2008
Category: Academic Bias
Professors are not effective at indoctrinating their students with their own politics -- or so says a study in the journal PS as reported in the NYTimes: A study of nearly 7,000 students at 38 institutions published in the current...
Posted by NotoriousLTP at 7:14 PM • 4 Comments •
