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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.
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Category: Politics
From CNN: Of the 800 Americans surveyed from Feb. 7-8, 48% said the plan would help "some," and 16% said they felt the stimulus bill would help the economy "a lot." Only 16% said the bill would not help at...
Posted by NotoriousLTP at 7:53 PM • 0 Comments •
Category: Labor
Health-infrastructure, information technology, and science research spending are clearly related to the success of our economy. They represent investments into intellectual property and human capital that increase productivity and create long-term growth. For this reason, I don't object to the...
Posted by NotoriousLTP at 8:15 AM • 2 Comments •
Category: Politics
I am the type of person who is pretty skeptical of broad claims made by anyone. I am a scientist after all. But I am especially skeptical of all statements made by politicians. If there is anything the past 8...
Posted by NotoriousLTP at 6:50 PM • 10 Comments •
Category: Politics
Obama's transition team has approached CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta for the position of Surgeon General: The Obama transition team approached Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN's chief medical correspondent, about becoming U.S. surgeon general, according to sources inside the transition and at...
Posted by NotoriousLTP at 7:12 PM • 11 Comments •
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 •
Category: Politics
An article at RealClearPolitics of interest to those living in the Southwest. (I am looking at you, Mom and Dad.) Political observers agree that, like in the Northeast, Democrats have made gains because they have broadened their coalition to include...
Posted by NotoriousLTP at 1:14 PM • 2 Comments •
Category: Politics
I don't want to get into the issue of whether the nuclear storage site at Yucca Mountain is a good idea. (The folks over at SEA know a whole lot more about the subject than I do.) My gut instinct...
Posted by NotoriousLTP at 10:53 AM • 4 Comments •
Category: Politics
Not really a fan of Jonah Goldberg, but damn this is funny: It's been rumored that McClellan was hired by the Bush White House to appeal to a specific sub-constituency: pasty middle-aged men with a thumbless grasp of the English...
Posted by NotoriousLTP at 9:02 PM • 4 Comments •
Category: Politics
Boo on you, Barack and Hillary. Others have this subject amply covered, but I wanted to note that Barack and Hillary have both jumped on the anti-vaccinationist bandwagon. The bandwagon is getting crowded what with McCain already being on it....
Posted by NotoriousLTP at 3:59 PM • 2 Comments •
Category: Politics
This is Megan McArdle on Cindy McCain's gaffe. She passed recipes from the Food Network off as her own: The honorable thing to do is attribute, of course, but the McCain team still seems to be intent on pretending that...
Posted by NotoriousLTP at 5:12 PM • 4 Comments •
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