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Jake Young is a MD/PhD student at Mount Sinai School of Medicine focusing in Neuroscience. He is due to graduate in 2032. He received a BS and a MS in Biological Sciences from Stanford University -- where he spent most of his time drinking heavily and building vegetable catapults instead of learning information that would now be eminently useful. When he is not failing terrifically to perform his sworn duties, he enjoys watching bad movies, ethnic food, and running.
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.
Jake is joined periodically by two wonderful guest bloggers: Kara Contreary and Kate Seip. See the About Page.
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 or those of my co-bloggers. They do not represent the views of SEED magazine or the educational establishments we currently attend.
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English: the Lingua Franca of Science?
A post over at the Scientist blog laments the difficulty in getting people to acknowledge the English-language bias in science: Many, perhaps most, scientists are grateful that English has become the international language, but an informative protest comes from Prof....Posted on May 5, 2008 1:31 PM • 24 Comments •
Beards: Suggestive of wisdom or harborers of disease
Anne Casselman at Inkling has this hysterical article on scientists/physicians with beards. Here's a bit on why some public health experts want doctors to lose the beard: Fast forward to 1967, when three scientists from the Industrial Health and Safety...Posted on March 25, 2008 12:44 PM • 6 Comments •
Genomes Sock
Bring more science into your life with scientific knitting... This comes via Virginia Postrel where she examines the new glamorous scientist. That makes the extraordinary success of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, which begins its eighth season this month, all the...Posted on August 27, 2007 6:12 AM • 0 Comments •
Cross-ideological Dating
James Kirchick at Independent Gay Forum mentions the trouble he has had dating outside his politics: "I can't date someone with a different belief system" is what he told me. I expected this answer from the guy I had been...Posted on August 27, 2007 6:08 AM • 5 Comments •
Anatomical Tattoos
I sometimes gave my anatomy professors hell for wearing anatomy-themed t-shirts, but this is a whole new level. Check out these anatomy-themed tattoos. There are many more here. Hat-tip: Andrew Sullivan...Posted on August 14, 2007 8:23 AM • 1 Comments •
That Some Scientists are Mean is Generally Acknowledged, But Also Not Relevant
This is pretty funny, but also quite true. It is from a comment on a post at Chicago Boyz: One of the arguments in Jonathan Rauch's "In Defense of Prejudice," is another dirty secret is that, no less than the...Posted on August 14, 2007 8:17 AM • 1 Comments •
Molecular Biology Metaphors
James Gorman, writing in the NYTimes, laments the relative dearth of molecular biology colloquialisms: Geology and ophthalmology may provide most of our overused metaphors (maybe that's what geopolitics is), but other sciences do their part. Anatomy has contributed the jaws...Posted on September 25, 2006 10:17 AM • 3 Comments •
Jonah Lehrer on Practice over Innate Ability
Fellow Scienceblogger Jonah Lehrer has this nice little vignette in Seed arguing that practice is more important than ability. Two examples that could be forwarded for the idea of innate genius are Mozart and Tiger Woods, two child prodigies that...Posted on July 24, 2006 12:34 PM • 3 Comments •
