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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: Science politics
In President Obama's inaugural speech, he announced his intention to "restore science to its rightful place." In response to Seed Magazine has initiated to The Rightful Place Project whose goal is to recruit scientists and engineers to answer the question:...
Posted by NotoriousLTP at 1:47 PM • 2 Comments •
Category: Science politics
Orac and PZ are popularizing a post at Change.gov to defund the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM): Biomedical research funding is falling because of the nation's budget problems, but biomedical research itself has never been more promising,...
Posted by NotoriousLTP at 8:36 AM • 1 Comments •
Category: Science politics
Many scientifically-inclined voters were a bit shocked by McCain's comment criticizing Obama for supporting a "3 million dollar earmark for an overhead projector at a planetarium in Chicago." The "overhead projector" in question was actually a top of the line...
Posted by NotoriousLTP at 10:51 AM • 8 Comments •
Category: Science politics
Both candidates have answered the questions about scientific issues posed by the ScienceDebate2008. You can read their answers side by side here. Several comments in no particular order: McCain mentions ending earmarks in reference to supporting scientific funding. How are...
Posted by NotoriousLTP at 6:15 PM • 1 Comments •
Category: Evolution
Philosopher Thomas Nagel, writing in the journal Philosophy and Public Affairs, criticizes the exclusion of Intelligent Design from science classes on the grounds that evolutionary science too rests on an assumption: the naturalistic assumption. He argues that both evolution based...
Posted by NotoriousLTP at 4:29 PM • 25 Comments •
Category: Science politics
Last night, I saw Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA) speak. (I joined this speakers club called the Oxonian Society -- which despite its name is not restricted to Oxford alumni. Why? What can I say. I was bored, and it is...
Posted by NotoriousLTP at 12:47 PM • 7 Comments •
Category: Science politics
(How do I know that it is a bad idea to say anything about this. Oh well. Here goes.) ScienceBlogs regulars will know that last week there was a tiny incident involving a prescreening of the movie Expelled! -- a...
Posted by NotoriousLTP at 10:52 AM • 5 Comments •
Category: Science politics
Over at Crooked Timber, John Quiggin has launched a broadside at NYTimes Science Blogger John Tierney (also here) over what he (Quiggin) considers politicization of science: One of the big problems with talking about what Chris Mooney has called The...
Posted by NotoriousLTP at 11:04 PM • 34 Comments •
Category: Science politics
Important Announcement #1: ScienceDebate2008 is actually going to happen. Here is the press release: ScienceDebate2008.com, the citizens initiative calling for a presidential debate on science and technology policy, today announced that it has formally invited the presidential candidates to a...
Posted by NotoriousLTP at 12:45 PM • 0 Comments •
Category: Evolution
I was distressed to read this at Wired because usually I feel like they are more on top of things. This is by Thomas Hayden: Even worse, those same cortexes that invented science can't really embrace it. Science describes the...
Posted by NotoriousLTP at 9:18 AM • 6 Comments •
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