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January 23, 2008
Category: Video links (archive.org samples, for example; Youtube.com; others...)
Wilkins had a post that linked to a Monty Python sketch. So why not watch (or re-watch, if that be your angle) another sketch, pasted below for your viewing ease? Always good fun....
Posted by Benjamin Cohen at 3:55 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Nature as in Earth, as in Global, as in Global Issues Generally
Well, maybe not. It's just that... is it me, or is this Oscar (will it happen will it not?) thing everywhere in the news these days? There's such media saturation that it brought to mind the following thought I...
Posted by David Ng at 10:51 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
January 22, 2008
Category: The Art/Science (Non?)Divide Building
Saying something's "obvious" indicates the absence of a logical argument, asserting truth by speaking loudly.
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January 21, 2008
Category: The Art/Science (Non?)Divide Building
Continuing to ponder knowledge, evidence, Errol Morris, and The Crimea's Sebastopol of 1855
Posted by Benjamin Cohen at 9:00 AM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
January 18, 2008
Category: NatureLand: What They Used to Call the Environment
Where Rayon is a plastic island off the Cellulose coast, with a glittering night life.
Posted by Benjamin Cohen at 8:12 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
January 17, 2008
Category: Knoxville '82: Where Miscellany Thrive
A dream for a new age of curiosity: we have the technical means for it; the desire is there; the things to be known are infinite...
Posted by Benjamin Cohen at 7:58 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: The Art/Science (Non?)Divide Building
In my hunt for things to incorporate in a lecture later today, I came across this great video (Ma and Pa Kettle) on the mathematics divide. In the end, I won't actually be using it, but hey, I wonder if...
Posted by David Ng at 11:02 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Knoxville '82: Where Miscellany Thrive
Today at the SCQ, we've put up a journal club entry (i.e. full citation details and you can also get the pdf of the first page of the article at that link). It's kind of an obvious one, which simply...
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January 15, 2008
Category: Nature as in Earth, as in Global, as in Global Issues Generally
Going from a previous comment in my brainspace post earlier this week... This is kind of sad really. Here is what it looks like. The axes imply relative number of searches since it doesn't seem like you get hard numbers...
Posted by David Ng at 12:39 PM • 10 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
January 14, 2008
Category: The STS Compages
Consumers and producers of scientific knowledge unite! Maybe? A little? Could we?
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