All manner of human creativity on display
David Ng is Director of the Advanced Molecular Biology Laboratory at the University of British Columbia - this is a just a fancier way of calling himself a science teacher.
Benjamin Cohen is an Asst. Professor of Science, Tech., and Society at the University of Virginia. He studies the place of S & T in environmental history, policy, and ethics. He also writes other stuff.
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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.
Posted by Benjamin Cohen at 9:00 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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...
Posted by David Ng at 10:52 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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?
Posted by Benjamin Cohen at 9:00 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
January 11, 2008
Category: The Art/Science (Non?)Divide Building
Last night, we rolled in the new course (Arts Science Integrated Course - ASIC 200) and it was a lot of fun (a little odd for me doing what was essentially a history speel, but there you have it). Anyway,...
Posted by David Ng at 2:23 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: NatureLand: What They Used to Call the Environment
Current grain-based ethanol production systems damage soil & water resources; only profitable with tax breaks and tariffs
Posted by Benjamin Cohen at 9:45 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
January 10, 2008
Category: Video links (archive.org samples, for example; Youtube.com; others...)
What better way to keeping it real than showcasing a talk that discusses ways the Earth could end? This one is aptly titled, "10 ways the world could end" First class starts tonight (woo hoo!)...
Posted by David Ng at 11:57 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Scientific controversy isn't just about what is true, but who determines what is true
Posted by Benjamin Cohen at 9:30 AM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Knoxville '82: Where Miscellany Thrive
Flight of the Conchords = Mr. Show + Tenacious D + Extras
Posted by Benjamin Cohen at 8:38 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
January 8, 2008
Category: The Art/Science (Non?)Divide Building
Technology--writing, or other graphic representation--helps us see what we think we know
Posted by Benjamin Cohen at 12:30 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Links to Other Conversations and Articles
There are two words that you can never apply to them: 'true' and 'false'.
Posted by Benjamin Cohen at 8:30 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
January 7, 2008
Category: The Art/Science (Non?)Divide Building
This is too cool. Dave S. over at terry.ubc.ca launched a sustainable gingerbread house contest in mid December and in the span of a less than three weeks, was able to cull a total of 19 entries (plus one latecomer)....
Posted by David Ng at 3:10 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Ethics Palace: Where ethical questions go to live or die
Has there ever been anyone who's served that hasn't had bad dreams about being forced to return?
Posted by Benjamin Cohen at 8:20 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
January 5, 2008
Category: Humor stuff, and in the best of worlds, science humor stuff
Darwin! Darwin! Darwin! Darwin! Darwin! Darwin! Darwin! Darwin! Darwin! Darwin! Darwin! Darwin! Darwin! Darwin! Darwin! Darwin! Darwin! Darwin!
Posted by Benjamin Cohen at 1:26 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
January 4, 2008
Category: The Book Building
It is a misconception...that historicism and relativism stride hand in hand, that to reveal that an idea or value has a history is...to debunk it.
Posted by Benjamin Cohen at 9:00 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
January 3, 2008
Category: The Book Building
a story of lofty epistemic ideals fused with workaday practices in the making of scientific images...
Posted by Benjamin Cohen at 1:00 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: The Book Building
Here's a post about it. A post mentioning morality. And referring to historical contingency. Come on in.
Posted by Benjamin Cohen at 8:20 AM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
January 2, 2008
Category: The Art/Science (Non?)Divide Building
A new effort housed in Paris explicitly and actively undermines the impoverished art/science divide.
Posted by Benjamin Cohen at 2:20 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
