The Future of Objectivity
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A conference in Toronto explores the prospects of forging a new and tenable epistemology.
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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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John Cage Guest Posts at The World's Fair
Category: Knoxville '82: Where Miscellany Thrive
Should take a shade over 4 1/2 minutes to read.
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May 9, 2008
"Leicester School of Design Considers Name Change"
Category: Knoxville '82: Where Miscellany Thrive
Concerned they look "not so smart" without this new-fangled "Intelligent" modifier. (Or so this joke would have it.)
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World Death Rate Holding Steady at 100%
Category: Knoxville '82: Where Miscellany Thrive
Some stunning research results. A lot to ponder. More to come.
Posted by Benjamin Cohen at 10:35 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Michael Pollan: Chewed Up and Spit Out
Category: The Book Building
"Big claims. Not too much support. Mostly unconvincing."
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Science podcasts heard 12 million times daily
Category: Links to interesting sites and discussion of them
Some nanotechnology, some environmentalism, a lot of links.
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May 6, 2008
Borges was a Webelo (and Other Book Jokes)
Category: The Book Building
New from McSweeneys: Because who *doesn't* want a good Borges joke?
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May 5, 2008
Baby 2.0
Category: Links to Other Conversations and Articles
The more human robots become, the more likely they'll act like assholes
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EPA Official Fired Over Dow Chemical Dispute
Category: Ethics Palace: Where ethical questions go to live or die
Office of EPA administrator Stephen Johnson tells regional administrator to quit or be fired by June 1 after conflict with Dow Chemical.
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May 2, 2008
If you could host your own version of a TEDtalks at your institution, what exactly would you do? Looking for feedback...
Category: Nature as in Earth, as in Global, as in Global Issues Generally
A couple months back, I wrote a grant for one of my main educational projects (Terry), that would ask for funding to host a student conference here at the University of British Columbia (UBC). Terry, as some of you already...
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May 1, 2008
Gravity trumps sunlight!!
Category: The STS Compages
"What seems a detour has a way of becoming, in time, a direct route." And so a long series comes to an end.
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