I wrote about this study the other day, but clearly I didn't have the final word. As usual, The Onion nails it.
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We didn't win the Timed Race, alas. But we rowed well enough.
In other news:
* ATTP bemoans the poor quality of "skeptic" out there. As usual, wise comments from PP who amongst other ideas proposes that Another possibility is that the idea is to learn from the discussion.
* If you'd like a fine…
Here's something I didn't know1:
Approximately 6 in every 100 words are affected by disfluency, including repetitions, corrections, and hesitations such as the fillers um and er. Moreover, the distribution of disfluency is not arbitrary. For example, fillers tend to occur before low frequency and…
Polymathematics has posted another excellent essay on the subject of whether .9999...repeating equals one. This time he is responding, very effectively, to various counter arguments raised by commenters.
One small comment of my own, though: The name of the blog is “EvolutionBlog.” One word.…
It's a public holiday here in the US, which means it's an Open House day on campus, as Admissions brings in a whole herd of high-schoolers to try to convince them to apply and enroll. This messes up the parking even more than usual, and also requires a bit of extra faculty effort to chat with…
If I may, let me link to a second analysis of the claimed association. This time I look at 1930-2000 time series from California.
This one is, by far, the more appropriate Onion article for you guys.
http://www.theonion.com/content/node/46032
Oh person who cannot stick to a handle... How does that pertain to those of us who think educational supports are better for children with learning disorders, autism, etc than chelation and Lupron?