-
"It is a well-known fact that it is much easier to measure a physical quantity than to correctly assess the magnitude of the uncertainty on the measurement: the uncertainty is everything! "
-
"The logicâsuch that it isâof the National Review editorial board seems to be that since everyone knows Asians are better than Latinos, no one can call them racist if they compare Sotomayor to an Asian. That argumentâsuch that it isâcouldâve made more forcefully if they made it without validating the charge against them."
-
"Nothing wrong with this â writing on a regular basis is work, even when youâre ostensibly doing it for fun, and it shouldnât be a surprise not a lot of people really want to work that hard. Also and perhaps more to the point, I suspect many people who start blogging realize fairly quickly that they either donât like sharing all their thoughts to the world, or that their thoughts, while interesting to them, appear fairly banal once theyâre typed out, and itâs better just not to post them for the sake of posting them. And thereâs nothing wrong with this either, and indeed the blogger is to be congratulated of the bit of personal insight. Most blogs are abandoned because they should be."
-
"Note that the unemployment rate has risen sharply for all categories in 2009. For "less than a high school diploma" the rate has increased from 9% in 2009 to almost 16% in May."
-
"The website for the TAC-15 offers no logical reason to put the crossbow on top of an assault rifle body, and the best we can come up with is if you also strap a laser or railgun underneath it you'll be set to do battle wherever your time machine lands you."
- Log in to post comments
More like this
Jobs, News and Views for All of Higher Education - Inside Higher Ed :: More Doctors of Philosophy (and Science)
The number of Ph.D.'s awarded goes up, but most of the increase is among foreign-born researchers.
(tags: academia US education)
Confessions of a Community College Dean: Access and…
Ten photons per hour « A Quantum Diaries Survivor
"The small speck of light shown in the upper left of the picture above, labeled as MGC 10-17-5, is actually a faint galaxy in the field of view of NGC3690. It has a visual magnitude of +15.7: this is a measure of its integrated luminosity as seen…
We Need a Civilian GI Bill :: Inside Higher Ed :: Higher Education's Source for News, Views and Jobs
"Unlike the original bill, which rewarded service, this new bill would be a rescue measure.
As in the past, a primary goal would be to decrease pressure on what today is a shrinking job market and…
Notes on sociopathy
"Sometimes, a day of interacting with the rest of the human race on the roads and streets leaves you convinced that the world would be a much nicer place if most newborn humans were tossed in a burlap sack with some stones and then deposited in the nearest pond.
But hereâs the…