Archive for June 21st, 2008
European research needs a dash of anarchy
Saturday, June 21st, 2008Such was the title of a letter to the editor of Nature in the June 12, 2008 edition of the journal, written by Theo Walliman of Zurich, Switzerland. I thought it was pretty neat and quite refreshing to see such a sentiment expressed in Statolatrist Nature, even though it can't ...
Inside the Statolatrist mind
Saturday, June 21st, 2008In New Scientist magazine, Owen Flanagan reviews the book The Political Mind by George Lakoff. Flanagan provides a surprising and refreshing non-Statolatrist perspective on science and politics in this review, but that might be typical in New Scientist—it certainly isn't in primary scientific journals. Flanagan is especially skeptical of this ...
It must suck to be Matt Moore
Saturday, June 21st, 2008I know this is nearly one-month-old news, but I have been too busy to blag much lately, as you can tell. Fear not, I'll be back in full force soon. I have been meaning to blag about this for a while because it is so stupid and so maddening. Radley ...