We Do Not Discriminate On The Basis Of…Contest! Winner Declared!
Yours Truly is always on the lookout for teaching jobs, since that is his passion and where his skills lie, and so is well familiar with the application process at…
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Transhumanists Gather In San Francisco
My first thought when I read the title of today's post (from Bioedge) was that it was some kind of warning. Look out! It's the transhumanists! And then I figured…
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Weekly Mail
I receive regularly a lot of red hot tips from regular readers, but as the week goes on they are often buried by newer mail. Thus I will try out…
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Some more reasons why I should be in charge
I want to mourn, too The man who can rightly be called the Father of Statistics, Ronald Aylmer Fisher, while an incredibly bright man, showed that all of us are…
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Bad news for Bonobo
It turns out---shockingly, to some correct-thinking academics---that the bonobo ape is just as bloodthirsty as the rest of the higher primates. Yes, it's true. Bonobos, a sex- and peace-loving species…
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What scientific or technological advance would you most like to see in your lifetime?
The real geeks among us long for synthohol. Only Class A nerds know, or admit to knowing, what it is, too. But I have to tell you, your potential partner's…
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Tall men in planes
I am off to Spain today, for the conference, to present my unfinished, and unfinishable, talk. Why unfinishable? I am asking people to supply estimates for certain probabilities (see the…
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It was bound to happen
Remember how you used to cavalierly ignore those "Keep of the Grass Signs" in your un-enlightened youth? Well, you brutal, uncaring, beast. For it has finally been announced---from Europe, naturally,…
