Zzzzaapp! Some angry photons have just been blasted off toward your body, scouting for “contraband.” In the process of the search, these energetic massless particles will kick the crap out of some […]
College Students More Loquacious Than Erudite: Vocabulary Test Results
The results of the Great Vocabulary Test of 2010 are in. Two weeks ago, in this thread, after announcing my surprise that no student in any of my classes knew the word […]
Texting Leads To Sexting…Leads To Bad Television
Researchers Find What they find is a way to publish yet another study documenting what everybody already knew. According to this article, sent in by reader Jack Mosevich, researchers have discovered that […]
Eliminating Randomness Reduces Need For God And Increases Belief In Evolution
Caution! The experiment I’m about to explain might increase your belief in God. It should only be attempted by academics who are immune to such deleterious effects. Got a pair of dice? […]
Too Many Kids Go To College: A Fourth Conversation With Myself
Links to the first, second, and third conversation with myself about teaching. William Glum again, eh? What happened this time? Matt In my Algebra Sans Algebra class, I asked a student to […]
Plagues of the Mind by Bruce S. Thornton
Plagues of the Mind: The New Epidemic of False Knowledge by Bruce S. Thornton This book was provided to me by a generous donation from an anonymous reader. Here’s what many people […]
Kindle 3rd Generation Review: Dislikes
This continues the review of the 3rd generation Kindle. Today, the dislikes. Read the likes here. Dislikes Having to buy a cover is silly, and a too-obvious attempt at nickel and diming […]
Kindle 3rd Generation Review: Likes
Thanks to the generosity of M. Anonymous, I have a Kindle 3rd generation. M. Anonymous donated the Kindle, and wondered in an email whether I would be a crusty old man and […]
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