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Amazing how many straws 4 year olds need to drink water.
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If true, this is a nice example of how to bias an experiment to get the result you want. This is why independent confirmation is a key ingredient in good science. http://www.latimes.com/health/boostershots/la-heb-egg-protein-breakfast-diet-20120512,0,3093964.story
Jodi and I are excited to be able to support one of our graduate students, Kamile, at a graduate dinner tonight. We are happily filling in for a sick colleague.
Rain. Work. Burritos. Good day.
An assessment of the quack "hCG Diet" in lieu of a personal experience. http://chirp.cooleysekula.net///url/54722
I am now officially the latest "Steve" added to NCSE's "Project Steve." 1211 PhDs named Steve cannot be wrong. http://ncse.com/taking-action/project-steve http://chirp.cooleysekula.net///attachment/54677
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The Discovery Institute has 1 use: learning the things they hate. Case in point: Ben Carson and Emory University science faculty: http://bit.ly/JK7KPW. DI called this an attack on "academic freedom." I put forth that "Academic Freedom" is not the same as "Scientific Ignorance."
Control key suddenly working in iSSH on iPad. Could IOS update be responsible . . . or is it invisible fairies? With IOS, I can never tell.
Fringe physicist Jim Carter only believes in the electron and the proton. Don't worry, Jim; the muon and the top quark believe in you, even if you don't believe in them.
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Listened to Colin McEnroe show on "Fringe Physicists" at recommendation of @erdanton. Show had early danger of falling into pseudoscientific fancy. Physicist Ronald Mallett kept things on track with a solid understanding of how real science works. http://bit.ly/IKYeg1
Listened to Colin McEnroe show on "Fringe Physicists" at recommendation of @erdanton. Show had early danger of falling into pseudoscientific fancy. Physicist Ronald Mallett kept things on track with a solid understanding of how real science works. http://bit.ly/IKYeg1
OK, pretty much done with grading for the semester. Whew. Time for science!
This Week in Pseudoscience and Propaganda. I discuss "49 Cherry-Picked Questionable Authorities" and "Ted Kasczynski Poops. Do you?" http://chirp.cooleysekula.net///url/54290
Good analysis of "49 experts" letter to NASA; debunking their claims about the lack of scientific consensus on humans as the cause of global climate change: http://chirp.cooleysekula.net///url/54288
Legal developments in Texas regarding chiropractic. http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/index.php/the-cam-docket-texas-mds-v-dcs/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
Heartland Institute running a conference on climate change is like The Tobacco Research Institute running a conference on public health. Oh, wait, it's exactly the same thing. http://climateconference.heartland.org/general-registration/
For class, took a deliberate overdose (~50 pills) of a homeopathic allergy meds (which contain a concentration of 6C of histamine - that's a histamine:sugar ratio of 1:1000000000000). Pills were sugary. No side effects. SURPRISE! Chemistry and physics work. Homeopathy is crap.
This is why pre-meds should be required to take PHY/CFB3333: pseudoscience and anti science in dentistry: http://www.pointofinquiry.org/john_dodes_the_tooth_about_dentistry/
Libraries are a key part of an intellectual culture that enables "Black Swans." Here are some of my old thoughts: http://is.gd/GetLyR
If SMU is to be a great research institution, it cannot long neglect the beating heart of research - information hubs, such as our Central University Libraries. The Bush Library is important, but it must be part of healthy library ecosystem. http://bit.ly/JI3OzD
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