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By Thoreau I have noted before that the right’s libertarian-sounding dog whistles were never really aimed at genuinely libertarian and libertarian-leaning types (where “genuinely” means, at least for my purposes, “Interested in civil liberties at least as much as taxes, and interested in getting The Man off the backs of people of all genders, economic […] By Thoreau Collegiality is the last refuge of the mediocre. If not taking sides against the family is more important than ethics or intellectual merit, you might as well get a job with the Mafia. At least there’s money to be made in the black market. Who the hell decided that institutions of higher learning […] By Thoreau Via Robert Wright, I came across this: One way to increase the odds that a deal would be accepted is to make the outlines of any compromise public. The Iranian people would then be able to see that the world was not trying to humiliate Iran but rather offering it something fair, if […] By Thoreau Looking at the editorial board of the crackpot journal makes me feel somewhat better. There are people from a number institutions far more reputable than my own. It tells me that even the (allegedly) best places have some crackpots, so leave it alone. Interestingly, the editorial board includes a Russian Vice Prime Minister […] By Thoreau I just learned that a cow-orker has published in this esteemed fishwrap. A part-timer, but still a cow-orker. Why is it that this crackpot journal has a web design that looks like the best that 1995 had to offer? I’ve noted similar things from other crackpots, e.g. at one conference that I go […] By Thoreau For some reason I’m in a fit of nostalgia for the 90’s. So, I ask this question, as a fan of Wisconsin bands: How the hell will we build a bullet train from Tokyo to Los Angeles if we’re struggling to build one from the Central Valley to Los Angeles? By Thoreau Diffusion is just regression toward the mean. Discuss. By Thoreau The Chief of the LAPD is supporting driver’s licenses for undocumented immigrants. Whatever you think of the issue, his rationale is fascinating: “The reality is that all the things that we’ve done — ‘we’ being the state of California — over the last 14, 16 years have not reduced the problem one iota, […] By Thoreau The latest rumor is that a faulty cable is the reason for the neutrino result. This may or may not be true, but if it is, it honestly doesn’t surprise me. In an experiment of that size, it is almost inevitable that an anomaly will be the result of this one little component […] By Thoreau The latest Scientific American has an interview with climate scientist Michael E. Mann, the originator of the much-discussed “Hockey Stick” graph. As is common for interviews with academic scientists, there’s a picture of him sitting in front of a chalkboard with equations on it. The equation on the board happens to be a […] |
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