I’ve been looking at university positions and typical is this fine print from the University of San Francisco (which used to be Catholic): The University of San Francisco is an equal opportunity […]
It’s Time For A New (Old) Kind Of University: Update
Consider these news items: “At Western Michigan University, it is considered harassment to hold a ‘condescending sex-based attitude.’…Tufts University in Boston proscribes the holding of ‘sexist attitudes,’… At Northeastern University, where I […]
Another Academic Says Climate Skeptics Criminals Against Humanity And Other Name Calling
In a talk at some “sustainability” something-or-other seminar—one this is sure: we’re not going to soon run out of climate conclaves—academic Donald Brown told his audience (25 min. mark) that the people […]
The War On Women Rallies
A woman does not have a right to do anything she wants with her own body. Neither does a man. Neither do you, dear reader. Nothing can be clearer than this […]
What I Will Do When I Win The Lottery
This will be my last blog post. At least, my last for some time. For I have bought a Mega Millions lottery ticket, whose face value is reportedly $540 million United States […]
Another Reason To Abandon P-values; Or Another Way To Cheat
If you’re a scientist, soft or hard, who routinely uses statistics, it’s likely that your funding, and therefore your career, the very wellness of your being hinges on discovering statistically significant results. […]
Heartlandgate Versus Climategate
There are some key differences between Climategate 1.0 and 2.0, where emails from scientists and their hangers on were leaked, and Heartlandgate (am I the first to use this appallingly over-used extension?). […]
Increasing Replication Of Un-Reproducibility In Science
Best science picture of the year, courtesy of the Wall Street Journal (and thanks to reader Dan Hughes): In just the last decade—ten mere years—the number of “peer-reviewed” journal articles nearly doubled, […]
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