Science & Society
- Teen Pregnancy and Religion
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A LiveScience article titled " Teen Birth Rates Higher in Highly Religious States ", seems to be stretching the bounds of causality and creating linkages where none may exist. In particular, without seeing the details of the study, it seems that ...
Blog Post - Gerhard Adam - Sep 16 2009 - 7:52pm
- America's Distrust of Evolution Make for a Great PR Stunt
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A few days ago there was worry that a British movie about Darwin was too religiously radioactive to find a US distributor. That seemed a little odd- the US has no shortage of movies that offend fundamentalist Christian sensibilities. Now this week, via Th ...
Blog Post - Michael White - Sep 17 2009 - 9:05am
- Robots And Ethics
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An article entitled " Can Robots Make Ethical Decisions " was recently published wherein the authors claim that they have successfully modeled difficult moral problems in computer logic, further asserting that morality is no longer solely within ...
Article - Gerhard Adam - Sep 17 2009 - 11:48am
- Wendt and the World State
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Some believe a world state is inevitable, others don't. Some believe advancement in communication technologies benefit irregulars more than regulars in War 2.0, others believe the opposite. P. W. Singer and others believe utilities in war technology m ...
Blog Post - Eric Bock Hyde - Oct 4 2012 - 3:40pm
- Does More Freedom Of The Press Mean More Democracy?
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Freedom of the press is integral to a functioning democracy and respect for human rights, it is said, and a new study tackles the effects of media freedom in countries that lack democratic institutions like fair elections. The findings? By itself, freed ...
Article - News Staff - Sep 17 2009 - 11:54pm
- Crossing Over: How To Use And Misuse The Fisher-Pry Curve
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The Economist reported that in early 2007, for the first time in history, more humans lived in cities than in the countryside. We are now a different species, in terms of the environmental niche we inhabit. One thinks of Isaac Asimov’s Trantor, the plane ...
Article - Fred Phillips - Sep 19 2009 - 11:30am
- Pirates & Squid, a Natural Match
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On this day of celebration, let us remember and honor the invaluable contributions of squid to pirate lore and culture:- Davy Jones and the Kraken in Pirates of the Carribbean: Dead Man's Chest. As observed elsewhere, the Kraken's mouth is much m ...
Blog Post - Danna Staaf - Sep 19 2009 - 10:10pm
- Two letters
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One sometimes gets frustrated reading our Daily/Sunday Telegraph. So many of their columnists, and those who comment on blogs, think that "Global Warming" is a man-made political scam, a another appendage to the giant bloodsucker that is the Tre ...
Blog Post - Robert H Olley - Sep 21 2009 - 2:50am
- Public Misunderstanding Of Studies
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Over at Bioephemera, Jessica Palmer agree with Language Log’s Mark Liberman in his admonition against the use of “generic plurals” in science reporting. ...
Article - Barry Leiba - Sep 22 2009 - 1:41am
- free Olin College no longer free
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For most of its life, Olin College of Engineering in scenic Needham, Massachusettes was free. All students received a 100% scholarship. In a sad reflection of the times, though, this has now changed. Writes their Dean: There has been an important chang ...
Blog Post - Alex "Sandy" Antunes - Sep 22 2009 - 11:48am
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