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Elitism Is Back, Baby (Star Trek Is Proof)

Elitism Is Back, Baby (Star Trek Is Proof)

May 12 2009 | comment(s)

I have a confesson to make; I'm probably smarter than you.
Bloggy Takes Manhattan

Bloggy Takes Manhattan

May 09 2009 | comment(s)

I'm in New York City for a variety of meetings and, of course, I brought along Bloggy, the Scientific Blogging mascot.   I know how popularity works.  People don't concern themselves much with what I write but Bloggy is popular.  Heck, there is fan fiction written about him.

He's a pretty easy travelling companion, he mostly just sits in my bag but at key moments I avail myself of his wisdom.

I took a few pictures of him in our various adventures and am posting them up here.   Off on a trip of your own?  Need a mascot to accompany you and criticize your every decision?   We'll ship him out.  Just be sure to take a swanky picture.
Jan Hendrik Schön: World Class Physics Fraud Gets Last Laugh - A Whole Book About Himself

Jan Hendrik Schön: World Class Physics Fraud Gets Last Laugh - A Whole Book About Himself

May 05 2009 | comment(s)

Jan Hendrik Schön, if you have heard the name, will either fascinate or enrage you.   His ability to progress from ridiculous fibs to world-class deception as a 31-year-old physicist working at Bell Labs in New Jersey is certainly impressive.

How did fellow scientists let him get away with possibly the worst case of physics research fraud known?  It deserves a whole book, and Eugenie Samuel Reich is here to help.   If you can't sit through a whole book like Plastic Fantastic (out next week), her short version is in Physics World.
EcoAmerica Discovers Framing, Doesn't Realize It Is No Longer 2006

EcoAmerica Discovers Framing, Doesn't Realize It Is No Longer 2006

May 03 2009 | comment(s)

I never get tired of talking about the problems with both deficit thinking and framing - and misguided people never get tired of doing both regardless.
Practical Chemistry: What Makes Blue Jeans Blue?

Practical Chemistry: What Makes Blue Jeans Blue?

May 02 2009 | comment(s)

Aporkalypse Now - Hurry, Get The First Ever 24/7 Swine Flu Widget Alert!

Aporkalypse Now - Hurry, Get The First Ever 24/7 Swine Flu Widget Alert!

Apr 30 2009 | comment(s)

Worried about how to protect yourself from swine flu (oops, Influenza A H1N1 - stop persecuting pigs!) ? Wondering what you can do to prevent spreading swine flu?  Need an up-to-the-moment break out of where the latest outbreaks have occurred, just in case deaths from swine flu exceed 1/1,000th the deaths of regular flu or 1/10,000th the deaths of malaria?

If only an internet company would capitalize on this hysteria to generate traffic!

Oh wait, here's one.   Internet News Distribution Channel "Feedzilla", which updates news and information around the clock, says they can help you get the latest info while the pandemic panic lasts - namely until the next kid gets kidnapped or Nancy Grace convicts someone of murder on her TV show.