Study: No gender differences in math performance “Whether they looked at average performance, the scores of the most gifted children or students’ ability to solve complex math problems, girls measured up to boys.” (tags: gender math education social-science news society) Kids Say The Darndest Things To Evil Spirits | The A.V. Club “[T]here comes a… Continue reading links for 2008-07-25
NOVA ScienceNOW
I think there were ads running on ScienceBlogs for PBS’s new science “magazine” show NOVA ScienceNOW, which premiered a while back. I never got around to watching it until last night when I caught the start of it completely by accident (quite literally– I dropped a book on top of the tv remote, and it… Continue reading NOVA ScienceNOW
links for 2008-07-24
A Priest Walks Into Qatar and . . . – washingtonpost.com “Talking with Americans about faith and religion… is like having coffee with Forrest Gump: pleasant enough, but not of much substance.” (tags: religion politics society culture academia education) How are we coming on Phoenix mission success? – The Planetary Society Blog | The Planetary… Continue reading links for 2008-07-24
Books, Books, Books
Via Tom, a big long list of books with which to showcase either my broad cultural background or pathetic cultural ignorance. As Tom’s original source notes, the claim that most Americans have only read six of these is kind of hard to credit, given that I was assigned more than six of them by the… Continue reading Books, Books, Books
A Question of Publishing Ethics
There’s a classic paper on the Quantum Zeno Effect that I discuss in Chapter 5 of the book. The paper does two tests of the effect, and presents the results in two bar graphs. They also provide the data in tabular form. My question is this: If I copy the data from the table, and… Continue reading A Question of Publishing Ethics
links for 2008-07-23
‘Theology in Life’ :: Inside Higher Ed :: Higher Education’s Source for News, Views and Jobs “Benedictine’s new “Theology in Life” certificate program includes one class each in the theology of freedom, justice, love, and science, respectively. Majors will go on to take upper-level courses in areas including sacramental theology, the New Te (tags: academia… Continue reading links for 2008-07-23
Sizzle: Framing :: Hit-With-A-Brick: Stabbed-With-A-Fork
I’ve been somewhat decoupled from blogdom in general recently, as I’ve been busy working on the book and getting ready for FutureBaby. It’s also been a useful mental health break, though, as I’m a little less worked up about stupid stuff than I was a few months ago. Every now and then, I catch the… Continue reading Sizzle: Framing :: Hit-With-A-Brick: Stabbed-With-A-Fork
We Agree on the Important Things
Via Will Wilkinson, James Pethokoukis at US News considers the state of the economy, and draws the same conclusions I did, for exactly the opposite reasons: My theory is that the amazing resilience of the American economy through this slowdown–as well as the lack of a bad recession in a generation–is indirect proof that the… Continue reading We Agree on the Important Things
All Thumbs
I finally manage to get my pants buttoned on the fourth try. I’ve had to dig out a pair from before I lost weight, because the splint on my left hand won’t let me grip the fabric enough to button pants that fit properly. Even with the extra slack, it’s difficult. “God damn it, I… Continue reading All Thumbs
links for 2008-07-22
Mary Catelli’s Erraticly Updated and Exceedingly Ill-Organized Journal – Religion and World-Building Notes for people thinking about inventing a religion for a fantasy story. (tags: SF religion writing history humanities culture) How to blog, get tenure and prosper: Starting the blog | john hawks weblog Part one of four, from a recently-tenured academic who knows.… Continue reading links for 2008-07-22