{"id":3867,"date":"2009-07-14T05:00:56","date_gmt":"2009-07-14T05:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/principles\/2009\/07\/14\/links-for-2009-07-14\/"},"modified":"2009-07-14T05:00:56","modified_gmt":"2009-07-14T05:00:56","slug":"links-for-2009-07-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/2009\/07\/14\/links-for-2009-07-14\/","title":{"rendered":"links for 2009-07-14"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"delicious\">\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/suburbdad.blogspot.com\/2009\/07\/college-prep.html\">Confessions of a Community College Dean: College Prep<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">&quot;In some circles, &#8216;college&#8217; is an undifferentiated term for a place that other people go to get the kinds of jobs that other people get. It&#8217;s probably some kind of racket, though the exact workings are hard to detail.<\/p>\n<p>In some circles, &#8216;college&#8217; is a place to find a mate, go to football games, and\/or party. It&#8217;s a sort of way station between childhood and adulthood, with no particular connection to the outside world. It&#8217;s an expected stage of life \u00e2\u0080\u0093 it&#8217;s just what you do after high school \u00e2\u0080\u0093 regardless of whether you have any idea what you&#8217;re doing there.<\/p>\n<p>For some, &#8216;college&#8217; is a place to get trained for a job. One college is pretty much the same as any other.&quot;<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/academia\">academia<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/education\">education<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/class-war\">class-war<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/society\">society<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/culture\">culture<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/blogs\">blogs<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/dean-dad\">dean-dad<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.samefacts.com\/archives\/science_and_its_methods_\/2009\/07\/sad_day_at_the_aquarium.php\">The Reality-Based Community: Sad day at the aquarium<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">&quot;This aquarium is distinguished by an emphasis, going back to its founding, on the biology of the Monterey Bay region: it has coral reef displays and some exotic critters from far away, but the big installations are local (kelp forest, sea otters, tidepool environments, and the like). There&#8217;s a tank of jellies (what we used to call jellyfish) that is so hypnotic and relaxing I wasn&#8217;t sure I could walk back to the car after sitting in front of it, and a big new section on seahorses. Go there, it&#8217;s wonderful. But the visit on the whole made me sad, for three main reasons. &quot;<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/science\">science<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/biology\">biology<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/environment\">environment<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/economics\">economics<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/class-war\">class-war<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/education\">education<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/blogs\">blogs<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/scottaaronson.com\/blog\/?p=414\">Shtetl-Optimized \u00c2\u00bb Blog Archive \u00c2\u00bb Essentials of complexity-theoretic stand-up comedy<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">&quot;Recently someone asked me how to give funnier talks.  My first response was to recoil at such an insolent question: doesn\u00e2\u0080\u0099t everyone know that at the core of my shtick lies a unique and ineffable je ne sais quoi that can\u00e2\u0080\u0099t be packaged, bottled, or resold?  But the truth was not that I couldn\u00e2\u0080\u0099t give advice; it\u00e2\u0080\u0099s that I didn\u00e2\u0080\u0099t want to.  For if everyone knew how easy it was to keep an audience at least half-awake, how would people like me maintain their edge?  By proving better theorems?  Having something new and relevant and say?  These questions answer themselves.&quot;<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/academia\">academia<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/presentations\">presentations<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/meetings\">meetings<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/silly\">silly<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/science\">science<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/physics\">physics<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/computing\">computing<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/shtetl-optimized\">shtetl-optimized<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/pontiff\/2009\/07\/humor_as_a_guide_to_research.php?utm_source=selectfeed&amp;utm_medium=rss\">Humor as a Guide to Research : The Quantum Pontiff<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">&quot;I wonder if this solution method (&quot;solution by LOL?&quot; &quot;SoLOLution?&quot;) can&#8217;t be extended to a method for theory research. Think about a subject area and then think of the funniest result you could derive in this area. &quot;Wouldn&#8217;t it be funny if&#8230;&quot; And then instead of just laughing at the conjecture, maybe you should actually check and see if your humor is actually well tuned to the universe.&quot;<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/science\">science<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/physics\">physics<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/computing\">computing<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/silly\">silly<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/blogs\">blogs<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/pontiff\">pontiff<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cpwilson.wordpress.com\/2009\/07\/12\/the-quantum-theory-of-library-budgets\/\">The Quantum Theory of Library Budgets \u00c2\u00ab socialWring<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">&quot;From the decrepit, dust-ridden shelves of the KB Library comes the dirt speckled copy of  Introduction to Quantum Theory: Third Edition by David Park, a book that introduces the field of quantum theory.<\/p>\n<p>While from the clean, well kept new shelves of the newly renovated Main Library we have Introducing Quantum Theory: First Edition by the team of J.P. McEvoy &amp; Oscar Zarate, an \u00e2\u0080\u009cinternational bestseller\u00e2\u0080\u009d that also seeks to introduce the field of quantum theory.<\/p>\n<p>Fun now follows.&quot;<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/science\">science<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/physics\">physics<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/books\">books<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/blogs\">blogs<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/comics\">comics<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/silly\">silly<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Confessions of a Community College Dean: College Prep &quot;In some circles, &#8216;college&#8217; is an undifferentiated term for a place that other people go to get the kinds of jobs that other people get. It&#8217;s probably some kind of racket, though the exact workings are hard to detail. 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