{"id":4342,"date":"2009-12-18T07:25:21","date_gmt":"2009-12-18T07:25:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/principles\/2009\/12\/18\/links-for-2009-12-18\/"},"modified":"2009-12-18T07:25:21","modified_gmt":"2009-12-18T07:25:21","slug":"links-for-2009-12-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/2009\/12\/18\/links-for-2009-12-18\/","title":{"rendered":"Links for 2009-12-18"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"delicious\">\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/seedmagazine.com\/content\/article\/creating_citizen_scientists\/\">Creating Citizen Scientists \u00c2\u00a7 SEEDMAGAZINE.COM<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">&#8220;A few days ago, sitting in my office, I contributed to peer-reviewed scientific research in biology, astronomy, and psychology. Even though I don&#8217;t hold degrees in any of these fields, my contributions will help advance science: I was doing real investigative work, not the prosaic replications of classic experiments that are typically taught in introductory lab courses. I was taking part in a blossoming &#8220;citizen science&#8221; movement occurring across a wide swath of scientific fields.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/science\">science<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/seed\">seed<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/computing\">computing<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/astronomy\">astronomy<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/biology\">biology<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/psychology\">psychology<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/dragonandtiger.blogspot.com\/2008\/09\/way-of-learned.html\">Dragon and Tiger: 4- The way of the formally educated.<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">&#8220;The monks of my temple get liberal arts degrees.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/academia\">academia<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/silly\">silly<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/comics\">comics<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/blogs\">blogs<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/philosophy\">philosophy<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sphericalcow.org\/?p=2\">Tipping the Spherical Cow<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">The Many-Worlds Interpretation, in convenient comic form.<\/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\/quantum\">quantum<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/comics\">comics<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/philosophy\">philosophy<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/silly\">silly<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/nanoscale.blogspot.com\/2009\/12\/physics-and-industry.html\">nanoscale views: Physics and Industry<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">&#8220;I&#8217;m 100% certain that if the industrial R&amp;D jobs were there, we would fill them &#8211; the problem is that US companies overall have decided that investing in physics doesn&#8217;t give them a quick stock price boost.&#8221;<\/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\/industry\">industry<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/academia\">academia<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/education\">education<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/society\">society<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/politics\">politics<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/blogs\">blogs<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/natelson\">natelson<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/scottaaronson.com\/blog\/?p=431\">Shtetl-Optimized \u00c2\u00bb Blog Archive \u00c2\u00bb Hopefully my last D-Wave post ever<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">&#8220;Onlooker: Whoa, awesome!  So we&#8217;re back to square one then.  As long as D-Wave&#8217;s demos only involved 4-by-4 Sudokus, the skeptic&#8217;s arguments almost had me persuaded.  But 5-by-5?  I don&#8217;t know what to think anymore.  Skeptic, where are you?  What&#8217;s your reaction to this latest development?&#8221;<\/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\/quantum\">quantum<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/computing\">computing<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/blogs\">blogs<\/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:\/\/www.democracyjournal.org\/that_old_college_lie.html\">Kevin&nbsp;Carey&nbsp;for Democracy: A Journal of Ideas<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">&#8220;[T]he biggest problem with American higher education isn&#8217;t that too many students can&#8217;t afford to enroll. It&#8217;s that too many of the students who do enroll aren&#8217;t learning very much and aren&#8217;t earning degrees. For the average student, college isn&#8217;t nearly as good a deal as colleges would have us believe. &#8220;<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/education\">education<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/academia\">academia<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/economics\">economics<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/society\">society<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/politics\">politics<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/culture\">culture<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/US\">US<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/news\/Laredo-could-be-largest-US-apf-3183252559.html?x=0\">Laredo could be largest US city without bookstore &#8211; Yahoo! Finance<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">&#8220;The final chapter has been written for the lone bookstore on the streets of Laredo.<\/p>\n<p>With a population of nearly a quarter-million people, this city could soon be the largest in the nation without a single bookseller.<\/p>\n<p>The situation is so grim that schoolchildren have pleaded for a reprieve from next month&#8217;s planned shutdown of the B. Dalton bookstore. 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