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Dog Blogging
Stolen from Brad DeLong: Woof.
Open Thread: Answers
Because I said so.
Open Thread: Questions
Why not leave a question in the comments?
Happy Valentine’s Day
Over at Inside Higher Ed, Scott McLemee celebrates everybody’s favorite annoying holiday with a look at two scholars of sex: the late Gershon Legman who coined “Make love, not war” back in 1963; and Blaise Cronin, who currently studies the more respectable sort of pornography at Indiana. Personally, I half think the real purpose may… Continue reading Happy Valentine’s Day
Seventeen is the Mystical Number
Cognitive Daily proves it scientifically. I love it when life imitates Brust.
Six Degrees of Wikipedia
Travis at Arcane Gazebo suggests a game: Six Degrees of Wikipedia Go to Wikipedia. Click the random article link in the sidebar. Open a second random article in another tab. Try to find a chain of links (as short as possible) starting from the first article that leads to the second. Lacking other bloggy inspiration,… Continue reading Six Degrees of Wikipedia
Bunnies Made of Cheese
The dog is standing at the window, wagging her tail excitedly. I look outside, and the back yard is empty. “What are you looking at?” I ask. “Bunnies made of cheese!,” she says. I look again, and the yard is still empty. “There are no bunnies out there,” I say, “and there are certainly not… Continue reading Bunnies Made of Cheese
Journal of Unsurprising Psychology
Earlier today, I posted two “Dorky Poll” entries, one asking for people to nominate their favorite science textbook in comments, the other asking for their least favorite science textbook. As of 7:15, a bit less than nine hours after the posts went live, the comment totals are: Dorky Poll: Least Favorite Textbook: 32 comments Dorky… Continue reading Journal of Unsurprising Psychology
Physics of Weight Control
Scott Aaronson lists his favorite foods, and says that he expects to weigh 3000 pounds by the time he gets tenure. Jenn Fallis explains his mistake: he’s a theorist. Experimental physics can provide a built-in exercise problem as you haul bits of apparatus from one place to another. Theory’s sitting-at-a-desk-staring-into-space program just can’t compete…