Serendipity in Research
The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds the most discoveries, is not «Eureka!» (I found it!) but «That’s funny …» [...]
View ArticleInteresting 30 Day Challenge with great links for Graphs/Charts
«You’re never going to improve in life if you keep competing with people who stink. No offense, Gus.» «None taken.» «You got to challenge yourself. [...]
View ArticleAnd just like that, Covid is … gone?
«And like that … he’s gone.» Verbal in «The Usual Suspects» Apparently, Covid regulations are going down. Some universities have no restrictions anymore for the [...]
View ArticleInteresting opinion piece on the illusion of evidence based medicine
«The real reason science sucks is that it makes us look bad.» Th. Hayden Stumbled upon this article: Jureidini, J., & McHenry, L. B. (2022). [...]
View ArticleExperiments (RCTs) in Medicine (great article)
«You don’t need a RCT to show that parachutes work.» Unknown Considering the discussions about the effectiveness of early treatment for Covid — drugs not [...]
View ArticleBeautiful presentation about the viridis colormap
«I like the way colors taste. Except I don’t like crimsons … or turquoises …especially when they put their heads into their shells and won’t [...]
View ArticleRecommendation Larry McEnerney: The Craft of Writing Effectively
«Why don’t you teach people to have their own individual voice? … I get that argument, I get the moral and ethical pressure to teach [...]
View ArticleConsequences of Mobile Work for Those Working in the Office
I’m gonna work on being less condescending. (Condescending means to talk down to people.) Unknown After two years of Covid, with «non-essential» people working from [...]
View ArticleFor Science
Science is the Belief in the Ignorance of the Experts. Feynman The article by Orne (1962) is well-worth reading for the problems when studying human [...]
View ArticleLines of Communication between Scientists
«So it’s hopeless?» asked Zhu Tao. «Not hopeless,» Guo Ming corrected. «Just hard. If this becomes a negotiation by diplomats, it will never be resolved. [...]
View ArticleScience vs. Politics
«Science Leads.» Doctor Who Looking back at the relationship between science and politics, I wonder whether we ever had a rift between it. Or whether [...]
View ArticleFrontiers in Journal Series
«You could be a great witch. You could be anything. Anything you want. Come into the circle. Let me show you.» The girl takes a [...]
View ArticleRecommendation Colin Wright Interview
«The moment you become grateful you leave the left.» Denis Prager Hmmm, I am careful in recommending whole series, but the Epoch Times/American Thought Leaders [...]
View ArticlePresentation on Digital Minimalism for Creativity (German Version)
«There is time for everything.» Thomas A. Edison Ah, being able to do presentations, it’s like extreme sports for the introverted and shy. This time [...]
View ArticleDissertation Time — It’s a marathon, not interval training
Rome wasn’t built in a day but they worked on it every single day. Unknown In a recent meeting of PhD students and professors (hmm, [...]
View ArticleOnyx BOOX Tab X e-Ink Tablet for reading (and note-taking)
Frederick Douglass taught that literacy is the path from slavery to freedom. There are many kinds of slavery and many kinds of freedom. But reading [...]
View ArticleIntellectual Humility in Science
Science commits suicide when it adopts a creed. Thomas Henry Huxley During my atheist phase I stumbled upon this cartoon (source unknown): and yeah, it’s [...]
View ArticleIf you ARE recorded, DO a recording
«I never said we should kill him.» has seven different meaning depending on the stressed word. Unknown I was recently reminded of a golden rule [...]
View ArticleObsidian – Using Literature Entries
He had in fact got it from a leader in the Times, which the wizards did not like much because it either did not print [...]
View ArticleKeeping Your Head Clear in the Morning
Solitude: the subjective state in which your mind is free from input from other minds Kethledge & Erwin (2017) via Newport (2019) One thing I [...]
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