In the beginning was the code and the code gave life and the code was life
The oldest gene we possess carries the information to make something called the 5S RNA,…
War is peace, ignorance is strength, freedom is slavery [citation needed]
Knowledge does not come from nothing. It can only come from reason, from experimentation, or…
Nature gives everyone free beer
Most political movements are composed of individuals whose goals are similar enough to work towards…
I am not a scientist anymore and so can you
I have had a half-baked post in my mind now about my new job (yay!)…
On the Emptiness of Failed Replications: The Best Parts
I've had essentially no time for reading lately as I'm doing SAHD thing, moving into…
Conciously uncoupling from academia
I have reached a point in my academic career where there is nothing to be…
Meta-analysis of "I'm leaving research" blog posts
Even though I have known for some time now that a career in academia is…
Clay Shirky's Cognitive Surplus and the Open-Science Movement
I recently finished Clay Shirkey's "Cognitive Surplus" and there are a number of great points…
Rivers vs lakes of information: are scientific papers “the news” or “the encyclopedia”?
In Present Shock by Douglas Rushkoff, the author makes a distinction between communications that have…