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Monthly Archives: December 2012
Accidental Error Effect
It’s been a funny ole year, 2012, during whose 365 days, or, as it may be, 366, I have spent much of the time acting as a test subject for psychoactive drugs. The citalopram that had kept the demons away … Continue reading
Posted in Books, defiant the guinea pig, The Accidental Species, the beowulf effect, The Human Error, Writing, Writing & Reading
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A Christmas Fantasy
You know that thing you do where you read something, and completely misread a single word, and then go back and it’s normal and how it was meant to be? That happened to me a couple of days ago. I … Continue reading
Legacy 2012
Having just read poor Stephen’s “Year” I must admit that since Wed. I am not faring any better. My lymph nodes feel like coconuts, and my head feels as though someone keeps inflating balloons under my skin. I had hoped … Continue reading
Year
The Christmas holiday has unmoored me. End of year exhaustion segued into a bout of ‘flu that knocked me onto my back, where I lay and ached, semi-detached by illness and medication as around me my family made preparations for … Continue reading
Posted in CaSE, Libel Reform, Open Access, review, Review of 2012, Science & Politics, Science policy, Scientific Life
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More on creative self-promotion…
Shameless. Simply shameless. But last chance for 2012….
Posted in "Matter Over Mind", author, creative promotion, humor, lab lit, novels, self-promotion, Silliness, Welcome Home Sir
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Evidence-based policy is a good thing – but please proceed with caution.
Science is full of observable facts. Fact, when I drop a hammer off the top of the Shard, it’s going to fall to the ground. It doesn’t matter if I drop it or Brian Cox drops it (either Brian Cox) … Continue reading
Posted in evidence based, evidence-based policy, Evidence-based thinking, scipolicy, UK Science policy
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Charisma throughout a Convoluted Career
One of the joys of Christmas is having the time to reduce the number of unread books on one’s mental ‘to do’ list by a handful, although this is a good intention sometimes challenged by the gain of a few … Continue reading
Posted in book review, ESPCI, Interdisciplinary Science, Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, Research, soft matter physics
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Out of control
The tragic, premature and incomprehensible loss of so many young lives due to the horrific shootings recently in Connecticut are a blight on American society. Unfortunately, this is not a new thing, although the massacre of children so young may … Continue reading
Posted in armed guards, common sense, education, gun control, guns, LaPierre, military, National Rifle Association, NRA, too late, US
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