Richard P Grant
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Category Archives: Nonsense
Do you remember the first time?
It is a thing of beauty. That should be enough. For now. I love the instructions. PS. Does anybody want 2x2GB of PC3 RAM?
The Twelve Days of (a Lab) Christmas
On the first day of Christmas my true love sent to me A postdoc with her own grant. On the second day of Christmas my true love sent to me Two PhDs, and a postdoc with her own grant. On … Continue reading
I predict a riot
I’ve just been checking the OT stats and I think the killer post to end all posts would be a massively cooperative film, made by working mothers, about animated dinosaurs. That is all.
Posted in Nonsense
Tagged chickens for Henry, goats, hit bait, open access penguins, porn, sex
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On peer review, part 451 (b)
I had a conversation on twitter last night with m’learned friend Nige, who runs the most ethical small business I know of. He pointed me at this blog post by Richard Smith at the BMJ, What is post publication peer … Continue reading
On treating with respect
It’s all too easy to call someone stupid when they disagree with you. Understandable, but wrong nonetheless. Some of these people, who don’t seem to understand science or reason, may be politically motivated. Others may be genuinely confused, uncertain, or … Continue reading
Posted in Homeopathy, Nonsense, Personal, Public Engagement, Video
Tagged anti, denier, homeopathy, vaccination
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Open letter to Simon Hughes, MP
Cross-posted from the BioLOG. Dear Simon Thank you for signing Early Day Motion 767. This implies you support continued (if not increased) public funding of scientific research, along with many of your colleagues in the Coalition. Today we learned that … Continue reading
On Hawking
Bought Eureka. Came with free copy of The Times, which I threw away. —earlier today on Twitter So Stephen Hawking has discovered Occam’s Razor. William of Ockham (can I call him ‘Bill’?) is the monk and philosopher to whom is … Continue reading
Posted in Nonsense
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On survival
There’s a comment on my work blog that says, essentially, “fuck people: what about the fluffy animals?”. It’s funny, but perhaps uniquely in the history of Planet Earth (if not the Universe) we as humans are in a position to … Continue reading
Posted in Nonsense, People
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On global warming
It was pretty cold this winter, at least in the UK. Lots of the anthropogenic global warming twonks (‘deniers’ or ‘sceptics’ in other places. I say call a spade an implement for moving dirt from one place to another) scoffed … Continue reading
