Indefinite articles need not apply
Continuing yet again with the science and teamwork idea, it’s interesting to observe that scientists rarely use the indefinite article a when talking abou...
Author: Praj
Passing out of the triple-team
Let’s continue with the science-as-part-of-a-team meme and see how scientists neglect it to our detriment. Consider anthropogenic global warming (AGW). ...
(Some of) my goals for this blog…
By now I have written a handful of posts, including a brilliant, intoxicating treatise on death by terrorism. (The fact that my argument contains not even the...
There is no science in team
In the dozens of science policy talks I’ve attended over the years (yes I know my life is interesting), I’ve noticed two very mixed messages that co...
More about death by terrorism
Kevin Drum makes some of my previous arguments in this great post, albeit more briefly and eloquently. Check out an opposing view here, and some mediation betw...
Towards a semantics of science
My friend Tommer and I have been engaged in a year-long, cross country, international debate on the philosophy of science. It all started in Christmas Eve 200...
All deaths are not equal
Right before New Year’s Eve, Andrew Sullivan’s blog saw some chatter about the tradeoffs between dying in a terrorist attack versus a car accident. ...
I’m (sort of) back…
Hello world. One of my New Years Resolutions (which I generally take very seriously) was to start blogging and writing more. Creating this site was the first ...