A charming TED talk about Nikola Tesla
Often, TED talks are pompous leftist bloviations. Sometimes, though, they’re charming, imaginative introductions to something you may not have known. This falls into the latter category:
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The Bookworm Beat (9/17/14) — The Science Edition and Open Thread
Earl Aagaard send me some cool science-related articles so, before I start writing up a post that came to me in a dream (and that’s always a bad sign), I wanted to head these items your way: Federal money drives bad science Dr. Patrick Michaels points out that part of
Continue readingThe myth of scientific infallibility
I’ve never liked Woody Allen. His nebbish-centered humor never worked for me and, as he aged in his films, I found distasteful his young leading ladies. I really didn’t need to see him play out his creepy romantic fantasies before my eyes, especially if I was paying for the privilege
Continue readingThe hypothesis fallacy; or please explain to me why EVERY scientific experiment (whether hard or social) needs a hypothesis
Bear with me here, because I’m about to prove how simplistic and primitive my mind is. I need you all to help enlighten me. Some high school students I know got an assignment to set up and complete an experiment. Some of the experiments they came up with include looking
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