Category Archives: sciences

maybe it shoulda been called the Kallikak monkey trial

Inherit the Wind somehow never mentioned that the evilutionist textbook used by John Scopes was racist and eugenist. Jim Lindgren, Volokh Conspirator, has the story.

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squished hypertorus

This is intended to be an orthographic projection of a stereographic projection from S5 (the five-dimensional surface of a sphere in six-dimensional space) into E5 (flat five-space) of the cartesian product S2 × S2, a kind of torus. The colors … Continue reading

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medical marijuana news

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Cannabis study encouraging for MS The biggest UK study of cannabis-based drugs has shown evidence for a long-term benefit in easing the symptoms of multiple sclerosis. (cited by Vicki Rosenzweig) 2012: This post keeps getting … Continue reading

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Knuth to speak

Don Knuth: Computer Musings

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a limit to fission?

Say, is the number of telephone lines dedicated to modems declining, as traffic moves to broadband? NANPA might know: it affects how soon more areas will need to be split or overlain.

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can you say it with a straight face?

Forensic theology. (Cited by Travis.) (Link updated 2006.)

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two dimensions of opinion

In November I linked to a “Political Compass” and mentioned some improvements I’d like to see. Chris Lightfoot apparently had already made them. Rather than assigning preconceived interpretations to the questions, Lightfoot waited until a large number of people had … Continue reading

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