Posts by sarcozona
What I’ve noticed (almost weekly edition)
The Scientific Activist reminds us of the damage that animal rights extremists do to people’s lives and valuable research. An NY Times article on a disappearing Albanian custom: women take an oath of virginity and are allowed to live as men. Why is there so much anti-American sentiment in the world? Police suck. Rove is […]
Arguments
From The Life of the Cosmos by Lee Smolin. In science, as in politics or love, one can have all the good arguments and still be in the wrong. When it comes down to it, what matters is not whose story is more logical or beautiful, but which leads to the greatest effect.
Point of view changes everything
From The Life of the Cosmos by Lee Smolin. Does the world consist of a large number of independently autonomous atoms, the properties of each owing nothing to the others? Or, instead, is the world a vast, interconnected system of relations, in which even the properties of a single elementary particle or the identity of […]
Movies in the midwest
So I’ve gone to the movies twice since I’ve been here. Generally, I would consider this a silly thing to do since going to the movies is so expensive. Not so here in nowhere, Michigan! A student ticket at the local theater is $3.50 and on Thursdays they have giant bags of $1 popcorn. So […]
You know you’re at math camp when…
The term “algebraic resource” is considered slang.
How big an influence is ELME having on me?
Recently added to my amazon wishlist: Matrix Population Models Elements of Mathematical Ecology Mathematical Models in Biology Time Series: A Biostatistical Introduction Ecological Niches: Linking Classical and Contemporary Approaches
What I’ve noticed (2 week edition)
In order to avoid doing something about pollutants, the White House simply refused to open the email from the EPA. (via The Scientific Activist) I really hope we don’t invade Iran. (via pebkac thoughts) You know how US soldiers were tortured by the Chinese during the Korean War? Well, we’re using the same techniques on […]