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Where in the universe is our home galaxy?
If this video is worth four minutes and 11 seconds of your time, then you pass our “intellectual curiosity” test.
Do memes exist?
To us, memes are like the luminiferous aether in Newtonian physics–a purely make-believe or hypothetical entity that does not really exist “out there” in space or time. In footnote 56 of our autobiographical essay, for example, we write: … despite my general admiration* … Continue reading
“What scientific idea is ready for retirement?”
That’s the 2014 annual question posted on the website edge.org. (Previous Edge questions include “What is your dangerous idea?” (2006) and “What questions are you asking yourself?” (1998).) As we explain in our post of 8.31.14, we would retire Richard Dawkins’s evolutionary … Continue reading
Happy fourth anniversary, Retraction Watch
Originally posted on Retraction Watch:
Yesterday was our fourth birthday. We published our first post, “Why write a blog about retractions?” on August 3, 2010, and the anniversary seems as good a time as any to review where we’ve been.…
Will LeBron win another NBA championship?
Put another way, if you had to wager your money on this question, would you bet on the Cleveland Cavaliers, or would you bet the field? (Yeah, that’s what we thought.) By the way, while we’re on the subject of #23, what’s … Continue reading
Laboratory Life, B. Latour & S. Woolgar (1979)
Originally posted on A Fine Theorem:
Let’s do one more post on the economics of science; if you haven’t heard of Latour and the book that made him famous, all I can say is that it is 30% completely crazy…
prior probability 