by Tom | Mar 24, 2010 | Science
Nice thinking about how to deal with uncertainty in science and theory. I wonder if we shouldn’t just show lots of error bars. People would get a high/low/guesstimate presentation, I think.
by Tom | Mar 24, 2010 | Science
Good arguments in the article: move to a publish then filter model from a filter then publish one. Why? Peer review needn’t catch all good papers or weed out all bad, it panders to the bias of the reviewers and doesn’t have much upside for science. I need...
by Tom | Mar 19, 2010 | Reading, Science, Tech
Lots to digest on computer games at the moment. Some factoids to peruseThere are more players playing Farmville on Facebook (not me, not yet, anyhow) than there are active on Twitter.Active online gamers have put in 10,000 hours of play by the time they are 21. This...
by Tom | Mar 19, 2010 | Reading, Science, Tech
Nice skit with Sarah Palin discussing quantum mechanics: the idea of creating quick movies with avatars reading your text is neat. More seriously, here are some serious thoughts on the LHC:They had magnets worth more than some countries’ GDP (over $1bn) hanging...
by Tom | Mar 17, 2010 | Reading, Science
George Monbiot writes a depressing article based on evidence that exposing opposed groups of people to scientific evidence that answers their disagreement is likely to polarise them even further. My paraphrase: “Yes, whatever you say, but that’s what does...
by Tom | Mar 17, 2010 | Reading, Science
While innovation might look like step change development from the outside, it is often driven by incremental improvements in the fields concerned. Is it possible to filter out / focus on the areas where step change innovations could be designed and thus bypass the...
