The boundary between science … [read full article]
Basically, publish or perish is a result of a “market based” method of science. Instead, as each of the sciences and methods within operate at their own speeds, they should each be allowed to operate at their own natural working rhythms. Basically.
Basically, publish or perish … [read full article]
Oh how fun. This week in Philosophy of Science (which I think might be the final “lesson” week), one of the people we’ll be covering is Isabelle Stengers, who came up with the idea of Slow Science. I recognize her name because she worked with Ilya Prigogine on chaos theory / complexity. But I never studied her directly I don’t think. I was hoping we’d cover some of these kinds of things in Philosophy of Science because to me this is where the really interesting questions come in.
Oh how fun. This … [read full article]
Ok. Now consider this: Each shop would serve a limited amount of people, distributed by zip codes. So, they’ll KNOW where everybody lives in the neighborhood. There will be income verification and people checks which will be relatively easy because the amount of people served is limited. Also, would any fraud be about? Food. Food at a discounted price. Food that will clearly be “social market” food. So how much markup resale value is there in social market food? And — you’re what? feeding people. Oh no, you fed a few more people who felt the need to slip in? Will that double the amount of people being served? Or will be be something like 5-15% overage? Every program accounts for a % of extra for various reasons. Lost stuff. fraud. theft. etc. So, no, I don’t see the need to chop anybody’s hands off for government cheese.
Ok. Now consider this:… [read full article]
sadly, the truth is more boring than fiction. Usually is. Tossed cigarettte. Lit can on fire. Fire ignited gas tank. *BOOM* Boring. Video proof. sorry
sadly, the truth is … [read full article]
well, those of us who have found DeSantis, the Florida Senate/House (only mildly more amusing since they began turning their collective Republican backs on him in his lame-duck era) annoying like a mosquito, have mostly been waiting for his term(s) to end. Same story has been dragging on for way too long – I think it’s six years now? seven? and it’s really super old and moldy. I don’t get into discussions about HOW he won the last election but it’s in the same family as how Kemp won … ’cause what’s the point. Just waiting it out.
well, those of us … [read full article]
Instead of knee-jerk reacting though, consider what might be different first.
Instead of knee-jerk reacting … [read full article]
i’m like that. i REALLY don’t like watching videos unless i have to. For me it’s impatience. sometimes people speak too slowly or too quickly or i can’t hear them, or they’re full of too much dramatic hype… etc. Even in my classes; I have one professor that doesn’t provide transcripts for his videos. So through some trial and error I figured out how to get the closed caption file from the video frame source. (I search for the words “media_tracks” and it’s the 2nd one that’s a url and that’s the webvtt (captions). From there I put it into an AI and ask for an outline. THEN I’ll watch the video but at 2x because I know the ‘gist’ of what he’s gonna be talking about. I hate being led along, I think that’s what it is. Little bits and pieces on a video where I’m supposed to pay close attention to what they’re saying….
i’m like that. i … [read full article]