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The Possibility of Social Science Fakery
There are many scandalous cases of physical scientists or medical researchers faking their data. E.g., Schon's plastics research , Ninov's "discovery" of krypton , Scott Reuben's faked medical trials , and many more. For anyone contemplating inventing their own data, it's a risk-reward ...
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Peer Review
Out of all the recent emails that were apparently hacked or leaked from a prominent laboratory in England ("Climategate," some are calling it), this one bothers me. It shows how "peer review" worked from the inside: From: Keith *** To: Edward *** Subject: Re: Review- confidential REALLY URGENT ...
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Cert petition in Massachusetts free speech case
stuartbuck.blogspot.com — My good friend and classmate Mark Rienzi, now of Catholic Univ. Law School, has just filed a... cert petition with the U.S. Supreme Court in a First Amendment case -- McCullen v. Coakley , No. 09-592 . The Supreme Court should grant cert, given the ... (more) Cert petition in Massachusetts free speech case
Krugman on Education
A recent Paul Krugman column made a puzzling assertion about education: The rise of American education was, overwhelmingly, the rise of public education — and for the past 30 years our political scene has been dominated by the view that any and all government spending is a waste of taxpayer ...
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Can Anybody Be A Genius? A Combined Book Review
This is a combined book review that I shopped around a while back: Anders Ericcson is now one of the most famous cognitive psychologists in the nation. Currently teaching at Florida State, Ericcson has spent his career pioneering the study of how experts become experts. He is particularly known ...
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More on Deas Vail
I've been a huge fan of Deas Vail since discovering them nearly 2 years ago. The best way to describe them would be this: indie pop-infused rock with soaring and haunting melodies sung by one of the best vocalists in rock. Having seen them three times in concert, I can say that they're far ...
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