Tag Archives: Politics

538Refugees Twitter Account

Posted on February 4, 2011 by Monotreme

Mr. Universe has set up a new Twitter account for the 538Refugees blog: @538refugees (naturally). For those already using Twitter, please follow this account. We’ll try to push you a link every time a new article is posted, so you can … Continue reading →

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Made It, Ma! Top of the World!

Posted on January 10, 2011 by Monotreme

Jordan Ellenberg has a great article up on Slate on “The Mathematics of Narcissism.” There are two related themes running through it. One theme surrounds the overhaul of the current Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition Revised (DSM … Continue reading →

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Arsenic and Old Wounds

Posted on December 10, 2010 by Monotreme

In the olden days of yore, science was taught as a guild craft. Knowledge about essential procedures, and about the interpersonal politics of science, were passed down from advisor to student in much the same way that ancient guilds passed … Continue reading →

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Is It Just Me?

Posted on November 20, 2010 by filistro

It’s very difficult in retrospect to track any kind of gradual evolution, either in nature or in human events. One can have a sense of things changing and landscapes altering subtly over time, but there is seldom some kind of … Continue reading →

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