The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Why It Is Time to Clean the Augean Stables of Climate Science Lying for the Cause? by FRANKLIN C. SPINNEY, Counterpunch, 27 February 2012 (Note: This differs slightly from the original because I have corrected a few typos and grammatical errors and added one short clarifying string of words in [ ]’s.) On 24 …
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Complexity and Reflexivity Papers presented at the Washington Academy of Sciences Washington, DC, March 31-April 1, 2012 UPDATED 24 Feb to post all links Conceptions of Complexity and Implications for Economics Stuart Umpleby, The George Washington University, Washington, DC Experiments in Reflexive Inquiry Kent Myers, Associate, Booz Allen Hamilton Conceptual Difficulties and Pragmatic Responses to …
“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” (AC Clarke) My pal David Pescovitz at the Institute for the Future blogged recently about the IFTF “Multiverse of Exploration Map,” an overview of the six big stories of science that will play out over the next decade: Decrypting the Brain, Hacking Space, Massively Multiplayer Data, Sea …
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Researchers revolt against Elsiever Testify: The Open-Science Movement Catches Fire David Dobbs WIRED, 30 January 2012 For years, the open science movement has sought to light a fire about the “closed” journal-publication system. In the last few weeks their efforts seemed to have ignited a broader flame, driven mainly, it seems, by the revelation that …
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From a perspective of elementary epistemology, the difference between practice of religion and practice of science is really quite simple: in religion, one changes one’s observations about reality to fit one’s conception or model of reality ; in science, one changes one’s model of reality to fit one’s observations about reality. At the heart of …
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Koko Sign: Transparency good. Scary science, national security, and open-source research Maggie Koerth-Baker BoingBoing, 13 January 2012 I’ve been following the story about the scientists who have been working to figure out how H5N1 bird flu might become transmissible from human to human, the controversial research they used to study that question, and the federal …
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WHAT: Second Order Science WHEN: Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2012, 5:30 – 8:00 p.m. While Café Scientifique events are usually held on the first Tuesday of each month, please note that this event will take place on the second Tuesday due to the holiday. WHERE: The Front Page restaurant, near Ballston Metro. Located at 4201 Wilson …
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