On the PhD Glut. (via Zeeb)

That path looks less and less appealing the more I think about it.

Thank you, Randall. Someone had to do this. The only part he leaves implicit is that we've been iterating this algorithm so frequently that we've developed an intuition for it that looks superficially like magic.

Has the euphoria worn off yet? (Via Patri.)

Via Brad, yet another grab-bag of medical voodoo rituals. None of this will surprise any of my enlightened long-term readership, though the stuff about antibiotic abuse struck me as especially noteworthy. It would be interesting to know if there were correlations between their use and subsequent immune disorders or uncommon infections, which would ( Read more... )

This op-ed and this data make for a nice juxtaposition. Bwahahaha . . .

Unexpectedly, this.

(Current priority: spend a few days with my grandparents, because there really won't be that many chances left.)

Henceforth, all epic science-y posts will appear on ratiocinator.org, starting with the long-awaited part IV of my ongoing jihad against plant-eating exposition of the origins of diseases in modern diets. I opened this journal as a scratchpad initially, and it's best kept that way. Here will continue to be poetry, personal ramblings, half-formed ( Read more... )

Dear Barry & Dems,

This.

Cordially,
nyuanshin

The second thing you usually notice about libertarian types is that they tend to have above-average intelligence. The first thing you notice is that they like to argue. A lot. I've been slowly gravitating for quite a while now toward the idea that if they pooled all the hours wasted on advocacy and put them instead toward freedom-enhancing ( Read more... )

1000x yes.