An interesting article for Earth Day. http://www.uctc.net/access/30/Access%2030%20-%2002%20-%20Horse%20Power.pdf I'm not sure where I found this but I dedicate it to any polution obsessed readers...
All models need to be checked for assumptions and integrity. Some models are so complex that it is hard for even the "designer" of the model to determine if it is flawed or not. Then one needs to...
Wait, so the most ethical meat is roadkill? Dagnabit, I had a hankering for some mahi mahi, but it will be pretty hard to arrange for Flipper to become roadkill.
Briggs, speaking of Jean Shepherd http://jeanshepherdpodcast.blogspot.com/ I used to listen to Shepherd every night when I was a kid on a transistor radio under my pillow. Alas, I fell asleep mos...
Scotian: Lenin's birthday, eh? But did you know that the people who re-invented both nietzsche and marx for Japanese consumption were known as The Kyoto Group? The primary there was one Tanabe Ha...
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Earth Day and Lenin's birthday are probably coincidental, but the incidents in Waco and Oklahoma City occurred on nearly the same day. There seems to be something about the warming weather that g...
Surprisingly on topic, I think... After the previous post comments mentioned Marching Morons, I read and realized MM (at least the genesis of the problem) is kinda/sorta (maybe) parallel to Ayn R...
Not exactly on point, but a useful reference before I forget to introduce it later at a more opportune time: Here's the link to the MOST PRESTIGIOUS JOURNAL IN THE WORLD (based on acceptance rate...
Scotian: Thanks for the link - I had just seen Lenin's BD mentioned on Real Science Glad you investigated further, that really is a hoot. It really is remarkable that the first was Lenin's Centen...
You mean Lenin's Birthday? To be fair I will post a link to dismiss the correlation: http://environment.about.com/od/earthday/a/earth_day_and_lenin.htm It's a hoot. It reminds me of the overheate...
Briggs and Soon Godspeed
Matt, Rand's long fiction is very difficult to plow through. However, there is an excellent, quick and easy read, devoid of the wooden characterizations, that encapsulates her philosophy and obse...