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Comment on Cereal by Jessica

Jessica — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 23:38:14 +0000

I’m digging the bear….

Comment on Curiosity by gowithgravity

gowithgravity — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 19:38:32 +0000

At the very edge of tested science, ethics are pretty much all you have. If you’re running the finest experiment in the world, it’s very easy to fake data that nobody else can check. Worse, for the slightly more ethical, it’s very easy to delude yourself into finding whatever it is you want to find. For the paranoid, preventing self-delusion is a one way ticket to mild insanity.

The best available solution is, of course, to do blind experiments. Some experiments are more easily blinded than others.

My focus in the post above was, at least in part, ethics. Where humans and science interact, there will always be ethical questions. There are definite rewards for making the first claim on a discovery, but the claim must be fully vetted before being presented, not rushed out the door to fend off a competitor.

Comment on Curiosity by westwood

westwood — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 02:45:52 +0000

Hear hear!

But then this begins to be about ethics, and not science, since science itself does not dictate the purpose behind its methodology.

Comment on Trump by gowithgravity

gowithgravity — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 05:51:16 +0000

It would seem so. I’d originally hoped that merely freezing some snow to the ski for him to stand on would be sufficient. The snow didn’t really work for an efficient stride on the up (he waddled right off the ski), nor did it provide sufficient security in variable snow on the down (rapid transitions to downhill belly sliding).

Comment on Trump by Sarah

Sarah — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 20:23:26 +0000

Does he need ski boots?

Comment on Scenery by Sarah

Sarah — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 23:21:54 +0000

A bear!

Bear! Bear! Bear!

Comment on Rules by gowithgravity

gowithgravity — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 22:57:19 +0000

A little remorse, some brooding, and some generalized thought. I need to remind myself sometimes…

Comment on Rules by Sarah

Sarah — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 20:10:39 +0000

Adams remorse? Kill-Bill-inspired self-inventory?

Late-night brooding?

Comment on Larch by gowithgravity

gowithgravity — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 03:01:43 +0000

I’ve not spent much time chasing them (it was part of the goal this weekend), though they’re definitely the brightest of the northwest’s fall color. Glad to happen upon a favorite!

[This just led down the pathway to learning yet again that evolutionary pathways are complicated.]

Comment on Larch by Sarah

Sarah — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:59:50 +0000

Larix laricina: one of the few deciduous conifers.
Back East, we call them tamarack–and they’re my favorite tree.

Beautiful picture.