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The Lens On Measurement: Fish-eyed Or Wide?This is a musing spurred by a couple of experiences last week. I was reminded of the dissonance that can brew in any conversation about measurement — when people approach objectives from one fixed stance or another, stand on different playing fields, have different thresholds for testing an... |
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The Consumer Economy We Know And Love Is DeadPresident-elect Barack Obama won a historic election on a promise of “change.” James Howard Kunstler says Americans still have no idea just how big this change will be. He says we are heading into a “long emergency”, out of which a new, very different economy will emerge. ... |
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Is Nested Clade Analysis Worthwhile? [evolgen]Population biologists often want to infer the demographic history of the species they study. This includes identifying population subdivision, expansion, and bottlenecks. Genetic data sampled from multiple individuals can often be applied to study population structure. When phylogenetic metho... |
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Intellectual StandardsIs it too much to ask that a writer bemoaning their decline on the Right get his facts straight? Here's Mark Lilla: As Jane Mayer reported recently in the New Yorker ("The Insiders," Oct. 27, 2008), John McCain's choice was not a fluke, or a senior moment, or an act of desperation.... |
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Snapshots from A Better World by Design ConferenceMany thanks for this guest post just in from Ashley Thorfinnson and Sahar Ghaheri. Undergrads passionately conversing on leaf-littered lawns between rows of red brick buildings set an almost overly iconic stage for the learning and discovery at this weekend's A Better World by Design Confe... |
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Say no to RFK [Pharyngula]So far, rumors of the first two appointments by Obama leave me worried. Rahm? No, please — after campaigning on a slogan of "change", buying into one of the most deeply imbedded beltway insiders is not encouraging. Maybe there's some virtue in working with the Democratic establish... |
