Archive for the ‘Science’ Category
Quote of the day
Posted by: gimster on: August 17, 2009
- In: Ethics| Science
- 2 Comments
“Nothing that you do in science is guaranteed to result in benefits for mankind. Any discovery, I believe, is morally neutral, and it can be turned either to constructive or destructive ends. That’s not the fault of science”
- Dr. Arthur W. Galston, whose research led to the creation of Agent Orange; via the Stuff You [...]
Obama reverses Bush policy on stem cell science
Posted by: gimster on: March 30, 2009
Standing on the shoulders of giants
Posted by: gimster on: April 27, 2007
I first got to know of this phrase as part of a quotation from Isaac Newton and I’ve actually posted it as one of my quotes of the day. You’ll find on Wikipedia many contemporary references to the phrase; the dialogue session I attended today reminded me of it.
It was a dialogue session between some [...]
Quote of the day
Posted by: gimster on: February 22, 2007
- In: Culture| Philosophy| Science| The arts
- 1 Comment
Where the world ceases to be the stage for personal hopes and desires, where we, as free beings, behold it in wonder, to question and to contemplate, there we enter the realm of art and science. If we trace out what we behold and experience through the language of logic, we are doing science; if [...]
Quote of the day
Posted by: gimster on: February 8, 2007
‘If we can’t criticize religion anymore, there will be no women’s rights, no birth control and no gay rights.’
Philippe Val, publisher of French magazine Charlie Hebdo, which reprinted the Danish cartoons that provoked a Muslim backlash a year ago
Source: Time.com
Russians
Posted by: gimster on: September 25, 2006
In Europe and America,
There’s a growing feeling of hysteria
Conditioned to respond to all the threats
In the rhetorical speeches of the Soviets
Mr. Krushchev said we will bury you
I don’t subscribe to this point of view
It would be such an ignorant thing to do
If the Russians love their children too
How can I save [...]
Quote of the day
Posted by: gimster on: July 31, 2006
If I have seen further [than certain other men] it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants.
Isaac Newton (1642–1727).
Letter to Robert Hooke,
February 5, 1675.
With reference to his dependency on
Galileo’s and Kepler’s work
in physics and astronomy.
Science, scepticism and orthodoxy
Posted by: gimster on: July 6, 2006
- In: Philosophy| Science
- 1 Comment
What is the process of knowledge construction in science? This little bit of Q&A found on BBC’s Web site, which follows up on an episode of Horizon on ‘global dimming‘, gives us a glimpse. The answer is written by the producer of the BBC Two science documentary series.
Q: Are scientists often sceptical of findings that [...]
Survey and questionnaire design resources
Posted by: gimster on: May 23, 2006
Resources for Project Work
Concise guides
Leung, Wai-Ching. Conducting a survey. Student British Medical Journal
Leung, Wai-Ching. How to design a questionnaire. Student British Medical Journal
Something more extensive, in Word document format
Walonick, David S. (2004) Designing and Using Questionnaires. Statpac
Or you can view sections of the document online by clicking the appropriate links on this Web page.
Demographic [...]
Teflon, Aspartame and other health scares
Posted by: gimster on: May 20, 2006
- In: Science
- 2 Comments
I've heard people I know commenting on the dangers of Teflon or Aspartame lately. Aspartame was recently discussed in a Straits Times article as a case for skepticism towards scientific research by Andy Ho. At least two other locals have blogged about it: in this blog post and this one. (I like the meta-skepticism in [...]
Quote of the day
Posted by: gimster on: April 22, 2006
Knowing what to measure and how to measure it makes a complicated world much less so. If you learn how to look at data in the right way, you can explain riddles that otherwise might have seemed impossible. Because there is nothing like the sheer power of numbers to scrub away the layers of confusion [...]
‘The Bible tells me so’
Posted by: gimster on: April 22, 2006
This must be yet another one of those misleading headlines some newspapers slap on their articles to get the readers' attention. While bloghopping, I found a reproduction of this Times Online article with the headline – Catholic Church no long swears by the truth of the Bible – published on 5 October last year. The [...]
An evolutionary explanation of religion
Posted by: gimster on: March 21, 2006
A review of Daniel Dennett’s The Belief Trap on Slate. http://www.slate.com/id/2137743/
The article discusses a few key ideas regarding religion: the definition of religion and a boundary between science (or pure reason) and religion (or morality) as a part of the ‘intellectual protocol’ that has existed since the 18th century.
The definition of religion is a concept many students would fumble on [...]
‘Do our first three years of life determine how we’ll turn out?’
Posted by: gimster on: March 12, 2006
Found myself reading the blog of the author of Blink!, which you might have read or seen lying around at bookshops lately.
This post is not about the book (which I have not read). But Malcolm Gladwell is a staff writer with The New Yorker magazine. And he maintains an archive of his New Yorker articles [...]
Diet Dilemma: How to Decode the Hype
Posted by: gimster on: March 9, 2006
The article
Read to find out about the conflict between scientific research and the media
The Existence of God
Posted by: gimster on: March 8, 2006
Why I Believe in the Existence of God
Is it politically incorrect to announce that you’re an atheist? The term free thinker sounds nice in itself, but what does it imply of those with religious beliefs then?
Major Religions of the World Ranked by Number of Adherents - a pie chart
Famous scientists who believed in God
Couldn’t find the [...]
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