November 2008
21 posts
Glad to see some shitty reviews for Outliers. The major problem for me with Gladwell (and Freakonomics, Wisdom of Crowds, Long Tail, and their ilk), is that none of their conjectures are actually verifiably true. Interesting yes, but not true. Whenever these pop-sciencey writers touch on something I actually know about, their lack of research, lack of understanding, and huge gaps in logic become...
If I was a researcher at Wake Forest, I would be a tad peeved about the blizzard of publicity for today’s “world first” stem cell coated donor transplant. Wake Forest have been making bladders, and a bunch of different complex organs for some time, and transplanting them. The only catch is they don’t use anything from a cadaveric donor to make the new organ. e.g this...
WatchEpisode 1 of cult fishing show “Fishing with John”, starring Jim Jarmusch.
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Griffin Technology: Clarifi
Some Words of the Day:
Shatranj - a precursor to chess
Bambakion - Byzantine leather pants
Buskins - open toed boots, or liturgical stockings
Peridot - (Mg, Fe)2SiO4
Mezair - a movement in which the horse makes a series of short jumps forward while standing on its hind legs
Capriole - an upward leap made by a horse without going forward and with a backward kick of the hind legs at the height of the leap
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