From The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can’t Stand Positive Thinking, which I am reading now. Excellent book.
Goals Gone Wild
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Monthly Archives: February 2014
Too many books
In Church this morning some announced that there was a group being formed to read and discuss the recent book Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth. I have heard good things about this and my first reaction was Sure, I should get the book, read it, and join the group. My second thought was Wait a minute, I am reading several books already. My third thought was Just how many books am I reading now? So I made a list. Here it is, in no particular order or organization:
Arizona State Senator Says He Opposes Common Core Because…
It has been cold and snowy here in Minnesota, but ….
2013 Is the Fourth Hottest Year on Record
Believe It Or Not, Last Month Was One Of The Hottest Januaries Ever Recorded
While the United States of America is a big country, its total extent is only about 2% of the Earth’s total surface area. Our local fluctuations do not mean much for the overall global totals.
Suicide Wave? Not really, just a consequence of innumeracy
MathBabe looked at JPMorgan suicide is 3rd mysterious death in weeks. The result is a clear debunking using simple mathematics: JP Morgan suicides and the clustering illusion
Apparently nobody at the New York Post thought about making this simple calculation.
Americans, Politics, and Science
Most Americans reject young-earth creationism. But the share of Republicans who believe that humans evolved fell from 54% in 2009 to 43% last year. Democrats, do not look so smug: your lot are likelier to believe in UFOs, ghosts and astrology. Also, that the moon landings were faked, that the CIA introduced crack to inner cities and that America’s government conspired in the September 11th attacks. It’s enough to make an ape weep.
Also see Majority of young adults think astrology is a science
Monday Night Irish Class, February 10, 2014
Irish Class, February 10, 2014
Rang Gaeilge, 10ú lá mí Feabhra 2014
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Maidhc Dainín Ó Sé #4 — I Sears Roebuck
Feline Physicist
In UR bibliography checking UR citations
I read about this paper many years ago in Physics Today, where there was also a comment from Hetherington’s wife: She said she slept with both authors.
Sir Francis Walsingham
Monday Night Irish Class, February 3, 2014
Irish Class, February 3, 2014
Rang Gaeilge, 3ú lá mí Feabhra 2014
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From Hilbert Space to Dilbert Space, and beyond 