Category: science
virtue and vice in massive “anaytics”: is the scientific method obsolete?
I came across a link posted by @urbandata on Twitter asking the question, “Does ‘big data’ make the scientific method obsolete?” My immediate response before clicking the link was, “I sure hope not.” After reading the article, I think it may be a bit more complex than that, but stand by my original impression. The…
can “technology organization(s) with trucks” save us from ourselves?
while reading my feedly sources last night, a suggestion to follow a blog called Green OR popped up. “green” and “operations research” are two of my favorite terms, so of course i clicked on their timeline. you should definitely check out ian frommer’s blog when you can. the very first post up discusses the role…
the “energy of innovation”
GWU’s Frank Sesno hosts Planet Forward’s special episode on “The Energy of Innovation.” I found this especially encouraging, and even had the Lakers game on mute while I was listening. I was even able to convince another resident that we should not increase the volume on the game in our apartment building’s club room, while…
evidence synthesis: calling technology’s bluff
“We all want our views to be based on truth, and many of us look to science to provide truth. But the truth is not always convenient, and rarely is it convenient for everyone… This is particularly true in the domain of environmental policy.” -Naomi Oreskes in “Science and public policy: What’s proof got to…
#28
OK. Some professional scientists need to leave grad school and undergrad behind. What could any professional scientist be thinking that would make him arrange a stripping routine as official conference entertainment? It is an event like this that can help people realize why more diversity in science is necessary. Can people who would sanction a…