Nature Science Update Mouse intelligence measured Rodent 'g' might reveal genes for intellect. 1 August 2003 HELEN PEARSON Some mice are cleverer than others,...
Desire and DNA: Is Promiscuity Innate? New Study Sharpens Debate on Men, Sex and Gender Roles By Shankar Vedantam Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, August...
I was a consultant to the DARPA project, and I heartily approve of it. A number of caveats. 1. It should be run as a test for a few years to see if it works or...
... -- Limiting the scope of a general claim diminishes its generality, thus making it less "lawlike", but the change is made precisely in order to preserve...
Fear May Be in the Genes Thu Jul 31, 7:01 PM ET Add Health - HealthDay to My Yahoo! By Merritt McKinney HealthDay Reporter (HealthDay is the new name for...
Rock of ages James Buchan on Stephen Baxter's portrait of the man who overthrew biblical geology, Revolutions in the Earth Saturday August 2, 2003 The Guardian...
... I think one must be aware of Dawkins' assumptions before one assumes the validity of his conclusions. Dawkins tends to assume nonexistent distinctions: ...
Yes. Now all that's needed is one unequivocal case, independently observable, in which both "situational factors" are unquestionably in effect. PRG In a...
... If I understand you correctly here, that means that winners get 10% more than they otherwise would have won, but losers get no advantage. Why is this...
Being a big, macho male does not always impress the fairer sex. Contrary to commonly accepted theory, the females of some species are partial to weedier ...
... Because only a fool will spend time and resources to play a zero sum game, except for fun. The stock market is not a zero sum game. ... The market could...
Jeremy Bowman But in any case, how certain or uncertain we are about a claim's truth is a different thing altogether from its being true. If it is true, then...
... This is an example of a deductive argument that you would agree is fallacious: If a man has two feet then he therefore has two legs. Fred has two legs. ...
... Surely the world is full of beings, human and otherwise, who play zero-sum games in deadly earnest? Surely the relationship between (say) the USA and al...
A government supporting a betting forum on acts of violence is the most bizarre, stupid, thing I have heard for a long time (though in the last week I read of...
Back to basics Robert McCrum Sunday August 3, 2003 The Observer How many stories are there to tell in the world? One school of thought holds that there are...
New York Times July 29 2003 'Hatred': When Bad People Do Bad Things By MELVIN KONNER Hatred: The Psychological Descent Into Violence. By Willard Gaylin. 261...
Back to basics Robert McCrum Sunday August 3, 2003 The Observer How many stories are there to tell in the world? One school of thought holds that there are...
Having spent about 20 years of my life defending scientific realism against confusion of various kinds, I don't want to spend too much more time on it. My main...
... It is non-zero-sum, since resources are not simply transferred, some are destroyed. You can call it a "negative-sum game." ... The race track is also...
... It certainly is. ... "The baseball" is just another name for "the set of molecules that comprise the baseball". To throw the baseball is to throw its ...
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Irwin Silverman
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Aug 4, 2003 6:23 am
On Sun, 3 Aug 2003, Robert Karl Stonjek wrote: << I think most physicists believe they are searching for models which accurately reflect nature. The...
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Schmitt, David
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Aug 4, 2003 6:24 am
Dear Colleagues, As a corrective to recent media reports, I once again would like to point out that, contrary to the Washington Post piece and other news...
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George Parrish
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Aug 4, 2003 6:24 am
It seems to me that Robin Whittle and others flamed the idea of betting futures on bad events because they believe it is either immoral or stupid. Those were...
Apologies if this book notice has already been posted. Yesterday amazon.com had one left in stock; today it says the book is not yet released. In fact mine ...
