This is water: focusing on what matters
David Foster Wallace. photo by Claudia Sherman
It’s unsatisfying to be told that college students are learning “how to
My all-time favorite scientific paper
Current events (E.O. Wilson saying that scientists don’t need to be good at math) give me a great
Keeping tabs on pseudo journals [retracted]
Update 10 March 2014: Since I published this post, I’ve been made aware of an alternative agenda in Jeffrey
Tribalism in the sciences: empiricists vs. theoreticians
In complex societies, tribes inevitably emerge when individuals with similarities band together, to promote and defend their own interests. I’
It’s horrible to be able to do research in your own lab
I can get a little jealous of people who have research systems in their labs, or do fieldwork nearby. You
A field course about ants this summer (some self-promotion)
Last year, a new field course on ants launched at the Southwestern Research Station, in Portal, AZ, USA called Ants
Science is real
I wish Richard Dawkins stuck to writing science books.
if you’re concerned that religion too often interferes with rationality
Consequences for those who assault our students
I gained an education about the politics of rape on college campuses while I was still an undergraduate, coincidentally during
Negotiating for reassigned time when writing a grant
Here’s a guiding principle: Don’t write a grant to do a project, if you don’t have the
Making the telephone less annoying
The phone has no respect for your time. Other means of communication happen on your own terms, but this only
