[Signal boosts are awesome! --L.]
- Skepticism (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
- …This essay will focus on the general forms of skepticism that question our knowledge in many, if not all, domains in which we ordinarily think knowledge is possible. Although this essay will consider some aspects of the history of philosophical skepticism, the general forms of skepticism to be discussed are those which contemporary philosophers still find the most interesting…
- John Medina, Ph.D.: Why You Shouldn’t Praise Your Child’s Intelligence (VIDEO)
- More than 30 years of study show that children raised in growth-mindset homes consistently outscore their fixed-mindset peers in academic achievement.
- Arkansas School Board Member Resigns Over Anti-Gay Comments | Gay Rights | Change.org
- The Human Rights Campaign, which broke the story, said that they're glad McCance made the decision to resign, but that the meanness and violence at the root of McCance's statements still needs to be addressed in the Midland community, and all across this country…
"What remains troubling is that Mr. McCance focused his regret on particular word choices not the animus behind those words. We hope he will take this time to reflect not only on the language he used but on what he can do to make the lives of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning young people better.”
- Your Next Computer May Be Made of Water
- [and graphene]
- Wednesday Geek Woman: Rosalind Franklin | Geek Feminism Blog
- …Franklin was responsible for producing the X-Ray diffraction images that Crick and Watson used to describe the double helical structure and size of DNA. She essentially discovered the shape of DNA, and wrote many papers which were never published. When her work was published as a series of three DNA articles, it was published last, giving most of the credit and attention to Crick and Watson’s work …
- Dead folks voting? At least one’s still alive | Elections | Wichita Eagle
- Republican Kris Kobach, who has built his campaign for Secretary of State around the issue of voter fraud, raised the specter of the dead voting in Kansas…
He gave an example of one person — Alfred K. Brewer … had died in 1996 yet had voted in the August primary, Kobach said.
Reached Thursday at his home where he was raking leaves, Brewer, 78, was surprised some people thought he was dead.
"I don't think this is heaven, not when I'm raking leaves," he said.
[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.]
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