Monthly Archives: November 2009

The Imprecision of Language in Science, especially Neuroscience

Posted on November 25, 2009 by

A friend recently sent me this nifty article. Here are some of my favorite snippets. On “knowledge”: “Knowing is not an activity of the brain but of human beings, and knowledge is not contained in the brain but in books … Continue reading →

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Real Time Web Woes

Posted on November 10, 2009 by

Yes, Paul Carr of TechCrunch is right in many ways… the real time web, and people powering it, can’t really handle the truth.   I’ve said in the past too.  The real time web is not going to last as a … Continue reading →

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Ft. Hood tragedy

Posted on November 5, 2009 by

It is a tragedy. And don’t mistake this for character problems or religion or any other mono cause. This is complex. Complex in action and analysis. More to synthesize later but I am not jumping to real time single causes.

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