What I Already Knew
Writing in “Cognitive Scientists Debunk Learning-Style Theories” (Inside School Research Blog on Education Week, December 17, 2009, 9:47 AM), Debra Viaderosays: Writing in the journal …
Logic
Induction, Economics and More
In the Introduction to A Treatise on Political Economy the author, Jean-Baptiste Say (1767-1832), makes some insightful comments on all science: I.1 A SCIENCE only …
Finding Libraries At Which To Study: It’s Easy
Thank goodness for the Internet — and the mathematics, physics, and reasoning that made it possible, and that continue to refine and improve it. How …
Introducing Ardi, Ancestor of Lucy
In “Before Lucy came Ardi, new earliest hominid found” (Yahoo News, Thu Oct 1, 6:33 pm ET), Randolph E. Schmid says: The story of humankind is reaching back another …
The Power of Concepts
In “Tiny parasite may have done in mighty T. rex” (Chicago Tribune, September 30, 2009), William Mullen writes: CHICAGO – Sue – the biggest, meanest, …
Rejecting the Non-Existent
There is a great deal one can learn about logic and objectivity from mathematics. It is a very important subject to study. In Elementary Mathematical …
Poetry of Parmenides
The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy has some fragments of the (philosophic) poetry of Parmenides, with philosophic commentary. They say about Parmenides: Parmenides of Elea, active …
An Anecdote on Science and the Importance of Context
In “Why Raindrops Fall in Different Sizes” (Live Science, 23 July 2009, 09:56 am ET), Senior Writer Andrea Thompson says: Instead, by analyzing high-speed movies …
Fats, Rats, and People
In “High-Fat Diets Are Bad For You? I Smell A Rat” (“Fat Head” Blog, August 20, 2009), Tom Naughton writes about a recent pseudo-scientific study: …
How Not to Teach Science — And the Only Antidote
Teresa Bondora, owner of How to Teach Science (HT2S), says: Science is not like math, which is progressive. In math we teach the simple concepts …