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Joke, Theology

Edge Question wrong

Here comes the second comment on the Annual Edge Question 2008.

When thinking changes your mind, that’s philosophy.
When God changes your mind, that’s theology.
When facts change your mind, that’s science.
What have you changed your mind about? Why?

I would have done it in a different way: Continue reading Edge Question wrong →

 

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Philosophy, Theology

In memory of Peter Lipton

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I have been asked to give an evening lecture about science and religion here at a local congregation. At the first moment, I did not want to do that, but finally promised to take up this challenge – there are so many heroes where I could get some inspiration. I remember having read a wonderful paper by an author but could not recall his name. Continue reading In memory of Peter Lipton →

 

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Joke

thcs n phrmctcl cmpns

Thr r stll tw rmrkbl pcs frm th lst yr hr n my dsk – n s bk rvw by Dr. Jrm Kssrr (th frmr NJM dtr) nd th scnd s bt bk by Dr. Rchrd Smth (th frmr BMJ dtr – s nly Dr. Rchrd Hrtn frm th Lnct s mssng frm ths lst f th mst nflntl mdcl dtrs drng th pst dcd).
Wht mks m wndr tht bth dtrs hv rthr crtcl ccnt n phrmctcl thcs. Dr. Kssrr s wrtng n pn Mdcn Continue reading thcs n phrmctcl cmpns →

 

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Genetics

PDF rename based on Zotero entry

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Here is a tool that will automatically rename the most recently downloaded PDF with the most recently entered Zotero entry. You may call it directly from the browser by setting a link in the toolbar to file:///c:/system/test.000 while setting the file association for 000 in the Content tab to the location of ZoteroRename.exe.

ZoteroRename.zip includes the source perl script including a compiled windows version.
|wj_ZoteroRename.txt|

 

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Genetics

Don’t ask for salary

Here is what the University of Cologne published recently

An der Medizinischen Fakultät der Universität zu Köln ist unter den Voraussetzungen des § 36 des Hochschulfreiheitsgesetzes des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen baldmöglichst eine W 2-Professur für Theorie und Ethik des Gesundheitsmanagements zu besetzen. Die Bewerbung setzt voraus, dass sich die Bewerberin / der Bewerber gleichzeitig bei der DFG um eine Heisenberg-Professur bewirbt. Die Berufung erfolgt dann vorbehaltlich der Bewilligung der Heisenberg-Professur nach den Richtlinien der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft. Eine Zwischenevaluierung nach drei Jahren ist vorgesehen und entscheidend für die Üernahme in den Etat der Hochschule nach fünf Jahren.

It says that can try to get a salary from the German Science Association which will be honored in turn by a position at the medical faculty. When writing this post I did a typing error, writing slavery instead of salary, yea, yea.

 

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