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
It is always a tough decision when to start a research project. The research question is often obvious for a long time but when should you go for it? Or continue waiting if somebody else is doing all this work and write Continue reading Lazy option is best
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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
If computers don’t lie, here are some stats for 2007: I read Continue reading Baut Eure Städte an den Vesuv
I have seen the first user looking here for the BMJ Christmas edition already 2 weeks ago — clearly the annual highlight in the biomedical world since 2000. But only today, the 2007 issue is being online. As a former recumbent owner, I can assure you that Professor Shuster’s observation is correct. Even with my folding bike in the Munich S-Bahn I get many responses from the public, usually technical questions by men but also price inquiries by women. Continue reading Punch line
It took me nearly one hour to locate also this series of pictures on the net after having seen them recently in the talk of a Spanish colleague.
Yes, there are also more serious comments for example in the Behavioural Issues Blog Continue reading Why men die earlier
Sorry, I have no permission to reproduce any of the photos here but you can check the links below for some cod liver oil photos
nightmare | double use | evil woman.
They sentenced me to twenty years of boredom
For trying to change the system from within
I’m coming now, I’m coming to reward them
First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin
I’m guided by a signal in the heavens
I’m guided by this birthmark on my skin
I’m guided by the beauty of our weapons
First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin…
(thanks to Leonard Cohen for a true science motto
No, I am not converting to ZEN habits – my Ipaq is down for unknown reasons. No phone list, no todos, no calendar! To keep on working, I decided Continue reading A poor man`s organizer
Don´t confuse me with Science of the Surf Continue reading Science of the surf
From an email that I received today:
while open access has provided the scientific community with broader accessibility, little seems to have been done to make better use of the on-line content. We are trying to address this shortcoming through pubcasts. Pubcasts are 5-10 minute video clips which are integrated with the contents of the open access paper.
I agree with the observation that Open Access hasn´t been very innovative so far in technical terms. On the other hand I feel that my job is less about marketing than development. Are you climbing on this bandwagon? Continue reading Look here
Getting the right expression is not always easy if you are thinking in a different language. “Borrowing good English” as confessed now by a Turkish scientist is therefore understandable. Best regards to Mark Twain from an awful German language speaker.
Theodor Fontane is characterizing Adolf Menzel:
Gaben, wer hätte sie nicht.
Talent, Spielzeug für Kinder.
Erst der Ernst macht den Mann,
Erst der Fleiß das Genie.Skills, everyone has quids.
Talents, toys of the kids.
Seriousness makes a man,
dilligence the genius span.
sorry for my translation ;-)
It seems that Google has several interesting books that may be downloaded if you are using a proxy located somewhere in the U.S. A. It is quite interesting to see that there are many more books out there than I thought before:
Most interesting is certainly the 1880 2nd edition of Blackley’s “Hay fever” Continue reading Historical research on hayfever
Munich has a long tradition (“Münchner Lach und Schiessgesellschaft“) of doing political comedy, known as “Kabarett” . Yesterday evening we have been in Schwabing’s “Lustpielhaus” to see Hagen Rether. Excellent, I would not have to write a science blog if I could earn my money by entertaining people on such a level …
