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The Heartland Institute: Comically Ignorant Poop Factory or Greedy Lying Dumbasses?
Ignorance is the fifth horseman of the apocalypse. In many ways it should be the main one, seeing as it is ignorance that is the root cause of so much of the evils assigned to the better-known four. I am not of … Continue reading
The Well Written Geologist part 2 – Walter Alvarez
I’ll being by stating the obvious, that I want to learn the old Italian songs that the geologists like to sing in the evening. My first GSA was in 1997, I was an undergraduate and it was my first time … Continue reading
The Well Written Geologist part 1 – Hans Cloos
There is a ton of great outdoors and nature writing. I’ve been slowing working my way through National Geographic’s list of the 100 best adventure books of all time, for example (not in order), and books like A Beast the … Continue reading
Teaching Climate Change – part 2, readings and discussions
To read part 1 of my teaching climate change series, which deals with my overall philosophy and course outline click here. To read part 3, which deals with the online resources I used for the class, click here. The original climate … Continue reading
Brian Greene in the NY Times
The better half and I just returned from vacation this week (contrary to the comment I recently received, the blog break has not been NSF-induced, but rather from an incredible week + vacationing.) I am adjusting to the time and … Continue reading
Slate Articles and Michael Pollan
Not too long ago I blogged about Michael Pollan’s book The Omnivore’s Dilemma. If you’ve read my review you know that in general I thought it was a very well written and argued book. Pollan has a new book out, … Continue reading
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The Omnivore’s Dilemma – Review
Michael Pollan’s The Omnivore’s Dilemma is a book about food. That might sound simple, but when I say “about food” I mean about all aspects of food: production, consumption, evolution, emotion, health, community, enviroment, and philosophy. What Pollan set out … Continue reading
And So It Goes, R.I.P Kurt Vonnegut
Author Kurt Vonnegut died last night at the age of 84. In memorium and related to my last post, the following quote can easily be adapted to our discussion of reviews of scientific papers Any reviewer who expresses rage and … Continue reading
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Thermochronic Book Club #1 – T.Rex and the Crater of Doom by Walter Alvarez
A while ago I blogged about how I would be challenging myself to read and blog about 5 popular science books over the course of the next year. I solicited suggestions, set a start date, and then, dropped the ball. … Continue reading
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