Proposed method for estimating how much a person has read using an electronic library

Introduction Many studies show that self-assessment is hard and often biased in a positive direction, i.e., people tend to overestimate themselves. Therefore, if one wants a correct self-assessment one needs…

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IQ (verbal and math) per university disiplin

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/2012/01/classicists-are-smart Not surpriesed to see fysisists as the smartest. Sumwot surpriesed to see filosofy students do soe wel. Espeshaly skoring hier verbal skors than linguists. Not surpriesed to see edukaeshon…

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Tenure, publish or perish etc.: reeding material

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenure http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publish_or_perish http://www.garfield.library.upenn.edu/essays/v14p380y1991.pdf http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Least_publishable_unit http://www.economist.com/node/8733754?story_id=8733754 http://chronicle.com/article/In-Defense-of-the-Least/44761 The Publishing Game Getting More for Less Fast science vs. slow science, or slow and steady wins the race I am poesting this, ofk,…

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