Thoughts about: Criminology (11th ed., Siegel)
I never got thru the entire book. It is simply too boring, so i lack motivation to continue. However, here are my thoughts about the first ~200 pages, about a…
Reading material about: evidence-based policy
First read: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evidence-based_policy Then, Mad Cows and Ecstasy: Chance and Choice in an Evidence-Based Society by: Adrian F. M. Smith Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A (Statistics in…
Some thoughts about Richard Lynn
http://racialreality.blogspot.com/2010/03/richard-lynn-on-italian-iq.html Apparently sometimes either a sloppy or an intellectually dishonest writer. Check the links about manipulating data, and the cases of choice with samples seems doubtful. Still, there is no…
Dunning Kruger effect, again
It came to my attention that some other scientists had challenged the interpretation of Dunning Kruger. I read some abstracts. The challenge is legit. I then proceeded to look for…
Wiki links of interest
(got the idea from this guy) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formicophilia Formicophilia, a form of zoophilia, is the sexual interest in being crawled upon or nibbled by small insects, such as ants.[1][2] This paraphilia…
A modal fallacy in linguistics
I'm writing this piece as i have gotten rather tired of explaining this point over and over. Writing an article about it saves me time. The form of reasoning goes…
Thoughts about: A very short introduction to quantum theory (John Polkinghorne)
Quantum Theory - A Very Short Introduction I have recently been in some discussions about the interpretation of quantum mechanics and the potential consequences of those interpretations. My chief opponent…
Ebook: Graham Priest – Introduction to non-classical logic
I had been looking for this book for a long time. Finally found it. An Introduction to Non-Classical Logic From If to Is The book is extremely dry and boring…
Regarding ‘black studies’ and the academic left’s crazy political correctness
Just a collection of links. She was right about black studies. http://chronicle.com/blogs/brainstorm/the-most-persuasive-case-for-eliminating-black-studies-just-read-the-dissertations/46346 Her point holds for feminism as well. http://richarddawkins.net/articles/823 Follow-up from the writer: http://chronicle.com/blogs/brainstorm/black-studies-part-2-a-response-to-critics/46401 She gets fired: http://chronicle.com/blogs/brainstorm/a-note-to-readers/46608 Comments…
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