That is, I am juror number six, unless I get dismissed tomorrow (we're still in the selection process, but I made the first cut).

The LA superior court blocks livejournal and facebook, though, so I won't be liveblogging it.

I like doing my civic duty, but this is a crappy time for it. Sigh.

As Bioephemera notes (short), This article (long) makes some interesting points about graduate education, academic self-propagation, and related topics. It's a bit dry, but an interesting read... in addition to the point about academic inbreeding leading to this disconnect with the rest of the world, there's also a lot about the fact that we're ( Read more... )

A lack of correlation between high IQ and good decision-making doesn't surprise me much:http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20427321.000-clever-fools-why-a-high-iq-doesnt-mean-youre-smart.html?full=true

If you need this you probably shouldn't be reading xkcd in the first place.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/6483758/Japanese-fishing-trawler-sunk-by-giant-jellyfish.html

Maybe a bit slow at first, but good explanation with a result from 2006 I hadn't heard before at the end ( Read more... )

Happy Halloween!

http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/begin/cells/scale/

virus found somewhat correlated with chronic fatigue syndrome:

http://www.reuters.com/article/scienceNews/idUSTRE5974WC20091008

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6T9cy5LPIPo

happy International Cephalopod Awareness Days!