Category Archives: Science
Myers vs Kurzweil roundup
I am a regular reader of both PZ Myers and /r/science. On those two sites, a heated debate has developed during the last week over Ray Kurzweil’s claims of the possibility of reverse engineering the human brain by 2030. I’ll … Continue reading
Posted in Science
Leave a comment
Why people believe strange things
Michael Shermer is the editor in chief of skeptic magazine. He gave this TED talk a few years ago, and it it worth revisiting. If you don’t feel like watching the whole thing, fast forward to the 11:40 mark to … Continue reading
Posted in Science
Leave a comment
Busting the myth of room temperature steaks
It is summer-time here in Victoria, BC, and we are getting a pretty good batch of nice weather. That means it’s steak time. I really like steak, but I also really like science, so I am usually still thinking about … Continue reading
The End of Engineers?
I have always been interested in evolutionary algorithms. I didn’t realize that they’d be compromising my future employment though.
Posted in Science, Technology
Leave a comment
Vintage Fraud exposed by Science
An Australian study used carbon-14 dating to determine the actual age of wines. The results are not incredibly surprising. They found that 5% of wines are actually not of the advertised age. From a wine maker’s point of view, this would be a … Continue reading
Posted in Science
Leave a comment
Correlation vs. Causation Fail
Edit: Obviously the story is sad, but the sadder story is the terrible journalism.
Posted in Science
Leave a comment
