Bill gates says that because the U.S. government spends tens of billions of dollars in research on defense and health, the we urgently need more R&D on energy solutions to stop climate change. Bill is an engineer. Engineers build things ysng knowledge gianed form science. I am a scie[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Science hype’
August 16th, 2015 - 1:10 am § in Misc.
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: Bill Gates Wants More Tax Bucks For Energy
May 14th, 2015 - 8:10 am § in The Ave Scene, UW
Stem Cell Fraud
Chuck Murry, Professor of Pathology UW Stem Cell Center A pain clinic in Coeur d’Alene ID is pushing the ability of amniotic stem cells to cure everything from cancer to erectile dysfunction. They are touring the region trying to drum up business. This is scientifically, medically and ethicall[...]
December 10th, 2014 - 3:40 pm § in Hypocrisy
What is a Nobel Worth, Part II
Russian purchaser to give $4.75M Nobel medal back to DNA pioneer James Watson James Watson, co-recipient of the Nobel Prize for the structure of DNA, will finally get his 23-carat gold Nobel medal back from the Russian purchaser who bought it for 4.75 million dollars. Watson’s medal went up fo[...]
December 1st, 2014 - 12:26 pm § in Uncategorized
Scientists revolt against one of Europe’s most ambitious research projects
Dissenters are threatening to boycott a $1.6 billion attempt to simulate the brain’s workings. from the Global Post: — If it’s true, as the saying goes, that politics in academia are especially vicious because the stakes are so low, raising the ante doesn’t always seem to improve [...]
December 1st, 2014 - 12:24 am § in Science
What Value Is There In a Nobel Prize?
Want a Nobel Prize? You can buy one “I worried about people in Africa because of their low IQ “ The 1962 Nobel Prize James Watson won for his role in the discovery of the structure of DNA is going on the auction block. The auctioneer says the gold medal could bring $2.5 to $3.5 millio[...]
Science: Why Science Can be Wrong
A paper (really more a news piece) in Nature launches a major attack on the commonly used and taught statistical methods. The focus is on Fisher and the T test, the pervasive “p” values students from high school to grad school learn to sue as a measure of reality. Everyone from politi[...]
November 10th, 2013 - 11:03 am § in Uncategorized
Science Hype: Building Organs
Actually, the voice over is rather reasonable.[...]