Saturday, January 23, 2021

In the five years following publication, approximately 12 per cent of medical research papers and around 30 per cent of natural-and social-science papers had zero citations.

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From  Science Fictions  by Stuart Ritchie.  Page 186.    A somewhat depressing fact about scientific papers might be an unlikely saviour her...

Harrison Bergeron as a leading indicator

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The short story of Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. always bubbles back up whenever the populace sense the return of socialist autho...

History

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A beautifully decorated yew bucket with bronze fittings from a 9th-century #Viking ship burial of two women, at Oseberg Norway. A human fig...

An Insight

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The great tragedy of recent years is that freedom of speech, patriotism and the rule of law have become partisan issues instead of universal...

An Insight

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Suppose COVID transmitted through laptops instead of air. You could install cumbersome, performance-reducing software to limit your risk of ...

I see wonderful things

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They had a painting made of their dog that recently died.. This is his brothers first reaction.. 😭 🎥 TT: amyrowlands7 pic.twitter.com/D9fE...

Offbeat Humor

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Woke Einstein. pic.twitter.com/Y6ulbALsMH — James Lindsay, New Year, New Me (@ConceptualJames) December 29, 2020  

Data Talks

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Wow. Makes you wonder just how America got through those years. pic.twitter.com/xsmWdSkmgE — Paul Joseph Watson (@PrisonPlanet) December 21,...

Winter Quiet, 1980 by Eyvind Earle

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Winter Quiet, 1980 by Eyvind Earle Click to enlarge.
Friday, January 22, 2021

They were good questions then and they remain good ones today.

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From  The rediscovery of character: private virtue and public policy  by James Q. Wilson in the Fall of 1985. The view that crime has social...