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Aug 21, 2003
Miscellaneous

Science Friday… Err, Thursday

Jim Holt: “I know people who still regard atoms as theoretical fictions. I have friends who claim to doubt the reality of the past, of the future, of other minds. I have heard of academics—though I cannot believe they actually exist—who think that...

Aug 17, 2003
Miscellaneous

Education in America

I was just reading slashdot (a bastion of cough insightful, useful comments, as everyone is, no doubt, aware), and I was absolutely shocked to discover a comment that actually made sense. “Teaching children is a low-paying occupation, and you get...