Monthly Archives: April 2011

The Fascination of What’s Difficult

Posted on 30 April 2011 by zolltan

Most of what I read is (unfortunately?) discussion of US politics and economics, and when you read discussions of US politics and economics, or, I would guess, any politics and economics, you start to believe that the world is quite … Continue reading →

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The Exorcism of the Canucks **Updated

Posted on 25 April 2011 by Zuuko

How did it come to this? How is Game 7 penciled in? What foe has driven the President’s Cup winners to the ropes, especially after being down and out? These Canucks are beating themselves and I’m led to ask why … Continue reading →

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Empires and Empiricism

Posted on 22 April 2011 by zolltan

I think I will try another post on sort-of-anthropology, again with webcomics. Everyone loves anthropology posts! Right? Right? I can see your reaction now! So in my post on inequality, I alluded to the fact that some of the evidence given in the … Continue reading →

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What I learned from attending anthropology seminars, or, why inequality?

Posted on 17 April 2011 by zolltan

For the past three-ish years I’ve off-and-on attended the IGERT (Integrated) Program in Evolutionary Mapping (IPEM) seminars to sort of get a taste for what science is like outside the world of physics, and also because human evolution is just something … Continue reading →

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Re: worthwhile Canadian debate

Posted on 17 April 2011 by zolltan

Oh man, we’re really bound to get viewership with this exciting topic, eh? I was gonna comment on zuuko’s post, but my comment stretched out to about the length of the post, so here it goes on its own. I … Continue reading →

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Will the Hockey Gods smile on Vancouver?

Posted on 13 April 2011 by Zuuko

Game 1 starts in 7 minutes. My inner Canucks fan: omg, omg, omg, omg… Are we going to be able to finish this time? We’ve disappointed so many times. NEED TO SCORE. My inner former Oilers fan: Calm the hell … Continue reading →

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Worthwhile Canadian Debate *Updated

Posted on 12 April 2011 by Zuuko

– I’m a big fan of the new debate format. A single question, followed by a 1-on-1 between two party leaders for 6(?) minutes and then broadened to a 4-way for another 6-minutes. The 1-on-1 allows real policy to be … Continue reading →

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Apropos of nothing

Posted on 12 April 2011 by zolltan

I had always kind of assumed that Martin Luther King Jr. was so celebrated because his cause was good, and wasn’t really interested in his particular opinions and statements. But I was reading this: http://www.africa.upenn.edu/Articles_Gen/Letter_Birmingham.html And I realised I should … Continue reading →

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This paranoid’s future is here *Updated

Posted on 9 April 2011 by Zuuko

I’m naturally a bit of a paranoid. Growing up when I was a teenager, I had to learn how to control it if I didn’t want to be that homeless guy on the street with the tinfoil hats. Mostly because, … Continue reading →

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Two Charts on Biking Safety

Posted on 4 April 2011 by zolltan

via Copenhagenize. The first chart details how cycling frequency is related to cycling risk. You see that where more people bike, biking is less risky. There are three possible explanations. The first one is that some places are just inherently … Continue reading →

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