Thinking about science and what I do
I just started reading an interesting book, “How Mathematicians Think,” written (naturally enough) by a mathematician (William Byers). It got me thinking not only about mathematics but also science,...
View ArticleWashing our hands of a difficult (or not so difficult) decision
As the flu pandemic ramped up with no vaccine in sight, attention turned to more prosaic things people might do to avoid infection. At the top of most lists was hand washing. I think hand washing is a...
View ArticlePlaying chicken with drug resistant Salmonella
Salmonella is an enteric pathogen that causes quite a lot of foodborne illness. I learned there were several species of Salmonella bacteria of which the cause of typhoid fever was called Salmonella...
View ArticleEnding the War on Drugs
In the sixties one of the suggested exist strategies for the War in Vietnam was “to declare victory and get out.” Alas, it was the road not taken, increasing the length and depth of the tragedy for all...
View ArticleOnly the ducks are dead
BP has this great reputation for being an environmentally friendly and responsible company. I know it because their incessant television ads tell me it’s true. The ones that flank the national news...
View ArticleReading about the hazards of what I used to do as a youngster
When I was young (high school, college) I had a variety of jobs, including golf caddy (cured me of golf for the rest of my life; there were no carts, just an 11 year old lugging two bags with 16 clubs...
View ArticleBlog matters: who is “revere”?
The person who taps the keys here over the signature “revere” (or sometimes “Revere”; it’s at most one at a time) is not Paul Revere. The real Paul Revere died in 1818. If you want to know the name or...
View ArticleFreethinker Sunday Sermonette: summing up
I shall die, but that is all that I shall do for Death. I hear him leading his horse out of the stall; I hear the clatter on the barn-floor. He is in haste; he has business in Cuba, business in the...
View ArticleWe bid you farewell
It’s been a long time coming but the time has come. Effect Measure is closing up shop, after 5 and a half years, 3 million visits and 5.1 million page views of some 3500. You commented on them some...
View ArticleA note tacked to the door
The lights are out at Effect Measure. It is closed and locked. No one is there any more. So consider this a note tacked on the door. I had always intended to leave it as a way to connect you with The...
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