More roundup 15 Sep 2008 Mohan Matthen, a philosopher of biology, has a very nice takedown of Thomas Nagel’s qualified support for teaching creationism on his blog. Hat tip Leiter. Richard Losick has an excellent piece on the problems of using cultured lab strains when studying microbes, at Small Things Considered. A new blog on politics and science, A Vote for Science, has started up at the mothership. Hopefully, when the present unpleasantness in the US has concluded for four years, we can get onto some wider and more interesting matters. Wesley Elsberry has a plaintive cri de coeur about the joys of sleep apnea diagnosis. With all that equipment on you, you can’t sleep, I know, which makes the tests somewhat self-fulfilling. Administrative General Science Humor Politics Species and systematics
Administrative The Antarctic Grrl 26 Jun 2009 I’m very conflicted about this because I wanted to go to the Antarctic (but not for a month), but GrrlScientist has thrown her fedora into the circus, so I will tell you all to go vote for her to win the “spend a bloggy month in Antarctica” comp. Just so… Read More
Humor Also, you don’t always get what you want 1 Dec 201022 Jun 2018 Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal Read More
Politics American politics and the available spectrum 3 Feb 2008 Martin Rundkvist, a Swede, has chastised the American body politick for being Right Wing and Even More Right Wing; that is, for lacking a Left in European terms. The American Body Politick, in the person of Chad Orzel, has hit back. Instead of saying that America lacks a Left, says… Read More
Your CPAP and You The only advice I can give is, get used to it. Being ready for bed helps a lot. Not fretting about being woken up in the middle of the night because you stopped breathing or can’t breathe helps a lot too. Get used to wearing the mask, be ready for bed, and don’t fret about being able to breathe. That should help. Good luck.
Your CPAP and You The only advice I can give is, get used to it. Being ready for bed helps a lot. Not fretting about being woken up in the middle of the night because you stopped breathing or can’t breathe helps a lot too. Get used to wearing the mask, be ready for bed, and don’t fret about being able to breathe. That should help. Good luck.