Reasoning manga 22 Dec 201022 Jun 2018 Despite my recent troubles, I had some students with a great attitude. This was the workings sheet for a reasoning skills exam. The student got a good mark. Humor
General Science Scientific bloopers 4 May 2008 On a newsgroup that shall remain Nameless, one of the regulars, Bill Reich, just heard on the History Channel: Smilodon is the ancestor of all the modern big cats. Oy! So this thread is for egregiously* wrong statements made on erstwhile factual television shows. Please state where you heard it,… Read More
Humor My Carter number is one 29 Jul 2009 Longtime readers will recall that I was put upon by that mountebank Professor Steve Steve during a trip to the US one time. Now he has managed to finagle a dinner with America’s most moral president, Jimmy Carter! So I have a one-degree relationship with the 39th President and Nobel… Read More
“Ah, modus ponens and modus tollens, my old foes.” Truly sigworthy, in places where sigfiles are still used.