Seminar Bingo
Jorge Cham is a former roboticist who gave up acemia to become a comic, he produces the comic strip PhD Comics His little graphic below whilst referencing academic presentations is pretty much spot on for any presentation.
DetailsClever Clogs
In a world where the inane and idiotic exploits of bogan fwits are celebrated on almost a daily basis in the media it is good to read about someone who is actually making a noble attempt to raise the IQ of the room
Warm Ups
I am certain there is something trading related in here – Less is More: Standard Warm-up Causes Fatigue and Less Warm-up Permits Greater Cycling Power Output Abstract The traditional warm-up (WU) athletes use to prepare for a sprint track cycling event involves a general WU followed by a series of brief sprints lasting at least…
DetailsWarm Ups
I am certain there is something trading related in here – Less is More: Standard Warm-up Causes Fatigue and Less Warm-up Permits Greater Cycling Power Output Abstract The traditional warm-up (WU) athletes use to prepare for a sprint track cycling event involves a general WU followed by a series of brief sprints lasting at least 50…
DetailsWhy We Dont Take Care of Ourselves
Some interesting thoughts on why we don’t take care of ourselves as we get older. Abstract Many adults have an overly pessimistic view of old age because they fail to correctly predict their ability to hedonically adapt to old-age health related problems. A standard utility model where the marginal utility of health is higher at…
DetailsMy Friend Richard Feynman
Interesting sit down with Leonard Susskind one of the architects of string theory about his relationship with Richard Feynman Feynman has long been one of my intellectual idols and his biography is well worth reading. He was certainly not your average physicist.
DetailsFreewill
Excellent piece on free will from Biophilia Free will- solved! A theory of free will. One of the perennial chestnuts of philosophy is the problem of free will. Mostly a problem for theists rather than non-theists, it still holds a few mysteries for everyone. Is our natural intuition of freedom true, that we reign as sovereign…
DetailsFace Blindness
Time to make yourself smarter.
How to Scare the Shit Out of 5 Year Olds
Walking with Dinosaurs is a very cool afternoon out with little blokes…..provided you dont sit behind some religous dicknut who tells everyone that dinosaurs are now extinct because they couldnt fit in the Ark 3,000 years ago.
