Recommendation: Caprica
Some series die before their time -- Caprica is one of them.
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Month: August 2014
Why you should wear a Swiss army knife on your belt (even if you are not MacGyver)
The tools you have at hand vastly influence your options in a given situation. While tools are nothing without the knowledge of how to apply them, here's a shout-out for probably one of the best (non-digital) tools ever created.
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Keep your Sanity
Some comments on how you can make your life a living hell -- and on how to keep your sanity.
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Responsibility to New Academic Hires
Departments can shape or break you. But what is your responsibility to other PhDs and Post-Docs, if you work in a bad department, and they are just starting there?
Image: Somalia map from CIA World Book (see posting for the reason for this image)
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Image: Somalia map from CIA World Book (see posting for the reason for this image)
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Science, Fraud, and the Flow of Data
To be able to commit fraud in science, a person needs to have the opportunity to do so. In many cases this means exclusive access to the data. So let's have a look at a major red flag.
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Science! Inspire the Public or Expose the Muppets?
Two very different YouTube videos with very different approaches to "educating the public".
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Savagely Remove Your Clutter
Clutter paralyzes ... your mind, your movement, your creativity. Some ideas on how to remove clutter.
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Listening to differening opinions
A couple of interesting videos which are -- normally -- completely outside my view, but still, do have a point.
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PhD work vs Project Work
In some countries, PhD students are hired to work on a project, usually funded by a national or international organization. This finances them while they are doing their dissertation, part time. Ideally the time is 50:50, but at least in Germany, in many cases it's the project work that takes precedence -- and the "PhD student" leaves after a couple of years ... without having completed his or her thesis.
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Using the Fraud Triangle to Explain Scientific Misconduct
A look at explaining scientific misconduct by using the fraud triangle by Donald R. Cressey.
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