Physicist at Large

Not a lot of time now, but a few quick thoughts: 1) Chapters 1-5 explore the motives behind a lot of do-gooderism, and especially a desire ...

And I'm hearing it from somebody who is credentialed, who has worked for Microsoft, and who teaches in an information technology program...

The next book that I will blog is Geek Heresy by Kentaro Toyama, formerly of Microsoft Research and now at University of Michigan. It des...

In Chapter 10, Lee Jussim gets to the question of why inaccuracies and bias in human perception get more attention than accuracy.  On page 1...

First, I like this bit from Dean Dad about comparing American higher ed with Norwegian higher ed.  After extolling the virtues of Norwegian...

I'm about a quarter of the way through Jussim's book, and a lot of it is fairly technical.  I'd rather not wade through his crit...

Copious amounts of ink and electrons are spilled over a failure to distinguish between "Aptitude doesn't matter, only effort" ...