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To Follow by Faith Alone…

By michael | Published: 26 Mar 2011

My friend Matt recently posted an interesting essay entitled The Mathematics of an Idea. He opens with a quote attributed to Benjamin Franklin: To follow by faith alone is to follow blindly. If I may be so bold as to question one of the Founding Fathers, I think Mr. Franklin misunderstood the nature of faith. [...]

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Vdara "Death Ray" Singes Hair, Melts Plastic Cups of Hotel Visitors

By michael | Published: 5 Oct 2010

Link: Vdara “Death Ray” Singes Hair, Melts Plastic Cups of Hotel Visitors Note to architects: You cannot overcome the laws of physics with “magic”, no matter how high-tech the magic. FAIL.

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By michael | Published: 12 May 2010

Food: There’s Lots Of It. via Fallible Blogma.

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Artist Catalogs Mutant Insects Around Nuclear Power Plants

By michael | Published: 12 May 2010

Link: Artist Catalogs Mutant Insects Around Nuclear Power Plants

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By michael | Published: 3 May 2010

The modern world will accept no dogmas upon any authority; but it will accept any dogmas on no authority. Say that a thing is so, according to the Pope or the Bible, and it will be dismissed as a superstition without examination. But preface your remark merely with “they say” or “don’t you know that?” [...]

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Baby Survives Abortion, Left to Die in Hospital

By michael | Published: 29 Apr 2010

Link: Baby Survives Abortion, Left to Die in Hospital Bishop: “Life Is a Fact, Not an Arbitrary Law”. So cruel, I feel like vomiting.

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NIH Panel: End Bans on Vaginal Birth After C-Section

By michael | Published: 11 Mar 2010

Link: NIH Panel: End Bans on Vaginal Birth After C-Section Hospitals and professional societies should end bans that that keep many women who’ve had a C-section from opting for a natural birth in later pregnancies, an NIH advisory panel today urged. … About 75% of women succeed in having a vaginal delivery after previous cesarean [...]

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Fun with Mental Maths: Introduction to Vedic Maths

By michael | Published: 13 Feb 2010

Link: Fun with Mental Maths: Introduction to Vedic Maths

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Chisanbop: Count to 99 on Your Fingers

By michael | Published: 13 Feb 2010

The most important part of any mental prosthetic (as calculators and all forms of finger math are) is that they support good mental models of mathematics rather than replacing them. — Andy Harris @ IUPUI from Thoughts on Chisenbop Multiplication Chisanbop (or chisenbop) is a method of using one’s fingers for counting and basic maths, [...]

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By michael | Published: 8 Feb 2010

<a href=”http://vis.cs.ucdavis.edu/~ogawa/codeswarm/”>code_swarm</a>: An experiment in organic software visualization. via [@msantone](http://twitter.com/msantone)

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