It’s taken me a while, but I now have a system for keeping up with (however poorly) the exponentially growing scientific literature. I’ll expound more on my method of choice in another post, but no matter how fast I try to get at processing papers, new and old …

As I mentioned in a previous post, this weekend I participated in my first Software Carpentrybootcamp. I had the pleasure of meeting the instructors and all the other helpers involved on Friday over pizza and beer, and in particular spent considerable time nerding out with Naupaka over all things …

This post was originally posted to Facebook. It was a response to a creationist friend who posted a video of another creationist attempting to discredit the usual set of scientific theories. I felt I should share it for others because I’m terminally optimistic, and I needed the outlet.

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