From the monthly archives:

November 2009

Reading About Science

November 26, 2009
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Just like Michael Shermer said, “Science is not a thing, it’s a verb. It’s a way of thinking about things.” What I want to talk about is not the horrendous inaccuracy of so much of science journalism [1], but rather, certain rules of thumb to take note when reading about science (or anything in general). [...]

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When to be concerned about the minutiae, and when not to

November 21, 2009
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Lots of people get caught up in the minutiae. They want to know every possible new method of treating a disease/ curing an ailment/ etc, and pounce upon every single possible new theory in “science”. What I contend in this article is that there are known responses of the human body towards certain stimuli, but [...]

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The Experimenter Mindset

November 10, 2009
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In my last post about The Right Beginner Training Mindset, I said that I would elaborate much more in the final point: The Need to Adopt an Experimenter’s Mindset. This post is that elaboration. This is a long post, and I go into some details and examples. However, as per usual, you can get the [...]

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The Right Beginner Training Mindset

November 5, 2009
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As a beginning trainee, regardless of your age, goals and background, the smartest thing that one can do is to adopt good practices from the start. Very often, this is not the case. I attribute this mainly to the fact that adverse reactions from training are not seen until years later. For example, the High [...]

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