Critiquing & Brainstorming — Proof That When Fools Do Either, We Have a Problem
A recent article calls brainstorming’s value into question, and asserts that critiquing is vital to more productive thinking. But what if the article is all wet?
A recent article calls brainstorming’s value into question, and asserts that critiquing is vital to more productive thinking. But what if the article is all wet?
Can we learn a lesson from a prior clash of RWA and FRPAA years ago?
A fascinating video showing another way to multiply moderately big numbers, courtesy of Japan.
Scarcity limited the amount of material, hence the amount of editing necessary to make sense of what we had. Now, with more information than ever, the value of editing should be increasing. Perhaps we’re just not as aware of it as we should be.
Economic pressures are driving change. The Chefs weigh in on the options, and clearly believe that while times are challenging, the best course is to keep moving ahead.
A vision created by corporate scientists — of a future filled with their products — proves arresting and inspiring.
Authors sound off about e-books, revealing both a misunderstanding of publishing but also of how their interests and capitalist interests align.
The boycott of Elsevier may have unintended consequences for smaller not-for-profits, scientists in smaller domains, and accessibility overall. And examples of solutions don’t look like solutions once you understand them a bit better.
Chart of the Day: How Science Stacks Up in the US Budget — from an Atlantic article entitled, “The Innovation Nation vs. the Warfare-Welfare State“:
Is the decade-long trend in e, i, and x naming based on a deeper trend in how the world is coming together?