Friday, December 21, 2012

Thursday, April 26, 2012

Moore's Law Explains Poor Education


Few people would debate that our educational system is flawed. Look in any newspaper, magazine, or blog that has an education section and you will find way too many articles which try to point out the problems and suggest how to fix them. According to these articles the problems range from anything and everything from poor teaching, to poor parenting, to not enough time in the classroom, to too much time in the classroom, to too much homework, to not enough homework, to poor curricula, etc. etc. etc. We are not here to debate any of this; only to give another perspective. It has become apparent to us that the best way to explain why our educational system is failing and is gradually getting worse is by looking at Moore's Law.
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Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Progression Free Survival (PFS) in Cancer Medicine

The lecture hall was dark and the only faint glow was the low-lit lamp of the podium and the screen behind. Somewhere during the lecture, a hesitant hand went up in the far right corner of the room. It caught my eye and I hesitated in my delivery, then stopped and acknowledged the request.
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Monday, March 5, 2012

Monday, February 27, 2012

Monday, February 20, 2012

Global Future 2045 International Congress 2/17-20/2012 Part 1

In February 17-20, 2012 in Moscow the Eurasian Center for Big history & System Forecasting, in the Institute of Oriental Studies & the Russian Academy of Sciences will sponsor its first initiative dealing with Cognitive sciences, robotics and modeling of living systems.
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Sunday, February 19, 2012

LCD LSD - 5 Cyberdelic Xbox360 Video Games

Visionary psychonaut Terence McKenna once said the technological singularity would be like entering a new dimension of reality, and through the repeated dissolving and reconstitution of one's personality can we prepare for this paradigm shift. He did his psychedelics "preferably alone, in nature." But that was in 1999, and today in 2012 we have HD video games so bizarre, immersive, and visually stimulating they might just send you trippin'
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Friday, February 3, 2012

Does Technology Get In The Way In the Classroom 1?

Do technology and education mix well? Or is technology a distraction?  We will post two articles from two educators on this vital subject.  This is part one.

Sunday, January 29, 2012

The Origins Of Facebook & Google 1

Is there any connection between Facebook, Google and the National Security Agencies of the United States?
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Thursday, January 19, 2012

Monday, January 16, 2012

Vitamin D ~ To Take or Not To Take

Curious as it might seem, it was. He was a short guy, reminded me of Danny Devito ,   about four feet nine, with a balding head and thick grey side burns. You would think from his facial profile that he had just emerged from a movie set. His skin was a whiter shade of pale, powdered for effect and the stubble of the five-o-clock shadow stood out in stark relief. He carried a great set of laryngeal chords though. A certain boom in his voice more than made up for his height and pallor.

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