Bartholomew Cubbins on Science

2006-03-04T12:00:00.000-08:00

BC on Science Episode 8: How to Win With Excel and Influence People, an Example of How Not to Do Science (mov)

A brief look at how one can take a contiguous set of data and make trendlines to try and prove a point, even if the data doesn't support it.

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Google video enroute in a couple of days.

2006-02-21T20:41:00.000-08:00

BC on Autism Episode 7: Loopy Lupron, a Horrible Mistake or Something Worse?

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2006-02-04T15:08:00.000-08:00

Bartholomew Cubbins on Autism Episode 5: The Challenges of a Chelator (mov)

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2006-02-01T21:40:00.000-08:00

Bartholomew Cubbins on Science Episode 3: What Not To Do During a Group Meeting (mov)

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A great example of what not to do during your group meeting presentation.

Here we have exhibit A, the last slide of graduate student Y's great data-heavy presentation. And then the fun started. Why, oh why, did he chose to do this. And more importantly, why didn't he run it by me before doing it? Oh, who am I kidding, I would have encouraged it. meh.

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Wost PI?

2006-01-12T16:17:00.000-08:00

Logical Fallacies

2006-01-09T18:33:00.000-08:00

For a great rundown on logical fallacies, check out Interverbal's blog detailing fallacies 1-23. Go to his main splash page for many more.

I'd bet a paycheck that most of us have committed one or more these at some point in the recent past. I'm sure I have and so I'll be keeping this close as a reminder.

-BC

Bartholomew Cubbins on Science Episode 2: News Maximum Tree Height?

2006-01-08T20:05:00.000-08:00

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Quick discussion of the topic. The fluffy factor is moderate because, well, it's a news piece. Complaints? Get in line with the others:

Bartholomew Cubbins on Science Episode 1: Narwhal News

2006-01-08T18:20:00.000-08:00

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A quick rundown of an interesting piece of news: the tusk of the Narwhal, once thought to be used for jousting and breaking holes into the ice, is a cool sensor of salinity, temperature, and other unknown factors.

2006-01-02T14:45:00.000-08:00

Introduction to Bartholomew Cubbins on Science

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Short intro about the topics I'll cover in detail: Autism, RNA, Immunology, and General Science.

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